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-hr-5959,101,hr,5959,Oil Consumer Justice Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-10-27,1990-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.,House,"Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2]",WV,D,S000779,0,"Oil Consumer Justice Act of 1990 - Establishes in the Department of Justice the Oil Price-Gouging Victims Fund consisting of damages awarded to the United States under the Clayton Act for price fixing relating to crude or refined oil during the occupation of Kuwait by Iraq.  Requires the Attorney General to annually distribute all the monies in the Fund to States for community-based programs, including police and fire departments and providers of emergency services.",2025-08-26T17:26:17Z,
101-hr-5913,101,hr,5913,Olympic Television Broadcasting Act,Commerce,1990-10-24,1990-12-03,Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.,House,"Rep. McMillen, Thomas [D-MD-4]",MD,D,M000573,0,Olympic Television Broadcasting Act - Exempts from the antitrust laws television broadcasting networks in connection with the broadcasting of the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.  Bars any such exempt network from interrupting live action in the broadcasting of an olympic contest with a commercial. Prohibits any network from entering into an agreement to broadcast the Olympics unless such agreement is approved by the U.S. Olympic Committee.  Specifies that a violation of such prohibition shall be considered to be a violation of the Communications Act of 1934. Bars any network from entering into an agreement to subcontract the broadcasting rights to the Olympics to any other party without the prior approval of the U.S. Olympic Committee.,2025-08-26T17:24:55Z,
101-hr-5918,101,hr,5918,Act for Micro-Enterprise,Commerce,1990-10-24,1990-12-03,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.,House,"Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7]",IL,D,C000634,0,"Act for Micro-Enterprise - Amends the Social Security Act to exclude from income for purposes of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs business assets received primarily for micro-enterprise business purposes. Extends public assistance benefits (including AFDC, SSI, and Medicaid) for persons with income from or resources in a micro-enterprise (any commercial enterprise with five or fewer employees, one or more of whom own the enterprise). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make eligible for unemployment compensation an individual who starts a micro-enterprise. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to make financial assistance available under the Community Development Block Grant and Urban Development Action Grant programs to lending institutions and public and private organizations to provide loans, counseling, and training for micro-enterprises. Amends the Small Business Act to urge that when implementing business loan programs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration consider the needs of micro-enterprises and the institutions which offer them credit or services. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to treat savings association loans to micro-enterprises as qualified thrift investments. Mandates that each Federal banking agency establish a Micro-Enteprise Technicial and Operations Office (ME-TOO) to promote micro-enterprises through technical assistance, outreach and training.",2025-08-26T17:27:50Z,
101-hr-5894,101,hr,5894,To amend the Small Business Act to establish a credit evaluation program to assist small business concerns located in States in which there is a shortage of credit in obtaining loans from financial institutions.,Commerce,1990-10-22,1990-11-26,"Referred to the Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy, and Minority Enterprise Development.",House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,0,Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to develop and implement a credit evaluation program to assist small business concerns located in States in which there is a shortage of credit in obtaining loans from financial institutions.,2024-02-07T15:46:26Z,
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-hr-5848,101,hr,5848,Plagiarized Art Prohibition Act,Commerce,1990-10-17,1990-10-24,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6]",MA,D,M000264,0,"Plagiarized Art Prohibition Act - Prohibits the importation or the sale or distribution in commerce of paintings that are similar to or imitations of original works of visual arts, if they are plagiarized from the original work and there is an intent to deceive prospective purchasers as to the identity of the creator. Sets forth criminal penalties, civil remedies, limitations on actions, and preemption provisions.",2025-08-26T17:29:05Z,
101-hr-5797,101,hr,5797,Economic Crimes Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-10-05,1990-11-19,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.",House,"Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-22]",NY,R,G000212,0,"Economic Crimes Act of 1990 - Allows any contract in commerce which provides for the purchase of goods or services and which results from a deceptive practice by a supplier to be voided by the affected organization, consumer, or agency of government. Sets forth criminal penalties, and allows treble damages and costs, for inducing a contract pursuant to a deceptive practice. Authorizes any State attorney general to bring an action to secure relief for loss sustained by reason of any unfair consumer practice for which an action may be brought under specified provisions of this Act. Requires awarding treble damages and costs to the State. Requires notice by publication, with any final judgment being res judicata as to any person who fails to elect to exclude themselves from the State case. Authorizes the U.S. Attorney General, the appropriate U.S. attorney, the Postal Service, the Federal Trade Commission, the Secretary of Health and Human Services on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration, or the State Attorney General of an affected State, on a finding that a person is or is about to be engaged in a deceptive practice, to issue subpoenas and bring an action to enjoin the practice and obtain sanctions.",2025-08-26T17:27:34Z,
101-hr-5799,101,hr,5799,Youth Entrepreneurship Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-10-05,1990-11-26,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunity, and Energy.",House,"Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]",PA,R,M000399,0,Youth Entrepreneurship Act of 1990 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish an Office of Youth Entrepreneurship to be headed by a Director appointed by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Requires the Director to study and report to the Congress on educational methods that promote growth and success of youth entrepreneurs.,2025-08-26T17:25:08Z,
101-hr-5764,101,hr,5764,Innocent Lender Liability Relief Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-10-01,1990-11-26,"Referred to the Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy, and Minority Enterprise Development.",House,"Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]",PA,R,M000399,3,Innocent Lender Liability Relief Act of 1990 - Amends the Small Business Act to exempt from liability under certain environmental laws the Small Business Administration (and any financial institution participating with it) with respect to:  (1) pollution control facilities acquired as a result of loan defaults; and or (2) property acquired as a result of disaster loan defaults.,2025-08-26T17:29:00Z,
101-hr-5748,101,hr,5748,To amend the Small Business Act to make small business concerns owned and controlled by special disabled veterans eligible to receive procurement contracts awards under that Act.,Commerce,1990-09-28,1990-11-26,"Referred to the Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy, and Minority Enterprise Development.",House,"Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6]",IN,R,B001149,0,Amends the Small Business Act to provide that small business concerns owned and controlled by special disabled veterans are eligible to receive procurement contract awards.,2024-02-07T15:46:26Z,
101-s-3135,101,s,3135,A bill to authorize the use of the symbols and emblems of the 1993 Summer World University Games.,Commerce,1990-09-28,1990-10-23,Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,1,"Subjects to civil liability (provided by the Trademark Act of 1946) any person who uses the symbols, emblems, trademarks, and names of the 1993 Summer World University Games, without the consent of the Greater Buffalo Athletic Corporation (Corporation):  (1) for the purpose of trade; (2) to induce the sale of any goods or services; or (3) to promote any theatrical exhibition, athletic performance, or competition. Permits contributors and suppliers of goods or services to use the tradename of the Corporation, or any trade mark, symbol, insignia, logo, or emblem belonging to it or the International University Sports Federation, to advertise that such goods were approved, selected, and used by the Corporation. Gives the Corporation the exclusive right to use the name ""World University Games,"" the symbol, logo, and names described in this Act.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-hr-5676,101,hr,5676,To authorize the use of the symbols and emblems of the 1993 Summer World University Games.,Commerce,1990-09-19,1990-09-19,Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.,House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,5,"Subjects to civil liability (provided by the Trademark Act of 1946) any person who uses the symbols, emblems, trademarks, and names of the 1993 Summer World University Games, without the consent of the Greater Buffalo Athletic Corporation (Corporation):  (1) for the purpose of trade; (2) to induce the sale of any goods or services; or (3) to promote any theatrical exhibition, athletic performance, or competition. Permits contributors and suppliers of goods or services to use the trade name of the Corporation, or any trade mark, symbol, insignia, logo, or emblem belonging to it or the International University Sports Federation, to advertise that such goods were approved, selected, and used by the Corporation. Gives the Corporation the exclusive right to use the name ""World University Games,"" the symbol, logo, and names described in this Act.",2021-07-01T14:55:56Z,
101-hr-5664,101,hr,5664,Process Patent Amendments of 1990,Commerce,1990-09-18,1990-09-25,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]",VA,D,B000657,0,"Process Patent Amendments of 1990 - Amends Federal patent law to provide for the patentability of certain processes which are sought to be patented in the same application as the machine, manufacture, or composition of matter with which they are associated.",2025-08-26T17:24:36Z,
101-hr-5614,101,hr,5614,To authorize the use of the symbols and emblems of the 1993 Summer World University Games.,Commerce,1990-09-13,1990-09-25,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,5,"Subjects to civil liability (provided by the Trademark Act of 1946) any person who uses the symbols, emblems, trademarks, and names of the 1993 Summer World University Games, without the consent of the Greater Buffalo Athletic Corporation (Corporation):  (1) for the purpose of trade; (2) to induce the sale of any goods or services; or (3) to promote any theatrical exhibition, athletic performance, or competition. Permits contributors and suppliers of goods or services to use the trade name of the Corporation, or any trade mark, symbol, insignia, logo, or emblem belonging to it or the International University Sports Federation, to advertise that such goods were approved, selected, and used by the Corporation. Gives the Corporation the exclusive right to use the name ""World University Games,"" the symbol, logo, and names described in this Act.",2025-01-16T12:12:20Z,
101-hr-5598,101,hr,5598,Patent Competitiveness and Technological Innovation Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-09-12,1990-10-26,"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 101-960, Part I.",House,"Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]",WI,D,K000020,7,"Patent Competitiveness and Technological Innovation Act of 1990 - Title I:  Patents in Space - Patents in Space Act - Amends Federal patent law to provide that any invention made, used, or sold in outer space on a space object or component under the jurisdiction or control of the United States shall be considered made, used, or sold within the United States unless:  (1) it has been specifically identified and otherwise provided for in an international agreement which the United States has signed; or (2) it is carried on the registry of a foreign state in accordance with the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space. Declares that any invention carried on such registry shall be considered made, used, or sold within the United States if it has been specifically so agreed in an international agreement between the United States and the state of registry. Applies this provision to all patents granted before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, with certain exceptions.  Titile II:  Transgenic Animal Patent Improvements - Transgenic Animal Patent Improvements Act - Amends Federal patent law to declare that it shall not be an act of infringement for a person to:   (1) reproduce a patented transgenic farm animal through breeding; (2) use it in the farming operation; or (3) sell it or its reproductive material in the farming operation (including germ cells, sperm, eggs or embryos).  Authorizes the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to accept a deposit of biological material to satisfy patent application requirements.  Declares that human beings are not patentable subject matter.  Title III:  Patent Remedy Clarification - Patent Remedy Clarification Act - Amends Federal law to declare that neither the States, their officers, nor their instrumentalities are immune from infringement liability. Provides the same remedies for infringement against State entities as are available against any private entity.  Title IV:  Research, Experimentation, and Competitiveness - Research, Experimentation, and Competitiveness Act of 1990 - Amends Federal patent law to declare it shall not be an act of infringement to make or use a patented invention solely for research or experimentation purposes unless the invention's primary purpose is research or experimentation.  States that if a patented invention has a primary purpose of research or experimentation it shall not be an act of infringement to study, evaluate or characterize it to create a product outside the scope of the patent covering the invention.  Title V:  Contractor Invention Rights - Contractor Invention Rights Act - Amends Federal patent law regarding patent rights in inventions made with Federal assistance to outline the parameters of contractors rights in inventions developed pursuant to a Federal contract.  Directs the Secretary of Energy to:  (1) consider certain principles of national security and sensitive information when implementing contractor invention rights; and (2) review contractor standards of conduct for resolving potential conflicts of interest, including those involving Department of Energy personnel, contractors, or the current business associates of former Department of Energy employees.",2025-01-16T12:12:20Z,
101-hr-5600,101,hr,5600,To authorize the use of the symbols and emblems of the 1993 Summer World University Games.,Commerce,1990-09-12,1990-09-20,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,0,"Subjects to civil liability (provided by the Trademark Act of 1946) any person who uses the symbols, emblems, trademarks, and names of the 1993 Summer World University Games, without the consent of the Greater Buffalo Athletic Corporation (Corporation):  (1) for the purpose of trade; (2) to induce the sale of any goods or services; or (3) to promote any theatrical exhibition, athletic performance, or competition. Permits contributors and suppliers of goods or services to use the trade name of the Corporation, or any trade mark, symbol, insignia, logo, or emblem belonging to it or the International University Sports Federation, to advertise that such goods were approved, selected, and used by the Corporation. Gives the Corporation the exclusive right to use the name ""World University Games,"" the symbol, logo, and names described in this Act.",2025-01-16T12:12:20Z,
101-hr-5601,101,hr,5601,Small Business Access to Surplus Federal Property Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-09-12,1990-11-26,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Procurement, Tourism, and Rural Development.",House,"Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]",PA,R,M000399,6,"Small Business Access to Surplus Federal Property Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) (the Administrator) to transfer surplus Federal property to a State agency for distribution to small business concerns within such State. Amends the Small Business Act to make it the duty of the SBA to provide each State agency designated to receive transfers of surplus Federal property a comprehensive list of small business concerns in the State, along with annual updates which include guidelines for identifying such businesses. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the President and the Congress on the transfer of surplus Federal property to small business concerns.",2025-08-26T17:26:08Z,
101-s-3038,101,s,3038,A bill to impose a fee on certain works at the expiration of the copyright term to support the National Endowment for the Arts.,Commerce,1990-09-12,1990-09-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,0,"Amends Federal copyright law to provide that, at the expiration of any copyright term involving certain royalty payments, a fee will be imposed upon the occurrence of any event for which a royalty would have been payable if the term had not expired. Establishes the National Endowment for the Arts Copyright Trust Fund.  Designates the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts as the Fund's trustee and requires such trustee to periodically report to the Congress regarding the Fund's financial status. Authorizes the trustee to use the amounts in the Trust Fund to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
101-hr-5581,101,hr,5581,Foreign Merger Information Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-09-11,1990-09-13,Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.,House,"Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16]",FL,D,S000586,0,"Foreign Merger Information Act of 1990 - Amends the Clayton Act to revise premerger notification requirements.  Applies such requirements to proposed mergers where:  (1) the person to be acquired has total assets or annual net sales of $1,000,000 (currently, $10,000,000) or more; and (2) the acquiring person, if it is a foreign person, would hold five percent or more of the voting securities or assets of the acquired person.",2025-08-26T17:25:08Z,
101-hr-5554,101,hr,5554,To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to amend Federal regulations to provide eligibility for media and similar business concerns to participate in financial assistance programs administered by the Small Business Administration.,Commerce,1990-09-06,1990-11-26,"Referred to the Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy, and Minority Enterprise Development.",House,"Rep. Gaydos, Joseph M. [D-PA-20]",PA,D,G000105,0,Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to amend Federal eligibility regulations in order to provide for the participation by media and similar business concerns in SBA financial assistance programs.,2024-02-07T15:46:26Z,
101-hjres-642,101,hjres,642,"Designating October 1 through 7, 1990, as ""National Customer Service Week"".",Commerce,1990-08-03,1990-08-03,Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Hiler, John Patrick [R-IN-3]",IN,R,H000586,16,"Designates October 1 through 7, 1990, as National Customer Service Week.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
