United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2022
Crime Control Act of 1990 - Title I: International Money Laundering - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress periodically with respect to certain reporting requirements involving currency transactions, the manner in which U.S. agencies collect and use such reports to support investigations and prosecutions, and a summary of: (1) sanctions imposed for failure to comply with reporting requirements; (2) criminal indictments which resulted from investigations initiated by analysis of such reports; and (3) information regarding suspicious financial transactions provided voluntarily by financial institutions. Directs the Secretary to appoint an Electronic Scanning Task Force to: (1) study methods of printing on U.S. currency notes in denominations of $10 or more a serial number that may be read by electronic scanning; (2) make an assessment of the cost of implementing such scanning; and (3) make recommendations about the amount of time needed for implementation. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) authorize the Attorney General or the Secretary to transfer forfeited personal property (or the proceeds of the sale) to any foreign country which participated in the seizure or forfeiture of the property, if certain conditions are met; (2) include within the definition of "specified unlawful activity" with respect to money laundering, offenses under provisions relating to false statements by an employee of a financial institution and false statements in connection with loan and credit applications and to exclude offenses relating to bank fraud; and (3) modify the knowledge requirement with respect to international money laundering. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to allow Government investigators access to financial institution records without customer notification in connection with a criminal money laundering investigation. Revises the Federal money laundering statute to include laundering proceeds of activities unlawful under laws of a foreign nation. Title II: Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 - Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Improving Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse Cases - Requires the Director of the Office of Victims of Crime to make grants to develop multidisciplinary child abuse investigation and prosecution programs. Enumerates program criteria, including requirements identifying an appropriate site for counseling child victims of sexual and serious physical abuse and neglect, referring cases to such counseling center within 24 hours, minimizing the number of interviews the child victim must attend, requiring that all interviews and meetings with a child victim occur at the counseling center, designating a director for the multidisciplinary program, and assigning volunteers or staff advocates to each child's family. Requires the Director to make grants to provide technical assistance and training to attorneys and others instrumental to the criminal prosecution of child abuse cases in State or Federal courts. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program - Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to: (1) make grants to expand the court-appointed special advocate program; and (2) establish criteria to be used in evaluating grant applications, which shall include a program providing screening, training, and supervision of court-appointed special advocates. Authorizes appropriations, subject to specified limitations. Subtitle C: Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners - Requires the Administrator to provide technical assistance and training to judicial personnel and attorneys to improve the judicial system's handling of child abuse and neglect cases and provide administrative reform in juvenile and family courts. Directs the Administrator to make grants to: (1) national organizations to develop model technical programs to improve the judicial system's handling of such cases; and (2) State courts or judicial administrators for programs that provide for training or technical assistance to judicial personnel and attorneys in juvenile and family courts, and for administrative reform in such courts. Directs that the grant criteria give priority to programs which improve procedures for preventing placement of children in foster care, make reasonable efforts to reunite the family, and coordinate information and services. Authorizes appropriations, subject to specified limitations. Requires that at least 80 percent of such funds be used for juvenile and family court and State judicial programs. Subtitle D: Federal Victims' Protections and Rights - Amends the Federal criminal code to allow in a proceeding involving an alleged offense against a child or involving a child witness, the attorney for the Government, the child's attorney, or the guardian ad litem to apply (at least five days before trial date) for a court order that the child's testimony be taken in a room outside the courtroom and be televised by two-way closed-circuit television (TV). Authorizes the court to order that such testimony be taken by closed-circuit TV if it finds that the child is unable to testify in open court because: (1) of the child's fear; (2) there is substantial likelihood that the child will suffer emotional trauma, supported by expert testimony; (3) the child suffers a mental or other infirmity; or (4) conduct by the defendant or defense counsel causes the child to be unable to continue testifying. Requires the court to support on the record any findings on the child's inability to testify in open court. Permits the court, in determining whether the impact on an individual child of one or more of such factors is so substantial as to justify such an order, to question the minor in chambers or at some other comfortable place other than the courtroom, on the record for a reasonable period of time with the child's attendant, the prosecutor, the child's attorney, the guardian ad litem, and the defense counsel present. Specifies that: (1) if the court orders the taking of testimony by television, the attorney for the Government and the defense attorney shall be present in the room with the child and the child shall be subject to direct cross-examination; and (2) the only other persons allowed to be present are the child's attorney or guardian ad litem, those persons necessary to operate the closed-circuit equipment, and other persons whose presence is determined by the court to be necessary to the welfare and well-being of the child. Requires that: (1) the child's testimony be transmitted by closed-circuit TV into the courtroom for the defendant, jury, judge, and public view; (2) the defendant be provided with the means of private, contemporaneous communication with his attorney during the testimony; and (3) the closed-circuit TV transmission relay the defendant's image into the room in which the child is testifying. Sets forth requirements with respect to competency examinations for child witnesses. Sets forth provisions with respect to confidentiality of information involving a child in connection with a criminal proceeding. Authorizes the court: (1) on motion by any person, to issue an order protecting a child's name or other information concerning the child in the course of the proceedings if the court determines that disclosure would be detrimental to the child; and (2) to allow disclosure to anyone to whom disclosure is necessary for the welfare and well-being of the child. Grants the child victim or witness the same right to submit victim impact statements prior to sentencing as prescribed for an adult. Directs that child victims or witnesses be assisted by their court appointed guardian ad litem in preparing victim impact statements. Encourages the use of multidisciplinary teams designed to assist child victims or child witnesses. Delineates the role of such teams. Authorizes the court to appoint a guardian ad litem or a witness to a crime involving abuse or exploitation to protect the best interests of the child. Sets forth guidelines with respect to criteria in choosing, and the duties of, such guardian. Grants a child testifying in or attending a judicial proceeding the right to be accompanied by an adult attendant to provide emotional support to the child, subject to certain restrictions. Directs that the image of the child attendant, for the time the child is testifying or being deposed, be recorded on videotape. Authorizes the court, in any proceeding where a child is called to give testimony, to designate the case as being of special public importance and to expedite the action. Requires the court to ensure a speedy trial and, in deciding whether or not to grant a continuance, to take into account the child's age and the potential adverse impact the delay may have on the child's well-being. Declares that no statute of limitations that would otherwise preclude prosecution for an offense involving the sexual or physical abuse of a child under age 18 shall preclude such prosecution before the child reaches age 25. Provides for extension of the period of limitations with respect to civil actions arising out of the same occurrence and in which the child is the victim. Authorizes the court to permit the child to use anatomical dolls, puppets, drawings, or any other demonstrative device to assist in testifying. Sets penalties for knowing or intentional violation of the privacy of child victims and child witnesses. Requires a person who, while engaged on Federal land or in a federally operated or contracted facility in one of specified professional capacities or activities (including health care provider, social worker, teacher, child care worker, law enforcement officer, foster parent, and commercial film processor) learns of facts that give reason to suspect an incident of child abuse, to report the suspected abuse as soon as possible to a designated agency. Makes the failure to report a misdemeanor. Provides immunity for good faith reporting and associated actions. Requires that such professionals receive periodic training in the obligations to report, as well as in the identification of abused and neglected children. Subtitle E: Child Care Worker Employee Background Checks - Requires Federal agencies involved with the provision of services to children under age 18 to assure that all existing and newly-hired employees undergo a criminal history background check. Sets forth procedures with respect to the conduct of such background checks. Specifies that: (1) any conviction for a sex crime, an offense involving a child victim, or a drug offense shall be grounds for denying employment or for dismissal of an employee engaged in specified child care services; (2) an incident in which an individual has been charged, but where the charge has not yet been disposed of, shall permit the employee's suspension from any contact with children until the case is resolved; and (3) convictions of other crimes may be considered if they bear on an individual's fitness to have responsibility for the safety and well-being of children. Sets forth requirements with respect to questions to be asked in employment applications, criminal history records checks, and access to (and the right to challenge the accuracy of) the criminal history report. Encourages voluntary criminal history checks for others who may have contact with children. Subtitle F: Grants for Televised Testimony - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States for equipment, personnel training, and videotaping for closed-circuit televising of the testimony of children who are victims of abuse. Sets forth requirements with respect to: (1) grant applications; (2) review of applications; (3) allocation and distribution of funds; and (4) reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle G: Treatment for Juvenile Offenders Who Are Victims of Child Abuse or Neglect - Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to public and nonprofit private organizations to develop, establish, and support projects which: (1) provide treatment to juvenile offenders who are victims of child abuse or neglect and to their families; (2) provide transitional services (including individual, group, and family counseling) to such offenders to strengthen family relationships and encourage the resolution of intrafamily problems related to the abuse or neglect, to facilitate their alternative placement, or to prepare juveniles aged 16 and older to live independently; and (3) carry out research and evaluation of treatment and transitional services provided with grants made under this Act. Sets forth priorities for awarding grants. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act of 1990 - Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Restoration of Recordkeeping Requirement - Amends the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988 to prohibit: (1) knowingly selling or otherwise transferring, or offering for sale or transfer, any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter produced with materials which have been mailed or shipped in interstate or foreign commerce or intended for such shipment which contains one or more visual depictions of actual sexually explicit conduct and which does not have affixed to it a statement of the location of records with respect to the performance depicted on every copy of such matter; or (2) any person to whom such Act applies from failing to create or maintain records required by, or from knowingly failing to comply with provisions of, such Act or from knowingly making a false entry or failing to make an appropriate entry in such records. Deletes provisions providing that proof that a person fails to comply with recordkeeping requirements raises a rebuttable presumption that a performer (i.e., a person depicted engaging in, or assisting another to engage in, sexually explicit conduct) was a minor. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of such act. Removes "lascivious exhibitions of genitals or public areas" from the definition of "sexually explicit conduct" for purposes of sexual exploitation provisions. Subtitle B: Sexual Abuse Penalties - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend existing guidelines for sentences involving sexual crimes against children so that more substantial penalties may be imposed if the Commission determines current penalties are inadequate. Increases the maximum penalty for sexual abuse of a minor from five to 15 years' imprisonment. Establishes penalties for knowingly possessing with intent to sell visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct involving minors, or possession of three or more books, magazines, periodicals, films, videotapes, or other matter containing such depictions. (Excludes depictions by words alone.) Eliminates limits on the amount of fines for such possession and for other specified activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors. Title IV: Offenses Involving Children - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend existing sentencing guidelines for the kidnapping, abduction, or unlawful restraint of a victim where the offender is age 18 or over and is not a specified relative or individual having legal custody of the victim to take into consideration whether the victim was: (1) intentionally maltreated to a life-threatening degree (i.e., denied food or medical care); (2) sexually exploited; or (3) placed in the care or custody of, and subjected to such treatment or exploitation by, another person who does not have a legal right to such care or custody for money or other consideration. Title V: Protection of Crime Victims - Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 - Requires all Federal law enforcement agencies to make their best efforts to accord victims of crime with the right to: (1) be treated with fairness and respect for the victim's dignity and privacy; (2) be protected against their accused offenders; (3) be notified of court proceedings; (4) attend public court proceedings related to the offense under certain conditions; (5) confer with the Government attorney assigned to the case; (6) receive restitution; and (7) receive information about the conviction, sentencing, imprisonment, and release of the offender. Directs Federal law enforcement agency heads to designate the persons required by this Act to identify and provide certain services to the victims of a crime such as informing victims about where to receive medical care, counseling, and police protection and about developments during the investigation and prosecution of the crime and after the trial (such as the arrest of a suspected offender or an escape of a convicted offender). Directs the Attorney General or the head of another department or agency that conducts an investigation of a sexual assault to pay, either directly or by reimbursement, the cost of a physical examination of the victim which an investigating officer determines was necessary or useful for evidentiary purposes. Directs that a responsible official provide the victim with general information regarding the corrections process, including information about work release, furlough, and probation. Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to extend the deadline for operation of a State victim compensation program under the Victims of Crime Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the States should make every effort to adopt specified goals of a Victims of Crime Bill of Rights, including the right of crime victims to be treated with respect and dignity, to be reasonably protected from the accused, to have a statutorily designated advisory role in decisions involving prosecutorial discretion (such as plea bargaining), to be present at all proceedings, with exceptions, and to be compensated for the damage resulting from the crime. Title VI: Law Enforcement Agencies - Subtitle A: Maintaining Funding for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies - Amends the Omnibus Act and the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1990 to maintain funding for State and local law enforcement agencies for FY 1991. Amends the Omnibus Act to include expansion of prosecutorial, defender, and judicial resources within authorized actions under the Bureau of Justice Assistance's drug control and system improvement grant program. Subtitle B: National Crime Information Center Project 2000 - National Law Enforcement Cooperation Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 to implement the NCIC 2000 project, a project developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at upgrading the technological capabilities of the National Crime Information Center in order to meet the needs of U.S. law enforcement agencies into the next century. Requires a congressional report by the Director of the FBI concerning project implementation and fund uses. Title VII: Federal Law Enforcement and Judicial Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. courts, U.S. attorneys, defender services, U.S. marshals, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) U.S. Border Patrol. Title VIII: Rural Drug Enforcement - Amends the Omnibus Act to set aside specified sums for rural drug enforcement assistance. Sets forth additional requirements, including requiring within each assistance application a statement specifying how grants will be coordinated with other grants received under such Act for the same fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations. Title IX: Mandatory Detention - Mandatory Detention for Offenders Convicted of Serious Crimes Act - Amends the Bail Reform Act to require the detention, pending sentence or appeal, of any person found guilty of a crime of violence, an offense for which the maximum sentence is life imprisonment or death, or a drug offense for which a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more is prescribed, unless there is a substantial likelihood of acquittal or a new trial or the Government is not recommending imprisonment and the person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to the community. Makes exceptions to mandatory detention upon appeal of the Government in exceptional cases. Title X: Juvenile Justice - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Federal criminal code, the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, the Food Security Act of 1985, and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. Title XI: Short-Barreled Shotguns - Provides for enhanced penalties for the use of short-barreled rifles or shotguns or destructive devices during and in relation to a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime. Title XII: Miscellaneous Criminal Law Improvements - Increases penalties for crack possession from a fine or a term of imprisonment to a term of imprisonment and a fine of not less than $1,000. Makes technical and conforming amendments with respect to the quantity of methamphetamines necessary to trigger a mandatory penalty under the CSA, the conspiracy and attempt penalty under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, and methamphetamines under the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act. Extends the application of various offenses under the Federal criminal code to U.S. possessions and territories. Repeals provisions regarding crimes against U.S. carrier pigeons, prohibitions on liquor and opium exports to Pacific Island aborigines, and other obsolete laws. Extends penalties for engaging in fraudulent schemes in interstate travel to cover such schemes involving foreign travel. Deletes the requirement that the Attorney General personally approve prosecutions under the Atomic Energy Act. Amends the CSA to increase penalties for the distribution or manufacturing of illicit drugs in or near schools or colleges. Title XIII: Public Safety Officers' Disability Benefits - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pay a disability benefit to a public safety officer permanently and totally disabled as a result of an injury sustained in the line of duty. Prohibits the payment of: (1) death benefits to officers who receive disability benefits; and (2) disability benefits to officers who receive death benefits. Applies specified limitations on death benefits to disability benefits. Defines "catastrophic injury" for purposes of such Act to mean the consequences of an injury that permanently prevent an individual from performing any gainful work. Adds "ambulance crew" to the definition of firefighter. Title XIV: Money Laundering - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) provide for criminal forfeiture of property in cases involving the export and import of certain monetary instruments; and (2) add felony violations of specified environmental laws, such as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as predicate offenses under money laundering provisions. Title XV: Drug-Free School Zones - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) develop a model program of strategies and tactics for establishing and maintaining drug-free school zones; and (2) design such program to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with materials, training, and other assistance to establish, enforce, and evaluate the effectiveness of drug-free school zone enforcement efforts. Sets forth: (1) program criteria, including development of a framework for law enforcement collaboration with the school system and community resource networks and provision of materials and technical assistance for demarcating and establishing such zones; and (2) requirements for reports by the Attorney General to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the CSA to include within the scope of penalties for controlled substances distribution the manufacture or distribution of illegal drugs within 1,000 feet (current law specifies 100 feet) of a playground. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (DFSCA) to authorize the use of funds for grants and contracts for programs and activities including: (1) the determination of geographical boundaries of schools within the State and the posting of signs identifying school properties as drug-free school zones; (2) drug-abuse education and prevention programs and enforcement policies designed to eliminate the illicit use of alcohol and drugs in such zones; (3) assisting school personnel in cooperating with law enforcement officials to punish legal violations relating to illegal drugs; (4) informing the community of the law and the perimeters of such zones; (5) employing the services of the local or substate regional advisory council on drug abuse education and prevention as a resource for advice and support; and (6) communicating by administrators to students and school personnel that activities that are illicit and harmful to students will not be tolerated. Decreases (from 50 to 42.5) the percentage of funds available to the chief executive officer of a State for grants and contracts for such programs and activities. Requires that not less than ten percent of the funds available be used for grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) in consortium with entities which have experience in assisting school districts to provide instruction to students in grade kindergarten through six to recognize and resist pressures to use controlled substances. Sets forth eligibility requirements for grants by LEAs in consortium with such entities, including agreement to use such grants to provide services including: (1) drug abuse resistance education instruction for students in grades kindergarten through six; (2) provision for parental involvement; (3) classroom instruction by uniformed law enforcement officials; (4) the use of positive student leaders to influence younger students not to use drugs; (5) an emphasis on activity-oriented techniques designed to encourage student-generated responses to problem-solving situations; and (6) the awarding of a certificate of achievement to each student who participates in such a program. Directs that not less than five percent of available funds be used for grants to LEAs or consortia of LEAs and private nonprofit entities to provide drug abuse education, prevention, or counseling services to students in kindergarten through grade 12. Sets forth additional eligibility requirements for LEAs or consortia, including agreement: (1) to use grant assistance to provide for specified programs offering drug abuse education, prevention, or counseling to students of compulsory school age; (2) that programs will be designed to prevent or eliminate student abuse of drugs or alcohol; (3) to use grant assistance to expand or replicate programs that have demonstrated records of success; and (4) to ensure that programs to be expanded or replicated are appropriate for the students to be served. Sets forth application requirements. Includes after-school programs that provide drug and alcohol abuse education for school-aged children among authorized local drug abuse education and prevention programs in the case of an LEA that provides sufficient drug and alcohol abuse education during regular school hours. Deletes a provision requiring that programs for the training of teachers, counselors, and school personnel be coordinated through a State agency or regional center. Directs the Secretary of Education to give priority to making a substantial number of grants to qualified State educational agencies, LEAs, and institutions of higher education for programs to train counselors, social workers, psychologists, or nurses. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to any private nonprofit agency that has an agreement with an LEA to provide training in drug abuse counseling for individuals who will provide such counseling in the schools of such LEA. Makes amounts available under DFSCA grants to establish, expand, or enhance programs and activities for the training of counselors, social workers, psychologists, or nurses who are providing or will provide drug abuse prevention, counseling, or referral services in elementary and secondary schools. Requires State or LEAs, institutions of higher education, or consortia desiring to receive grants for the training of counselors to include in the application a discussion of how such training will assist the applicant to: (1) increase the number of school personnel who are trained to provide drug abuse counseling services; and (2) improve the quality of drug abuse counseling services offered by the applicant or the LEA concerned. Increases appropriations for the training of teachers, counselors, and school personnel and for emergency grants. Sets forth additional requirements for local applications. Requires every local recipient of funds to clearly identify any program assisted under this title as a Federal program funded under DFSCA. Title XVI: Miscellaneous - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the payment from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Assets Forfeiture Fund of awards for information or assistance leading to a civil or criminal forfeiture under any law enforced or administered by DOJ. (Current law authorizes only payments for such information or assistance under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 or the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute.) Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the issuance of an arrest warrant for a fugitive where there is reason to believe that such fugitive is about to enter the United States. Title XVII: General Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the U.S. Marshals Service to designate districts that need additional support from certain private detention entities based on: (1) the number of Federal detainees in the district; and (2) the availability of Federal, State, and local government detention facilities. Sets forth requirements which private entities must meet to be eligible for a contract for the housing, care, and security of persons held in U.S. custody and for Federal funding. Requires the Marshals Service to provide an opportunity for public comment on such contracts. Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties for the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone, with specified exceptions including the possession or discharge by an individual as part of a school program or by a law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity. Encourages Federal, State, and local authorities to post signs around school zones warning of a prohibition of the possession of firearms in a school zone. Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to transmit to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees a report on mandatory minimum sentencing provisions in Federal law. Authorizes railroad police officers to enforce the laws of any jurisdiction in which the rail carrier owns property, subject to specified limitations. Title XVIII: Correctional Options Incentives Amendments - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to public agencies for correctional options (including construction costs) that provide alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration to: (1) provide more appropriate intervention for youthful offenders who are not, but who are likely to become, career criminals; (2) provide a degree of security and discipline appropriate for the offender involved; (3) provide diagnosis, treatment, and services (including counseling, job training, and placement assistance) to increase the success rate of offenders pursuing lawful conduct following release; (4) reduce criminal recidivism; (5) reduce the cost of correctional services by reducing recidivism; and (6) provide work that promotes development of industrial and service skills in connection with a correctional option. Authorizes grants to private nonprofit organizations for such purposes, to undertake educational and training programs for criminal justice personnel, to provide technical assistance to States and local units of government, or to carry out demonstration projects which, in view of previous research or experience, are likely to be a success in more than one jurisdiction, in connection with a correctional option (excluding the cost of construction). Authorizes grants to public agencies to establish, operate, and support boot camp prisons. Bases the selection of grant applicants on their potential for developing or testing innovative alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration and offender release programs. Requires the Director, in selecting the public agency applicants to receive grants for boot camp prisons, to: (1) consider the overall quality of an applicant's shock incarceration program; and (2) give priority to States that clearly demonstrate that the capacity of their correctional facilities is inadequate to accommodate the number of individuals who are convicted of offenses punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year. Requires the Director to consult with the Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities in order to identify facilities that may be used as sites for correctional programs receiving assistance under this title. Specifies the allocation of grant funds under this title. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth requirements with respect to the conveyance of Department of Defense property and to facilities to public agencies for use under the correctional options program. Amends the Omnibus Act to require each State to allocate not less than five percent of funds received under the Edward Byrne Memorial program to the improvement of criminal justice records, including: (1) the completion of criminal histories to include the final dispositions of all arrests for felony offenses; (2) the full automation of all criminal justice histories and fingerprint records; and (3) the frequency and quality of FBI criminal history reports. Authorizes the Director, upon the request of a State, to waive compliance with the five percent requirement and reduce the minimum amount required to be allocated by such State if the Division finds that the quality of the State's criminal justice records does not warrant expending such amount. Amends the Omnibus Act to withhold a portion of funds from States that do not have in effect, and do not enforce, a law that requires the State, at the request of the victim of a sexual act, to: (1) test the defendant convicted under State law of such act, for presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); (2) disclose test results to such defendant and to the victim; and (3) provide the victim counseling regarding HIV disease, testing, and referral. Title XIX: Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 - Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 - Amends the CSA to add anabolic steroids to Schedule III (thus making it illegal for anyone other than a registrant under the Act to prescribe, dispense, or distribute such substances, and requiring that prescription, dispensing, distribution, and possession be for a recognized therapeutic purpose.) Excludes from Schedule III anabolic steroids those expressly intended for administration through implants to cattle or nonhuman species and approved for such administration, with exceptions. Authorizes the refill without registration of any prescription for anabolic steroids subject to refill on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Requires the Attorney General to exempt: (1) any compound, mixture, or preparation containing an anabolic steroid from application of all or part of such Act if, because of its concentration, preparation, mixture, or delivery system, it has no significant potential for abuse; and (2) at a minimum, estrogens, progestins, and corticosteroids. Authorizes the Attorney General to exempt an anabolic steroid from any production regulation if it is approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an accepted treatment for a rare disease or condition under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and it does not have a significant potential for abuse. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase the criminal fine and imprisonment and penalties for knowing distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute, human growth hormone for any use in humans other than treatment of a recognized disease or other medical condition (currently, a recognized disease) pursuant to the order of a physician. Increases penalties if the offense involves an individual under the age of 18 years. Declares a violation to be a felony violation of the CSA for purposes of forfeiture. Authorizes the DEA to investigate such offenses. Repeals provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 relating to forfeiture and illegal trafficking in steroids or a human growth hormone. Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration programs to identify and deter the improper use or abuse of anabolic steroids by students. Title XX: Asset Forfeiture - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Attorney General to: (1) transfer funds from the Assets Forfeiture Fund (the Fund) to the Special Forfeiture Fund in FY 1993. Requires that transfers from the Fund to the Special Forfeiture Fund be made at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year, on a quarterly pro rata basis, only from excess unobligated amounts, and only to the extent that such transfers will not impair the future availability of amounts for the purposes of the Fund. Authorizes the Attorney General to warrant clear title to any subsequent purchaser or transferee of forfeited property. Amends the CSA and the Federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General to sell forfeited property. Amends the CSA to provide for the forfeiture and destruction of dangerous, toxic, and hazardous materials used to facilitate the production of illegal drugs. Authorizes the payment of awards for information or assistance leading to a civil or criminal forfeiture under the Federal criminal code, the CSA, or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, or for a criminal forfeiture under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. (Under current law, such payments are authorized only with respect to civil or criminal forfeitures under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and criminal forfeitures under RICO.) Requires the Attorney General to submit to the Congress a report for each fiscal year containing audited financial statements with respect to forfeited property. Amends the CSA to make subject to forfeiture to the United States: (1) drug paraphernalia; and (2) firearms used to facilitate the transportation, sale, receipt, possession, or concealment of illegal drugs and any proceeds traceable to them. Title XXI: Perkins Grant Expansion - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the cancellation of a percentage of a student loan under such Act for each complete year of service by the borrower as a full-time law enforcement or corrections officer. Title XXII: Firearms Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the transfer of firearms to non-residents of the State in which the transferor resides. Extends the commerce nexus, in connection with existing offenses related to trafficking in stolen firearms, to include firearms which have ever moved in commerce. Prohibits the assembly from imported parts of semiautomatic rifles or shotguns which are prohibited from being imported into the United States, with exceptions. Increases penalties for the possession of firearms in Federal court facilities. Title XXIII: Chemical Diversion and Trafficking - Amends the CSA to add specified substances to the list of precursor chemicals subject to controls imposed by that Act. Title XXIV: Drug Paraphernalia - Amends the CSA to make it unlawful to sell or offer for sale, use the mails or any other facility of interstate commerce to transport, or import or export, drug paraphernalia. Title XXV: Banking Law Enforcement - Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Enhanced Criminal Penalties - Amends Federal criminal law to establish criminal penalties (including imprisonment) for the concealment of assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (acting as conservator or receiver, or in the Corporation's corporate capacity with respect to certain assets acquired or liability assumed by the Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act), the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), any conservator appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency or the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, or the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board (acting as conservator of liquidating agent). Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Insurance Act to prohibit certain felons convicted of dishonesty or breach of trust from controlling or participating in the affairs of a depository institution for a minimum ten-year period, with exceptions. Amends Federal criminal law to establish criminal penalties (including imprisonment) for obstructing any Government examination of a financial institution. Increases to 30 years (currently, 20 years) the maximum prison term for bank fraud and embezzlement. Establishes a ten-year statute of limitations for the prosecution of racketeering offenses involving financial institutions. Applies money laundering prohibitions to funds from specified bank fraud crimes. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines for increased penalties for certain bank crime convictions in which the defendant derived more than $1,000,000 in gross receipts from the offense. Provides for restoration of forfeited property and for restitution to bank crime victims. Sets forth maximum criminal fines and minimum imprisonment terms for organizing, managing, or supervising a continuing financial crime enterprise. Subtitle B: Protecting Assets from Wrongful Disposition - Authorizes the Attorney General to obtain a court order enjoining or restraining the alienation or disposition of property obtained as a result of a banking law violation. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to set forth asset attachment procedures. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to: (1) preclude the discharge of debts in Federal bankruptcy involving obligations arising from any act of fraud while acting in a fiduciary capacity committed with respect to any depository institution or insured credit union; or (2) maintain the capital of an insured depository institution in cases of malicious or reckless failure to fulfull commitments by the debtor to a Federal depository institutions regulatory agency, with exceptions. Provides that the trustee shall be deemed to have a debtor's commitment to a Federal depository institution regulatory agency to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution (thus precluding the trustee from rejecting such commitment as an executory contract which can be avoided as a discharge in bankruptcy). Prohibits a discharge in bankruptcy for debts resulting from the debtor's failure to fulfill a commitment to a Federal financial institution regulatory agency to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution. Authorizes the FDIC to prohibit or limit golden parachute or indemnification payments. Sets forth factors to be taken into account in prescribing such regulations, such as whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that the institution-affiliated party has materially violated an applicable Federal or State banking law or regulation that has had a material effect on the financial condition of the institution. Prohibits insured depository institutions or depository institution holding companies from prepaying the salary or any liability or legal expense of any institution-affiliated party if such payment is made: (1) in contemplation of the insolvency of such institution or holding company, or after the commission of an act of insolvency; and (2) with a view to, or where such payment has the result of, preventing the proper application of the assets of the institution to creditors or preferring one creditor over another. Defines "golden parachute" to mean any payment (or agreement to make a payment) in the nature of compensation by any insured depository institution or depository institution holding company for the benefit of any institution-affiliated party pursuant to an obligation of such institution or holding company that: (1) is contingent on the termination of such party's affiliation with the institution or holding company; and (2) is received on or after the date on which the depository institution, depository institution holding company, or insured depository institution subsidiary of such holding company is insolvent, the date any conservator or receiver is appointed, or specified other dates. Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to set forth analogous provisions with respect to the regulation of benefits to institution-affiliated parties. Amends the Federal criminal code to revise the civil and criminal forfeiture guidelines for: (1) property affecting a financial institution; and (2) fraudulent offenses involving the sale of assets held by Federal banking regulatory agencies. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to prohibit acquisitions from conservators and receivers of depository institutions by certain convicted felon debtors whose default to an insured financial institution in receivership will cause substantial loss to the institution, the FDIC, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Resolution Fund, or the RTC. Makes such prohibitions inapplicable under specified conditions where claims have been settled. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to require the RTC to prescribe regulations prohibiting the sale of assets of a failed institution to persons who have caused specified damage to such institution or have been prohibited from participating in its affairs pursuant to a Federal enforcement action, except under specified conditions where claims have been settled. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for expedited procedures for certain claims. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to empower the FDIC and the NCUA (acting as conservators) to avoid fraudulent conveyances by a debtor institution-affiliated party. Subtitle C: Improved Procedures for Handling Banking-Related Cases - Amends Federal criminal law to authorize wire taps for bank fraud and related offenses. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to set forth reciprocal assistance guidelines for foreign investigations by Federal banking agencies and investigations on behalf of foreign banking authorities. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to establish a ten-year statute of limitations for commencing a civil action for Federal bank law violations. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Credit Union Act to grant the FDIC, the RTC, and the NCUA subpoena authority. Subtitle D: Structural Reforms to Improve the Federal Response to Crimes Affecting Financial Institutions - Establishes within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Justice a Financial Institutions Fraud Unit, headed by a Special Counsel who shall report directly to the Deputy Attorney General. Terminates such Office five years after enactment of this Act. Empowers the Special Counsel to investigate and prosecute criminal activity involving the financial services industry. Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) financial institutions fraud task forces; and (2) a senior interagency group to assist in identifying the most significant financial institution fraud cases, to allocate investigative and prosecutorial resources, and to expedite interagency coordination and prosecution of financial institutions fraud. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to direct the RTC to maintain an executive-level position and staff to assist and advise the RTC and other agencies with respect to claims and enforcement actions against institution-affiliated parties of insured depository institutions under its jurisdiction. Requires such personnel to report to the Congress within a specified deadline and to present semiannual updates of such report. Subtitle E: Reporting Requirements - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) compile and collect data concerning the nature and number of civil and criminal investigations, prosecutions, and related proceedings in progress with respect to specified banking law offenses; and (2) analyze and report to the Congress on such data, its coordination, and related activities, including a breakdown for each Federal judicial district and the activities of the Financial Institutions Fraud Unit. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to mandate: (1) the public disclosure of certain civil enforcement actions taken by Federal banking regulatory agencies with respect to depository institutions and credit unions; (2) reports to the Congress with respect to non-public hearing transcripts and the decision not to hold a public hearing; and (3) that each Federal banking agency maintain for a minimum six-year period all documentation regarding such civil enforcement actions and make it available to the Congress or congressional committees. Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to present annual statistical tables to the Congress on the business imposed on the Federal courts by the savings and loan crisis. Subtitle F: National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement - Establishes the National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement to examine and identify the origin and causes of the problems in the savings and loan industry that led to the enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), and to submit a final report to the President and the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle G: Authorizations - Amends FIRREA to authorize increased appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993 to the Attorney General, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Court System for investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of bank crime cases. Subtitle H: Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud Crimes - Financial Institutions Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act of 1990 - Permits any person to file a declaration of specified banking law violations under FIRREA affecting a federally insured depository institution. Prescribes procedural guidelines for such declarations. Prohibits judicial review of any actions by the Attorney General with respect to such declarations. Establishes the Financial Institution Information Award Fund to pay awards to declarants whose information provides the basis for criminal convictions and special rewards to informants with respect to banking law violations. Requires the Attorney General to compile a public report on the processing of such declarations. Sets forth procedural guidelines under which any person may file a declaration identifying specific assets which might be recovered by the United States in satisfaction of a final judgment in any civil or criminal action regarding banking law violations. Entitles a declarant to a specified percentage of the amount recovered based on his declaration. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to remove the $50,000 threshold for rewards for information leading to recoveries, civil penalties or prosecutions. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General to use his sole discretion to make payments to persons furnishing new information to the Government relating to possible prosecution of banking law violations. Insulates such authority from judicial review. Prescribes guidelines under which the Attorney General is authorized to enter into contracts retaining private counsel for legal services relating to banking law violations. Subtitle I: Technical and Miscellaneous Amendments - Makes technical amendments to the Federal criminal code, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, and the FIRREA. Amends various Federal criminal statutes to include foreign banking organizations within definitions for enforcement purposes. Title XXVI: Licit Opium Imports - Directs the President to: (1) conduct a review of U.S. narcotics raw material policy to determine the advisability of continued reliance on the rule by which at least 80 percent of U.S. imports of narcotics raw material must come from India and Turkey; and (2) report the results of such review to the Congress by April 1, 1991. Specifies the agencies to be involved and the nature and contents of such review, including a report on the extent of diversion from the licit to illicit market in India from the farm gate through the stockpile. Title XXVII: Sentencing for Methamphetamine Offenses - Instructs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the existing guidelines for offenses involving smoking crystal methamphetamine under the CSA so that convictions for such offenses will be assigned an offense level which is two levels above that which would have been assigned to the same offense involving other forms of methamphetamine. Title XXVIII: Drug Enforcement Grants - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 for grants under the drug control and system improvement grant program (Edward Byrne Memorial Programs). Title XXIX: Prisons - Amends the Federal criminal code to require that: (1) Federal departments and agencies separately report to the General Services Administration their acquisitions of products and services from Federal Prison Industries (FPI); (2) reported information be entered in the Federal Procurement Data System; (3) each report published and containing information collected by the System include a statement that sales by FPI are considered intragovernmental transfers and that the purpose of reporting such sales is to provide a complete overview of Federal acquisitions during the reporting period; and (4) FPI publish and update a catalog of all products and services which it offers for sale. Authorizes placing a prisoner whose sentence includes a term of supervised release after imprisonment in home confinement, subject to specified conditions. Directs the Bureau of Prisons to make available appropriate substance abuse treatment for each prisoner the Bureau determines has a treatable condition of substance addiction or abuse. Requires the Attorney General to direct the Bureau of Prisons to have in effect within six months a mandatory functional literacy program for all mentally capable inmates who are not functionally literate in each Federal correctional institution. Specifies that non-English speaking inmates shall be required to participate in an English-as-a-Second-Language program until they function at the equivalent of the eighth grade level on a nationally recognized educational achievement test. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) waivers; and (2) reporting requirements. Declares that it is Federal policy that convicted inmates in Federal prisons, jails, and other detention facilities shall work, with the type of work dictated by appropriate security considerations and by the health of the prisoner involved. Makes exceptions only as necessitated by: (1) security considerations; (2) disciplinary action; (3) medical certification of disability; and (4) a need for the prisoner to work less than a full work schedule to participate in literacy training, drug rehabilitation, or similar programs. Modifies a provision making exceptions to a ban on the transport of prison-made goods to exempt goods made by prisoners who are participating in one of not more than 50 non-Federal prison work pilot projects designated by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Specifies that reasonable charges for room and board, for purposes of qualifying for such exemption, shall be determined by regulations issued by the chief State correctional officer, in the case of a State prisoner. