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Bill· HRH.R. 3801 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Postal Service Voter Registration Facilitation Acts of 1989 - Directs the Postal Service to provide voter registration forms whenever change-of-address forms are provided to postal patrons. Declares that the Postal Service shall not be obligated to provide voter registration forms in any State whose voter registration authority has not provided voter registration forms to the Postal Service. Directs the Postal Service to notify State voter registration authorities of this Act's enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 3799 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Postal Service Voter Registration Facilitation Acts of 1989 - Directs the U.S. Postal Service to make space available in post offices for State voter registration authorities to place voter registration forms and materials. Directs the U.S. Postal Service to notify State voter registration authorities of this Act's enactment and mail a copy of the public law to such authorities.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 229 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congresss that the U.S. Postal Service representatives to the 20th Universal Postal Congress should seek support from all member countries for proposed resolutions which will help ensure respect for the privacy and integrity of postal communications by: (1) making clear that delivery receipts accompanying restricted delivery items must be signed; (2) requiring destination postal administrations to provide confirmation of delivery in the event of a claim that an item has not been received; and (3) requiring a notice of reasons for the return of wrongly admitted items.
Bill· HRH.R. 3679 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Designates the United States Post Office building at 304 West Commercial Avenue in Monterey, Tennessee, as the J.E. (Eddie) Russell Post Office.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 407 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1989
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1990 for programs, projects, or activities provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (2) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990; (3) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990; (5) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (6) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (7) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990; (8) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (9) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (10) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1990; and (11) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to initiate or resume any activity for which funds were not available during FY 1989. Provides for the continuation of projects or activities when the House of Representatives and the Senate differ in amounts or authority. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the Defense Department for new production of items not funded in FY 1989 or previous years, to increase production rates beyond those sustained with FY 1989 funds, for other specified activities not funded or authorized in FY 1989, or to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated subsequently. Makes appropriations as necessary for projects or activities under the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1990, as provided for in a specified conference report. Makes funds available under this Act until the earliest of: (1) October 25, 1989; (2) enactment of an appropriation for any activity or project provided for in this Act; or (3) enactment of the applicable appropriations without any provision for such activity or project.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 214 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1989
Waives points of order against the consideration of H.R. 2989 (appropriations).
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 177 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp commemorating the life and work of Doctor Thomas Anthony Dooley III.
Law· HRH.R. 2989 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1989
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1990 - Title I - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1990 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for FY 1990 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary for salaries and expenses and international affairs; (2) the Office of the Inspector General; (3) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (4) the Financial Management Service; (5) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (6) the U.S. Customs Service for salaries and expenses, the air interdiction program, the Customs Forfeiture Fund, and customs services at small airports; (7) the U.S. Mint; (8) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (9) the Internal Revenue Service for salaries and expenses, processing of tax returns, examinations and appeals, and investigation and enforcement activities; and (10) the U.S. Secret Service. Limits the amount of appropriated funds which may be transferred to other Internal Revenue Service appropriations. Authorizes the use of Department of the Treasury appropriations for uniforms and allowances, purchasing insurance for motor vehicles operated in foreign countries, entering into contracts, and other authorized services. Prohibits funds appropriated under this title from being used for the collection of any underpayment of tax, unless collected under specified procedures. Limits the amount of funds appropriated to the Department of the Treasury that may be transferred between appropriations. Prohibits any funds made available by this Act from being used to place the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Customs Service or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms under the operation and oversight of the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury. Title II - Postal Service Appropriation Act, 1990 - Makes appropriations to the Postal Service Fund for FY 1990. Prohibits the use of