101-hr-5498,101,hr,5498,Copyright Amendments Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-08-03,1990-09-27,Laid on the table. See S. 198 for further action.,House,"Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]",WI,D,K000020,2,"Copyright Amendments Act of 1990 - Title I:  Computer Software - Computer Software Rental Amendments Act 1990 - Amends Federal copyright law to prohibit any person in possession of a computer software program from renting, leasing, or lending it for direct or indirect commercial advantage unless authorized to do so by the copyright owner. Excludes certain home video game software from the prohibition (including a computer program embodied in a machine or product which cannot be copied during the ordinary operation of such machine or product). Authorizes nonprofit libraries to lend computer programs if a copyright warning has been affixed to the computer program packaging. Requires the Register of Copyrights to report to the Congress regarding the efficacy of this Act. Sets forth remedies for copyright infringement in cases of violations of this Act. Entitles the owner of a lawfully-made copy of an electronic audio-visual game intended for coin-operated equipment to publicly perform or display it on such equipment without the authority of the copyright owner of the game. States that this provision does not apply if the copyright owner is not also the copyright owner of the work of authorship embodied in such audio-visual game. Authorizes the Register of Copyrights to record and maintain records of computer shareware.  Authorizes the deposit of copies of such shareware in the Machine-Readable Collections Reading Room of the Library of Congress. Title II:  Architectural Works - Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act - Amends Federal copyright law to define and include architectural works within the scope of copyright subject matter. Excludes from such copyright any right to prevent a pictorial representation of an architectural work if the work is embodied in a structure located in a public place. Permits the owners of a structure embodying an architectural work to make alterations without the author's or copyright owner's consent. Title III:  Visual Artists Rights - Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 - Amends the copyright law to define a ""work of visual art."" Grants the author of a work of visual art the right to claim authorship of such work when publicly displayed, independent of other exclusive rights, and to disclaim authorship of such work because of substantial distortion or alteration that harms his or her reputation.  Grants such an author the right to prevent any destruction, distortion, mutilation, or other modification of that work which would harm his or her reputation or honor. Extends such rights 50 years beyond the author's death (or co-author's, in the case of a joint work) with respect to visual art works created as of the effective date of this Act. Waives artists' rights when a work cannot be removed from a building without distortion, mutilation, or alteration.  Directs the Register of Copyrights to establish a recordation system for authors of visual art works that have been incorporated into a building. Declares that this Act preempts equivalent rights under State law. Includes within the scope of copyright infringement violations of the rights conferred by this Act.  Declares that:  (1) criminal infringement penalties do not apply to such violations; and (2) registration is not a prerequisite to copyright infringement actions for violations of this Act. Directs the Register of Copyrights to report to the Congress the results of:  (1) a study regarding the extent to which authorship rights have been waived; and (2) a feasibility study regarding new requirements enabling authors of works of visual art to participate in the commercial exploitation of their work after its first sale. Requires submission of such report within 18 months after enactment of this Act.",2025-01-16T12:12:20Z,
101-hjres-634,101,hjres,634,"Designating September 22, 1990, as ""American Business Women's Association Day"".",Commerce,1990-08-01,1990-08-01,Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Broomfield, William S. [R-MI-18]",MI,R,B000890,0,"Designates September 22, 1990, as American Business Women's Association Day.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
101-hr-5411,101,hr,5411,To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to limit infringement actions for registered marks of professional sports teams.,Commerce,1990-07-30,1990-07-30,Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13]",NY,D,S000673,9,Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to prohibit an action for infringement of a registered mark that is used or intended to be used to identify and distinguish the goods or services of a professional sports team if:  (1) the team was located in a city or other locality and the action would be for infringement of the mark with respect to its association with that city or locality; (2) the team has moved more than 50 miles from such city; and (3) the alleged infringement occurred after the move.,2021-07-01T14:54:26Z,
101-s-2897,101,s,2897,"A bill to establish a small business technology transfer demonstration program with the Community College Association for Technology Transfer (or other appropriate organization), and for other purposes.",Commerce,1990-07-24,1990-07-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.,Senate,"Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]",MI,D,L000261,5,"Establishes the Small Business Technology Transfer Demonstration Program to provide small businesses with education, training, and technology assistance with respect to technology transfer and application through the Community College Association for Technology Transfer (CCATT) (or other appropriate organizations if CCATT is not available).  Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to enter into a contract with such organization to develop a regional demonstration program and otherwise carry out this Act. Directs the Administrator to use the Small Business Development Centers and other available resources to the maximum extent feasible to facilitate the organization's work. Requires the Administrator to develop guidelines for allocation of funds to members of CCATT. Directs the Administrator to report on the results of the demonstration program to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T17:16:56Z,
101-hr-5297,101,hr,5297,Computer Software Protection Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-07-18,1990-07-25,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]",TX,R,B000213,7,"Computer Software Protection Act of 1990 - Amends Federal copyright law to prohibit the person in possession of a computer software program from renting, leasing, or lending it for direct or indirect commercial advantage unless authorized to do so by the copyright owner.  Declares that such prohibition applies for a limited period in the case of a computer program embodied in electronic circuitry of a limited purpose computer designed primarily for playing home video games. Conditions the lending of such computer programs by a nonprofit library for nonprofit purposes upon attachment of a warning of copyright to the packaging. Directs the Register of Copyrights to report to the Congress whether this Act has achieved its purpose of maintaining the integrity of the copyright system while providing nonprofit libraries the capability to fulfill their function.  Grants remedies for copyright infringement in cases of violations of this Act.",2025-08-26T17:24:26Z,
101-hr-5303,101,hr,5303,Small Business Electronic Data Interchange Technology Promotion Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-07-18,1990-11-15,See H.R.4793 (Section 234).,House,"Rep. Ireland, Andrew P. [R-FL-10]",FL,R,I000029,3,Small Business Electronic Data Interchange Technology Promotion Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to study and report to the Congress on the impact of electronic data interchange technology on small business concerns.,2025-08-26T17:28:35Z,
101-sjres-350,101,sjres,350,"A joint resolution to designate October 18, 1990, as ""National Hardwood Day"".",Commerce,1990-07-13,1990-10-17,Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,Senate,"Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]",WV,D,B001210,52,"Designates October 18, 1990, as National Hardwood Day.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-hr-5208,101,hr,5208,Equal Treatment for Cigarettes Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-06-28,1990-07-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1]",OH,D,L000508,22,Equal Treatment for Cigarettes Act of 1990 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to make such Act applicable to tobacco and tobacco products.,2025-08-26T17:24:50Z,
101-s-2795,101,s,2795,Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-06-27,1990-06-27,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.,Senate,"Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000105,0,"Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title establishing a Center for Tobacco Products to coordinate Federal education and research with regard to tobacco products and to monitor and restrict the use of tobacco additives.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Center, to: (1) conduct certain educational and research activities; and (2) make grants to conduct public information campaigns concerning the use of tobacco products, using any mode of conveying information the Secretary considers appropriate.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to designate between ten and 20 model States and make grants to them to assist in improving State leadership in activities that prevent initial tobacco use among minors, encourage cessation among youth and others, and enforce a prohibition of tobacco product sales to minors.  Declares eligible for the grants those States which have and enforce laws prohibiting sales to minors and laws reducing use of or access to cigarette vending machines by minors. Mandates that the Secretary, through the Director and on request, provide certain types of assistance with regard to retail establishments, including printed materials, assistance in planning events to educate the establishments, assistance in developing systems to report establishments that consistently sell tobacco products to minors, and assistance in developing systems to notify such establishments. Authorizes appropriations for grants to model States. Directs the Secretary to make grants for educational activities to reduce the incidence of tobacco use among workers with high prevalences of tobacco use.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to inform the public of the health dangers presented by cigarette smoking including, with regard to the health effects of cigarette smoking and passive smoke: conducting and supporting research; coordinating all activities of the Department of Health and Human Services; maintaining liaison with private and public agencies; collecting, compiling, and disseminating information; and establishing an outreach program to youth under the age of 18.  Directs the Secretary to establish an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to inform the public of health dangers from the use of smokeless tobacco, including educational programs, research, and dissemination of information. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and make grants to States to assist in the development and distribution of educational programs and materials, and to assist States in enacting laws and regulations establishing 18 as the minimum age for purchasing smokeless tobacco. Prohibits:  (1) certain acts relating to adulterated or misbranded tobacco products; (2) subject to exception, the using or revealing of any trade secret acquired under these provisions; (3) failure to transmit certain product information to any individual on request; and (4) other acts. Directs the Secretary, in order to carry out the prohibitions, to establish within the Public Health Service, or designate an existing entity within the Service, as an Office of Regulatory Affairs. Authorizes U.S. district courts to enforce the prohibitions as described under specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Requires manufacturers, importers, or packagers of any tobacco product brand name to provide to the Secretary:  (1) a complete list of each tobacco additive used and the range of quantities of the additive used in all names manufactured, imported, or packaged by the person; and (2) on request of the Secretary, information regarding the health impact of the additives. Directs the Secretary to prescribe requirements for manufacturers to place information in packages of tobacco products regarding additives.  Allows spices, flavorings, fragrances, and colorings to be so designated without specifically naming each.  Considers a tobacco product misbranded unless it is labeled as required in these provisions. Authorizes the Secretary, if an additive, by itself or in conjunction with any other additive, significantly increases the human health risk of the product, to require the levels of the additive to be reduced, or to prohibit its use.   Considers a tobacco product adulterated if an additive level exceeds the limit set, or if other conditions are met. Authorizes the Office of Regulatory Affairs to conduct examinations and investigations under these provisions through officers and employees of the Department of Health and Human Services or through any health officer or employee of any State duly commissioned as an officer of the Department. Requires the Center, when a sample of a tobacco product is collected for analysis and on request, to provide a part of the official sample for examination or analysis by any person named on the label of the product, or the owner, or their agent. Considers any product that contains nicotine but is not a tobacco product to be a drug under specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to add tobacco use prevention, intervention, and education to the types of activities which may be carried out under State programs.  Adds references to tobacco use to provisions specifying the uses of funds for local drug abuse education and prevention programs.  Allows materials on drug abuse education and prevention to be disseminated under specified provisions of this Act.  Adds references to tobacco to provisions relating to drug use and alcohol abuse education and prevention activities directed to students at all educational levels. Amends the Anti Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to add references to tobacco to provisions mandating the contents of a report by the National Commission on Drug-Free Schools. Authorizes appropriations to enable the Secretary of Education to make incentive grants to States to establish smoke free schools, with the grant funds used to disseminate materials to school personnel and students, and to hold conferences and meetings, concerning the health hazards of tobacco use by students. Repeals provisions of the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act relating to smoking research, education, and information.  Repeals specified provisions of the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986.",2025-08-26T17:25:13Z,
101-sjres-341,101,sjres,341,"A joint resolution to designate the week of July 22 through July 28, 1990, as ""National Invent America! Week"".",Commerce,1990-06-27,1990-06-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA]",CA,R,W000607,9,"Designates July 22 through 28, 1990, as National Invent America! Week.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-hjres-612,101,hjres,612,"Designating October 18, 1990, as ""National Hardwood Day"".",Commerce,1990-06-21,1990-06-26,Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.,House,"Rep. Sundquist, Don [R-TN-7]",TN,R,S001075,128,"Designates October 18, 1990, as National Hardwood Day.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
101-s-2765,101,s,2765,Economic Growth Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-06-21,1990-06-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]",CT,D,L000304,0,"Economic Growth Act of 1990 - Title I:  Industrial Recapitalization Funds - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer engaged in manufacturing to establish an industrial recapitalization fund.  Restricts deposits to such fund to the sum of:  (1) depreciation allowances with respect to eligible plant and equipment; (2) net proceeds from the sale or other disposition of such plant and equipment, or insurance or indemnity attributable to such plant and equipment; and (3) receipts from investment of amounts in such fund. Allows deposits to such fund during the five-year period after its establishment. Allows tax-free withdrawals for a ten-year period for:  (1) acquisition, construction, reconstruction, modernization, or refurbishment of eligible plant and equipment; (2) the payment of principal on indebtedness incurred in connection with plant and equipment acquisition and so forth; or (3) the payment of expenditures for approved job training programs for employees of the taxpayer. Makes such fund exempt from taxation and sets forth favorable tax treatment regarding a deduction for deposits, the nonrealization of gain, and the exclusion of fund earnings from gross income. Provides for taxation of nonqualified withdrawals. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress annually on such funds. Title II:  Investment Incentives - Subtitle A:  Investment in Stock of Manufacturers - Establishes a deduction for net capital gains on stock of manufacturers that is held for more than three years. Subtitle B:  Savings Incentives - Allows a taxpayer to designate an overpayment of tax to be paid to the taxpayer's individual retirement account. Title III:  Incentives for Research and Educational Assistance - Makes permanent the credit for increasing research activities.  Makes such credit applicable to the development and improvement of commercial products.  Allows the credit for research after commercial production and for adaptation of existing business components. Makes permanent the tax exclusion for employee educational assistance programs. Title IV:  Amendments to National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 - National Cooperative Production Amendments of 1990 - Amends the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 to:  (1) apply such Act to joint ventures for the development or production of any product, process, or service; and (2) require consideration of the worldwide capacity of suppliers to provide a product, process, or service in determining the relevant market for judging the reasonableness of conduct under a joint venture. Makes this Act inapplicable with respect to any activity in connection with a joint production venture if at any time substantially all such activities are not conducted within the United States or its territories. Title V:  Advanced Research and Development - National Advanced Research and Development Act of 1990 - Subtitle A:  Declaration of Policy - Sets forth congressional findings on the need for a strong technology base in the United States. Subtitle B:  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - Establishes in the Department of Defense the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to oversee all functions involving advanced research and development projects. Authorizes the Agency to conduct research projects for other Federal departments and agencies on a reimbursable basis. Establishes the Defense Advanced Research Projects Revolving Fund to carry out the Agency's purposes. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Advanced Research (head of the Agency) to report to the Congress recommendations for any legislation necessary to carry out the Agency's purposes. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C:  National Technology Policy Coordinating Council - Establishes in the Department of Commerce the National Technology Policy Coordinating Council to act as a forum for the study and discussion of how the Federal Government and the private sector can utilize advanced technology to help meet the economic and security needs, improve the industrial competitiveness, and improve the general welfare of the United States. Directs the Council to make a report to the President, the Congress, and the National Advanced Technology Trust Fund addressing the relative priority of the funding allocations made for federally-sponsored research and development. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D:  National Advanced Technology Fund - Establishes the National Advanced Technology Trust Fund to support advanced basic and applied technological research and development in the civilian economy. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T17:24:48Z,
