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United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1988
Designates the Labor Day Weekend beginning on September 3, 1988, as National Drive for Life Weekend. Calls on people to observe that weekend with a pledge to not drink and drive.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1988
Nursing Shortage Reduction and Education Extension Act of 1988 - Title I: Initiatives to Reduce Nursing Shortages - Amends title VIII (Nursing Education) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new part on initiatives to reduce nursing shortages. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for demonstrating innovative hospital nursing practice models which include restructuring the role of the nurse, testing innovative wage structures, and evaluating the effectiveness of various benefits. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary to provide, directly or through contracts, for evaluation of the models demonstrated and for dissemination of the information developed. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to nurse training entities: (1) to demonstrate innovative nursing practice models for services in the home and long-term care facilities designed to increase recruitment and retention of nurses and improve nursing care; and (2) to develop projects to increase the exposure of nursing students to clinical practice in nursing home, home health, and gerontologic settings. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the identification of specific community nursing needs and the development and establishment of programs of educational outreach and nurse recruitment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title II: Special Projects - Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to replace provisions relating to nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds with a new subpart on the same topic. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Prohibits the Secretary from approving or disapproving an application for a grant or contract until after consultation with the National Advisory Council on Nursing Training. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Removes provisions authorizing the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to: (1) provide retraining for nurses after periods of professional inactivity; (2) demonstrate clinical nurse education programs which combine educational curricula and clinical practice; and (3) demonstrate methods to encourage nursing graduates to practice in health manpower shortage areas. Replaces provisions authorizing grants and contracts for continuing education for nurses with provisions authorizing the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to demonstrate improved geriatric nursing training. Replaces provisions authorizing grants and contracts to increase the supply or improve the distribution of nurses with provisions authorizing the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to increase the supply of nurses, including bilingual nurses, to meet the needs of rural areas. Revises the description of nursing education special projects eligible for certain grants and contracts with regard to: (1) priorities in training and education to upgrade the skills of paraprofessional nursing personnel; (2) development of curricula for certain nursing baccalaureate and masters degree situations; (3) facilitation of the completion of advanced nurse education programs by certain specialists; and (4) provision of nursing education courses to rural areas through telecommunications via satellite. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for special projects to collect the names and addresses of health facilities and nursing students and nurses willing to enter into agreements under which the facilities would repay at least 25 percent of the educational loans for each year of nursing service of the individual in that facility. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for geriatric nursing training. Requires applications for grants and contracts to be subject to peer review. Prohibits the Secretary from approving or disapproving an application unless the Secretary has received recommendations from the peer review group and has consulted with the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for special projects in nurse education and for advanced nurse education for FY 1989 through 1991. Revises the guidelines for programs for the education of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives to require that they have not less than six full-time equivalent students. (Current law requires that they have eight students.) Allows service commitments by nurse practitioner or nurse midwife traineeship recipients to include service in an Indian Health Service health center, a Native Hawaiian health center, a migrant health center, or a community health center in addition to the currently-allowed service in a health manpower shortage area or a public health care facility. Authorizes appropriations for certain nurse practitioner and nurse midwife programs for FY 1989 through 1991. Title III: Assistance to Nursing Students - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for traineeships for students enrolled at least half-time in nursing masters degree programs who agree to complete the degree requirements by the end of the academic year in which the student is to receive the traineeship. Authorizes appropriations for traineeships for advanced education of professional nurses for FY 1989 through 1991. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for traineeships for licensed registered nurses to become nurse anesthetists and for projects to develop and operate programs for the education of nurse anesthetists. Authorizes appropriations for traineeships for nurse anesthetists for FY 1989 through 1991. Includes, as qualifying for loan repayment under specified provisions, nursing service in an Indian Health Service health center, a Native Hawaiian health center, a public hospital, a migrant health center, a community health center, a nonprofit nursing facility, or a health facility determined by the Secretary to have a critical shortage of nurses. Sets forth financial need and geographic priorities in entering into loan repayment agreements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new subpart on scholarships. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for scholarships for nursing students in financial need. Requires applicant schools to agree to: (1) give priority in providing scholarships to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; and (2) require student recipients of the scholarships to agree to serve as nurses at least two years in specified types of facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Title IV: General Provisions of Title VIII - Changes the composition of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training to increase the number of members and require representation by practicing professional nurses and from associate degree schools of nursing. Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide, directly or through contract, for evaluations of projects carried out under this title and for dissemination of information developed as a result of the projects. Sets forth reporting requirements. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1988
Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation for a named vessel for employment in the coastwise trade.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1988
Amends Federal law to authorize Federal employees who are separated from service (for other than gross misconduct) and individuals who cease to meet unmarried dependent child requirements to continue Federal health benefits coverage. Authorizes coverage for former employees up to 18 months and for unmarried dependents up to 36 months at their own cost. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for continued coverage for certain former spouses, legally separated individuals, and members of employee organization plans.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1988
Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to cause a named vessel to be documented as a vessel of the United States entitled to engage in the coastwise trade.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1988
Requires the President to provide the House of Representatives with specified documents (with respect to the assistance for Central America provided for in Public Law 100-276) concerning: (1) interpretations of such Act by the Legal Advisor of the Department of State or the Office of the General Counsel of the Agency for International Development (AID); (2) standards, procedures, and controls for the accountability of funds which have been adopted by AID pursuant to such Act; (3) the procurement outside of the United States, the receipt, and the end-use of any equipment, supplies, or other goods for the Nicaraguan democratic resistance using the funds made available by such Act; (4) funds made available by such Act for the Verification Commission established by the Sapoa Agreement of March 23, 1988; (5) the selection of, and agreements with, organizations to distribute assistance under such Act for children who are victims of the Nicaraguan civil strife; and (6) compliance with the requirements for the distribution to and use of such assistance by children.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1988
Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation for a named vessel for employment in the coastwise trade.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1988
Price Competitive Products Act of 1988 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the importation or sale of foreign-made articles bearing a trademark or trade name identical with one owned and registered by a U.S. citizen when: (1) both the foreign and the U.S. trademark are owned by the same person; (2) the foreign and domestic trademark owners are parent and subsidiary companies; or (3) the foreign articles bear a recorded trademark applied under authorization of the U.S. owner. Permits the importation or sale of an article otherwise legally imported even though such article may have a copyright in its trademark or in the label, package, design, instructions for use, or other accompanying material.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1988
Designates August 1, 1988, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania; (3) convey to all signatories of such Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is vital to progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; (4) convey to U.S. allies the importance of unity regarding such Accords; (5) continue his efforts to achieve, before the end of the Vienna meeting, the release of all political prisoners of the Soviet Union, an increase in Soviet emigration, resolution of all family reunification cases, cessation of all radio transmission jamming, and the repeal of laws and practices which undermine human rights; (6) seek the inclusion, in any concluding document agreed to in Vienna, of a mechanism to sustain human rights progress after the Vienna meeting; and (7) convey to signatory states the insistence of the United States for a result at Vienna that will not favor military security at the expense of human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1988
Designates July 2 and July 3, 1988, as United States-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1988
Extends best wishes to President Jose Napoleon Duarte of El Salvador. Expresses support for the Government and people of El Salvador and hope that President Duarte will accomplish his ambition of turning the presidency over to an elected successor.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1988
International Cultural Survival Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) to ensure that: (1) U.S. foreign policy and foreign assistance promote the rights of indigenous and tribal people throughout the world; and (2) U.S. foreign assistance is not provided for any project or program detrimental to indigenous or tribal peoples' rights or livelihood. Requires the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, to prepare and submit to the Congress a baseline report on indigenous and tribal peoples in developing countries, including a discussion of the effects of U.S. bilateral and multilateral assistance. Requires the Administrator to consult with U.S.-based nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with experience in monitoring and reporting on indigenous and tribal peoples, and with other interested persons, throughout the preparation of such report. Requires AID (in consultation with the Department of State) to use such organizations to monitor and analyze the situtation of indigenous and tribal peoples in developing countries on a regular basis. Requires the Administrator to prepare and submit to the Congress annual reports concerning the monitoring of indigenous and tribal peoples and updating of the required baseline report. Requires that a description of proposed activities to address the problems facing indigenous and tribal peoples be included in such report.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1988
Urges the Government of Iran to uphold the human rights of all its nationals, including members of the Baha'i faith, and to restore fully the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Calls upon the President to: (1) monitor and report on developments affecting the Baha'i minority in Iran and in other countries; (2) cooperate with other governments in continuing to make appeals to Iran concerning the situation of the Baha'is; (3) initiate and support efforts in the United Nations and its agencies on behalf of the Baha'is; and (4) provide, and urge others to provide, for refugee and humanitarian assistance for those Baha'is fleeing their homelands to escape religious repression.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1988
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the spending priorities in the Federal budget should be changed to decrease allocations for military programs and increase those for environmental and human services programs; and (2) the President should incorporate these changes in the budget submitted to the Congress for FY 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1988
Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act of 1988 - Allows Federal forest firefighters to be paid overtime without limitation while serving during forest wildfire emergencies.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1988
Designates the week beginning May 21, 1989, as National Tourism Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1988
Foreign Aid Insurance Act of 1988 - Requires each executive agency or military department responsible for economic or military assistance to foreign countries to take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that U.S. insurance companies have a fair and open competitive opportunity to provide insurance whenever such insurance is necessary or proper in connection with Government-assisted supplies or activities. Specifies that such actions shall include: (1) including in any contract or solicitation for procurement of such supplies or activities a clause requiring that U.S. insurance companies have a competitive opportunity; (2) certifying to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that all necessary and practicable actions have been taken to provide U.S. insurance companies with competitive opportunities. Provides that if the USTR determines that any foreign government or country discriminates against U.S. insurance companies in connection with U.S. economic or military assistance, insurance for such activities may be provided only: (1) by U.S. insurance companies; or (2) by insurance companies of foreign countries which have entered into agreements concerning nondiscriminatory treatment of U.S. insurance companies or which have provided assurance of such nondiscriminatory treatment. Provides exceptions to such requirements if: (1) no insurance was reasonably available from a U.S. insurance company; or (2) the USTR certifies to the Congress that negotiations concerning discriminatory treatment of U.S. insurance companies are in progress. Requires the USTR to review the actions of each executive agency and military department required by this Act and to include a report concerning such actions in the USTR's required annual report to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1988
Designates February 19 through February 25, 1989, as National Visiting Nurse Associations Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1988
Nursing Education Partnership Act - Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new subpart on nursing scholarships. Defines "eligible individual" in terms of academic performance and enrollment. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and loans to eligible individuals for certain associate degree or bachelor degree nursing education programs. Prohibits individuals from receiving any other form of Federal student financial assistance under any Federal law while receiving assistance under this subpart. Provides for application and repayment. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds available for grants and loans under the title among institutions in order to provide funds for applications meeting the requirements of this Act. Requires the awards to be: (1) equal to the cost of attendance for those applicants demonstrating the greatest financial need, determined on the basis of expected family contributions; and (2) made in the order of that need. Requires the award to be composed of 25 percent grant and 75 percent loan. Sets forth criteria a higher education institution must meet in order to participate in this program, including establishing and operating a program which lets high school counselors, teachers, and students learn about nursing career opportunities and which targets low income students. Allows entities desiring to employ students who have obtained degrees with assistance under this part to enter into a sponsorship agreement with the Secretary, including: (1) an agreement that the health care provider will repay two-thirds of the loan; and (2) assurances that the provider has established a program to recruit junior or senior high school students to enter nursing careers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and each of the succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1988
Designates the week beginning November 13, 1988, as National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1988
