United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1988
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit any financial connection between the contractor who conducts a school asbestos inspection or assists in preparing a school asbestos management plan and the contractor who carries out such plan. Requires that in monitoring school air for asbestos: (1) transmission electron microscopes having a specified sensitivity limit be used; (2) such monitoring be conducted in the manner most likely to detect asbestos; and (3) no financial connection exist between monitors and contractors implementing asbestos response actions. Requires that the model school asbestos contractor accreditation plan for States, developed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), include a State-approved contractor training course and require that those who have passed the accreditation exam engage in supervised work experience before achieving accreditation. Directs the Administrator and the States to establish procedures for terminating accreditation. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress within six months of this Act's enactment on the need for and feasibility of agreements between States to create reciprocity in accreditation between States. Directs the Administrator to: (1) develop and implement a plan for conducting random, on-site school inspections to ensure that asbestos response actions are carried out in a manner that protects human health and the environment; (2) require school asbestos contractors to provide assurances of financial responsibility for all liabilities arising out of their work; and (3) delineate the division of responsibility between the EPA and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for worker safety under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response program. Authorizes school employees who are directed to conduct emergency repairs which may involve asbestos or to conduct operations and maintenance activities to refuse to conduct such activities unless they are provided with proper equipment and training and allowed to follow safe work practices. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations within 120 days of this Act's enactment requiring owners of Federal, State, and commercial buildings to conduct asbestos inspections in and, if asbestos is present, develop and implement asbestos management plans for such buildings. Sets deadlines for the implementation and completion of such activities. Imposes civil monetary penalties against building owners who violate such regulations. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress within 120 days of this Act's enactment on the feasibility of tracking asbestos-containing material removed from schools to assure that it is transported and disposed of in a manner protective of human health and the environment. Establishes an Asbestos Abatement Scientific Commission which shall assess available asbestos response actions for their effectiveness and appropriateness in protecting human health and the environment. Sets forth reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1988
Congratulates Israel and Egypt for a decade of peace based upon the Camp David accords. Calls upon other Arab states and Palestinians to join in the peace process, renounce the state of war and acts of violence, and enter into direct negotiations with Israel to achieve a lasting peace.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1988
Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act of 1988 - Title I: Public Lands - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to take necessary actions to exchange specified lands with Phillips County, Montana, if the Secretary determines such exchange to be in the public interest. Disclaims any intent to enlarge or diminish the responsibility of any party under State or Federal law for proper management of such lands or for management or actions related to hazardous substances or materials located on such lands. Requires the Secretary to advise appropriate Federal, State, and county officials, prior to consummating the exchange, of any information the Secretary has concerning hazardous substances or materials located on such lands. Directs the Secretary to: (1) resurvey and prepare a new plat for the townsite of Veteran, Wyoming, to take into account the actual use of streets and alleys on such lands for designation as public reservations; and (2) patent such reservation lands to Goshen County. Provides for an exchange of forest lands between Farmington City, Utah, and the Secretary of Agriculture. Directs the the Secretary of Agriculture, within three years of the date of enactment of this Act, to identify city or State lands which are suitable for transfer to the United States for national forest purposes. Specifies that any such lands exchanged shall be of equal value (as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture) or equalized by payment to or by the Secretary of Agriculture, as long as the payment does not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the lands transferred out of Federal ownership. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, in lieu of such an exchange, to transfer by sale for fair market value such Federal lands to the city or State of Utah, as appropriate. Withdraws all public lands within Kanab City, Utah, from all forms of entry and appropriation under the public lands laws, including the mining laws, and from operation of the mineral and geothermal leasing laws. Terminates such withdrawal five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to determine which public lands withdrawn meet the disposal criteria specified in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and to notify Kanab City concerning such determination. Grants Kanab City, for the four-year period beginning on the date of enactment, the exclusive right to purchase any such withdrawn lands that the Secretary has determined to be suitable for disposal. Provides for the public sale of such lands after the expiration of such period, but gives Kanab City the opportunity to meet the high bid offered by any other party. Specifies that all such sales of public lands shall be for fair market value and subject to valid existing rights, as well as subject to any conditions to (or any patent issued in consequence of) such sale as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate. Authorizes the Secretary to release and quitclaim to the city of Riverdale, Utah, for fair market value all right, title, and interest of the United States in specified property, provided that the city requests such action within one year after the enactment of this Act. Provides that all funds received by the United States shall be credited to the Land and Water Conservation Fund of the Treasury and shall be available for expenditure under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to determine the feasibility and desirability of protecting and preserving lands and resources associated with the western terminus of the Oregon Trail in Oregon City, Oregon; (2) consult with interested Federal agencies and State and local bodies; (3) coordinate the study with applicable outdoor recreation plans and related plans for the preservation of historic and natural resources in the area; and (4) report his or her findings and recommendations to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to convey specified lands to the Catholic Diocese of Reno/Las Vegas, Nevada, for administrative cost. Reserves a right-of-way and construction easement to the United States. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to determine the feasibility of protecting and preserving certain cultural, historic, and natural resources associated with the coal mining heritage of southern West Virginia; (2) consult with interested Federal agencies, State and local government authorities, and nonprofit organizations; and (3) report to specified congressional committees. Specifies the area to be studied. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to permit entry on desert lands which are part of scenic easement areas of the Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, to certain applicants who convey certain scenic easements to the United States. Michigan Public Lands Improvement Act of 1988 - Grants to the State of Michigan the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain public uplands and islands in Michigan waters which were not subject to any claim on January 1, 1988. Allows the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain other lands which were subject to a claim identified on the records of the Bureau of Land Management as of that date to the claimants following resolution on conflicting claims. Deems title to public lands which, on the date of enactment of this Act, was subject to leases issued to the State of Michigan under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to have vested in the State and to be exempt from Department of the Interior regulations governing leases under such Act. Allows the State to receive, under this Act, lands previously patented to the State under such Act by notifying the Secretary that it intends to relinquish such lands to the United States. Requires the Secretary to transfer such lands back to the State subject to the provisions of this Act, effective simultaneously with the States relinquishment of such lands. Authorizes the Secretary to sell and issue a patent to a tract of public land located in Michigan where the Secretary determines that: (1) such tract does not exceed 1,500 acres and is difficult and uneconomic to manage as part of the public lands and is not suitable for management by another Federal department or agency; and (2) such sale would not be inconsistent with land use plans developed in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Allows the Secretary, following adjudication of any claims, to convey such land at fair market value, less equities presented by an applicant for such conveyance (such as the amount paid for the land, longevity of the applicant's claim, and taxes paid on the land) and less the value of any improvements. Provides for the description of tracts of such land conveyed on the approved Federal plat of survey. Authorizes the Secretary to either: (1) convey title to a qualified trustee, where a tract does not conform to an existing survey plat, in order to conform the legal description to such plat; or (2) require the applicant to reimburse the United States for the cost of preparing a plat of survey. Prohibits the sale of such lands unless the Secretary, before 30 days prior to such sale, publishes notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the tract is located. Reserves to the United States all mineral rights in the lands transferred under this Act. Prohibits the conveyance or transfer of such lands by Michigan to any person or entity other than a political subdivision of the State. Authorizes the use of such lands only for purposes of public recreation or protection of fish, wildlife, plants, or other natural resources and values. Directs the Secretary to take steps to notify Michigan residents of the uplands and islands to be granted or otherwise transferred to the State. Requires Michigan to notify the Secretary with regard to any grant or transfer or conveyance of such lands by the State to a political subdivision. Requires the State to submit to the Secretary a report within five years of enactment of this Act, and every five years thereafter, as to the present ownership, management, and use of the lands granted or otherwise transferred. Sets forth enforcement procedures. