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Bill· SS. 1069 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount permitted as a nondeductible contribution to an individual retirement account from $2,000 to $4,000. Exempts from the ten percent penalty tax on early withdrawals from qualified individual retirement plans any distribution used to pay: (1) qualified tuition and related expenses of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependents at an educational institution; (2) educational expenses for occupational retraining; (3) acquisition or construction costs associated with a principal residence for a taxpayer who has never had a present ownership interest in one; or (4) long-term health care expenses of the taxpayer or spouse.
Bill· SS. 1055 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the ten percent penalty tax on early distributions any distribution received on or after retirement by qualified public safety officers (law enforcement or corrections officers, firefighters, or emergency service personnel) under a deferred compensation plan maintained by a Federal or other governmental entity.
Bill· SS. 1082 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Extends from December 31, 1988, to December 31, 1991, the 11 percent energy percentage used to determine the investment tax credit with respect to energy property associated with the Island Park Dam Hydropower Project in Idaho.
Bill· SS. 1060 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Rural Primary Care Incentives Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable income tax credit of up to $12,000 per year (lifetime total of $36,000) for any physician who provides primary health services to residents of a rural health manpower shortage area and who is not receiving assistance under specified national Health Service Corps programs. Permits advance credit payments through income tax withholding. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress concerning: (1) the need for non-physician primary care providers in targeted rural areas; (2) the effectiveness of the tax credit in increasing the supply of primary care physicians in the targeted areas; and (3) alternative methods of defining rural health manpower shortage areas. Excludes from gross income any payments made on behalf of a taxpayer by the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program.
Bill· HRH.R. 2393 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1989
Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery Tax Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set a depletion allowance of 27.5 percent in connection with domestic oil and natural gas recovered through enhanced recovery techniques. Reduces this percentage (but not below 15 percent) as the average annual removal price during the calendar year exceeds $30 (indexed for inflation). Terminates this provision with respect to production after 2009. Increases from 50 percent to 100 percent the net income limitation on percentage depletion in connection with incremental tertiary oil or natural gas. Makes the alternative minimum tax preference for percentage depletion and for intangible drilling costs in connection with oil and gas removed through enhanced recovery methods inapplicable whenever the average annual removal price for the year is less than $30 (indexed for inflation). Terminates this provision with respect to production or costs after 2009. Permits a ten percent income tax credit for research to discover or improve tertiary recovery methods for domestic crude oil or natural gas.
Bill· HRH.R. 2385 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the ten percent penalty tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans any distributions from specified plans associated with the collective bargaining agreement of a specified carpenters union in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Bill· HRH.R. 2395 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend for three years, through 1992, the investment tax credit in connection with depreciable solar energy property and geothermal property; and (2) permit this credit against the taxpayer's entire regular tax liability and minimum tax liability.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 272 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1989
Dire Emergency Veterans Medical Care Supplemental Appropriations Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY 1989 for veterans' medical care.
Bill· HRH.R. 2377 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for civil defense programs under the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.
Bill· HRH.R. 2378 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit States from: (1) imposing a higher tax assessment ratio upon natural gas transmission property than is imposed upon other commercial and industrial property; (2) collecting an ad valorem property tax on natural gas transmission property at a tax rate that exceeds the rate applicable to commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction; and (3) imposing any other tax that discriminates against a natural gas company subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with an exception for fees charged gas companies for safety, environmental, or land use purposes. Grants Federal district courts concurrent jurisdiction (without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties) to enjoin, suspend, restrain, or set aside such discriminatory tax treatment. Permits relief only if the ratio of assessed value to true market value of natural gas transmission property exceeds by at least five percent that of other commercial and industrial property in the taxing jurisdiction.
Bill· HRH.R. 2353 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow farmers' cooperatives to elect to treat as ordinary income or loss certain capital gains and losses from the disposition of assets used in conducting business with or for patrons.
Law· HRH.R. 2358 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Amends specified Federal law providing support for the Civic Achievement Award Program in Honor of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to authorize appropriations to the Librarian of Congress to disburse funds to the Close Up Foundation for such program for FY 1990 and 1991. Changes from optional to mandatory for such program (which is for students in the fifth through eighth grades) such program elements as individual and group projects, mastery of academic skills, development of library skills, and community service. Grants individual, class, and school awards for program participation. (Currently, awards may be given only for satisfying specified standards.)
Bill· HRH.R. 2346 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Amends the American Folklife Preservation Act to authorize appropriations for the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress for FY 1990 through 1992.
Bill· HRH.R. 2347 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Supplemental Appropriations Act for the Unfunded Authorization to Fight The War on Drugs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1989 to the Department of Justice for: (1) legal activities; (2) the U.S. Marshals Services; (3) support of U.S. prisoners; (4) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (5) the Drug Enforcement Administration; (6) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (7) the Federal prison system; (8) the National Institute of Corrections; (9) buildings and facilities; and (10) Office of Justice programs. Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1989 to the Department of State for administration of foreign affairs. Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1989 to the Judiciary for: (1) courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services; (2) defender services; (3) fees of jurors and commissioners; and (4) court security. Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1989 to the State Justice Institute. Directs that the outlays from the Treasury for FY 1989 resulting from the new budget (obligational) authority in this Act be derived from the criminal fines collected pursuant to the plea agreement in the case of United States v. Drexel, Burnham, Lambert, Inc. and Drexel, Burnham, Lambert Group, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided.