Designates the week of November 21 through November 27, 1988, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1988
Protests Soviet human rights violations, especially its restrictive emigration regulations. Calls upon: (1) the Soviet Union to release all prisoners of conscience; and (2) the President to stress at the upcoming summit meeting in Moscow the inherent link between respect for human rights and the achievement of lasting peace.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1988
Designates November 28 through December 2, 1988, as Vocational-Technical Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1988
Designates the week of November 6 through November 12, 1988, as National Disabled Americans Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1988
Designates March 25, 1989, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1988
Designates June 12 through June 18, 1988, as Lyme Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1988
Designates the period of July 25 through July 31, 1988, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1988, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1988
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that each short form and long form used in the 1990 decennial census of population includes: (1) all of the questions proposed to be included on each form as reported to the Congress by the Secretary on or about March 31, 1988; (2) one or more questions relating to plumbing facilities in the respondent's housing unit; and (3) one or more questions relating to whether the respondent's housing unit is part of a condominium. Directs the Secretary to ensure that each long form includes one or more questions relating to the heating of the housing unit, including at least one question relating to the type of equipment used in such heating. Declares that no matter relating to a population census (excluding a request for appropriations or other funding) shall be subject to the clearance or approval of any individual or agency in the executive branch outside of the Department of Commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1988
Designates October 16, 1988, as World Food Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1988
Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to mandate that certain permits for fishing by foreign vessels require that, while the vessel is in an area of the exclusive economic zone in which the vessel is not authorized to fish, all fishing gear on board is placed where it is not readily available for fishing. Sets forth civil penalties for violation. Establishes within the Treasury the Fishery Enforcement Fund, to be available to the Coast Guard, subject to appropriations, for enforcement of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into the Fund all amounts received as a result of enforcement of this Act, including civil penalties and fines and proceeds of property forfeited. Directs the Secretary of State to enter into negotiations with each GIFA (governing international fishery agreement) nation to amend the GIFA with regard to: (1) specified Federal regulations relating to activities reports which foreign fishing vessels are required to file; and (2) the requirements imposed by this Act. Provides for increased fishing fees for a GIFA nation which has not agreed to amend its GIFA by a specified deadline. Declares that a certification by the Secretary of State that a GIFA nation has not agreed to amend its GIFA is deemed to be certification of that country for purposes of provisions of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 relating to restrictions on importation of fishery or wildlife products.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1988
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1988 - Provides that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of handicap in: (1) employment practices and training covered by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (2) the sale or rental of housing covered by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968; (3) any public accommodation covered by title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (4) transportation services; (5) the actions, practices, and operations of State and local governments; and (6) broadcasts, communications, or telecommunications services. Lists the forms of discrimination which are prohibited by this Act, including: (1) denying any person the opportunity to participate in or benefit from a service, program, job, or other opportunity on the basis of his or her handicap; (2) establishing (or failing to remove) any architectural, transportation, or communication barriers that prevent the access or limit the participation of persons because of their handicap; (3) failing or refusing to make a reasonable accommodation to permit a handicapped individual to have access to a program, activity, job, or opportunity; (4) imposing any unnecessary standard or criteria that screens out or places the handicapped at a disadvantage; and (5) denying services, programs, jobs, or other opportunities to any person because of that person's relationship to, or association with, a handicapped person. Permits the exclusion or denial of equal access to services, programs, jobs, or other opportunities to persons: (1) for reasons unrelated to the existence of their handicap; or (2) based upon the application of standards or criteria that are necessary and substantially related to the ability to perform essential components of the job, program, activity, or opportunity, and such performance can not be accomplished by a reasonable accommodation. States that it shall be an act of discrimination, in regard to housing, to discriminate in the sale or rental of a dwelling (or in the terms, conditions, or privileges of such sale or rental) to any buyer or renter because of the physical or mental impairment of: (1) the buyer or renter; (2) a person residing in, or intending to reside in, such dwelling; or (3) any person associated with the buyer or renter. States that it shall be an act of discrimination to: (1) refuse to permit reasonable modifications, at the expense of the handicapped person, to afford such person enjoyment of the premises; (2) refuse to make reasonable accommodation in rules, policies, practices, or services to afford handicapped individuals equal opportunity to use and enjoy the dwelling; or (3) fail to design and construct multifamily dwellings (after a specified date) which are not accessible to the handicapped. Provides certain limitations on the duties of accommodation and barrier removal. Sets forth guidelines for the establishment of requirements and promulgation of regulations by specified Federal entities with respect to: (1) the accessibility of buildings and transportation systems; (2) the implementation and enforcement of the requirements of this Act; (3) employment practices; (4) the sale and rental of housing; and (5) the removal of communication barriers. Establishes procedures for the administrative enforcement of the provisions of this Act. Establishes a civil right of action for individuals who are subjected to discrimination in violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1988
Prohibits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs from taking into consideration any payment to any person pursuant to the settlement in the case of In re: "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation in determining: (1) eligibility to receive a veterans' pension; (2) the amount of any such pension; or (3) the amount of such person's attributable income for purposes of eligibility for certain medical benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1988
Protests Soviet human rights violations, especially the restrictive emigration regulations. Calls upon the President to use the upcoming summit meeting in Moscow to stress the inherent link between respect for human rights and the achievement of lasting peace.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1988
Directs the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide visa (H-1) extensions of at least one year for alien nurses whose visas expire between January 1, 1988, and September 30, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1988