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to take appropriate measures to cut costs of construction (for example, by reducing expenditures for amenities such as color television or pool tables). Directs the Secretary of Labor to submit to the Congress specified reports detailing the extent and manner of compliance by State Prison Industry Enhancement Certification programs with the requirements restricting the transport of prison-made goods. Title XXX: Shock Incarceration - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Bureau of Prisons to place in a shock incarceration program any person who is sentenced to a term of 12 to 30 months' imprisonment, if such person consents. Requires an inmate in the shock incarceration program for up to six months of the initial term of imprisonment as the Bureau may determine to: (1) adhere to a highly regimented schedule that provides the strict discipline, physical training, hard labor, drill, and ceremony characteristic of military basic training; and (2) participate in appropriate job training, educational, and drug, alcohol, and other counseling programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title XXXI: Bankruptcy and Restitution - Criminal Victims Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal bankruptcy code to make nondischargeable in bankruptcy liability: (1) arising from the debtor's unlawful driving while intoxicated from alcohol, a drug, or another substance which causes death or personal injury; and (2) for restitution included in a sentence on the debtor's conviction of a crime. Title XXXII: Miscellaneous - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the FBI and the DEA for humanitarian expenses incurred by employees of such agencies or members of the employees' immediate families as a result of serious illness, injury, or death occurring while on official business. Bans volatile alkyl nitrite as a hazardous product under the Consumer Product Safety Act, except for the manufacture, sale, distribution, or importation for commercial or other purposes approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Title XXXIII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to extend for two years the programs for undercover operations of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and for disclosure of the returns of certain cash transactions exceeding $10,000. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and evaluation of such programs and to report to specified congressional committees. Makes failure to file a return on certain cash transactions (currently, a misdemeanor) a felony. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study and evaluation of the criminal penalties for violations of provisions with respect to returns relating to cash received in trade or business and to report to specified congressional committees. Specifies that no commission established by this Act shall have access to any return or return information, except to the extent authorized by the Internal Revenue Code. Title XXXIV: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement - Establishes the National Commission to Support Law Enforcement to study and report to the Congress on recommended changes regarding law enforcement agencies and law enforcement issues at the Federal, State, and local levels on the following issues: funding; employment; information; research and training; equipment and resources; cooperation; responsibility; and impact. Title XXXV: Technical and Minor Substantive Amendments - Makes technical amendments to the Federal criminal code, the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988, the CSA, and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act. Permits the Solicitor General to delegate approval authority for appeals of final sentences. Increases the maximum term of imprisonment for accessory after the fact offenses punishable by life imprisonment or death, from ten to 15 years. Delegates the requirement of Solicitor General approval for appeal to a district court of magistrate sentences. Title XXXVI: Federal Debt Collection - Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Debt Collection Procedures - Establishes a uniform, nationwide system of civil procedures to facilitate the collection of debts owed to the United States. Allows U.S. Attorneys to reach all pending claims for debts owed to the United States, as well as any judgment on a debt going back ten years. Establishes special rules with respect to the sale of perishable personal property during the pendency of any action or proceeding to recover debts owed to the United States. Allows U.S. district courts to assign their duties in proceedings under this Act to U.S. magistrates. Grants the court power to modify the use of any enforcement procedure. Authorizes: (1) an individual debtor to elect to exempt specified property from the enforcement procedures of this Act, including property that is exempt under Federal, State, or local law on the date of the filing of the application for a remedy, subject to certain restrictions, and any interest in property in which the debtor had an interest as a tenant or in a community estate, to the extent that such interest is exempt from process under applicable nonbankruptcy law; (2) a court to order the debtor to file a statement with respect to any claimed exemption; and (3) the United States or the debtor to request a hearing on the applicability of any exemption claimed by the debtor. Specifies that the assertion of an exemption shall prevent the United States from selling or otherwise disposing of the property for which such exemption is claimed until the court determines whether the debtor has a substantial nonexempt interest in such property. Bars the United States from taking possession of, disposing of, selling, or otherwise interfering with the debtor's normal use and enjoyment of an interest in property the United States knows or has reason to know is exempt. Authorizes the United States to have discovery regarding the financial condition of the debtor in the manner in which discovery is authorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in an action on a claim for a debt, except with respect to an action or proceeding under provisions regarding prejudgment remedies where there is a reasonable likelihood that the debt involved exceeds $50,000. Permits the United States to seek any prejudgment remedy. Sets forth procedures to be followed by the United States under such circumstances. Establishes additional procedural requirements with respect to the attachment of property. Prohibits a U.S. marshal from selling property unless ordered by the court. Allows a court to appoint a receiver for property in which the debtor has a substantial nonexempt interest only if the United States shows reasonable cause to believe that there is a substantial danger that the property will be removed from the jurisdiction of the court, lost, materially injured or damaged, or mismanaged. Sets forth the powers of the receiver. Authorizes a court to issue a writ of garnishment against property (excluding earnings) in which the debtor has a substantial nonexempt interest and which is in the possession, custody, or control of a person other than the debtor in order to satisfy a claim for a debt, if specified conditions are met and subject to specified limitations. Sets forth similar provisions with respect to a writ of sequestration. States that a judgment in a civil action creates a lien upon all the real property of a judgment debtor. Makes a debtor who is the subject of such a lien ineligible for Federal grants and loans. Allows the district court to order the United States to sell any real property subject to such a lien. States that such liens are effective for a period of 20 years and renewable for a longer period. Sets forth procedures with respect to: (1) the issuance of notices; (2) the sale of real and personal property subject to a levy pursuant to a writ of execution; (3) installment payments; and (4) garnishment. Provides remedies for the fraudulent transfer of an asset by a debtor. Subtitle B: Amendments to Other Provisions of Law - Makes technical and conforming amendments to various provisions of Federal law. Allows the court to order that criminal appearance bail bonds be applied to the payment of any assessment, fine, restitution, or penalty imposed upon the defendant. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous - Sets forth the effective date of this Act. Title XXXVII - National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 - Requires each Federal, State, and local law enforcement agency to report each case of a missing child under age 18 to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Department of Justice. Directs the Attorney General to publish an annual summary of such reports. Requires States reporting under this Act to: (1) ensure that no State law enforcement agency establishes a policy which requires a waiting period before accepting a missing child or unidentified person report; (2) provide that each such report and all necessary and available information is entered into the State law enforcement system and the NCIC computer networks and made available to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse of other designated agency within the State; and (3) require the law enforcement agency that entered the report into the NCIC to verify and update such record with any additional information (including, where available, medical and dental records), institute or assist with appropriate search and investigative procedures, and maintain close liaison with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the exchange of information and technical assistance in the missing children cases.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2022
Waives provisions of Federal law with respect to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of S. 2830 (the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990). Requires the Secretary of the Senate to certify the enrollment of the bill as a true enrollment. Sets forth procedures for subsequent preparation and certification of a printed enrollment of the bill if it is enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 appropriations, funds, or other authority as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (5) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (10) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (11) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (12) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (13) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) until November 5, 1990. Extends the temporary increase in the public debt through November 5, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Deems: (1) Public Law 101-402 (housing and community development extensions) to have taken effect as if such law was enacted on September 29, 1990; (2) the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 to have been in effect on and after September 29, 1990, as if Public Law 101-402 had been enacted on September 29, 1990; and (3) the provisions of such Act, other than section 203, to be amended to read as such provisons were in effect on September 29, 1990. States that if the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (S. 566) is enacted before this Act, the above provisions shall be deemed to have taken effect immediately before its enactment. Amends the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 to extend such Act through the earlier of February 1, 1991, or the enactment of S. 566. Extends through February 1, 1991, under specified conditions: (1) the Interagency Council on the Homeless; and (2) the Federal Housing Administration mortgage loan limit.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2022
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act - Designates a specified area in Florida as the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the operation of a tank vessel or a vessel greater than 50 meters in length in a certain Area to Be Avoided (ATBA). Provides that no leasing, exploration, development, or production of minerals or hydrocarbons shall be permitted within the Sanctuary. Requires the Secretary to develop a comprehensive management plan and implementing regulations. Terminates, upon the enactment of this Act, all congressionally mandated studies of existing areas in the Florida Keys for designation as National Marine Sanctuaries. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Governor of Florida to develop a comprehensive water quality protection program for the Sanctuary. Excludes such program from the comprehensive management plan if it does not meet the purpose for which the Sanctuary is designated or is otherwise inconsistent or incompatible with it. Requires the Secretary to establish an Advisory Council to assist with the comprehensive management plan. Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the future requirements for funding the Sanctuary.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2022
Waives provisions of Federal law with respect to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment of any reconciliation bill, appropriation bill, or continuing resolution of the 101st Congress to be presented to the President. Requires the Committee on House Administration to certify the enrollment of such bill or joint resolution as a true enrollment. Sets forth procedures for subsequent preparation and certification of a printed enrollment of such bill or joint resolution if it is enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 projects or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) until October 27, 1990. Extends the temporary increase in the public debt through October 27, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Silver Coin Proof Sets Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to sell annually to the public sets of proof coins made of an alloy of 90 percent silver and ten percent copper. Requires the Secretary to obtain silver for such coins by purchase from stockpiles established under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act and from Treasury stocks on hand.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Farm Poundage Quota Revisions Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to permit the sale of a farm's burley tobacco (burley) quota to another active burley tobacco producer in the same county under specified conditions. Postpones the effective date of the loss of quota for underplanting provisions until the 1994 marketing year. (Current law makes such provisions effective as of the 1976 marketing year.) Bases such determination on two of the three previous years' plantings. (Current law is determined on the previous five years' plantings.) States that when a farm is divided through reconstitution (other than through probate or among family members) the burley tobacco poundage quota which transfers with the divided land shall be at least 1000 pounds. Increases lease limitations from 15,000 pounds to 30,000 pounds. Authorizes the lease and transfer of burley quotas between any two farms within Tennessee or Virginia if a majority of active burley producers within the respective State so approves in a statewide referendum.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to include under the definition of qualifying employer security (in addition to a stock or a marketable obligation) an interest in an existing publicly traded partnership. Requires such an interest to satisfy certain requirements as to maximum percentage held by plan and minimum percentage held by persons independent of the plan, in the case of a plan other than an eligible individual account plan.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to lease the naval landing ship dock Alamo to the Government of Brazil under leasing authority provided in the Arms Export Control Act. Requires lease costs to be charged to the Government of Brazil. Terminates such leasing authority if such lease is not entered into within two years after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2022