funds to enter into any new contracts relating to the Westchester County, New York, General Mail Facility for a 90-day period, during which the Postal Service must pursue alternative site locations for such facility. Requires the Postal Service to continue full postal service to Holly Springs, Mississippi. Title III - Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1990 - Makes appropriations for FY 1990 for the Executive Office of the President, for salaries and/or operating expenses of the following: (1) compensation of the President; (2) the executive residence at the White House; (3) the Office of Administration; (4) the White House Office; (5) the official residence of the Vice President; (6) the provision of special assistance to the President; (7) the Council of Economic Advisers; (8) the Office of Policy Development; (9) the National Critical Materials Council; (10) the National Security Council; (11) the Office of Management and Budget; (12) the Office of Federal Procurement Policy; (13) the Office of National Drug Control Policy; and (14) unanticipated needs. Title IV - Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 - Makes appropriations for FY 1990 for salaries and expenses of the following independent agencies: (1) the Administrative Conference of the United States; (2) the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; (3) the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped; and (4) the Federal Election Commission. Makes funds deposited in the Federal Buildings Fund available for specified purchases of the General Services Administration (GSA), limiting the availability of such funds for certain programs, construction projects, purchases, and repairs and alterations of GSA. Makes appropriations for FY 1990 for: (1) the Federal Supply Service; (2) general management and administrative expenses of GSA; (3) the Federal Property Resources Service; (4) real property relocation; (5) the Information Resources Management Service; (6) the Office of the Inspector General; and (7) allowances and office staff for former Presidents. Requires the appropriate fund or appropriation to be credited within GSA for certain specified expenses, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget. Requires GSA funds to be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. Limits the amount of funds that may be transferred between appropriations within the GSA, requiring such proposed transfers to be submitted to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees for approval. Limits the transfer of funds for activities of the Federal Buildings Fund. Authorizes the use of funds made available for rent payment by the GSA to be available for leasing space in buildings erected on land owned by the United States. Directs the Administrator of GSA to charge the Department of the Interior for design and alterations to the Avondale, Maryland, property at rates to recover the costs incurred in providing such alterations. Authorizes the Administrator to transfer funds from the Federal Buildings Fund to repay the principal amount of GSA borrowings from the Federal Financing Bank when such borrowings are legal obligations of the Fund. Directs the GSA, if unable to correct health and safety problems at the IRS Manhattan District Office, to terminate the lease and relocate employees to quality working space. Requires obligations of funds for multiyear agreements for the lease or other acquisition of motor vehicles to be limited to the current fiscal year for which payments are due. Amends the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1989 to increase the size of the building the Administrator must acquire to house the Internal Revenue Service Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Directs the Administrator to acquire a new facility to house the offices of Region Five of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Hampshire County or Holyoke, Massachusetts. Makes funds available for telecommunication system expenses associated with such relocation and consolidation of the outpatient clinic functions in Boston, Massachusetts. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to transfer to the GSA at no cost specified acreage in Boulder, Colorado, for a building to house the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Requires the Administrator, before acquiring any space over 100,000, square feet in the Washington Metropolitan Region (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia) to solicit bids for such space through region-wide advertisement. Authorizes the GSA to sell to the city of Asheville or political subdivision, at fair market value, the Grove Arcade Federal Building and site, in whole or in part, in Asheville, North Carolina, and to deposit proceeds into the Federal Buildings Fund. Requires the County of Los Angeles, California, to provide to GSA 250 parking spaces for a period of 99 years in the Parking Facility at Long Beach, California. Makes appropriations for FY 1990 for the following purposes: (1) the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission; (2) the National Archives and Records Administration; (3) the Office of Government Ethics; (4) the Office of Personnel Management; (5) the Office of Inspector General; and (6) payment of government contributions with respect to retired employees, including health benefits and life insurance. Limits the entertainment expenses of the President's Commission on Executive Exchange. Makes appropriations for FY 1990 for the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and the United States Tax Court. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth certain limits, with conditions, on the use of appropriations made under this Act for travel expenses. Prohibits the availability of any part of an appropriation made under this Act for the following: (1) to pay the salary of an employee filling a position formerly held by an employee who left the employment to serve in the armed forces, successfully completed his required period of service, and has reapplied for his former position; (2) to purchase or sell real estate in order to establish new offices inside or outside the District of Columbia; (3) to remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act; and (4) for the purchase of hand or measuring tools not produced in the United States, with certain exceptions as determined by the Administrator of General Services. Sets forth expenditure limitations on appropriations made under this Act with regard to consulting service procurement contracts. Prohibits certain funds made available to the GSA from being obligated or expended after the date of enactment of this Act for certain building services functions previously performed by GSA employees. Prohibits any of the funds made available under this Act from being used for any of the following: (1) administrative expenses in connection with the enforcement of specified provisions concerning the labeling and advertising of wine, distilled spirits, and malt beverages, with an exception; (2) to competitively procure electric utility service, except where such procurement is expressly authorized; (3) for administrative expenses in closing the GSA Federal Information Center in Sacramento, California; (4) for the purpose of eliminating any existing requirement for sureties on customs bonds; (5) for the funding of any activity or the payment of any Government employee which would prohibit the enforcement of a specified provision of the 1930 Tariff Act; (6) to transfer control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers in Glynco, Georgia, Marana, Arizona, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Treasury Department; and (7) for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress. Prohibits the use of any part of an appropriation made in this Act for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the U.S. Postal Service who in any way interferes with another employee's ability to communicate with any member or committee of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such officers or employees with the Postal Service. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the use of any funds appropriated under this Act for the following purposes: (1) to procure passenger automobiles with a fuel efficiency rating of less than 22 MPG; or (2) to pay for an abortion, or to fund any Federal health plan which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. Prohibits any funds appropriated in this Act from being available for any of the following purposes: (1) for the procurement of, or the payment of the salary of any person engaged in the procurement of, stainless steel flatware not produced in the United States or (2) to solicit bids or enter into any contracts to close or consolidate executive seminar centers for the Office of Personnel Management. Authorizes the Administrator of GSA to acquire space for the United States Courts in Tacoma, Washington, at the site of Union Station in that city. Authorizes the availability of appropriations under this Act for Federal employee incentive awards. Provides authority to establish pay rates for Federal employees during FY 1990. Prohibits the use of funds to contract out positions or downgrade the position classification of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police Force. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to accept donations of supplies and equipment for the Federal Executive Institute. Prohibits the use of funds to abolish, close or relocate the Office of Fiscal Operations and the Resources Systems Development Division of the Detroit Data Center. Declares that prevailing rate employees employed in Broome and Tioga counties, New York, shall be considered to be employed in the Syracuse/Utica/Rome New York wage area. Provides that the official title of the metropolitan statistical area which includes Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, Pennsylvania, shall be the "Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metropolitan Statistical Area." Amends the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1989 to provide that for purposes of Medicare the Missouri Baptist Hospital of Sullivan in Sullivan, Missouri, shall be deemed to be located in Franklin County, Missouri, retroactively effective for discharges beginning on October 1, 1983, instead of December 22, 1987. Prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce the nondiscrimination rules for coverage and benefits under certain statutory employee benefit plans under the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Title VI: General Provisions - Limits the per-vehicle amount that may be expended for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles, with specified exceptions. Authorizes appropriations currently available to the executive departments and independent agencies for travel expenses for the current fiscal year to be available also for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances. Prohibits any part of any funds appropriated in this or any other Act from being used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Government whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States; (3) is a person owing allegiance to the United States; (4) is a lawfully-admitted alien from Poland, Cuba, South Vietnam, or the Baltic countries; or (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1, 1975. States exceptions and provides penalties for those persons submitting false affidavits under this provision. Requires appropriations available during the current year to any: (1) department or agency for maintenance and operating expenses to also be available for payment to GSA for charges for space and services and for those building renovation and alteration expenses which constitute public improvements; and (2) Government corporation for administrative expenses to also be available for the payment of rent in the District of Columbia. Prohibits funds from any appropriation in the current year from being paid to a person for filling a position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve such nomination. Authorizes the use of foreign credits owed to or owned by the United States for any purpose for which appropriations are made for the current year, only when the appropriate reimbursement is made to the Treasury from the agency concerned. Prohibits