bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
101-s-3262,101,s,3262,Kissimmee River Environmental Restoration Act,Water Resources Development,1990-10-27,1990-10-27,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,1,"Kissimmee River Environmental Restoration Act - Modifies a flood control project on the Kissimmee River, central and southern Florida, to provide for restoration of such River for environmental purposes at a specified total cost.  Requires such restoration to be undertaken only in accordance with a final report of the Chief of Engineers. Specifies the non-Federal share of the cost of such project.",2025-08-26T17:28:48Z,
101-s-3263,101,s,3263,"A bill to establish a replacement fuels and alternative fuels program, and for other purposes.",Energy,1990-10-27,1990-10-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT]",VT,R,J000072,2,"Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a replacement fuels development program which:  (1) promotes the replacement of gasoline as a motor fuel with alternative motor fuels; (2) ensures the availability of replacement and alternative motor fuels; and (3) will have the greatest impact in improving air quality in urban areas, along transportation corridors, and nationwide.  Prescribes program guidelines. Requires the Secretary to establish optimal replacement and alternative motor fuel production goals for 1996 and 1997 and to report to the Congress about program status.  Prescribes minimum percentages of domestically produced replacement fuel to be sold in specified calendar years.  Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must prescribe the minimum percentage of domestically produced replacement and alternative fuel which must be contained in the total annual gasoline sales by refiners for motor fuel use in certain years. Requires refiners and manufacturers to report annually to the Secretary regarding the amount of domestically produced replacement and alternative fuel sold. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations by a specified deadline regarding the exchange of marketable credits among:  (1) refiners; (2) manufacturers of replacement fuels; and (3) distributors of alternative motor fuels sold in commerce for transportation purposes. Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act with respect to average fuel economy standards to require the Secretary to not consider the fuel economy of alcohol powered automobiles or natural gas powered automobiles, and to consider dual energy automobiles and natural gas dual energy automobiles operated on gasolines and diesel fuel, to the extent that alternative motor fuel sales indicate that such fuels are being used to displace the use of gasoline and diesel fuel as a transportation fuel. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act.  Authorizes appropriations.  Requires the Secretary to issue regulations requiring gasoline retailers to have replacement motor fuels and nonpetroleum motor fuels to sell for the transportation needs of consumers. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress on the environmental impact potential of developing replacement fuels and nonpetroleum motor fuels.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3264,101,s,3264,Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biomonitoring Use Act,Environmental Protection,1990-10-27,1990-10-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT]",UT,R,G000072,2,"Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biomonitoring Use Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that, in the control of toxicity it is necessary to include biological monitoring, testing, or assessment methods as a condition of a permit issued to a publicly owned treatment works, the failure of a single whole effluent toxicity test shall not result in a finding of violation.  Makes it a violation of this Act if the treatment works fails to comply with a schedule or other permit condition to identify and control toxic discharges.",2025-08-26T17:24:52Z,
101-s-3265,101,s,3265,A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for medicaid provider improvements.,Health,1990-10-27,1990-10-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,1,Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to provide for the receipt and initial processing of Medicaid applications at locations other than those used for the receipt and processing of applications for Aid to Families with Dependent Children under part A of title IV such as hospitals or clinics providing covered services to Medicaid applicants. Prohibits States from discontinuing a child's Medicaid benefits until it is determined that the child is not eligible for such benefits on any basis. Prohibits the application of fixed durational limits to medically necessary inpatient hospital services for all Medicaid-eligible individuals regardless of age.  Prohibits aggregate or institutional volume caps which would limit medically necessary days or result in arbitrary reductions in established payment rates for days exceeding such caps.  Prohibits the waiver of such prohibitions to promote cost-effectiveness and efficiency. Requires outlier adjustments under State prospective payment plans for medically necessary inpatient hospital services for very high cost or exceptionally lengthy cases regardless of the age of the Medicaid-eligible patient. Requires a uniform national minimum Medicaid payment adjustment for disproportionate share hospitals.  Allows State flexibility in setting adjustments for different types of disproportionate share providers. Prohibits application of visit limits to medically necessary covered outpatient services provided to individuals in disproportionate share hospitals as defined by the States under current law for inpatient payment adjustment.  Requires States to adjust payments for outpatient services provided to individuals by disproportionate share hospitals.  Prohibits the waiver of such provisions to promote cost-effectiveness and efficiency. Directs the General Accounting Office to conduct a study and report to the Congress on Medicaid hospital reimbursement comparing payment levels with the cost of providing care to Medicaid patients.,2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-s-3266,101,s,3266,Crime Control Act of 1990,Crime and Law Enforcement,1990-10-27,1990-11-29,Became Public Law No: 101-647.,Senate,"Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]",DE,D,B000444,1,"Crime Control Act of 1990 - Title I:  International Money Laundering - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress periodically with respect to certain reporting requirements involving currency transactions, the manner in which U.S. agencies collect and use such reports to support investigations and prosecutions, and a summary of:  (1) sanctions imposed for failure to comply with reporting requirements; (2) criminal indictments which resulted from investigations initiated by analysis of such reports; and (3) information regarding suspicious financial transactions provided voluntarily by financial institutions. Directs the Secretary to appoint an Electronic Scanning Task Force to:  (1) study methods of printing on U.S. currency notes in denominations of $10 or more a serial number that may be read by electronic scanning; (2) make an assessment of the cost of implementing such scanning; and (3) make recommendations about the amount of time needed for implementation.  Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees.  Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Federal criminal code to:  (1) authorize the Attorney General or the Secretary to transfer forfeited personal property (or the proceeds of the sale) to any foreign country which participated in the seizure or forfeiture of the property, if certain conditions are met; (2) include within the definition of ""specified unlawful activity"" with respect to money laundering, offenses under provisions relating to false statements by an employee of a financial institution and false statements in connection with loan and credit applications and to exclude offenses relating to bank fraud; and (3) modify the knowledge requirement with respect to international money laundering. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to allow Government investigators access to financial institution records without customer notification in connection with a criminal money laundering investigation. Revises the Federal money laundering statute to include laundering proceeds of activities unlawful under laws of a foreign nation. Title II:  Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 - Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 - Subtitle A:  Improving Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse Cases - Requires the Director of the Office of Victims of Crime to make grants to develop multidisciplinary child abuse investigation and prosecution programs.  Enumerates program criteria, including requirements identifying an appropriate site for counseling child victims of sexual and serious physical abuse and neglect, referring cases to such counseling center within 24 hours, minimizing the number of interviews the child victim must attend, requiring that all interviews and meetings with a child victim occur at the counseling center, designating a director for the multidisciplinary program, and assigning volunteers or staff advocates to each child's family. Requires the Director to make grants to provide technical assistance and training to attorneys and others instrumental to the criminal prosecution of child abuse cases in State or Federal courts. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B:  Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program - Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to:  (1) make grants to expand the court-appointed special advocate program; and (2) establish criteria to be used in evaluating grant applications, which shall include a program providing screening, training, and supervision of court-appointed special advocates.  Authorizes appropriations, subject to specified limitations. Subtitle C:  Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners - Requires the Administrator to provide technical assistance and training to judicial personnel and attorneys to improve the judicial system's handling of child abuse and neglect cases and provide administrative reform in juvenile and family courts. Directs the Administrator to make grants to:  (1) national organizations to develop model technical programs to improve the judicial system's handling of such cases; and (2) State courts or judicial administrators for programs that provide for training or technical assistance to judicial personnel and attorneys in juvenile and family courts, and for administrative reform in such courts.  Directs that the grant criteria give priority to programs which improve procedures for preventing placement of children in foster care, make reasonable efforts to reunite the family, and coordinate information and services. Authorizes appropriations, subject to specified limitations. Requires that at least 80 percent of such funds be used for juvenile and family court and State judicial programs. Subtitle D:  Federal Victims' Protections and Rights - Amends the Federal criminal code to allow in a proceeding involving an alleged offense against a child or involving a child witness, the attorney for the Government, the child's attorney, or the guardian ad litem to apply (at least five days before trial date) for a court order that the child's testimony be taken in a room outside the courtroom and be televised by two-way closed-circuit television (TV). Authorizes the court to order that such testimony be taken by closed-circuit TV if it finds that the child is unable to testify in open court because:  (1) of the child's fear; (2) there is substantial likelihood that the child will suffer emotional trauma, supported by expert testimony; (3) the child suffers a mental or other infirmity; or (4) conduct by the defendant or defense counsel causes the child to be unable to continue testifying. Requires the court to support on the record any findings on the child's inability to testify in open court.  Permits the court, in determining whether the impact on an individual child of one or more of such factors is so substantial as to justify such an order, to question the minor in chambers or at some other comfortable place other than the courtroom, on the record for a reasonable period of time with the child's attendant, the prosecutor, the child's attorney, the guardian ad litem, and the defense counsel present. Specifies that:  (1) if the court orders the taking of testimony by television, the attorney for the Government and the defense attorney shall be present in the room with the child and the child shall be subject to direct cross-examination; and (2) the only other persons allowed to be present are the child's attorney or guardian ad litem, those persons necessary to operate the closed-circuit equipment, and other persons whose presence is determined by the court to be necessary to the welfare and well-being of the child. Requires that:  (1) the child's testimony be transmitted by closed-circuit TV into the courtroom for the defendant, jury, judge, and public view; (2) the defendant be provided with the means of private, contemporaneous communication with his attorney during the testimony; and (3) the closed-circuit TV transmission relay the defendant's image into the room in which the child is testifying. Sets forth requirements with respect to competency examinations for child witnesses. Sets forth provisions with respect to confidentiality of information involving a child in connection with a criminal proceeding. Authorizes the court:  (1) on motion by any person, to issue an order protecting a child's name or other information concerning the child in the course of the proceedings if the court determines that disclosure would be detrimental to the child; and (2) to allow disclosure to anyone to whom disclosure is necessary for the welfare and well-being of the child. Grants the child victim or witness the same right to submit victim impact statements prior to sentencing as prescribed for an adult. Directs that child victims or witnesses be assisted by their court appointed guardian ad litem in preparing victim impact statements. Encourages the use of multidisciplinary teams designed to assist child victims or child witnesses.  Delineates the role of such teams. Authorizes the court to appoint a guardian ad litem or a witness to a crime involving abuse or exploitation to protect the best interests of the child.  Sets forth guidelines with respect to criteria in choosing, and the duties of, such guardian. Grants a child testifying in or attending a judicial proceeding the right to be accompanied by an adult attendant to provide emotional support to the child, subject to certain restrictions. Directs that the image of the child attendant, for the time the child is testifying or being deposed, be recorded on videotape. Authorizes the court, in any proceeding where a child is called to give testimony, to designate the case as being of special public importance and to expedite the action. Requires the court to ensure a speedy trial and, in deciding whether or not to grant a continuance, to take into account the child's age and the potential adverse impact the delay may have on the child's well-being. Declares that no statute of limitations that would otherwise preclude prosecution for an offense involving the sexual or physical abuse of a child under age 18 shall preclude such prosecution before the child reaches age 25.  Provides for extension of the period of limitations with respect to civil actions arising out of the same occurrence and in which the child is the victim. Authorizes the court to permit the child to use anatomical dolls, puppets, drawings, or any other demonstrative device to assist in testifying. Sets penalties for knowing or intentional violation of the privacy of child victims and child witnesses. Requires a person who, while engaged on Federal land or in a federally operated or contracted facility in one of specified professional capacities or activities (including health care provider, social worker, teacher, child care worker, law enforcement officer, foster parent, and commercial film processor) learns of facts that give reason to suspect an incident of child abuse, to report the suspected abuse as soon as possible to a designated agency.  Makes the failure to report a misdemeanor.  Provides immunity for good faith reporting and associated actions. Requires that such professionals receive periodic training in the obligations to report, as well as in the identification of abused and neglected children. Subtitle E:  Child Care Worker Employee Background Checks - Requires Federal agencies involved with the provision of services to children under age 18 to assure that all existing and newly-hired employees undergo a criminal history background check. Sets forth procedures with respect to the conduct of such background checks. Specifies that:  (1) any conviction for a sex crime, an offense involving a child victim, or a drug offense shall be grounds for denying employment or for dismissal of an employee engaged in specified child care services; (2) an incident in which an individual has been charged, but where the charge has not yet been disposed of, shall permit the employee's suspension from any contact with children until the case is resolved; and (3) convictions of other crimes may be considered if they bear on an individual's fitness to have responsibility for the safety and well-being of children. Sets forth requirements with respect to questions to be asked in employment applications, criminal history records checks, and access to (and the right to challenge the accuracy of) the criminal history report. Encourages voluntary criminal history checks for others who may have contact with children. Subtitle F:  Grants for Televised Testimony - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States for equipment, personnel training, and videotaping for closed-circuit televising of the testimony of children who are victims of abuse.  Sets forth requirements with respect to:  (1) grant applications; (2) review of applications; (3) allocation and distribution of funds; and (4) reporting and recordkeeping requirements.  Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle G:  Treatment for Juvenile Offenders Who Are Victims of Child Abuse or Neglect - Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to public and nonprofit private organizations to develop, establish, and support projects which:  (1) provide treatment to juvenile offenders who are victims of child abuse or neglect and to their families; (2) provide transitional services (including individual, group, and family counseling) to such offenders to strengthen family relationships and encourage the resolution of intrafamily problems related to the abuse or neglect, to facilitate their alternative placement, or to prepare juveniles aged 16 and older to live independently; and (3) carry out research and evaluation of treatment and transitional services provided with grants made under this Act.  Sets forth priorities for awarding grants. Authorizes appropriations. Title III:  Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act of 1990 - Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act of 1990 - Subtitle A:  Restoration of Recordkeeping Requirement - Amends the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988 to prohibit:  (1) knowingly selling or otherwise transferring, or offering for sale or transfer, any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter produced with materials which have been mailed or shipped in interstate or foreign commerce or intended for such shipment which contains one or more visual depictions of actual sexually explicit conduct and which does not have affixed to it a statement of the location of records with respect to the performance depicted on every copy of such matter; or (2) any person to whom such Act applies from failing to create or maintain records required by, or from knowingly failing to comply with provisions of, such Act or from knowingly making a false entry or failing to make an appropriate entry in such records. Deletes provisions providing that proof that a person fails to comply with recordkeeping requirements raises a rebuttable presumption that a performer (i.e., a person depicted engaging in, or assisting another to engage in, sexually explicit conduct) was a minor. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of such act.  Removes ""lascivious exhibitions of genitals or public areas"" from the definition of ""sexually explicit conduct"" for purposes of sexual exploitation provisions. Subtitle B:  Sexual Abuse Penalties - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend existing guidelines for sentences involving sexual crimes against children so that more substantial penalties may be imposed if the Commission determines current penalties are inadequate. Increases the maximum penalty for sexual abuse of a minor from five to 15 years' imprisonment. Establishes penalties for knowingly possessing with intent to sell visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct involving minors, or possession of three or more books, magazines, periodicals, films, videotapes, or other matter containing such depictions.  (Excludes depictions by words alone.)  Eliminates limits on the amount of fines for such possession and for other specified activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors. Title IV:  Offenses Involving Children - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend existing sentencing guidelines for the kidnapping, abduction, or unlawful restraint of a victim where the offender is age 18 or over and is not a specified relative or individual having legal custody of the victim to take into consideration whether the victim was:  (1) intentionally maltreated to a life-threatening degree (i.e., denied food or medical care); (2) sexually exploited; or (3) placed in the care or custody of, and subjected to such treatment or exploitation by, another person who does not have a legal right to such care or custody for money or other consideration. Title V:  Protection of Crime Victims - Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 - Requires all Federal law enforcement agencies to make their best efforts to accord victims of crime with the right to:  (1) be treated with fairness and respect for the victim's dignity and privacy; (2) be protected against their accused offenders; (3) be notified of court proceedings; (4) attend public court proceedings related to the offense under certain conditions; (5) confer with the Government attorney assigned to the case; (6) receive restitution; and (7) receive information about the conviction, sentencing, imprisonment, and release of the offender. Directs Federal law enforcement agency heads to designate the persons required by this Act to identify and provide certain services to the victims of a crime such as informing victims about where to receive medical care, counseling, and police protection and about developments during the investigation and prosecution of the crime and after the trial (such as the arrest of a suspected offender or an escape of a convicted offender). Directs the Attorney General or the head of another department or agency that conducts an investigation of a sexual assault to pay, either directly or by reimbursement, the cost of a physical examination of the victim which an investigating officer determines was necessary or useful for evidentiary purposes. Directs that a responsible official provide the victim with general information regarding the corrections process, including information about work release, furlough, and probation. Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to extend the deadline for operation of a State victim compensation program under the Victims of Crime Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the States should make every effort to adopt specified goals of a Victims of Crime Bill of Rights, including the right of crime victims to be treated with respect and dignity, to be reasonably protected from the accused, to have a statutorily designated advisory role in decisions involving prosecutorial discretion (such as plea bargaining), to be present at all proceedings, with exceptions, and to be compensated for the damage resulting from the crime. Title VI:  Law Enforcement Agencies - Subtitle A:  Maintaining Funding for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies - Amends the Omnibus Act and the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1990 to maintain funding for State and local law enforcement agencies for FY 1991. Amends the Omnibus Act to include expansion of prosecutorial, defender, and judicial resources within authorized actions under the Bureau of Justice Assistance's drug control and system improvement grant program. Subtitle B:  National Crime Information Center Project 2000 - National Law Enforcement Cooperation Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 to implement the NCIC 2000 project, a project developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at upgrading the technological capabilities of the National Crime Information Center in order to meet the needs of U.S. law enforcement agencies into the next century.  Requires a congressional report by the Director of the FBI concerning project implementation and fund uses. Title VII:  Federal Law Enforcement and Judicial Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. courts, U.S. attorneys, defender services, U.S. marshals, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) U.S. Border Patrol.  Title VIII: Rural Drug Enforcement - Amends the Omnibus Act to set aside specified sums for rural drug enforcement assistance.  Sets forth additional requirements, including requiring within each assistance application a statement specifying how grants will be coordinated with other grants received under such Act for the same fiscal year.  Authorizes appropriations. Title IX:  Mandatory Detention - Mandatory Detention for Offenders Convicted of Serious Crimes Act - Amends the Bail Reform Act to require the detention, pending sentence or appeal, of any person found guilty of a crime of violence, an offense for which the maximum sentence is life imprisonment or death, or a drug offense for which a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more is prescribed, unless there is a substantial likelihood of acquittal or a new trial or the Government is not recommending imprisonment and the person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to the community. Makes exceptions to mandatory detention upon appeal of the Government in exceptional cases. Title X:  Juvenile Justice - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Federal criminal code, the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, the Food Security Act of 1985, and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. Title XI:  Short-Barreled Shotguns - Provides for enhanced penalties for the use of short-barreled rifles or shotguns or destructive devices during and in relation to a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime. Title XII:  Miscellaneous Criminal Law Improvements - Increases penalties for crack possession from a fine or a term of imprisonment to a term of imprisonment and a fine of not less than $1,000.  Makes technical and conforming amendments with respect to the quantity of methamphetamines necessary to trigger a mandatory penalty under the CSA, the conspiracy and attempt penalty under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, and methamphetamines under the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act. Extends the application of various offenses under the Federal criminal code to U.S. possessions and territories. Repeals provisions regarding crimes against U.S. carrier pigeons, prohibitions on liquor and opium exports to Pacific Island aborigines, and other obsolete laws. Extends penalties for engaging in fraudulent schemes in interstate travel to cover such schemes involving foreign travel. Deletes the requirement that the Attorney General personally approve prosecutions under the Atomic Energy Act. Amends the CSA to increase penalties for the distribution or manufacturing of illicit drugs in or near schools or colleges. Title XIII:  Public Safety Officers' Disability Benefits - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pay a disability benefit to a public safety officer permanently and totally disabled as a result of an injury sustained in the line of duty.  Prohibits the payment of:  (1) death benefits to officers who receive disability benefits; and (2) disability benefits to officers who receive death benefits.  Applies specified limitations on death benefits to disability benefits. Defines ""catastrophic injury"" for purposes of such Act to mean the consequences of an injury that permanently prevent an individual from performing any gainful work. Adds ""ambulance crew"" to the definition of firefighter. Title XIV:  Money Laundering - Amends the Federal criminal code to:  (1) provide for criminal forfeiture of property in cases involving the export and import of certain monetary instruments; and (2) add felony violations of specified environmental laws, such as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as predicate offenses under money laundering provisions. Title XV:  Drug-Free School Zones - Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) develop a model program of strategies and tactics for establishing and maintaining drug-free school zones; and (2) design such program to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with materials, training, and other assistance to establish, enforce, and evaluate the effectiveness of drug-free school zone enforcement efforts. Sets forth:  (1) program criteria, including development of a framework for law enforcement collaboration with the school system and community resource networks and provision of materials and technical assistance for demarcating and establishing such zones; and (2) requirements for reports by the Attorney General to the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations. Amends the CSA to include within the scope of penalties for controlled substances distribution the manufacture or distribution of illegal drugs within 1,000 feet (current law specifies 100 feet) of a playground. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA) to authorize the use of funds for grants and contracts for programs and activities including:  (1) the determination of geographical boundaries of schools within the State and the posting of signs identifying school properties as drug-free school zones; (2) drug-abuse education and prevention programs and enforcement policies designed to eliminate the illicit use of alcohol and drugs in such zones; (3) assisting school personnel in cooperating with law enforcement officials to punish legal violations relating to illegal drugs; (4) informing the community of the law and the perimeters of such zones; (5) employing the services of the local or substate regional advisory council on drug abuse education and prevention as a resource for advice and support; and (6) communicating by administrators to students and school personnel that activities that are illicit and harmful to students will not be tolerated. Decreases (from 50 to 42.5) the percentage of funds available to the chief executive officer of a State for grants and contracts for such programs and activities.  Requires that not less than ten percent of the funds available be used for grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) in consortium with entities which have experience in assisting school districts to provide instruction to students in grade kindergarten through six to recognize and resist pressures to use controlled substances. Sets forth eligibility requirements for grants by LEAs in consortium with such entities, including agreement to use such grants to provide services including:  (1) drug abuse resistance education instruction for students in grades kindergarten through six; (2) provision for parental involvement; (3) classroom instruction by uniformed law enforcement officials; (4) the use of positive student leaders to influence younger students not to use drugs; (5) an emphasis on activity-oriented techniques designed to encourage student-generated responses to problem-solving situations; and (6) the awarding of a certificate of achievement to each student who participates in such a program. Directs that not less than five percent of available funds be used for grants to LEAs or consortia of LEAs and private nonprofit entities to provide drug abuse education, prevention, or counseling services to students in kindergarten through grade 12. Sets forth additional eligibility requirements for LEAs or consortia, including agreement:  (1) to use grant assistance to provide for specified programs offering drug abuse education, prevention, or counseling to students of compulsory school age; (2) that programs will be designed to prevent or eliminate student abuse of drugs or alcohol; (3) to use grant assistance to expand or replicate programs that have demonstrated records of success; and (4) to ensure that programs to be expanded or replicated are appropriate for the students to be served. Sets forth application requirements. Includes after-school programs that provide drug and alcohol abuse education for school-aged children among authorized local drug abuse education and prevention programs in the case of an LEA that provides sufficient drug and alcohol abuse education during regular school hours. Deletes a provision requiring that programs for the training of teachers, counselors, and school personnel be coordinated through a State agency or regional center. Directs the Secretary of Education to give priority to making a substantial number of grants to qualified State educational agencies, LEAs, and institutions of higher education for programs to train counselors, social workers, psychologists, or nurses. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to any private nonprofit agency that has an agreement with an LEA to provide training in drug abuse counseling for individuals who will provide such counseling in the schools of such LEA. Makes amounts available under DFSCA grants to establish, expand, or enhance programs and activities for the training of counselors, social workers, psychologists, or nurses who are providing or will provide drug abuse prevention, counseling, or referral services in elementary and secondary schools. Requires State or LEAs, institutions of higher education, or consortia desiring to receive grants for the training of counselors to include in the application a discussion of how such training will assist the applicant to:  (1) increase the number of school personnel who are trained to provide drug abuse counseling services; and (2) improve the quality of drug abuse counseling services offered by the applicant or the LEA concerned. Increases appropriations for the training of teachers, counselors, and school personnel and for emergency grants. Sets forth additional requirements for local applications. Requires every local recipient of funds to clearly identify any program assisted under this title as a Federal program funded under DFSCA. Title XVI:  Miscellaneous - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the payment from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Assets Forfeiture Fund of awards for information or assistance leading to a civil or criminal forfeiture under any law enforced or administered by DOJ.  (Current law authorizes only payments for such information or assistance under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 or the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute.) Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the issuance of an arrest warrant for a fugitive where there is reason to believe that such fugitive is about to enter the United States. Title XVII:  General Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the U.S. Marshals Service to designate districts that need additional support from certain private detention entities based on:  (1) the number of Federal detainees in the district; and (2) the availability of Federal, State, and local government detention facilities. Sets forth requirements which private entities must meet to be eligible for a contract for the housing, care, and security of persons held in U.S. custody and for Federal funding.  Requires the Marshals Service to provide an opportunity for public comment on such contracts. Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties for the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone, with specified exceptions including the possession or discharge by an individual as part of a school program or by a law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity. Encourages Federal, State, and local authorities to post signs around school zones warning of a prohibition of the possession of firearms in a school zone. Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to transmit to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees a report on mandatory minimum sentencing provisions in Federal law. Authorizes railroad police officers to enforce the laws of any jurisdiction in which the rail carrier owns property, subject to specified limitations. Title XVIII:  Correctional Options Incentives Amendments - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to public agencies for correctional options (including construction costs) that provide alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration to:  (1) provide more appropriate intervention for youthful offenders who are not, but who are likely to become, career criminals; (2) provide a degree of security and discipline appropriate for the offender involved; (3) provide diagnosis, treatment, and services (including counseling, job training, and placement assistance) to increase the success rate of offenders pursuing lawful conduct following release; (4) reduce criminal recidivism; (5) reduce the cost of correctional services by reducing recidivism; and (6) provide work that promotes development of industrial and service skills in connection with a correctional option.  Authorizes grants to private nonprofit organizations for such purposes, to undertake educational and training programs for criminal justice personnel, to provide technical assistance to States and local units of government, or to carry out demonstration projects which, in view of previous research or experience, are likely to be a success in more than one jurisdiction, in connection with a correctional option (excluding the cost of construction).  Authorizes grants to public agencies to establish, operate, and support boot camp prisons.  Bases the selection of grant applicants on their potential for developing or testing innovative alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration and offender release programs. Requires the Director, in selecting the public agency applicants to receive grants for boot camp prisons, to:  (1) consider the overall quality of an applicant's shock incarceration program; and (2) give priority to States that clearly demonstrate that the capacity of their correctional facilities is inadequate to accommodate the number of individuals who are convicted of offenses punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year. Requires the Director to consult with the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities in order to identify facilities that may be used as sites for correctional programs receiving assistance under this title. Specifies the allocation of grant funds under this title. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth requirements with respect to the conveyance of Department of Defense property and to facilities to public agencies for use under the correctional options program. Amends the Omnibus Act to require each State to allocate not less than five percent of funds received under the Edward Byrne Memorial program to the improvement of criminal justice records, including:  (1) the completion of criminal histories to include the final dispositions of all arrests for felony offenses; (2) the full automation of all criminal justice histories and fingerprint records; and (3) the frequency and quality of FBI criminal history reports.  Authorizes the Director, upon the request of a State, to waive compliance with the five percent requirement and reduce the minimum amount required to be allocated by such State if the Division finds that the quality of the State's criminal justice records does not warrant expending such amount. Amends the Omnibus Act to withhold a portion of funds from States that do not have in effect, and do not enforce, a law that requires the State, at the request of the victim of a sexual act, to:  (1) test the defendant convicted under State law of such act, for presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); (2) disclose test results to such defendant and to the victim; and (3) provide the victim counseling regarding HIV disease, testing, and referral. Title XIX:  Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 - Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 - Amends the CSA to add anabolic steroids to Schedule III (thus making it illegal for anyone other than a registrant under the Act to prescribe, dispense, or distribute such substances, and requiring that prescription, dispensing, distribution, and possession be for a recognized therapeutic purpose.)  Excludes from Schedule III anabolic steroids those expressly intended for administration through implants to cattle or nonhuman species and approved for such administration, with exceptions. Authorizes the refill without registration of any prescription for anabolic steroids subject to refill on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Requires the Attorney General to exempt:  (1) any compound, mixture, or preparation containing an anabolic steroid from application of all or part of such Act if, because of its concentration, preparation, mixture, or delivery system, it has no significant potential for abuse; and (2) at a minimum, estrogens, progestins, and corticosteroids. Authorizes the Attorney General to exempt an anabolic steroid from any production regulation if it is approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an accepted treatment for a rare disease or condition under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and it does not have a significant potential for abuse. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase the criminal fine and imprisonment and penalties for knowing distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute, human growth hormone for any use in humans other than treatment of a recognized disease or other medical condition (currently, a recognized disease) pursuant to the order of a physician. Increases penalties if the offense involves an individual under the age of 18 years.  Declares a violation to be a felony violation of the CSA for purposes of forfeiture. Authorizes the DEA to investigate such offenses. Repeals provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 relating to forfeiture and illegal trafficking in steroids or a human growth hormone. Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration programs to identify and deter the improper use or abuse of anabolic steroids by students. Title XX:  Asset Forfeiture - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Attorney General to:  (1) transfer funds from the Assets Forfeiture Fund (the Fund) to the Special Forfeiture Fund in FY 1993. Requires that transfers from the Fund to the Special Forfeiture Fund be made at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year, on a quarterly pro rata basis, only from excess unobligated amounts, and only to the extent that such transfers will not impair the future availability of amounts for the purposes of the Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to warrant clear title to any subsequent purchaser or transferee of forfeited property. Amends the CSA and the Federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General to sell forfeited property. Amends the CSA to provide for the forfeiture and destruction of dangerous, toxic, and hazardous materials used to facilitate the production of illegal drugs. Authorizes the payment of awards for information or assistance leading to a civil or criminal forfeiture under the Federal criminal code, the CSA, or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, or for a criminal forfeiture under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute.  (Under current law, such payments are authorized only with respect to civil or criminal forfeitures under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and criminal forfeitures under RICO.) Requires the Attorney General to submit to the Congress a report for each fiscal year containing audited financial statements with respect to forfeited property. Amends the CSA to make subject to forfeiture to the United States: (1) drug paraphernalia; and (2) firearms used to facilitate the transportation, sale, receipt, possession, or concealment of illegal drugs and any proceeds traceable to them. Title XXI:  Perkins Grant Expansion - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the cancellation of a percentage of a student loan under such Act for each complete year of service by the borrower as a full-time law enforcement or corrections officer. Title XXII:  Firearms Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the transfer of firearms to non-residents of the State in which the transferor resides. Extends the commerce nexus, in connection with existing offenses related to trafficking in stolen firearms, to include firearms which have ever moved in commerce. Prohibits the assembly from imported parts of semiautomatic rifles or shotguns which are prohibited from being imported into the United States, with exceptions. Increases penalties for the possession of firearms in Federal court facilities. Title XXIII:  Chemical Diversion and Trafficking - Amends the CSA to add specified substances to the list of precursor chemicals subject to controls imposed by that Act. Title XXIV:  Drug Paraphernalia - Amends the CSA to make it unlawful to sell or offer for sale, use the mails or any other facility of interstate commerce to transport, or import or export, drug paraphernalia. Title XXV:  Banking Law Enforcement - Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Enhanced Criminal Penalties - Amends Federal criminal law to establish criminal penalties (including imprisonment) for the concealment of assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (acting as conservator or receiver, or in the Corporation's corporate capacity with respect to certain assets acquired or liability assumed by the Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act), the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), any conservator appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency or the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, or the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board (acting as conservator of liquidating agent). Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Insurance Act to prohibit certain felons convicted of dishonesty or breach of trust from controlling or participating in the affairs of a depository institution for a minimum ten-year period, with exceptions. Amends Federal criminal law to establish criminal penalties (including imprisonment) for obstructing any Government examination of a financial institution. Increases to 30 years (currently, 20 years) the maximum prison term for bank fraud and embezzlement.  Establishes a ten-year statute of limitations for the prosecution of racketeering offenses involving financial institutions. Applies money laundering prohibitions to funds from specified bank fraud crimes. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines for increased penalties for certain bank crime convictions in which the defendant derived more than $1,000,000 in gross receipts from the offense.  Provides for restoration of forfeited property and for restitution to bank crime victims.  Sets forth maximum criminal fines and minimum imprisonment terms for organizing, managing, or supervising a continuing financial crime enterprise. Subtitle B:  Protecting Assets from Wrongful Disposition - Authorizes the Attorney General to obtain a court order enjoining or restraining the alienation or disposition of property obtained as a result of a banking law violation. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to set forth asset attachment procedures. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to:  (1) preclude the discharge of debts in Federal bankruptcy involving obligations arising from any act of fraud while acting in a fiduciary capacity committed with respect to any depository institution or insured credit union; or (2) maintain the capital of an insured depository institution in cases of malicious or reckless failure to fulfull commitments by the debtor to a Federal depository institutions regulatory agency, with exceptions. Provides that the trustee shall be deemed to have a debtor's commitment to a Federal depository institution regulatory agency to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution (thus precluding the trustee from rejecting such commitment as an executory contract which can be avoided as a discharge in bankruptcy). Prohibits a discharge in bankruptcy for debts resulting from the debtor's failure to fulfill a commitment to a Federal financial institution regulatory agency to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution. Authorizes the FDIC to prohibit or limit golden parachute or indemnification payments.  Sets forth factors to be taken into account in prescribing such regulations, such as whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that the institution-affiliated party has materially violated an applicable Federal or State banking law or regulation that has had a material effect on the financial condition of the institution. Prohibits insured depository institutions or depository institution holding companies from prepaying the salary or any liability or legal expense of any institution-affiliated party if such payment is made:  (1) in contemplation of the insolvency of such institution or holding company, or after the commission of an act of insolvency; and (2) with a view to, or where such payment has the result of, preventing the proper application of the assets of the institution to creditors or preferring one creditor over another. Defines ""golden parachute"" to mean any payment (or agreement to make a payment) in the nature of compensation by any insured depository institution or depository institution holding company for the benefit of any institution-affiliated party pursuant to an obligation of such institution or holding company that: (1) is contingent on the termination of such party's affiliation with the institution or holding company; and (2) is received on or after the date on which the depository institution, depository institution holding company, or insured depository institution subsidiary of such holding company is insolvent, the date any conservator or receiver is appointed, or specified other dates. Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to set forth analogous provisions with respect to the regulation of benefits to institution-affiliated parties. Amends the Federal criminal code to revise the civil and criminal forfeiture guidelines for:  (1) property affecting a financial institution; and (2) fraudulent offenses involving the sale of assets held by Federal banking regulatory agencies. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to prohibit acquisitions from conservators and receivers of depository institutions by certain convicted felon debtors whose default to an insured financial institution in receivership will cause substantial loss to the institution, the FDIC, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Resolution Fund, or the RTC.  Makes such prohibitions inapplicable under specified conditions where claims have been settled. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to require the RTC to prescribe regulations prohibiting the sale of assets of a failed institution to persons who have caused specified damage to such institution or have been prohibited from participating in its affairs pursuant to a Federal enforcement action, except under specified conditions where claims have been settled. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for expedited procedures for certain claims. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to empower the FDIC and the NCUA (acting as conservators) to avoid fraudulent conveyances by a debtor institution-affiliated party. Subtitle C:  Improved Procedures for Handling Banking-Related Cases - Amends Federal criminal law to authorize wire taps for bank fraud and related offenses.  Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to set forth reciprocal assistance guidelines for foreign investigations by Federal banking agencies and investigations on behalf of foreign banking authorities. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to establish a ten-year statute of limitations for commencing a civil action for Federal bank law violations. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Credit Union Act to grant the FDIC, the RTC, and the NCUA subpoena authority. Subtitle D:  Structural Reforms to Improve the Federal Response to Crimes Affecting Financial Institutions - Establishes within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Justice a Financial Institutions Fraud Unit, headed by a Special Counsel who shall report directly to the Deputy Attorney General.  Terminates such Office five years after enactment of this Act.  Empowers the Special Counsel to investigate and prosecute criminal activity involving the financial services industry. Directs the Attorney General to establish:  (1) financial institutions fraud task forces; and (2) a senior interagency group to assist in identifying the most significant financial institution fraud cases, to allocate investigative and prosecutorial resources, and to expedite interagency coordination and prosecution of financial institutions fraud. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to direct the RTC to maintain an executive-level position and staff to assist and advise the RTC and other agencies with respect to claims and enforcement actions against institution-affiliated parties of insured depository institutions under its jurisdiction.  Requires such personnel to report to the Congress within a specified deadline and to present semiannual updates of such report. Subtitle E:  Reporting Requirements - Requires the Attorney General to:  (1) compile and collect data concerning the nature and number of civil and criminal investigations, prosecutions, and related proceedings in progress with respect to specified banking law offenses; and (2) analyze and report to the Congress on such data, its coordination, and related activities, including a breakdown for each Federal judicial district and the activities of the Financial Institutions Fraud Unit. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to mandate:  (1) the public disclosure of certain civil enforcement actions taken by Federal banking regulatory agencies with respect to depository institutions and credit unions; (2) reports to the Congress with respect to non-public hearing transcripts and the decision not to hold a public hearing; and (3) that each Federal banking agency maintain for a minimum six-year period all documentation regarding such civil enforcement actions and make it available to the Congress or congressional committees. Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to present annual statistical tables to the Congress on the business imposed on the Federal courts by the savings and loan crisis. Subtitle F:  National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement - Establishes the National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement to examine and identify the origin and causes of the problems in the savings and loan industry that led to the enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), and to submit a final report to the President and the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle G:  Authorizations - Amends FIRREA to authorize increased appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993 to the Attorney General, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Court System for investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of bank crime cases. Subtitle H:  Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud Crimes - Financial Institutions Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act of 1990 - Permits any person to file a declaration of specified banking law violations under FIRREA affecting a federally insured depository institution.  Prescribes procedural guidelines for such declarations.  Prohibits judicial review of any actions by the Attorney General with respect to such declarations. Establishes the Financial Institution Information Award Fund to pay awards to declarants whose information provides the basis for criminal convictions and special rewards to informants with respect to banking law violations. Requires the Attorney General to compile a public report on the processing of such declarations. Sets forth procedural guidelines under which any person may file a declaration identifying specific assets which might be recovered by the United States in satisfaction of a final judgment in any civil or criminal action regarding banking law violations. Entitles a declarant to a specified percentage of the amount recovered based on his declaration. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to remove the $50,000 threshold for rewards for information leading to recoveries, civil penalties or prosecutions. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General to use his sole discretion to make payments to persons furnishing new information to the Government relating to possible prosecution of banking law violations.  Insulates such authority from judicial review. Prescribes guidelines under which the Attorney General is authorized to enter into contracts retaining private counsel for legal services relating to banking law violations. Subtitle I:  Technical and Miscellaneous Amendments - Makes technical amendments to the Federal criminal code, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, and the FIRREA. Amends various Federal criminal statutes to include foreign banking organizations within definitions for enforcement purposes. Title XXVI:  Licit Opium Imports - Directs the President to:  (1) conduct a review of U.S. narcotics raw material policy to determine the advisability of continued reliance on the rule by which at least 80 percent of U.S. imports of narcotics raw material must come from India and Turkey; and (2) report the results of such review to the Congress by April 1, 1991.  Specifies the agencies to be involved and the nature and contents of such review, including a report on the extent of diversion from the licit to illicit market in India from the farm gate through the stockpile. Title XXVII:  Sentencing for Methamphetamine Offenses - Instructs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the existing guidelines for offenses involving smoking crystal methamphetamine under the CSA so that convictions for such offenses will be assigned an offense level which is two levels above that which would have been assigned to the same offense involving other forms of methamphetamine. Title XXVIII:  Drug Enforcement Grants - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 for grants under the drug control and system improvement grant program (Edward Byrne Memorial Programs). Title XXIX:  Prisons - Amends the Federal criminal code to require that:  (1) Federal departments and agencies separately report to the General Services Administration their acquisitions of products and services from Federal Prison Industries (FPI); (2) reported information be entered in the Federal Procurement Data System; (3) each report published and containing information collected by the System include a statement that sales by FPI are considered intragovernmental transfers and that the purpose of reporting such sales is to provide a complete overview of Federal acquisitions during the reporting period; and (4) FPI publish and update a catalog of all products and services which it offers for sale. Authorizes placing a prisoner whose sentence includes a term of supervised release after imprisonment in home confinement, subject to specified conditions. Directs the Bureau of Prisons to make available appropriate substance abuse treatment for each prisoner the Bureau determines has a treatable condition of substance addiction or abuse. Requires the Attorney General to direct the Bureau of Prisons to have in effect within six months a mandatory functional literacy program for all mentally capable inmates who are not functionally literate in each Federal correctional institution. Specifies that non-English speaking inmates shall be required to participate in an English-as-a-Second-Language program until they function at the equivalent of the eighth grade level on a nationally recognized educational achievement test.  Sets forth provisions with respect to:  (1) waivers; and (2) reporting requirements. Declares that it is Federal policy that convicted inmates in Federal prisons, jails, and other detention facilities shall work, with the type of work dictated by appropriate security considerations and by the health of the prisoner involved. Makes exceptions only as necessitated by:  (1) security considerations; (2) disciplinary action; (3) medical certification of disability; and (4) a need for the prisoner to work less than a full work schedule to participate in literacy training, drug rehabilitation, or similar programs. Modifies a provision making exceptions to a ban on the transport of prison-made goods to exempt goods made by prisoners who are participating in one of not more than 50 non-Federal prison work pilot projects designated by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance.  Specifies that reasonable charges for room and board, for purposes of qualifying for such exemption, shall be determined by regulations issued by the chief State correctional officer, in the case of a State prisoner. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to take appropriate measures to cut costs of construction (for example, by reducing expenditures for amenities such as color television or pool tables). Directs the Secretary of Labor to submit to the Congress specified reports detailing the extent and manner of compliance by State Prison Industry Enhancement Certification programs with the requirements restricting the transport of prison-made goods. Title XXX:  Shock Incarceration - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Bureau of Prisons to place in a shock incarceration program any person who is sentenced to a term of 12 to 30 months' imprisonment, if such person consents. Requires an inmate in the shock incarceration program for up to six months of the initial term of imprisonment as the Bureau may determine to:  (1) adhere to a highly regimented schedule that provides the strict discipline, physical training, hard labor, drill, and ceremony characteristic of military basic training; and (2) participate in appropriate job training, educational, and drug, alcohol, and other counseling programs.  Authorizes appropriations. Title XXXI:  Bankruptcy and Restitution - Criminal Victims Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal bankruptcy code to make nondischargeable in bankruptcy liability:  (1) arising from the debtor's unlawful driving while intoxicated from alcohol, a drug, or another substance which causes death or personal injury; and (2) for restitution included in a sentence on the debtor's conviction of a crime. Title XXXII:  Miscellaneous - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the FBI and the DEA for humanitarian expenses incurred by employees of such agencies or members of the employees' immediate families as a result of serious illness, injury, or death occurring while on official business. Bans volatile alkyl nitrite as a hazardous product under the Consumer Product Safety Act, except for the manufacture, sale, distribution, or importation for commercial or other purposes approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Title XXXIII:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to extend for two years the programs for undercover operations of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and for disclosure of the returns of certain cash transactions exceeding $10,000.  Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and evaluation of such programs and to report to specified congressional committees. Makes failure to file a return on certain cash transactions (currently, a misdemeanor) a felony.  Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study and evaluation of the criminal penalties for violations of provisions with respect to returns relating to cash received in trade or business and to report to specified congressional committees. Specifies that no commission established by this Act shall have access to any return or return information, except to the extent authorized by the Internal Revenue Code. Title XXXIV:  National Commission to Support Law Enforcement - Establishes the National Commission to Support Law Enforcement to study and report to the Congress on recommended changes regarding law enforcement agencies and law enforcement issues at the Federal, State, and local levels on the following issues: funding; employment; information; research and training; equipment and resources; cooperation; responsibility; and impact. Title XXXV:  Technical and Minor Substantive Amendments - Makes technical amendments to the Federal criminal code, the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988, the CSA, and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act. Permits the Solicitor General to delegate approval authority for appeals of final sentences. Increases the maximum term of imprisonment for accessory after the fact offenses punishable by life imprisonment or death, from ten to 15 years. Delegates the requirement of Solicitor General approval for appeal to a district court of magistrate sentences. Title XXXVI:  Federal Debt Collection - Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990 - Subtitle A:  Debt Collection Procedures - Establishes a uniform, nationwide system of civil procedures to facilitate the collection of debts owed to the United States.  Allows U.S. Attorneys to reach all pending claims for debts owed to the United States, as well as any judgment on a debt going back ten years. Establishes special rules with respect to the sale of perishable personal property during the pendency of any action or proceeding to recover debts owed to the United States. Allows U.S. district courts to assign their duties in proceedings under this Act to U.S. magistrates. Grants the court power to modify the use of any enforcement procedure. Authorizes:  (1) an individual debtor to elect to exempt specified property from the enforcement procedures of this Act, including property that is exempt under Federal, State, or local law on the date of the filing of the application for a remedy, subject to certain restrictions, and any interest in property in which the debtor had an interest as a tenant or in a community estate, to the extent that such interest is exempt from process under applicable nonbankruptcy law; (2) a court to order the debtor to file a statement with respect to any claimed exemption; and (3) the United States or the debtor to request a hearing on the applicability of any exemption claimed by the debtor. Specifies that the assertion of an exemption shall prevent the United States from selling or otherwise disposing of the property for which such exemption is claimed until the court determines whether the debtor has a substantial nonexempt interest in such property.  Bars the United States from taking possession of, disposing of, selling, or otherwise interfering with the debtor's normal use and enjoyment of an interest in property the United States knows or has reason to know is exempt. Authorizes the United States to have discovery regarding the financial condition of the debtor in the manner in which discovery is authorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in an action on a claim for a debt, except with respect to an action or proceeding under provisions regarding prejudgment remedies where there is a reasonable likelihood that the debt involved exceeds $50,000. Permits the United States to seek any prejudgment remedy.  Sets forth procedures to be followed by the United States under such circumstances.  Establishes additional procedural requirements with respect to the attachment of property.  Prohibits a U.S. marshal from selling property unless ordered by the court. Allows a court to appoint a receiver for property in which the debtor has a substantial nonexempt interest only if the United States shows reasonable cause to believe that there is a substantial danger that the property will be removed from the jurisdiction of the court, lost, materially injured or damaged, or mismanaged.  Sets forth the powers of the receiver. Authorizes a court to issue a writ of garnishment against property (excluding earnings) in which the debtor has a substantial nonexempt interest and which is in the possession, custody, or control of a person other than the debtor in order to satisfy a claim for a debt, if specified conditions are met and subject to specified limitations. Sets forth similar provisions with respect to a writ of sequestration. States that a judgment in a civil action creates a lien upon all the real property of a judgment debtor.  Makes a debtor who is the subject of such a lien ineligible for Federal grants and loans. Allows the district court to order the United States to sell any real property subject to such a lien.  States that such liens are effective for a period of 20 years and renewable for a longer period. Sets forth procedures with respect to:  (1) the issuance of notices; (2) the sale of real and personal property subject to a levy pursuant to a writ of execution; (3) installment payments; and (4) garnishment. Provides remedies for the fraudulent transfer of an asset by a debtor. Subtitle B:  Amendments to Other Provisions of Law - Makes technical and conforming amendments to various provisions of Federal law. Allows the court to order that criminal appearance bail bonds be applied to the payment of any assessment, fine, restitution, or penalty imposed upon the defendant. Subtitle C:  Miscellaneous - Sets forth the effective date of this Act. Title XXXVII - National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 - Requires each Federal, State, and local law enforcement agency to report each case of a missing child under age 18 to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Department of Justice.  Directs the Attorney General to publish an annual summary of such reports. Requires States reporting under this Act to:  (1) ensure that no State law enforcement agency establishes a policy which requires a waiting period before accepting a missing child or unidentified person report; (2) provide that each such report and all necessary and available information is entered into the State law enforcement system and the NCIC computer networks and made available to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse of other designated agency within the State; and (3) require the law enforcement agency that entered the report into the NCIC to verify and update such record with any additional information (including, where available, medical and dental records), institute or assist with appropriate search and investigative procedures, and maintain close liaison with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the exchange of information and technical assistance in the missing children cases.",2022-12-13T13:56:36Z,