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Charleston, South Carolina, as the Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 projects or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, notwithstanding certain sections of specified law; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) until October 24, 1990. Extends the temporary increase in the public debt through October 24, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare November 2, 1990, a national day of prayer for: (1) members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held hostage in the Middle East, and for their families; and (2) American and Iraqi authorities to bring about a just resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Salutes and congratulates the people of Poland as they commemorate the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Polish Constitution on May 3, 1991. Directs the Library of Congress to commemorate the anniversary with appropriate ceremonies.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Title I: Committee on Agriculture - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make deficiency payments available to producers of the 1992 through 1995 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice. Provides for acreage reduction programs for: (1) the 1991 through 1995 crops of wheat; and (2) the 1992 through 1995 crops of feed grains, upland cotton, and rice. Sets forth the 1991 through 1995 price supports for soybeans. Establishes 1991 through 1995 authorization levels for Rural Electrification Administration and Farmers Home Administration loans. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations for the FY 1991 through 1995 commodity distribution and supplemental food programs. Authorizes appropriations under the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 for FY 1991 through 1995. Prohibits any Federal action that would have the effect of restricting the borrowing or obligation guaranty authority of specified Government corporations. Requires annual reports to this committee by the Secretary of the Treasury on: (1) farm credit and the issuance and redemption of related notes; and (2) (jointly with the Comptroller General) on the effect of changes of Federal tax and revenue laws on farm credit and on agriculture generally. Title II: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to: (1) elimination of premium ceilings; and (2) assessment rates. Amends the National Housing Act with respect to mortgage insurance, including mutual mortgage insurance, a new periodic mortgage insurance safety and soundness premium, and an auction alternative to mortgage assignments. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the crime insurance program through FY 1995, and the National Flood Insurance Act to extend its program through FY 1995. Prohibits any Federal action that would have the effect of restricting the borrowing or obligation guaranty authority of specified Government corporations. Requires annual reports to this Committee by the Secretary of the Treasury on: (1) credit and the issuance and redemption of notes; and (2) (jointly with the Comptroller General) on the effect of changes in Federal tax and revenue laws on credit, housing, urban development, banks and the banking industry, and monetary policy. Title III: Education and Labor Committee - Subtitle A: Student Loan Program Savings - Student Loan Default Prevention Initiative Act of 1990 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to student loan programs, especially their default prevention measures. Subtitle B: Amendments Relating to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to: (1) treatment of reversions of qualified plan assets to employers; (2) transfer of excess pension assets to retiree health accounts; and (3) an increase in basic premium rates. Subtitle C: Labor Civil Penalties and Fines - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to civil money penalties for violation of such Act. Subtitle D: Early Childhood Education and Development - Early Childhood Education and Development Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for specified programs under the Head Start Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the Child Care Quality Improvement Act. Amends the Head Start Act with respect to financial asssistance, allocation of funds, and expanded eligibility. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to mandate grants to States to assist in the expansion or creation of before- and after-school child care or early childhood development programs. Child Care Quality Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide financial assistance to States and Indian tribes and tribal organizations for child care quality improvement programs. Establishes a National Advisory Committee on Recommended Child Care Standards. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program of grants to eligible businesses to pay start-up costs incurred to provide child care services, or to provide additional child care services, needed by their employees. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits any Federal action that would have the effect of restricting the borrowing or obligation guaranty authority of specified Government corporations. Title IV: Committee on Energy and Commerce - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Medicare Program and Regulation of Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies - Amends the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare physicians' services, other items and services, peer review organizations, beneficiary premiums and deductibles, and standards for Medicare supplemental insurance policies. Subtitle B: Medicaid Program - Amends the Social Security Act with respect to Medicaid program reductions in spending, protection for low-income Medicare beneficiaries, improvements in child health, nursing home reform, Medicare payments, eligibility and coverage, health maintenance organizations, demonstration projects, and home- and community-based waivers. Subtitle C: Energy and Miscellaneous User Fees - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 with respect to solar, wind, waste, and geothermal power production incentives. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assess and collect annual user fees and charges. Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a schedule of railroad user fees. Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to direct the Secretary to charge incoming aliens a U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration user fee. Provides for radon testing and motor vehicle compliance program fees. Title V: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - Subtitle A: Nuclear Regulatory Commission User Fees - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assess and collect annual fees and charges from utilization facility licensees in order to cover 100 percent of the Commission's budget authority. Subtitle B: Tongass Timber Reform - Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to: (1) require annual appropriations for timber management and resource conservation in the Tongass National Forest; (2) require termination of certain long-term timber sale contracts; (3) designate specified additional wilderness areas; and (4) provide for sustained production of old-growth forest resources within the Forest. Subtitle C: Oil Shale Claims Reform - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for resolution of certain unpatented oil shale claims on Federal lands. Subtitle D: Reclamation Fees - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to the deposit of fees and use of money in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. Establishes the Abandoned Minerals and Mineral Materials Mine Reclamation Fund for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past minerals and mineral materials mining. Requires allocation of Fund expenditures in grants to States for State reclamation programs. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Bryce Canyon Coal Lease Sale - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a competitive coal lease sale for an area of Bryce Canyon, Utah, that includes the Manti-Sal Lands. Subtitle F: Bureau of Land Management - Authorizes appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management for FY 1991 through 1994. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 with respect to specified Bureau activities. Title VI: Committee on the Judiciary - Mandates Patent and Trademark Office user fees FY 1991 through 1995. Title VII: Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee Provisions - Subtitle A: Miscellaneous - Amends Federal law with respect to tonnage charges and U.S. Coast Guard user fees. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and collect fees for FY 1991 through 1995 for services and things of value provided by EPA. Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1990 - Deems services in the United States merchant marine during World War II to be active military service for provision of benefits under the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977. Subtitle B: Coastal Zone Management - Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to reauthorize and revise its grant programs for FY 1991 through 1995. Subtitle C: Clean Beaches - Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of EPA to: (1) review and revise water quality criteria for coastal recreation waters; and (2) promulgate regulations for State testing of coast recreation waters and uniform assessment and monitoring procedures for floatable materials in such waters. Requires State to adopt criteria based on Federal criteria. Authorizes grants to States for use in fulfilling requirements established under such criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1992. Title VIII: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - Subtitle A: Civil Service - Amends Federal law to eliminate lump-sum retirement benefits for Federal employees after November 1, 1990. Revises the health benefits program for such employees. Subtitle B: Postal Service - Amends Federal law with respect to: (1) the funding of cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for U.S. Poastal Service annuitants and survivor annuitants; (2) funding of health benefits for Postal Service retirees and survivors of Postal Service employees or retirees; and (3) treatment of contribution requirements. Subtitle C: Coordination - Declares that any transfer of outlays, receipts, or revenues from one fiscal year to an adjacent fiscal year that occurs pursuant to this title shall be treated as altering the deficit or producing a new deficit reduction under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Reaffirmation Act of 1987. Title IX: Public Works and Transportation - Subtitle A: Surface Transportation - Surface Transportation Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Authorizes supplemental appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1991 through 1995. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize supplemental appropriations for FY 1991 for the mass transit program. Authorizes additional supplemental appropriations for such program for FY 1992 through 1995. Subtitle B: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion - Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reauthorize specified airport and airway improvement programs through FY 1992. Subtitle C: Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development - Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reauthorize aviation research activities through FY 1992. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a research grant and consortium program. Subtitle D: Aging Aircraft Safety - Aging Aircraft Safety Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the FAA to: (1) initiate a rulemaking proceeding to issue a rule to assure the continuing airworthiness of aging aircraft; and (2) establish certain aircraft maintenance safety programs. Subtitle E: Off Budget Treatment of Transportation Trust Funds - Transportation Trust Funds Off Budget Act of 1990 - Declares that receipts and disbursements of the Highway Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund allocable to the transportation-related operations of each such Trust Fund shall be excluded from the Federal and congressional budgets and exempted from any general budget limitation imposed by Federal law on U.S. Government spending and net lending (budget outlays). Declares the sense of Congress reaffirming: (1) that all highway fuel taxes and aviation user taxes should be deposited into their respective Trust Funds; and (2) that these Trust Funds should be used for surface transportation and aviation programs only and not for deficit reduction. Subtitle F: Water Resources - Directs the Administrator of EPA to assess and collect certain fees and charges in FY 1991 through 1995, with a specified maximum aggregate for services and activities under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Requires the Secretary of the Army to study and report to Congress on certain Corps of Engineers' fees charged for the issuance and processing of certain permits under the Water Pollution Control Act and the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899. Title X: Science, Space, and Technology - Sutitle A: User Fees - Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act with respect to user fees. Directs the Administrator of EPA to conduct research to develop, test, and evaluate radon and radon progeny measurement methods and protocols. Directs the appropriate Secretaries or Administrators to study user fee assessment and collection practices of the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study options for the assessment and collection of licensing fees under the Commercial Space Launch Act. Subtitle B: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion - Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reauthorize specified airport and airway improvement programs through FY 1992. (This subtitle is very similar to Subtitle B of Title IX.) Subtitle C: Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development - Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to reauthorize aviation research activities through FY 1992. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to establish: (1) a research grant and consortium program; and (2) a catastrophic failure prevention research grant program. (This subtitle is very similar to Subtitle C of Title IX.) Title XI: Committee on Veterans' Affairs - Amends Federal law with respect to veterans': (1) compensation and pension benefits; (2) health care benefits; (3) education and employment; (4) housing and loan guaranty assistance; (5) burial and grave marker benefits; and (6) other specified matters. Title XII: Committee on Ways and Means: Spending - Amends the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare payments for hospital, physicians', and related services. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and the Revenue Act of 1987 to extend the authority for Customs user fees and Internal Revenue Service user fees. Provides for recovery of OASDI overpayments by means or reduction in tax refunds. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make an annual study of the financial safety and soundness of the activities of all Government-sponsored enterprises and the impact of their operations on Federal borrowing. Increases the public debt limit. Title XIII: Committee on Ways and Means: Revenue Provisions - Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Increase in Earned Income Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the earned income tax credit. Subtitle B: Excise Taxes - Increases certain user-related excise taxes and excise taxes related to health and the environment. Imposes new taxes on certain luxury items (including passenger vehicles, boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs) and on refined petroleum products. Subtitle C: Other Revenue Increases - Revises provisions related to: (1) insurance policy acquisition costs; (2) treatment of salvage recoverable; (3) waiver of estimated insurance tax penalties; (4) tax compliance; (5) treatment of reversions of qualified plan assets to employers; (6) transfers to retiree health accounts; (7) corporate taxation; and (8) the employment tax.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to include within the definition of "response action contractor" any surety who provides a bid, performance, or payment bond to a response action contractor and begins activities to meet obligations under such bond. Provides that surety bonds required for direct Federal procurement of response action contracts under the Miller Act shall be issued in accordance with such Act. Provides that, if under any Federal law surety bonds are required for direct Federal procurement of response action contracts: (1) no right of action shall accrue on the performance bond issued on such contract to or for the use of any person other than the obligee named in the bond; and (2) in the event of a default, the surety's liability on a bond shall be only for the cost of completion of the contract work in accordance with the plans less the balance of funds remaining to be paid under the contract, up to the penal sum of the bond.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
National Environmental Education Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an Office of Environmental Education within EPA to carry out this Act. Establishes an Environmental Education and Training Program to train educational professionals in the development and delivery of environmental education and training programs and studies. Directs the Administrator to make an annual grant to an institution of higher education or nonprofit institution to operate such program. Sets forth application and eligibility requirements and criteria to be considered in awarding such grants. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into cooperative agreements or provide grants to support projects to design, demonstrate, or disseminate practices related to environmental education and training. Outlines activities eligible for grant support and priorities in awarding such grants. Requires the Administrator to publish an annual solicitation for environmental education grants. Authorizes local education agencies, colleges or universities, nonprofit agencies, or noncommercial broadcasting entities to apply for such grants. Limits Federal funds for demonstration projects to 75 percent of the total cost, except in specified instances. Limits such grants to $200,000 and requires 25 percent of all funds obligated to be for grants of no more than $5,000. Requires the Administrator to provide for internships by postsecondary students and fellowships for in-service teachers with Federal agencies involved in environmental issues. Directs the Administrator, to the extent practicable, to support at least 250 internships and 50 fellowships annually. Makes eligible for participation in such program: (1) students enrolled at accredited colleges or universities who have successfully completed at least four courses or the equivalent in environmental studies; and (2) in-service teachers who are currently employed by local educational agencies and have at least two years' experience in teaching environmental education, environmental sciences, or related courses. Requires the Administrator to provide for a series of national awards recognizing outstanding contributions to environmental education to include: (1) the Theodore Roosevelt Award for environmental teaching or administration; (2) the Henry David Thoreau Award for literature on the environment and pollution problems; (3) the Rachel Carson Award for film, broadcast, or print media for public education and information on environmental issues or problems; and (4) the Gifford Pinchot Award for multiple use and sustained yield land management. Provides that recipients of such awards shall be nominated by the Environmental Education Advisory Council. Authorizes the Administrator to provide for the President's Environmental Youth Awards to be given to young people in grades kindergarten through 12th for outstanding projects to promote local environmental awareness. Permits the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to administer an awards program to recognize elementary and secondary education teachers who advance environmental education through innovative approaches. Establishes a National Environmental Education Advisory Council and Federal Task Force on Environmental Education. Requires the Council to report biennially to the Congress on: (1) the extent and quality of national environmental education; (2) activities conducted pursuant to this Act; (3) obstacles to improving environmental education; (4) training and skills needed to respond to environmental problems; and (5) the extent and quality of environmental education available to senior Americans. Establishes the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation to support environmental education programs. Establishes the Environmental Education Trust Fund. Requires 50 percent of fines or penalties received under specified environmental Acts to be deposited in the Fund. Limits the total amount of deposits to the Fund in any fiscal year. Authorizes and allocates appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 2024