appropriations contained in this or any other Act from being used for interagency financing of boards, commissions, councils, or similar groups which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality. Authorizes funds made available by this or any other Act to either GSA or the Postal Service Fund to be used for the employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or occupied by the United States or the Postal Service and under the charge and control of either GSA or the Postal Service, with certain conditions and restrictions. Prohibits funds available pursuant to this Act from being available to implement any regulation which has been disapproved by a resolution duly adopted under the laws of the United States. Prohibits funds made available under this or any other Act from being used for any agency to pay the Administrator of General Services a higher rental rate for the use of space and services than the rate established by the GSA for the fiscal year for which the appropriations are granted. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this or any other Act for FY 1990 or 1991 from being used to pay any prevailing rate employee (as defined under Federal law), during specified periods of such fiscal years, in an amount that exceeds the current rates payable after taking into consideration certain applicable rate adjustments. States that such prohibition shall apply in a manner as prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), with specified exceptions. Requires OPM to determine the prevailing rate for employees paid from a pay schedule that was not in existence as of September 30, 1989, and prohibits prevailing rates paid to employees subject to this provision from being changed from those rates in effect as of September 30, 1989, except as determined by OPM. Allows OPM to provide exceptions to the limitations imposed by this provision if determined necessary to retain or recruit qualified employees. Prohibits any funds made available under this Act from being used to plan, implement, or administer: (1) any reduction in the number of regions, districts, or entry processing locations of the U.S. Customs Service; or (2) any consolidation or centralization of duty assessment or appraisement functions of any offices of such Service. Prohibits, during the period in which any department or agency head holds office, funds in excess of $5,000 from being used to renovate, redecorate, or remodel the office of such department or agency head unless advance notice has been expressly approved by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. Permits the use of appropriations to pay travel to the United States for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases of death or life-threatening illnesses of such employees. Requires Executive agencies to report to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations annually on all employees or members of the armed services detailed to Executive agencies. Prohibits the use of funds to acquire distinctive paper for U.S. Currency and securities from corporations that are owned or controlled by non-citizens. Continues the temporary authority to transfer accrued annual leave. Limits the scope of certain employee information disclosure agreements. Provides for a pay increase of 3.6 percent for Federal civilian employees for FY 1990. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that funding for any such pay increase should not be done in any way that would disrupt the Federal workforce or compromise the quality or diminish the range of Government services. Prohibits an Executive agency from purchasing, constructing, and/or leasing any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations for conducting law enforcement training without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. Sets forth the conditions under which Federal agencies may procure automatic data processing equipment other than through the procurement known as FTS2000. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any FY 1990 appropriations by any Federal agency or instrumentality unless it has in place and administers in good faith a drug-free workplace policy.
Bill· HRH.R. 2802 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Miscellaneous Postal Service Amendments of 1989 - Amends postal law to correct grammar, punctuation, spelling errors, paragraph numbering, and to update terminology. Repeals obsolete provisions establishing the Postal Service Advisory Council. Makes technical and conforming amendments with respect to appropriations, postal service fund, and postal rate provisions. Repeals provisions relating to diplomatic corps correspondence of the countries of the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain and star route certification. Adds provisions to: (1) provide that return receipts received in the courts shall be received as prima facie evidence of delivery; and (2) authorize the Postal Service to appoint uniformed guards with policing powers on Postal Service property. Authorizes the Postal Service and the State Department to test the feasibility of providing postal services through State Department personnel at overseas diplomatic missions and to establish branch post offices at overseas diplomatic missions at locations where postal services are not provided at armed forces installations. Amends the Charity Games Advertising Clarification Act of 1988 to revise provisions relating to false representations and lotteries to provide that the mailing of tickets or other materials concerning a State-conducted lottery to addresses within that State is not prohibited by that Act. Revises criminal code provisions concerning State-conducted lotteries to apply the definition of a lottery within such provisions to exceptions relating to certain advertisements and other information concerning a lottery conducted or authorized by a State. Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide that postal provisions concerning false representations and lotteries shall not apply to tribal gaming activities by Indians. Authorizes the Postal Service to grant administrative exceptions to a prohibition on mailing locksmithing devices.