101-s-3267,101,s,3267,Employee Retirement Income Security Act Amendments of 1990,Labor and Employment,1990-10-27,1990-10-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",KS,R,D000401,0,"Employee Retirement Income Security Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require each multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) to file with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) an annual registration statement beginning in 1991.  Requires that copies of such statements be transmitted to the Insurance Commissioners of States in which the MEWA currently conducts, or intends to conduct, business.  Makes specified persons responsible for such filing.  Repeals the limited scope audit exemption for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1992.  Requires under conditions for being considered a qualified public accountant for ERISA purposes, after January 1, 1994, that such a person has undergone a peer review of his or her accounting and auditing practice with respect to employee benefit plans during the three-year period immediately preceding an engagement to conduct an audit under specified ERISA provisions.  Requires the following to have a written policy governing the voting of any securities held by the plan and to provide a copy of such policy to the plan administrator: (1) investment managers (for the securities they manage); (2) named fiduciaries who have the authority to direct a trustee in matters related to the exercise of any such voting rights; and (3) trustees, to the extent they retain the power to exercise any such voting rights. Requires plan administrators, upon request of any participant or beneficiary and for a reasonable charge, to furnish a copy of the voting policy of any person responsible for exercising, or directing the exercise of, any voting rights of securities held by the plan.  Requires a court, in a civil action brought by a participant or beneficiary with respect to certain benefit claims, to review the fiduciary's decision without according any deference to any of the fiduciary's findings or conclusions, if the action involves a matter previously decided by a named fiduciary who has a significant interest which would be adversely affected by a decision in favor of the participant or beneficiary.  Allows deference to be accorded such findings and conclusions to the extent that they affirm those of a party who did not have such an interest.  Requires the court, in any action brought by a participant, beneficiary, or fiduciary under fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA in which a judgment is awarded in his or her favor, to award such a plaintiff reasonable attorney and expert witness fees and costs. Makes such requirement inapplicable to actions arising from claims for failure to pay benefits or to approve requests for clarification of rights to future benefits.  Allows the court in its discretion to award fees and costs to a party who is not entitled to such mandatory fees and costs.  Amends both ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code to double (from five percent to ten percent) the amount of the civil penalty and excise tax for a plan's engaging in a prohibited transaction.  Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make a discretionary award of up to ten percent of the civil penalty collected to persons who provide information leading to the initiation of an investigation or the bringing of an action which resulted in the collection of any civil penalties for violations by fiduciaries under ERISA.",2025-08-26T17:25:12Z,
101-s-3268,101,s,3268,A bill granting the consent of Congress to States to enter into the Interstate Compact on Industrialized/Modular Buildings.,Government Operations and Politics,1990-10-27,1990-10-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,0,"Interstate Compact - Grants the consent of the Congress to the Interstate Compact on Industrialized/Modular Buildings. Requires the President, when three States enact such Compact, to appoint a nonvoting member to the Interstate Industrialized/Modular Buildings Commission. Directs the Commission to submit annual reports to the President and to the Congress.  Requires the General Accounting Office to audit the financial transactions of the Commission at least every four years and to report the results to the Congress. Requires the Congress, if, after two years, fewer than three States have enacted such Compact, to consider adopting and implementing a preemptive Federal regulatory system for modular construction. Provides that if at least three States enter into the Compact within two years after enactment of this Act, noncompacting States that have not entered into an interim reciprocal agreement with the Commission shall not be eligible for:  (1) Federal guarantees under the veterans' home loan program; (2) the farm housing program under the Housing Act of 1949; and (3) the national housing partnership program under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-s-3269,101,s,3269,A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to proscribe indecent material transmitted by means of interstate communications by amending sections 223 of the Communications Act of 1934.,Government Operations and Politics,1990-10-27,1990-10-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,1,"Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to define ""indecent communication"" as any communication in which any discussion or reference is made to the genitals, breasts, or buttocks, actual or simulated sexual intercourse or contact, bestiality, masturbation, or sado-masochistic sexual abuse which is patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards. Requires common carriers to make available, to the extent technically feasible, a separate, easily distinguishable telephone prefix number for providers who offer access to specified indecent or obscene communications and require every provider to designate which prefix corresponds to the type of messages it proposes to provide.  Specifies that any provider who offers access to such a communication through any telephone number other than one within the prefix assigned is in violation of such Act.",2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
101-s-3270,101,s,3270,Natural Gas Competition Act of 1990,Energy,1990-10-27,1990-10-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,0,"Natural Gas Competition Act of 1990 - Requires, upon issuing a certificate for construction or operation of natural gas importation facilities, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission immediately to: (1) determine if the rates and practices of domestic pipelines confer a competitive disadvantage upon domestic producers of natural gas; and (2) establish by Commission order rates and practices which do not confer such competitive disadvantage upon such producers if it finds that a competitive disadvantage does in fact exist.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3271,101,s,3271,"A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, to clarify the application of such act, and for other purposes.",Labor and Employment,1990-10-27,1990-10-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]",AR,D,B001057,16,"Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise its application. Revises minimum wage and maximum hours provisions (as well as provisions for special industry committees for American Samoa) to apply such requirements specifically to employers of employees who in any workweek are engaged in industrial homework and who are either engaged in commerce or in the production of goods in commerce. Revises the scope of the application of requirements relating to wage rate orders for employers in American Samoa, prohibition of sex discrimination in wage rates, and handicapped workers.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
101-s-3249,101,s,3249,"A bill to deem the Strategic Target System program conducted at Kauai, Hawaii, to be a major Federal action for the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act.",Environmental Protection,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,0,"Deems the Strategic Target System program conducted by the Sandia National Laboratories of the Department of Energy at the Kauai Test Facility on the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, to be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-3250,101,s,3250,Alaska Land Status Technical Corrections Act of 1990,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,1,"Alaska Land Status Technical Corrections Act of 1990 - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to:  (1) modify the Fort Davis land allotment; and (2) subject such land to valid existing rights and an easement for the Iditarod National Historic Trail. Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to authorize an allotment applicant, who had a valid application pending before the Department of the Interior on December 18, 1971, and whose application remains pending as of the date of the enactment of this Act, to amend the land description to describe land other than that the applicant originally intended to claim if:  (1) the applicant filed an allotment application which described land selected by, tentatively approved to, or patented to the State of Alaska; (2) the amended land description describes land selected by, tentatively approved to, or patented to Alaska of approximately equal acreage to substitute for the land originally described in the application; and (3) the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources for Alaska, acting under the authority of State law, has agreed to reconvey or relinquish the land described in the amended application to the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) accept conveyance or relinquishment of the land described in the amended application from Alaska as an allotment for the benefit of the allotment application; (2) upon such acceptance, to cause the allotment to be surveyed (if it has not already been surveyed) and issue a trust certificate; and (3) adjust his computation of the acreage charged against Alaska's land entitlement. Ratifies certain conveyances to the Montana Creek and Caswell Native Associations and declares that such Associations have received their full entitlement of lands pursuant to ANCSA. Withdraws specified lands, for a period of one year, for selection by the Elim Native Corporation.  Authorizes such Corporation to select such lands in partial satisfaction of its entitlement under ANCSA. Bars selections from lands within the Iditarod National Historic Trail corridor. Requires the Secretary to receive and adjudicate such selections as though they were filed in a timely manner and to convey such lands to such Corporation. Specifies that a real property interest distributed by a Native Corporation to a shareholder of such corporation pursuant to a program to provide homesites to its shareholders shall be deemed conveyed and received under ANCSA, provided that certain conditions are met, including that alienability of the Corporation's Settlement Common Stock has not yet been terminated under provisions of such Act. Directs the Secretary to execute such instruments as necessary to release the condition on specified lands (including Beaver Airport) that such lands revert to the United States if such lands are not developed, or cease to be used, for airport purposes. Modifies the boundary of the Chugach National Forest, Alaska. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to convey specified land in Alaska to the Rabbit Creek Lions Club. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the University of Alaska all U.S. interests in the lands of the University of Alaska's Agricultural Experiment Station and Fur Farm Experiment Station.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3251,101,s,3251,Counterintelligence Improvements Act of 1990,Armed Forces and National Security,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence.,Senate,"Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK]",OK,D,B000639,1,"Counterintelligence Improvements Act of 1990 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish requirements for access to ""top secret"" information (access).  Entitles the President and Vice President, Members of the Congress, Justices of the Supreme Court, and Article III judges to access needed for the performance of their governmental functions without regard to the other provisions of this Act. Restricts access among Government employees to those who are U.S. citizens who require routine access for the performance of official governmental functions and who have been determined to be trustworthy based upon background investigations. Permits access by others only as permitted in accordance with regulations issued by the President which shall provide that:  (1) no Government employee shall be given access unless such person has been subject to an appropriate background investigation and has consented to granting the responsible investigative agency authority, for the period of access and five years thereafter, to examine specified financial records, consumer reports, and records maintained by commercial entities within the United States pertaining to foreign travel, has agreed to report travel to foreign countries not authorized as part of the subject's official duties, and has agreed to report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or other appropriate investigative authorities any unauthorized contacts with foreign nationals or persons representing foreign nationals attempting to acquire classified information; (2) all employees granted access shall be subject to additional background investigations at least every five years and to investigation by an appropriate governmental authority at any time during the period of access; (3) access by persons who do not meet such requirements shall be permitted only where the President determines that such access is essential to protect or further U.S. national security interests; and (4) a single office shall be designated to monitor implementation of such provisions and to submit annual reports and implementing regulations to the appropriate congressional committees. Sets forth provisions authorizing waivers of such provisions or regulations in extraordinary circumstances when essential for national security interests in cases involving U.S. citizens or persons admitted for permanent residence.  Requires that such waivers be made a matter of record and reported to such designated office. Requires, as conditions of access to classified cryptographic information, that persons:  (1) meet the requirements applicable to those having access to top secret information; and (2) be subject, during the period of such access, to periodic polygraph examinations limited in scope to questions of a counterintelligence nature. Precludes the removal of individuals from access to cryptographic information based solely upon the results produced by a polygraph instrument measuring physiological resources unless, after further investigation, the head of the department or agency concerned determines the risk to national security in permitting such access to be so potentially grave that access must be denied. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act to permit a customer who is the subject of a personnel security investigation conducted by an authorized investigative Government agency as a condition of being granted or maintaining access to authorize nonrevocable disclosure of all financial records maintained by financial institutions to the appropriate governmental authorities for the period of the customer's access and for up to five years after such access has been terminated. (Under current law, a person may consent to access to his financial records for a period of three months.)  Requires the designated office to inform the House and Senate intelligence committees annually concerning the number of requests for financial records made pursuant to this Act. Makes it a crime to possess espionage devices with intent to violate the espionage statutes and to sell top secret documents or materials to foreign governments, with exceptions.  Allows, as a defense, that the information or document in question has been officially released to the public by an authorized representative of the United States prior to the sale or transfer in question.  Makes it a misdemeanor for a U.S.  officer, employer, or contractor to knowingly remove top secret documents and retain them at an unauthorized location. Amends the Federal criminal code to:  (1) grant specified U.S. courts jurisdiction to try cases involving espionage and related offenses begun or committed outside the United States; and (2) extend coverage of the special forfeiture provision (permitting the Attorney General to file suit to recover the profits of certain crimes) to additional crimes of espionage and to espionage convictions in foreign courts for misconduct that would constitute offenses under U.S. espionage laws. Permits the Government to deny retirement pay to U.S. retirees in the civil service, Foreign Service, and Central Intelligence Agency retirement and disability systems who are convicted of espionage in foreign courts which involve U.S. national defense information, subject to certification by the Attorney General to the agency employing or formerly employing the person concerned that the conviction had been obtained by an impartial court of appropriate jurisdiction, that the conviction is not being appealed or that final action has been taken on such appeal, and that the conviction was obtained under procedures which accorded the U.S. retiree due process rights comparable to those under the Constitution.  Subjects such denial determinations to review by the U.S. Court of Claims. Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to require consumer reporting agencies, upon request, to furnish:  (1) consumer reports to the FBI pursuant to a written certification by the Director of the FBI that the records are sought for an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and that the person to whom such reports relate is believed to be a foreign agent; and (2) identifying information respecting any consumer at the Director's request when necessary to the conduct of an authorized counterintelligence investigation.  Prohibits such agencies from divulging to the consumer that the FBI has sought or obtained such information.  Requires the Director to inform the House and Senate intelligence committees annually concerning all such requests. Amends the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 to authorize the Director of the FBI to request from wire or electronic communications service providers subscriber information concerning a person or entity where the Director certifies that the information sought is relevant to an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and there is reason to believe that communications facilities registered in the name of the person or entity have been used, through the services of such provider, in communication with a foreign agent or power, or a foreign diplomatic establishment. Prohibits the FBI from conducting any investigation of a person or entity on the basis of nonpublishable information received pursuant to such request unless there is reason to believe that such person or entity is involved, or is seeking to become involved, in clandestine intelligence or international terrorism activities on behalf of a foreign agent or power, or is in a position to provide assistance to the FBI in countering such activities. Authorizes the FBI to:  (1) conduct a limited inquiry to determine whether there is a basis for such an investigation, subject to guidelines issued by the Attorney General and submitted to the House and Senate intelligence committees; and (2) disseminate information and records so obtained only as provided in such guidelines and, with respect to dissemination to another Federal agency, only if such information is clearly relevant to the authorized responsibilities of such agency.  Bars the dissemination of information concerning a communication of a U.S. person so obtained outside the FBI except for authorized counterintelligence or law enforcement purposes. Authorizes the Attorney General to pay rewards of up to $1,000,000 for information leading to:  (1) the arrest or conviction of any individual for committing, or conspiring or attempting to commit, espionage; or (2) the prevention or frustration of an act of espionage against the United States. Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide a court order process, similar to that required for electronic surveillance, for physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes. Empowers the special courts established under such Act, upon appropriate application and with appropriate certification, to issue an order authorizing such a search.  Sets forth:  (1) reporting requirements; (2) penalties for intentional violations of search or nondisclosure requirements; and (3) provisions for civil actions, including punitive damages, for violations with respect to an unauthorized search or the disclosure of information arising out of an unauthorized search.",2025-08-26T17:27:08Z,
101-s-3252,101,s,3252,"Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act",Environmental Protection,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]",LA,D,B000780,0,"Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to convene the Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Task Force to prepare a list of coastal wetlands restoration projects in Louisiana in order of priority based on the cost-effectiveness of such projects in creating, restoring, or protecting wetlands, taking into account the quality of such wetlands. Directs the Secretary to transmit the list annually to the Congress. Provides that such list (prior to the date a plan to identify such projects is prepared) shall only include restoration projects that can be substantially completed during the initial five-year period. Directs the Task Force to prepare a plan to identify priority coastal restoration projects.  Requires such plan to coordinate projects to ensure long-term conservation of Louisiana wetlands. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) submit such plan to the Congress; and (2) submit a triennial scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of such projects to the Congress. Deems ecological, aesthetic, cultural, and economic benefits to exceed the cost of any project which contributes significantly to wetlands restoration.  Allocates funding for such projects based on a project's priority. Limits the Federal share of projects to 75 percent of the total cost.  Raises such limit for States with approved coastal wetlands conservation plans.  Sets forth forms of State shares of such projects. Requires the Secretary, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with the Governor of Louisiana if the Governor agrees, to enter into an agreement to:  (1) set forth a process by which the State of Louisiana agrees to develop and implement a Coastal Wetlands Conservation Plan; and (2) designate a State agency to develop and submit such Plan to the Administrator, the Director, and the Secretary for approval. Directs the Administrator to make grants (not to exceed 75 percent of development costs) to assist the agency in developing the Plan. Requires the Secretary, the Director, and the Administrator to provide technical assistance to the State for such Plan. Sets forth a goal for such Plan of no net loss of wetlands as a result of development activities.  Outlines the elements of the Plan. Provides for approval of the Plan if:  (1) the State has adequate authority to implement the Plan; and (2) the Plan is adequate to attain the goal of no net loss of wetlands and is in compliance with this Act.  Sets forth modification procedures in the case of noncompliance. Directs the Secretary, the Director, and the Administrator to report biennially to the Congress on such Plan. Requires the Director to make matching grants to coastal States to carry out coastal wetlands conservation projects.  Directs the Director, in awarding such grants, to give priority to projects that are:  (1) consistent with the National Wetlands Priority Conservation Plan developed under the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act; (2) in coastal States that have established dedicated funding for programs to acquire coastal wetlands, natural areas, and open spaces; and (3) in maritime forests on coastal barrier islands.  Subjects the provision of such grants to conditions that will ensure that real property interests acquired, enhanced, or restored with such moneys will be administered for the long-term conservation of lands, waters, and fish and wildlife. Limits such grants to 50 percent of the total cost of a project, except in cases where a State has established a trust fund. Authorizes the Director to:  (1) make progress payments on wetlands conservation projects; and (2) enter into agreements to make payments on portions of such projects, subject to the availability of Federal funds. Requires the Director to direct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetland Inventory to update and digitize wetlands maps in Texas and to conduct an assessment of the wetlands in such State. Allocates funds to carry out this Act's activities, including an amount for allocation under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects for the protection, restoration, or enhancement of aquatic and associated ecosystems. Requires the Secretary to give such projects equal consideration with irrigation, navigation, or flood control projects. Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of modifying the operation of existing navigation and flood control projects to allow for an increase in the share of Mississippi River flows and sediment sent down the Atchafalaya River for purposes of land building and wetlands nourishment.",2025-08-26T17:25:12Z,
101-s-3253,101,s,3253,"A bill to provide for the establishment of industrial recapitalization funds by industries which were injured by unfair import competition, and for other purposes.",Taxation,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]",CT,D,L000304,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a corporation to establish an industrial recapitalization fund if such corporation has been injured by subsidized sales of imported merchandise or forced sales of less than fair value.  Requires such corporation to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Commerce to use such fund to acquire new, or to modernize, plant and equipment in the United States for an essential industry.  Allows non-taxable deposits to be made to such fund during the five years after entering into an agreement.  Makes certain gains, earnings, and profits non-taxable if related to the fund. Allows qualified withdrawals for the 12 years after formation of the fund and provides for the tax treatment of such fund after the close of the tenth year. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to set forth reporting requirements for the Secretary of Commerce concerning the collection of antidumping and countervailing duties. Requires the appropriate Customs Service officer to reliquidate any entry necessary to correct the failure to assess and collect an antidumping or countervailing duty.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-s-3254,101,s,3254,Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1990,"Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues",1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]",DE,D,B000444,7,"Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1990 - Prohibits Federal, State, and local governments, and any person acting under color of law, from restricting any person's free exercise of religion unless:  (1) the restriction is in the form of a rule of general applicability that does not intentionally discriminate against religion or among religions; and (2) the government demonstrates that application of the restriction to a person is essential to furthering a compelling governmental interest and the least restrictive means of doing so.  Authorizes a party aggrieved by a violation of such prohibition to obtain relief, including attorney fees, in a civil action.",2025-08-26T17:28:07Z,
101-s-3255,101,s,3255,A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to encourage greater recycling.,Environmental Protection,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,0,"Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a series of studies on the management and utilization of materials in the recycling process. Requires such studies to:  (1) focus on one general type of material; (2) evaluate the impact of recycling such material in reducing the volume of waste material that requires disposal; (3) evaluate the adverse environmental impacts and benefits of management of the material; (4) take into account the distinction between bona fide materials in the recycling process and materials considered to be solid waste; and (5) include recommendations for regulation that balances environmental benefits and risks. Directs the Administrator to promulgate a three-tier permitting system to promote the environmentally safe recycling of the material addressed in the study.  Requires the Administrator to establish permitting requirements for recycling with minimal, moderate, and substantial impacts on the environment.  Directs the Administrator to establish, for recyclers having moderate or substantial impacts on the environment:  (1) the percentage of material that must be processed for incorporation into a new product to meet a specified requirement under the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and (2) operating standards and recordkeeping requirements.  Authorizes the Administrator to inspect any recycler's facilities or records.  Requires recyclers having substantial impacts on the environment to demonstrate to the Administrator that the environmental benefit to be derived from their operations outweighs the potential environmental risk that such operations may pose. Provides that where a substance or practice used in manufacturing could constitute a threat to human health or the environment when the manufactured product is eventually recycled, such substance or practice shall constitute an unreasonable risk of injury to human health or the environment for purposes of the Toxic Substances Control Act.  Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations to enhance the recyclability of manufactured articles by eliminating toxic materials from the manufacturing process. Authorizes the Administrator to revoke a person's designation as a recycler if such person has violated this Act.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-3256,101,s,3256,Wetlands and Green Space Preservation Assistance Act of 1990,Taxation,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT]",VT,R,J000072,1,Wetlands and Green Space Preservation Assistance Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for determining the environmental use value of sensitive environmental areas for estate tax purposes.  Requires the estate to grant an environmental preservation easement for a period of ten years after the death of the decedent.  Imposes an additional estate tax if an heir fails to maintain the easement.,2025-08-26T17:28:26Z,