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, the defense agencies (including a transfer of funds), the respective reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for the Army's National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration (including a transfer of funds), and for humanitarian assistance. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, and ammunition and for other procurement. Appropriates funds to the Navy for the procurement of aircraft, weapons, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft and missiles and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for: (1) National Guard and Reserve equipment; (2) procurement by the defense agencies; and (3) Defense Production Act purchases. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Test and Evaluation) and the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the Army, Air Force, and Defense stock funds and for the Army, Navy, and Defense industrial funds. Title VI: Other Department of Defense Appropriations - Appropriates funds for: (1) the destruction of the U.S. stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (2) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) (including a transfer of funds); and (3) the Office of the Inspector General for carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; and (2) the Intelligence Community Staff. Title VIII: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of appropriations for unauthorized publicity or propaganda. Exempts DOD personnel from provisions of law prohibiting the employment of non-U.S. citizens during FY 1991. Provides that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act may remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided. Prohibits the obligation of more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act during the last two months of the fiscal year, except as specified. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of any food, clothing, specified cloth (including cotton, silk, and wool) or synthetic fabrics, or specified metals not grown, produced, or processed within the United States, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, in the national interest and with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to transfer and merge specified working capital funds. Directs the Secretary to notify the Congress of all such transfers. Limits the cash balances which may be maintained in such funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the purchase of coal or coke from foreign nations for the use at U.S. defense facilities when U.S. coal is available; (2) heating plant fuel conversion at defense facilities in Europe; (3) the conversion of any heating facility at military installations in the Kaiserslautern Military Community in Germany, except as provided under Federal law and after a certain notification from the Secretary to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations; (4) the initiation of a special access program without prior notification to the appropriations and armed services committees; (5) the preparation of a request to the Appropriations Committees for a reprogramming of funds, except as specified; (6) certain claims for physician or provider reimbursement for medical services provided under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); (7) programs of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) beyond FY 1991, with a specified exception; (8) initiating a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of specified amounts, unless proper congressional notification is given; (9) any intelligence or special activity different from an activity previously justified to the Congress unless the Secretary has notified the appropriations committee of the intent to make such funds available for such activity; or (10) converting certain military technician positions to positions to be held by persons in active Guard or Reserve status if such conversion would reduce the number of military technicians below a specified amount. Eliminates during FY 1991 the requirement that the Congress must authorize by law the end-strengths for civilian personnel in DOD. Prohibits setting any end-strength limitations for such personnel during FY 1991. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) congressional lobbying; (2) the pay of certain nonmilitary Army Reserve technicians; (3) purchasing of dogs or cats to study the medical treatment of wounds; and (4) the floating storage of petroleum products in non-U.S. vessels. Permits the appropriation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incident to authorized operations of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to retain in active status until age 60 certain officers who need such status in order to maintain employment as a National Guard or Reserve technician. Permits the use of operation and maintenance funds provided under this Act for studies and demonstration projects relating to the delivery of military health and medical care. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund for educational assistance for a member of the armed forces who enlists for less than three years or receives an enlistment bonus. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act for the basic pay and allowances of a member of the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits through the Secretary of Veterans Affairs when time spent as a full-time student is credited toward completion of a service commitment. Limits the availability of appropriations to specified percentages of postsecondary educational costs for off-duty training of military personnel. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for conversion to contractor performance of an activity or function of DOD that is currently performed by more than ten civilian DOD employees until a cost-analysis on such performance is completed and certified to the appropriations committees. Prohibits the use of funds for the procurement of 120mm mortars or ammunition for such mortars if manufactured outside the United States. Prohibits the use of Army appropriations for depot maintenance of equipment unless the civilian personnel strengths at Army depots performing communications-electronics depot maintenance are greater than the strengths assigned those depots on September 30, 1985, with specified exceptions. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the payment of salaries of any persons who authorize the transfer of unobligated or deobligated funds into the Reserve for Contingencies of the CIA. Requires funds appropriated under this Act for CIA construction projects to remain available until expended. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use specified funds to charter ships for use as auxiliary minesweepers, under specified conditions. Limits the amount of funds available from this Act for the execution of a contract for the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative. Permits the use of appropriated funds to fully utilize the facilities at the U.S. Army Engineer's Waterways Experiment Station, with a specified exception. Specifies the definition of "program, project, and activity" for appropriations contained in this Act for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Earmarks specified funds appropriated to the Army under this Act for the Reserve Component Automation System (RCAS) with certain expenditures limitations. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for fixed-price contracts exceeding $10,000,000 for the development of a major defense system or subsystem, unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and the Secretary of Defense take certain action. Provides that monetary limitations on the purchase price of passenger motor vehicles shall not apply to vehicles purchased for certain intelligence activities. Earmarks specified funds for the construction of classified military projects within the continental United States. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the procurement of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chains manufactured outside the United States. Authorizes DOD to transfer prior-year unobligated balances to the operations and maintenance appropriations of the reserve components in order to provide military technician pay the same exemption from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act as is currently granted to other military personnel accounts, with specified exceptions. Prohibits any funds available to the Department of the Navy from being used to enter into any contract for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of any naval vessel on the west which includes interport differential charges as a factor for the award of such contract. Requires the designs of specified military aircraft to incorporate certain standard avionics specifications by no later than 1998. Transfers specified funds from this Act to the Coast Guard to be used for Coast Guard family housing. Directs the Secretary to ensure that at least 50 percent of the polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber requirement be procured from domestic sources by 1992. Provides for the accounting treatment of expenses incurred by the United States in monitoring Soviet implementation of the INF Treaty. Reduces the total amount appropriated to DOD by this Act to reflect savings resulting from the decreased use of consulting services by DOD. Provides funds from this Act for transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals who have been prisoners of war or missing in action from the Vietnam era to an annual meeting in the United States. Requires limited funds to be available to the Air Force to execute the cleanup of uncontrolled hazardous waste contamination affecting a sale parcel of land at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. Provides for the return of deposit if the purchaser of such parcel exercises the option to withdraw from its sale. Provides reimbursement to the Air Force after a sale is completed for cleanup expenditures in excess of a specified amount. Prohibits funds available to the Department of the Navy from being used to implement certain automated data processing or information technology facility consolidation plans or to make reductions or transfers of personnel in connection with such plans in southeast Louisiana until a congressional notification requirement has been met by the Secretary. Prohibits funds from this Act from being used for offshore procurement of second or third generation night vision image intensifier tubes and devices, with specified exceptions. Prohibits DOD funds from being used for the B-1B's ALQ-161-A CORE programs unless the Congress has received notification in advance. Prohibits funds from this Act from being obligated or expended to prepare, or to assist any defense contractor in preparing, any material with respect to economic or employment impact in a State of an acquisition program for which all research, development, testing and evaluation has not been completed. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being available for a contract for studies, analyses, or consulting services entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activity responsible for the procurement makes certain determinations with respect to such contract. Prohibits the use of DOD funds under this Act to dispose of specified unserviceable M1 rifles and carbines. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to pay more than 50 percent of a lump-sum reenlistment bonus. Makes funds available from this Act to DOD for granting civilian employees paid administrative leave as part of a productivity-based incentive awards program. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to assign a supervisor's title or grade when the number of people he or she supervises is considered as a basis for such determination. Earmarks funds for: (1) Naval Aviation Depots to perform manufacturing in order to complete for production contracts of defense articles; and (2) the payment of bonuses to Army, Navy, and Air Force nurses. Prohibits Navy funds appropriated by this or any other Act from being used to carry out an electromagnetic pulse program in the Chesapeake Bay area in connection with the Electromagnetic Pulse Radiation Environment Simulator for Ships (EMPRESS) program until the Secretary has made certain certifications to the Congress concerning the importance of such program. Directs the Secretary to make specified transfers from general to specific defense programs within the Navy. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire the depot maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles, vessels, and components through competition between DOD depot maintenance activities and private firms. Limits the funds available for a health care demonstration project regarding chiropractic care required by the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to pay health care providers under CHAMPUS for services determined to be not medically or psychologically necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to modify existing and appropriate CHAMPUS contracts in order to conduct a demonstration project to test methods of increasing collections from third-party payers of reasonable inpatient hospital care costs incurred on behalf of retirees and dependents under the CHAMPUS program. Requires sums for FY 1991 pay raised for programs funded by this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. Prohibits funds available in this Act from being used for: (1) payments under a DOD contract with the Louisiana State University Medical Center involving the use of cats for wound research; (2) conducting bone trauma research at the Letterman Army Institute of Research until the Secretary of the Army makes certain certifications; or (3) procuring air circuit breakers for U.S. naval vessels unless such circuit breakers are essentially produced or manufactured in the United States. Restores certain previously transferred and unobligated balances to the appropriation from which they were originally transferred. Cancels the balances of such unobligated funds 30 days after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to include in any base closure and realignment plan submitted to the Congress a complete review for FY 1990 through 1994, which includes specified information relating to force structures and cost savings after such closure or realignment. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being used for the transfer of certain truck or artillery maintenance missions from the Letterkeny Army Depot. Limits the amount of funds to be used for any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity, or function of DOD into or within the National Capital Region. Provides for the waiver of such limitation in certain cases. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used for: (1) producing more than two-thirds of the liquid gas requirements in-house at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam; and (2) reducing the end strength and force structure of DOD reserve components below the levels funded in this Act. Allows appropriated funds to be used for the pay, allowances, and benefits of Federal or District of Columbia employees who are members of the reserve or National Guard, who perform Federal or military service to enforce the law or provide assistance to civil authorities in the protection or saving of life or property, and who requests and are granted leave. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being used to: (1) initiate or continue any cost study pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76; or (2) begin closing a military treatment facility unless the Secretary notifies the appropriations committees. Earmarks specified funds for DOE for final decontamination and decommissioning of the Nuclear Fuel Facility in Apollo, Pennsylvania, by January 1, 1993. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act for the American Forces Information Service from being used for any national or international political or psychological activities. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used for the recruitment or enrollment of new students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for any class commencing after September 30, 1991. Requires all DOD software to be written in the programming language Ada after June 1, 1991, in the absence of a special exemption. Directs the President to acquire from domestic sources a specified amount of depleted uranium, using funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Limits the permanent change of station moves of active military personnel in Europe to be funded by appropriations from this Act. Prohibits FY 1991 DOD funds from being used for: (1) the training or utilization of psychologists in the prescription of drugs; or (2) reducing the military and civilian work force at any military medical facility or medical support facility below the level maintained or authorized for FY 1990. Earmarks specified funds for a project for the design and construction of a parliament building in the Solomon Islands, to be completed by November 1993. Makes certain congressional notification requirements inapplicable with respect to the transfer by the Secretary of the Navy of the obsolete destroyer USS Joy to the Bremerton Historic Ships Association. Earmarks specified Navy aircraft procurement funds for the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft program. Rescinds specified funds as provided in DOD appropriation Acts. Prohibits the use of DOD funds from this Act for the Ground-Wave Emergency Network System until the Secretary completes and reports to the defense committees on the health and environmental impact such system would have on surrounding local jurisdictions. Establishes the National Commission on Defense and National Security to analyze and make recommendations to the President and the Congress concerning national security and defense policies. Outlines global, political, economic, and military goals, developments, and activities to be analyzed by the Commission. Requires annual reports to the President and the Congress. Requires the Secretary to initially fund the Commission until funds are specifically appropriated for such purpose. Prohibits funds appropriated in this or any subsequent Act from being used to support an end strength level of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at any level in excess of 50,000. Reduces such end strength level annually by 5,000 if Japan has not agreed for such year to offset the direct costs incurred by the United States military personnel in Japan. Expresses the sense of the Congress that all those countries that share the benefits of international security and stability should share in the responsibility for such stability and security commensurate with their national capabilities. Recognizes that Japan has pledged financial support to support the U.N. Security Council resolutions in Iraq and that Japan has a greater economic capability to contribute to international security and stability. Encourages Japan to contribute commensurate with that capability.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 programs, projects, or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, notwithstanding certain sections of specified laws; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued before, on, or after the date of enactment of this joint resolution. Declares that such suspension ceases to be effective on October 20, 1990. Extends the temporary increase in the public debt to October 20, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2026