Miscellaneous International Affairs Authorizations Act of 1988 - Title I: Overseas Private Investment Corporation - Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to update and increase the per capita income levels established for countries with respect to which the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is required to either give preferential consideration (the least developed countries) or restrict its activities (the higher income developing countries). Authorizes the Corporation to designate up to 25 percent of any loan from the Direct Investment Fund for use by a project sponsor in the development or adaptation in the United States of new technologies or new products or services that are likely to contribute to the economic or social development of less developed countries. Authorizes the Corporation to establish a four-year pilot program in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Basin to assist eligible projects through the provision of limited equity capital. Requires the Corporation in conducting such pilot project, to give preferential consideration to projects sponsored by or significantly involving U.S. small businesses or cooperatives. Authorizes the Corporation to establish a fund to be available solely for the purposes of such pilot project and to make a one-time transfer to such fund of a specified amount from its income and revenues. Requires the Corporation to undertake cooperative programs with the private insurance industry designed to enhance the private political risk insurance industry in the United States. Requires the Corporation to establish a group to advise the Corporation on the development and implementation of such cooperative programs. Requires the Corporation to include in its annual report to the Congress an assessment of such programs. Specifies the types of information to be included in such assessment. Increases the ceiling on the Corporation's investment guaranty authority. Extends the authority of the Corporation to issue investment insurance and guaranties until September 30, 1992. Removes Romania from the list of countries eligible for Corporation programs upon a finding that such programs in those countries would be in the national interest. Adds Hungary to such list. Title II: Board for International Broadcasting - Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to authorize appropriations to the Board for International Broadcasting for radio transmitter construction and modernization. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of a relay station in Israel. Division B - International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1987 - Title I: Military Assistance and Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Limits the aggregate amount of FMS credit which may be extended for FY 1988 and 1989. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for: (1) the military assistance program (MAP); and (2) international military education and training (IMET). Specifies that human rights training shall be an important component in IMET programs. Earmarks a specified amount of IMET for the U.S. Army School of the Americas. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for international peacekeeping operations. Authorizes the President to enter into cooperative training agreements with major non-NATO allies. Authorizes the President to contract for the procurement of the replacement of major defense equipment if the eligible country or international organization provides the United States with a dependable undertaking which will assure against any loss on the contract. Authorizes the President to provide financing to Israel for the procurement by leasing of defense articles from U.S. commercial suppliers if the President determines that such an arrangement would be justified for compelling foreign policy or national security reasons. Allows loan agreements made on market rate terms since October 1, 1984, to be amended to fix the interest rates applicable to undisbursed funds as of the time each disbursement is made. Authorizes the President to waive the interest penalty on FMS arrearages under specified circumstances. Requires that, for FY 1988 and 1989, $250,000 of the registration fees for munitions control licenses shall be credited to a Department of State account to be made available (without fiscal year limitation) for the payment of expenses incurred in automating munitions control functions and processing munitions control license applications. Disqualifies for FMS financing for 12 months any contract of a person convicted or debarred for a violation of the Arms Export Control Contol Act or International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Requires the biennial review of international traffic in arms regulations. Extends for two years, from 1987 to 1989, the authority for Israel to enter into leases from Department of Defense stocks on a no-cost, reciprocal basis. Prohibits the sale of antitank shells containing a depleted uranium component to any country except member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or countries designated as major non-NATO allies. Excludes military salaries from the price of foreign military sales for which FMS financing is provided on a forgiven loan basis. Prohibits the use of funds from the FMS Guaranty Reserve Fund under specified circumstances. Title II: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the Economic Support Fund (ESF). Allows such funds to be used for emergency assistance through FY 1989. Requires countries receiving funds from the ESF to maintain segregated accounts for cash transfers. Requires that ESF assistance to countries with an annual per capita income of less than $2,500 must be used to promote long-term development. Specifies guidelines for such long-term development. Prohibits the use of ESF assistance for port or terminal construction projects which would have a significant negative impact on the export of U.S. agricultural commodities. Specifies that ESF assistance may be provided to a foreign country as a cash transfer only if the President determines that the needs of that country and the interests of the United States would be better met by a cash transfer. Requires that not less than 50 percent of any such cash transfers shall be used for U.S. financing of the purchase of U.S. goods and services. Earmarks a specified amount of ESF funds for FY 1988 and 1989 to be used by the Trade and Development Program in carrying out the program of tied-aid credits for U.S. exports. Prohibits the use of ESF funds for the construction, operation, or maintenance of any nuclear facility in a foreign country unless the President certifies that the proposed recipient: (1) is a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America; (2) cooperates fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency; and (3) pursues nonproliferation policies consistent with those of the United States. Title III: Development Assistance - Authorizes appropriations to carry out agriculture, rural development, and nutrition programs for FY 1988 and 1989. Prohibits the use of any such funds for any program for the growth or production in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for export which would compete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the United States. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the Child Survival Fund. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for population planning programs and health and disease prevention programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for education and human resources development. Sets aside 30 percent of such funds for basic education programs in developing countries whose effect is to reduce illiteracy and extend basic education. Extends the Cooperative Development Program from 1988 to 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for energy, private and voluntary organizations, and selected development activities. Specifies conditions pertaining to assistance provided for agricultural development, water development, and energy development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the Private Sector Revolving Fund. Extends from 1987 to 1989 the existing earmark of funds for programs to assist in the protection of biological diversity in developing countries. Provides that loans made at or near market rates of interest to private borrowers may be compromised if the President determines that repayment to the United States would be made more likely. Limits the use of development assistance funds to projects or sector programs. Sets forth congressional findings urging the fuller utilization of private indigenous orgnizations and cooperatives in the planning and implementation of development assistance activities. Increases the earmark for funding available to private voluntary organizations and cooperatives from 13.5 to 15 percent of development assistance funds. Authorizes the use of loan repayments from heavily indebted developing countries for development projects in those countries. Authorizes the extension of credit and other assistance to micro and small enterprises of the poor majority in developing countries. Sets forth guidelines and requirements for such program. Earmarks a specified amount of funds to be made available in FY 1988 and 1989 for activities relating to research on and the treatment and control of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries. Sets aside not less than ten percent of the funds made available in FY 1988 and 1989 for development assistance and African famine recovery and assistance for the activities of business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Title IV: Other Assistance Programs and Authorizations - Part A: Foreign Assistance Act Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program. Extends the authority to enter into commitments under the Housing Investment Guaranty Program (HIG) from 1988 to 1990. Raises the ceiling on aggregate guarantees to a total of $2,308,000,000. Increases the authority to borrow from the Treasury to meet guaranty reserve requirements from $40,000 to $100,000,000. Extends the Agricultural and Productive Credit and Self-Help Community Development Programs from 1988 to 1990. Authorizes the Trade Credit Insurance Program to extend loan guarantees not to exceed $200,000,000 in total contingent liability for each fiscal year 1988 and 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for: (1) voluntary