101-s-2764,101,s,2764,Consumer Credit Protection Amendments of 1990,Commerce,1990-06-20,1990-06-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]",CA,D,C000877,0,"Consumer Credit Protection Amendments of 1990 - Title I:  Fair Credit Reporting Amendments - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to place additional restrictions on the permissible purposes of consumer reports.  Adds dwelling rental applications and check cashing privilege applications to the list of permissible uses. Prohibits, subject to exception, a consumer reporting agency (CRA) from furnishing certain reports in connection with any credit or business transaction which is not initiated by the consumer. Prohibits a CRA from reporting Chapter 13 bankruptcy information that is more than seven years old and other bankruptcy information that is more than ten years old.  (Current law prohibits reporting any bankruptcy information, including Chapter 13, that is more than ten years old.) Provides for graduated periods of obsolescence for information relating to overdue payments.  Repeals exemptions to obsolete information reporting prohibitions relating to credit, life insurance, or employment involving amounts over specified sums. Prohibits a CRA from prohibiting any report user from disclosing the contents of a report to the consumer. Requires a CRA to maintain certain records regarding:  (1) accuracy assurance procedures; and (2) the certified purpose for which any information relating to any consumer is requested by any person. Requires any CRA, on request of any person, to disclose specified information about itself. Requires that:  (1) certain disclosures by a CRA to a consumer required by current law be in writing; (2) all information in the consumer's file (currently, the nature and substance of all information) be disclosed to the consumer; (3) certain information be disclosed to the consumer regarding identification of any person who had access to any information in the consumer's file; and (4) any disclosure by a CRA to any consumer under specified provisions include a summary of all the consumer's rights and remedies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.  Requires that such a summary be included in disclosures relating to:  (1) investigative consumer reports; and (2) reports focusing on public record information for employment purposes. Requires reinvestigations, in cases of disputed accuracy, to be completed within a reasonable time, not to exceed 30 days.  (Current law requires completion within a reasonable time.)  Requires CRAs to keep certain records regarding reinvestigation procedures.  Sets forth requirements regarding:  (1) notice upon a determination that a dispute is frivolous or irrelevant; (2) notice upon completion of a reinvestigation; and (3) reinvestigations which cannot be completed in 30 days.  Eliminates the option for a CRA to include in a report a codification or summary of a consumer's statement regarding disputed accuracy rather than the statement itself.  Requires that a CRA:  (1) notify of a consumer dispute any person designated by the consumer who has received a non-employment report within the last year (currently, within the last six months); and (2) disclose to the consumer the recipients of any such report within the last year (currently, within the last six months). Sets a dollar limit on charges which may be imposed by a CRA for certain disclosures and makes other changes regarding when charges may be made. Requires a CRA which furnishes a consumer report for employment purposes to notify the consumer of the specific source of the information. Revises the duties of users of consumer reports, including requiring the user to provide:  (1) the name and address of the three largest CRAs; and (2) the written summary of the consumer's rights and remedies prepared under specified provisions. Makes any person who furnishes information to any CRA (as well as CRAs and users of reports) civilly liable for willful noncompliance and for negligent noncompliance with the Act. Makes all functions and powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) available to the FTC to enforce compliance.  (Current law links enforcement to specified provisions of the FTCA.) Makes persons who furnish information to CRAs subject to certain administrative enforcement provisions, as enforced by bodies other than the FTC. Requires any person who regularly furnishes information to a CRA to give notice of such fact in writing to the consumer before providing information about the consumer to the CRA. Requires any person, when that person, in the course of conducting business, furnishes information about any consumer to a CRA, to follow reasonable procedures to assure the accuracy of the information. Title II:  Credit Repair Organizations - Credit Repair Organizations Act - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit any credit repair organization (any person who provides a service for the purpose of improving a consumer's credit record) from:  (1) charging or receiving any money prior to the completion of its services (unless it has obtained a $50,000 surety bond); (2) charging or receiving money solely for the referral of a customer to a retailer if the credit which may be extended to the buyer is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (3) advising any client to make an untrue or misleading statement; or (4) using any untrue or misleading statement. Requires the organization to provide the consumer with a written disclosure statement which includes a description of:  (1) the consumer's rights; (2) the services to be provided by the organization; and (3) the total amount the consumer will be charged.  Sets forth contract requirements and the rights of the consumer with regard to cancellation of such contract. Subjects any organization which fails to comply with any provision of this Act to Federal civil liability. Provides for the administrative enforcement of this Act by the Federal Trade Commission, as provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act.",2025-08-26T17:24:26Z,
101-hr-5041,101,hr,5041,Tobacco Control and Health Protection Act,Commerce,1990-06-14,1990-09-11,Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,29,"Tobacco Control and Health Protection Act - Makes it unlawful to manufacture, package, or distribute for sale any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco product unless its package bears one of specified warnings.  Regulates the label format and requires rotation of the warning labels. Requires the advertising for cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to bear one of the same list of warnings.  Sets forth a separate list of warnings for use on billboards advertising cigarettes.  Regulates the warning format and requires rotation of warnings. Prohibits advertising any tobacco product on any medium of electronic communication subject to Federal Communications Commission regulation. Prohibits, subject to exception, the use in advertising of a human or cartoon figure, tobacco trademark logo or symbol, or picture other than a single package on a neutral white background.  Requires advertising print to be black on a white background.  Prohibits:  (1) advertising in conjunction with sports or near schools with students under 21 years of age; (2) free or reduced cost distribution; (3) publicly identified sponsorship of any athletic, music, artistic, or other event; (4) marketing of nontobacco products (including toys) bearing a tobacco trademark; (5) payment to have any tobacco product appear in any entertainment; or (6) payment to have any tobacco trademark appear on sporting equipment, including vehicles.  Applies the prohibitions and requirements of this paragraph to advertising, promotion, and packaging of nontobacco products or services which:  (1) are manufactured or marketed by a corporation which manufactures or distributes tobacco products, including related companies or licensees, or any person acting with the concurrence or acquiescence of such a corporation; and (2) bear the trademark of a tobacco product manufactured or sold by that corporation. Prohibits packaging from containing a picture or human or cartoon figure unless the picture or figure appeared on the package for five consecutive years before January 1, 1989. Prohibits advertising on any audio tape, audio disc, videotape, video arcade game, or film. Prohibits advertisements and packaging from containing any representation regarding health or safety, including the level of or removal, reduction, or addition of ingredients, tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, filters, or any other mechanism or device unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that the representation is significant in terms of affecting health and safety and is based upon significant scientific agreement. Prohibits any person from manufacturing, packaging, or distributing any tobacco product unless the person has provided the Secretary a list of all brands, with certain information about their constituents, and the label states the ingredients in descending order.  Directs the Secretary to make the information public.  Allows the Secretary, if the Secretary determines that any ingredient other than tobacco is unsafe or presents risks to health to the consumer or general public, to require that the levels of that ingredient be reduced or eliminated. Allows the Secretary to require that the manufacturer, packager, or distributor of tobacco products provide consumers with additional information about the adverse effect of tobacco products. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a State from receiving an allotment under alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grant provisions unless the State has in effect a law which:  (1) prohibits sale of any tobacco product to any person under the age of 19; (2) requires a place to be licensed to sell any tobacco product; (3) meets other requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend such block grant payments if the Secretary determines a State is not adequately enforcing the law. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food misbranded if it is a confectionary or chewing gum in a form resembling cigarettes or other tobacco products. Provides for enforcement of this Act, including through action by the Secretary, injunctions, civil actions by any interested organization, and civil monetary penalties. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary with regard to:  (1) research and public information on the effects of tobacco products on human health; (2) implementation of strategies for reducing the consumption of tobacco products; (3) coordination of activities inside the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), within other Federal agencies, and within private agencies; and (4) liaison with public and private entities. Directs the Secretary to establish a Center on Tobacco and Health to educate the public, support research, assist State and local law enforcement, and take other actions. Establishes within the Center an Interagency Committee on Tobacco and Health to:  (1) coordinate research and educational programs within HHS and coordinate those activities with other Federal and private agencies; and (2) maintain liaison with private and public entities. Prohibits any Federal agency, or any State or local statute or regulation, from requiring any statement relating to tobacco and health, other than those required by this Act, to appear on any package or advertisement. Declares that compliance with this Act, the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, or the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 shall not relieve any person from liability to any other person at common law or under State statutory law.  Repeals those Acts one year after enactment of this Act.",2025-08-26T17:24:42Z,
101-hjres-598,101,hjres,598,"Designating September 9 through 15, 1990, as ""Rural Small Business Week"".",Commerce,1990-06-12,1990-06-18,Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.,House,"Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]",PA,R,M000399,56,"Designates September 9 through 15, 1990, as Rural Small Business Week.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
101-hr-4999,101,hr,4999,Central European Enterprise Development Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-06-11,1990-11-05,Similiar Provisions Included In H.R.5021.,House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,2,"Central European Enterprise Development Act of 1990 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish a Central European Small Business Enterprise Development Commission to:  (1) develop in designated countries (Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland) educational settings in which small business owners may learn managerial and business skills; (2) form the American Enterprise Corps, which shall recruit volunteers to provide managerial and technical counseling; and (3) report annually to the Congress regarding this program.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T17:24:37Z,
101-hr-4991,101,hr,4991,"To authorize the refinancing of certain small business debentures, and for other purposes.",Commerce,1990-06-07,1990-09-25,See H.R.4793 (Title II).,House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,0,Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to prescribe guidelines under which small business participants in either the Certified Development Company Loan Program or the Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Company Program may refinance certain debentures guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under revised prepayment penalty provisions. Directs the Small Business Administration to issue regulations implementing this Act.,2024-02-07T15:46:26Z,
101-hr-4970,101,hr,4970,To repeal the Newspaper Preservation Act.,Commerce,1990-06-06,1990-06-11,Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.,House,"Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2]",MI,R,P000574,3,Repeals the Newspaper Preservation Act.  Prohibits such repeal from applying to any joint newspaper operating arrangement:  (1) entered into before July 24 1970; and (2) exempted under antitrust law by the Attorney General before the enactment of this Act.,2021-07-01T14:42:04Z,
101-hr-4966,101,hr,4966,Disaster Loan Equity Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-06-05,1990-06-19,"Referred to the Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy, and Minority Enterprise Development.",House,"Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13]",CA,D,M000794,0,Disaster Loan Equity Act of 1990 - Amends the Small Business Act to extend from three years to ten years the maximum term of a disaster loan available to a small business able to secure credit from non-Federal sources. Extends certain existing disaster loans to a maximum aggregate term of ten years.,2025-08-26T17:27:46Z,
101-hr-4952,101,hr,4952,Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-05-24,1990-07-16,Laid on the table. See S. 605 for further action.,House,"Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18]",PA,D,W000044,15,"Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990 - Title I: Amendments to Acts - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to set a 12-month deadline, subject to extension, on the issuance of any proposed consumer product safety rule after the date of publication of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking. Requires a feasibility study on requiring entities subject to the CPSA to pay amounts to the Consumer Product Safety Commission to defray the costs of Commission services to the entities. Amends the CPSA, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), and the Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA) (the Acts) to:  (1) allow the Commission to terminate a rulemaking or regulation proceeding and rely on a voluntary standard only if such standard is in existence; (2) allow (in some circumstances require) the Commission to devise procedures to monitor voluntary standards compliance; and (3) require the Commission to grant or deny a petition to initiate a rulemaking within a reasonable time after the petition is filed, with the Commission prohibited from denying a petition on the basis of a voluntary standard unless the standard is in existence and other requirements are met. Amends the CPSA to direct the President, in making appointments to the Commission, to at least consider individuals with experience in the safety of consumer products or in related fields. Revises quorum requirements applicable to periods in which there are vacancies on the Commission. Creates the position of Director of Compliance, makes the Director an officer of the Commission, and requires the Director to be an attorney.  Makes certain existing positions officers of the Commission and removes the pay cap on those positions.  Allows the Chairman, with the approval of the Commission, to remove officers. Amends the FHSA and the FFA to empower an attorney general of a State who alleges a violation under those Acts to bring a civil action for enforcement. Amends the CPSA to add to the list of reasons a manufacturer must notify the Commission about that of:  (1) apparent failure to comply with a voluntary standard; and (2) the product's being the subject of a civil action. Prohibits the Commission from disclosing information about a civil action. Amends the CPSA to increase, and the FHSA and the FFA to establish, basic and maximum civil monetary penalties for prohibited acts. Requires increases in the maximum penalties for inflation. Amends the CPSA to require the Commission to annually establish an agenda and priorities for Commission action under the Acts under its jurisdiction. Requires, subject to exception, a presiding hearing officer to transmit any settlement offer to the Commission. Directs the Commission to establish a product surveillance program in cooperation with other appropriate Federal agencies to:  (1) carry out its responsibilities under this Act; and (2) prevent the entry of unsafe consumer products into the commerce of the United States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1992. Title II:  Related Provisions - Directs the Commission to:  (1) study and report to the Congress on whether a special flammability standard is needed for sleepwear (other than for children); and (2) pursue its pending proceedings to establish a safety standard for cigarette lighters.   Revises the CPSA definition of ""amusement ride.""  Includes amusement rides expressly within the framework of such Act, subjecting them to public disclosure and inspection requirements and to notification and remedy provisions applicable to substantial product hazards when serious injury occurs.  Directs the Commission to issue rules in this regard by July 1, 1991. Directs the Commission to:  (1) report to the Congress on its activities to reduce exposure of individuals to an enumerated list of indoor air pollutants; (2) issue a consumer product safety standard to require cautionary labeling in connection with certain toys intended for use by children at least three years old; (3) submit to the Congress a report including specified information about particular products that pose a major hazard to children; and (4) conduct a survey to determine compliance with voluntary industry manufacturing guidelines designed to reduce the entrapment of children in reclining chairs and report the results to the Congress.  Requires the Commission to initiate proceedings to establish a safety standard for reclining chairs if a substantial lack of compliance is found. Deems certain provisions of this Act to be a consumer product safety rule issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission under specified provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act. Requires each automatic garage door opening system manufactured after certain dates to:  (1) conform to a specified Underwriters Laboratories standard; (2) include an electric sensing edge located on the edge of the door, designed when activated to cause a closing door to open and to prevent an open door from closing; (3) include an optical sensor or other functionally equivalent non-contact sensor designed to do the same; or (4) include a device found to provide equivalent protection from entrapment. Requires labeling on the packaging and on the system indicating the month and year of manufacture.  Requires manufacturers to notify the public of the entrapment hazards of automatic garage goor openers and advise owners of such systems to test them for the automatic reverse feature required by this Act. Bans all three-wheel all-terrain vehicles in the following ways. Provides that, for purposes of specified provisions of the CPSA, three-wheel all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) which are not subject to a specified consent decree shall be considered banned hazardous products for purposes of sales by manufacturers, distributors, or dealers.  Makes it a violation of specified prohibitions under the CPSA for three-wheel ATVs which are subject to such consent decree to be manufactured for sale, offered for sale, distributed in commerce, or imported into the United States for sale in interstate commerce in the United States.  Makes such ban effective 30 days after the enactment of this Act.  Directs the Commission, before the ban becomes effective, to notify all manufacturers of three-wheel ATVs. Provides that sales of new three-wheel (ATVs) will be permitted in the future if the Commission:  (1) promulgates a consumer product safety standard applicable to them; (2) formally relies upon a voluntary consumer product safety standard applicable to them; or (3) accepts as satisfactory a voluntary standard for such vehicles developed under the Consent Decree. Directs the Commission to promulgate lateral stability standards for ATVs, or accept satisfactory voluntary standards.  Requires semiannual reports to the Congress until such a standard is established. Requires the Commission to study bittering agents in hazardous products and their effectiveness in deterring ingestion.  Directs the Commission to report on the status of the study to the Congress.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