Enchanted National Forest, Cave Research Institute, and the Prehistoric Trackways Study Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to a specified congressional committee on the opportunities to establish an information center on the national forests in New Mexico and to expand the environmental education program for them. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Cave Research Institute (a center for the orderly and scholarly collection, analysis, and dissemination of research material related to caves) in: (1) Carlsbad Caverns National Park; (2) the Capitan Reef area; and (3) other lands managed by the National Park Service. Requires the Secretary to transmit a specified operational plan for the Research Institute to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Withdraws the Prehistoric Trackways Study Area from public land and mining laws, except mineral leasing laws. Terminates such withdrawal two years after a certain study by the Secretary of Agriculture is sent to the Congress. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on the alternatives for the protection and interpretation of the fossil resources within the study area. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act of 1988 to revise the statute of limitations applicable to certain additional claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2022
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to include in the report to the Congress on a petroleum products storage testing program any recommendations with regard to future storage of refined petroleum products.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 within the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Bureau of Land Management; (2) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; (3) the National Park Service; (4) the Geological Survey; (5) the Minerals Management Service; (6) the Bureau of Mines; (7) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; (8) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (9) the Office of Territorial and International Affairs; (10) the Departmental offices, including the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the Solicitor, the Office of Construction Management, the Office of the Inspector General, and the National Indian Gaming Commission. Establishes in the Treasury a working capital fund to assist in the management of certain support activities of the Geological Survey. Prohibits the use of funds for the conduct of leasing or related activities on areas within the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Central, Southern, and Northern California and the North Atlantic. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to finance the changing of the name of Mount McKinley. Prohibits the use of funds for the preparation for, or conduct of, pre-leasing and leasing activities of lands within a certain area of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coastline of Massachusetts or specified lands surrounding Georges Bank. Prohibits the use of funds for the financing of agreements or arrangements for the management of lands, waters, and interests on Matagorda Island, Texas, which were purchased with amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Prohibits the use of funds for leasing or drilling or other exploration activity on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning area. Prohibits the use of funds for preleasing and leasing activities for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 137 in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exercise certain authorities in the administration of the Department of the Interior Museum. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service. Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for, among other things, clean coal technology, fossil energy research and development, the SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve), and the SPR Account. Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service for Indian health services and facilities. Appropriates funds to: (1) the Department of Education for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for Indian education; (2) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation; (3) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (4) the Smithsonian Institution; (5) construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park; (6) restoration and renovation of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution; (7) construction at the Whipple Observatory; (8) the National Gallery of Art (NGA); (9) repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings of the NGA; and (10) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Makes appropriations for: (1) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; (2) the Institute of Museum Services; (3) the Commission of Fine Arts; (4) National Capital arts and cultural affairs; (5) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (6) the National Capital Planning Commission; (7) the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission; (8) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and (9) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Sets forth uses and prohibitions on uses of such funds. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth uses and limitations or prohibitions on uses of funds appropriated by this Act. Prohibits the use of funds to implement a transfer of property located within the city of Minneapolis from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to any Indian tribe. Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from using such funds for leasing of oil and natural gas by noncompetitive bidding on public lands within the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois. Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to evaluate, consider, process, or award oil, gas, or geothermal leases on Federal lands in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, State of Washington. Prohibits the use of funds for deer hunting in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Prohibits the use of funds in this Act for the sale of timber from giant sequoia trees which are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands. Specifies required percentage payments to be made by the U.S. Government: (1) to the Oregon and California land-grant counties in the State of Oregon for their share of land-grant receipts collected during the three-year baseline period of FY 1988 through 1990; and (2) to States affected by decisions relating to the Northern Spotted Owl from FY 1991 receipts collected during such period. Makes appropriations to the Forest Service to prepare the Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed Early Winters Alpine Sports Site in the Methow Valley, Washington. Provides for judicial challenges to decisions or actions of the Forest Service with respect to the SEIS, restricting such challenges to the United States Court for the District of Oregon.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to specify that nothing in certain provisions (added by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act and which relate to the making of deductions for retiree health benefits) shall be construed to require an employee group health plan covering retirees to provide benefits both to retirees who are below age 65 and to retirees who are age 65 and older.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2022
American University Incorporation Amendments Act of 1990 - Amends Federal law to remove the requirement that three-fifths of the members of the Board of Trustees of American University, District of Columbia, must be members of the Methodist Church. Allows an unspecified number of individual members to serve on the Board including (subject to their acceptance) the Bishop of the Washington Episcopal Area and the General Secretary of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church. Deletes provisions in the charter with respect to the University's operating subject to the terms and provisions of the Discipline of the Methodist Church.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Amends the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 to extend specified emergency low-income housing programs. Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to extend the Interagency Council on the Homeless. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the Federal Housing Administration mortgage limit.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albany, New York, as the Samuel S. Stratton Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 - Title I: Aviation Security - Amends Federal law to establish an Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security and Intelligence for the development of transportation security. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to report annually to the Congress on transportation security. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (Administrator) to report annually (currently, semiannually) to the Congress on the effectiveness of screening procedures for passengers boarding aircraft. Establishes in the FAA an Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security. Requires the Assistant Administrator to review and develop measures to strengthen air transportation security, including: (1) controls over checked baggage in air transportation; (2) control over individuals with access to aircraft; (3) testing of security systems; (4) use of modern x-ray equipment; and (5) preflight screening of passengers. Directs the Administrator to establish the position of: (1) Federal Security Manager for each U.S. airport that needs one; and (2) Foreign Security Liaison officer for each such airport outside of the United States. Directs the Administrator to issue regulations that subject to employment investigation, including criminal history record checks, all air carrier personnel, and individuals applying for air carrier positions, with unescorted access to domestic and foreign aircraft or to secured areas of domestic airports serving U.S. or foreign air carriers. Directs the Administrator to prescribe standards for the hiring, continued employment, and contracting of air carrier and airport security personnel. Requires foreign air carriers to adopt and use a security program approved by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct an assessment of current and potential threats to the domestic air transportation system, including the security of individual airports. Directs the Administrator to establish a program to accelerate and expand the research, development, and implementation of technologies and procedures to counteract terrorist acts against civil aviation. Requires the Administrator to: (1) complete a review of threats to civil aviation; and (2) establish a scientific advisory panel, as a subcommittee of the Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee, to review and advise on the progress of such program, including the need for long-range research programs to detect and prevent catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft by the next generation of terrorist weapons. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the deployment or purchase of explosive detection equipment unless the Administrator certifies that it can reliably detect explosive material which can cause catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft with 60 or more passenger seats. Requires air carriers, airport operators, travel agents, and employees who receive information of a threat to civil aviation to provide such information to: (1) an official of the FAA; (2) the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security and Intelligence; or (3) other appropriate officials. Requires the Administrator to cancel flights in the event that passenger safety from such a threat cannot be ensured. Requires the Administrator to develop guidelines to ensure notification to the public and to the flight and cabin crews of an air carrier flight of any threats to its security. Directs the Administrator to develop guidelines for airport design and construction to allow for maximum security enhancement. Directs the heads of the agencies of the intelligence community to promulgate policies and procedures to ensure that intelligence reports concerning international terrorism are made available to other members of the intelligence community, the Department of Transportation, and the FAA. Directs the Director of Central Intelligence to designate at least one intelligence officer of the Central Intelligence Agency to serve in a senior staff position in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Requires the Administrator to study whether additional requirements should be imposed to enhance the security requirements for the transportation of mail and cargo by passenger aircraft. Title II: United States Response to Terrorism Affecting Americans Abroad - Declares that the Department of State (the Department) shall be responsible for negotiating aviation security agreements with foreign countries concerning implementation of U.S. rules and regulations which affect the foreign operations of U.S. air carriers, foreign air carriers, and foreign international airports. Directs the Secretary of State to enter into negotiations for bilateral and multilateral agreements: (1) to enhance aviation security; (2) to implement the Foreign Airport Security Act and the foreign airport assessment program; and (3) to achieve improved availability of passenger manifest information. Makes the Coordinator for Counterterrorism responsible for the coordination of international aviation security for the Department. Requires the Administrator to require all U.S. air carriers to provide a passenger manifest of any flight to appropriate representatives of the Department within three hours after the carrier is notified of an aviation disaster outside the United States involving such flight. Authorizes the use of passport fees collected by the Department for the acquisition and production of machine-readable U.S. passports and visas and compatible reading equipment. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to notify promptly the families of victims of aviation disasters abroad, including timely written notice. Directs the Secretary of State to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of a disaster, particularly an aviation tragedy, involving U.S. citizens abroad, the Department will assign a specific individual, and an alternate, as the Department liaison for the family of each such citizen. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a toll-free telephone number is reserved for the use of the families of citizens who have been involved in such disasters. Requires the Secretary to institute a supplemental program of training in disaster management for all consular officers. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to provide in the event of an international aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens that at least: (1) one senior officer from the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department shall be dispatched to the disaster site; and (2) one Department employee shall be dispatched to such site to provide assistance and to act as an ombudsman with foreign local authorities for the victims' families. Requires the Secretary to promulgate: (1) criteria for Department staffing of disaster sites abroad; and (2) procedures for the deployment of a crisis team. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to provide arrangements for the preparation and transport to the United States of the remains of citizens who die abroad, as well as for disposition of personal effects. Requires the Secretary to compile an assessment of the Department response to the Pan American Airways Flight 103 disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, together with guidelines for future response to such disasters, for distribution to Embassy and consular posts abroad. Requires the Secretary to promulgate guidelines with respect to recognition for the families of U.S. citizens who are killed through acts of terrorism abroad. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should take appropriate action to increase limits on carrier liability established by the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air (Warsaw Convention). Directs the President to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal to authorize the United States to provide monetary and tax relief as compensation to U.S. citizens who are victims of terrorism. Exempts the victims of the Lockerbie air disaster from income tax liability for any taxable year including December 21, 1988, and the prior year. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to establish, under the Bureau of Consular Affairs, an electronic bulletin board accessible to the general public. Authorizes appropriations for antiterrorism assistance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize training services, including short term refresher training, with respect to antiterrorism, to be conducted, under specified circumstances, outside of the United States. Directs the Secretary of State to develop and publish guidelines for thwarting efforts by international terrorists to enlist unwitting assistance of international aviation travelers in terrorist activities. Requires the Secretary of State to publish U.S. rewards for information on international terrorist-related activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should take measures to utilize and train U.S. employees at U.S. airports and abroad in the detection of explosives and firearms which could threaten international civil aviation. Requires the Secretary of State to propose to the International Civil Aviation Organization the establishment of a security program which includes: (1) training for airport security personnel; (2) grants for security equipment acquisition for certain nations; and (3) expansion of canine teams in the detection of explosive devices in all airports, including passenger screening areas and nonpublic baggage assembly and processing areas.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to acquire specified real property in the District of Columbia for the Library of Congress. Revises penalty provisions with respect to offenses committed in the Library building and grounds. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 2024
