Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990

Summary

Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Title I: Committee on Agriculture - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make deficiency payments available to producers of the 1992 through 1995 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice. Provides for acreage reduction programs for: (1) the 1991 through 1995 crops of wheat; and (2) the 1992 through 1995 crops of feed grains, upland cotton, and rice. Sets forth the 1991 through 1995 price supports for soybeans. Establishes 1991 through 1995 authorization levels for Rural Electrification Administration and Farmers Home Administration loans. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations for the FY 1991 through 1995 commodity distribution and supplemental food programs. Authorizes appropriations under the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 for FY 1991 through 1995. Prohibits any Federal action that would have the effect of restricting the borrowing or obligation guaranty authority of specified Government corporations. Requires annual reports to this committee by the Secretary of the Treasury on: (1) farm credit and the issuance and redemption of related notes; and (2) (jointly with the Comptroller General) on the effect of changes of Federal tax and revenue laws on farm credit and on agriculture generally. Title II: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to: (1) elimination of premium ceilings; and (2) assessment rates. Amends the National Housing Act with respect to mortgage insurance, including mutual mortgage insurance, a new periodic mortgage insurance safety and soundness premium, and an auction alternative to mortgage assignments. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the crime insurance program through FY 1995, and the National Flood Insurance Act to extend its program through FY 1995. Prohibits any Federal action that would have the effect of restricting the borrowing or obligation guaranty authority of specified Government corporations. Requires annual reports to this Committee by the Secretary of the Treasury on: (1) credit and the issuance and redemption of notes; and (2) (jointly with the Comptroller General) on the effect of changes in Federal tax and revenue laws on credit, housing, urban development, banks and the banking industry, and monetary policy. Title III: Education and Labor Committee - Subtitle A: Student Loan Program Savings - Student Loan Default Prevention Initiative Act of 1990 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to student loan programs, especially their default prevention measures. Subtitle B: Amendments Relating to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to: (1) treatment of reversions of qualified plan assets to employers; (2) transfer of excess pension assets to retiree health accounts; and (3) an increase in basic premium rates. Subtitle C: Labor Civil Penalties and Fines - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to civil money penalties for violation of such Act. Subtitle D: Early Childhood Education and Development - Early Childhood Education and Development Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for specified programs under the Head Start Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the Child Care Quality Improvement Act. Amends the Head Start Act with respect to financial asssistance, allocation of funds, and expanded eligibility. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to mandate grants to States to assist in the expansion or creation of before- and after-school child care or early childhood development programs. Child Care Quality Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide financial assistance to States and Indian tribes and tribal organizations for child care quality improvement programs. Establishes a National Advisory Committee on Recommended Child Care Standards. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program of grants to eligible businesses to pay start-up costs incurred to provide child care services, or to provide additional child care services, needed by their employees. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits any Federal action that would have the effect of restricting the borrowing or obligation guaranty authority of specified Government corporations. Title IV: Committee on Energy and Commerce - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Medicare Program and Regulation of Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies - Amends the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare physicians' services, other items and services, peer review organizations, beneficiary premiums and deductibles, and standards for Medicare supplemental insurance policies. Subtitle B: Medicaid Program - Amends the Social Security Act with respect to Medicaid program reductions in spending, protection for low-income Medicare beneficiaries, improvements in child health, nursing home reform, Medicare payments, eligibility and coverage, health maintenance organizations, demonstration projects, and home- and community-based waivers. Subtitle C: Energy and Miscellaneous User Fees - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 with respect to solar, wind, waste, and geothermal power production incentives. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assess and collect annual user fees and charges. Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a schedule of railroad user fees. Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to direct the Secretary to charge incoming aliens a U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration user fee. Provides for radon testing and motor vehicle compliance program fees. Title V: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - Subtitle A: Nuclear Regulatory Commission User Fees - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assess and collect annual fees and charges from utilization facility licensees in order to cover 100 percent of the Commission's budget authority. Subtitle B: Tongass Timber Reform - Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to: (1) require annual appropriations for timber management and resource conservation in the Tongass National Forest; (2) require termination of certain long-term timber sale contracts; (3) designate specified additional wilderness areas; and (4) provide for sustained production of old-growth forest resources within the Forest. Subtitle C: Oil Shale Claims Reform - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for resolution of certain unpatented oil shale claims on Federal lands. Subtitle D: Reclamation Fees - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to the deposit of fees and use of money in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. Establishes the Abandoned Minerals and Mineral Materials Mine Reclamation Fund for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past minerals and mineral materials mining. Requires allocation of Fund expenditures in grants to States for State reclamation programs. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Bryce Canyon Coal Lease Sale - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a competitive coal lease sale for an area of Bryce Canyon, Utah, that includes the Manti-Sal Lands. Subtitle F: Bureau of Land Management - Authorizes appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management for FY 1991 through 1994. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 with respect to specified Bureau activities. Title VI: Committee on the Judiciary - Mandates Patent and Trademark Office user fees FY 1991 through 1995. Title VII: Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee Provisions - Subtitle A: Miscellaneous - Amends Federal law with respect to tonnage charges and U.S. Coast Guard user fees. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and collect fees for FY 1991 through 1995 for services and things of value provided by EPA. Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1990 - Deems services in the United States merchant marine during World War II to be active military service for provision of benefits under the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977. Subtitle B: Coastal Zone Management - Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to reauthorize and revise its grant programs for FY 1991 through 1995. Subtitle C: Clean Beaches - Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of EPA to: (1) review and revise water quality criteria for coastal recreation waters; and (2) promulgate regulations for State testing of coast recreation waters and uniform assessment and monitoring procedures for floatable materials in such waters. Requires State to adopt criteria based on Federal criteria. Authorizes grants to States for use in fulfilling requirements established under such criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1992. Title VIII: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - Subtitle A: Civil Service - Amends Federal law to eliminate lump-sum retirement benefits for Federal employees after November 1, 1990. Revises the health benefits program for such employees. Subtitle B: Postal Service - Amends Federal law with respect to: (1) the funding of cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for U.S. Poastal Service annuitants and survivor annuitants; (2) funding of health benefits for Postal Service retirees and survivors of Postal Service employees or retirees; and (3) treatment of contribution requirements. Subtitle C: Coordination - Declares that any transfer of outlays, receipts, or revenues from one fiscal year to an adjacent fiscal year that occurs pursuant to this title shall be treated as altering the deficit or producing a new deficit reduction under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Reaffirmation Act of 1987. Title IX: Public Works and Transportation - Subtitle A: Surface Transportation - Surface Transportation Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Authorizes supplemental appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1991 through 1995. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize supplemental appropriations for FY 1991 for the mass transit program. Authorizes additional supplemental appropriations for such program for FY 1992 through 1995. Subtitle B: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion - Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reauthorize specified airport and airway improvement programs through FY 1992. Subtitle C: Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development - Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reauthorize aviation research activities through FY 1992. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a research grant and consortium program. Subtitle D: Aging Aircraft Safety - Aging Aircraft Safety Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the FAA to: (1) initiate a rulemaking proceeding to issue a rule to assure the continuing airworthiness of aging aircraft; and (2) establish certain aircraft maintenance safety programs. Subtitle E: Off Budget Treatment of Transportation Trust Funds - Transportation Trust Funds Off Budget Act of 1990 - Declares that receipts and disbursements of the Highway Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund allocable to the transportation-related operations of each such Trust Fund shall be excluded from the Federal and congressional budgets and exempted from any general budget limitation imposed by Federal law on U.S. Government spending and net lending (budget outlays). Declares the sense of Congress reaffirming: (1) that all highway fuel taxes and aviation user taxes should be deposited into their respective Trust Funds; and (2) that these Trust Funds should be used for surface transportation and aviation programs only and not for deficit reduction. Subtitle F: Water Resources - Directs the Administrator of EPA to assess and collect certain fees and charges in FY 1991 through 1995, with a specified maximum aggregate for services and activities under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Requires the Secretary of the Army to study and report to Congress on certain Corps of Engineers' fees charged for the issuance and processing of certain permits under the Water Pollution Control Act and the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899. Title X: Science, Space, and Technology - Sutitle A: User Fees - Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act with respect to user fees. Directs the Administrator of EPA to conduct research to develop, test, and evaluate radon and radon progeny measurement methods and protocols. Directs the appropriate Secretaries or Administrators to study user fee assessment and collection practices of the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study options for the assessment and collection of licensing fees under the Commercial Space Launch Act. Subtitle B: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion - Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reauthorize specified airport and airway improvement programs through FY 1992. (This subtitle is very similar to Subtitle B of Title IX.) Subtitle C: Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development - Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reauthorize aviation research activities through FY 1992. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to establish: (1) a research grant and consortium program; and (2) a catastrophic failure prevention research grant program. (This subtitle is very similar to Subtitle C of Title IX.) Title XI: Committee on Veterans' Affairs - Amends Federal law with respect to veterans': (1) compensation and pension benefits; (2) health care benefits; (3) education and employment; (4) housing and loan guaranty assistance; (5) burial and grave marker benefits; and (6) other specified matters. Title XII: Committee on Ways and Means: Spending - Amends the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare payments for hospital, physicians', and related services. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and the Revenue Act of 1987 to extend the authority for Customs user fees and Internal Revenue Service user fees. Provides for recovery of OASDI overpayments by means or reduction in tax refunds. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make an annual study of the financial safety and soundness of the activities of all Government-sponsored enterprises and the impact of their operations on Federal borrowing. Increases the public debt limit. Title XIII: Committee on Ways and Means: Revenue Provisions - Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Increase in Earned Income Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the earned income tax credit. Subtitle B: Excise Taxes - Increases certain user-related excise taxes and excise taxes related to health and the environment. Imposes new taxes on certain luxury items (including passenger vehicles, boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs) and on refined petroleum products. Subtitle C: Other Revenue Increases - Revises provisions related to: (1) insurance policy acquisition costs; (2) treatment of salvage recoverable; (3) waiver of estimated insurance tax penalties; (4) tax compliance; (5) treatment of reversions of qualified plan assets to employers; (6) transfers to retiree health accounts; (7) corporate taxation; and (8) the employment tax.

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  Public Law · EN · 6 November 1990

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  summary · EN · 15 October 1990

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