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to fish and wildlife in any lands granted to or transferred to the State under this Act. Makes a private land survey conducted in 1955 the legal boundary survey for specified lands in Riverside, County, California. Provides for the reinstatement of the canceled entry of William A. Wright to certain lands in Lamar County, Alabama. Waives the 160-acre limitation on conveyances under the Color-of-Title Act for any claim for a patent that may be filed under such Act for a specified parcel of land in Sumter County, Alabama. Declares that the Southern Pacific Transportation Company has abandoned certain real property situated in Alameda County, California, forming a part of the right-of-way granted by the United States to the Central Pacific Railway Company. Retains all Federal right, title, and interest in such property for management by the Secretary of the Interior as a public recreational trail, and for other recreational purposes compatible with trail use. Exempts specified property embraced within a certain public highway from such Federal interest. Reserves to the United States all oil, coal, or other minerals in such property, including prospecting, mining, and removal rights. Restricts to public highway and related uses under California law that portion of the property embraced within a certain public highway. States that all rights and interests revert back to the United States if: (1) any portion of such property is used for purposes unauthorized by this Act; or (2) if an attempt is made to transfer ownership of such property to any party other than the State of California. Mandates that lands within the Toiyabe National Forest (California) which have been used for purposes of the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center be retained as part of such National Forest. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to continue to make such lands available to the Marine Corps for such training center. Directs that such lands be open to public recreation and other uses consistent with the primary purpose of the Mountain Warfare Training Center. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, subject to valid existing rights, to transfer specified lands to Clark County, Nevada, for use as a mobile home park for low-income senior citizens. Reserves mineral rights and the right of reversion to the United States. Directs the Secretary to take such actions as appropriate to: (1) reserve rights-of-way and easements for road, public utility, and flood control purposes; and (2) protect the public interest. Transfers specified public lands in Nevada to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the Toiyabe or the Inyo National Forest. Transfers specified national forest lands to the Secretary of the Interior. Requires lands designed for inclusion in such Forests to be managed so as not to impair their suitability for wilderness designation. Excludes such additional national forest lands from calculations for interstate (California and Nevada) but not intrastate (Nevada) distribution of the Twenty-Five Percent Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer land known as Wilbur Square to Boulder City, Nevada. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the temporary use for specified military purposes of certain public lands in Alaska for up to three years. Limits the use of public lands to areas where such use would not be inconsistent with the plans prepared pursuant to the FLPMA. Makes the using department responsible for any necessary cleanup and decontamination of the lands used and for any other terms and conditions which the Secretary may impose to minimize adverse impacts on the resources and values of such lands. Provides for notification of the public where public safety may require closure to public use of any portion of such lands. Recreation and Public Purposes Amendment Act of 1988 - Allows the Secretary of the Interior to convey lands which may be used by the applicant for the disposal of solid wastes or hazardous substances only if: (1) the Secretary determines that no hazardous substance is present on such land; (2) the applicant furnishes evidence that a copy of the application and information concerning the proposed use of such land has been provided to the Environmental Protection Agency and certain other State and Federal agencies; (3) the applicant gives a warranty that use of such land will be consistent with applicable State and Federal laws and that the applicant will hold the United States harmless from any liability; and (4) the applicant demonstrates that the land meets applicable State and local requirements and needs for solid waste or hazardous substance disposal. Provides for a limited reverter which shall become permanent unless the lands have been used for the purposes specified in the application within five years after the date of conveyance. Requires any party who has transferred ownership of any conveyed lands not used for such specified purposes to pay to the Secretary fair market value for such lands. Provides that no lands covered by an issued patent shall revert to the United States if such lands have been used for the disposal of solid waste or hazardous substances. Authorizes the Secretary, with respect to lands conveyed prior to enactment of this Act, to renounce the United States' reversionary interests in such lands upon finding that lands have been used for the disposal of solid waste or hazardous substances. Authorizes the Secretary, with respect to lands leased prior to enactment of this Act, to convey in fee such leased lands without any provision for reversion to the United States upon finding that such lands have been used for the disposal of solid waste or hazardous substances. Establishes the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop, within two years, a comprehensive management plan for such area to protect the natural riparian, wildlife, cultural, and recreational resources. Prohibits the issuing of new grazing permits for such area for 15 years. Directs the Secretary to establish a San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee. Permits the Secretary to acquire land interests within the Area. Requires the Secretary to report within five years, and every ten years thereafter, to the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Rivers and Trails - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate Wildcat River, New Hampshire, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Wildcat River Advisory Commission to assist in implementing this Act. Terminates such commission ten years after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to permit access across the Buffalo National Park, Arkansas, to certain owners of privately owned lands (as of September 1, 1987) outside the park on an annual basis. Amends the National Trails System Act to provide for a study of the Coronado Trail, the route taken by the Spanish explorer through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, for inclusion in such System. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a comprehensive river conservation study for a specified segment of the Columbia River, Washington. Requires the study to identify and evaluate the outstanding features of the river segment, including fish and wildlife, scenic, recreational, natural, historical, and cultural values, and examine alternatives for their preservation. Requires the Secretary to consult with State, local, and tribal governments with respect to the study and to provide for public comment. Prohibits any Federal agency, for a period of eight years after enactment of this Act, from constructing any dam, channel, or related navigation project on the river segment. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: National Park System - Designates certain lands within the Congaree Swamp National Monument, South Carolina, as the Congaree Swamp National Monument Wilderness. Designates certain other lands within the Monument as potential wilderness additions. Increases the acreage of the Monument to include an area known as the "Citizens Boundary Proposal for Congaree Swamp National Monument." Provides additional funds for the acquisition of additional lands for such Monument. Authorizes appropriations for construction and development within the Monument. Establishes the Zuni-Cibola National Historical Park in New Mexico. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept a leasehold interest in trust lands of the Zuni Indian Reservation which are necessary for the establishment of such park. Provides for the management of the park by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to accept concurrent jurisdiction from the Zuni Tribe with respect to law enforcement within the park. Exempts all enrolled members of the Tribe from the payment of park admission fees. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the Tribe for the purpose of providing training to Zuni members in the management and preservation of historical properties and needed public services on the Reservation. Directs the Secretary to give employment preference to tribal members with respect to park management. Sets forth requirements with respect to Federal agency activities affecting the park. Establishes the Zuni-Cibola National Historical Park Advisory Commission within the Department of the Interior. Provides that such Commission shall advise the Director of the National Park Service in the planning, management, and administration of the park. Authorizes the Commission to employ an administrative director. Directs the Secretary to develop and transmit a park management plan to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. Authorizes the Secretary to close the park to the public when tribal religious activities are scheduled. Includes the Zuni-Cibola National Historical Park as an area to be accessed by the Masau Trail. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area along the Mississippi River in the St. Paul-Minneapolis Metropolitan Area, Minnesota. Establishes the Mississippi River Coordinating Commission to assist Government authorities in developing and implementing a management plan for such lands and waters. Requires the Commission to submit a plan, within three years, to the Governor of Minnesota and the Secretary of the Interior for review and approval. Requires the Secretary to monitor such Area in the interim. Terminates the Commission after ten years. Authorizes the State, following the termination, to establish a State Commission to take over such Commission's functions. Transfers Federal property within the Area to the Secretary, except for Army Engineer facilities for navigation and other buildings or structures currently in use. Requires Federal entities to notify and receive the approval of the Secretary before engaging in any activities in or affecting such Area. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land and interests in such Area, as specified. Requires the Secretary to review local plans and ordinances and their enforcement to assure conformance to the plan. Permits the Secretary to acquire lands without the owner's consent after appropriate notice and opportunity to cure a nonconforming plan or ordinance. Permits owners of acquired improved residential property to retain the right to residential use for 25 years or the owner's death. Sets forth other terms and conditions for such use. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for land acquisition and to provide technical assistance for programs. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretaries of the Army and the Interior to appoint representatives to a Tri-Rivers Management Board to coordinate development of the Mississippi, St.-Croix, and Minnesota Rivers within the St. Paul-Minneapolis Metropolitan Area, Minnesota. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes the Natchez National Historical Park in Mississippi. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land for such park by donations or exchange. Requires the Secretary to transmit to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources a study of historic properties in the city of Natchez. Directs the Secretary, following completion of such study, but not later than one year after enactment of this Act, to establish historic districts in the city of Natchez. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with owners of properties located within such historic districts. Requires the Secretary, within three complete fiscal years after enactment of this Act, to submit to such congressional committees a general management plan for the park. Requires the Secretary to study the feasibility of extending the Natchez Trace within the city of Natchez, including acceptance of donations of rights-of-way. Requires the Secretary, within one year after enactment of this Act, to transmit such study to such congressional committees. Establishes the Natchez National Historical Park Advisory Commission to consult with the Secretary on the management and development of the park. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire two parcels of land in Florida under authority of the Act to establish the Canaveral National Seashore. Directs the Secretary to manage such parcels for: (1) the protection and interpretation of Seminole Indian archaeological and historic resources; and (2) the establishment of an administrative headquarters and visitor center for the Seashore. Increases appropriations authorized for the development of public facilities for the Seashore. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Removes the restriction which prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from acquiring in fee by purchase or condemnation more than 600 acres of Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland. Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to remove additional restrictions which authorized only certain scenic easement acquisitions. Establishes the Hamilton Grange National Memorial in the State of New York. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire land, interests therein, and improvements thereon within the boundaries of the memorial by donation; (2) reimburse the owner of such property a specified amount for administrative costs for the transfer; and (3) acquire associated personal property. Directs the Secretary to: (1) administer the memorial as a unit of the National Park System; and (2) submit a general management plan to specified congressional committees within three complete fiscal years after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes the Poverty Point National Monument in Louisiana. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, within two years after enactment of this Act, to develop and implement a management plan for such monument. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education and professional societies to conduct further research on Poverty Point, its people, and their culture. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire lands for the establishment of such monument. Establishes the Poverty Point National Monument Advisory Commission. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the use of Federal lands to expand any reservoir within Yosemite National Park without specific congressional authorization. Establishes the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Establishes the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission to assist appropriate Federal, State, and local authorities in the development and implementation of an integrated resource management plan for the Corridor. Directs the Commission, within one year after it conducts its first meeting, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a Cultural Heritage and Corridor Management Plan which: (1) provides an inventory of Corridor property to be preserved and restored because of its national historic or cultural significance; (2) develops a historic interpretive plan; and (3) recommends policies for resource management of the Corridor. Terminates the Commission in five years, with a possible five-year extension. Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove the Commission's Plan within 60 days after its receipt. Directs the Secretary, following plan approval, to assist the Commission in producing interpretive materials. Requires any Federal entity conducting activities affecting Canal flows or Corridor natural resources to consult and cooperate with the Secretary and the Commission. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Route, a vehicular tour route along existing public roads linking natural and cultural sites in New Jersey. Directs the Secretary to complete and report to the appropriate congressional committees within one year a comprehensive inventory of route sites and a general plan. Requires intergovernmental consultation and public participation in the preparation of such inventory and plan. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance in the development of interpretive materials and conservation methods. Requires that the route be marked with appropriate markers for the public. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the National Park of American Samoa. Provides for the management of such park. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Board to provide advice on such management. Requires the Secretary and the Governor of American Samoa to review, at least once every ten years, the operation and management of the park. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study and recommend appropriate initiatives to provide an educational and interpretative program for the Pinelands National Reserve, New Jersey. Requires the Secretary to study New Jersey's Pinelands Development Credit Bank, Pinelands Development Credit System, and Pinelands Municipal Council and submit to the Congress any recommendations for the improvement of their operations. Provides Federal lands for 50 percent of the cost for land acquisition within the Reserve. Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission to make loans or grants to preserve and protect sites which are related to the industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania. Requires the Commission to coordinate government activities and develop project guidelines and standards consistent with standards established by the National Park Service for the preservation of historic properties. Requires the Commission to report annually to the Secretary of the Interior on loans, grants, expenses, and income. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on loans, grants, and other technical assistance provided under this Act. Directs the Commission to require and submit to appropriate congressional committees detailed cost estimates for projects to be funded. Terminates the Commission in ten years. Authorizes appropriations. Makes such funds available only to the extent they are matched by equivalent funds from non-Federal sources. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to designate a vehicular tour route in southwestern Pennsylvania, to be known as the Southwestern Pennsylvania Industrial Heritage Route, linking sites of historic, cultural, natural, and recreational interest. Authorizes the Secretary to erect informational markers, to accept donations of informational devices, and to provide technical assistance in the development of interpretive devices and materials. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits using such funds for the maintenance of roads or related structures. Includes specified lands within the boundary of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of a fence to protect the natural and cultural resources of such lands. Redesignates the Salinas National Monument, New Mexico, as the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands within the John Muir National Historic Site, California, to be administered as part of the Site. Directs the Secretary to acquire only such interests in the John Muir grave Site as may be necessary to preserve the Site in its present undeveloped condition and to provide maintenance of the Site. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to enter into a cooperative agreement with the East Bay Regional Park District of Oakland, California, for the operation and maintenance by such District of trails on lands within such historical site. Increases the authorization of appropriations for the acquisition of land for the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center. Specifies lands to be donated by the State of Montana for the establishment of such center. Provides that such lands shall revert to the State of Montana if the Secretary uses such lands for any purpose other than those authorized under this Act. Requires the Secretary to administer the Center in a manner that will best provide for the interpretation of the accomplishments of the Lewis and Clark Expedition along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Montana. Directs the Secretary, within two years after the establishment of the Center, to submit to specified House and Senate committees a plan for development and interpretation of the Center. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into: (1) cooperative agreements with the State of Montana for rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement services with respect to the Center; and (2) cooperative agreements with Federal, State, or local public agencies for the development and operation of facilities and services in furtherance of this Act. Encourages the Secretary, with Montana, to develop a cooperative management plan for the entire Giant Springs Park. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Portage Route chapter of the Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation or a similarly affiliated organization to provide educational materials to the public that highlight the travels of Lewis and Clark or other historical features of the area. Authorizes appropriations, including specified sums for the construction of the Center. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to act through the Bureau of Land Management (the National Park Service under current law) to construct and operate a visitor facility in or near Fort Benton under the Missouri River area management plan. Amends the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (the Act) to revise the definition of "archaeological resource" to eliminate the condition that an item be "of archaeological interest." Prohibits attempts at (as well as acts of) excavation, removal, damage, or other alteration or defacement of any archaeological resource located on public or Indian lands, without a permit. Lowers to $500 (currently $5,000) the threshold commercial or archaeological value of an archaeological resource (including cost of restoration or repair) above which, for certain violations of the Act, specified criminal penalties are mandated. Directs each Federal land manager to: (1) establish a program to increase public awareness of the significance of, and the need to protect, archaeological resources located on public lands and Indian lands; and (2) report annually to specified congressional committees on actions taken under such program. Designates specified lands in the Olympic National Park, Washington, as the Olympic Wilderness and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to maintain and replace, as appropriate, the Wolf Creek underground powerline to Hurricane Ridge. Authorizes funds to the Secretary to make payment to the Clallam County Historical Society and Museum of Port Angeles, Washington, as compensation for: (1) its interest in the National Park Service visitor center, Pioneer Memorial Museum, and Olympic National Park, Washington; and (2) its participation in the construction of the Pioneer Memorial Museum. Revises provisions relating to the forfeiture of property used in connection with killing, trapping, capturing, or damaging animals or plants in the Park. Directs the Secretary to complete a study for the location of a year-round visitor center in the Kalaloch area of the Olympic National Park. Designates specified lands in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Washington, as the Stephen Mather Wilderness and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides that no law shall affect the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission to proceed with specified hydroelectric projects within the Park. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire lands outside of the Park for the construction of a back country information center and a headquarters site for such park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. Authorizes appropriations. Revises provisions relating to mineral resources and renewable natural resource use within the recreation areas of the Park. Designates specified lands in the Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, as the Mount Rainier Wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Sets forth provisions relating to the administration of the wilderness areas and Park lands. Authorizes the Secretary to maintain and replace as necessary the powerline from Longmire to Paradise. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to set forth provisions regarding the boundaries of the Klickitat River, Washington. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to take such actions as are necessary to protect cave resources on Federal lands, including: (1) restricting the use of such resources; (2) entering into volunteer management agreements with the caving community; and (3) appointing advisory committees. Requires that such resources be considered in subsequent land management plans. Authorizes the Secretary to disturb such resources and to exempt certain caves on Federal or Indian lands from the protections of this Act if deemed appropriate. Restricts the release of information concerning the nature or location of any Federal cave. Requires the Secretary to provide such information to the Governor of a State in which a cave resource is located and permits such release to a bona fide research institution if requested in writing along with a commitment to protect the confidentiality of such information. Establishes a permit program for the collection or removal of natural resources from caves on Federal or Indian lands. Requires a permittee to post a bond or cash deposit to offset potential damage and to ensure compliance with this Act. Revokes permits for violations of this Act or permit conditions. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to delegate permit authority to an Indian tribe for caves on Indian lands at a tribe's request. Requires a tribe's permission before the removal of any cave resource on such tribe's land. Entitles a tribe to notice before the issuance of a permit if the Secretary determines that possible harm or destruction of a religious or cultural site may occur. Excludes Federal cave resources within the National Park or Wildlife Refuge Systems from this program. Imposes criminal penalties for the alteration of a cave or interference with cave resources, including the sale or exchange of cave resources removed without permission. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act or permit conditions. Authorizes appropriations. Places permit fees and fines in a special fund in the Treasury for cave resource management. Requires each Secretary to issue regulations implementing the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1988
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to the family of Brigadier General Herbert Wassom in recognition of the dedicated public service of General Wassom. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1988
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to the family of the late Arnold Raphel, the U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, in recognition of his dedicated public service. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1988
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to repeal the limitation on the eligibility of, and benefits available to, households that include a member who is on strike.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1988
Low-Income Housing Revitalization Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provisions relating to the low-income housing credit to: (1) increase the credit from four percent to nine percent with respect to new buildings that are federally subsidized; (2) reallocate unused credit amounts among other States for their housing credit agencies; and (3) permit carryover to the succeeding year of a housing credit amount, if it is reasonably likely that the building will be put into service then. Extends the low-income housing credit through 1991. Amends IRC accounting provisions to exempt low-income housing credit activities from limitations on passive losses. Revises the accelerated cost recovery system in connection with low-income residential rental property to reduce the applicable recovery period from 27.5 to 20 years. Disallows an income tax deduction for any expense relating to residential rental units that violate State or local building, health, or safety codes and are not brought into compliance. Requires the regulatory agency that notifies a taxpayer of the substandard conditions to file an information return with respect to affected taxpayers. Excludes deductions for business expenses, interest on indebtedness, and taxes from calculations to determine the passive loss limitation in connection with rental real estate activity relating to a qualified low-income housing project in which a noncorporate taxpayer actively or materially participates.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1988
Designates January 29, 1988, as National Challenger Center Day. (The Challenger Center is an institution offering children and teachers activities and information derived from American space research.)
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1988
States that the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Environment Program working group meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, for the purpose of drafting a global convention on the transboundary movement of hazardous waste should support inclusion in the convention of: (1) a global ban on all transboundary movements of hazardous waste; (2) a definition of hazardous waste that includes all wastes potentially adversely affecting human health; (3) provisions fostering environmentally sound technologies; and (4) a requirement that the ban apply even if the receiving country is not a party to the convention.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1988
Degradable Plastics Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue rules, within two years of this Act's enactment, requiring that plastic articles which are produced, distributed, or sold in a State be made of naturally degradable material which will begin reduction to environmentally benign subunits within a specified period of time after being discarded that is not to exceed 180 days and complete such reduction within a specified period of time that is not to exceed two years. Provides that this Act does not preclude States or localities from adopting more stringent rules. Imposes civil and criminal penalties against persons who violate such rules. Requires producers of plastic articles to make records regarding the development and production of such articles available to the Administrator for inspection and copying. Makes the rules issued pursuant to this Act inapplicable to any plastic article produced before the end of the five-year period beginning after the issuance of such rules.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1988
Requests the Secretary of Labor to publish specific standards for the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to volunteer fire departments to assure that such departments have specific rules by which to operate that will not restrict their ability to provide fire prevention services.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1988
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to specified Texas counties covering all the costs of constructing sewage and water supply facilities for certain colonias. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Requires the Administrator to make a grant to each of such counties for the establishment of revolving loan funds that enable residents of such colonias to install plumbing in their homes and have their homes connected to sewer facilities and drinking water supplies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and beyond. Requires the Administrator to prepare and transmit periodic reports on this Act's programs.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1988
Declares that the Congress joins the city of Freeport, Illinois, in commemorating the 130th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debate and the rededication of the debate site.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1988
Subjects light trucks and multi-purpose vehicles to specified safety standards applicable to passenger motor vehicles under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1988
Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to conduct pilot programs during FY 1989, 1990, and 1991 under which the Administrator provides payments for, and otherwise facilitates the provision of, assistive monkeys to certain veterans who have service-connected disabilities and are quadriplegic. Provides funding for the cost of developing and training such monkeys. Requires the Administrator to: (1) evaluate the costs, benefits, and effectiveness of such pilot program; and (2) report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees the results of such evaluation and the Administrator's estimate of financial savings (if any) to veterans with such monkeys due to reduced costs for the retaining of attendants for such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1988
Cigarette Restrictions Act of 1988 - Declares that consumer sales promotion of tobacco products is an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue regulations defining such unlawful acts or practices. Prohibits the sale of tobacco products unless sold over the counter in an establishment in which is posted a sign stating the sale of cigarettes to minors is strictly prohibited. Repeals provisions of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act exempting cigarettes manufactured, imported, or packaged for export from the requirements of such Act. Requires the FTC to conduct a continuing study of the constituents of tobacco smoke, including: (1) random testing of cigarettes to determine the amounts of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other constituents; and (2) an analysis of the levels of cigarette smoke constituents when people change their smoking behavior to compensate for lower levels of nicotine. Directs the FTC to: (1) arrange for a laboratory of the Government or a private, non-profit laboratory with no connection to a tobacco company to conduct the study; (2) as a condition to the arrangement, require such laboratory to conduct similar studies for private non-profit groups; and (3) report annually to the Congress on the results. Declares that State tort systems should be allowed to treat cigarettes like any other product even though warning labels are required and States are prohibited from requiring additional warning labels. Provides that States are not prevented from regulating the sales, distribution, or promotion of cigarettes. Requires cigarette packages to bear a warning label stating that nicotine in cigarettes is addictive, with specified format requirements, and in both English and the language of any country in which an exporter reasonably expects the cigarette to be sold. Makes this Act applicable with respect to cigarettes manufactured after one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1988