101-s-2692,101,s,2692,Cooperative Production Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-05-24,1990-07-17,"Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-1007.",Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Cooperative Production Act of 1990 - Amends the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 to include a joint production venture within the scope of such Act as an activity that shall not be deemed illegal per se under the antitrust laws. Changes the short title of the Act to the National Cooperative Research, Development, and Production Act.",2026-01-07T14:11:22Z,
101-hr-4844,101,hr,4844,Sports Service Mark Anti-Corruption Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-05-17,1990-06-06,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. Bryant, John W. [D-TX-5]",TX,D,B000997,0,"Sports Service Mark Anti-Corruption Act of 1990 - Amends Federal law to prohibit any State, local government, or agency from sponsoring, operating, advertising, or promoting any lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting or gambling scheme that uses or exploits in any fashion, directly or indirectly, a service mark owned by a professional sports organization.",2025-08-26T17:27:06Z,
101-hr-4816,101,hr,4816,Rural Small Business Enhancement Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-05-15,1990-11-15,See H.R.4793 (Title III).,House,"Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]",PA,R,M000399,33,Rural Small Business Enhancement Act of 1990 - Title I:  Loan Programs - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of Small Business to make loans to rural economic development entities which must use them for:  (1) the creation and expansion of business concerns; and (2) rural small business incubators.  Prescribes lending guidelines. Authorizes appropriations. Title II:  Rural Small Business Investment Companies - Modifies the capital requirements for certain companies licensed to assist rural small business concerns.  Authorizes paid-in capital to include contributions by State and local governments and nonprofit institutions. Title III:  Technical Assistance for Rural Small Business Concerns - Establishes an Office of Rural Affairs (the Office) in the Small Business Administration to be headed by an Associate Administrator who shall:  (1) ensure that rural small businesses receive a percentage of financial assistance representative of the population and economic needs in their areas; (2) compile specified rural business statistics; and (3) disseminate information regarding sources of assistance. Mandates that rural area statistics compiled by the Office be included in the President's annual report on small business and competition. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) make grants to rural economic development entities to fund a portion of the salaries and expenses of rural technical assistance specialists; (2) report to the Congress regarding the effectiveness of such grants; (3) make marketing assistance grants for rural small businesses; and (4) make grants to assist marketing studies regarding tourism promotion in rural areas.  Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth matching grant requirements. Title IV:  Infrastructure Improvement - Amends the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 to increase the authorization for rural Federal-aid highways. Mandates that each State conduct a rural scenic byways preservation and improvement program with Federal amounts apportioned for construction projects on such byways.  Outlines funding guidelines. Authorizes appropriations. Title V:  National Commission on Rural America - Establishes the National Commission on Rural America to evaluate and report to the Congress on specified aspects of the Federal rural assistance program. Terminates the Commission after it submits such report. Title VI:  Research and Reporting Requirements - Directs the Administration to study and report to the Congress on methods to:  (1) assist rural small businesses to obtain Government contracts; and (2) expand the export of goods and services provided by such businesses. Directs the Administrator to compile and distribute to the public and the Congress a catalog of Federal rural small business assistance programs.,2025-08-26T17:27:17Z,
101-hr-4793,101,hr,4793,Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-05-10,1990-11-15,Became Public Law No: 101-574.,House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,42,"Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1990 - Title I:  Authorization of Small Business Administration Programs - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize appropriations for specified programs through FY 1994. Authorizes transfers from the disaster loan revolving fund for the administrative expenses of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Title II:  Amendments to the Small Business Act and Related Acts - Part A:   Small Business Act - Amends the Small Business Act to modify the pro rata share guidelines for grant recipients in the small business development center program. Extends from 18 months to three years the period during which the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (the Administrator) may provide revolving lines of credit for export financing purposes. Conditions SBA authority to prescribe eligibility requirements for the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development (MSC/COD) Program upon provision of a waiver of such requirements if a Prospective Participant meets specified criteria. Provides that unless the Administrator determines that one or more tribally owned business concerns have obtained or are likely to obtain a substantial unfair competitive advantage within an industry category, each firm's size shall be independently determined without regard to its affiliation with a socially and economically disadvantaged Indian tribe (or a wholly owned business entity of such tribe). Amends the Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988 to extend through FY 1994 the period during which the SBA may award contracts to certain Indian tribe joint ventures.  Increases from two to five the number of contracts a Program Participant may receive via such a joint venture. Amends the Small Business Act to extend through FY 1994 the period during which surety bond waivers are authorized for MSC/COD Participants. Cites circumstances under which the SBA is duty-bound to award certain Federal contracts to former MSC/COD Program Participants. Provides guidelines under which a Federal procurement activity which does not solicit small businesses shall document its reasons to the SBA.  Requires the Procurement Center Representative to recommend to the procurement activity alternative procurement methods which would increase small business prime contracting opportunities. Directs the Administrator to station an additional procurement center representative at the Department of Agriculture, the Navy Sea Systems Command, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Amends the Small Business Act to revise the compliance criteria for a procurement contract offer by a small business concern that is not the actual manufacturer or processor of the product to be supplied under the contract. Amends the Small Business Computer Security and Education Act of 1984 to extend from October 1, 1990, to March 31, 1991, the SBA's authority to provide technical and managerial assistance through private sector sources. Part B:  Small Business Investment Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to prescribe eligibility guidelines for assistance under the development company program.  Sets forth loan limitations for certain small business concerns. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to limit Small Business Administration debenture guarantees of certain small business investment companies under common control. Amends the Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendment Act of 1988 to extend until:  (1) September 30, 1994, the Pilot Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program; and (2) March 1, 1994, the deadline for the Comptroller General's evaluation of the Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program. Part C:  Small Business Administration Management - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the President to appoint the SBA Deputy Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Under current law, the Administrator appoints the Deputy.) Part D:  Demonstration Programs and Studies - Establishes the Small Business Technology Transfer Demonstration Program to provide small business with education, training, and technology assistance with respect to technology transfer and application through the Community College Association for Technology Transfer (CCATT) (or other appropriate organization if CCATT is not available).  Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to enter into a contract with such organization to develop a regional demonstration program and otherwise carry out this Act. Directs the Administrator to use the Small Business Development Centers and other available resources to the maximum extent feasible to facilitate the organization. Requires the Administrator to develop guidelines for allocation of funds to members of CCATT.  Terminates this program September 30, 1993. Directs the Administrator to report on the results of the demonstration program to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the SBA to establish a Pilot Technology Access Program to make matching grants to a maximum of five States based on selected criteria for the purpose of increasing access by small business to: (1) on-line data base services that provide technical and business information; and (2) technical experts in a wide range of technologies.  Requires the General Accounting Office to submit an evaluation report to certain congressional committees.  Terminates the Program on September 30, 1995.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress the results of: (1) a feasibility study regarding the establishment of a business cooperation system similar to the Business Cooperation Network developed by the European Economic Community; and (2) a study of the impact of electronic data interchange technology on small business concerns. Part E:  Repealers and Technical Amendments - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Department of Defense to submit an annual small business procurement report to the Congress. (Currently such report is required monthly.) Title III:  Assistance for Rural Small Business Concerns - Rural Small Business Enhancement Act of 1990 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within SBA an Office of Rural Affairs (the Office) to strive to achieve an equitable distribution of SBA financial assistance for rural small business concerns. Sets forth matching requirements from non-Federal sources for SBA rural grant programs.  Extends the list of services to be provided by a small business development center to include rural small business export promotion, marketing, technical and managerial assistance, and tourist trade development. Directs the SBA to compile and periodically update a catalog of Federal rural small business assistance programs. Amends the Small Business Economic Policy Act of 1980 to require the President's annual report to the Congress on the state of small business to include specific statistics divided as to urban, suburban, and rural areas. Requires the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to convene regional rural conferences to review specified aspects of Federal rural small business programs and to transmit summaries of such conferences to the President and the Congress. Amends the Small Business Act to authorize lenders of rural small business loan applicants, until October 1, 1995, to retain one-half of the fee on certain small loans. Expresses the sense of the Congress that small business incubators can play a constructive role in rural development.  Urges specified development companies licensed under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to develop proposals for the implementation of small business incubators for startup small business in rural areas. Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to report to the Congress on the effects of deregulation on the economic vitality of rural areas. Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the SBA to:  (1) make grants for tourism demonstration programs in five States conducted by small businesses in rural areas; and (2) submit a status report to the President and the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992. Directs the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to conduct training sessions in conjunction with the Office of Rural Affairs on the types of Federal assistance available for the development of rural small businesses engaged in tourist-related activities. Title IV:  Miscellaneous Amendments - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act to extend for two years the role of the Government Printing Office in a certain Department of Defense program to expand participation by disadvantaged small business concerns and minority institutions of higher learning in Department of Defense contracting opportunities. Suspends a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 which calls for liquidated damages for failure of a contractor to make good faith efforts to attain the goals contained in a subcontracting plan. Declares that a specified Federal Acquisition Regulation shall stipulate that the definition of architectural and engineering services includes specified surveying and mapping services.",2024-04-20T16:27:29Z,
101-hjres-565,101,hjres,565,"Designating July 22 through July 28, 1990, as ""National Invent America Week"".",Commerce,1990-05-09,1990-05-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.,House,"Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]",FL,R,B000463,83,"Designates July 22 through 28, 1990, as National Invent America! Week.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
101-hr-4773,101,hr,4773,White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act,Commerce,1990-05-09,1990-10-05,Became Public Law No: 101-409.,House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,16,"White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Directs the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business by a specified deadline under the direction of the White House Conference on Small Business Commission (established by this Act) in order to:  (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the preceding Conferences. Prohibits the Commission from accepting any gifts of money from any source.  Mandates that fees or charges collected under this Act be used solely to pay for Conference participants' meals and to defray the expense of meeting rooms.  Requires the Commission to maintain a receipts and disbursements record according to specified guidelines. Establishes the White House Conference on Small Business Commission, which shall be responsible for the National Conference and for its final report to the President and the Congress. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to provide planning and administrative assistance for the Conference.  Directs the Administrator to prescribe financial controls and accounting procedures for fees and charges received by the Commission and for Commission payment of authorized meal and meeting room expenses. Directs the Commission to establish procedures whereby a Conference delegate may petition for reimbursement of Conference expenses that would constitute a financial burden.  Restricts such reimbursement to: (1) transportation, meals and lodging; and (2) the rates provided Federal employees who travel to Washington, D.C. on official business. Directs the Commission to:  (1) provide to the Small Business Administration a separate accounting for such reimbursed expenses (and a final financial report and all financial records); and (2) deposit in the Treasury any unexpended monies which were collected as fees and charges. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years on the status and implementation of Conference recommendations. Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T15:46:26Z,
101-hr-4746,101,hr,4746,"To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to station a traditional procurement center representative at the Department of Agriculture, the Navy Sea Systems Command, and the Environmental Protection Agency.",Commerce,1990-05-08,1990-11-15,See H.R.4793 (Section 209).,House,"Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1]",MA,R,C000709,11,"Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to station a traditional procurement center representative at the Department of Agriculture, the Naval Sea Systems Command, and the Environmental Protection Agency.  Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T15:46:26Z,
101-hjres-563,101,hjres,563,"Designating the month of May 1990 as ""Courtesy is Contagious Month"".",Commerce,1990-05-03,1990-05-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.,House,"Rep. Schuette, Bill [R-MI-10]",MI,R,S000143,3,Designates the month of May 1990 as Courtesy is Contagious Month.,2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
101-hr-4724,101,hr,4724,Foreign Anticompetitive Practices Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-05-03,1990-05-08,Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.,House,"Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9]",TX,D,B000880,3,Foreign Anticompetitive Practices Act of 1990 - Declares that it shall not be a defense to liability for a claim alleged under the antitrust laws that the conduct on which such claim is based was directed or compelled by a foreign state.,2025-08-26T17:24:40Z,
101-hr-4734,101,hr,4734,To prescribe certain requirements for automatic garage door opening systems.,Commerce,1990-05-03,1990-07-16,For Further Action See H.R.4952.,House,"Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6]",MN,D,S000407,0,"Deems certain provisions of this Act to be a consumer product safety rule issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission under specified provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act. Prohibits the manufacture, sale, distribution, or importation of an automatic garage door opening system for a residential building, including an attached or unattached garage, which does not:  (1) conform to a specified Underwriters Laboratories standard; and (2) include an optical sensor or other device found to provide equivalent protection from entrapment. Requires labeling on the packaging and on the system indicating the month and year of manufacture.  Requires manufacturers, through warranty registration lists, to notify owners of systems, regardless of date of manufacture, of entrapment hazards.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