101-s-3257,101,s,3257,Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1990,Labor and Employment,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA]",GA,D,N000171,2,"Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1990 - Establishes an Institute for Youth Apprenticeship (the Institute) as an independent establishment to administer youth apprenticeship programs set up under this Act. Directs the Institute Board of Directors to study youth apprenticeship programs; and (2) report findings and conclusions to the Secretaries of Labor and of Education and the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Board Chairperson to establish guidelines, criteria, and procedures for youth apprenticeship programs, based on such report, including curriculum guidelines, criteria for demonstration program sites and for apprenticeship occupations, and competency criteria and certification procedures for apprentices and trainers. Directs the Institute Executive Director to enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private organizations to develop and evaluate youth apprenticeship demonstration programs that establish partnerships between schools and employers. Requires each eligible entity entering into such a contract to establish partnerships between secondary and postsecondary schools and employers to provide apprenticeship training to students. Allows an entity to incorporate into the partnership representatives of organized labor, employment and training agencies, and State education and labor departments.  Makes such partnerships responsible for program and curriculum development, coordination and quality assurances, and assessment and evaluation of apprentices and training programs.  Sets forth requirements for partnership training for various levels of secondary school students and for postsecondary students and current workers.  Sets forth requirements for employers to pay:  (1) up to 100 percent of the apprentice's stipend, depending on the secondary school program level; (2) wages and employee benefits for apprentices in postsecondary programs; and (3) costs of on-the-job training.  States that employers shall not be required to hire apprentices upon completion of the apprenticeships.  Requires participating schools to make in-kind contributions and to allocate resources to meet new demands as young people become more involved in apprenticeship during school. Directs the Institute to coordinate programs by:  (1) providing technical assistance to partnerships; (2) operating an apprenticeship clearinghouse for the partnerships; (3) disseminating model programs and practices to the partnerships; and (4) gathering input from all sources on proposals for the labor mobility of apprentices. Authorizes appropriations. Abolishes the Board and Institute, terminates all programs established by this Act, and repeals this Act and the amendments it makes not later than 69 months after the initiation of the youth apprenticeship demonstration programs.",2025-08-26T17:26:00Z,
101-s-3258,101,s,3258,Bankruptcy Administration Improvements Act of 1990,Finance and Financial Sector,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,Bankruptcy Administration Improvements Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Bankruptcy Code to revise the compensation formula for private bankruptcy trustees.,2025-08-26T17:24:17Z,
101-s-3259,101,s,3259,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the formula for payments to States for care furnished to veterans in State homes.",Armed Forces and National Security,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"Revises the formula for payments made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to States for nursing home, domiciliary, and hospital care furnished to veterans who are eligible to receive such care in a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, but who instead receive such care in a State home.",2025-01-14T17:02:09Z,
101-s-3260,101,s,3260,Small Employer Health Benefit Reform Act of 1990,Taxation,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]",MN,R,D000566,0,"Small Employer Health Benefit Reform Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on insurance companies which do not meet requirements concerning coverage, rating, or disclosure and recordkeeping with respect to accident and health insurance provided to small employers.",2025-08-26T17:25:55Z,
101-s-3261,101,s,3261,Federal Rural Tourism and Recreational Development Initiative Act of 1990,Transportation and Public Works,1990-10-26,1990-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]",MT,R,B001126,0,"Federal Rural Tourism and Recreational Development Initiative Act of 1990 - Declares it a national goal to improve and provide safe access to public lands to encourage the development of travel and tourism opportunities in support of rural area development.  Authorizes the use of funds under the Federal lands highways program for purposes such as:  (1) transportation planning for tourism and recreational travel; (2) interpretive signage and development of public road facilities for areas of historical, archeological, cultural, and scenic interests; (3) construction and reconstruction of roadside rest areas; and (4) other appropriate facilities as determined by the Secretary of Transportation. Specifies that funds available for forest development roads and trails may be made available for such purposes, as well.  Requires the Secretary to authorize Federal aid highway projects for pedestrian and bicycle facilities to encourage alternative modes of transportation for tourism and recreational purposes.  Authorizes the motorized use of trails and walkways, subject to State and local regulations.  (Under current law, motorized vehicles are prohibited except for maintenance purposes and, when snow conditions and State or local regulations permit, snowmobiles.)  Directs the Secretary to: (1) annually allocate sums authorized to be appropriated for access highways to public recreation areas on certain lakes; and (2) establish and carry out a tourism and recreational travel technical assistance program in non-urbanized areas.  Requires that each State using funds provided in this Act have a multipurpose land use statewide driving and recreation travel plan.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T17:28:42Z,
101-s-3244,101,s,3244,Federal Credit Management and Debt Collection Improvements Act of 1990,Economics and Public Finance,1990-10-25,1990-10-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,0,"Federal Credit Management and Debt Collection Improvements Act of 1990 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury an Under Secretary of the Treasury for Debt Collection and Credit Management, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Under Secretary with respect to establishing and implementing a comprehensive Federal debt collection and credit management plan.  Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress an analysis of such plan, together with comments. Requires executive agency proposals for new credit programs to contain an explicit statement of any subsidies involved. Requires the assessment of loan origination and application fees to defray administrative costs and costs of defaulted loans. Prohibits loans to persons who are delinquent in debt payments to the United States.  Sets forth the circumstances under which a person who has defaulted on a prior loan may be allowed another loan.  Requires loan contracts to contain default and acceleration clauses.  Requires each loan applicant to be provided with a written notice specifying Federal debt collection policies and practices. Directs the President to provide for a study of private sector alternatives to Federal loan programs. Requires each executive agency to report to the Congress, within one year of enactment of this Act, on its delinquency and default standards. Directs the Comptroller General, within two years of enactment of this Act, to audit agency credit programs. Requires agencies to conform to regulations under this Act within one year of enactment of this Act. Establishes a collection target amount of $15,000,000,000 during the period beginning October 1, 1987, and ending September 30, 1990. Increases an agency's funding for not meeting its target.  Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate regulations to assist agencies in developing proposals for debt collection targets. Requires the use of credit bureaus and private collection agencies to recover indebtedness owed the Federal Government. Provides for routine adjustments of Federal pay for non-controversial overpayments. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize agencies to use Internal Revenue Service information in debt collection. Requires the inclusion of debt collection data in the budget process. Directs each agency head to investigate the feasibility and cost effectiveness of selling debts to the private sector. Makes State laws inapplicable with respect to time limitations for bringing legal actions on debts owed to the United States.",2025-08-26T17:24:34Z,
101-s-3245,101,s,3245,School-Based Meals for Older individuals and Intergenerational Programs Act of 1990,Social Welfare,1990-10-25,1990-10-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Adams, Brock [D-WA]",WA,D,A000031,0,"School-Based Meals for Older Individuals and Intergenerational Programs Act of 1990 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a program for school-based meals for older individuals and intergenerational activities for older individuals and elementary and secondary school students. Directs the Commissioner on Aging to make grants to States to pay the Federal share (85 percent) of such projects in elementary and secondary schools that provide:  (1) meals to older individuals, while such schools are in session, during the summer, and (unless waived by the State) on weekdays in the school year when the schools are not in session; (2) intergenerational activities in which older individuals and students interact; (3) social and recreational activities for older individuals; (4) skill banks to inform school officials of the skills and preferred activities of older individuals, so that they may serve as tutors, teacher aides, living historians, special speakers, playground supervisors, and lunchroom assistants, among other functions; and (5) opportunities for older individuals to participate in school activities and use school facilities. Requires annual program evaluation reports by:  (1) States receiving such grants, to the Commissioner; and (2) the Commissioner, summarizing such State reports, to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.  Prohibits program funding for a fiscal year unless certain other programs receive funding for that year which exceeds their FY 1990 levels.",2025-08-26T17:24:46Z,
101-s-3246,101,s,3246,States Solid Waste Regulatory Authority Act,Environmental Protection,1990-10-25,1990-10-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,0,"States Solid Waste Regulatory Authority Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize each State to enact and enforce laws: (1) regulating the treatment, disposal, and other disposition of solid waste within such State, including imposing fees; and (2) banning the importation of solid waste beginning five years after enactment of this Act if the State has an approved solid waste management plan.  Authorizes two or more States to negotiate an agreement or compact, not in conflict with a Federal law or treaty, to provide for the treatment, disposal, or other disposition of solid waste (but no such agreement or compact shall take effect until approved by the Congress). Requires State solid waste management plans to require that the State:  (1) identify the amount of solid wastes by waste type that are reasonably expected to be generated within the State or accepted from another State during the ten-year period following enactment of this Act; (2) identify the amount of solid waste to be reduced during such ten-year period through source reduction, recycling, and resource recovery; and (3) establish a process to assure the availability of solid waste treatment storage and disposal (including recycling) facilities permitted under such Act. Requires a State, when identifying the amount of solid waste management capacity necessary for the solid waste identified, to take into account solid waste management compacts in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act within the State and one or more States. Requires that a State solid waste management plan:  (1) require laws, regulations, and ordinances for the development of new and expanded solid waste management facilities, including the establishment of a process for the siting, and a schedule for the approval and construction, of such facilities; (2) describe solid waste management practices and programs, based on the State's environmental and economic conditions, that promote source reduction and recycling; (3) identify existing State and regional markets for recyclable materials and actions that the State will take to promote and develop recycling markets; (4) provide for a program requiring all solid waste management facilities to register with the State and that only registered facilities may manage solid waste identified in the plan; (5) provide for technical and financial assistance to local communities to meet plan requirements; and (6) specify the conditions under which the State will authorize a person to accept solid waste from other States, for purposes of solid waste management other than transportation, and ensure that such waste is managed in accordance with the plan and that acceptance of such waste will not impede the ability of the State of final destination to manage solid waste generated within its borders. Expresses the intention of such Act and the planning process developed pursuant to such Act that determinations regarding the need for, or size of, waste-to-energy facilities for solid waste management not interfere with the achievement, to the maximum extent possible, of the objectives and policies of such Act. Sets forth additional plan requirements, unless the State demonstrates that their inclusion is impracticable, including:  (1) a policy requiring the State and its political subdivisions to procure products made with recyclable materials; (2) a program to encourage composting; (3) a system for curbside pickup of source-separated materials or separation at recycling facilities, or both; and (4) a policy requiring that recyclable materials from residences, commercial establishments, and office buildings in solid waste be separated, to the maximum extent economically practicable, prior to treatment or disposal in solid waste management facilities and requiring the imposition of a surcharge on tipping fees for solid waste from commercial establishments or office buildings that is not source-separated before delivery to a landfill, waste-to-energy facility, or waste treatment facility. Requires States to submit plans for approval within six months of the enactment of this Act.  Specifies that if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency fails to act on a State plan within six months after submission, such plan shall become effective and shall remain in effect as submitted subject to review by the Administrator.",2025-08-26T17:24:58Z,
101-s-3247,101,s,3247,A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on certain lead fuel test assemblies.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1990-10-25,1990-10-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",PA,R,H000456,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to:  (1) liquidate or reliquidate as free of duty any partially assembled lead fuel assembly that was or is imported on March 9, 1990, on September 9, 1990, or before December 31, 1993; and (2) refund any duties paid with respect to such imports if a specified certification is made and submitted to the appropriate customs officer. Describes such an assembly as composed of nuclear fuel rods of zircaloy tubes filled with slightly enriched uranium dioxide pellets.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-s-3248,101,s,3248,Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1990,Armed Forces and National Security,1990-10-25,1990-10-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.,Senate,"Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]",CA,D,C000877,8,"Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (the Act) to prohibit an eviction or distress from being made during a period of military service with respect to a premise for which the agreed rent does not exceed $1,200 (currently, $150) per month, when such premises is occupied chiefly by the dependents of the person in military service, except upon leave of the court granted upon application or in a proceeding affecting the rights of possession. Extends the power of attorney coverage under the Act to include a power of attorney that by its terms expires after August 2, 1990. Provides professional liability protection for persons ordered to active duty after August 1, 1990, who, prior to such date, were engaged in the furnishing of health care services or other services determined by the Secretary of Defense to be professional services and who had in effect a professional liability insurance policy that does not continue coverage during the period of active duty.  Specifies that an insurance carrier shall have no liability with respect to any claim that is based on professional conduct of a person that occurs during a period of suspension of such person's professional liability insurance under this Act.  Requires an insurance carrier to suspend and to reinstate coverage of such affected person upon receipt of a written request from such person.  Requires such person to request reinstatement within 30 days after release from active duty. Provides a minimum period of required coverage by the carrier following reinstatement, without an increase in the insurance premiums charged. Provides for the stay of a civil or administrative action for damages on the basis of professional liability of a person whose insurance has been suspended under these provisions if:  (1) the action is based on an act or omission that occurred before the suspension was effective; and (2) the suspended insurance would, on its face, cover the alleged professional misconduct.  States that the period of such stay shall not be included in any statute-of-limitations period.  Outlines provisions concerning the death of a person whose professional liability insurance has been suspended and the consequences with respect to the suspended insurance coverage on previous or suspended (stayed) claims. Provides that any person employed and covered under an employer-offered health insurance policy who goes to active military service or training and is reemployed upon returning may not be subject to a waiting period or exclusion of coverage imposed in connection with coverage of a qualifying health or physical condition if:  (1) the condition arose before or during such person's period of training or service; (2) no exclusion or waiting period would have been imposed for the condition during a period of coverage resulting from participation by such person in the insurance; and (3) the condition of such person has not been determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be service-connected. Provides that any person who, by reason of military service, is entitled to the rights and benefits of the Act shall be entitled upon release from such military duty to reinstatement of any health insurance which:  (1) was in effect on the day before such service commenced; and (2) was terminated during the period of such service.  Prohibits any exclusion or waiting period from being imposed in connection with reinstatement of health insurance coverage of a health or physical condition covered by the Act if:  (1) the condition arose before or during such person's period of training or service; (2) no exclusion or waiting period would have been imposed for the condition during a period of coverage resulting from participation by such person in the insurance; and (3) the condition of such person has not been determined by the Secretary to be disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty. Provides reemployment rights for all reservists (currently, only those serving on active duty for not more than 90 days) upon their return from any active duty other than for training.",2025-08-26T17:27:06Z,
101-s-3238,101,s,3238,Title X Pregnancy Counseling Act of 1990,Health,1990-10-24,1990-10-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,24,"Title X  Pregnancy Counseling Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to ensure that projects receiving assistance under title X of the Public Health Service Act offer pregnant women information and counseling on all legal and medical options.  Requires that women requesting information regarding an unintended pregnancy be provided with nondirective counseling and referral on prenatal care, delivery, infant care, foster care, adoption services, and pregnancy termination.",2025-08-26T17:29:22Z,
101-s-3239,101,s,3239,Civil Rights Act of 1990,"Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues",1990-10-24,1990-10-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",KS,R,D000401,3,"Civil Rights Act of 1990 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide for the burden of proof which the complaining party and the respondent must meet in certain situations relating to unlawful employment practices based on disparate impact.  Allows a rule barring employment of an individual who currently and knowlingly uses or possesses an illegal drug unless the rule is adopted or applied with intent to discriminate. Allows establishment of an unlawful employment practice on a demonstration that a certain basis was a motivating factor for a practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice. Prohibits certain types of relief on a demonstration that the respondent would have taken the same action in the absence of any discrimination.  Allows, on such a showing, declaratory and injunctive relief, attorney's fees, and costs. Provides for the finality of litigated or consent judgments or orders, barring actions (challenging an employment practice required by a judgment or order) by persons who had certain types of notice and opportunity. Declares that an alleged unlawful employment practice occurs, with regard to a seniority system, when:  (1) the system is adopted; (2) an individual becomes subject to the system; or (3) a person is injured by application of the system or provision, adopted for an intentionally discriminatory purpose, whether or not the discriminatory purpose is apparent on the face of the provision.  Allows a court, in fashioning remedies for unlawful intentional employment discrimination, to require the respondent to pay a specified amount if:  (1) needed to deter the respondent from engaging in such practices; and (2) otherwise justified by the equities, consistent with the purposes of the equal employment opportunities provisions of the Act, and in the public interest.  Requires all employment discrimination cases to be heard and determined by a judge, except that, if the court determines that the claims presented may require the payments authorized by this paragraph and that a jury trial is constitutionally required for such relief, a jury may be empaneled to determine such issues and no others. Allows expert fees to be included in attorney's fees awarded to the prevailing party in an employment discrimination case. Extends the time limit for an aggrieved employee or employment applicant to file a civil action after notice of final action by a department, agency, or unit of the Federal Government.  Requires the same interest to compensate for delay in payment by the Government as in cases involving non-public parties. Amends Federal law to declare that:  (1) for purposes of provisions relating to equal rights under the law, the right to make and enforce contracts includes the making, performance, modification, and termination of contracts, and the enjoyment of all benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of the contract; and (2) the rights protected by the amended provisions are protected against impairment by non-governmental discrimination as well as against impairment under color of State law. Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to require the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to notify the person aggrieved if an age discrimination charge is dismissed by the Commission.  Allows a civil suit to be brought within a specified time limit after the dismissal. Provides for the application of this Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to the Senate, the House of Representatives, and instrumentalities of the Congress. Prohibits construing the amendments made by this Act, or any statute amended by this Act, so as to require, permit, or result in the adoption or implementation of quotas. Encourages the use of alternative means of dispute resolution to resolve disputes arising under the Acts amended by this Act.",2025-08-26T17:28:49Z,
101-s-3240,101,s,3240,Access to International Education Opportunities Abroad Amendments of 1990,Education,1990-10-24,1990-10-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,0,"Access to International Education Opportunities Abroad Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise student assistance for those engaged in study abroad. Specifies that programs of study abroad approved for credit by an institution of higher education (approved programs of study abroad) are among those for which eligible students may receive student assistance under the programs of Pell grants, supplemental educational opportunity grants, grants to States for State student incentives, guaranteed student loans, and Perkins loans. Revises student eligibility for assistance to declare that nothing in HEA shall be construed to limit or otherwise prohibit access to approved programs of study abroad.  Declares that:  (1) otherwise eligible students engaged in an approved program of study abroad are also eligible for assistance under title IV (Student Assistance) of HEA; and (2) such a study abroad program need not be a required part of the student's degree program to qualify for such assistance. Requires eligible institutions to:  (1) disseminate to prospective and enrolled students accurate information describing the fact that enrollment in an approved program of study abroad may be considered enrollment in the home institution for purposes of applying for Federal student financial assistance; and (2) agree, for purposes of student assistance program participation, not to deny any form of Federal aid to any student who meets HEA eligibility requirements on the grounds that such student is taking part in an approved program of study abroad. Applies existing requirements for loan check endorsement and multiple disbursement of federally-insured and guaranteed student loans to students engaged in an approved program of study abroad. Establishes a program of incentive grants for enrollment in special programs abroad.  Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to:  (1) make grants to institutions of higher education or certain other organizations to pay partial incentive stipends to individuals enrolled in certain programs of study abroad; and (2) award, through a national competition, incentive stipends to students who enroll in study abroad programs to learn languages and develop international skills not available in countries in which large numbers of U.S. students study.  Requires such grants to be awarded on the basis of merit but with preference given to students who are underrepresented in study abroad, including those from minority groups and professional and preprofessional studies.  Intends such stipends to meet extraordinary travel and other associated costs for a one year maximum.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires work study program participation agreements to permit: (1) an institution to devise suitable work opportunities for students studying abroad, including work for foreign colleges, universities, and nonprofit or service organizations; (2) establishment of internship programs involving work for foreign or multinational organizations relevant to the student's course of study; and (3) work-study compensation to eligible students for such work or internships. Declares that student financial aid administrators have discretionary authority to make certain necessary cost of attendance and asset adjustments and special arrangements for student notification, verification, disbursement, and refunds, for students participating in approved programs of study abroad. Allows requests for deferment of Stafford or Perkins student loan repayment by students engaged in graduate or postgraduate fellowship study abroad to be approved until the completion of the fellowship period. Revises HEA title VI (International Education Programs) requirements for undergraduate international studies and foreign language programs to add to the list of authorized grant activities development:  (1) of undergraduate study abroad programs providing courses closely related to on-campus foreign language and international studies curricula; and (2) of new study abroad opportunities for undergraduates in specific degree programs' curricula.   Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, and consortia for:  (1) study abroad in the form of either programs in locations otherwise unavailable for such study or opportunities for students who would not otherwise engage in such study; and (2) enrichment of study abroad programs, including development of model predeparture and post-return activities, program selection material and advising services, and academic advising. Requires that centers for international business education assisted under HEA include in their programs opportunities for business students to study abroad in locations which are important to the current and future economic well-being of the United States. Provides that intensive summer language institutes receiving HEA grants may be either in the United States or in appropriate countries abroad.  Includes among authorized providers of such training institutes designed to integrate intensive foreign language training with culture experiences abroad for undergraduate students in a wide range of disciplines.  Covers the costs of travel to and from institutes in foreign countries in stipends for students and faculty attending such institutes.",2025-08-26T17:25:51Z,
101-s-3241,101,s,3241,"A bill entitled the ""Iraqi Assets Control Act"".",International Affairs,1990-10-24,1990-10-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,5,"Requires the President to:  (1) identify those persons engaged in interstate commerce in the United States that are controlled by Iraqi persons; (2) identify property in which transactions have been blocked pursuant to an executive order freezing Iraqi assets; and (3) conduct investigations to determine whether Iraqi control of such entity might impair the national security. Grants the President the authority to:  (1) order the seizure of any such property or interest if the President determines that Iraqi control thereof might impair national security and that seizure is in the national interest; and (2) pay U.S. creditors and other holders of obligations for which Iraq has suspended payment or repayment.  Directs the President to equitably distribute the funds gained from the liquidated assets among all creditors and other obligation holders, including the U.S. Government.",2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
101-s-3242,101,s,3242,Community Relations Act,Housing and Community Development,1990-10-24,1990-10-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]",OH,D,M000678,1,"Community Relations Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to:  (1) provide resources to foster and maintain multicultural coalitions in communities experiencing cross-group conflict on a long-term basis; (2) fund model projects to address community based tension by bringing people from different groups together to work on specific projects of concern to the local population; (3) provide Federal resources to local communities to enable them to develop approaches to reduce community based tensions; (4) establish a mechanism through which representatives of communities can share experiences and innovative ideas across projects and disseminate successful approaches to other communities; and (5) provide technical support to programs after Federal funding has ended in order to foster ongoing coalitions which could address new community problems when they occur. Designates the Community Relations Service of the Department of Justice as responsible for carrying out this Act.  Requires the Service to:  (1) seek technical assistance from individuals, agencies, and organizations experienced in training, maintaining, and supporting coalitions; (2) contract with such individuals, agencies, or organizations as necessary to assure that the purposes of the Act are carried out; (3) make such technical assistance available to local offices of the Service; and (4) provide technical assistance and training to projects funded under this Act. Directs the Service to make grants to coalitions for the establishment of Service projects in accordance with this Act. Requires the national office of the Service to consider the recommendations of a national board before approving a project. Sets forth the responsibilities of the Service, including:  (1) disseminating information on the availability of project grants to communities which have experienced community based tension in the recent past; (2) providing technical assistance to local agencies, organizations, and individuals to develop coalitions; (3) providing assistance to coalitions in developing proposals to address such tensions; and (4) making grants for projects. Establishes criteria for eligibility for grants. Requires:  (1) a coalition established under this Act to develop a plan for a community relations service project which addresses a need defined by the community and which fits within specified priorities (such as projects to deal with drugs, youth recreation, community recreation on the arts, citizenship participation, and community safety or development); and (2) coalition members to agree on project goals and define issues to be addressed. Sets forth additional requirements. Sets forth provisions with respect to:  (1) Federal and local matching funds; (2) program administration; and (3) funding for a study of the root causes of other kinds of conflict among groups and proposed model solutions. Requires the national office of the Service to establish a national advisory board to assist in setting program goals and in evaluating proposals and the program. Requires the Service to:  (1) evaluate projects funded and make recommendations on replication of successful projects; and (2) submit to the Congress and the President an evaluation of the program, including a proposal for its expansion, continuation, or termination. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the number and amounts of grants for any fiscal year.",2025-08-26T17:28:23Z,