Establishes, in the Library of Congress, the Library of Congress Equal Employment Opportunity Appeals Board. Requires that the Board's three members: (1) be appointed by the Librarian of Congress; (2) have experience in adjudicating or arbitrating equal employment opportunity matters; and (3) not be current or former Librarians of Congress or employees of the Library. Sets forth appointment procedures, including requirements for a candidates' list from, and consultation with, employees, employee representative organizations, other organizations in the Library, professional and civil rights organizations, and specified congressional committees. Authorizes the Board to consider and order corrective or disciplinary action in any case arising from: (1) an employee appeal of a decision of the Librarian relating to a formal complaint of alleged discrimination; (2) an employee appeal of a failure of the Library to decide the employee's formal complaint of alleged discrimination within 180 days after the filing date; (3) an action or personnel practice involving discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, or handicapping condition; and (4) any issue about the Library's equal employment opportunity policies or practices that the Librarian by regulation decides the Board shall resolve. Directs the Librarian to carry out Board decisions, in cases in which the Librarian has authority to do so. Allows judicial review of a final decision of the Board in an appropriate U.S. circuit court of appeals.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1988
Condemns the Romanian Government's systematic violation of human rights. Protests the planned program of destruction of traditional settlements in violation of human rights, minority cultural rights, and property rights. Urges institutional reforms by the Romanian Government to comply with international agreements, including the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Urges continued presidential and Secretary of State action to bring about reforms. Urges the President not to consider providing any special benefit for Romania until a thorough human rights reform is instituted, including substantial actual improvement in the right of emigration, the rights of national minorities, and freedom of religion.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1988
Human Needs and Mobility Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that a variety of transport options, particularly nonmotorized and low-cost options, should be encouraged as solutions for the mobility needs of the poor in developing nations. Urges the Agency for International Development to: (1) redirect resources to providing low-cost vehicles; and (2) report to the Congress on the effectiveness of multilateral development banks regarding lending for mobility needs of the poor in developing nations. Urges U.S. officials to increase the emphasis multilateral development banks place on nonmotorized, low-cost alternatives to private motor vehicles. Urges the Peace Corps to encourage the use of nonmotorized transport technologies in its projects and by its volunteers.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1988
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include estuaries and estuarine zones within the pollutant discharge permit program. Requires that ocean and estuary pollutant discharge guidelines take into account the need for a proposed discharge.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1988
Permanent Housing for Homeless Americans Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide FY 1989 and 1990 housing assistance for homeless or low-income individuals and families under the following programs: (1) section 8 assistance; (2) section 8 moderate rehabilitation assistance; (3) modernization of vacant public housing; (4) rental rehabilitation; and (5) funding for the rehabilitation of State and local government in rem properties. Requires an annual program report to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1988
Fastener Quality Assurance Act of 1988 - Defines "fastener" as a screw, nut, bolt, or stud having internal or external threads, or a washer commonly used to perform a load indicating or bearing stress distribution function, with a diameter of one-quarter inch or more and containing any steel. Prohibits the offering for sale or sale in interstate commerce of any fastener unless it bears a specified insignia and is part of a lot which: (1) conforms to standards and specifications represented by the manufacturer or ordered by the purchaser; and (2) has been inspected, tested, and certified according to this Act. Requires manufacturers to have a fastener lot sample inspected by a laboratory accredited under an approved system (including one owned or affiliated with the manufacturer if it is so accredited). Sets forth requirements governing sample size. Authorizes the laboratory, upon determination of conformance with the appropriate standards and specifications, to provide the manufacturer certificates with respect to such lot. Sets forth requirements for such certificates, the form of which is to be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) within 180 days after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary, also within such 180-day period, to issue regulations to establish a program for approval of any system for the accreditation of laboratories engaged in such inspection and testing of fasteners, if such system demonstrates that it has adopted or otherwise adheres to the requirements of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard. Directs the Secretary, if the responsible technical committee withdraws the ASTM Standard, to: (1) approve an alternative standard issued by the ASTM or another voluntary consensus standards organization; or (2) issue a standard which incorporates the ASTM Standard together with any necessary modifications. Directs the Secretary to approve or reapprove any system which demonstrates that it has adopted or otherwise adheres to such a new standard. Prohibits any manufacturer from selling any lot or portion of a lot of fasteners manufactured in the United States unless delivery to the first purchaser is accompanied by an original certificate from an accredited laboratory. Prohibits any person from selling any lot or portion of a lot of fasteners manufactured outside the United States to any importer or end user unless delivery is accompanied by such a certificate. Allows such delivery to an importer or private label distributor without the required certificate if: (1) the manufacturer discloses in writing the appropriate standards and specifications; and (2) the importer or private label distributor assumes responsibility in writing for the inspection and testing (for which purposes they shall be considered a manufacturer, except they must provide the laboratory with the manufacturer's written disclosure). Prohibits further sale or offer of sale unless delivery to the first subsequent purchaser is accompanied by an original certificate from an accredited laboratory. Requires that a copy of the original certificate be provided to subsequent purchasers who purchase at wholesale a lot or a portion from: (1) the purchaser of domestically manufactured fasteners; (2) the importer or end user who purchased foreign manufactured fasteners; (3) a private label distributor; or (4) any subsequent seller. Requires persons who make material physical alterations to a fastener subsequent to its manufacture to have such altered fastener inspected and tested before offering for sale or selling it. Requires manufacturers or private label distributors of fasteners offered for sale or sold in interstate commerce to: (1) be identified by a raised or depressed insignia on the surface or the fastener; and (2) comply with requirements of a program for recordation of such insignias. Directs the Secretary to establish such program, including regulations to ensure traceability, within 180 days after enactment of this Act. Sets forth civil remedies, including declaratory and injunctive relief, and criminal penalties, including fines and imprisonment, for violations of this Act. Sets forth recordkeeping requirements for laboratories, manufacturers, importers private label distributors, and wholesalers. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) preempt any rights or causes of action that any buyer may have with respect to any seller of fasteners under the law of any State, except in so far as such State law conflicts with this Act; and (2) limit or otherwise affect the authority of the National Bureau of Standards or any voluntary consensus standards organization to establish, modify, or withdraw any standards and specifications under any other law or authority in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Applies this Act only to fasteners fabricated more than 240 days after its enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1988
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide for the tolling of the ten-year delimiting period for educational and rehabilitative assistance to veterans when an alcohol or drug dependence or abuse condition exists and the veteran is under recognized treatment for such condition. Outlines limits to the extension of such delimiting period. Makes similar extensions of such tolling period for alcohol or drug dependence or abuse conditions recognized and treated in connection with the following programs: (1) rehabilitation for veterans with service-connected disabilities; (2) educational assistance for post-Vietnam era veterans; (3) educational assistance for Vietnam-era veterans; and (4) educational assistance for veterans' survivors and dependents. Outlines limits to the extension of the delimiting period in each case.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1988
Expresses U.S. support for the restoration of full and genuine democracy in Chile. Condemns Chilean violence. Urges the Chilean Government to create a climate of freedom and fair competition before the upcoming plebiscite by guaranteeing termination of states of exception, registration of voters, access to the media, freedom of assembly, access by international visitors to polling places, and the public tabulation of ballots.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1988
Business and Citizen School Volunteers of America Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to eligible partnerships to assist such partnerships in preparing, expanding, and carrying out programs designed to use volunteers in elementary and secondary schools. (Defines eligible partnership as a volunteer program development agreement between: (1) an elementary or secondary school, State educational agency (SEA), and/or local educational agency (LEA); and (2) a government agency, nonprofit organization, institution of higher education, or business concern.) Sets forth priorities in the grant approval process. Sets forth types of programs for which such grants may be made. Directs the Secretary, when issuing rules for such grants program, to consult with nonprofit organizations that operate nationwide and that have as primary purposes assisting: (1) elementary and secondary schools in organizing, promoting, and using school volunteers; and (2) older Americans, employees of business concerns, educators, and students in becoming school volunteers. Sets forth grant eligibility and application requirements. Requires annual reports by: (1) grant recipients to the Secretary; and (2) the Secretary to specified congressional officers. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Center for Leadership in School Volunteer and Partnership Programs, through grants to or contracts with a nonprofit organization described in this Act. Requires the Center to: (1) train volunteers; (2) provide technical assistance to an eligible partnership in developing or improving a volunteer program; (3) conduct an annual survey of volunteer programs; and (4) evaluate volunteer programs. Requires that at least 20 percent of funds under this Act in any fiscal year be used for Center activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1988