101-hr-4715,101,hr,4715,Technology Corporation of America Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-05-02,1990-09-12,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27]",CA,D,L000264,32,"Technology Corporation of America Act of 1990 - Establishes the Technology Corporation of America as a nonprofit corporation to:  (1) assist in the redirection of Federal civilian research and development funds to better meet the strategic research and development needs of America's domestic industries; (2) assist in the creation of private and public sector research, development, and manufacturing activities focused on developing the Nation's strategic technologies; (3) encourage cooperative research and development; and (4) serve as a permanent source of strategic vision for the Nation's technological and industrial base. Requires the Corporation's Board of Directors to establish advisory committees for financial issues and technical issues.  Limits assistance by the Corporation to projects:  (1) subject to exception, where majority control is held by North American companies or entities; and (2) that demonstrate the ability to obtain funding equal to or greater than that requested from the Corporation. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T17:26:51Z,
101-hr-4659,101,hr,4659,National Technology Extension Service Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-04-26,1990-11-15,See H.R.4793 (Section 232).,House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,21,"National Technology Extension Service Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to create a five-year Technology Extension Pilot Program to provide private businesses, in selected States, with improved access to Federal, State, and federally-funded technology and expertise. Directs the Secretary, through the Director and using a competitive selection process, to select:  (1) a non-Federal database contractor to create the Program's Federal database and network of experts and to manage them for the duration of the Program; and (2) up to five States for participation in the Program. Provides for fees to be charged to businesses using the Program in certain circumstances. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Small Business Act to allow any Small Business Development Center to apply for an additional grant to increase access by small businesses in its service area to on-line databases. Specifies ways in which a Center may seek to increase small business access.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T17:27:25Z,
101-s-2526,101,s,2526,National Technical Resource Service Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-04-26,1990-04-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]",MN,R,B000647,5,"National Technical Resource Service Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to create a Technology Research Service Pilot Program, to run for five years after enactment of this Act, to provide private businesses in selected States with improved access to Federal and federally-funded technology and expertise from States and other sources. Directs the Secretary, through the Director and using a competitive selection process, to select:  (1) a non-Federal database contractor to create the Program's Federal database and network of experts and to manage them for the duration of the Program; and (2) up to five States for participation in the Program. Provides for fees to be charged to businesses using the Program in certain circumstances. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Small Business Act to allow any Small Business Development Center to apply for an additional grant to increase access by small businesses in its service area to on-line databases to facilitate technology transfer. Specifies ways in which a Center may seek to increase small business access.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T17:25:57Z,
101-hr-4611,101,hr,4611,National Cooperative Production Amendments of 1990,Commerce,1990-04-25,1990-07-09,"Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.",House,"Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9]",TX,D,B000880,10,"National Cooperative Production Amendments of 1990 - Amends the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 to:  (1) apply such Act to joint ventures for the production of any product, process, or service; and (2) require consideration of the worldwide capacity of suppliers to provide a product, process, or service in determining the relevant market for judging the reasonableness of conduct under a joint venture. Makes this Act inapplicable with respect to any activity in connection with a joint production venture if more than 30 percent of the beneficial ownership of the voting securities and equity of such venture is controlled by foreign entities.  Requires any facilities operated by such venture to be located within the United States or its territories. Declares that this Act shall not affect any rights or obligations under the Free-Trade Agreement Between the United States and Canada.",2026-01-07T14:11:22Z,
101-s-2441,101,s,2441,Motion Picture Copyright Protection Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-04-05,1990-04-11,Referred to Subcommittee on Technology and the Law.,Senate,"Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]",WI,D,K000305,0,"Motion Picture Copyright Protection Act of 1990 - Amends Federal copyright law to provide that the exclusive right to reproduce a copyrighted motion picture includes the right to protect copies of it from reproduction through a process or treatment which prevents or inhibits reproduction. Declares a person to be an infringer of the copyright of an antifacsimile processed motion picture if that person imports, makes, sells, or distributes motion picture facsimile reproduction equipment. Declares that the importation of such equipment is actionable.",2025-08-26T17:25:51Z,
101-s-2399,101,s,2399,"A bill to authorize the registration of the word mark ""National Senior Olympics"".",Commerce,1990-04-03,1990-06-22,Committee on Commerce. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]",MO,R,D000030,6,"Authorizes the United States National Senior Sports Organization of Chesterfield, Missouri, to register ""National Senior Olympics"" as a trademark.",2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
101-s-2370,101,s,2370,"A bill to amend section 107 of title 17, United States Code, relating to fair use, to clarify that such section applies to both published and unpublished copyrighted works.",Commerce,1990-03-29,1990-07-11,"Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held jointly with the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.",Senate,"Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL]",IL,D,S000423,1,"Amends Federal copyright law to apply the fair use doctrine to all copyrighted work, whether published or unpublished.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-s-2358,101,s,2358,Digital Audio Tape Recorder Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-03-28,1990-06-13,Subcommittee on Communications. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-890.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,0,"Digital Audio Tape Recorder Act of 1990 - Prohibits the manufacture or distribution of digital audio tape recorders or interface devices which do not conform to specified criteria implementing the serial copy management system (a technical system for controlling ""serial"" copying on digital audio tape (DAT) recorders).  Prohibits the manufacture or distribution of any device or provision of any service that circumvents such system, unless it is a professional model DAT recorder. Authorizes civil actions in Federal district court for violations of this Act.",2025-08-26T17:24:23Z,
101-hr-4366,101,hr,4366,Copyright and Mask Work Dispute Settlement Authority Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-03-22,1990-03-27,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]",WI,D,K000020,0,Copyright and Mask Work Dispute Settlement Authority Act of 1990 - Amends Federal copyright law to prescribe dispute settlement procedures in the event of a disagreement between the United States and a foreign country regarding either nation's obligation to accord copyright and mask work protection to works protected by a bilateral agreement between the two nations.,2025-08-26T17:25:19Z,
101-s-2322,101,s,2322,"A bill to encourage innovation and productivity, stimulate trade, and promote the competitiveness and technological leadership of the United States, to establish a Commission to study the impact of the antitrust laws on the competitiveness of the United States industries, and for other purposes.",Commerce,1990-03-22,1990-04-11,"Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.",Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,0,"Title I:  National Cooperative Research - National Cooperative Research Act Extension of 1990 - Amends the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 to include a joint manufacturing venture within the scope of such Act as an activity that shall not be deemed illegal per se under the antitrust laws. Title II:  Cooperative Innovation - National Cooperative Innovation and Commercialization Act of 1990 - Establishes legal and other procedures and standards regarding cooperative innovation agreements, including procedures by which firms may seek agreement approval from an authorizing agency and thereby obtain exemption from criminal antitrust actions or civil antitrust damage actions.  Defines ""cooperative innovation arrangement"" (arrangement) to include activities such as the making or performance of a contract for the purpose of manufacturing, producing, marketing, or otherwise commercializing products, processes, or information developed jointly.  Precludes any arrangement approved under this Act by the authorizing agency from being deemed illegal per se under the Federal antitrust laws or similar State laws. Establishes a procedure for submission and approval of written applications for arrangements.  Specifies required disclosures to be made in such applications.  Provides for publication of notice by the authorizing agency in the Federal Register and for review of such applications.  Sets forth criteria for: (1) approval of applications by the authorizing agency, including requirements that the arrangement will not possess substantial market power in any relevant market and that its duration will not exceed specified limits; and (2) defining relevant markets.  Makes injunctive relief the exclusive remedy in any criminal or civil action under the antitrust laws while the authorizing agency's approval is in effect. Establishes procedures for investigation and review of the approved arrangement during any time in which an approval is in effect.  Sets time limits for duration of approval and procedures for submitting applications for renewal. Makes information submitted in connection with applications for approval or petitions for revocation exempt from disclosure and confidential, with exceptions.  Provides for judicial review of action by the authorizing agency. Provides for the payment of costs, including a reasonable attorney's fee, to the substantially prevailing party in any Federal antitrust or similar State law action based on conduct that results from any approved arrangement. Disclaims any intent to repeal, supersede, or modify the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984. Title III:  Centennial Commission on the Sherman Act - Centennial Commission on the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 - Establishes the Centennial Commission on the the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 to:  (1) develop recommendations to enhance the productivity and international competitiveness of U.S. industry through the antitrust laws; (2) provide comments on private sector requests for relief from such laws and action to ensure that an applicant is likely to become internationally competitive without creating an anticompetitive atmosphere within the United States; (3) create a forum where national leaders from business, labor, academia, and Government shall develop recommendations to address problems in the antitrust laws affecting the competitiveness of U.S.  industries; (4) provide policy recommendations to the Congress, the President, and the Department of Justice regarding specific issues concerning antitrust and competitiveness; and (5) report its analysis and recommendations to the President and the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-01-07T14:11:22Z,
101-s-2326,101,s,2326,"A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents on certain processes.",Commerce,1990-03-22,1990-04-11,"Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.",Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,5,Amends Federal patent law to provide that a process of making a product shall not be considered obvious (and shall thus be patentable) if an essential material used in the process is novel and nonobvious. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare as an unlawful trade practice the importation into the United States of articles made or processed by means of a biotechnological material infringing on an enforceable U.S. patent.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-hr-4351,101,hr,4351,Liability Risk Retention Amendments of 1990,Commerce,1990-03-21,1990-07-11,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2]",KS,D,S000477,2,"Liability Risk Retention Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Liability Risk Retention Act to change the ways in which:  (1) States are allowed to regulate risk retention groups; (2) such groups are explicitly exempt from State regulation; and (3) States may control the licensing of agents or brokers for such groups. Allows a risk retention group to provide liability insurance to a nonmember in certain circumstances. Changes the ways in which:  (1) purchasing groups are explicitly exempt from State regulation; and (2) States may control the licensing of agents or brokers for such groups.  Requires additional information in the notice to State insurance commissioners of intent by a purchasing group to do business. Allows a purchasing group to purchase insurance only from an insurer meeting certain requirements of this Act. Authorizes admitted insurers, approved surplus lines insurers, and other nonadmitted insurers to provide insurance under the Act to purchasing groups, provided certain conditions are met.  Requires the provision of insurance by a qualified purchasing group insurer to be regulated in specified ways by the State in which the group has its principal place of business.  Requires that purchasing group insurers furnish specified information to the insurance commissioner of the State in which it has its principal place of business and, in certain circumstances, to the insurance commissioner of each State in which it is doing business.  Requires a purchasing group insurer to register with and designate the State insurance commissioner of each State in which it has insured members as its agent for receiving service of legal documents or process. Requires the ownership interests of members of risk retention groups to be considered exempted securities for the purposes of the broker-dealer registration requirements of specified provisions of the Securities Act of 1933. Declares that the exemption provided under specified provisions of this Act includes the promotion, sale, and distribution of ownership interests in a company or association which is being organized solely for the purpose of qualifying as a risk retention group. Adds references to purchasing group insurers to provisions concerning the permissible State authority with regard to:  (1) State motor vehicle no-fault and financial responsibility insurance law; (2) the applicability of the exemptions in the Act to liability insurance, and the provision or purchase of any other line of insurance; and (3) coverage which is prohibited generally by State statute or declared unlawful by the highest court of the State. Allows a State, subject to certain provisions relating to discrimination, to specify acceptable means of demonstrating financial responsibility as a condition for obtaining a license or permit to undertake specified activities. Prohibits a State from prohibiting any political subdivision or other public entity from becoming a member of a risk retention group or a purchasing group or from obtaining insurance provided by or for a group of which it is a member. Prohibits a  State, except the State in which a risk retention group is chartered or has its principal place of business, from requiring a risk retention group or a purchasing group to pay a registration fee. Provides for injunctions to prevent:  (1) application of State laws inconsistent with this Act; or (2) discrimination against a risk retention group or a purchasing group. Prohibits a State or political subdivision from establishing or applying requirements or limitations which are not identical to those in this Act.",2025-08-26T17:27:41Z,
101-s-2294,101,s,2294,Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-03-20,1990-03-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.,Senate,"Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]",MD,D,M000702,0,"Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act of 1990 - Amends the Small Business Act to add to existing goals for participation of small business concerns in Federal procurement contracts the participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by women.  Requires the head of each Federal agency to report to the Small Business Administration (SBA) on the extent that small business concerns owned and controlled by women participate in procurement contracts and subcontracts. Declares it is the policy of the United States that small business concerns owned and controlled by women shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontracts let by any Federal agency.  Precludes the award of any contract unless the procurement authority determines that the offeror's plan includes the maximum opportunity for participation of small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Authorizes any Federal agency, when dealing with negotiated contracts, to provide such incentives as it may deem appropriate to encourage subcontracting opportunities for small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Requires the SBA to report annually to certain congressional committees on subcontracting plans found acceptable by any Federal agency which the SBA determines do not contain maximum opportunities for small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Requires the Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization for each Federal agency to designate an employee of that Director's office to be a Women-in-Business Specialist. Requires each Federal agency having procurement powers to affirmatively solicit offers from small business concerns owned and controlled by women and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.",2025-08-26T17:24:30Z,
101-hjres-518,101,hjres,518,"Designating October 13 through 20, 1990, as ""American Textile Industry Bicentennial Week"".",Commerce,1990-03-14,1990-10-25,Became Public Law No: 101-464.,House,"Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3]",TN,D,L000381,233,"Designates the week of October 13 through October 20, 1990, as American Textile Industry Bicentennial Week.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
101-hr-4263,101,hr,4263,"To amend section 107 of title 17, United States Code, relating to fair use, to clarify that such section applies to both published and unpublished copyrighted works.",Commerce,1990-03-14,1990-09-27,For Further Action See H.R.5498.,House,"Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]",WI,D,K000020,2,"Amends Federal copyright law to apply the fair use doctrine to all copyrighted work, whether published or unpublished.",2025-01-16T12:12:20Z,