101-s-3243,101,s,3243,Tax Policy Freedom of Information and Sunshine Act of 1990,Economics and Public Finance,1990-10-24,1990-10-24,"Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one committee reports, the other committee has thirty days to report or be discharged.",Senate,"Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]",WI,R,K000019,0,"Tax Policy Freedom of Information and Sunshine Act of 1990 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require reports accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget to include technical explanations setting forth the economic data, assumptions, and methodology in sufficient detail to permit replications of the results by nongovernmental analysts. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Joint Tax Committee to follow such procedure in reports accompanying legislation considered or reported by the Committee on Finance or the Committee on Ways and Means.",2025-08-26T17:29:19Z,
101-s-3232,101,s,3232,"A bill to require Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to separate certain solid waste for recycling purposes.",Environmental Protection,1990-10-23,1990-10-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]",KY,R,M000355,0,"Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of General Services to:  (1) establish, and periodically modify, a program requiring each Federal department, agency, or instrumentality to separate and collect solid waste (including high-grade paper, newspapers, aluminum, bottles, and containers) for recycling; (2) establish and implement a system for monitoring and enforcing the provisions of this Act; and (3) report periodically to the Congress as to the extent of compliance for the preceding 12-month period. Authorizes any such entity to retain any moneys received from the sale of such waste for use in carrying out its functions. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
101-s-3233,101,s,3233,A bill to authorize the addition of 15 acres to Morristown National Historical Park.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-23,1990-10-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,1,"Amends Federal law to authorize the addition of certain lands to Morristown National Historical Park, New Jersey.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3234,101,s,3234,Workers' Family Protection Act of 1990,Labor and Employment,1990-10-23,1990-10-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT]",VT,R,J000072,1,"Workers' Family Protection Act of 1990 - Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (the Director), in cooperation with the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA Administrator), to study the prevalence of and issues related to contamination of workers' homes with hazardous chemicals and substances transported from their workplace (contamination). Requires the Director to identify industries prone to such contamination, evaluate current statutory and regulatory safeguards, and compile a review of the previous research. Requires the Director to provide grants to eligible States for case studies to evaluate the economic, physiological, and psychological effects on workers and their communities from, and preventive and remediation methods respecting, such contamination. Directs the EPA Administrator to:  (1) cooperate with and assist the Director and eligible States in such studies; (2) evaluate effectiveness in addressing such contamination under programs established under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; (3) compile a review of previous related research on indoor air quality; and (4) evaluate whether current environmental laws and regulations pose an undue burden on families seeking to redress such contamination. Requires the Director to issue to the Congress an interim report and a final report including recommendations for addressing any overlap in Federal agency jurisdiction over such contamination. Directs the Secretary of Labor to:  (1) issue appropriate regulations to prevent release of hazardous chemicals and substances from a workplace or workers' clothing or persons; or (2) report to the Congress on why such regulations are unnecessary. Requires the Secretary, at a minimum, to:  (1) determine whether additional regulations are needed to protect workers' families from employee transported releases of lead, elemental and methylated forms of mercury, asbestos, radio nuclides, and pesticide application and manufacture; (2) consider the risk of acute and chronic health effects; (3) consider other environmental law and regulations; and (4) require employers to compensate employees for expenses of being displaced by a home contamination incident. Directs the Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Secretary of Labor, to issue regulations that prevent the release of radio nuclides into the home environment on workers' clothing and persons. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T17:25:44Z,
101-s-3235,101,s,3235,State-Conducted Lotteries Clarification Act of 1990,Sports and Recreation,1990-10-23,1990-10-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]",TN,D,G000321,0,"State-Conducted Lotteries Clarification Act of 1990 - Amends Federal law to subject any State-conducted, sports-related lotteries to the criminal code prohibitions from which other kinds of State-conducted lotteries are exempted.",2025-08-26T17:25:27Z,
101-s-3236,101,s,3236,A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to develop plans for cases where the placement of certain children in foster care or transitional independent living may not be carried out immediately.,Social Welfare,1990-10-23,1990-10-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,0,Amends title IV of the Social Security Act to require State plans for foster care and adoption assistance to provide for plans for cases where the placement of certain children in foster care or transitional independent living may not be carried out immediately.,2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-s-3237,101,s,3237,Silver Coin Proof Sets Act,Finance and Financial Sector,1990-10-23,1990-11-15,Became Public Law No: 101-585.,Senate,"Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV]",NV,D,B000993,8,Silver Coin Proof Sets Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to sell annually to the public sets of proof coins made of an alloy of 90 percent silver and ten percent copper. Requires the Secretary to obtain silver for such coins by purchase from stockpiles established under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act and from Treasury stocks on hand.,2024-02-06T19:38:08Z,
101-s-3226,101,s,3226,Hazardous Waste Safe Burning Act of 1990,Environmental Protection,1990-10-22,1990-10-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]",WI,R,K000019,0,"Hazardous Waste Safe Burning Act of 1990 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to modify the regulation setting standards applicable to the owners and operators of facilities which burn, for purposes of energy recovery, fuels containing hazardous waste to reflect the following provisions applicable to cement, lime, and aggregate kilns:  (1) standards and requirements that are no less stringent than those which apply to incinerators by virtue of regulations currently in effect and permit requirements for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste under such Act; (2) emission standards no less stringent than those proposed for incinerators by the Administrator on April 27, 1990; (3) requirements for the management of all residues from the burning of hazardous waste that are no less stringent than those applicable to incinerators; (4) requirements that any products resulting from the burning of hazardous waste meet specified treatment standards issued pursuant to such Act; (5) requirements for submission to the Administrator of a trial burn plan by each major burner of hazardous waste (in excess of 10,000 tons in any consecutive 12-month period) by June 30, 1991, and by all other burners of hazardous waste by December 31, 1991; (6) the requirement for submission to the Administrator of a trial burn report within six months of completion of the trial burn; and (7) the requirement for submission of a permit application by major burners of hazardous waste by September 30, 1991, and by all other burners of hazardous waste by March 31, 1992. Prohibits the burning of any fuel which contains any hazardous waste, or any other hazardous waste, in any cement, aggregate, or lime kiln after June 30, 1991, unless such standards are issued in the form of a final regulation by such date. Directs the Administrator:  (1) to supervise a trial burn by each burner of hazardous waste within three months from the submission of such burner's trial burn plan; (2) within three months from the submission of any trial burn report, to make a determination either approving, disapproving totally, or disapproving the burning until a subsequent trial burn is conducted and reviewed by the Administrator; and (3) to complete action on each permit application submitted within two years of submission. Requires any burner of hazardous waste for which any deadline under such Act is not met to cease burning hazardous waste as of the date of the missed deadline. Prohibits any facility:  (1) which was not burning hazardous waste on January 1, 1990, from burning hazardous waste until it has received a permit from the Administrator; and (2) from constructing new capacity or increasing its capacity for the burning of hazardous waste until it has received a permit for such new or expanded capacity from the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator, until such time as the Administrator issues a permit, to impose such limitations with respect to that facility regarding hazardous waste as the Administrator deems necessary to protect human health and the environment. Repeals a provision restricting the regulation of cement kiln dust waste.",2025-08-26T17:25:34Z,
101-s-3227,101,s,3227,"A bill to redesignate the Vacherie Post Office located at 2747 Highway 20 in Vacherie, Louisiana, as the John Richard Haydel Post Office.",Government Operations and Politics,1990-10-22,1990-10-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]",LA,D,B000780,1,"Designates the U.S. Post Office Building at 2747 Highway 20, Vacherie, Louisiana, as the John Richard Haydel Post Office.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
101-s-3228,101,s,3228,Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act,Native Americans,1990-10-22,1990-10-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]",ND,D,C000705,1,"Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act - Declares that:  (1) the Three Affiliated Tribes (TAT) (the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Tribes that reside on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation) are entitled to additional financial compensation from amounts deposited to a TAT Recovery Fund for the taking of reservation lands for the site of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir; and (2) the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) (members of the Great Sioux Nation that reside on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation) is entitled to additional financial compensation from amounts deposited to a SRST Economic Recovery Fund for the taking of reservation lands as the site for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir. Establishes such Funds.  Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into each Fund 25 percent of the receipts from deposits to the Treasury for the preceding fiscal year from the integrated programs of the Eastern Division of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Project administered by the Western Area Power Administration, subject to certain limitations.  Authorizes appropriations to each Fund.  Makes available only the interest on the moneys in each Fund for use by the Secretary of the Interior in making payments to the SRST for use for educational, social welfare, economic development, and other programs.  Specifies that:  (1) no payments pursuant to this Act shall result in the reduction or denial of any Federal services or programs to which the TAT or SRST, or any of their members, are otherwise entitled to because of their status as a federally recognized Indian tribe or member pursuant to Federal law; (2) no such payments shall be subject to Federal or State income tax, or affect power rates; and (3) no part of any moneys in either Fund shall be distributed to any TAT or SRST member on a per capita basis. Authorizes the Secretary to develop irrigation within the boundaries of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, subject to a finding by the Secretary of irrigability of the lands to receive water. Declares certain lands in North Dakota to be held in trust by the United States for the TAT as part of the Fort Berthold Reservation.  Retains for the United States a flowage and sloughing easement over a specified portion of such lands for flood control and related Garrison Dam and Reservoir project purposes. Requires the Secretary of the Army to:  (1) sell certain lands and minerals underlying such lands, subject to the right of the United States to continuously or intermittently inundate such lands with water as necessary for the operation of dam and reservoir projects; and (2) give the right of first refusal to any applicant, with respect to any land owned by such person immediately prior to its acquisition by the United States.  Requires that any such lands sold be conveyed subject to any lease in effect with respect to such lands at the time of such conveyance. Declares certain lands to be held in trust by the United States for the SRST as part of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Transfers:  (1) certain nontribal lands to those individuals from whom they were taken, or their assignees; and (2) certain lands acquired from the State of North Dakota to the State. Authorizes appropriations, including sums to carry out irrigation projects for the SRST.",2025-08-26T17:28:04Z,
101-s-3229,101,s,3229,"A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to clarify news reporting monitoring as a fair use exception to the exclusive rights of a copyright owner.",Commerce,1990-10-22,1990-10-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,Amends Federal copyright law to provide that the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes of monitoring news reporting programming is not an infringement of copyright.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-s-3230,101,s,3230,A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of aliens who are convicted of felony drunk driving.,Immigration,1990-10-22,1990-10-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]",RI,D,P000193,0,Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of an alien who has been convicted of driving an automobile while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance in connection with a traffic accident resulting in a fatality or serious bodily injury to an innocent party.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-s-3231,101,s,3231,Greer Spring Acquisition and Protection Act of 1990,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-22,1990-10-23,"Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.",Senate,"Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]",MO,R,B000611,1,"Greer Spring Acquisition and Protection Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire, under certain conditions, fee title to Greer Spring, Missouri, for addition to the Mark Twain National Forest.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3225,101,s,3225,"A bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for publication of a thorough, accurate, and reliable documentary record of major United States foreign policy activities through the ""Foreign Relations of the United States"" historical series of the Department of State.",International Affairs,1990-10-20,1990-10-22,Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]",RI,D,P000193,3,"Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to set forth provisions concerning the ""Foreign Relations of the United States"" historical series, a documentary record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and diplomatic activity. Requires all Federal agencies engaged in foreign policy to develop procedures for their historical offices to coordinate with the Department of State's Office of the Historian in selecting materials for inclusion in the series. Directs the Advisory Committee on the Foreign Relations of the United States Historical Series for the Department of State to review and make recommendations concerning the documents to be included.  Requires selected documents to be submitted for declassification review.  Directs Federal agencies, if a document is not declassifiable because of a need to protect sources, methods, or sensitive national security information, to make deletions in the text to make the document declassifiable.  Requires Federal agencies, if the meaning of a document is so altered by such deletions that it would be misleading, to prepare an unclassified summary of the document.  Sets forth congressional reporting requirements for agencies that refuse to prepare declassified documents or unclassified summaries. Establishes the Advisory Committee on the Foreign Relations of the United States Historical Series for the Department of State. Authorizes the Advisory Committee to approve the withholding of a document or a portion of a document from publication in the historical series if necessary to:  (1) avoid publication of matters which would impede current diplomatic negotiations or official activities of the U.S. Government; or (2) condense the record and avoid repetition of details. Directs the Secretary of State to ensure that the historical series shall be published within 30 years after the events documented. Requires all Department of State documents to be automatically declassified 30 years after the events documented and made available to the public at the National Archives unless such documents would:  (1) compromise weapons technology important to the U.S. national defense or provide access by other nations to weapons design information or to cryptologic systems or codes; (2) disclose the names of living persons who provided confidential information to the United States where disclosure would result in harm to such persons; or (3) impede current diplomatic negotiations or official activities of the U.S. Government. Directs the Advisory Committee to review and report annually to the Information Security Oversight Office, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the State Department's declassification procedures and documents representative of State Department documents that remain classified after 30 years.",2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
101-s-3221,101,s,3221,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide greater flexibility for rollovers from qualified employer pension plans.,Taxation,1990-10-19,1990-10-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]",MD,D,M000702,1,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning rollovers from qualified employer pensions plans.  Allows the tax-free rollover of savings into individual retirement accounts.  Makes this Act effective for distributions made after December 31, 1986.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-s-3222,101,s,3222,Resolution Trust Corporation Funding Act,Finance and Financial Sector,1990-10-19,1990-11-02,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,0,Resolution Trust Corporation Funding Act - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to mandate that requests for additional funding for the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC):  (1) be submitted to specified congressional committees; and (2) contain a complete and detailed six-month financial plan for spending such resources. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Treasury for FY 1991 to provide interim funding for the RTC and the Oversight Board. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the RTC should not provide assistance to troubled depository institutions or pay their insured depositors any amount in excess of what they would have received if the Corporation had liquidated the institution unless the RTC determines on the basis of written documentation that such assistance or payments are more economical than liquidation of the institution. Requires the RTC to present to specified congressional committees written corroborative documentation that its treatment of uninsured deposits as insured deposits is more economical than the cost of liquidation.,2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
101-s-3223,101,s,3223,Mass Transit Equity Act of 1990,Government Operations and Politics,1990-10-19,1990-10-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]",AR,D,B001057,1,Mass Transit Equity Act of 1990 - Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to provide for the payment of the mass transit commuting costs of contractor employees while performing under certain contracts with the Federal Government.,2025-08-26T17:24:53Z,
101-s-3224,101,s,3224,Breast Cancer Screening Safety Act of 1990,Health,1990-10-19,1990-10-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Adams, Brock [D-WA]",WA,D,A000031,1,"Breast Cancer Screening Safety Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require certification in order for a facility to perform mammograms or mammography services.  Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue and renew certificates for up to two years. Requires, in order to be certified, that a facility be accredited. Allows the Secretary to approve a private nonprofit organization to be an accreditation body which meets certain requirements, including inspecting facilities. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) establish standards for facilities to assure the safety and accuracy of mammography; (2) specify organizations eligible to certify individuals to perform radiological procedures; (3) specify boards eligible to certify individuals to interpret screening mammograms; and (4) establish standards regarding the qualifications for individuals to interpret screening mammograms. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct annual announced and unannounced inspections of certified facilities. Provides for:  (1) intermediate sanctions for certain violations; (2) suspension, revocation, and limitation of certificates; and (3) injunctions.  Requires fees for certificate issuance and renewal, and for inspections, sufficient to cover costs. Requires annual publication of a list of facilities convicted of fraud and abuse, false billings, or kickbacks, facilities that have had certificates revoked, suspended, or limited, and facilities that have been the subject of a sanction or other similar matters. Allows the Secretary to exempt facilities in a State with more stringent requirements from compliance with this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a Mammography Registry to maintain information on the former mammograms of women.",2025-08-26T17:27:47Z,
101-s-3215,101,s,3215,A bill to authorize the transfer by lease of a specified naval landing ship dock to the Government of Brazil.,Armed Forces and National Security,1990-10-18,1990-11-15,Became Public Law No: 101-568.,Senate,"Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA]",GA,D,N000171,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to lease the naval landing ship dock Alamo to the Governmment of Brazil under leasing authority provided in the Arms Export Control Act.  Requires lease costs to be charged to the Government of Brazil. Terminates such leasing authority if such lease is not entered into within two years after enactment of this Act. Bars the Secretary from exercising the authority granted under this Act unless and until the Brazilian Government has provided written assurances to the Secretary of State that Brazil is in compliance with the United Nations sanctions against Iraq and has discontinued the export to Iraq of all military equipment, materials, and technologies.",2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
101-s-3216,101,s,3216,"A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina, as the ""Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center"".",Armed Forces and National Security,1990-10-18,1990-10-31,Became Public Law No: 101-488.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,1,"Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Charleston, South Carolina, as the Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.",2022-12-13T14:27:04Z,
101-s-3217,101,s,3217,National Museum of the American Indian Amendments Act,Native Americans,1990-10-18,1990-10-18,Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Rules; Indian Affairs by unanimous consent.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,1,"National Museum of the American Indian Amendments Act - Amends the National Museum of the American Indian Act to require the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, with respect to the inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects to identify their geographic and cultural affiliation. Establishes certain requirements for such inventories and identifications, and the required notifications of affected Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.  Requires publication of such notices in the Federal Register. Requires the Secretary to provide a written summary (in lieu of an object by object inventory) of Native American unassociated funerary and sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony, based upon all available information. Makes certain information available, upon request, to Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations to determine the geographic origin, cultural affiliation, and basic facts surrounding acquisition and accession of Native American objects subject to this Act. Sets forth procedures for return of Native American human remains, associated funerary objects, unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony. Releases the Federal Government and the Secretary from any claims by an aggrieved party or for claims of breach of fiduciary duty, public trust, or violations of Federal law inconsistent with the provisions of this Act for the repatriation of any item in good faith. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations to assist them in reaching and carrying out repatriation-related agreements. Increases from two to ten the number of employees serving the Director of the National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution.",2025-08-26T17:24:53Z,
101-s-3218,101,s,3218,Environmental Marketing Claims Act of 1990,Environmental Protection,1990-10-18,1990-10-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,1,"Environmental Marketing Claims Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an environmental marketing claims regulatory program and an Independent Advisory Board to advise and make recommendations on the regulation of such claims.  Requires the Administrator, in promulgating such regulations, to ensure that such claims are related to a specific environmental impact or attribute to ensure that the claims are not false or deceptive.  Provides that such claims shall be substantiated on the basis of the best available scientific information. Requires the Administrator to assign products to categories based on the composition and packaging of the product.  Sets forth requirements with respect to claims of recycled content, recyclability, reusability, or compostability of a product. Directs the Administrator to determine whether it is appropriate to promulgate additional regulations to:  (1) reflect the best available technology to encourage higher performance levels in products and packaging; and (2) reflect the most recent scientific and practical knowledge of technological advances and improvements in manufacturing techniques and waste management.  Provides for the triennial review of regulations. Authorizes interested individuals to petition the Administrator to promulgate additional regulations. Requires persons who intend to use environmental marketing claims for which the Administrator has promulgated a regulation to certify to the Administrator that the claims meet this Act's requirements. Directs persons using claims to resubmit a certification to the Administrator that the claims meet this Act's requirements if:  (1) changes have been made in the product or the package that would affect its ability to meet previous regulatory requirements of the claim; or (2) new regulations have been promulgated under this Act relating to the claim being used. Makes it unlawful to fail to comply with regulation or certification requirements.  Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.  Sets forth provisions concerning citizen suits. Directs the Administrator to conduct a public information and education campaign to enable consumers to:  (1) recognize environmental marketing claims regulated under this Act and be able to distinguish them from other claims; (2) have information about the criteria used by the Administrator in establishing standards and definitions for such claims; and (3) have a better understanding about the environmental effects of products and packages. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T17:28:44Z,
101-s-3219,101,s,3219,A bill to mandate a study of the effectiveness of the National Drug Strategy and to provide for an accounting of funds devoted to its implementation.,Health,1990-10-18,1990-10-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,0,"Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of the effectiveness in reducing drug addiction of the various components of the Federal anti-drug program, including:  (1) crop eradication; (2) crop substitution; (3) support for local and foreign law enforcement; (4) interdiction; (5) education; (6) treatment; (7) criminal justice system reforms; and (8) research. Requires that such study:  (1) control for the effects of broad societal changes unrelated to specific anti-drug initiatives, such as changing demographic patterns; (2) separate the effects of each component of the Federal anti-drug program from the effects of other anti-drug initiatives; (3) consider the extent to which the expenditure of Federal funds on job training, education, and other health, education, and welfare programs contributes to reducing epidemic drug addiction; (4) examine the cost of each component of the Federal anti-drug program, as well as such other programs which reduce drug addiction; and (5) take into account social and demographic factors which influence rates and forms of epidemic drug addiction and provide information on the effectiveness of the various components of the Federal anti-drug program on various demographic subgroups within the population. Requires the General Accounting Office to provide to the Congress annual audit reports concerning the management and expenditures of the component parts of the Federal anti-drug program.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
101-s-3220,101,s,3220,Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1990,Environmental Protection,1990-10-18,1990-10-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]",MD,D,S000064,5,"Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain within EPA a Chesapeake Bay Liaison Office to support the Chesapeake Executive Council in the following areas:  (1) supporting and coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to improve the water quality and living resources of the Chesapeake Bay; (2) assisting Bay program signatories in implementing specific action plans to carry out responsibilities under the Chesapeake Bay Agreement; (3) collecting and making available information on the Bay's environmental quality and living resources; and (4) coordinating the monitoring and data collection program to assess the impact of environmental changes on the Bay. Requires the Administrator and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to implement science, research, monitoring, and data collection activities supporting the Chesapeake Bay Program.  Sets forth responsibilities of the Administrator of NOAA with respect to the Chesapeake Bay.  Directs the Administrators to ensure that projects for which funds are requested have undergone peer review.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the EPA Administrator to implement the Comprehensive Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy to achieve a multijurisdictional approach for reducing toxic inputs to the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.  Directs the Administrator to:  (1) undertake research and monitoring to improve understanding of intermedia transfers and the eventual fate and biological effects of toxics within the Bay watershed; and (2) implement toxics reduction and prevention programs.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the EPA Administrator to expedite the development of a Chesapeake Bay watershed land use data base to provide information to plan for and manage growth and development and associated impacts on the Chesapeake Bay system. Authorizes appropriations.  Directs the EPA Administrator to establish a demonstration program to address problems with urban and suburban runoff.  Sets forth program requirements.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the EPA Administrator, the Administrator of NOAA, and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service to implement a living resources program for the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed to meet commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Agreement. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the EPA Administrator to study and report to the Congress on the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, Chesapeake Bay Program management strategies, and the Chesapeake Bay restoration program.  Authorizes appropriations. Extends the authorizations of appropriations for the Chesapeake Bay Program and related interstate development plan grants through FY 1994.",2025-08-26T17:26:19Z,