Bill· HRH.R. 2370 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Repeals provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 that increased the rate of tax paid in connection with capital gains of both individuals and corporations. Treats such gain as it was treated under the Internal Revenue Code before the 1986 amendments (individual rate at 20 percent, with a 60 percent deduction allowed for long-term gain; corporate rate at 28 percent). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss.
Bill· HRH.R. 2354 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a corporate income tax deduction for interest on indebtedness of $100,000,000 or more incurred to acquire the stock of any major airline if the relevant stock is acquired in connection with an ownership change and: (1) a significant portion of the acquisitions is associated with a hostile offer; (2) junk bonds constitute any of the indebtedness incurred in making the acquisitions; or (3) the debt to equity ratio of the issuing corporation immediately after the ownership change exceeds one to one and has been increased by at least 50 percent as a result of the change.
Bill· SS. 985 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the disclosure to affected participants or beneficiaries of information about decisions and legal rights in connection with tax litigation relating to pension plan termination or transfers when an employer terminates a pension plan or transfers participants to a subsidiary's plan.
Bill· SS. 988 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude allocations in the nature of patronage dividends when determining net book income of rural telephone and electric cooperatives for purposes of the minimum tax.
Bill· SS. 981 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income 50 percent of any gain from the sale or exchange of real property acquired by the taxpayer directly from the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation after December 31, 1989, and held for at least five years.
Bill· SS. 980 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Low-Income Housing Credit Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the low-income housing income tax credit (under current law the credit will expire after tax year 1989). Permits States a one-year carryover of unused credit authority. Assigns carryovers to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to allocate to eligible States applying for excess credit. Allows the credit only if an extended low-income housing commitment (beyond the current 15-year period) is in effect with respect to any building for the relevant taxable year. Describes procedures to effect transition to a non-low-income use in connection with such extensions. Permits the credit in connection with the acquisition of an existing building only if the taxpayer incurs rehabilitation expenditures of at least $3,000 per unit. Revises rent restrictions to: (1) declare unnecessary a required rent reduction below the initial rent if the median gross income of the area decreases; (2) permit higher rent if units are occupied by higher income individuals and the project has an operating deficit; (3) base income limitations on the number of bedrooms in a unit; and (4) use State median gross income in certain low-income housing status determinations. Broadens categories of existing buildings eligible for a waiver of the ten-year requirement for the low-income housing credit. Revises credit provisions relating to single-room occupancy units and special needs housing. Revises restrictions that limit credit benefits in connection with buildings financed with tax-exempt bonds and below market loans. Permits the credit to be allocated: (1) on a project basis; and (2) in connection with owner-occupied buildings of four units or less if a development plan is submitted. Directs housing credit agencies to adopt plans for allocating credit amounts among projects, prohibiting the credit with respect to any building not included in such a plan. Modifies at-risk rules in connection with buildings subject to the historic rehabilitation credit and those associated with financing provided by certain nonprofit organizations. Sets the tax credit rate on a semiannual basis rather than monthly. Increases the credit in connection with buildings in high cost areas (low-income census tracts or difficult development areas). Establishes special rules for determining the eligible basis and applying at-risk rules in connection with qualified buildings acquired in foreclosures.
Bill· HRH.R. 2319 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Low-Income Housing Credit Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the low-income housing income tax credit (under current law the credit will expire after tax year 1989). Permits States a one-year carryover of unused credit authority. Assigns carryovers to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to allocate to eligible States applying for excess credit. Allows the credit only if an extended low-income housing commitment (beyond the current 15-year period) is in effect with respect to any building for the relevant taxable year. Describes procedures to effect transition to a non-low-income use in connection with such extensions. Permits the credit in connection with the acquisition of an existing building only if the taxpayer incurs rehabilitation expenditures of at least $3,000 per unit. Revises rent restrictions to: (1) declare unnecessary a required rent reduction below the initial rent if the median gross income of the area decreases; (2) permit higher rent if units are occupied by higher income individuals and the project has an operating deficit; (3) base income limitations on the number of bedrooms in a unit; and (4) use State median gross income in certain low-income housing status determinations. Broadens categories of existing buildings eligible for a waiver of the ten-year requirement for the low-income housing credit. Revises credit provisions relating to single-room occupancy units and special needs housing. Loosens restrictions that limit credit benefits in connection with buildings financed with tax-exempt bonds and below market loans. Permits the credit to be allocated: (1) on a project basis; and (2) in connection with owner-occupied buildings of four units or less if a development plan is submitted. Directs housing credit agencies to adopt plans for allocating credit amounts among projects, prohibiting the credit with respect to any building not included in such a plan. Modifies at-risk rules in connection with buildings subject to the historic rehabilitation credit and those associated with financing provided by certain nonprofit organizations. Sets the tax credit rate on a semiannual rather than monthly basis. Increases the credit in connection with buildings in high cost areas (low-income census tracts or difficult development areas).