Automobile Fuel Efficiency Amendments of 1988 - Title I: Amendments to Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consult with the Secretary of Energy before establishing testing and calculation procedures for measuring automobile fuel economy. Authorizes (currently, directs) the Administrator to require fuel economy tests in conjunction with emissions tests conducted under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to measure a sampling of production passenger automobiles for each model type and year during the first month of manufacture for sale. Requires the adjustment of average fuel economy standards when necessary. Requires manufacturers to reflect any changes in such standards on automobile labels not more than 90 days after such changes are available. Requires that Federal testing and calculation procedures be repeated over a period of years to monitor automobile performance in use to determine the extent of decline in fuel economy. Increases fuel economy standards for model years 1995 through 1999 and thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, by rule, to amend such standards to a level determined feasible. Establishes the average fuel economy standard for automobiles which are not passenger automobiles (light trucks) for model years 1991 through 1998 and thereafter. Exempts manufacturers of less than 10,000 light trucks per year from such standards to a level determined feasible. Establishes the average fuel economy standard for automobiles which are not passenger automobiles (light trucks) for model year 1991 through 1998 and thereafter. Exempts manufacturers of less than 410,000 light trucks per year from such standards. Conditions such exemption upon the Secretary's establishing alternative standards. Directs the President to promulgate rules requiring light trucks used by the Federal Government to meet average fuel economy standards. Directs the Administrator to update the booklet containing fuel economy data at least twice a year. Directs the Secretary of Energy to distribute at least 100 booklets each year to each dealer and additional numbers if requested. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to award fuel efficiency incentive grants to States which have in effect qualified revenue-raising measures designed to encourage automobile fuel efficiency. Vests jurisdiction in the U.S. district courts for injunctive enforcement of labeling and mileage guide requirements. Directs the Secretary, within two years of enactment of this Act, to submit suggestions to the Congress for additional legislation to carry out its purposes and the purposes of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act. Requires the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment to determine whether manufacturers are likely to comply with the revised average fuel economy standards without new incentives. Requires the Director to suggest cost-effective incentives if necessary to assure compliance. Requires the Secretary to promulgate test procedures for determining the relative fuel economy of automobile tires. Directs the Secretary to prescribe labeling rules applicable to all tires for which test procedures are established and requires manufacturers to comply with such rules. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such labeling requirements and vests jurisdiction in the U.S. district courts to restrain such violations. Title II: Amendments to Internal Revenue Code Relating to Compliance With Average Fuel Economy Standards by Automobile Manufacuturers - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a low average fuel economy excise tax on automobile manufacturers for model years 1991, 1994, and 1988. Allows a credit against such fuel economy tax for manufacturers who exceed the average fuel economy standard.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1988
Acid Rain/Energy Security Initiative Act of 1988 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require States to achieve specified reductions of sulfur dioxide emissions from fossil fuel fired electric utility generating units by 1993, 1998, and 2003. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate standards, within one year of this Act's enactment, for existing major stationary sources of nitrogen oxides so as to assure a 23 percent reduction in annual emissions of nitrogen oxides from the level of emissions from such sources in 1980. Requires States to impose such standards nitrogen oxide emissions on all major stationary sources by 1998. Directs States to adopt enforceable measures: (1) within 18 months of this Act's enactment, to achieve the reductions in sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions required by 1998; and (2) by 1995, to achieve the reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions required by 2003. Requires that such measures include continuous emission monitoring by the source and by enforcement agencies. Requires that the owner or operator of each stationary source subject to such emission limitations certify to the State, within three years of this Acts enactment, the means by which the source intends to comply with emission limitations. Sets time limits by which sources that intend to adopt certain emission reduction measures must enter into binding contractual commitments for the implementation of such measures. Sets emission limitations for States which fail to make an approved adoption of enforceable emission reduction measures or to enforce such measures. Directs the Administrator to promulgate revised standards, by 1991, for emissions of nitrogen oxides from fossil fuel fired steam generating units and from large stationary diesel and turbine engines. Sets forth acceptable enforceable emission reduction programs and methods. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States for State use in making grants or revolving loans which cover up to 50 percent of the capital costs of acquiring, constructing, or installing technological systems of continuous emission reduction to the owners or operators of major stationary sources that are subject to this Act's emission limitations. Establishes an Acid Deposition Reduction Assistance Account from which such grants shall be made. Requires the Secretary of Energy to promote the rapid deployment of existing clean coal technologies and seek establishment of a bilateral group of diplomatic and environmental management officials from the United States and Canada to hold consultations and advise the directors of each nation's environmental program regarding transboundary air pollution. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy to provide grants to electricity generating facilities for the deployment of clean coal technologies. Requires that such grant projects: (1) provide experience regarding such technology which is applicable at commercial scale; (2) utilize technology appropriate for retrofit on a significant number of existing coal-fired sources of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions; (3) contribute to a reduction of the transboundary movement of air pollutants which are precurors of acid deposition; and (4) significantly reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions at a cost which is no greater than the cost of achieving comparable reductions with conventional technology. Sets Federal funding at no more than 50 percent of the cost of such projects. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy to establish a Clean Coal Technologies Advisory Committee, within 90 days of this Act's enactment, to advise the Secretary of Energy or the Administrator on policy matters relating to the control of emissions which may be the precursors of acid deposition and the selection of clean coal technology grant projects. Authorizes appropriations for this Act's clean coal technology activities for FY 1989 through 1998. Provides for the increase of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to one billion barrels of petroleum products. Requires each importer of petroleum products to place in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve an amount of petroleum products equal to two percent of the amount imported by such person during each fiscal year. Requires that funds appropriated for the acquisition of petroleum products for such Reserve be deposited in the Acid Deposition Reduction Assistance Account along with appropriations for this Act's clean coal technology activities.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1988
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the export of petroleum products (from Alaska and from the rest of the United States) that are domestically produced by oil refineries owned by non-U.S. citizens. Sets forth specified exceptions.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1988
Directs the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Veterans Administration (VA) to develop minimum standard criteria for the treatment and diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to be applied uniformly to all VA medical centers. Directs the CMD, no later than three years after the enactment of this Act, to prescribe and publish such criteria in a mental health program guide. Outlines factors to be considered by the CMD when developing such criteria. Directs the CMD to develop criteria for the education, training, and evaluation of personnel whose duties include the counseling and treatment of veterans suffering from PTSD to be applied uniformly at all VA medical centers. Directs the CMD, no later than three years from the enactment of this Act, to prescribe and publish such criteria in a mental health program guide. Requires the CMD, in establishing such criteria, to consult with the Special Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, established under the Veterans' Health Care Act of 1984. Directs the CMD to establish, at each VA medical center, a PTSD treatment team which shall be responsible for the counseling and treatment of veterans suffering from such disorder. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to hire such additional personnel as necessary to establish such teams at each medical center. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1988
Expresses the sense of the Congress that King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand be congratulated for becoming the longest reigning monarch in that country's history.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1988
Waste Export Prohibition Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the exportation of solid waste from the United States, except as provided for by this Act. Permits the exportation of solid waste in compliance with a bilateral agreement entered into before this Act's enactment between the United States and the country to which the waste is exported. Makes the exportation prohibition inapplicable to materials exported and destined for recycling or reuse unless such material is: (1) a hazardous waste; (2) a substance whose storage, treatment, or disposal is regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act; (3) mixed municipal solid waste; or (4) ash or other residue from the incineration of solid waste. Subjects persons who violate the solid waste exportation prohibition to a fine and/or imprisonment.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1988
Amends the Automobile Information Disclosure Act to make its labeling and entry requirements applicable to light duty trucks (of not more than 6,000 pounds) manufactured after October 1, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1988