101-s-3212,101,s,3212,Industrial Development for Eastern Europe Foundation Act,International Affairs,1990-10-17,1990-10-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]",CT,D,L000304,0,"Industrial Development for Eastern Europe Foundation Act - Establishes the Industrial Development for Eastern Europe Foundation. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should negotiate with foreign nations for participation by such nations in carrying out the Foundation's activities. Declares that the purposes of the Foundation are to:  (1) promote and support joint, nondefense, industrial research and development activities of benefit to the nations involved with the Foundation; (2) develop nondefense high technology industry in such nations; (3) aid in the modernization of such nations' economies by helping them create a more sophisticated manufacturing base; and (4) help such nations become economically viable by providing benefits to their industrial sector.  Requires the Foundation to support research and development activities which: (1) involve applied science activities through which an innovation becomes a commercial product; and (2) assist with product engineering and manufacturing start up.  Provides that projects shall be supported through direct investment and joint ventures.  Permits technology and products developed as a result of the Foundation's work to be freely transferable among nations participating in a project.  Declares that more than one Foundation member nation must participate in a project. Sets forth provisions concerning the Foundation's Board of Governors.  Requires the Board to consist of:  (1) the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) a representative from the Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the national science foundation from the governments of Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.  Makes other East European countries eligible for membership in the Foundation whenever the Board determines that such countries have made progress toward marketization and democratization and are not in violation of specified human rights provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Creates an Advisory Council for the Foundation to:  (1) help evaluate projects; and (2) make proposals as to which sectors of member nation economies offer the best opportunities for returns on investments. Requires the Foundation to be administered by an Executive Secretariat, to be headed by an Executive Director who is a U.S. citizen. Sets forth provisions concerning the Foundation's operations and financing and requirements for proposed projects. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T17:26:17Z,
101-s-3213,101,s,3213,"A bill to clarify that the inspection of meat and poultry products offered for import into the United States is to be conducted by United States personnel, and for other purposes.",Agriculture and Food,1990-10-17,1990-10-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,0,"Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that meat being imported be subject to the same inspection, sanitary, quality, species verification, and residue standards applied to products produced in the United States.  Requires that inspections of imports be carried out by U.S. inspectors. Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that inspections of imports be done by U.S.  inspectors.",2025-01-14T16:41:20Z,
101-s-3214,101,s,3214,Railroad Workers' Injury Compensation Act of 1990,Labor and Employment,1990-10-17,1990-10-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]",WI,R,K000019,0,"Railroad Workers' Injury Compensation Act of 1990 - Repeals the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Requires each State not to prohibit railroad employees from access to the State's workers' compensation program.  Requires that any claim against a railroad by an employee of that railroad for injury, death, or occupational disease arising out of or in the course of the employee's employment shall be treated the same as the claims of non-railroad employees against their employers brought under the State's workers' compensation laws. Subjects the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to the workers' compensation taxes, fees, and assessments of a State in the same manner and to the same extent as any other interstate entity doing business within the State and governed by its workers' compensation laws.",2025-08-26T17:29:26Z,
101-s-3205,101,s,3205,"A bill to expand the boundaries of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, Virginia.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-16,1990-10-17,"Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.",Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,0,Amends the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park Expansion Act of 1989 to expand the boundaries of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park in Virginia to include specified lands.,2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3206,101,s,3206,Montana Roadless Lands Advisory Commission Act of 1990,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-16,1990-10-17,"Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.",Senate,"Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]",MT,R,B001126,0,"Montana Roadless Lands Advisory Commission Act of 1990 - Establishes the Montana Roadless Land Council (the Council) together with a local council for each of the national forests in Montana to assist and advise the Council with respect to the preparation of a land classification plan for each such national forest. Requires the Council to present to the Congress a proposed land classification plan for each national forest in Montana that establishes a classification of each of the roadless lands as wilderness, nonwilderness, or otherwise.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3207,101,s,3207,"Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991",Economics and Public Finance,1990-10-16,1990-10-28,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.,Senate,"Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]",NV,D,R000146,0,"Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1991 - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for the operations of the Senate.  Sets forth administrative provisions for the use of such funds.  Appropriates funds for:  (1) joint items of the House and Senate; (2) the Office of Technology Assessment; (3) the Congressional Budget Office; (4) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; (5) the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress; and (6) congressional printing and binding at the Government Printing Office. Empowers U.S. Capitol Police to make arrests off Capitol grounds in certain circumstances. Title II:  Other Agencies - Appropriates funds for:  (1) the Botanic Garden; (2) the Library of Congress; (3) the Architect of the Capitol; (4) the Copyright Royalty Tribunal; (5) the Government Printing Office; and (6) the General Accounting Office.  Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Title III:  General Provisions - Sets forth various specified requirements for and prohibitions against or limitations on the use of appropriations. Directs the Architect of the Capitol to develop an overall telecommunications plan for the other agencies of the legislative branch that will be compatible with current plans of the House and the Senate. Authorizes legislative branch agencies to use telecommunications systems and services provided by the Architect of the Capitol, the House, or the Senate under a specified plan if such systems and services have been:  (1) acquired competitively; and (2) determined to at least equal in quality to, and not greater in cost than, the systems and services known as ""FTS2000."" Amends Federal law to remove the disbursement authority of the Botanic Garden from the Library of Congress. Requires Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities to have a policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are drug-free. Amends the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act with respect to the Center's use of income from investments. Repeals the limit applicable to Senators on postal patron mailings. Authorizes the President pro tempore of the Senate to adjust the pay to maintain the same pay relationships that existed on December 31, 1986, between personnel and Senators and between positions. Prohibits Members of the House of Representatives from sending mass mailings for delivery outside their Districts. Amends Federal law to prohibit additional mass mailings during a fiscal year if the Postal Service determines that postage costs appropriations for franked mail have been exhausted. Requires FY 1991 pay raises to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.",2025-08-26T17:25:24Z,
101-s-3208,101,s,3208,"A bill to amend section 11122 of title 49, United States Code, relating to freight cars.",Transportation and Public Works,1990-10-16,1990-10-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,1,Amends Federal law to provide that regulations adopted by the Interstate Commerce Commission for freight cars owned or leased by small railroads shall apply to freight cars owned or leased by class III rail carriers and by any class II rail carrier which demonstrates to the Commission special circumstances (when the ratio of loaded freight cars to those unloaded on its line during the preceding year exceeds two to one) justifying such application.,2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
101-s-3209,101,s,3209,Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990,Economics and Public Finance,1990-10-16,1990-11-08,See also H.R. 5835.,Senate,"Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]",TN,D,S000068,0,"Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Title I:  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Provides for acreage reduction programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, and deficiency payments for the same commodities starting with the 1992 crops.  Sets forth the price supports for the 1991 through 1995 crops of oilseeds.  Establishes 1991 through 1995 authorization levels for Rural Electrification Administration and Farmers Home Administration loans. Title II:  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Subtitle A: Federal Deposit Insurance Premiums - FDIC Premium Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to assessment rates and reserve ratios. Subtitle B:  FHA Mortgage Insurance - Amends the National Housing Act with respect to reverse mortgage insurance, actuarial soundness for the mutual mortgage insurance fund, and risk-based periodic mortgage insurance premiums. Subtitle C:  Mortgage Assignments - Amends the National Housing Act with respect to mortgage assignments. Subtitle D:  Crime and Flood Insurance Programs - Amends the National Housing Act to extend the crime insurance program through FY 1995 and the National Flood Insurance Act to extend its programs through FY 1995. Title III:  Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Subtitle A: User Fees - Amends specified Federal law with respect to Coast Guard, railroad safety, U.S. Travel and Tourism Facilitation, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration user fees. Subtitle B:  Airport Capacity - Airport Capacity Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY 1992 for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop a National Aviation Noise Policy. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Secretary to establish by regulation a program for the imposition of approved passenger facility charges by any airport proprietor to finance eligible projects. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish university air transportation centers in each of the ten Federal regions. Directs the Secretary to develop a system of manned auxiliary flight service stations. Provides for the conversion of former military air bases to civil use. Provides for employee protections in the event of airline mergers. Transfers certain aviation safety functions from the Secretary to the FAA Administrator. Title IV:  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Subtitle A:  Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act with respect to protection of the Tongass National Forest and its resources. Subtitle B:  Uranium Enrichment Act of 1990 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to create the United States Enrichment Corporation, with a Corporate Board appointed by the President, to acquire, market, and sell enriched uranium. Establishes a Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Corporate Fund and a Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Base Fund.  Requires:  (1) deposit in the Base Fund of certain fees collected from civilian nuclear power reactor licensees; and (2) payment from the Base Fund into the Corporate Fund of amounts necessary to cover the costs of decontaminating and decommissioning uranium enrichment facilities of the Corporation. Subtitle C:  Uranium Security and Tailings Reclamation Act of 1989 - Directs the United States Enrichment Corporation to establish a voluntary overfeeding program for its enrichment services customers, encouraging them to supply uranium which the Corporation shall use in the enrichment process in excess of the amount of power required to produce the enriched uranium the customer ordered. Establishes the National Strategic Uranium Reserve, consisting of stockpiles or inventories of natural uranium currently held by the United States for defense purposes.  Restricts use of the Reserve to military purposes and Government research. Declares that the costs of decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and other remedial action at an active uranium or thorium processing site shall be borne by licensees for any activity resulting in production of byproduct material.  Provides for Federal reimbursement of a licensee only for costs attributable to tailings generated as an incident of sales to the United States.  Authorizes appropriations. Title V:  Committee on Environment and Public Works - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assess and collect fees and charges for services and activities in specified amounts through FY 1995. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Flood Control Act of 1968 to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and authorize the Secretary of the Army, respectively, to assess and collect user fees and annual charges for specified activities. Title VI:  Non-Revenue Provisions of the Committee on Finance - Subtitle A:  Income Security - Amends the Social Security Act with respect to child support enforcement, supplemental security income, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, child welfare and foster care, child care, and old-age, survivors, and disability insurance. Subtitle B:  Medicare - Amends the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare payments for hospital services, physician services, other items and services, premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance. Subtitle C:  Medicaid - Amends the Social Security Act with respect to Medicaid payments for prescription drugs, purchase of private insurance, low-income elderly, child health, home and community-based services, nursing home reform, and other specified items. Subtitle D:  Trade Provisions - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend the effective period of and adjust customs user fees. Makes technical amendments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Subtitle E:  Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation Premiums - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the rates of basic and additional premiums with respect to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. Subtitle F:  Child Care and Development Block Grant - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to add a new subchapter, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.  Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make block grants to States for programs of child care and development.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Title VII:  Committee on Finance Revenue Provisions - Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to:  (1) a one-year extension of specified tax provisions; (2) energy and small business tax incentives; (3) the earned income tax credit; (4) specified excise taxes; (5) treatment of insurance company reserves; (6) certain compliance provisions; (7) treatment of reversions of qualified plan assets to employers; (8) transfers to retiree health accounts; (9) corporate taxation; (10) employment tax; (11) specified income tax deductions; and (12) specified user fees. Title VIII:  Committee on Governmental Affairs - Civil Service and Postal Service Programs - Amends Federal law with respect to civil service employee annuities and U.S. Postal Service employee and annuitant health benefits. Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990 - Amends Federal law to revise the procedures for verification of information produced by Federal computer matching programs. Applies certain Medicare limits to Federal employee health benefits enrollees age 65 or older. Portability of Benefits for Nonappropriated Fund Employees Act of 1990 - Amends Federal law to authorize the portability of benefits for employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities of the Department of Defense and Coast Guard when such employees convert to the civil service system. Sets forth hospitalization-cost-containment measures with respect to Federal employee health benefits. Title IX:  Committee on the Judiciary - Sets forth a surcharge on all Patent and Trademark Office user fees for FY 1991 through 1995. Title X:  Labor - Labor Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to student loan programs. Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to money penalties for violations of such Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to:  (1) treatment of reversions of qualified plan assets to employers; and (2) transfer of excess pension assets to retiree health accounts. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to:  (1) transfers of excess pension assets to retiree health accounts; and (2) an increase in basic premium rates. Title XI:  Veterans - Amends Federal law with respect to veterans':  (1) disability compensation and pension benefits; (2) health care; (3) education and vocational assistance; (4) home loan guaranties; (5) burial benefits and grave markers; and (6) other specified matters.",2025-08-26T17:24:41Z,
101-s-3210,101,s,3210,Savings Bank Safety and Soundness Act of 1990,Finance and Financial Sector,1990-10-16,1990-10-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,1,"Savings Bank Safety and Soundness Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to:  (1) modify the definition of ""bank"" to exclude a savings bank that is a Savings Association Insurance Fund member; (2) include in the definition of ""State bank"" any savings bank that is a Bank Insurance Fund member; and (3) include in the definition of ""appropriate Federal banking agency"" the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision in the case of any savings association that is a Savings Association Insurance Fund member (thus preventing State-chartered savings associations from classifying themselves as savings banks in order to evade Federal restrictions upon depository institution practices). Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to make technical changes in conformance with this Act.",2025-08-26T17:24:32Z,
101-s-3211,101,s,3211,A bill to provide for agency consultation to consider the Northern Spotted Owl.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-16,1990-10-16,Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 993.,Senate,"Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR]",OR,R,P000009,0,Directs the Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to consult with the Secretary of the Interior with respect to certain agency actions affecting timber management in the Northern Spotted Owl forests in Oregon and California.,2021-07-01T15:48:59Z,
101-s-3202,101,s,3202,Middle Income Student Assistance Act,Education,1990-10-15,1990-10-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]",RI,D,P000193,0,"Middle Income Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to reduce, from 70 percent to 50 percent, the portion of a student's total income (minus specified adjustments) which is the required student contribution toward higher education expenses, for purposes of student assistance determinations. Excludes, for Pell Grant and other student assistance program need analysis, from the assets of families with adjusted gross incomes of no more than $40,000, the net value of the family's principal place of residence or a farm on which the family resides. Sets the standard contribution from discretionary income at ten and one-half percent of such income (thus eliminating certain charts in which such portion varies with the amount of such income), for purposes of eligibility determinations for dependent students and for independent students with dependents other than a spouse.",2025-08-26T17:28:48Z,
101-s-3203,101,s,3203,"A bill to establish a replacement fuels program, and for other purposes.",Energy,1990-10-15,1990-10-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT]",VT,R,J000072,0,"Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a replacement fuels development program which:  (1) promotes the replacement of gasolines as a motor fuel with nonpetroleum motor fuels; (2) ensures the availability of replacement and nonpetroleum motor fuels; and (3) will have the greatest impact in improving air quality in urban areas, along transportation corridors, and nationwide. Prescribes program guidelines. Requires the Secretary to establish optimal replacement fuel production goals for 1996 and 1997 and to report to the Congress about program status.  Prescribes minimum percentages of domestically produced replacement fuel to be sold in specified calendar years.  Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must prescribe the minimum percentage of domestically produced replacement fuel which must be contained in the total annual gasoline sales by refiners for motor fuel use in certain years. Requires refiners and manufacturers to report annually to the Secretary regarding the amount of domestically produced replacement fuel and nonpetroleum fuel sold.  Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations by a specified deadline regarding the exchange of marketable credits among:  (1) refiners; (2) manufacturers of replacement fuels; and (3) distributors of nonpetroleum motor fuels sold into commerce for transportation purposes. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act.  Authorizes appropriations.  Requires the Secretary to issue regulations requiring gasoline retailers to have replacement motor fuels and nonpetroleum motor fuels for sale for the transportation needs of consumers. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress on the environmental impact potential of developing replacement fuels and nonpetroleum motor fuels.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3204,101,s,3204,A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to exclude certain footwear assembled in beneficiary countries from duty-free treatment.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1990-10-15,1990-10-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,4,Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to exclude certain footwear assembled in beneficiary countries from duty-free treatment.,2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-s-3192,101,s,3192,"A bill to amend the Water Resource Development Act of 1974 to transfer jurisdiction of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-10-12,1990-10-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]",TN,D,G000321,3,"Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to transfer responsibility for all planning, acquisition, development, and administrative jurisdiction over all Federal lands, water, interests, and improvements within the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior.  Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to complete all acquisition and development activities in progress on the date of transfer. Modifies certain restrictions on motorized transportation in the gorge area. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to the Charity Creek Lodge, its associated facilities, and historic structures determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-3193,101,s,3193,A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to Congress concerning the use of fiberglass and mineral wool as a substitute for hazardous chemicals.,Environmental Protection,1990-10-12,1990-10-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]",WI,D,K000305,0,"Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report to the Congress on:  (1) what action EPA has taken or intends to take in connection with the regulation of fiberglass and mineral wool; and (2) recommendations regarding the desirability of, and need for, a program for the pretesting of chemical substances and mixtures likely to be used as substitutes for hazardous chemical substances and mixtures banned or regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Requires the Administrator to publish and distribute to all local educational agencies and State Governors information describing the risks associated with replacement fibers for asbestos such as fiberglass and mineral wool.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-3194,101,s,3194,"An original bill entitled the ""Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990"".",Finance and Financial Sector,1990-10-12,1990-10-12,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 979.,Senate,"Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]",DE,D,B000444,0,"Title I:  Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Penalties - Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990 - Amends Federal criminal law to establish criminal penalties (including imprisonment) for the concealment of assets from an appropriate Federal banking agency or the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) (acting as conservator or receiver). Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Insurance Act to prohibit certain felons convicted of dishonesty or breach of trust from controlling or participating in the affairs of a depository institution. Amends Federal criminal law to establish criminal penalties (including imprisonment) for obstructing any examination of a financial institution. Increases to 30 years (currently 20 years) the maximum prison term for bank fraud and embezzlement.  Establishes a ten-year statute of limitations for the prosecution of racketeering offenses involving financial institutions.  Extends money laundering prohibitions to include funds from specified bank crimes. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines for increased penalties for convictions of certain bank crimes in which the defendant derived more than $1,000,000 in gross receipts from the offense.  Provides for restoration of forfeited property and for restitution to bank crime victims.  Sets forth maximum criminal fines and minimum imprisonment terms (which may be up to life imprisonment) for certain continuing financial crime enterprises (i.e., certain violations committed by at least four persons acting in concert). Authorizes U.S. magistrates to accept guilty pleas for certain felonies affecting an insured depository institution. Authorizes the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the chairman of the RTC to institute civil remedies proceedings for certain criminal violations affecting insured depository institutions. Title II:  Protecting Assets from Wrongful Disposition - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the National Credit Union Act and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to set forth circumstances under which injunctive relief (including prejudgment attachment) may be granted in an action brought by the FDIC, the RTC, or the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) acting as conservator or receiver of an insured depository institution. Authorizes the Attorney General to obtain a court order enjoining of restraining the alienation or disposition of property obtained as a result of a banking law violation. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to set forth asset attachment procedures. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide that the liability arising from a breach of trust by an institution-related party towards the financial institution constitutes a debt that is not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Makes it a prerequisite of a bankruptcy reorganization plan that the debtor will:  (1) maintain any commitment to a Federal banking regulatory agency to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution; and (2) continue to be obligated for any debt to such agency for failure to fulfill such commitment. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to except from general discharges in bankruptcy:  (1) any commitment entered into by the debtor and specified Federal banking regulatory agencies to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution; (2) court-ordered restitution in any criminal proceeding arising from an act that caused a loss to a federally insured financial institution; and (3) certain obligations and liabilities (including those ordered by a court, issued by a Federal regulatory agency, or contained in a settlement agreement) arising from malfeasance while acting in a fiduciary capacity with respect to a financial institution. States that a Federal financial institution regulatory agency that is a successor and creditor to a depository institution or insured credit union need not demonstrate reasonable reliance upon a written statement in order to establish an exception to a discharge in bankruptcy. Prohibits an individual debtor from discharging in bankruptcy debts and title to property that is owed to a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency acting as conservator or receiver. Provides that the trustee shall be deemed to have assumed a debtor's commitment to a Federal depository institution regulatory agency to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution (thus precluding the trustee from rejecting such commitment as an executory contract which can be avoided as a discharge in bankruptcy). Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to empower the FDIC and the NCUA (acting as conservators) to avoid fraudulent conveyances by a debtor institution-affiliated party. Prohibits certain insured depository institutions, depository institution holding companies, or credit unions from making golden parachute payments, covered benefit payments, or certain payments in anticipation of insolvency to an institution-affiliated party without prior written Federal agency approval.  Cites conditions under which insured depository institutions and credit unions may make golden parachute payments and covered benefits payments with FDIC or NCUA approval. Amends the Federal criminal code to revise the civil and criminal forfeiture guidelines for:  (1) property affecting a financial institution; and (2) fraudulent offenses involving the sale of assets held by Federal banking regulatory agencies. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to prohibit certain convicted felony debtors whose default to an insured financial institution in receivership will cause substantial loss from acquiring any asset of the institution (except with respect to repayment). Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to direct the Resolution Trust Corporation to prescribe regulations prohibiting itself from selling the assets of a failed institution to persons who have caused specified damage to such institution or have been prohibited from participating in its affairs pursuant to a Federal enforcement action. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide that actions brought by the FDIC shall have priority over all other actions except Federal actions unless the FDIC is notified in writing of the commencement of another suit or claim.  Sets forth expedited procedures for certain claims. Title III:  Improved Procedures for Handling Banking-Related Cases - Amends Federal criminal law to authorize wire taps for bank fraud and related offenses.  Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to set forth reciprocal assistance guidelines for foreign investigations by Federal banking agencies and investigations on behalf of foreign banking authorities. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) and the Internal Revenue Code to establish a ten-year statute of limitations for commencing a civil action for Federal bank law violations. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Credit Union Act to grant the FDIC, the RTC, and the NCUA subpoena authority. Title IV:  Structural Reforms to Improve the Federal Response to Crimes Affecting Financial Institutions - Establishes within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Justice a Financial Institutions Fraud Unit, headed by a Special Counsel who shall report directly to the Deputy Attorney General.  Terminates such Office five years after enactment of this Act.  Empowers the Special Counsel to investigate and prosecute criminal activity involving the financial services industry. Directs the Attorney General to establish:  (1) financial institutions fraud task forces; and (2) a senior interagency group to assist in identifying the most significant financial institution fraud cases, to allocate investigative and prosecutorial resources, and to expedite interagency coordination and prosecution of financial institutions fraud. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to direct the RTC to maintain a Fraud and Enforcement Review Division to assist and advise it with respect to claims and enforcement actions against institution-affiliated parties of insured depository institutions under its jurisdiction.  Requires such Division to report semiannually to certain congressional committees. Title V:  Reporting Requirements - Requires the Financial Institutions Fraud Unit to present semiannual status reports to certain congressional committees with respect to certain legal actions and results achieved against financial institutions. Amends the Federal judicial code to:  (1) direct the Attorney General to include in his annual report to the Congress a statistical breakdown of actions and defendants relating to financial institutions and insured depository institutions; and (2) require the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to present annual statistical tables to the Congress on the business imposed on the Federal courts by the savings and loan crisis. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to mandate:  (1) the public disclosure of certain civil enforcement actions taken by Federal banking regulatory agencies with respect to depository institutions and credit unions; (2) reports to the Congress with respect to the decision not to hold a public hearing or publish certain documents; and (3) that each Federal banking agency shall maintain for a minimum ten-year period all documentation regarding such civil enforcement actions and make it available to certain congressional committees. Title VI:  National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement - Establishes the National Commission on the Savings and Loan Industry to examine and identify the origin and causes of the problems in the savings and loan industry that led to the enactment of the FIRREA of 1989, and to submit a final report to the Congress by a specified deadline.  Terminates the Commission after submittal of such report. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII:  Authorizations - Amends the FIRREA to authorize increased appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993 to the Attorney General and the Federal Court System for bank crime cases and the personnel to deal with an increased financial institutions crime case load.  Authorizes appropriations to the Internal Revenue Service for violations involving insured depository institutions. Title VIII:  Private Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud Crimes - Financial Institutions Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act of 1990 - Permits any person to file a declaration of specified banking law violations affecting a federally insured depository institution. Extends the statutes of limitations for such violations for five years. Prescribes procedural guidelines for such declarations. Prohibits judicial review of any actions by the Attorney General with respect to such declarations. Establishes the Financial Institution Information Award Fund to pay awards and special rewards to informants with respect to banking law violations. Requires the Attorney General to compile a public report on the processing of such declarations. Sets forth procedural guidelines under which any person after entry of a final judgment, may file a declaration identifying specific assets which might be recovered by the United States in satisfaction of that judgment in any civil or criminal action regarding banking law violations. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, with respect to rewards for information leading to recoveries and civil penalties, to repeal the stipulation that such recoveries or penalties must exceed $50,000. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General to use his or her sole discretion to make payments to persons furnishing new information unknown to the Government relating to possible prosecution of banking law violations.  Insulates such authority from judicial review. Prescribes guidelines under which the Attorney General may enter into contracts retaining private counsel for legal services relating to banking law violations. Title IX:  Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to selected statutes affected by this Act. Title X:  Office of Thrift Supervision Amendments - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to make technical amendments.  Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act and the Bank Conservation Act to provide that the standard for judicial review of a bank regulatory official's decision to appoint a conservator or receiver shall be decided by the court only on the administrative record and shall be sustained unless the court finds such decision was arbitrary and capricious. Title XI:  Clarifying Application of U.S. Banking Offenses to Foreign Banks Operating in the United States - Amends the Federal criminal code to make applicable to foreign banks operating in the United States current Federal laws with respect to:  (1) specified banking law violations; (2) acts of fraud with respect to bank credit applications and computer access to financial files; and (3) unauthorized information from a bank examination report.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-s-3195,101,s,3195,"A bill for the relief of the heirs, successors, or assigns of Sadae Tamabayashi.",Private Legislation,1990-10-12,1990-10-23,Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,0,"Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to the heirs, successors, or assigns of a named individual in full satisfaction of all their claims against the United States for the destruction or loss of property arising out of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-s-3196,101,s,3196,National Historic Preservation Amendments Act of 1990,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-12,1990-10-15,"Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.",Senate,"Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA]",GA,D,F000329,0,"National Historic Preservation Amendments Act of 1990 - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to:  (1) require the Secretary of the Interior to report, at least once every three years, to the President and to the Congress, on a review of threats to properties included in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places; (2) revise requirements for State historic preservation programs; (3) provide for tribal historic preservation programs; (4) provide for matching grants to States and direct grants to Indian tribes to carry out this Act; (5) require development of a comprehensive preservation education and training program; (6) revise requirements for awarding and apportioning grants under this Act; (7) require adaptive use alternatives for Federal agency historic properties; and (8) provide for disposition of archaeological materials. Requires the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of establishing a registration program for artifacts removed from domestic and foreign archaeological sites.  Authorizes appropriations.  Requires the Council to call for and organize U.S. leadership and participation in an international conference on the international antiquities trade. Provides that the conference shall be held in 1992 as part of the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Columbus Discovery Voyage.  Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to include within the membership of the council one Native American appointed by the President. Prohibits public access to certain information about historic resources in specified circumstances. Establishes in the Department of the Interior a National Center for Preservation Technology.  Establishes a Preservation Technology Board to:  (1) provide leadership, policy direction, coordination, and professional oversight to the Center; (2) advise on priorities and the allocation of funds among Center activities; and (3) submit an annual report to the President and the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on:  (1) the status of the inclusion of artifacts, records, and material remains on the National Register of Historic Places; and (2) the advisability of including traditional cultural practices and lifeways on it.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3197,101,s,3197,A bill to amend the Federal Prison Industries Reform Act of 1988 to provide for the creation of the maximum of jobs for Federal inmates.,Crime and Law Enforcement,1990-10-12,1990-10-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000148,0,"Amends the Federal criminal code to require Federal Prison Industries (FPI) to enter an industry only if private firms in such industry have at the four-digit standard Industrial Classification Code level:  (1) at least 15 production workers per million dollars of value added; (2) at least ten production workers per million dollars of shipments value;  and (3) no more than $18,000 in production wages per production worker, as measured in 1987 dollars.  Directs FPI, when considering alternative labor-intensive industries suitable for market entry or expansion, to first enter or expand market share in the industry in which capital investment will create the largest number of jobs for Federal prisoners.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-s-3198,101,s,3198,"A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands to be added to the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, North Carolina, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-12,1990-10-15,"Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.",Senate,"Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC]",NC,D,S000055,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire through purchase, donation, or exchange all right, title, and interest in certain specified lands to be added to the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in North Carolina. Directs the Secretary to undertake research on:  (1) the history and archaeology of the historic site; and (2) the associated peoples and events.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3199,101,s,3199,A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Mills River in the State of North Carolina for potential addition to the wild and scenic rivers system.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-12,1990-10-15,"Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.",Senate,"Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC]",NC,D,S000055,0,Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Mills River in North Carolina for potential addition to the wild and scenic rivers system.,2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-3200,101,s,3200,Western North Carolina Wilderness Protection Act of 1990,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-12,1990-10-25,Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC]",NC,D,S000055,0,"Western North Carolina Wilderness Protection Act of 1990 - Designates the Lost Cove Wilderness and the Harper Creek Wilderness in the Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.",2025-08-26T17:24:56Z,
101-s-3201,101,s,3201,"A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to permit the city of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to allow vehicular traffic, other than buses, to use Hay Street.",Transportation and Public Works,1990-10-12,1990-10-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC]",NC,D,S000055,0,"Requires the Secretary of Transportation to permit Fayetteville, North Carolina, to allow vehicular traffic, other than buses, to use Hay Street.",2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
101-s-3183,101,s,3183,Urban Schools of America (USA) Act of 1990,Education,1990-10-11,1990-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000105,3,"Urban Schools of America (USA) Act of 1990 - Title I:  Urban School Improvement - Authorizes appropriations for this title. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to reserve specified funds for:  (1) national activities to evaluate urban school improvement programs; and (2) competitive grant awards to exemplary school programs.  Directs the Secretary to allot, from remaining amounts, to each eligible local educational agency (LEA) with an approved application an amount based on that LEA's relative allocation under certain provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for education of disadvantaged children (ESEA chapter I). Provides for annual payments to eligible LEAs with approved applications if they comply with certain data collection requirements to monitor progress toward meeting national education goals, and demonstrate such progress.  Sets limits on the time and the amount of funds to be used for planning purposes.  Requires LEAs to use funds under this title to meet national education goals through programs designed to:  (1) increase the academic achievement of urban school children to at least the national average; (2) prepare all urban children for school; (3) increase the graduation rates of urban students to at least the national average; (4) prepare urban school graduates to enter higher education, pursue careers, and exercise their responsibilities as citizens; (5) recruit and retain qualified teachers; and (6) decrease the use of drugs and alcohol by urban students, enhancing their physical and emotional health.  Sets forth program accountability requirements:  (1) in general, for initial grants, renewal grants, and renewal of school participation; (2) for achievement, including demonstration of improvement; and (3) data collection to monitor progress in achieving national education goals.  Authorizes the Secretary to reserve funds for competitive incentive awards to individual schools participating in projects assisted under this title that  demonstrate exemplary progress in meeting program requirements.  Directs the Secretary, by January 1, 1991, to report on the impact of regulations promulgated pursuant to Federal law on urban public schools.  Requires LEAs desiring to receive an allotment under this Act to establish a local advisory group to:  (1) design and conduct a needs assessment for participating schools; (2) assist in planning for community-wide collaboration in service delivery for youths in participating schools; (3) advise the LEA and the community on how they can work together to use multiple service providers; and (4) monitor program implementation and oversee program evaluation.  Allows use of a comparable existing local advisory group to comply with such requirement.  Sets forth special rules relating to ranking of schools to determine relative need, in general, on the basis of achievement, poverty, and number of minority students.  Requires each LEA receiving a grant to serve between ten and 20 percent of its schools.  Requires eligible LEAs to have flexibility to serve homeless children, desegregating students, immigrants, migrants, or other highly mobile populations, within the program assisted under this title.  Deems any approved program for any school served under certain ESEA chapter 1 provisions to be sufficient to meet the application and program accountability requirements of this title.  Title II:  School Building Repair and Renovation - Authorizes appropriations to assist eligible LEAs in repairing and renovating instructional facilities in city schools.  Directs the Secretary to reserve specified portions of funds for: (1) monitoring activities under this title; (2) grants for school building repair and renovation; and (3) grants for school environmental concerns and safety improvement.  Directs the Secretary to allocate funds for both such types of grants on the basis of the number of:  (1) children from families below the poverty line; (2) school buildings used for instructional purposes; and (3) school buildings more than 25 years old used for instructional purposes.  Limits the period covered by a grant application to three years, and requires annual review by the Secretary.  Lists types of programs eligible LEAs must conduct with grants for:  (1) repair and renovation of school buildings; and (2) improvements related to environmental concerns and safety.  Title III:  Urban School Research - Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to reserve specified funds to establish and operate a National Urban Research Center to:  (1) evaluate, monitor, and disseminate activities under this title; (2) conduct independent research in urban education; and (3) serve as a clearinghouse on urban education research findings, policies, and practices.  Allows the use of funds under this title for:  (1) collaborative and coordinated research and evaluation of educational techniques or approaches in multiple cities served by eligible LEAS; (2) evaluation of projects assisted under title I; (3) dissemination of information on successful projects and approaches under title I; (4) design and implementation of programs for LEA technical assistance to individual schools and teachers involved in title I projects; (5) data and information management services for schools  participating in a title I program; (6) staff training in such schools; and (7) evaluation of progress in meeting national educational goals by LEAs receiving assistance under this Act.  Title IV:  General Provisions - Establishes the Interagency Council on Urban Schools to:  (1) review Federal programs to determine effects on urban schools' ability to meet national education goals; (2) track school progress toward such goals; (3) solicit advice and information for urban education experts and urban school representatives on improvement of Federal programs; (4) review Federal regulations for duplication or contradiction; (5) report annually to the Congress and the President on urban school progress; (6) review and recommend improvement or streamlinig of Federal data collection in urban schools; and (7) conduct research to help urban school practitioners improve school performance.  Directs the President to conduct a White House Conference on Urban Education before October 30, 1992.  Requires the Conference to advise on development of:  (1) recommendations and strategies for improving urban education; (2) methods for combining forces of the private sector, governmental agencies at all levels, parents, teachers, communities, and education officials to assist urban schools in meeting national goals; and (3) a permanent national advisory commission on urban education.  Requires a report to the President.  Authorizes appropriations.  Establishes a National Commission on Urban Education as an independent agency within the executive branch.  Directs the Commission to:  (1) study specified issues relating to urban schools; and (2) report, and recommend changes in Federal legislation, to the President and appropriate congressional committees. Terminates the Commission three years after its first meeting. Authorizes appropriations.  Requires eligible LEAs to use Federal funds received under this Act only to supplement but not supplant non-Federal funds.",2025-08-26T17:26:33Z,
101-s-3184,101,s,3184,Federal Deposit Insurance Foreign Deposits Amendments Act,Finance and Financial Sector,1990-10-11,1990-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]",WI,D,K000305,2,Federal Deposit Insurance Foreign Deposits Amendments Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to mandate the collection of deposit insurance premiums on foreign accounts in American banks.,2025-08-26T17:24:35Z,
101-s-3185,101,s,3185,Education Capital Fund Act of 1990,Education,1990-10-11,1990-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE]",NE,D,K000146,4,"Education Capital Fund Act of 1990 - Establishes the Education Capital Fund Board (the Board) as an independent agency. Authorizes the Board to enter into contracts with eligible entities to pay for the Federal share of the costs of educational reform projects.  Lists the types of such projects for which such funds may be used.  Requires such contracts to be competitive, with specified considerations and priorities, for periods of from three to ten years.  Sets forth requirements for applications and contracts.  Requires that eligible entities include:  (1) local education agencies; (2) consortia of such agencies; (3) schools or consortia of schools in such agencies; or (4) nonprofit organizations with a special ability to carry out educational reform projects.  Directs the Board to disseminate widely information about funding.  Sets the Federal share of such projects at 75 percent, and requires the non-Federal share to be a cash contribution.  Requires that funding under this Act not be taken into consideration in other Federal or State funding decisions, except to the extent that additional assistance is sought for a project receiving assistance under this Act.  Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Directs the Board to establish a technical assistance referral network to assist entities in developing and carrying out educational reform project proposals. Directs the Board to establish contract review and monitoring procedures, which may not include any review by persons other than the Board.  Requires the Board staff to have quarterly contact with each entity that enters into a contract with the Board.  Directs the Board to promulgate regulations permitting the suspension of assistance to entities failing to comply with review and monitoring procedures or contract conditions. Requires annual reports to the Board, by the entities with such contracts, and by the Board to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Board to:  (1) establish necessary regulations; and (2) establish policies, including priorities for selecting entities to develop and evaluate projects. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Education Capital Fund (the Fund) to pay for the Board's expenses and expenditures for education reform contracts.  Transfers to the Fund amounts equivalent to the additional revenues resulting from an increase in the corporate tax rate under this Act. Increases the corporate tax rate by specified amounts, except in specified circumstances.",2025-08-26T17:25:23Z,
101-s-3186,101,s,3186,A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.,Environmental Protection,1990-10-11,1990-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT]",VT,R,J000072,0,Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require applicants for Federal licenses for activities which may result in water quality degradation or impairment of designated State uses in navigable waters to provide a certification from the affected State that such activities will not result in such degradation or impairment and will protect the water quality and uses identified in the State's water quality standards.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-3187,101,s,3187,An original bill to address immediate problems affecting environmental cleanup activities.,Environmental Protection,1990-10-11,1990-11-15,Became Public Law No: 101-584.,Senate,"Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND]",ND,D,B001077,0,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to include within the definition of ""response action contractor"" any surety who, between October 17, 1990, and December 31, 1992, provides a bid, performance, or payment bond to a response action contractor and begins activities to meet obligations under such bond. Provides that surety bonds required for direct Federal procurement of response action contracts under the Miller Act shall be issued in accordance with such Act.  Provides that, if under any Federal law surety bonds are required for direct Federal procurement of response action contracts:  (1) no right of action shall accrue on the performance bond issued on such contract to or for the use of any person other than the obligee named in the bond; and (2) in the event of a default,  the surety's liability on a bond shall be only for the cost of completion of the contract work in accordance with the plans less the balance of funds remaining to be paid under the contract, up to the penal sum of the bond.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-3188,101,s,3188,"A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to release the restrictions, requirements, and conditions imposed in connection with the conveyance of certain lands to the city of Gary, Indiana.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1990-10-11,1990-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]",IN,R,L000504,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to grant a release, without monetary consideration, from certain restrictions, requirements, and conditions imposed in connection with the conveyance of certain lands to the city of Gary, Indiana.",2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
101-s-3189,101,s,3189,"Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991",Armed Forces and National Security,1990-10-11,1990-10-16,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,0,"Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II:  Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, the defense agencies, the respective reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards.  Appropriates funds for the Army's National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration (including a transfer of funds), and humanitarian assistance. Title III:  Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, and ammunition and for other procurement. Appropriates funds to the Navy for the procurement of aircraft, weapons, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft and missiles and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for:  (1) National Guard and Reserve equipment; (2) procurement by the defense agencies; and (3) Defense Production Act purchases. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the Army, Navy (including a transfer of funds), Air Force, and defense agencies.  Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Test and Evaluation) and the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V:  Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the Army, Air Force and Defense stock funds and for the Army, Navy, and Defense industrial funds. Title VI: Other Department of Defense Appropriations - Appropriates funds for:  (1) the destruction of the U.S. stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (2) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) (including a transfer of funds); and (3) the Office of the Inspector General for carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for:  (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; and (2) the Intelligence Community Staff. Title VIII: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of appropriations for unauthorized publicity or propaganda. Exempts DOD personnel from provisions of law prohibiting the employment of non-U.S. citizens during FY 1991. Allows DOD funds appropriated under this Act to be used for the Overseas Workload Program.  Allows a contract awarded during FY 1991 under the Program to be performed in the theater in which the equipment is normally located or the country in which the firm is located.  Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations on the nature of the maintenance, repair, and overhaul work of DOD under the Program.  Considers Israel to be in the European Theater in every respect for purposes of eligibility for the Program.  Directs the Secretary to work with Israel to identify new specialized capabilities in depot maintenance and repair for which it is uniquely suited, with a report required from the Secretary on his findings.  Requires Program contracts to be opened in a competitive manner before FY 1991 Program funds are authorized. Provides that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act may remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided. Prohibits the obligation of more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act during the last two months of the fiscal year, except as specified. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of any food, clothing, specified cloth (including cotton, silk, and wool) or synthetic fabrics, or specified metals not grown, produced, or processed within the United States, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, in the national interest and with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to transfer and merge specified working capital funds.  Directs the Secretary to notify the Congress of all such transfers.  Limits the cash balances which may be maintained in such funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for:  (1) the purchase of coal or coke from foreign nations for use at U.S. defense facilities when U.S. coal is available; (2) heating plant fuel conversion at defense facilities in Europe; (3) the conversion of any heating facility at military installations in the Kaiserslautern Military Community in Germany, except as provided under Federal law and after a certain notification from the Secretary to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees; (4) the initiation of a special access program without prior notification to the appropriations and armed services committees; (5) the preparation of a request to the appropriations committees for a reprogramming of funds, except as specified; (6) certain claims for physician or provider reimbursement for medical services provided under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); (7) programs of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) beyond FY 1991, with a specified exception; (8) initiating a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of specified amounts, unless proper congressional notification is given; (9) any intelligence or special activity different from an activity previously justified to the Congress unless the Secretary has notified the appropriations committees of the intent to make such funds available for such activity; (10) exceeding a specified number of civilian workyears in DOD; (11) congressional lobbying; (12) purchasing dogs or cats to study the medical treatment of wounds; or (13) the floating storage of petroleum or petroleum products in non-U.S. vessels. Permits the appropriation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incident to authorized operations of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to retain in active status until age 60 certain officers who need such status in order to maintain employment as a National Guard or Reserve technician. Permits the use of operation and maintenance funds provided under this Act for studies and demonstration projects relating to the delivery of military health and medical care. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund for educational assistance for a member of the armed forces who enlists for less than three years or receives an enlistment bonus. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act for the basic pay and allowances of a member of the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits through the Secretary of Veterans Affairs when time spent as a full-time student is credited toward completion of a service commitment. Limits the  availability of appropriations to specified percentages of postsecondary educational costs for off-duty training of military personnel. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for conversion to contractor performance of an activity or function of DOD that is currently performed by more than ten civilian DOD employees until a cost-analysis on such performance is completed and certified to the appropriations committees. Prohibits funds appropriated or made available by this Act from being obligated:  (1) for acquisition of major automated information systems which have not successfully completed oversight reviews required by DOD regulations; and (2) on Composite Health Care System (CHCS) acquisition contracts if such contracts would cause certain total life cycle cost estimates to be exceeded. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the payment of salaries of any persons who authorize the transfer of unobligated and deobligated funds into the Reserve for Contingencies of the CIA. Requires funds appropriated under this Act for CIA construction projects to remain available until expended. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use specified funds to charter ships for use as auxiliary minesweepers, under specified conditions. Limits the amount of funds available from this Act for the execution of a contract for the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used by a military department to modify any item of procurement that such department plans to retire or otherwise dispose of within five years after completion of such modification, with the exception of safety modifications. Specifies the definition of ""program, project, and activity"" for appropriations contained in this Act for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for fixed-price contracts exceeding $10,000,000 for the development of a major defense system or subsystem, unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and the Secretary of Defense take certain action. Provides that monetary limitations on the purchase price of passenger motor vehicles shall not apply to vehicles purchased for certain intelligence activities. Earmarks specified funds for the construction of classified military projects within the continental United States.  