101-hr-4213,101,hr,4213,Consumer Credit Protection Amendments of 1990,Commerce,1990-03-07,1990-06-12,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-18]",CA,D,L000225,32,"Consumer Credit Protection Amendments of 1990 - Title I:  Fair Credit Reporting Amendments - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to place additional restrictions on the permissible purposes of consumer reports.  Adds dwelling rental applications and check cashing privilege applications to the list of permissible uses. Prohibits, subject to exception, a consumer reporting agency (CRA) from furnishing certain reports in connection with any credit or business transaction which is not initiated by the consumer. Prohibits a CRA from reporting Chapter 13 bankruptcy information that is more than seven years old and other bankruptcy information that is more than ten years old.  (Current law prohibits reporting any bankruptcy information, including Chapter 13, that is more than ten years old.) Provides for graduated periods of obsolescence for information relating to overdue payments.  Repeals exemptions to obsolete information reporting prohibitions relating to credit, life insurance, or employment involving amounts over specified sums. Prohibits a CRA from prohibiting any report user from disclosing the contents of a report to the consumer. Requires a CRA to maintain certain records regarding:  (1) accuracy assurance procedures; and (2) the certified purpose for which any information relating to any consumer is requested by any person. Requires any CRA, on request of any person, to disclose specified information about itself. Requires that:  (1) certain disclosures by a CRA to a consumer required by current law be in writing; (2) all information in the consumer's file (currently, the nature and substance of all information) be disclosed to the consumer; (3) certain information be disclosed to the consumer regarding identification of any person who had access to any information in the consumer's file; and (4) any disclosure by a CRA to any consumer under specified provisions include a summary of all the consumer's rights and remedies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.  Requires that such a summary be included in disclosures relating to:  (1) investigative consumer reports; and (2) reports focusing on public record information for employment purposes. Requires reinvestigations in case of disputed accuracy to be completed within a reasonable time, not to exceed 30 days.  (Current law requires completion within a reasonable time.)  Requires CRAs to keep certain records regarding reinvestigation procedures.  Sets forth requirements regarding:  (1) notice upon a determination that a dispute is frivolous or irrelevant; (2) notice upon completion of a reinvestigation; and (3) reinvestigations which cannot be completed in 30 days.  Eliminates the option for a CRA to include in a report a codification or summary of a consumer's statement regarding disputed accuracy rather than the statement itself.  Requires that a CRA:  (1) notify of a consumer dispute any person designated by the consumer who has received a non-employment report within the last year (currently, within the last six months); and (2) disclose to the consumer the recipients of any such report within the last year (currently, within the last six months). Sets a dollar limit on charges which may be imposed by a CRA for certain disclosures and makes other changes regarding when charges may be made. Requires a CRA which furnishes a consumer report for employment purposes to notify the consumer of the specific source of the information. Revises the duties of users of consumer reports, including requiring the user to provide:  (1) the name and address of the three largest CRAs; and (2) the written summary of the consumer's rights and remedies prepared under specified provisions. Makes any person who furnishes information to any CRA (as well as CRAs and users of reports) civilly liable for willful noncompliance and for negligent noncompliance with the Act. Makes all functions and powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) available to the FTC to enforce compliance.  (Current law links enforcement to specified provisions of the FTCA.) Makes persons who furnish information to CRAs subject to certain administrative enforcement provisions, as enforced by bodies other than the FTC. Requires any person who regularly furnishes information to a CRA to give notice of such fact in writing to the consumer before providing information about the consumer to the CRA. Requires any person, when that person, in the course of conducting business, furnishes information about any consumer to a CRA, to follow reasonable procedures to assure the accuracy of the information. Title II:  Credit Repair Organizations - Credit Repair Organizations Act - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit any credit repair organization (any person who provides a service for the purpose of improving a consumer's credit record) from:  (1) charging or receiving any money prior to the completion of its services (unless it has obtained a $50,000 surety bond); (2) charging or receiving money solely for the referral of a customer to a retailer if the credit which may be extended to the buyer is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (3) advising any client to make an untrue or misleading statement; or (4) using any untrue or misleading statement. Requires the organization to provide the consumer with a written disclosure statement which includes a description of:  (1) the consumer's rights; (2) the services to be provided by the organization; and (3) the total amount the consumer will be charged.  Sets forth contract requirements and the rights of the consumer with regard to cancellation of such contract. Subjects any organization which fails to comply with any provision of this Act to Federal civil liability. Provides for the administrative enforcement of this Act by the Federal Trade Commission, as provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act.",2025-08-26T17:25:21Z,
101-s-2228,101,s,2228,Consumer Seafood Safety and Quality Assurance Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-03-01,1990-07-13,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 690.,Senate,"Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]",SC,D,H000725,5,"Consumer Seafood Safety and Quality Assurance Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, to establish a comprehensive seafood safety and quality assurance program for fish and fish products.  Sets forth program requirements.  Requires the program to be consistent, to the extent practicable, with the guidelines for the National Shellfish Sanitation Program developed by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) prescribe health-based and other standards of sanitation and quality control for the processing of fish and fish products; and (2) prescribe standards of identity and composition, minimum quality, and fill of container for fish and fish products.  Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, to promote commerce in fish and fish products, to establish voluntary grading criteria for fish and fish products which exceed minimum quality standards. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to:  (1) prescribe standards for fish growing and harvesting areas; and (2) assess the effectiveness of existing Federal standards and guidelines for classifying shellfish growing areas in minimizing hazards associated with the human consumption of shellfish and closure of growing areas containing safe and wholesome shellfish. Provides for the triennial review of Federal seafood standards. Directs the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for a report to:  (1) identify the contaminants likely to be found in fish and fish products and which are likely to cause such products to be injurious to health; (2) recommend priorities for standards for contaminant levels on the basis of health risks; and (3) provide other data or assistance, as necessary.  Requires the Secretary to establish standards for contaminants most likely to be found in fish and fish products and most likely to be injurious to human health. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish procedures for the registration of processing facilities and persons engaged in the commercial importation of fish and fish products.  Prohibits any facility or importer from handling such products unless registered by the Secretary of Commerce.  Sets forth application requirements, sanctions for failures to comply with this Act, and registration reinstatement procedures. Directs the Secretary to establish an inspection system for fish and fish products to protect the public from adulteration or misbranding. Requires segregation, condemnation, and destruction of adulterated or misbranded fish and fish products, unless they are brought into compliance with this Act by relabeling or other action. Sets forth labeling requirements for processed fish and fish products. Requires a written report to be given to the owner or operator of a processing facility after inspection and before leaving the facility. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a system to monitor and classify geographical growing and harvesting areas from which significant quantities of fish or fish products not in compliance with this Act may be reasonably expected to originate.  Requires the Secretary of Commerce, if it is determined that fish harvested from an area are likely to be unsafe, to designate such area as a restricted harvesting area. Deems an area as restricted for shellfish if the State with jurisdiction over the area:  (1) does not have an equivalent monitoring and classification system in effect; or (2) has such a system and has prohibited the harvesting of shellfish from such area.  Directs the Secretary of Commerce to periodically review designated areas and modify such designations, as appropriate. Requires the Secretary to require any person who owns or operates a processing facility or who is engaged in the importation of fish or fish products to recall any fish or fish product if there is a reasonable probability that the product will cause a serious, adverse health consequence or death.  Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations for tracing products in connection with a recall. Prohibits entering, or withdrawing from warehouse, any fish or fish product unless it complies with certain requirements.  Requires that, upon entry for consumption in the United States, fish products satisfying such requirements be deemed to be and treated as domestic fish or fish products.  Requires enforcement through random inspections, sampling, and any other procedures necessary.  Requires destruction of fish and fish products in violation of these provisions unless exported or brought into compliance.   Requires other costs resulting from denial of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, to be paid by the owner or consignee, with nonpayment constituting a lien against the fish or fish product and any other fish or fish product thereafter entered or withdrawn by such owner or consignee. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to enter into an agreement with each nation desiring to export fish or fish products to the United States.  Directs the Secretary, prior to concluding such an agreement, to evaluate the seafood safety and quality assurance program of the foreign nation to determine if such program is equivalent to the program established under this Act.  Requires such agreements to provide for reciprocity with respect to imports and exports of fish and fish products between the two nations.  Directs the Secretary to issue certificates to nations having such programs.  Provides for inspection of all fish or fish products from nations not having a valid agreement with the United States or not having certificates.  Subjects fish or fish products from nations having such certificates to random inspections, sampling, testing, and other actions.  Provides for the review of certificates at least every five years and the revocation of certificates of nations not maintaining equivalent inspection and quality assurance programs. Allows fish or fish products to be exempted from specific requirements of this Act if necessary to avoid conflict with a law or custom of the importing nation.  Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) inspect fish or fish products intended for export as necessary to ensure compliance with this Act; and (2) upon request, provide a certificate of export stating the condition of fish or fish products inspected. Prohibits specified acts relating to:  processing; selling; transporting; adulterating or misbranding; labeling; forging; counterfeiting, or using without authorization marks or registrations; inspection; and records maintenance.  Provides for civil and criminal penalties.  Exempts common carriers from the penalties in certain circumstances. Prohibits discrimination against any employee who:   (1) files a complaint or institutes or testifies in a proceeding relating to a violation of this Act; or (2) refuses to perform a duty which would result in a violation of this Act. Authorizes employees who believe they have been discriminated against to file complaints with the Secretary of Labor.  Sets forth provisions concerning relief for employees who have been adversely affected. Requires the Secretary, through the Centers for Disease Control, to establish an active surveillance system to provide an estimate of the frequency and sources of human disease in the United States associated with the consumption of fish and fish products.  Directs the Secretary to assess health hazards with respect to:  (1) fish and fish products that are commercially harvested and processed as compared with those harvested for recreational or subsistence purposes and prepared noncommercially; (2) fish and fish products that are domestically harvested and processed as compared with imported fish and fish products; and (3) contamination originating from practices both prior to and after the sale of fish or fish products to consumers. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce to design and implement a national consumer education and information program on seafood, under which the Secretary is required to provide to consumers information on the health hazards associated with the consumption of fish and fish products. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a five-year shellfish indicator research program to develop a system of classification of shellfish growing waters based on the latest technological advancements in microbiology and epidemiological methods.  Requires the research program to evaluate representative estuaries in each of the major U.S. shellfish growing regions and make recommendations pertaining to shellfish management and regulatory considerations. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to:  (1) carry out the research program through grants to eligible applicants; and (2) establish an advisory panel to assist in the development and implementation of the research program. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce to publish a strategic research plan for the requirements of this Act. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce to encourage States to have programs at least equal to the program established by this Act.  Authorizes the provision to a State of advice, technical and laboratory assistance and training, and financial and other aid. Allows the Governor of any State desiring to administer its own seafood safety and quality assurance program to apply to the Secretary for approval.  Directs the Secretary to approve the State program for up to five years if certain requirements are met. Provides for monitoring of State programs.  Directs the Secretary to annually grant to each State with an approved program 60 percent of the cost of operating a federally equivalent program. Authorizes the appropriate Secretary, for States not approved for their own programs, to deputize specific State employees to carry out inspection and monitoring activities. Exempts from this Act:  (1) processing by an individual for the individual's own use; (2) processing facilities solely processing fish products not intended for human consumption; (3) any restaurant, retail store, or recreational vessel; and (4) contract or common carriers.  Exempts from specified requirements of this Act certain vessels that harvest or commercially prepare fish or fish products. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to study:  (1) the role of exempted vessels in providing fish and fish products; and (2) the necessity of including any particular type or class of such vessels in the registration or inspection system. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
101-hr-4122,101,hr,4122,Fair Credit Reporting Amendments of 1990,Commerce,1990-02-27,1990-06-12,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10]",NY,D,S000148,0,"Fair Credit Reporting Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require that the file of any consumer at a consumer reporting agency (CRA) include specified information on each inquiry about such file. Prohibits a CRA from making a report of inquiries which were not specifically authorized by the consumer. Amends provisions setting forth the permissible purposes of consumer reports to specify that the ""legitimate business need"" purpose applies only in connection with a transaction specifically authorized by (currently, involving) the consumer. Prohibits a CRA from providing any information in a consumer's file unless the inquirer certifies that the information will not be used to solicit the consumer. Requires disclosures by a CRA to a consumer to be in an understandable form.  Requires disclosure, on request, of all information (currently, the nature and substance of all information) in the consumer's file.  Specifies the information which must be disclosed to the consumer about inquirers and applies that requirement to non-employment reports made in the last year (currently, the last six months). Requires that reinvestigation of disputed information be conducted within 30 days (currently, a reasonable time).  Sets forth:  (1) reinvestigation procedures and requires a report to the consumer after completion; and (2) procedures for notifying inaccurate information recipients.  Requires coordination of correction efforts with suppliers of information, including reinvestigation by the suppliers. Requires disclosure of certain rights and associated information to a consumer who disputes information. Requires a CRA, upon request, to make certain disclosures to the consumer at least once a year without charge. Replaces provisions specifying requirements imposed on users of consumer reports with provisions requiring report users who take adverse action with regard to a consumer, based in whole or in part on information in the report, to notify the consumer.  Specifies the form of the notice. Prohibits any person from furnishing any information to any CRA which the person has reasonable cause to believe is incomplete or inaccurate.  Adds references to persons who furnish information to CRAs to provisions imposing civil liability for willful or negligent noncompliance.",2025-08-26T17:26:28Z,
101-hr-4123,101,hr,4123,Small Business National Resource Development and Employment Opportunity Act,Commerce,1990-02-27,1990-11-05,See H.R.5021.,House,"Rep. Smith, Neal Edward [D-IA-4]",IA,D,S000596,8,Small Business National Resource Development and Employment Opportunity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator to make grants to or enter into contracts with State and local governments for the purpose of contracting with small businesses to plant trees on lands controlled by such governments. Makes the Administrator responsible for formulating a national small business tree planting program.  Authorizes appropriations.,2025-08-26T17:26:13Z,
101-s-2193,101,s,2193,Patent Remedy Clarification Act,Commerce,1990-02-27,1990-03-16,"Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.",Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,2,"Patent Remedy Clarification Act - Amends Federal patent law to provide that neither the States, their officers, nor their instrumentalities are immune from patent infringement liability. Provides the same remedies for patent infringement against State entities as are available against any private entity.",2025-08-26T17:26:40Z,