Directs the Federal Communications Commission to establish and implement a telecommunications relay system to increase access to Federal departments and agencies for users of Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf (TDDs). Requires the system and its associated plans to include: (1) expansion of the existing relay system to a prescribed minimum service level; (2) accessibility of TDDs in Federal agencies; (3) publication of a TDD directory of Government access numbers; (4) adoption and display of logos identifying TDD stations; and (5) support for the development of cost-reducing technologies. Directs the FCC to complete its existing inquiry concerning an interstate relay system for TDD users. Requires that the Congress install TDDs and assure their accessibility in congressional offices as soon as practicable. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1988
Student Default Initiative Act of 1988 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to lower the maximum amount of a Pell Grant for academic years 1990-1991 and 1991-1992. Eliminates provisions authorizing adjustments in Pell Grant payments when appropriations are insufficient. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), when appropriations are insufficient, to draw funds from subsequent year appropriations for Pell Grants, up to ten percent of such preceding fiscal year's appropriations. Revises provisions relating to the period of eligibility for Pell Grants to limit such period to the full-time equivalent of: (1) the number of academic years that the undergraduate degree normally requires, plus one academic year; or (2) six academic years in the case of a degree or certificate program normally requiring more than four academic years. Requires that insurance program agreements to qualify loans for Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) interest subsidies provide that the lender must promptly notify the borrower (and that the guaranty agency must notify, upon request of such institution, the last institution the student was attending prior to the beginning of repayment) of: (1) any sale or other transfer of the loan to another holder; and (2) such holder's address and phone number. Makes such notification requirements applicable if: (1) the borrower is in the grace period or in repayment status; and (2) the sale or transfer results in the student's being required to make payments, or to direct other matters related to the loan, to a person other than the person to whom such payments where made or such matters were directed before the sale or transfer. Requires such GSL interest subsidy insurance program agreements to require the guaranty agency to provide preclaims assistance for default prevention. Requires guaranty agencies, in order to inform eligible institutions of the loan status of their former students, to notify such institutions and furnish information on any such students who are in default of the repayment of any loan under the GSL program or who have entered repayment on such a loan after such a default. Revises loan consolidation eligibility standards to include delinquent or defaulted borrowers who will reenter repayment through loan consolidation (if they also meet other conditions for consolidation). Sets forth additional requirements with respect to disbursement of student loans. Requires multiple disbursement of student loans under the GSL program. Requires that any such loan for $1,000 or more for an enrollment period ending more than 180 days or six months after the disbursement date, be disbursed in two or more installments, none of which exceeds one-half of the loan. Requires a minimum interval between the first and second installments. Requires such interval to be at least one-half of the enrollment period, except as necessary to permit disbursement of the second installment at the beginning of the second semester, quarter, or similar division of such enrollment period. Sets forth requirements for the initial disbursement. Requires that the first installment of the proceeds of any GSL program loan to a new student borrower entering the first undergraduate year: (1) be disbursed by check or other negotiable instrument that is payable to and requires the endorsement or other certification by such student (in the manner required under specified GSL provisions for the insurance program agreements to qualify loans for interest subsidies); (2) not be negotiated by the institution until 15 days after the beginning of the enrollment period; and (3) not be negotiated at the end of the enrollment period unless the student continues to be enrolled in good standing at the institution and has received specified loan counseling at an entrance interview conducted by the institution. Prohibits disbursement of loans to any other student more than 30 days before the beginning of the enrollment period. Sets forth requirements for methods of multiple disbursement. Requires the lender or escrow agent to withhold a second or succeeding installment if the borrower has ceased to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis, unless notified by the institution that the disbursement is necessary to cover costs already earned by the institution. Requires the institution to withhold and return to the lender or escrow agent any portion of an installment which exceeds the amount for which the student is eligible. Provides that all loans issued for the same enrollment period shall be considered a single loan for specified purposes. Excludes from such additional disbursement requirements parent (PLUS) loans, consolidation loans, and loans to cover study at an institution outside the United States. Provides for transmittal of institutional disbursement schedules to lenders. Applies such additional disbursement requirements to the GSL and Federally insured student loan (FISL) programs. Directs the Secretary, guaranty agency, eligible lender, or subsequent holder to disclose to credit bureau organizations any information concerning the date a delinquency began and the repayment status of any loan that has been delinquent for 90 days. Requires that the borrower be informed that such organizations will be notified of such delinquency. Requires eligible lenders to include in required disclosures to borrowers before disbursement and before repayment: (1) an explanation of the availability of deferments; and (2) a statement that the borrower should notify the lender of the reasons for any failure to make a payment when it is due. Directs the Secretary to promulgate guidelines for eligible institutions to use to encourage student loan repayment in accordance with GSL program provisions as amended by this Act. Requires such guidelines to include: (1) an explicit delineation of legal restrictions and requirements relating to disclosure of borrower records to third parties, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and any other applicable Federal law; and (2) a model program, including sample letters and telephone contact scripts, in a format for easy copying by institutions. Sets forth requirements for default reduction agreements. Directs the Secretary, within three months of enactment of this Act, to submit to specified congressional committees a plan to establish a comprehensive schedule of program reviews for all eligible institutions, guaranty agencies, and lenders participating in the loan programs authorized under title IV (Student Assistance) of HEA. Requires that such plan be designed to accomplish all such reviews within five years, with priority attention to agencies and institutions experiencing difficulties administering such programs. Requires such plan to include estimates of budgetary and personnel requirements for carrying out such reviews. Prohibits the Secretary from implementing any such plan until 30 days after its submission to such committees. Directs the Secretary, at the end of each fiscal year, to report to such committees on implementation and proposed modifications of the plan. Directs the Secretary, by September 30, 1990, and annually thereafter, to send the Congress an annual default report, including: (1) the annual default rate for each guaranty agency, eligible lender, and higher education institution participating in the GSL program; (2) the annual dollars in default for each such institution, agency, and lender; and (3) the average national cumulative default rate. Directs the Secretary, within 90 days of the publication of each such report, to initiate program reviews at those institutions that fall in the top five percent of: (1) all institutions ranked by annual default rates (excluding institutions with less than 25 GSL program loans outstanding); or (2) all institutions ranked by annual dollars in default (excluding institutions whose annual default rate is less than the average national cumulative default rate of all institutions). Excluding institutions whose annual default rate is less than the average national cumulative default rate of all institutions). Excludes from such rankings, for purposes of identifying institutions required to participate in a default reduction agreement, any institutions which are engaged in such agreements or for which waivers have been granted. Sets forth the required contents of program reviews. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days of completion of the program review, to enter into a negotiated default reduction agreement with the institution, based on review findings. Sets forth conditions which the default reduction agreement may include. Allows waivers of the required default reduction agreement for an institution, if the Secretary determines that compliance with such requirement will not lead to a significant reduction of the institution's annual default rate or annual dollars in default. Limits the duration of such an agreement to three years, and requires at least one evaluation by the Department of Education during such time. Provides for termination of the agreement if, during an interim evaluation, it is determined that the institution no longer would be subject to program review. Directs the Secretary to assess the institution's compliance with the agreement upon its expiration. Provides for an exemption from the requirement of subsequent agreements for up to three years if an institution has fully complied with its most recent agreement and remains in the top five percent of all institutions in annual default rates or annual dollars in default. Directs the Secretary to initiate a limitation, suspension, or termination proceeding with respect to an institution's eligibility to participate in HEA title IV (Student Assistance) programs if it refuses to enter into, or fails substantially to comply with, a default reduction agreement. Prohibits the Secretary from initiating any such proceeding solely on the basis of the default rate of the borrowers who attended any institution (whether or not that institution has been the subject of a program review or default reduction agreement). Directs the Secretary annually to expend specified amounts from the student loan insurance fund for default reduction management activities (in addition to other appropriations made for such purposes). Sets forth activities for which such funds may be used. Directs the Secretary: (1) to submit a plan, to accompany the President's budget for each fiscal year, detailing fund expenditures; and (2) at the conclusion of each fiscal year, to report findings and activities relating to such expenditure of funds to specified congressional committees. Requires that a specified amount of such funds be used to carry out certain HEA provisions for training in financial aid and student support services. Increases and extends through FY 1991 the authorization of appropriations to carry out such training provisions. Makes eligible institutions (in addition to lenders