Authorizes DOD to transfer prior-year unobligated balances to the operation and maintenance appropriations of the reserve components in order to provide military technician and DOD medical personnel pay and programs (including CHAMPUS) the same exemption from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act as is currently granted to other military personnel accounts, with specified exceptions. Prohibits any funds available to the Department of the Navy from being used to enter into any contract for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of any naval vessel on the west coast which includes interport differential charges as a factor for the award of such contract. Prohibits any funds available for CHAMPUS under this Act from being used for the reimbursement of health care providers for inpatient mental health services or Residential Treatment Center services in excess of specified periods or for residential treatment care by a professional having an economic interest in the facility to which the patient is referred, with specified exceptions. Prohibits funds from this Act from being obligated or expended for the procurement of certain remote sensing data except by the Defense Mapping Agency. Requires the designs of specified military aircraft to incorporate certain standard avionics specifications by no later than 1998. Requires sums for FY 1991 pay raises for programs funded by this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. Directs the Secretary to require that a provider of health services under CHAMPUS also provide such service to members of the armed forces serving on active duty and their dependents. Transfers specified funds to the Coast Guard for certain operational support, exclusive of administrative costs. Authorizes the Secretary to finance the operational and administrative costs related to the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund from unobligated balances available in such Fund. Provides for the accounting treatment of expenses incurred by the United States in monitoring Soviet implementation of the INF Treaty. Reduces the total amount appropriated to DOD by this Act to reflect savings resulting from the decreased use of consulting services by DOD. Requires quarterly reports concerning the procurement of advisory and assistance services. Provides funds from this Act for transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals who have been prisoners of war or missing in action from the Vietnam era to an annual meeting in the United States. Prohibits DOD funds from being used for the B-1B's ALQ-161A CORE program unless the Congress has received notification in advance. Directs the Air Force to hold harmless, defend, and indemnify in full the State of New Hampshire, its political subdivisions, or any of its officers, lenders, agents, and employees from all liability arising out of releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants resulting from DOD base closure activities at Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire. Prohibits funds from this Act from being obligated or expended to prepare, or to assist any defense contractor in preparing, any material with respect to economic or employment impact in a State of an acquisition program for which all research, development, testing, and evaluation have not been completed. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being available for a contract for studies, analyses, or consulting services entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activity responsible for the procurement makes certain determinations with respect to such contract. Prohibits the use of DOD funds under this Act to dispose of specified unserviceable M1 rifles and carbines. Declares that excess military property, including major defense articles, must be offered to NATO allies contiguous to Iraq and to certain non-NATO major allies of the region before being made available to another country or entity not subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to pay more than 50 percent of a lump-sum reenlistment bonus. Makes funds available from this Act to DOD for granting civilian employees paid administrative leave as part of a productivity-based incentive awards program. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to assign a supervisor's title or grade when the number of people he or she supervises is considered as a basis for such determination. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act for CHAMPUS from being used for payment of the first $150 of the charges for all types of care authorized for active-duty military personnel and their dependents. Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used by DOD to exceed a specified number of civilian work years for FY 1991 outside the United States. Prohibits Navy funds appropriated by this or any other Act from being used to carry out an electromagnetic pulse program in the Chesapeake Bay area in connection with the Electromagnetic Pulse Radiation Environment Simulator for Ships (EMPRESS) program until the Secretary has made certain certifications to the Congress concerning the importance of such program. Requires certain DOD construction or service contracts to include a provision requiring the contractor to employ local employees in performing that portion of the contract that occurs within such State or area, as long as such individuals possess or would be able to easily acquire the necessary skills to perform such tasks. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to support any DOD activity that procures malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale on a military installation in the United States, unless such beverages are procured in the State in which the military installation is located. Directs the Secretary to make specified transfers from general to specific defense programs within the Navy. Reduces the total amount appropriated to DOD by this Act to reflect savings resulting from increased use of discount air fares by Government employees. Earmarks specified DOD funds for National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships to be  awarded by the Secretary to U.S. citizens or nationals pursuing advanced degrees in fields of primary concern and interest to DOD. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire the depot maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles, vessels, and components through competition between DOD depot maintenance activities and private firms. Limits the funds available for a health care demonstration project regarding chiropractic care required by the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to pay health care providers under CHAMPUS for services determined to be not medically or psychologically necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to modify existing and appropriate CHAMPUS contracts in order to conduct a demonstration project to test methods of increasing collections from third-party payers of reasonable inpatient hospital care costs incurred on behalf of retirees and dependents under the CHAMPUS program. Reduces amounts provided under this Act for permanent-change-of-station costs for military personnel. Earmarks specified funds from this Act for contract incentive payments authorized under the Indian Financing Act of 1974. Prohibits funds available in this Act from being used for:  (1) payments under a DOD contract with the Louisiana State University Medical Center involving the use of cats for wound research; and (2) conducting bone trauma research at the Letterman Army Institute of Research until the Secretary of the Army makes certain certifications. Directs the National Defense Stockpile Manager to obligate specified funds during FY 1991 out of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for use in precompetitive technology development cooperative projects. Directs the Secretary to adjust wage rates for civilian employees hired for certain health care occupations as authorized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary to issue directives promoting energy conservation in all peacetime DOD activities.  Requires an energy consumption reduction report from DOD to the Congress. Directs the President to acquire over a ten-year period a specified amount of depleted uranium to be held in the National Defense Stockpile. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to transport or provide for the transportation of chemical munitions to the Johnston Atoll for the purpose of storing or demilitarizing such munitions.  Appropriates funds for the modernization and expansion of automated data processing systems. Prohibits funds from this or any other Act from being used for studies of the feasibility of removal and transportation of unitary chemical munitions and agents stored at any location within the continental United States. Makes funds appropriated to DOD in FY 1991 available to establish and maintain a stockpile in Israel of petroleum fuels for military purposes.  Authorizes the President to permit Israel to draw upon such fuel reserves in appropriate circumstances. Incorporates amounts set forth for specific programs in the Classified Annex as part of this Act.  Authorizes the President to distribute such Annex, as appropriate. Earmarks specified funds from this Act for:  (1) the Civil Air Patrol; (2) operation of the U.S. Air Force education and training facility known as the Inter-American Air Force Academy; (3) operation, maintenance, and manning of all WC-130 hurricane reconnaissance aircraft; (4) certain allied cooperation enhancement studies with respect to U.S.-Israeli military cooperation and joint technologies; and (5) transporting U.S. beef for resale in DOD commissaries in foreign countries. Appropriates additional CHAMPUS funds for meeting cost shortages under such program. States that, with respect to the funds appropriated by this Act for the procurement of supplies  or services, qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind and other severely handicapped shall be afforded maximum opportunity to participate as subcontractors and suppliers in the performance of contracts let by DOD. Earmarks specified Navy funds for the expenses of the Kahoolawe Island Commission.  Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being made available to any military department to conduct bombing training, gunnery training, or similar munitions delivery training on Kahoolawe Island, Hawaii. Directs the Secretary to establish the Legacy Resource Management Program for the identification and management of all biological, geophysical, and historical resources existing on, or involving, DOD lands, facilities, and property.  Earmarks specified funds for such Program. Earmarks specified funds for the acquisition of jewel bearings from the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant.  Earmarks specified funds for the cleanup of uncontrolled hazardous waste contamination affecting the sale of a parcel of real property at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. Directs the Secretary to design a comprehensive strategy to involve military and civilian employees of DOD in partnership programs (cooperative efforts between the military and an educational institution to enhance the education of students) with elementary and secondary schools.  Prevents a specified amount of funds appropriated to the U.S.  Naval Academy from being obligated or expended until the Secretary of the Navy has reported to the defense committees on certain corrective measures with respect to administration, ethics, and intercollegiate sports at the Academy. Prohibits FY 1991 DOD funds from being obligated for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force's space surveillance technology program and for the Navy's program addressing such program. Directs DOD to provide operation and maintenance expenses for the southwest border land-based aerostat drug surveillance program. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to certain limitations desired to be placed on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Program.  States that SDI should not focus on the deployment of a space-based kinetic energy weapon system, but instead on a defense system that:  (1) would protect against an accidental missile launch against the United States or a limited missile attack by a third-world country; and (2) if deployed, would not be in violation of the 1972 ABM Treaty.  States that SDI should continue support for those critical technology efforts that have both civil and military applications in areas other than ballistic missile defense systems.  Limits the FY 1991 spending permitted on certain offensive-oriented SDI programs. Requires the Secretary to include a description of program activities for such SDI programs in annual budget justification material submitted to the Congress.   Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the allocation of funds appropriated for SDI for FY 1991. Directs the Secretary to provide the Congress with quarterly reports accounting for the contributions made by other countries to Operation Desert Shield, to operations in support of the U.N. embargo against Iraq, and to other operations and efforts to counter Iraqi aggression in the Persian Gulf region.  Requires such reports until U.S. forces are withdrawn. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being used to support an end-strength level in excess of 50,000 for all members of U.S. forces assigned to permanent duty in Japan.  Requires such troop strength level to be reached by 10,000 each fiscal year after FY 1991.  Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) a declaration of war by the Congress or an armed attack on Japan authorizes the President to obligate or expend funds and troops necessary to assist in the defense of Japan; and (2) the President may waive the end-strength limitations for any fiscal year in the national interest if he informs the Congress of such waiver and the reasons therefor. Authorizes the Department of the Army to use a specified amount of Army labor, supplies, and equipment to assist the Department of the Interior in replacing an earth dam in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Prohibits any funds available during FY 1991 to DOD or any other Federal agency or entity from being used to complete a cost comparison study currently being conducted at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field. Authorizes funds made available to DOD for FY 1991 to be transferred and made available to repair or replace real property and other assets damaged by Hurricane Hugo in September 1989. Prohibits funds made available under any law from being used for the export (or licensing for export) of any technology items to South Korea in connection with the coproduction of F/A-18 aircraft until 15 days after Congress has received a proposed memorandum of understanding between South Korea and the United States regarding the coproduction and documentation information.  Prohibits presidential certification of such export until the Congress has received such documentation. Makes available a specified amount of Army Operation and Maintenance funds for the environmental protection program at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Limits the use of funds appropriated by this Act for maintaining more than a specified number of U.S. military personnel assigned to permanent duty in NATO member countries in Europe.  Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) in the event of a declaration of war by the Congress or a declaration of emergency the President is authorized to obligate funds necessary to prosecute such war or resolve such emergency; and (2) amounts obligated to be reimbursed by a NATO country and certain other amounts provided should not be considered amounts obligated in violation of such limitations. Expresses the sense of the Senate that U.S. participation in a multilateral anti-narcotics strike force should include the full range of appropriate law enforcement and anti-drug abuse agencies.  Provides that funds made available to DOD for drug interdiction activities should be expended to fund such U.S. participation. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should negotiate with the Group of Seven (the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Germany, Japan, and the European Community) to conclude agreements providing for a balanced international economic burden sharing of common security objectives.  Requires congressional reports. Title IX:  Defense Authorizations - Enacts into law the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1991 (H.R. 4739) as passed by the Senate, unless or until that Act is otherwise enacted. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified amount to Shipco General, an Idaho corporation, in return for full satisfaction of its claim against the United States arising out of the termination of a housing unit rehabilitation contract at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.",2025-01-14T18:18:18Z,
101-s-3190,101,s,3190,War Prevention and Arms Transfer Control Act,International Affairs,1990-10-11,1990-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,1,"War Prevention and Arms Transfer Control Act - Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on:  (1) any country that has acquired conventional arms or weapons of mass destruction at levels that threaten world or regional peace or the security of the United States, its allies, or other nonbelligerent countries; (2) any country that has used armed force to carry out an act of aggression against another country or that threatens to use such force or to use a weapon of mass destruction against another country; (3) any country that supports any terrorist organization or that has supported terrorism against the United States, its allies, or other nonbelligerent countries; (4) any country which is the subject of a United Nations or U.S. blockade or embargo or is determined to threaten world peace; (5) any country that has transferred goods or technology that may be used to produce or transfer conventional arms or weapons of mass destruction to any country meeting the previously-listed criteria; (6) the flow of defense articles and technology for military uses to each country meeting such criteria; (7) governments and persons involved in the transfer of such goods or technology; (8) the steps taken to enforce this Act, the success of such steps, and the governments and persons sanctioned or penalized by such steps; and (9) U.S. efforts to persuade other countries to cooperate in halting the transfer of such goods or technology. Prohibits exports to, imports from, American economic or military assistance to, or the extension of nondiscriminatory trade treatment to, any country listed under the President's report. Requires the publication of a list of dual-use items subject to export controls under the Export Administration Act of 1979. Prohibits the U.S. Government, in addition to imposing applicable penalties under the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Administration Act of 1979, from procuring any goods or services from, transferring any technology to, and granting any security clearances to, all U.S. or foreign persons in violation of this Act. Provides for the forfeiture to the United States of property of concerns that have violated this Act. Makes procurement sanctions inapplicable to any contract entered into before the sanctioned country was listed under this Act if such sanction would threaten the security of third country nationals or would involve massive and unavoidable financial losses to the penalized person or entity.",2025-08-26T17:26:54Z,
101-s-3191,101,s,3191,Civilian Ex-Prisoner of War Health Benefits Act of 1990,Health,1990-10-11,1990-10-12,Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.,Senate,"Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000105,1,"Civilian Ex-Prisoner of War Health Benefits Act of 1990 - Entitles any person who was forcibly detained, held hostage, or interned, including those detained during World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam conflict, or the Lebanese civil war, to necessary medical care for any injury or disability resulting from the period of internment or hiding. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an advisory committee known as the Former Civilian American Internee Committee.",2025-08-26T17:24:39Z,
101-s-3176,101,s,3176,National Environmental Education Act,Environmental Protection,1990-10-10,1990-11-16,Became Public Law No: 101-619.,Senate,"Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND]",ND,D,B001077,0,"National Environmental Education Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an Office of Environmental Education within EPA to carry out this Act. Establishes an Environmental Education and Training Program to train educational professionals in the development and delivery of environmental education and training programs and studies.  Directs the Administrator to make an annual grant to an institution of higher education or nonprofit institution to operate such program.  Sets forth application and eligibility requirements and criteria to be considered in awarding such grants. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into cooperative agreements or provide grants to support projects to design, demonstrate, or disseminate practices related to environmental education and training.  Outlines activities eligible for grant support and priorities in awarding such grants.  Requires the Administrator to publish an annual solicitation for environmental education grants.  Authorizes local education agencies, colleges or universities, nonprofit agencies, or noncommercial broadcasting entities to apply for such grants.  Limits Federal funds for demonstration projects to 75 percent of the total cost, except in specified instances.  Limits such grants to $250,000 and requires 25 percent of all funds obligated to be for grants of no more than $5,000. Requires the Administrator to provide for internships by postsecondary students and fellowships for in-service teachers with Federal agencies involved in environmental issues.  Directs the Administrator, to the extent practicable, to support at least 250 internships and 50 fellowships annually. Makes eligible for participation in such program:  (1) students enrolled at accredited colleges or universities who have successfully completed at least four courses or the equivalent in environmental studies; and (2) in-service teachers who are currently employed by local educational agencies and have at least two years' experience in teaching environmental education, environmental sciences, or related courses. Requires the Administrator to provide for a series of national awards recognizing outstanding contributions to environmental education to include:  (1) the Theodore Roosevelt Award for environmental teaching or administration; (2) the Henry David Thoreau Award for literature on the environment and pollution problems;  (3) the Rachel Carson Award for film, broadcast, or print media for public education and information on environmental issues or problems; and (4) the Gifford Pinchot Award for education and training concerning forestry and natural resource management, including multiple use and sustained yield land management.  Provides that recipients of such awards shall be nominated by the Environmental Education Advisory Council.  Authorizes the Administrator to provide for the President's Environmental Youth Awards to be given to young people in grades kindergarten through twelfth for outstanding projects to promote local environmental awareness. Permits the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to administer an awards program to recognize elementary and secondary education teachers who advance environmental education through innovative approaches. Establishes a National Environmental Education Advisory Council and Federal Task Force on Environmental Education.  Requires the Council to report biennially to the Congress on:  (1) the extent and quality of national environmental education; (2) activities conducted pursuant to this Act; (3) obstacles to improving environmental education; (4) training and skills needed to respond to environmental problems; and (5) the extent and quality of environmental education available to senior Americans. Establishes the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation to:  (1) encourage and administer private gifts in connection with EPA environmental education and training activities; (2) conduct other environmental education activities; and (3) participate with foreign entities in activities to further environmental education and training to address environmental issues involving the United States and Canada or Mexico.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-3177,101,s,3177,"A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, relating to common carriers being operated by individuals under the influence of alcohol or drugs.",Crime and Law Enforcement,1990-10-10,1990-10-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]",MN,R,B000647,0,"Amends the Federal criminal code to include among those subject to penalties of up to 15 years' imprisonment, fines, or both, for operation of a common carrier under the influence of alcohol or drugs, individuals who operate or direct the operation of such carriers while having in their system: (1) a blood alcohol content of .02 percent or more; and (2) a quantity of alcohol or a controlled substance sufficient to impair the perception, mental processes, or motor functions of the average individual. Makes the provisions of this Act inapplicable to violations occurring before enactment of this Act.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-s-3178,101,s,3178,A bill to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify coverage of eyeglasses provided with intraocular lenses following cataract surgery.,Health,1990-10-10,1990-10-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR]",AR,D,P000556,1,Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as a prosthetic device corrective eyeglasses provided with intraocular lenses following cataract surgery.,2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-s-3179,101,s,3179,Language of Government Act of 1990,"Arts, Culture, Religion",1990-10-10,1990-10-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL]",AL,D,S000320,3,Language of Government Act of 1990 - Declares English to be the official language of the U.S. Government.  States that the Government has an affirmative obligation to preserve and enhance the role of English as the official language. Prohibits anyone from being denied Government services because they communicate in English.  Prohibits a Government entity from making or enforcing an official act requiring the use of a language other than English. Deems anyone discriminated against for communicating in English to have been discriminated against on the basis of national origin.  Makes available to a person so discriminated against all lawful remedies available under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.,2025-08-26T17:27:05Z,
101-s-3180,101,s,3180,"A bill to amend provisions of title 18, United States Code, relating to terms of imprisonment and supervised release following revocation of a term of supervised release.",Crime and Law Enforcement,1990-10-10,1990-10-27,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,2,"Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the court, in determining the sentence to be imposed in the case of a violation of probation or supervised release, to consider guidelines or policy statements issued by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Authorizes the court to resentence a defendant who violates a condition of probation at any time prior to the expiration or termination of the term of probation. Directs the court to revoke supervised release and require the defendant to serve a term of imprisonment up to the maximum authorized if the defendant is found by the court to be in unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Authorizes the court to include a requirement that the defendant be placed on supervised release after imprisonment when a term of supervised release is revoked and the defendant is required to serve a term of imprisonment less than the maximum authorized.  Specifies that the length of such a term of supervised release shall not exceed that authorized by statute for the offense of which the defendant was convicted, minus any term of imprisonment that was imposed upon revocation of supervised release.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-s-3181,101,s,3181,"A bill entitled the ""Legislative Line Item Veto Seperate Enrollment Authority Act.",Economics and Public Finance,1990-10-10,1990-10-10,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977 for a period not to exceed 30 days.",Senate,"Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]",TN,D,S000068,0,"Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, when any general or special appropriation bill or any bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations passes both Houses of the Congress in the same form, to cause the enrolling clerk of the appropriate House to enroll each item of the bill or joint resolution as a separate bill or joint resolution. Applies this Act to bills and joint resolutions agreed to by the Congress during the two-year period beginning on this Act's enactment date.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
101-s-3182,101,s,3182,A bill to address environmental issues.,Environmental Protection,1990-10-10,1990-10-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,3,"Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to extend through September 30, 1996, the authorization of appropriations made from the Hazardous Substance Superfund. Extends through FY 1996 funding for:  (1) reimbursements to local governments affected by releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances; (2) worker training education grants; (3) the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; (4) hazardous substance research, development, demonstration, and training activities; (5) university hazardous substance research centers; and (6) the Hazardous Substance Superfund. Makes conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code with respect to:  (1) the application of the Superfund financing rate; (2) the application of environmental taxes; (3) the amount of tax on xylene; and (4) advances made to Superfund. Amends the Superfund Revenue Act of 1986 to extend the authorization of appropriations for Superfund through FY 1996.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-s-3172,101,s,3172,A bill to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel CAPTAIN DARYL.,Private Legislation,1990-10-09,1990-10-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL]",AL,D,H000445,0,Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation for a named vessel.,2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
101-s-3173,101,s,3173,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a preferential capital gains rate for domestically processed timber.,Taxation,1990-10-09,1990-10-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]",OR,R,H000343,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the alternative tax for corporations on net capital gains realized from timber.  Allows a deduction from gross income for taxpayers other than a corporation.,2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-s-3174,101,s,3174,"A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a program to fund innovative child welfare and family support services, and for other purposes.",Social Welfare,1990-10-09,1990-10-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]",TX,D,B000401,3,"Amends part B (Child-Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide Federal funds to enable States to plan, develop, or expand innovative programs of child welfare services and family support services in order to preserve and strengthen families and prevent the need for placement in foster care.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize demonstration projects to improve the coordination of welfare services for families and children.  Directs the Secretaries of HHS, Agriculture, and Education and the Attorney General to:  (1) review department policies to determine whether changes can be made without statutory changes to improve the funding and delivery of such services; and (2) issue a report to the Congress that includes recommendations for both legislative and nonlegislative changes to improve the coordination of the funding and delivery of such services. Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to set forth provisions to facilitate adoption, including provisions allowing States to disregard adoption assistance payments in determining a family's eligibility for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program under part A. Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish an Advisory Committee on Foster Care Placement to study and make recommendations regarding the current requirement that States make reasonable efforts to prevent the need for removal of a child from home, and to make it possible for the child to return home, under State plans for foster care and adoption assistance. Requires that a child who is placed in foster care be placed in a setting that is most appropriate for that child. Authorizes demonstration projects to facilitate the reunification of children eligible for AFDC services with their families. Allows States to claim 90 percent Federal matching for the costs of planning, designing, developing, or installing a statewide data collection and information retrieval system for purposes of administering the Child-Welfare Services program and the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance program.  Allows States to claim 50 percent Federal matching for the costs of operating a data collection and information system for purposes of administering the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance program. Revises the independent living program to:  (1) allow States to continue independent living services for youths up to age 21 (age 18 as under current law); (2) allow youths in such programs to accumulate assets sufficient to enable them to establish their own households; and (3) allow States to continue to provide foster care maintenance payments for certain youths up to age 21, provided they are active participants in the program and in a full-time education or vocational training program. Includes child placement costs within the scope of allowable Federal matching under the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance program Requires States to submit all claims for Federal reimbursement under the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance program within one year after the calendar quarter in which the expenditure is made (currently, within two years). Outlines the criteria for the Secretary of HHS to use for approving applications by colleges for grants to provide child welfare traineeships.  Permits the Secretary of HHS to authorize up to ten States to establish and evaluate specified types of child welfare demonstration projects.  Grants such States more flexible spending authority for such purposes.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-s-3175,101,s,3175,Nursing Home Reform Improvements Act of 1990,Health,1990-10-09,1990-10-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR]",AR,D,P000556,5,"Nursing Home Reform Improvements Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make miscellaneous amendments and clarifications to Medicare and Medicaid requirements imposed on nursing facilities by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, particularly nurse aide training and annual resident review requirements.",2025-08-26T17:25:03Z,