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start of 1st session
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101st term of congress
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George H. W. Bush
became president of the U.S. and Dan Quayle became Vice President -
Senate armed Services committee
Rejected, 9-11, President Bush's nomination of John Tower for Secretary of Defense -
Exxon Valdez oil spill
An oil tanker bound for long beach, California, struck Prince William Sounds Bligh Reef and spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude oil. -
whistleblower protection act
A United States federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report agency misconduct. -
end of 1st session
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Operation Just Cause
Lanuched to overthrow Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega -
start of 2nd session
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Americans with Disabilities Act
a law that was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990. It was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush, and later amended with changes effective January 1, 2009 a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. -
Oil Pollution Act
to mitigate and prevent civil liability for future oil spills off the coast of the United States. -
end of 2nd session
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
a United States statute enacted pursuant to the budget reconciliation process to reduce the United States federal budget deficit. -
The Water Resources Development Act
Most of the provisions of WRDA 1990 are administered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. -
Water Resources Development Act
Authorizes public works projects in specified locations for improvements to navigation, flood control, storm damage reduction, and the construction of recreation features -
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
requiring federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding to return Native American "cultural items" to their respective peoples -
Immigration Act
increased the number of legal immigrants allowed into the United States each year. -
William Kennedy Smith
a nephew of U.S senator Ted Kennedy, is idenified as a suspect in an alleged Palm Beach, Flordia sexual assault