Bill· HRH.R. 2811 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Postal Service Voter Registration Facilitation Acts of 1989 - Directs the Postal Service to provide voter registration forms whenever change-of-address forms are provided to postal patrons. Declares that the Postal Service shall not be obligated to provide voter registration forms in any State whose voter registration authority has not provided voter registration forms to the Postal Service. Directs the Postal Service to notify State voter registration authorities of this Act's enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 2810 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Postal Service Voter Registration Facilitation Acts of 1989 - Directs the U.S. Postal Service to make space available in post offices for State voter registration authorities to place voter registration forms and materials. Directs the U.S. Postal Service to notify State voter registration authorities of this Act's enactment and mail a copy of the public law to such authorities.
Bill· HRH.R. 2183 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Postal Service Consultant Control Act of 1989 - Provides that the rate payable by the Postal Service for individual expert or consultant services under a personal services contract with such individual shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for General Schedule grade GS-18.
Bill· HRH.R. 1487 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 - Title I: The Department of State - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations; Allocation of Funds - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for the Department of State for: (1) the administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) migration and refugee assistance; (5) bilateral science and technology agreements; (6) Soviet-East European research and training; and (7) the Asia Foundation. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the transfer into the Buying Power Maintenance Account of amounts deobligated from accounts for the administration of foreign affairs. Eliminates a percentage limitation on the transfer of authorized funds between specified Department of State accounts. Provides that if an amount appropriated pursuant to an Act other than an appropriation Act is less than the authorization amount and the Act provides for earmarked funds, such funds shall be reduced to an amount bearing the same ratio to such funds as the amount appropriated bears to the authorization amount. Authorizes amounts appropriated for the Department of State to be obligated for 12-month contracts for two fiscal years, provided that the total amount is obligated in the earlier fiscal year. Applies such provisions only to funds appropriated for FY 1987 and thereafter. Authorizes appropriations for U.S. participation in the 1992 Seville World's Fair. Part B: Department of State Authorities and Activities; Foreign Missions - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the Secretary to use appropriated funds for: (1) obligations assumed in Germany on or after June 5, 1945; (2) telecommunications services; and (3) the provision of maximum physical security in Government-owned and leased properties abroad. Authorizes funds received by the Department in connection with the use of Blair House for FY 1990 and 1991 to be credited to the appropriate appropriations account and made available for maintenance and other expenses of Blair House. Amends the International Center Act to authorize the Department of State to charge Federal agencies for the lease or use of International Center facilities used for security and maintenance. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the Secretary of State to require foreign missions to obtain benefits or comply with other terms of the Secretary if necessary to implement an exchange of property with a foreign country to be used in connection with diplomatic or consular establishments. Authorizes the Secretary, if it is determined that the purposes of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 can best be met by such exchanges of property, to transfer funds for the acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad to the Working Capital Fund. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 to increase the amount of funds authorized for the construction of Foreign Service Institute training facilities. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to credit a specified amount of registration fees collected from manufacturers, exporters, or importers of designated defense articles or services to a Department of State account for FY 1990 and 1991. Repeals a provision of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 concerning overseas assignments of Drug Enforcement Agency agents. Amends the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act to eliminate the exemption for Agency for International Development (AID) regional inspector general offices from the Secretary of State's oversight for overseas staffing levels. Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 to remove provisions regarding: (1) a prohibition on the use of funds to relocate AID regional inspector general offices; and (2) the number of positions authorized for such offices. Repeals a provision of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 which requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress on expenditures made from appropriations for emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service. Amends the American-Mexican Treaty Act of 1950 to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for official entertainment and other representation expenses within the United States for the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission. Authorizes the expenditure of appropriations available to the Commission for repairs of sanitation works threatened by the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and for emergency actions against health threatening sanitation problems. Authorizes the President to carry out preliminary surveys, operations, and maintenance of the system constructed