Bill· HRH.R. 2318 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Low-Income Housing Preservation Tax Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) with respect to gain or loss on dispositions of property to provide that for purposes of determining the allowable depreciation and the amount of gain in connection with qualified low-income housing or its disposition, the adjusted basis shall be increased to equal the adjusted cost of the housing. Modifies accounting rules governing passive losses in connection with low-income housing. Treats the exception from such rules as a tax preference for minimum tax purposes. Recaptures benefits if the taxpayer fails to operate the housing in accordance with the relevant agreement or if there is a disposition of the property. Excludes from the gross income of a noncorporate taxpayer any passive activity gain realized in connection with the disposition of a qualified low-income housing project to a qualified non-related party that agrees to continue the low-income housing use of the property. Revises the definition of "cooperative housing corporation" for purposes of the income tax deduction of taxes, interest, and business depreciated by a tenant-stockholder to delete the 80-percent income requirement for limited equity cooperative housing corporations. Requires that income derived from investment of the mandatory reserves of a limited equity cooperative housing corporation be treated, for purposes of the tax deduction incurred in transactions with members, as income derived by the corporation from its members. Recaptures such amounts if the corporation ceases to be a qualified limited equity cooperative housing corporation. Permits eligible corporations to elect retroactive application of this treatment.
Bill· HRH.R. 2336 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the valuation of farmland for estate tax purposes to eliminate the limit on the reduction in fair market value of certain farmland if such land continues to be farmed for up to 30 years.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 268 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress and the President, prior to each fiscal year, to agree on an estimate of total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year by enactment of a joint single subject resolution. Prohibits outlays for that year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding this amount unless the Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Requires the approval of a majority of the total membership of each House by roll call vote before any bill to increase revenue may become law. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect.
Bill· SS. 964 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Civilian Energy Programs Authorization for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 - Title I: Research and Development - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for Department of Energy civilian research and development programs relating to: (1) general science and research activities; (2) energy supply research and development; (3) the Geothermal Resources Development Fund; (4) fossil energy research and development; (5) energy conservation; (6) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and (7) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Petroleum Account. Title II: Conservation, Regulation, and Information - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for the following appropriations accounts: (1) energy conservation; (2) economic regulation; (3) emergency preparedness; (4) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and (5) Energy Information Administration. Title III: Power Marketing Administrations: - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for the following appropriations accounts: (1) Alaska Power Administration; (2) Southeastern Power Administration; (3) Southwestern Power Administration; and (4) Western Area Power Administration. Title IV: Other Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for: (1) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (2) departmental administration; (3) energy supply research and development; (4) energy conservation; (5) Isotope Production and Distribution Fund; (6) Office of the Inspector General; and (7) the Nuclear Waste Fund. Title V: Fiscal Year 1991 Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to implement civilian energy programs.
Bill· SS. 955 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit institutions of the Farm Credit System an income tax deduction for any reasonable addition to reserves for bad debts. Applies this deduction in lieu of the deduction generally applicable to worthless debts.
Bill· SS. 954 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow any physician who agrees to practice for at least 24 consecutive months in a qualified rural community a business expense income tax deduction of up to $5,000 per year for student loan payments of both principal and interest.
Bill· HRH.R. 2316 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Federal Unemployment Tax Relief Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the temporary increase in the unemployment tax paid by employers.
Bill· HRH.R. 2314 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Requires that, for pre-1980 tax years, the Federal income tax deductibility of flight training expenses be determined without considering whether the taxpayer received reimbursement through veterans' educational programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 2312 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for health and child survival programs in developing countries.
Bill· HRH.R. 2289 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Deficit Reduction Gasoline Surtax Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase by nine cents per gallon the excise tax imposed on gasoline and by eight cents per gallon the excise tax imposed on gasohol. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to certain users of gasoline for noncommercial aviation purposes a credit to offset the increased gasoline tax paid. Exempts from the surtax: (1) gasoline used on farms; (2) gasoline used for certain nonhighway purposes or by local transit systems; and (3) fuels not used for taxable purposes. Imposes a floor stocks tax on taxable gasoline which, on October 1, 1989, is held by a dealer for sale and with respect to which the increase has not been paid. Sets the amount of such tax to equal the amount of the excise tax increase. Establishes in the Treasury the Deficit Reduction Trust Fund. Appropriates to such trust fund the revenues raised by the tax surcharge. Limits the use of such funds to the retirement of outstanding obligations of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2285 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Limits assessments of underpayments with respect to taxable periods beginning before July 1, 1985, in connection with the annual $250 occupational tax on retail liquor and beer dealers. Abates assessments and refunds overpayments of any post-1987 tax.