Title I: Continuing Appropriations - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 for projects or activities provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Provides for the continuation of projects or activities when the House of Representatives and the Senate differ in amounts or authority. Makes appropriations as necessary for: (1) projects or activities under the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (2) projects or activities under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990; (3) projects or activities under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990; and (4) the Aerostat Program of the U.S. Customs Service. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under the Defense Appropriations Act, 1990 for: (1) new production of items not funded in FY 1990 or prior fiscal years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY 1990 funds; (3) other specified activities not funded or authorized during FY 1990 (except for activities related to Operation Desert Shield); (4) the initiation of multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later; and (5) procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation in excess of the current rate or the estimate for FY 1991, whichever is lower, except for activities related to Operation Desert Shield. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to initiate or resume any activity for which funds were not available during FY 1990. Makes funds available under this Act until the earliest of: (1) October 20, 1990; (2) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act; or (3) enactment of the applicable appropriations without any provision for such project or activity. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991. Makes certain prohibitions of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 inapplicable with respect to assistance to Egypt. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for purposes of determining the amount of Medicare payments made to a hospital for the costs of inpatient hospital services for discharges occurring between October 1 and October 20, 1990, to apply the area wage index applicable to such hospital as of September 30, 1990. Amends the Social Security Act to extend the period through which certain discharges occur to October 20, 1990, for purposes of calculating inpatient hospital service payments on the basis of prospective rates. Title II: Supplemental Appropriations for Operation Desert Shield - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1990 for specified branches of the armed forces for: (1) military and reserve personnel; (2) operation and maintenance; (3) other procurement; (4) research, development, test, and evaluation; and (5) the Defense Stock Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to accept gifts for use by the Department of Defense to finance operations in and around the Arabian Peninsula relating to Operation Desert Shield. Provides for the deposit of any proceeds from such gifts in the National Defense Gift Fund. Permits the President, when exercising the authority to order the Selected Reserve to active duty, to extend the period of such order an additional 180 days (currently, 90 days) in the case of operations in and around the Arabian Peninsula and Operation Desert Shield. Makes supplemental appropriations for the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 2024
Minority Health Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health the Office of Minority Health, to be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Deputy Assistant Secretary, with respect to minority health, to carry out the duties of the office, including: (1) establishing goals and coordinating departmental activities: (2) increasing the participation of minorities in health service and promotion programs, and in data collection and research; (3) establishing a national minority health resource center to facilitate information exchange; (4) support research; and (5) develop health information and teaching programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to provide to residents of public housing: (1) primary health services; (2) referrals and follow-up services; and (3) health counseling and education services. Requires, subject to waiver, that services covered by Medicaid be provided by providers qualified to receive Medicaid payments. Requires that services be provided at locations immediately accessible to residents of public housing. Allows grant funds to be used to: (1) train public housing residents to provide health screenings and provide educational services; and (2) provide health services to individuals who are not residents of public housing. Authorizes appropriations. Replaces provisions mandating grants to health professions schools for programs of excellence in education for minorities with similar provisions, adding detailed eligibility requirements. Designates a school receiving a grant as a Center of Excellence in Minority Health Professions Education, a Hispanic Center of Excellence in Health Professions Education, or a Native American Center of Excellence in Health Professions Education. Requires public and nonprofit private schools to maintain the level of non-Federal spending at least at the level of the preceding fiscal year, but applies that requirement to nonprofit private schools only to the extent of the non-Federal amounts available to the school. Authorizes appropriations. Requires that the Federal capital contribution to a student loan fund under existing provisions, the school contribution to the fund, and collected principal and interest be used only for making loans to minorities and for collection costs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to health professions schools for scholarships to minorities. Allows a limited percentage of the grant amounts to be used to assist undergraduates committed to a career in the health professions. Sets forth requirements for schools which receive the Federal capital contributions or the grants for scholarships, including: (1) recruiting minority students and minority faculty; (2) ensuring instruction on minority health issues; (3) making arrangements with secondary and undergraduate institutions regarding the educational preparation of minority students to enter the health professions; (4) providing students experience in clinics which provide services to a significant number of minority individuals; (5) establishing a mentor program. Authorizes appropriations for the Federal capital contributions and for the grants for scholarships. Directs the Secretary to establish a program in which the Federal Government agrees to repay a limited amount of the educational loans of minority individuals who agree to serve as members of the faculties of eligible health professions schools. Requires, subject to waiver, that the school where an individual serves on the faculty agree to repay an amount equal to the Federal payment. Authorizes appropriations. Amends provisions relating to the National Center for Health Statistics to direct the Secretary to encourage States and registration areas to obtain detailed data on ethnic and racial populations, including subpopulations of Hispanics and Asian Americans. Requires an annual collection of data from a statistically valid sample concerning the general health, illness, and disability of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Specifies elements required to be addressed on an annual or rotating basis. Directs the Secretary to collect and analyze health data specific to particular ethnic and racial populations. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Center, to make grants, with regard to ethnic and racial populations and subpopulations, for: (1) the conduct of surveys or studies; (2) analysis of data; and (3) research on methods for developing statistics. Exempts such surveys or studies from provisions prohibiting the release of information if the establishment or person supplying the information is identifiable. Authorizes appropriations for the activities of the National Center for Health Statistics. Repeals provisions: (1) prohibiting making a grant or contract under provisions relating to the Center that may be entered into under another provision; and (2) mandating assessments of health manpower shortages and a related report to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 2025
Chief Financial Officer Act of 1990 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth congressional findings with respect to the financial management systems of the Federal Government. Declares the purposes of this Act to be to improve such systems. Title II: Establishment of Chief Financial Officers - Amends Federal law to create a Deputy Director for Management within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), appointed by the President. Requires the Deputy Director, under the general supervision of the Director of OMB, to coordinate and supervise OMB's general management functions. Makes the Director of OMB the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the United States to provide overall direction and leadership to the executive branch on financial management matters. Establishes in OMB an Office of Federal Financial Management, headed by the Controller of the United States who shall be appointed by the President. Authorizes the Director of OMB to delegate to the Controller all functions relating to financial management. Transfers to such Office all functions, powers, or duties of Federal agencies (except those of the Offices of the Inspectors General) which relate to such Office. Establishes within each specified agency an agency Chief Financial Officer, to be appointed or designated by the President. Sets forth the duties of such Officers regarding financial management matters. Establishes within each such agency an agency Deputy Chief Financial Officer to report directly to the agency Chief Financial Officer. Requires the head of each such agency to submit to the Director of OMB a proposal for reorganizing the agency with respect to financial management functions. Requires implementation of such proposal upon the Director's approval. Title III: Enhancement of Federal Financial Management Activities - Requires the Director of OMB to develop and maintain a Government-wide financial management plan describing the activities the Director, the Controller, and the agency CFOs will conduct over the next five fiscal years to improve the financial management of the Government. Prescribes the contents of such plan. Requires the Director to report to the President and the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act on the plan and annually thereafter with a revised plan to cover the succeeding five fiscal years. Establishes a Chief Financial Officers Council consisting of the Controller, the Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and the agency CFOs. Requires each agency to prepare financial statements for submission to the Director and the Controller. Requires the Director to report to the Congress on which executive agencies perform substantial commercial functions for which financial statements practicably can be prepared. Provides for audits of such statements. Revises the mandate and general procedures for: (1) the audit of financial statements of Government corporations; and (2) the annual management reports of such corporations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 - Establishes the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribal Settlement Fund in the Treasury and authorizes appropriations for it. Provides that the interest from such fund shall be used for: (1) tribal economic development; (2) tribal governmental services and facilities; (3) per capita distributions to tribal members; (4) rehabilitation and betterment of the irrigation system on the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Indian Reservation, except on certain lands; (5) acquisition of lands, water rights, or related property interests located outside the Reservation; and (6) acquisition of individually owned land, water rights, or related property interests on the Reservation (including those held in trust by the United States). Directs the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe (the Tribe) to develop and submit a plan to the Secretary of the Treasury describing the expenditure of the funds, including a project for the rehabilitation and betterment of the existing irrigation system on the Reservation. Prohibits any disbursements to the Tribe if it does not adopt the plan. Requires that all lands, water rights, and related property interests acquired by this Act within certain counties in Nevada be held in trust by the United States for the Tribe as part of the Reservation. Allocates an annual specified total use of water rights appurtenant to the Reservation which are served by the Newlands Reclamation Project. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) reimburse non-Federal entities for cost for delivery of the Project water to serve water rights added to the Reservation under this Act; and (2) enter into renewable contracts for the payments of such costs. Confirms the jurisdiction of the Tribe over the use and transfer of such water rights within its Reservation. Authorizes the Tribe, for certain defined purposes, to acquire any lands, water rights, or interests therein (including those held in trust, located within the Reservation). Requires the United States to hold the title in trust for the Tribe to any lands, water rights, or interests therein, acquired by the Tribe within certain Nevada counties. Prohibits the Secretaries from disbursing any monies from the Fund unless specified conditions are met, including release of specified claims against the United States. Permits the Tribe to rescind its release of claims under this Act if the Congress fails to appropriate funds.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of the Army to transfer jurisdiction of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee to the Secretary of the Interior not later than 30 days after enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990. Modifies certain restrictions and existing road maintenance within the gorge area. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to the Charit Creek Lodge, its associated facilities, and historic structures determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Environmental Research Geographic Location Information Act - Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to periodically identify at least 35 environmental research journals, conference proceedings, or other reference sources in which scientific research or engineering studies related to air, water, or soil quality or pollution or other environmental issues are published. Requires the review of at least 50 journals or proceedings. Directs the EPA to review such materials annually and to publish an index of the articles by geographic location. Requires the EPA to review the list of references at least biennially and to revise the list of sources, as appropriate. Provides that all reports resulting from EPA research projects shall indicate the specific location to which the research pertains. Requires all U.S. Government documents relating to the environment that are submitted to the National Technical Information Service to identify the location to which the document pertains. Directs the Service to submit to the Congress an annual bibliography of publications by geographic location. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Capitol Police Retirement Act - Subjects members of the Capitol Police to the age and service requirements applicable to other Federal law enforcement officers relating to immediate and mandatory retirement under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System. Provides that members of the Capitol Police will have their annuities computed in the same manner as those of other Federal law enforcement officers with respect to immediate and mandatory retirement under the Civil Service Retirement System.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Extends for 90 days the Executive Exchange Program established under the Executive Exchange Program Voluntary Services Act of 1986. Requires a Federal employee assigned to a position in the private sector under an executive exchange program required to be administered by the President's Commission on Executive Exchange to be treated as if on detail while assigned to the position in the private sector. Declares that an agreement providing for the assignment of an employee to a position in the private sector as a participant in such a program shall not be effective unless it provides that the private-sector employer agrees to reimburse the employee's agency for the basic pay of the employee attributable to the period of assignment. Amends the Federal criminal code to exempt Federal employees who participate in such a program from sanctions which prevent them from receiving reimbursement from their private-sector employers for expenses incurred while on detail.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Transfers the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the Highway 82 Bridge at Greenville, Mississippi, to the States of Mississippi and Arkansas upon certification by the Secretary of Transportation that such States have entered into a suitable agreement for the continued operation and maintenance of the bridge.