to intercept sewage flows from Tijuana and selected canyon areas. Prohibits the operation of the Anzalduas diversion dam for irrigation or water supply purposes in the United States unless arrangements have been made with the prospective water users for repayment to the Government of the allocated portions of such dam. Authorizes the Secretary of State, acting through the Commission, to conduct investigations relating to the drainage of transboundary waters between the United States and Mexico. Repeals provisions of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 concerning the operations of diplomatic and consular posts and the United States Information Agency (USIA). Repeals a provision of a specified Act relating to the solemnization of marriages by consular officials. Adds the Department of State to the list of agencies to which criminal justice agencies are required to make available criminal history record information regarding individuals under investigation by the Department for determining the eligibility of such individuals for access to classified information or assignment to sensitive national security duties. Authorizes the U.S. Postal Service to establish branch post offices at diplomatic posts abroad. Requires the Department of State to transfer postal revenues to the Postal Service for expenses incurred in providing airmail service for such posts. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize special agents of the Department of State and the Foreign Service to make arrests without warrant for any offense concerning passport or visa issuance if there are grounds to believe that a person has committed or is committing such offense. Removes violations of specified sections of the criminal code from a list of violations for which such agents are authorized to make arrests without warrant. Part C: Diplomatic Immunity, Reciprocity and Security - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make ineligible to receive a visa and to exclude from admission into the United States any alien who has committed a serious criminal offense and for whom immmunity from criminal jurisdiction was exercised with respect to such offense. Waives such excludability under certain conditions. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to require the President, no later than October 1, 1990, to determine whether steps have been or will be taken to: (1) ensure that a new chancery building for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow can be safely and securely used; and (2) eliminate the damage to U.S. national security from electronic surveillance by Soviet facilities on Mount Alto. Expresses the sense of the Congress that a 1969 agreement (and related agreements, notes, and understandings) between the United States and the Soviet Union on reciprocal allocations for use free of charge of plots of land in Moscow and Washington, D.C., should be terminated if the President cannot make such determinations. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the Secretary of State to make grants to child care facilities to offset in part the costs of such care in Moscow and other posts abroad where the Secretary determines that such facilities are necessary to the efficient operation of the post. Amends the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 to exempt the Department of State from a prohibition on administering lie detector tests, in any counterintelligence function, to individuals working under Department contracts. Part D: Personnel - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require the Secretary of the Treasury, at the direction of the Secretary of State and the election of a foreign national employee, to transfer such employee's interest in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to a trust or other local retirement plan (except a social security plan). Deems such transfers to be a complete and final payment of benefits under Federal provisions governing civil service compensation. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize judicial review of any separation for cause of a Foreign Service member. Makes technical amendments to provisions regarding the payment of travel expenses for Foreign Service members and their families in emergency situations. Revises Federal provisions regarding civil service compensation to extend the time period for which payments to employees whose evacuation has been ordered may be made. Revises Federal provisions regarding quarters, education, and cost-of-living allowances for Federal employees stationed in foreign countries. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to prohibit extra credit for foreign service at an unhealthful post from being used to determine the eligibility of a person to qualify as a former spouse of a Foreign Service employee or to compute such person's pro rata share of employee credit. Prohibits such credit for service as a part of a tour of duty. Entitles qualified former spouses of former USIA and AID employees to Foreign Service health and survivor benefits if such an employee retired before participation in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System was possible and the marriage lasted at least five years during the overseas assignment. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the Secretary of State to make grants to post-secondary institutions or students (with special emphasis on minorities) to promote awareness of, and interest in, Foreign Service employment. Requires satisfactory educational progress by grant recipients for continued receipt of such grants. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize Foreign Service members who receive presidential appointments to remain eligible for certain performance pay and leave in lieu of receiving the salary and leave of the appointed position. (Current law makes such members ineligible for performance pay.) Title II: International Organizations - Authorizes the President to continue U.S. membership in the International Sugar Organization and the International Tropical Timber Organization. Allows U.S. contributions to such organizations to be paid from funds appropriated for contributions to international organizations, beginning in FY 1991. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should ensure that the United Nations continues to pay sufficient attention to the United States and other major financial contributors in decision-making procedures on budgetary matters. Authorizes the President to withhold funds appropriated for the U.S. contribution to the United Nations or its agencies unless the United Nations has continued to implement the decision-making process in such manner. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to repeal provisions regarding the U.S. contribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the recognition of the Red Shield of David. Title III: Immigration and Refugee Provisions - Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 to make technical amendments to a provision regarding audits of funds received by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Bill· HRH.R. 1257 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Charitable Solicitation Disclosure Act of 1989 - Requires charitable organizations which solicit a contribution by mail to include the following information with such solicitation: (1) the legal name and principal business of the organization; (2) whether it is exempt under the Internal Revenue Code; (3) the purpose of the solicitation and the intended use of the contribution, specifying whether the program or activities for which the contribution will be used are in existence or planned; and (4) the obligation of the organization to furnish a financial report upon the request of the person being solicited. Requires solicitations made in writing to: (1) be presented in readily understandable language; (2) be located in a conspicuous place; and (3) appear in conspicuous and legible type in contrast with other printed matter on the solicitation. Requires solicitations made through audio communication to be clearly audible and in language readily understandable. Requires solicitations made through visual communication to: (1) appear in lettering of sufficient size to be easily read by the viewer; (2) be shown against a background which does not impair the legibility of the communication; and (3) remain in view for a period sufficient to enable the viewer to read the communication. Describes the information to be included in financial reports of organizations which solicit contributions by mail. Requires such organizations to furnish the Postal Service any information it may require to assure compliance with this Act. Describes the types of organizations to which this Act does not apply. Authorizes the Postal Service to issue certain cease and desist orders to organizations that solicit money for a charitable purpose without complying with this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1161 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Authorizes any person who receives an unsolicited sexually oriented advertisement through the mails to request the Postal Service to order the sender to disclose the source from which the recipient's name or address was obtained. Authorizes the Postal Service to request the Attorney General to apply to a U.S. district court for an order directing compliance.
Bill· HRH.R. 1147 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Provides for the transfer of the United States Postal Service to a private corporation. Directs the President to transmit to the Congress: (1) a comprehensive plan providing for the transfer of property subject to this Act; and (2) recommendations for legislation as necessary. Establishes the Postal Privatization Commission to carry out the functions relating to the issuance of securities to postal employees and assisting the President in transferring the Postal Service to a private corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 1082 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the Federal budget or the congressional budget; (2) shall be exempt from Federal budget limitations on expenditures and net lending; and (3) shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the Federal deficit.
Bill· HRH.R. 982 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Postal Reorganization Act Amendments of 1989 - Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the Federal budget or the congressional budget; (2) shall be exempt from Federal budget limitations on expenditures and net lending; and (3) shall be exempt from any sequestration order under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the Federal deficit.
Bill· SS. 302 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989
Postal Service Budgetary Treatment Act of 1989 - Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the Federal budget or the congressional budget; (2) shall be exempt from Federal budget limitations on expenditures and net lending; and (3) shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the Federal deficit. Makes the U.S. Postal Service an off-budget Federal entity.
Bill· HRH.R. 429 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of the sexual assault and molestation of that individual by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service.
Bill· HRH.R. 382 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Grants jurisdiction to the United States Claims Court, notwithstanding certain time limits, for claims by the descendants and assignees (or their heirs) of a named individual respecting use by the U.S. Postal Service of a postage cancellation stamp patented by the individual.
Bill· HRH.R. 433 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified amount to the descendants and assignees (or their heirs) of a named individual as full and final settlement of claims arising from use by the U.S. Postal Service of the individual's patented postage cancellation stamp.
Bill· HRH.R. 314 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Mail Delivery to Physically Handicapped Act of 1988 - Requires, upon approval of an application which includes a physician's certification of need, the delivery of mail to the door of handicapped individuals.