Bill· HRH.R. 2269 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Alternative Fuels Incentive Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an income tax credit for investments in qualified clean-burning (natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or alcohol) motor vehicle fuel property. Permits a 20 percent credit from 1990 through 1999, phasing out the credit in five percent increments annually thereafter to reach zero percent at the end of 2002. Applies the credit to depreciable property that is: (1) equipment designed either to modify a motor vehicle so that it will be propelled only be a clean-burning fuel or to assist in delivering such fuel into such vehicles; or (2) a motor vehicle propelled by clean-burning fuel. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make credit-equivalent payments to States and to local governments in connection with qualified property.
Bill· HRH.R. 2279 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Amends administrative provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to notify a taxpayer if information returns show at least $5 more tax withheld than is shown on the taxpayer's tax return.
Bill· HRH.R. 2275 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include as income, for purposes of the unrelated business income tax, amounts received or accrued by tax-exempt organizations in connection with the sale, lease, rental, or other disposition of member, customer, or contributor lists. Exempts certain charitable and veterans' organizations from this provision in the case of transactions involving like organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2271 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the ten percent additional tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans any distributions to an employee who separated from service on account of early retirement before the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 2280 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a $600 nonrefundable income tax credit to any active member of a qualified volunteer fire department.
Bill· HRH.R. 2268 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the valuation of farm land for estate tax purposes, permitting a qualified heir to enter into a cash lease of farm or other real property with a family member and still have the property valued under use value principles rather than according to its highest and best use.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 114 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) amounts in the housing rehabilitation loan fund should not be transferred for other uses; and (2) the fund should be restored to the balance that would have existed if amounts had not been transferred from the fund by the FY 1989 appropriation Act for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Bill· HRH.R. 2265 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual the following qualified employer-provided transportation benefits: (1) the value of transportation in a commuter highway vehicle between the employee's residence and workplace; and (2) up to $60 per month of the value of any transit pass entitling the employee to transportation on mass transit facilities.
Bill· SS. 928 (101st)reported
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1989
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990 - Title I: The Department of State - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations; Allocation of Funds - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for the Department of State for: (1) administration of foreign affairs, including the diplomatic security program; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) bilateral science and technology agreements; (5) Soviet-East European research and training; (6) the Asia Foundation; and (7) migration and refugee assistance. Earmarks specified amounts of migration and refugee assistance for refugees resettling in Israel and displaced Tibetans in India and Nepal. 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. 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 to 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. Prohibits Federal officers and employees from soliciting funds for the purpose of furthering military, foreign policy, or intelligence objectives prohibited by U.S. law. Prescribes penalties for such violations. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the provision of U.S. assistance to a foreign country if the purpose of such assistance would be to further any military, foreign policy, or intelligence activities prohibited by U.S. law. Part B: Department of State Authorities and Activities; Foreign Missions - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the Secretary of State 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 and vehicles abroad. Authorizes funds appropriated in connection with the use of the Blair House for FY 1990 to be credited to the appropriate account and to be available for maintenance and other expenses of the 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 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. Allows only certain transferred funds to be used for such exchanges. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on: (1) the actions and statements of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as they relate to the PLO's renunciation of terrorism and the recognition of Israel's right to exist; (2) changes in the status of the dialogue with the PLO; and (3) the policies of Arab states toward the Middle East peace process. 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. Directs the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics Matters, for each country in which the Department of State uses, or approves for use, a herbicide for the aerial eradication of coca or opium, to report to the Congress on: (1) the expected impact of eradication on the price and availability of cocaine and heroin in the United States; (2) the extent to which such eradication could encourage coca or opium growers to align themselves with insurgent groups against legitimate governments; (3) the total dollar amount of assistance from the United States, international organizations, and local governments to help coca and opium growers in eradication zones shift to production of licit crops; and (4) what countermeasures may be taken by such growers and illicit drug cartels in response to eradication. Prohibits the use or deployment of equipment or aircraft made available to foreign countries for narcotics control under such Act in locations where U.S. Government representatives are not permitted free access by a foreign government. Sets forth congressional findings on the preservation of Benjamin Franklin's former residence. Urges the United States to recognize the bicentennial of Benjamin Franklin's death and calls on Federal agencies to recognize the preservation goals of the Friends of Benjamin Franklin House and the American Franklin Friends Committee. Authorizes the expenditure from appropriations available to the International Boundary and Water 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. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to require congressional notification prior to the closing of a diplomatic or consular post by the Secretary. 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 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 Service for expenses incurred in providing air transportation for mail at or addressed to such posts. Provides for such authority only to the extent that the total cost of such postal service does not exceed the cost of service incurred by the Department of State in the absence of such authority. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize special agents of the Department of State and the Foreign Service to make arrests without a warrant for any offense concerning passport or visa issuance if such agents have 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 a warrant. Prohibits the sale or transfer of any defense article on the U.S. Munitions List to the People's Republic of China if such equipment is used by China to enforce martial law or suppress demonstrations in Tibet or to violate Tibetan human rights. Requires the President, for each year in which licenses for the export of such items are proposed to be issued, to certify to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that no defense article has been or is being used for such purposes. Terminates this section on October 1, 1993. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take all practicable steps to reopen the American consulate in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Provides that preferences for U.S. contractors under the Diplomatic Security Act shall not apply to the construction or renovation of the U.S. embassy in Ottawa, Canada. Establishes within the Department of State a Bureau for South Asia Affairs to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of State. Provides that the jurisdiction of the Bureau shall consist of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Iran, the Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Indian Ocean issues. Authorizes the establishment of a Visiting Scholars Program at the Foreign Service Institute. Part C: Diplomatic Immunity, Reciprocity, and Security - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make ineligible to receive visas and exclude from admission into the United States any alien who has committed a serious criminal offense and for whom immunity 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 prohibit the Soviet Union from occupying the chancery building on Mount Alto in Washington, D.C., until the President certifies to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that: (1) a new U.S. chancery building which can be safely and securely used has been completed in Moscow; and (2) all feasible steps have or will be taken to eliminate the damage to U.S. national security from electronic surveillance by Soviet facilities on Mount Alto. Requires the President to terminate a 1969 agreement (and related agreements, notes, and understanding) between the United States and the Soviet Union on reciprocal allocation for the free use of plots of land in Moscow and Washington, D.C., unless he certifies to the Speaker of the House and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman that the Soviet use of the Mount Alto facility does not pose a significantly greater threat to U.S. national security than the threat from existing Soviet facilities in Washington, D.C. Authorizes the President to waive such termination if he determines that it is in the interest of national security and reports to the Speaker of the House and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman on the reasons for such waiver. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants to child care facilities to offset the costs of such care in Moscow and at no more than five 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 or subcontracts. 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 U.S. Information Agency (USIA) and AID employees to Foreign Service health, retirement, 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. Directs the Secretary to designate as model foreign language competence posts at least two Foreign Service posts in each of the Department of State's five geographic bureaus in countries where English is not the common language. Requires Government employees assigned to such posts to possess an appropriate level of competence in the language common to the foreign country. Provides that at least one of the designated posts shall be in a country where the principal language is Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, or Russian. Requires such posts to continue as model foreign language posts at least until September 30, 1993. Directs the Secretary to report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on such program. Authorizes the Secretary to make exceptions to the requirements of the program if unanticipated exigencies so require. Prohibits certain posts from being designated as model foreign language posts under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to report to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on an entrance requirement for the Foreign Service of at least one world language at the S-3/R-3 level or one nonworld language at the S-2/R-2 level. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Foreign Service promotion panels shall only promote candidates to the Senior Foreign Service who have demonstrated foreign language proficiency in at least one language at the S-3/R-3 level and shall strive for a minimum proficiency in two such languages; and (2) at least one person on each such panel shall have attained at least the S-3/R-3 level. Directs the Department of State, AID, and USIA to revise the evaluation reports for foreign service officers to include an assessment of an employee's performance in each foreign language tested at the S-3/R-3 level. Requires the Director of Personnel at such agencies to instruct promotion panels to take account of language ability and give precedence in promotions to officers who have achieved such level in one or more foreign languages. Title II: United States Information Agency - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 to USIA and Voice of America (VOA) and to carry out the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960. Earmarks a specified amount of VOA funds for VOA Cuba Service. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1990 for radio construction, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Earmarks specified amounts of funds made available to the Bureau for: (1) the Fulbright Academic Programs; (2) the International Visitors Program; (3) the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program; (4) the Samantha Smith Programs; (5) the Arts America Program; (6) the Office of Citizen Exchanges; (7) books and materials to complete the collections at the Edward Zorinsky Memorial Library in Jakarta, Indonesia; and (8) scholarships to Tibetan students and professionals outside Tibet. Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to authorize the credit of payments for USIA-produced publications and USIA English-teaching and library programs to the applicable appropriation. Amends the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 to modify the preference for U.S. contractors with respect to certain bids for diplomatic construction involving physical or technical security. Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to require the USIA Director to make available to the Archivist of the United States for domestic distribution 12 years after the initial dissemination motion pictures, films, and other materials prepared for dissemination abroad. Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to establish the J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board. Outlines administrative responsibilities of the Board. Requires the Board to ensure that academic and artistic freedoms of grant recipients are protected. Abolishes the Board of Foreign Scholarships. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987. Transfers all personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and balances of appropriations of the Board of Foreign Scholarships to the Board. Authorizes the USIA Director to acquire time on commercial or U.S. Government satellites to transmit USIA materials and programs to posts and other users abroad. Outlines the programs authorized to be transmitted. Requires the Director to give preferences to programs produced by American commercial and public television where such programs are available at a reasonable cost. Authorizes the transmission of public and commercial programs only if such programs: (1) are comprised of news, public affairs, artistic, cultural, or scientific programming; and (2) have been or are being broadcast in the United States. Earmarks specified amounts of funds made available to the USIA under this Act for such programming. Requires satellite time not utilized by USIA to be made available to other Government agencies without cost. Authorizes time not utilized by the Government to be sold to commercial users. Waives certain restrictions concerning television broadcasting under the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 for FY 1990. Requires USIA to promote, and provide assistance to facilitate, access in foreign countries to the news and public affairs programming of U.S. commercial and public television networks. Establishes within the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs an Office of Citizen Exchanges to support private nonprofit organizations engaged in such exchanges between the United States and other countries. Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to authorize the President to negotiate and implement an agreement with the Soviet Union under which repayments by the Soviet Union on lend-lease debts to the United States would be used to finance educational, artistic, and cultural exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union. Prohibits VOA from selecting candidates who must be or are preapproved for employment by a foreign government or entity. Requires the USIA Director to make available to the Archivist of the United States a master copy of the film entitled "Long Journey Home." Directs the Archivist to reimburse the Director for any expenses incurred in making such film available and to make such film available for purchase and public viewing in the United States. Title III: Board for International Broadcasting - Amends the Board of International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations to the Board for International Broadcasting for FY 1990. Authorizes appropriations to the Board for FY 1990 for radio transmitter construction and modernization. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to extend the authority of the Secretary to procure legal services to the chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting. Title IV: International Organizations - Authorizes the President to continue U.S. membership in the International Sugar Organization. Allows U.S. contributions to such organization to be paid from funds appropriated for contributions to international organizations, beginning in FY 1991. Requires the President to withhold 20 percent of the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations or any affiliated agency if the President determines that the United Nations or any such agency is not implementing agreed-upon budgetary and administrative reforms. Directs the President to notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee upon making such a determination. Authorizes the President to waive such withholding if determined that it is in the vital national interest. Provides that this provision shall have no effect after October 1, 1995. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to direct the President to report annually to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate on the voting practices of governments represented at the United Nations and the responsiveness of such governments to U.S. policy. Outlines the requirements of such report. Repeals provisions of specified Acts concerning such voting practices. Prohibits any funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act from being available to the United Nations or any specialized agency which accords the PLO the same standing as member states. Authorizes the United States to make financial contributions to the safeguards program of the International Atomic Energy Agency and voluntary contributions to the global AIDS program of the World Health Organization. Title V: Refugee and Other 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. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to: (1) commitments to facilitating the departure of Jews and other religious minorities from the Soviet Union; (2) the protection and asylum of Southeast Asian refugees and a review of the orderly departure program from Vietnam; (3) the forcible repatriation of Mozambicans by the Government of South Africa and the Secretary's required report on Mozambicans seeking to enter South Africa; and (4) actions by the Government of Ethiopia to improve the situation of Sudanese and Somalian refugees and the Secretary's required report on such actions. Repeals a provision of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 concerning the effective date for a prohibition on the exclusion or deportation of certain aliens. Title VI: Global Environment Protection Act - Global Environmental Protection Assistance Act of 1989 - Part A: Commercial and Governmental Debt-for-Nature Exchanges - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President, acting through AID, to furnish grants to nongovernmental organizations for the purchase of a foreign government's discounted commercial debt which will be canceled as part of a debt-for-nature exchange. Directs the President to identify areas which are in particular need of immediate attention to prevent the loss of unique biological life or a valuable ecosystem. Requires the President, in order for a country to be eligible for a debt-for-nature exchange, to determine that the country has a long-term plan and an agency to oversee the long-term viability of a nature program. Prohibits the U.S. Government from accepting title or interest in any land in a foreign country as a condition of the debt exchange. Requires the President to invite the government of each Subsaharan African country to submit a list of: (1) areas of severely degraded natural resources which threaten human survival and well-being and the opportunity for future economic growth; or (2) areas of biological and ecological importance in such country. Directs the President to reach agreement with a host country for the restoration and sustainable use of such areas. Authorizes the President to make grants to U.S. nongovernmental organizations for the purchase of such countries' discounted commercial debt in exchange for such countries' commitments to restore natural resources and develop plans for sustainable use of such resources. Part B: Multilateral Foreign Assistance Coordination - Declares that the Secretary, acting through the Development Assistance committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, should initiate negotiations among member countries on a coordinated approach to global warming, tropical deforestation, sustainable development, and biological diversity through bilateral assistance programs. Part C: International Debt Exchange Institutions - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President, acting through the Secretary, should initiate negotiations with major lender countries to establish an international institution to facilitate exchanges of commercial debt for sustainable development and conservation purposes. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the status of such negotiations. Part D: Sale of Agricultural Commodities - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize the President, whenever he determines that a country would benefit from the sale of U.S. agricultural commodities for conservation or sustainable development efforts, to make such country eligible for a conservation and environmental protection program under this Act. Makes private conservation groups acting with the support of the host government eligible for such programs. Requires such countries or organizations to formulate multiyear proposals to be submitted to the President. Outlines the requirements of such proposals, including: (1) the intended uses of the funds generated from the sale of such commodities; and (2) the goals, costs, and expected revenues of the supported projects. Allocates up to 15 percent of the sale proceeds from such commodities in a fiscal year to such countries. Part E: Montreal Protocol to Protect the Ozone - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should request and convene a meeting of such parties to the Montreal Protocol as may be necessary for: (1) a reassessment of the control measures contained in the Protocol; and (2) adoption of additional control measures requiring the virtual elimination of all substances identified in the Protocol no later than seven years after this Act's enactment and measures for other ozone-depleting chemicals not identified in the Protocol. Part F: Wildlife Protection - Prohibits ivory or other elephant products from being imported into the United States or sold in any Federal facility if such products: (1) originated from a country where significant numbers of elephants are killed illegally or killed in numbers sufficient to reduce the optimal sustainable elephant population in such country; or (2) were traded in a country where there is significant trade or transit traffic in the products of illegally killed elephants. Makes this prohibition inapplicable to antique ivory. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a list of all foreign countries from which such imports are prohibited. Defines significant trade and transit traffic as ivory valued at more than $200,000 or the product of more than 100 elephants. Authorizes the President to maintain U.S. membership in the International Tropical Timber Organization and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for U.S. contributions to, and participation in: (1) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; (2) the International Tropical Timber Organization; (3) the World Heritage Convention; and (4) the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Title VII: Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act - Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act - Requires USIA to provide television broadcasting to Cuba. Designates such broadcasts as the USIA Television Marti Program. Authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to assign a frequency for such broadcasts, except that no such assignment shall result in interference with domestic broadcasts or in a change of frequency for domestic licensees. Prohibits such broadcasts if the FCC determines that such broadcasts are causing interference with domestic broadcasts. Requires broadcasts to Cuba to be in compliance with all applicable international laws and treaties. Directs the FCC to monitor and periodically report to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) violations of international law arising out of television broadcasting to Cuba; and (2) domestic interference from Cuban television and radio stations and from television broadcasting to Cuba. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish a task force to analyze the level of such interference. Requires the Director to establish a Television Marti Service to be responsible for such broadcasts. Amends the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act to redesignate the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba as the Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting. Revises administrative provisions regarding the Board. Authorizes assistance to USIA from other Federal agencies to carry out the requirements of this Act. Authorizes additional appropriations to USIA for FY 1990 for television broadcasting to Cuba. Prohibits such funds from being expended unless the President notifies the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that such broadcasting is feasible pursuant to a test under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 and will not cause domestic interference. Requires the President to report the findings of such test to the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Television Marti Service be operated in such a manner so as not to affect adversely: (1) the Cuban American community in the United States in terms of family visits or the November 1987 U.S.-Cuba immigration agreement; (2) the prospects for the resumption of broadcast interference talks between the United States and Cuba; and (3) the prospects for cooperation between the United States and Cuba in narcotics interdiction and the environment. Title VIII: Policy Provisions - Prohibits assistance from being provided to: (1) any Cambodian military or political group, except as authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or by the annual foreign assistance authorization legislation; and (2) to the Khmer Rouge or any Cambodian military or political group in alliance with the Khmer Rouge or where such assistance will have the effect of promoting any future political arrangement which includes the Khmer Rouge. Provides that this prohibition shall not limit the provision of food, medicine, or humanitarian assistance to the Cambodian people. Directs the President to take appropriate action to bring to justice the perpetrators of genocide against the Cambodian people in accordance with international law. States that assistance to the Khmer Rouge by China and Thailand contributes significantly to the viability of the Khmer Rouge as a political and military force in Cambodia. Declares that the continuation of such assistance could harm U.S. relations with China and Thailand. Requests the Secretary to communicate such policies to China and Thailand.
Bill· HRH.R. 2230 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1989
Equity in Interstate Competition Act of 1989 - Empowers any State and the District of Columbia to require a person to collect a State sales tax imposed with respect to the sale of tangible personal property if: (1) the destination of sale is in such State; and (2) the person engages in regular or systematic soliciting of sales there and has, within a specified one-year period, gross receipts from the sale of such property that exceed either $500,000 within the State or $12,500,000 nationally. Lists requirements that will qualify certain local sales taxes for treatment as State sales taxes. Restricts the authority of a State with respect to accounting and reporting requirements applied to those collecting and paying State sales tax. Applies State law to those collecting the taxes.
