Making appropriations to meet our economic problems coming from changing conditions with essential productive jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, and for other purposes.

Summary

Title I: Meeting Our Economic Problems Coming from Changing Conditions with Essential Productive Jobs - Directs the appropriate congressional committees to study the current economic crisis, with emphasis on long-term recovery and and a strong private sector based on Government/industry partnership, and present their findings to the Congress by October 1, 1989, for appropriate action. Declares that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee should take necessary actions to achieve and maintain a level of interest rates low enough to achieve significant economic growth and reduce the current level of unemployment. Makes appropriations for FY 1990, in order to create productive jobs and protect public investment, for various activities relating to: (1) Federal buildings; (2) interstate highways; (3) mass transportation; (4) rehabilitation of highway bridges crossing over Northeast corridor rail transportation properties; (5) railroad infrastructure and rights-of-way improvement; (6) veterans' medical facilities and services; (7) public housing modernization; (8) community development; (9) international trade competition; (10) local economic development; (11) small business loans and investments; (12) small business oriented employment or national resources development programs; (13) parks and recreational areas and facilities; (14) the National Forest System; (15) Indian health facilities; (16) Fish and Wildlife Service facilities; (17) rural development and resource conservation, including rural water and waste disposal; (18) soil conservation, including watershed and flood prevention operations; (19) Federal, State, and local prison modernization; (20) water resource and hydroelectric power, flood control, shore protection, harbor channel and navigable waterway maintenance; and (21) reclamation and irrigation projects. Makes appropriations for FY 1990 to the Department of Labor to provide productive jobs for unemployed individuals under specified conditions, in various types of public service employment. Provides for allocation of such funds to eligible local governments, rural area concentrated employment program grantees, or States. Makes appropriations in additional amounts for FY 1990 for: (1) employment and training assistance; (2) grants to States for unemployment insurance and employment services; (3) assistance through day care services; and (4) home health care services at community and migrant health centers. Makes appropriations for FY 1990 to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out an emergency food and shelter program. Requires the FEMA Director to make a grant of such program funds to the United Way of America to provide emergency food and shelter to needy individuals through eligible private voluntary organizations. Provides that a special board of private voluntary organizations shall determine how program funds are to be distributed. Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation to process and distribute surplus food, which it owns or purchase, under such program in cooperation with FEMA. Makes appropriations for FY 1990 for: (1) construction and modernization of military family housing; (2) low-income energy conservation weatherization activities; and (3) Federal motor vehicle procurement.

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Timeline

1. 27 July 1989

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

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2. 27 July 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 July 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Sponsors

• Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] · D · Sponsor
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