101-s-2169,101,s,2169,"A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to impose a 5-year moratorium on the granting of patents on genetically altered or modified animals in order to establish a federal regulatory and review process to deal with the economic, environmental, and ethical issues raised by the patenting of such animals.",Commerce,1990-02-26,1990-03-16,"Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.",Senate,"Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]",OR,R,H000343,0,"Amends Federal patent law to declare a five-year moratorium on the granting of patents on genetically altered animals.  Exempts from such moratorium animals whose commercialization is subject to a Federal regulatory process which imposes environmental, health and safety, and biomedical ethical standards.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-hr-4096,101,hr,4096,Digital Audio Tape Recorder Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-02-22,1990-03-05,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.",House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24]",CA,D,W000215,17,"Digital Audio Tape Recorder Act of 1990 - Prohibits the manufacture or distribution of digital audio tape recorders or interface devices which do not conform to specified criteria implementing the serial copy management system (a technical system for controlling ""serial"" copying on digital audio tape (DAT) recorders).  Prohibits the manufacture or distribution of any device or provision of any service that circumvents such system, unless it is a professional model digital audio tape recorder. Authorizes civil actions in Federal district court for violations of this Act.",2025-08-26T17:27:36Z,
101-s-2146,101,s,2146,A bill to clarify the authority of the Small Business Administration to make disaster assistance loans to small businesses in case of disasters determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.,Commerce,1990-02-20,1990-02-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,8,"Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make disaster assistance loans to small business concerns within drought disaster areas, without regard to whether such a concern's economic loss is directly related to agricultural production losses. Imposes a civil penalty for wrongful misapplication of loan proceeds.",2025-01-14T17:16:56Z,
101-hr-3990,101,hr,3990,Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-02-07,1990-09-27,For Further Action See H.R.5498.,House,"Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]",WI,D,K000020,1,Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990 - Amends Federal copyright law to define and include architectural works within the scope of copyright subject matter. Excludes from such copyright any right to prevent a pictorial representation of an architectural work if it is embodied in a structure located in a public place. Precludes the copyright owner of an architectural work from:  (1) obtaining an injunction restraining the construction of an infringing structure if construction has substantially begun; or (2) obtaining a court order requiring the seizure or demolition of an infringing structure. Permits the owners of a structure embodying an architectural work to make certain minor alterations without the copyright owner's consent.,2025-08-26T17:26:41Z,
101-hr-3991,101,hr,3991,Unique Architectural Structures Copyright Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-02-07,1990-09-27,For Further Action See H.R.5498.,House,"Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]",WI,D,K000020,0,"Unique Architectural Structures Copyright Act of 1990 - Amends Federal copyright law to provide that the definition of ""useful article"" does not include one-of-a-kind buildings and other three-dimensional structures that possess a unique artistic character.",2025-08-26T17:26:40Z,
101-hr-3957,101,hr,3957,"To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents on certain processes.",Commerce,1990-02-06,1990-09-25,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]",VA,D,B000657,26,Amends Federal patent law to provide that a process of making a product shall not be considered obvious (and shall thus be patentable) if an essential material used in the process is novel and nonobvious. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare as an unlawful trade practice the importation into the United States of articles made or processed by means of a biotechnological material infringing on an enforceable U.S. patent.,2025-01-16T12:12:20Z,
101-hr-3943,101,hr,3943,Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990,Commerce,1990-02-05,1990-03-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44]",CA,D,B000236,17,"Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title establishing, at the Centers for Disease Control, a Center for Tobacco Products to coordinate Federal education and research with regard to tobacco products.  Directs the Center to conduct certain activities, including to study tobacco product additives and disclose their health risks to consumers and to establish ten model State programs to enforce laws concerning the sale of tobacco products to minors.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Transfers functions of the Federal Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to the Center. Amends the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act to require the establishment of an outreach program to youth about the health consequences of smoking. Directs the Center to make grants:  (1) for public information campaigns concerning the use of tobacco products; (2) to States for anti-tobacco use programs and programs to limit youth access to tobacco products; and (3) to unions and others to attempt to reduce the incidence of smoking among workers. Requires the establishment of a program, with an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health, to inform the public of any dangers to human health presented by cigarette smoking and by smokeless tobacco products.  Requires related reports to the Congress. Details administrative requirements of grants. Imposes criminal penalties allowing seizure of such products, and penalties against retailers engaged in a pattern of sale to minors. Declares tobacco products to be misbranded for not disclosing to the public information on additives and harmful constituents.  Describes conditions which constitute adulteration of tobacco products, including if the product contains any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, import, or package any tobacco product unless the person has provided the Center:  (1) a complete list of tobacco additives and the quantity of each; and (2) a complete list of all brands that includes the levels of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other constituents for each brand. Makes it unlawful to engage in certain types of advertising and promotion of tobacco products.  Provides for establishment of an advisory committee to give advice on promulgation of regulations imposing additional restrictions or requirements on tobacco advertising and promotion. Repeals the Federal preemption of State regulation of local tobacco advertising, allowing the enactment by States and local governments of additional restrictions on the sale of tobacco products to minors and on the placement of tobacco advertising displayed solely within the applicable geographic area. Makes conforming amendments to the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986. Changes the warning label on cigarettes.",2025-08-26T17:29:01Z,
101-hr-3886,101,hr,3886,Patent Remedy Clarification Act,Commerce,1990-01-24,1990-02-06,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]",WI,D,K000020,1,"Patent Remedy Clarification Act - Amends Federal patent law to declare that neither the States, their officers, nor their instrumentalities are immune from patent infringement liability. Provides the same remedies for patent infringement against State entities as are available against any private entity.",2025-08-26T17:25:55Z,
101-s-1936,101,s,1936,Liability Risk Retention Amendments of 1989,Commerce,1989-11-20,1989-11-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]",WI,R,K000019,0,"Liability Risk Retention Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Liability Risk Retention Act to change the ways in which:  (1) States are allowed to regulate risk retention groups; (2) such groups are explicitly exempt from State regulation; and (3) States may control the licensing of agents or brokers for such groups. Allows a risk retention group to provide liability insurance to a nonmember in certain circumstances. Changes the ways in which:  (1) purchasing groups are explicitly exempt from State regulation; and (2) States may control the licensing of agents or brokers for such groups.  Requires additional information in the notice to State insurance commissioners of intent by a purchasing group to do business. Allows a purchasing group to purchase insurance only from an insurer meeting certain requirements of this Act. Authorizes admitted insurers, approved surplus lines insurers, and other nonadmitted insurers to provide insurance under the Act to purchasing groups, provided certain conditions are met.  Requires the provision of insurance by a qualified purchasing group insurer to be regulated in specified ways by the State in which the group has its principal place of business.  Requires that purchasing group insurers furnish specified information to the insurance commissioner of the State in which it has its principal place of business and, in certain circumstances, to the insurance commissioner of each State in which it is doing business.  Requires a purchasing group insurer to register with and designate the State insurance commissioner of each State in which it has insured members as its agent for receiving service of legal documents or process. Requires the ownership interests of members of risk retention groups to be considered exempted securities for the purposes of the broker-dealer registration requirements of specified provisions of the Securities Act of 1933. Declares that the exemption provided under specified provisions of this Act includes the promotion, sale, and distribution of ownership interests in a company or association which is being organized solely for the purpose of qualifying as a risk retention group. Adds references to purchasing group insurers to provisions concerning the permissible State authority with regard to:  (1) State motor vehicle no-fault and financial responsibility insurance law; (2) the applicability of the exemptions in the Act to liability insurance, and the provision or purchase of any other line of insurance; and (3) coverage which is prohibited generally by State statute or declared unlawful by the highest court of the State. Allows a State, subject to certain provisions relating to discrimination, to specify acceptable means of demonstrating financial responsibility as a condition for obtaining a license or permit to undertake specified activities. Prohibits a State from prohibiting any political subdivision or other public entity from becoming a member of a risk retention group or a purchasing group or from obtaining insurance provided by or for a group of which it is a member. Prohibits a  State, except the State in which a risk retention group is chartered or has its principal place of business, from requiring a risk retention group or a purchasing group to pay a registration fee. Provides for injunctions to prevent:  (1) application of State laws inconsistent with this Act; or (2) discrimination against a risk retention group or a purchasing group. Prohibits a State or political subdivision from establishing or applying requirements or limitations which are not identical to those in this Act.",2025-08-26T17:29:18Z,
101-hr-3740,101,hr,3740,Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-11-19,1990-06-12,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-7]",NJ,R,R000262,13,"Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1989 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to replace provisions applying certain disclosure requirements to events occurring after the effective date of that Act with provisions:  (1) specifying disclosures required to be made at the beginning of certain credit transactions; and (2) requiring certain notice that information with respect to a consumer has been reported. Requires every consumer reporting agency to disclose to the consumer all information (currently, the nature and substance of all information, except medical information) in its files on the consumer. Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from imposing any charge or fee on any consumer for any disclosure under specified provisions. Requires certain notice to a consumer whenever any person takes any action which is adverse to the consumer and based on the information in a consumer report.  (Current law requires notice, different in content, when credit or insurance is denied, or provided at an increased charge, or when employment is denied.) Amends provisions limiting the permissible purposes of consumer reports to allow a report in connection with a business transaction initiated by (currently, involving) the consumer.  Prohibits a reporting agency from using consumer information for any purpose, including marketing plans or mailing lists, other than those allowed by such provisions. Prohibits a user of a consumer report from requiring or permitting the consumer to authorize the user to obtain information on the consumer after the end of the transaction or the termination of the credit relationship. Changes the definition of ""consumer report"" to mean factual information on any consumer's payment records and accurate legal and financial information directly relating to the consumer. Sets forth graduated periods of obsolescence for information relating to late or overdue payments.  Removes from provisions prohibiting the reporting of obsolete information the exceptions of credit transactions involving over a specified amount and employment involving an annual salary over a specified amount.  Requires a reporting agency to reinvestigate and record the current status of information within 30  days (currently, within a reasonable period) after a consumer notifies the agency of a dispute.  Changes requirements regarding notification by an agency after deletion of disputed information. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study on consumer reporting agency procedures which maximize accuracy. Provides for civil monetary penalties for violation of the FCRA. Requires each consumer reporting agency and each person who furnishes any information on any consumer to any such agency to register with the Federal Trade Commission or other specified Federal agencies.  Adds persons who furnish information to a consumer reporting agency to provisions relating to civil liability for willful or negligent noncompliance with the FCRA.",2025-08-26T17:26:07Z,
101-s-1883,101,s,1883,Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990,Commerce,1989-11-15,1990-05-16,Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 2795) in lieu of this measure.,Senate,"Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]",MA,D,K000105,19,"Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title establishing, at the Centers for Disease Control, a Center for Tobacco Products to coordinate Federal education and research with regard to tobacco products.  Directs the Center to conduct certain activities, including to study tobacco product additives and disclose their health risks to consumers and to establish ten model State programs to enforce laws concerning the sale of tobacco products to minors.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Transfers functions of the Federal Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to the Center. Amends the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act to require the establishment of an outreach program to youth about the health consequences of smoking. Directs the Center to make grants:  (1) for public information campaigns concerning the use of tobacco products; (2) to States for anti-tobacco use programs and programs to limit youth access to tobacco products; and (3) to unions and others to attempt to reduce the incidence of smoking among workers. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to add coverage of tobacco under such Acts. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education to make grants, distributed in accordance with the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988, to establish smoke-free schools. Requires the establishment of a program, with an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health, to inform the public of any dangers to human health presented by cigarette smoking and by smokeless tobacco products.  Requires related reports to the Congress. Details administrative requirements of grants. Imposes criminal penalties for adulteration and misbranding of tobacco products, allowing seizure of such products, and penalties against retailers engaged in a pattern of sale to minors.  Declares tobacco products to be misbranded for not disclosing to the public information on additives and harmful constituents.  Describes conditions which constitute adulteration of tobacco products, including if the product contains any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, import, or package any tobacco product unless the person has provided the Center:  (1) a complete list of tobacco additives and the quantity of each; and (2) a complete list of all brands that includes the levels of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other constituents for each brand. Repeals the Federal preemption of State regulation of local tobacco advertising, allowing the enactment by States and local governments of additional restrictions on the sale of tobacco products to minors and on the placement of tobacco advertising displayed solely within the applicable geographic area. Makes conforming amendments to the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986. Changes the warning label on cigarettes.",2025-08-26T17:27:40Z,
101-hr-3568,101,hr,3568,Motion Picture Copyright Protection Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-11-01,1989-11-06,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26]",CA,D,B000410,1,"Motion Picture Copyright Protection Act of 1989 - Amends Federal copyright law to provide that the exclusive right to reproduce a copyrighted motion picture includes the right to protect copies of it from reproduction through a process or treatment which prevents or inhibits reproduction. Declares a person to be an infringer of the copyright of an antifacsimile processed motion picture if that person imports, makes, sells, or distributes motion picture facsimile reproduction equipment. Declares that the importation of such equipment is actionable.",2025-08-26T17:26:40Z,
101-s-1822,101,s,1822,Fair Airport Access Assurance Act,Commerce,1989-10-31,1990-04-24,"Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-863.",Senate,"Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]",LA,D,B000780,0,"Fair Airport Access Assurance Act - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit local governments that own or operate airports which receive Federal assistance or that issue tax-exempt airport improvement bonds from imposing an unreasonable and unjustly discriminatory tax, fee, or condition on non-tenant, non-aeronautical, commercial users of such airports where the effect may be to substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly, regardless of whether such tax, fee, or condition is authorized by State law.",2026-01-07T14:11:22Z,
101-hr-3535,101,hr,3535,Small and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Demonstration Program Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-10-26,1989-11-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy, and Minority Enterprise Development.",House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,0,Small and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Demonstration Program Act of 1989 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a demonstration program under which one contracting activity in each military department and Defense Agency is authorized to undertake demonstration projects to determine whether the negotiation and administration of small business and small disadvantaged business subcontracting plans will result in simplified administration of such subcontracting opportunities under Department of Defense contracts.,2025-08-26T17:28:02Z,