Bill· HRH.R. 2229 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1989
Maritime Appropriation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 - Authorizes appropriations until expended, as the appropriation Act may provide, for the use of the Department of Transportation, for FY 1990 and 1991 for: (1) payment of operating-differential subsidy obligations; (2) operations and training activities; and (3) necessary expenses to acquire and maintain a surge shipping capability in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in an advanced state of readiness. Changes from $100,000 to $400,000 the cap on payments for the maintenance and support of State maritime academies meeting certain requirements. Requires the academies, as a condition to receiving payments or the use of vessels, to require each U.S. citizen entering the academy in a merchant marine officer preparation program, as a condition for graduation, to: (1) pass the Coast Guard merchant marine officer license examination; and (2) agree to serve in a reserve unit of a U.S. armed force for at least six years. Terminates on March 30, 1990, the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to enter into State maritime academy student incentive payment agreements. Extends from June 30, 1990, to June 30, 1995, the termination of the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to provide war risk insurance and reinsurance. Provides that certain petitions filed before 1993 relating to bankruptcy and applications relating to protection of securities investors, when brought by the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of Commerce under the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920 do not, in certain circumstances, act as a stay of specified proceedings. (Current law refers to petitions and applications brought but not to petitions and applications to be brought.) Declares that the rights of either Secretary shall not be affected or enjoined by any court. Amends the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 to specify that any vessel assigned to the Ready Reserve Force component of the National Defense Reserve Fleet is included in specified provisions relating to prohibited and allowed uses of the Reserve Fleet. Confirms the availability of a vessel in the Ready Reserve Force under specified provisions of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation, effective October 31, 1988.
Bill· HRH.R. 2233 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the Federal excise tax on gasoline (except gasohol) from 9.1 cents to 19.1 cents per gallon. Earmarks the increase as follows: (1) three cents to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for transfer to the Mass Transit Account (thereby increasing the total HTF financing rate to 12 cents per gallon); and (2) seven cents to fund deficit reduction. Suspends this deficit reduction rate in any year following a fiscal year when the Federal Government had no deficit.
Bill· SS. 916 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1990 - Authorizes FY 1990 appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Inspector General and for specified activities relating to: (1) research and development; (2) space flight, control, and data communications; (3) construction of facilities; and (4) research and program management, including scientific consultations. Permits appropriations for the first two numbered categories to be used for certain items of a capital nature (other than land acquisition) required for the performance of research and development contracts, and for grants to nonprofit educational and research organizations to augment their research facilities. Prohibits the use of these funds for the construction of any major facility whose estimated cost exceeds $500,000, unless the Administrator of NASA notifies specified congressional leadership and committees. Authorizes fund use, subject to limitations, for facilities construction, repair, or modification and for unforeseen programmatic facility project needs. Authorizes FY 1991 through 1992 appropriations to NASA for authorized programs, other than with respect to Space Station Freedom. Permits upward variances of funds for facilities construction under circumstances outlined in this Act. Authorizes certain fund transfers and makes available specified funds for the construction and modification of laboratories and other installations. Requires the Administrator to notify specified congressional leadership and committees of the nature, cost, and need for such construction before expending the funds in question. Prohibits, until 30 days following congressional receipt of the Administrator's full explanation, the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for any program that: (1) has been eliminated by the Congress; (2) is in excess of the amount actually authorized for the particular program (except for construction of facilities); or (3) has not been presented to either of the relevant congressional committees. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to: (1) permit the Administrator to prohibit the public disclosure of certain technical data requiring an export license; (2) deem any invention made, used, or sold in outer space on an aeronautical and space vehicle under U.S. jurisdiction or control to be made, used, or sold in the United States; and (3) authorize the NASA Administrator to enter into contracts, leases, or agreements that provide for private financing of special purpose facility projects for NASA use. Sets conditions to govern the initiation of such privately financed projects. Declares it to be the sense of the Congress that it is in the national interest to consider geographical distribution, whenever feasible, in allotting Federal research funds and that NASA should explore ways to do so.
Bill· SS. 913 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals to designate on their income tax returns a contribution of all or part of their tax refunds to the Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust. Establishes in the Treasury the Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust (trust fund) to distribute hunger relief funds to qualified nonprofit hunger relief services organizations. Appropriates to the trust fund amounts equal to those designated on tax returns. Describes standards and procedures for the distribution of trust fund monies. Specifies a number of restrictions with respect to the activities of recipient organizations, including limitations on administrative expenses. Requires the Hunger Commission to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report detailing trust fund expenditures. Establishes a Hunger Commission to administer the distribution of funds to qualified hunger relief services organizations on a matching grant basis. Permits a maximum award of $100,000 to any single qualified organization in any fiscal year. Requires that: (1) at least 50 percent of amounts received into the trust fund in any year be paid to qualified organizations; and (2) monies in the trust fund be distributed within 180 days of their receipt there. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 920 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Amends the Commercial Space Launch Act to authorize FY 1990 through 1991 appropriations to the Department of Transportation for activities of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation under such Act.
Bill· SS. 914 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for five years, through 1994, the investment tax credit in connection with depreciable: (1) solar energy property; (2) geothermal property; and (3) ocean thermal property.
Bill· HRH.R. 2203 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 to increase the FY 1989 obligation ceiling for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning and programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 2221 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Honorarium Income Tax Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on income, other than that donated to charitable organizations, received as honoraria for speeches given by any taxpayer whose earned income is less than 51 percent attributable to such income.