and guaranty agencies) liable under certain civil penalty provisions of part B (the GSL program) of title IV of HEA. Applies such penalties also to repeated violations of such part or regulations prescribed under it (provides that multiple instances of the same servicing error or omission shall not be considered "repeated violations" unless they are not corrected after the lender, institution, or agency knows or should, in the exercise of reasonable care, know that the error or omission is in violation of such provisions). Provides that a lender or guaranty agency shall not be relieved of civil liability because of its cure of the violation, correction of a failure, or its notification of a person who received a substantial misrepresentation of the actual nature of the financial charges involved, if the remedy is made after the Department of Education discovers such violation, failure, or misrepresentation. Authorizes the Secretary, in approving or disapproving an accrediting agency whose accreditation of an institution of higher education will be a condition of the institution's eligibility under the GSL program, to take into account the extent to which such agency: (1) reviews the academic programs and performance of institutions for which a program review is required under default reduction provisions of this Act; and (2) performs inspections and reviews of such institutions, with particular attention to dropout rates and job placement rates as indicators of inadequate counseling and instructional programs and causes of such default rates. Prohibits an institution from being certified or recertified as eligible for the GSL program or other title IV (Student Assistance) programs of HEA if it: (1) has had its accreditation withdrawn, revoked, or otherwise terminated for cause during the preceding 24 months; or (2) has withdrawn from accreditation voluntarily under a show cause or suspension order during such period. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to an institution: (1) whose accreditation has been restored by the same accrediting agency that had accredited it prior to the withdrawal, revocation, or termination; or (2) which has demonstrated its academic integrity to the Secretary's satisfaction, in accordance with specified HEA provisions. Sets forth a restriction on need analysis for parents who are not enrolled in a postsecondary degree or certificate program, under provisions for determining family contributions for dependent students and for independent students with dependents. Authorizes student financial administrators to adjust the cost of attendance for independent students with dependents to include costs of food and shelter for dependent care when such students' income is less than a standard maintenance authority (by providing that such a determination is within the administrators' discretionary power to make necessary adjustments). Revises general need analysis provisions for student assistance programs under HEA to exclude from the term "assets" the net value of: (1) the family's principal place of residence; (2) a family farm on which the family resides; or (3) a small business substantially owned and managed by a member or members of the family. Directs the Secretary, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to submit to the Congress such recommendations for changes to parts A (Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education) and F (Need Analysis) of title IV of HEA as may be necessary to achieve an equitable assessment of income and assets after the exclusions of the home, family farm, and small business from the assets. Provides that such changes may include changes in the assets protection allowances, asset conversion rates, and other factors used in the determination of expected family contribution. Sets forth a definition of academic year (current law requires that such term be defined by the Secretary by regulation). Sets forth circumstances under which such term can be defined on a credit hour or clock hour basis. Permits waivers of other criteria regarding length of a course if an eligible institution offering a combination correspondence/residential training program: (1) satisfies all requirements otherwise imposed by the Secretary and the institution's accrediting agency; and (2) has courses which meet the minimum standards, either by clock or credit hours, required for participation in any loan or grant program under title IV of HEA. Revises provisions for admission of students on the basis of their ability to benefit from education or training. Requires that such students meet all of specified criteria (currently they must only meet some of such criteria) in order to remain eligible for student assistance programs under title IV of HEA. Deems tuition and fees "unearned," for refund policy purposes, in proportion to the fraction of the enrollment period remaining at the time the student withdraws. Provides that the institution shall be treated as earning initial administrative expenses at the beginning of such enrollment period, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Requires institutions, under student aid program participating agreements and upon notification from the guarantee agency of a students default, to withhold academic transcripts of student borrowers in default of any HEA title IV loan unless this: (1) will prevent the borrower from obtaining employment and repaying the loan; or (2) would be unjust or improper due to extraordinary circumstances. Prohibits institutions, under student aid program participation agreements, from: (1) using any independent contractor or anyone other than a salaried employee of the institution to conduct any canvassing, surveying, promotion, or similar activities; (2) using any contractor or anyone other than a salaried employee of the institution to make final determinations that an individual meets the institution's admissions requirements or the criteria of eligibility for financial aid; or (3) paying any commission, bonus, or other incentive to any person making such final determination. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the limitation, suspension, or termination of eligibility of an individual or organization to administer any aspect of an institution's student assistance program. Limits such suspensions to 60 days, unless the organization and the Secretary agree to an extension, or unless limitation or termination proceedings are initiated. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study and make recommendations relating to the appropriate actions to take in the event that one or more guaranty agencies become insolvent. Sets forth types of standards, procedures, and steps which the Secretary must examine and make recommendations upon. Directs the Secretary to complete such study within six months after enactment of this Act, and file a report, with recommendations, with specified congressional committees. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing regulations concerning the determination of guaranty agency insolvency and the remedies for such insolvency unless the Congress provides such specific authority upon receipt and consideration of such study. Makes a technical amendment to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985. Sets forth clerical and technical amendments to HEA.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1988
Recyclable Materials Science and Technology Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to study and report to the Congress concerning: (1) means to increase the use of degradable materials in manufactured goods; (2) technologies for recycling nondurable consumer products; and (3) ways to expand the marketing of recycled products. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress concerning the feasibility of recycling nondegradable medical supplies and of substituting degradable for nondegradable materials in medical equipment and supplies. Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to the Congress on the national defense and security implications of requiring the use of degradable materials in defense items. Instructs the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate a pilot project to develop and demonstrate viable technology for composting municipal waste and sewage sludge. Prescribes required features of the project. Requires the Secretary to report project results to the Congress. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to appoint a Director of Recycling Research and Information to: (1) make grants to support research into innovative recycling technology; and (2) gather and disseminate information on recycling technology. Describes possible research grant activities. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits, effective five years after this Act's enactment, the production, manufacture, distribution, sale, or delivery of nonrecycled consumer goods, fast food in nondegradable containers, and packaging for specified purposes that contains any material that is not naturally degradable. Establishes both civil and criminal penalties for violations. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Commerce jointly to issue regulations to govern the designation of goods and materials for noncompliance purposes. Prescribes criteria with respect to these regulations, including exemptions. Directs the Secretary to publish and periodically update lists of items and materials affected by the prohibition on activities involving nonrecyclable items.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1988
Affordable Housing Act - Title I: Housing Assistance - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide construction and rehabilitation grants and operating assistance in order to expand and maintain the permanent supply of affordable housing for very low-income and other lower income families. Grants priority to homeless families. Sets forth program requirements, including recipient preferences, tenant rights, and assistance use restrictions. Requires an annual program report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations beginning in FY 1989. Terminates such authorization upon the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of a specified number of housing units. Title II: Revenue Measures - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to 25 percent the rate of the alternative minimum tax for both corporate and noncorporate taxpayers. (The current corporate rate is 20 percent, 21 percent for noncorporate taxpayers.) Reduces from 80 percent to 50 percent the income tax deduction for business meal and entertainment expenses. Amends provisions relating to the basis for calculating taxes on property a taxpayer acquires from a decedent to: (1) eliminate a special rule with respect to the stock of a domestic international sales corporation (DISC); (2) update the carryover basis rules to refer to property acquired from decedents dying after December 31, 1988 (current law refers to 1979); and (3) permit a tax exclusion of gain when an estate's executor uses certain appreciated carryover basis property to satisfy the right of a person to receive a pecuniary request. Repeals capital gains rules relating to foreign investment company stock acquired from a decedent. Requires estate executors to: (1) file information returns in connection with carryover basis property; and (2) provide written notice to recipients of such property. Prescribes penalties for failure to report. Increases the excise taxes on cigars (from 75 cents to $1.88 per thousand for small cigars), cigarettes (from eight cents to 16 cents per thousand for small cigarettes and from $16.80 to $33.60 per thousand for large cigarettes), cigarette papers and tubes, and smokeless tobacco (from 24 cents to 60 cents per pound for snuff and from eight cents to 20 cents per pound for chewing tobacco).
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