101-hr-3499,101,hr,3499,Design Protection Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-10-19,1990-09-27,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22]",CA,R,M000926,1,"Design Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the copyright law to provide for the protection of original industrial designs of useful articles, except designs that are:  (1) not original; (2) staple or commonplace; (3) determined solely by a utilitarian function; or (4) composed of three-dimensional features of shape and surface in wearing apparel.  States that protection for a design shall be available for subject matter usually excluded if the design is a substantial revision, adaptation, or rearrangement of such subject matter. Sets the term of protection at ten years. Requires the design to be marked with a design notice when it is made public.  States that omission of such notice shall not cause loss of protection or prevent recovery for infringement against any person who receives written notice of the protection. Specifies the criteria for determination of infringement of a protected design. Provides that protection of a design shall be lost if application for registration is not made within one year after the date on which the design is first made public.  Provides for application for design protection. Specifies the ownership and transfer rights of designs subject to protection. Provides remedies for infringement of a registered design, including injunctive relief and damages.  Allows judicial review of a final refusal of the Register of Copyrights to register a design. Prescribes penalties for fraudulent registration, false marking, and false representation of any design.",2025-08-26T17:26:10Z,
101-s-1772,101,s,1772,Sports Service Mark Protection Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-10-19,1990-06-26,"Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-994.",Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,2,"Sports Service Mark Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to prohibit States from using a service mark owned by a professional sports organization in any lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting or gambling scheme.  Declares that any lottery or other scheme based on games of a professional sports organization shall be deemed to exploit the service mark owned by the organization.",2025-08-26T17:29:32Z,
101-hr-3484,101,hr,3484,Consumer Awareness and Trademark Protection Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-10-18,1989-10-24,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]",MD,D,C000141,36,"Consumer Awareness and Trademark Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to prohibit the importation, selling, or distribution in the United States of foreign-made items (and their wrappings) which bear a trademark that is identical (or substantially similar) to one owned by a U.S. citizen who has registered it with the Patent and Trademark Office, unless such person consents to the importation or sale. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to exclude such items from entry into Federal customs territory if the trademark owner files a copy of the trademark registration certificate with the Secretary. Authorizes such trademark owner to bring an action to enjoin such importation or sale.",2025-08-26T17:26:57Z,
101-hr-3436,101,hr,3436,Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-10-11,1989-10-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.,House,"Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9]",TX,D,B000880,0,"Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act of 1989 - Declares that antitrust laws shall not prohibit any importer, brewer, trademark owner, or trademark licensee of a trademarked malt beverage from entering into or carrying out an agreement which grants a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to sell such beverage within any defined geographic area of a State or limits such distributor to the distribution and sale of such beverage only for ultimate resale to consumers in such area, provided that such beverage has substantial and effective competition within the relevant market.",2025-08-26T17:24:15Z,
101-s-1737,101,s,1737,A bill to extend the Small Business Development Center Program.,Commerce,1989-10-06,1989-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.,Senate,"Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]",MN,R,B000647,5,"Amends the Small Business Development Center Act of 1980 to extend the Small Business Development Center Program from October 1, 1990, to October 1, 1995.",2025-01-14T17:16:56Z,
101-s-1743,101,s,1743,Interbrand Competition Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-10-06,1989-10-20,"Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.",Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,1,"Interbrand Competition Act of 1989 - Declares that it shall not be unlawful under Federal antitrust laws for a manufacturer, importer, trademark owner, or trademark licensee of a trademarked product to grant a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to distribute and sell such product in a defined geographical area and to limit the distribution and sale of such product only for ultimate resale to consumers within such area when such product is in substantial and effective competition with other products within the relevant markets.",2026-01-07T14:11:22Z,
101-hr-3371,101,hr,3371,Centralized Certification of Socially and Economically Disadvantaged and Women Owned Business Enterprises Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-09-28,1989-11-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy, and Minority Enterprise Development.",House,"Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1]",IL,D,H000388,17,Centralized Certification of Socially and Economically Disadvantaged and Women Owned Business Enterprises Act of 1989 - Mandates that any entity seeking certification as a socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprise or as a women owned business enterprise in order to participate in any federally funded program must submit a request for such certification to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Provides that such certification shall be the only one required under any such program. Directs the Administrator to promulgate certification standards.  Declares that the community property laws of a jurisdiction shall not apply with respect to such certification.,2025-08-26T17:25:10Z,
101-hr-3359,101,hr,3359,To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to require product advertising to disclose the countries in which components of the product are produced.,Commerce,1989-09-27,1989-10-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-3]",WV,D,W000654,22,"Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make it unlawful for any person to advertise any product unless the advertisement discloses: (1) the country in which the product is finally assembled; and (2) if parts constituting 50 percent or more of the cost to the assembler were manufactured in one or more foreign countries, then the name of the country or the disclosure that the parts are from a foreign country.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
101-hr-3341,101,hr,3341,Antitrust Criminal Penalties Amendments of 1989,Commerce,1989-09-26,1990-10-27,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.,House,"Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9]",TX,D,B000880,1,"Antitrust Criminal Penalties Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Sherman Act to increase the criminal penalties for antitrust violations from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 for corporations and from $100,000 to $350,000 for individuals.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-hr-3247,101,hr,3247,"To amend title 35, United States Code, to impose a 2-year moratorium on the granting of patents on genetically altered animals except for animals the commercialization of which is subject to a Federal regulatory review and approval process.",Commerce,1989-09-12,1989-09-15,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]",MD,D,C000141,10,"Amends Federal patent law to declare a two-year moratorium on the granting of patents on genetically altered animals.  Exempts from such moratorium animals whose commercialization is subject to a Federal regulatory process which imposes environmental, health and safety, and biomedical ethical standards.",2025-01-16T12:12:20Z,
101-hjres-394,101,hjres,394,"To designate the week of October 2 through 8, 1989, as ""America's Gold Week"".",Commerce,1989-08-04,1989-08-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large]",SD,D,J000177,14,"Designates the week of October 2 through October 8, 1989, as America's Gold Week.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
101-hr-3151,101,hr,3151,Interbrand Competition Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-08-04,1989-08-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.,House,"Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9]",TX,D,B000880,0,"Interbrand Competition Act of 1989 - Declares that it shall not be unlawful under Federal antitrust laws for a manufacturer, importer, trademark owner, or trademark licensee of a trademarked product to grant a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to distribute and sell such product in a defined geographical area and to limit the distribution and sale of such product only for ultimate resale to consumers within such area when such product is in substantial and effective competition with other products within the relevant markets.",2025-08-26T17:24:21Z,
101-hr-3158,101,hr,3158,"To amend title 17, United States Code, to permit the unlicensed viewing of videos under certain conditions.",Commerce,1989-08-04,1990-04-05,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]",MD,D,C000141,41,"Amends Federal copyright law to permit the unlicensed viewing of videos in a hospital, hospice, nursing home, or other group home providing health care if the institution:  (1) provides long-term health care services to individuals on a regular basis; and (2) serves as a temporary or permanent home for such individuals.  Prohibits such institutions from levying a direct charge for the video viewing, and from transmitting such video viewing via closed-circuit television or other means.",2025-01-16T12:12:20Z,
101-hr-3179,101,hr,3179,"To facilitate the providing of loan capital to and investments in small business concerns, and for other purposes.",Commerce,1989-08-04,1989-10-26,Committee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,15,"Title I:  Capital Access for Small Business - Small Business Credit Availability Act of 1989 - Establishes the Venture Enhancement and Loan Development Administration for Smaller Undercapitalized Enterprises (Velda Sue) as a Federal instrumentality to:  (1) develop uniform underwriting, security appraisal, and repayment standards for qualified loans; (2) determine the eligibility of certified poolers to contract with Velda Sue for specific mortgage pool guarantees; and (3) provide timely repayment guarantees of the principal and interest on certain qualified obligations. Provides for a Board of Directors to manage Velda Sue.  Authorizes Velda Sue to:  (1) set conditions under which it will guarantee qualified obligations and securities; and (2) issue securities based on certain pooled interests in qualified obligations.  Limits the amount of Velda Sue obligations and guarantees which may be outstanding at any one time.  Precludes the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) from approving any such obligations or guarantees if issuance would impair the financial safety or soundness of the Corporation. Directs Velda Sue to issue certification and eligibility standards for secondary marketing for loan poolers.  Limits certification to a five-year maximum period.  Declares that the Corporation  for Small Business Investment, at its election and without regard to eligibility standards for other poolers shall be approved as a certified pooler of qualified debentures only. Prescribes the percentages of obligations of poolers which Velda Sue shall guarantee. Directs the Board of Directors to establish standards governing the composition of each loan pool during the period in which Corporation guarantees are effective.  Outlines the  minimum standards for qualified loans and debenture pools. Directs Velda Sue to establish fees based upon the risk incurred in providing financial assistance or guarantees for:  (1) qualified loans; (2) qualified debentures; and (3) securities issued by a qualified loan pooler.  Prescribes maximum fee guidelines. Directs the Comptroller General to report annually to the Congress regarding Velda Sue's fee schedule and collection. Grants the Secretary general regulatory power over Velda Sue activities.  Requires Velda Sue to publish annual financial status reports as prescribed by the Secretary. Declares that for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, neither securities nor guarantees issued by Velda Sue shall be deemed to be a security issued by an agent of the Federal Government or a ""government security."" Authorizes Velda Sue to issue obligations to the Secretary solely for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary without fiscal year limitation. Confers original jurisdiction upon the Federal district courts for all civil actions to which Velda Sue is a party.  Directs the Comptroller General to perform a financial audit of Velda Sue. Title II - Corporation for Small Business Investment Charter Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to establish timetables to govern the promulgation of regulations by the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the qualification of licensees to do business with the Corporation for Small Business Investment and the special-purpose trust established by this Act. Establishes the Corporation for Small Business Investment as a Government-sponsored private corporation. Sets out the Corporation's stock structure.  Permits only small business investment companies to hold voting common stock.  Requires the Corporation to mandate certain contributions from these companies in order to accumulate capital surplus funds from private sources.  Includes depository institutions as eligible contributors entitled to receive stock and dispose of it. Authorizes the Corporation to issue obligations and securities, within prescribed limits with the approval of the Velda Sue Board of Directors.  Prohibits Velda Sue from approving the issuance of obligations or guarantees that would impair the financial soundness of the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to issue commitments or otherwise deal in small business investment securities.  Directs Velda Sue to examine the Corporation's financial conditions and to exercise general regulatory power over it according to prescribed guidelines. Sets forth the procedure for perfecting a security or ownership interest in small business investment securities created by the Corporation.  Authorizes the Corporation to guarantee specified securities. Directs the Corporation to establish criteria, including private capital amount requirements, for the qualification of small business investment companies to conduct business with it. Instructs the Corporation to enter into agreements with small business investment companies, which are authorized to provide equity capital and loans to small businesses.  Restricts the financing activities of the investment companies, setting time limits, aggregate securities acquisition limits, and use restrictions with respect to loan funds.  Prohibits the Corporation from purchasing or guaranteeing securities in excess of ten percent of its assets.  Provides for both financial and compliance audits of small business investment companies. Directs the Corporation to adopt independent criteria in connection with the qualification of a special type of small business investment company to invest solely in disadvantaged small businesses. Establishes a special-purpose trust to benefit special small business investment companies. Provides for SBA conveyance to the Corporation of all right, title, and interest to all securities and outstanding debentures issued by small business investment companies that are not in liquidation. Requires the trust to apply all of the funds held in trust and income to:  (1) cover any losses realized on debentures purchased or guaranteed by the Corporation; (2) reduce the interest rate on debentures issued by special small business investment companies or purchase their preferred securities; and (3) pay administrative costs. Authorizes the trustees to purchase preferred securities and the Corporation to purchase or guarantee the payment of principal and interest on debentures issued by special small business investment companies. Authorizes a special small business investment company to request that the Corporation purchase or guarantee its debentures subordinate to any other obligations of such companies.  Sets forth restrictions on the interest rate on and total amount of such debentures. Requires that all outstanding preferred securities purchased by the trust from special small business investment companies be redeemed and transferred to the Treasury 50 years after the effective date of this Act.  Authorizes appropriations for the trust for FY 1991 through FY 2000. Gives the SBA review authority over the Corporation and requires annual reporting in connection with this review. Mandates an annual audit, by Velda Sue of the Corporation's financial transactions with subsequent reports to the President and to the House and Senate Small Business Committees.  Subjects Corporation books and records to audit by the General Accounting Office and by the Office of the Inspector General of the SBA under specified conditions.  Requires annual Corporation reporting to the President, the SBA, relevant congressional committees, and Velda Sue. Requires the General Accounting Office, by January 31, 1993, to prepare a report for the House and Senate Small Business Committees on the Corporation's effectiveness in achieving the purposes of this Act. Directs the SBA to contract with the Corporation to administer all outstanding debentures issued by small business investment companies and guaranteed by Velda Sue. Confers original jurisdiction upon the Federal district courts for all civil actions to which either the Corporation or the trust is a party. Precludes the Corporation from issuing any obligations or guarantees until Velda Sue notifies it that it is ready to do business. Requires the Corporation to wind up its affairs and return all remaining funds to its shareholders on a pro rata basis if it does not receive such notice within two years of the effective date of this Act.",2024-02-07T15:46:26Z,
101-s-1529,101,s,1529,Intellectual Property Protection Act of 1989,Commerce,1989-08-04,1989-08-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]",WV,D,R000361,12,"Intellectual Property Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 which provides a remedy to prevent imported products which infringe the patents of U.S. businesses from entering the U.S. market. Directs the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to identify those foreign countries which, because of unreasonable delays in granting or enforcing patents or unnecessarily narrow interpretations of patent claims by the authorities which determine patent validity and infringement, effectively deny adequate and effective protection for the intellectual property of U.S. nationals.  Requires the Commissioner to publish such list in the Federal Register and transmit copies to the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission (USITC), the Attorney General, and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Directs the USITC, upon determining there is reason to believe that a product from a listed country involves a violation of the patent protections of such Act, to issue appropriate orders to prevent importation of such product without considering the effect of such orders upon specified factors that otherwise might preclude their issuance. Limits the defenses available during a USITC investigation of a foreign product under this Act. Waives the requirement that a USITC determination in such a case be referred to the President for approval.  Makes such determination final upon publication in the Federal Register. Eliminates the current exemption from such a USITC determination for any such products imported for the use of the Federal Government.",2025-08-26T17:28:30Z,