contributions to international organizations and programs; (2) international disaster assistance activities; (3) antiterrorism assistance; (4) the trade and development program; and (5) operating expenses of the Agency for International Development (AID). Authorizes separate appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the Office of the Inspector General of AID. Part B: Public Law 480 and Section 416 Programs - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to include the promotion of the conservation and study of biological diversity within programs for self-help measures by developing countries and as an activity for which local currencies derived from the sale of agricultural commodities can be used. Requires the Development Coordination Committee Food Aid Subcommittee to respond within 45 days to all proposals submitted by nonprofit voluntary agencies or cooperatives with the concurrence of the appropriate U.S. field mission or submitted directly by field missions. Extends the earmark of funds through FY 1989 for the farmer-to-farmer program. Encourages the Secretary of Agriculture to approve agreements making agricultural commodities available on a multiyear basis, subject to the availability of necessary agricultural commodities each fiscal year. Expresses the sense of the Congress concerning the annual minimum level of food assistance. Title V: International Narcotics Control - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for international narcotics control programs. Requires the Secretary of State to use not less than $500,000 of narcotics control funds in each of FY 1988 and 1989 to finance research on and the development and testing of safe and effective herbicides for use in the aerial eradication of coca. Earmarks $1,000,000 in grant military assistance funds in each of FY 1988 and 1989 to be used for defensive arms for aircraft used in narcotics control eradication or interdiction efforts. Earmarks $2,000,000 in military education and training assistance for each of FY 1988 and 1989 for education and training in the operation and maintenance of aircraft used in narcotics control interdiction and eradication efforts for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Allows the reallocation of funds withheld from countries which fail to take adequate steps to halt illicit drug production or trafficking to countries which have taken such adequate steps or have met their illicit drug eradication targets. Allows the waiver of restrictions on U.S. assistance for certain major drug-trafficking countries if the President makes a specified certification to the Congress. Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 to revise reporting requirements concerning certain countries. Requires the President to conduct a review of U.S. narcotics raw material policy to determine U.S. reliance on illicit opium gum from foreign sources. Sets restrictions on Indian certification under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 unless India acts to eliminate illicit opium production. Prohibits the provision of economic and military assistance to Bolivia unless the President certifies that Bolivia has enacted legislation to establish legal coca requirements and make unlicensed coca production illegal. Specifies that in making determinations with respect to Peru regarding narcotics control cooperation the President shall give foremost consideration to whether the Government of Peru made substantial progress in meeting its coca eradication targets during the previous year. Limits the amount of narcotics control assistance provided to Mexico in each of FY 1988 and 1989. Urges the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters to give greater attention and resources to cooperative non-major drug transit countries. Earmarks funds for such assistance. Authorizes additional appropriations for activities aimed at increasing awareness of the effects of production and trafficking of illicit narcotics on source and transit countries. Title VI: Europe and the Middle East - Earmarks funds for FMS financing for Israel for each of FY 1988 and 1989 and for ESF assistance for Israel. Earmarks funds for FMS financing for Egypt for each of FY 1988 and 1989 and for ESF assistance for Egypt. Provides that a limited amount of ESF assistance may be provided as a cash transfer under the condition that Egypt will undertake additional and significant economic reforms. Earmarks a specified amount of funds for FY 1988 and 1989 to be made available only for regional cooperative programs in the Middle East in accordance with the International Security and Development Cooperative Act. Authorizes the use of certain deobligated funds for projects in the Middle East and for additional assistance for American hospitals abroad. Declares the United States supports the West Bank and Gaza development initiative. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress on U.S. efforts to encourage other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to contribute to West Bank and Gaza economic development. States that FMS financing for Jordan is provided in the the recognition of the progress Jordan has made for peace in the Middle East. Expresses the sense of the Congress that no FMS financing for Jordan may be used for procurement of U.S. advanced aircraft, new air defense weapons systems, or other new advanced military weapons systems. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress on the activities and capabilities of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Libya with regard to chemical, biological, and radiological weapons. Earmarks funds for FMS financing and for grant MAP assistance for Greece in FY 1988 and 1989. Imposes a ceiling for each of FY 1988 and 1989 for grant MAP assistance and FMS financing to Turkey. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should ask the Government of Turkey to reduce substantially the number of its military personnel on Cyprus. Requires the President to request a communication from the Government of Turkey on its efforts to determine the status of U.S. citizens missing since the 1974 Cyprus conflict. Earmarks funds for ESF assistance to Cyprus for each of FY 1988 and 1989. Provides that a specified amount of such funds shall be made available only for bicommunal development projects. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to prohibit defense articles of U.S. origin from being transferred to, or used on, Cyprus by Turkey or Greece. Allows certain exceptions to such prohibition. Requires additional information to be provided in required presidential reports regarding activities on Cyprus of foreign armed forces. Extends through FY 1989 the authority to provide excess defense articles for NATO southern flank countries and major non-NATO allies on the southern and southeastern flank of NATO. Authorizes the use of Polish currencies to benefit the handicapped and orphans and for the study of events related to the Holocaust in Poland. Extends through FY 1989 the availability of funds for assistance for agricultural activities in Poland. Amends the Anglo-Irish Agreement Act of 1986 to authorize appropriations for U.S. contributions to the Anglo-Irish International Fund. Requires addition information to be included in the required annual report to the Congress required on economic conditions prevailing in Egypt, Israel, Turkey, and Portugal. Revises requirements concerning the due date of required reports to the Congress regarding peace negotations on the Cyprus dispute and U.S. participation in the Multinational Force and Observers. Title VII: Western Hemisphere - Part A: Central America - Expresses congressional support of the peace initiative in Central America by the Government of Costa Rica. States that U.S. policy should be designed to encourage the Governments of Central America to provide full cooperation, protection, and other support to human rights organizations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that it is possible to furnish the needed nonmilitary assistance for Central America over a longer period of time than originally recommended by the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America without negatively affecting the goals and objectives identified by the Commission. Prohibits the provision of any military aircraft to any country in Central America unless specified committees of the Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance. Requires the Secretary of State to notify such committees whenever any helicopters or other aircraft for military use are provided to any country in Central America by any foreign country. Prohibits the use of funds in FY 1988 and 1989 for programs and projects administered by the Regional Office for Central America and Panama which were not being funded as of September 30, 1987. Prohibits the use of any U.S. assistance to El Salvador and Guatemala for the forced relocation of the civilian population for civil defense patrols, or for political mobilization and propaganda activities. Establishes certain reporting and certification requirements for rural resettlement programs in Guatemala, or for programs or projects in El Salvador under the aegis of the United to Reconstruct Program (UPR). Requires the suspension of any U.S. assistance to any country in Central America if the elected President of that country is deposed by military coup or decree. Extends provisions requiring the President to report to the Congress with respect to U.S. objectives in El Salvador. Extends provisions prohibiting the use of any military assistance to Guatemala for the procurement of weapons or ammunition. Requires the President to report to the Congress on the extent to which the Government of Guatemala has investigated and prosecuted those responsible for human rights violations against civilians. Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts of funds should be used to assist the implementation of agrarian reform in Guatemala if the Government of Guatemala initiates effective agrarian reform programs. Extends provisions requiring that funds authorized for migration and refugee assistance which are to be used for refugee assistance for Nicaraguan Indian refugees shall be channeled through various specified international agencies and organizations. Prohibits the use of such funds to facilitate the involuntary repatriation of Salvadoran refugees who are in Honduras. Expresses the sense of the Congress concerning the efforts of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez to establish a durable peace in Central America and supporting such attempts to end the regional military conflict and strengthen democracy through diplomatic initiatives. Earmarks a specified amount of ESF funds for Costa Rica. Authorizes the use of funds previously authorized to assist in the implementation of the Contadora agreement for expenses incurred in the implementation of an agreement resulting from the regional peace initiative proposed by President Arias Sanchez. Authorizes additional appropriations under the Peace Corps Act for FY 1988 and 1989 for Peach Corps programs in Costa Rica. Sets forth congressional findings with respect to U.S. policy toward Panama. Prohibits the use of funds for assistance to Panama in FY 1988 unless the President certifies to the Congress that the Government of Panama is taking meaningful and appropriate steps to ensure that the 1989 presidential and parliamentary elections will be free, fair, and honest. Places similar restrictions on funds for Panama in FY 1989. Prohibits the United States from entering into any agreement or understanding under which a recipient of U.S. economic or military assistance or purchaser of U.S. military equipment shall provide assistance of any kind to any persons or groups engaging in an insurgency or other act of rebellion against the Government of Nicaragua. Prohibits the provision of assistance during FY 1988 and 1989 to police forces and prison authorities in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras Part B: South America - Prohibits any U.S. military assistance for Paraguay during FY 1988 and 1989 unless the President certifies that the Government of Paraguay has ended the practice of torture, restored political rights, and taken steps toward internal reconciliation and a pluralistic democratic system. Earmarks a specified amount of ESF funds for Uruguay for FY 1988 and 1989. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Government of Chile has not taken steps to adopt and implement internationally recognized workers rights to workers in that country. Suspends, during FY 1988 and 1989, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) from insuring or financing any project in Chile. Allows the provision of military training assistance to Brazil or Argentina as long as such countries continue to have democratically elected governments. Part C: The Caribbean - Earmarks a specified amount of funds for economic assistance for Haiti for each of FY 1988 and 1989. Imposes certain conditions on the provision of such funds for Haiti. Earmarks a specified amount of ESF funds for FY 1988 to be made available for the Caribbean Community groups (CARICOM) for use in conducting: (1) a comprehensive study of the economic development needs of the Caribbean region; and (2) a feasibility study of a Caribbean food corporation. Earmarks a specified amount of development assistance funds and ESF funds for each of FY 1988 and 1989 that shall be available only to assist electric utilities in the Eastern Carribbean in developing a common services program and to provide technical assistance and training to such utilities. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to change from February 1 to May 1 the due date of the annual report on the amount and nature of Soviet military assistance. Part D: Provisions Relating to the Region Generally - Provides that for FY 1988 and 1989 U.S. military assistance may be provided to a country in Latin America or the Caribbean only if that country has a democratically elected civilian government and requests such assistance. Specifies that for FY 1988 and 1989 not more than 30 percent of the amounts allocated for ESF assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean may be allocated for any single country. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the Inter-American Foundation. Extends from FY 1987 to 1989 the authority of the President to furnish to countries and organizations in order to strengthen the administration of justice in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Specifies that to the fullest extent possible such assistance shall be provided through multilateral or regional institutions. Specifies the types of assistance authorized. Prohibits U.S. military involvement in the program. Earmarks specific amounts of funds for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Colombia, and Haiti. Prohibits any such assistance to Paraguay. Specifies that any such assistance to Chile shall be subject to certain limitations. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to establish and administer a program of scholarship assistance, in cooperation with State governments, universities, community colleges, and businesses, to provide scholarships in the form of loans to enable students from eligible countries in the Caribbean and Central America to study in the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to provide assistance for such program. Authorizes the use of ESF funds allocated for Latin American and Caribbean regional programs to be used to carry out such program. Title VIII: Africa - Part A: Africa Famine Recovery and Development - Africa Famine Recovery and Development Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to add a chapter dealing with Africa Famine Recovery and Development. Authorizes the President to provide project and program assistance for long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the purpose of such assistance to be to help the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in a process of long-term development through economic growth that is equitable, participatory, environmentally sustainable, and self-reliant. Declares that the general authorities and policies of the development assistance provisions of such Act apply to this Act. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs (responsible agency) to: (1) take into account the local-level perspective of the rural and urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa during the planning and review of annual country planning documents for project assistance under this Act; (2) make available funds for a substantial expansion of development efforts by private and voluntary organizations which have demonstrated effectiveness in or commitment to the promotion of local grass-roots activities on behalf of long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa; (3) establish simplified procedures for the development and evaluation of projects to be carried out by private and voluntary organizations; and (4) consult with other organizations in order to identify relevant private and voluntary organizations. Requires the close consultation and involvement of local people in projects that have a local focus. Requires the responsible agency to ensure the participation of African women in development projects assisted by this Act. Requires the responsible agency to use the program assistance provided by this Act to: (1) help overcome shorter-term constraints to long-term development; and (2) promote reform of national economic policies to support these priorities. Sets forth examples of national economic policy reforms which can be supported by assistance provided by this Act. Requires such reforms to include provisions to protect vulnerable groups, especially poor farmers and the urban poor, from possible negative consequences of such reforms. Requires assistance for such reforms to take account of the need for adjustments should recurrence of drought make it impossible to achieve the goals of the reforms. Designates as the critical sectoral priorities for long-term development: (1) increased agricultural production and the maintenance and restoration of renewable natural resources; (2) improved health conditions; (3) voluntary family planning services; (4) improved relevance and efficiency of education; and (5) development of income generating opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed. Imposes minimum levels of assistance for certain critical sectors. Requires the responsible agency to formulate coherent country development assistance strategies. Sets forth information such strategies must analyze and address. Requires the assistance provided under this Act to be concentrated in countries that will make the most effective use of such assistance. Exempts the assistance authorized by this Act from specified limitations on the procurement of goods and services. Specifies uses for local currencies generated by assistance provided under this Act and other Acts. Provides that funds made available under this Act may be used to assist the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to increase their capacity to participate in donor coordination mechanisms at the country, regional, and sectional levels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for long-term development assistance for sub-Saharan Africa and for funding activities of certain international organizations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the authorization should be extended whenever appropriate. Limits transfers between accounts funded by this Act. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) to develop a plan for organizational changes within AID in order to carry out the long-term development assistance program for sub-Saharan Africa with maximum effectiveness. Sets forth changes the Administrator shall consider. Requires the Administrator to consult with specified congressional committees about such changes. Authorizes the Administrator to transfer certain funds in order to increase the AID resources for development assistance activities for sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the Administrator to develop a plan for evaluating AID's progress in achieving the purposes of this Act. Requires the plan to provide for: (1) interim evaluations; (2) the establishment of specific criteria for measuring the performance of U.S. development assistance for the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa; (3) the collection and monitoring of base-line data for future measurement of the effectiveness of such assistance; and (4) the measures by which the evaluations will be used to institutionalize learning within AID. Requires the plan to be developed in consultation with specified congressional committees. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Office of Technology Assessment should: (1) conduct independent evaluations of AID's performance in providing development assistance to the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa; and (2) report on such evaluations to specified congressional committees. Requires that assistance from other assistance and development programs be used to provide assistance to the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa. Authorizes the President to make available such amounts from the funds authorized by this Act as the President deems appropriate to support long-term development assistance for activities of international organizations which are consistent with the purpose of providing assistance for the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa and which are undertaken in coordination with AID. Encourages the President to use the authorities provided in this Act in coordination with activities of the multilateral development banks in sub-Saharan Africa. Entitles any country in sub-Saharan Africa to debt rescheduling if: (1) that country had an average per capita income in 1984 of less that $550; and (2) at any time between October 1, 1987, and September 30, 1992, an International Monetary Fund standby agreement is in effect with respect to that country, an economic adjustment program of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is in effect with respect to that country, or the President makes a specified certification to the Congress regarding economic policy reforms in such country. Provides that the debt rescheduling shall consist of a five-year grace period on all payments to the United States on specified types of loans. Requires the annual report by the President to the Congress on foreign assistance programs to include a report on the progress made in carrying out this Act. Provides that reprogramming notification requirements do not apply to funds used to carry out this Act. Makes conforming amendments to various Acts. Declares that, where appropriate, African famine relief activities should serve as the foundation for long-term development activities undertaken pursuant to this Act. Provides for the transfer of certain funds so that they may be used for management support activities associated with long-term development assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the purposes of the African Development Foundation are consistent with the purposes of this Act. Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1988 and 1989. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Office of Technology Assessment should conduct an independent evaluation of the performance of the African Development Foundation in carrying out its purposes and in assuring the sustainability and replicability of the development efforts which the Foundation supports. Expresses the sense of the Congress that special efforts should be undertaken to reduce trade barriers and promote economic interchange between the United States and developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the Comptroller General to study, and report to the Congress on, the restrictions which affect the importation of products of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Part B: Other Provisions Relating to Subsaharan Africa - Requires that agreements with countries in Africa for the use of funds to finance imports by those countries require that those imports be used to meet long-term development needs in those countries in accordance with specified criteria. Requires annual reports from AID on the extent to which such criteria have been met. Earmarks through FY 1992 development assistance funds to assist sector projects supported by the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC). Specifies that 50 percent of such funds shall be made available for the transportation sector, and the remaining amount shall be made available for other specified sectors. Limits economic assistance to Zaire to the assistance provided under the terms of the Africa Famine Recovery and Development Act. Specifies that such assistance shall be provided to the maximum extent practicable through private and voluntary organizations, and prohibits ESF assistance to Zaire. Places a ceiling on MAP funds for FY 1988 and 1989. Prohibits FMS financing for Zaire for FY 1988 and 1989. Withholds ESF assistance and grant military assistance for Liberia pending certifications concerning economic reforms and human rights reforms. Declares that it is the policy of the United States that the provision of security assistance for Kenya for FY 1988 and 1989 shall bear a relation to the Government of Kenya taking significant steps toward improving human rights conditions in Kenya. Declares that it is the policy of the United States that the provision of security assistance for the Sundan for FY 1988 and 1989 shall bear a relation to the Government of the Sudan making progress toward reading a political settlement with all parties the conflict in the south of Sudan. Declares that it is the policy of the United States that the provision of any future security assistance to Mozambique shall bear a relation to the Mozambique Government's taking significant steps toward improving human rights conditions. Specifies that any economic assistance to Mozambique shall be used solely for assistance to the private sector of the economy of Mozambique and shall be channeled to nongovernmental entities in Mozambique to the maximum extent practicable. Requires the President to conduct a study of the extent to which the purpose of the prohibition on the export of crude oil and refined petroleum products to South Africa is being rendered less effective by direct or indirect sales of oil and petroleum products to South Africa from other countries. Requires the President to report to the Congress on the results of such study. Requires the President to study and report on attempts to undermine other import sanctions against South Africa. Part C: Northern Africa - Declares that it is U.S. policy to base security assistance to Tunisia for FY 1988 and 1989 on the expectation that the Government of Tunisia will take steps to advance both political stability and economic and social progress. Earmarks a specified amount of ESF funds for assistance to Tunisia in each of FY 1988 and 1989. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support a negotiated political solution to the conflict in the Western Sahara taking into account the principle of the self-determination as outlined in the 1981 Nairobi resolution. Title IX: Asia and the Pacific - Part A: East Asia and the Pacific - States that the Congress deplores the continued violation of the sovereignty and territorial independence of Cambodia by Vietnam and calls upon Vietnam to negotiate to restore self-determination in Cambodia and to withdraw its troops from Cambodia. Extends from FY 1987 to 1989 the authority of the President to make available a limited amount of grant military assistance and ESF assistance to non-Communist resistance forces in Cambodia. Declares that the Congress would encourage a wide range of non-official contacts between the United States and Vietnam to improve understanding between the two countries and to facilitate the solution of unresolved problems. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should encourage the Government of Japan in its efforts to expand trade relations with Israel and to end compliance by Japanese commercial enterprises with the Arab economic boycott of Israel. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to delete an annual report requirement concerning South Korean force modernization and the U.S. role in mutual security efforts. Earmarks funds for FY 1988 for grant military assistance and ESF assistance for the Philippines. Makes available for FY 1989 not less than the amount necessary to provide the remaining amount of military and economic assistance specified in the 1983 amendment to the agreement between the United States and the Philippines concerning military bases. Earmarks a specified amount of funds for FY 1988 and 1989 to assist in the implementation of agrarian reform in the Philippines if the Government of the Philippines initiates an effective agrarian reform program and requests U.S. assistance. Earmarks a specified amount of development assistance funds for each of FY 1988 and 1989 for South Pacific regional programs. Specifies that a certain amount of such funds shall be available for scholarships for study at post-secondary institutions of education in the United States. Authorizes the stockpiling of defense articles in Thailand. Limits the amount of additions to such stockpile in FY 1988 and 1989. Expresses the sense of the Congress concerning refugees from Southeast Asia. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should use available authority and appropriations to provide support in FY 1988 and 1989 for humanitarian projects in Laos directly associated with joint United States-Laotian cooperative efforts to resolve questions concerning Vietnam era prisoners of war or those missing in action. Part B: South Asia - Authorizes the use of development assistance funds and ESF funds for assistance to the Afghan people. States that the primary purpose of U.S. economic assistance for Bangladesh is to foster economic development and political pluralism. Requires the President to take specific factors into account in determining whether to provide economic assistance to Bangladesh. Expresses the sense of the Congress encouraging the growth of contacts between India and Israel. Extends through 1989 the waiver for assistance to Pakistan. Specifies that any waiver shall cease to be effective if the President certifies that India has formally accepted the application of appropriate, verifiable, and reliable safeguards to all its nuclear materials. Prohibits the sale of any airborne early warning aircraft to Pakistan unless the President makes certain certifications to the Congress. Prohibits the provision of any defense articles to Pakistan which are not suitable for defending against the threat to Pakistan posed by the Soviet Union. States that U.S. assistance for Pakistan is intended to promote democratic and representative government and respect for internationally recognized human rights in Pakistan. Specifies that any assistance to Pakistan may be provided only if the President certifies to the Congress that Pakistan has made progress concerning human rights and democracy. Requires the President, in making determinations with respect to Pakistan's anti-narcotics efforts, to take into account Pakistan's accomplishments in a number of specific areas. Expresses the sense of the Congress concerning a settlement of the conflict in Sri Lanka. Places a ceiling on the amount of development assistance which can be provided to India in each of FY 1988 and 1989. Title X: Peace Corps - Authorizes appropriations for the Peace Corps for FY 1988 and 1989. Revises rules concerning the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles for the transportation or the direct overseas support of volunteers. Authorizes the sale at cost of technical publications produced by the Peace Corps. Specifies that a certain amount of the proceeds from such sales may be credited to the currently applicable appropriation for the Peace Corps. Title XI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth the effective date of the provisions of this Act. Requires that local currencies generated from assistance provided under certain provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act shall be deposited in a special account to be used for long term development purposes. Makes permanent the comprehensive reports currently required on all assistance provided to Latin America under the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act. Specifies certain information to be provided in such reports. Revises rules concerning the reprogramming of funds made available under the Foreign Assistance Act or the Arms Export Control Act. Provides that required foreign assistance allocation reports must be submitted within 30 days of enactment of appropriations for foreign assistance, except for continuing resolutions of less than 60 days. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Agency for International Development (AID) should not extend loans to countries unable to service existing AID loan obligations, unless it can be demonstrated that the country's debt-service problem is temporary and nonrecurring. Requires additional information to be included in reports to the Congress concerning debt rescheduling and accelerated loan repayments. Deletes provisions concerning certain information to be included in annual foreign assistance reports. Prohibits using U.S. foreign aid funds in any way that would result in corrupt personal financial gain for any person or for any purpose other than the purpose for which the assistance was provided. Directs the President to establish strict accounting procedures for U.S. foreign aid funds and to establish sanctions for misuse of such funds. Requires all foreign assistance agreements entered into more than 90 days after enactment of this Act to incorporate the procedures and sanctions established by this Act. Requires the President to report to the Congress on the steps taken to establish such procedures and sanctions. Requires the Secretary of State to coordinate all training and other assistance provided by the U.S. Government to the police, prison authorities, and other law enforcement agencies of any foreign government. Requires the Secretary to make annual reports to the Congress concerning such assistance. Authorizes the President to reduce the amount of ESF assistance to countries which import sugar from Cuba. Requires the President to instruct AID missions and U.S. diplomatic missions to analyze the impact of proposed multilateral development bank (MDB) loans and for transmittal to the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires the semiannual publication of lists of proposed MDB loans that may have adverse impacts on the environment, natural resources, public health, or indigenous peoples. States that the Congress encourages the Administrator of AID to make greater use of independent labor unions in carrying out development assistance, disaster assistance, ESF, and Africa famine recovery and development programs. Adds to the list of countries designated as Communist countries for purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act the following countries: (1) the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan; (2) the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; (3) the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen; (4) the People's Republic of Angola; and (5) the People's Republic of Kampuchea. Requires the President to specify in certain reports to the Congress the period of duration of any waiver on the prohibition of assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act to any Communist country. Title XII: Additional Assistance for Base Rights Countries - Authorizes additional appropriations for each of FY 1988 and 1989 to be made available only to meet U.S. security assistance requirements arising from agreements providing for U.S. access to military facilities in foreign countries. Provides that the aggregate foreign military sales financing ceiling for FY 1988 and 1989 shall be deemed increased by the amount appropriated under this title. Requires that funds authorized by this title be used in a manner consistent with the maintenance of military balance in the Eastern Mediterranean. Specifies that assistance provided for Greece and Turkey with funds authorized by this title shall be in addition to the amounts provided by other provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1988
Designates October 1988 as National Down Syndrome Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1988
Declares that U.S. interests in achieving peace in Central America would be served best by a negotiated settlement such as that embodied in the Central American peace accord (Guatemala Accord). Directs the President to terminate the sanctions imposed on Nicaragua in 1985 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and to take other steps to restore normal economic and trade relations with Nicaragua.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1988
Designates the month of October 1988 as Lupus Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1988
Declares that American families need job security, economic security, health care, child care, elderly care, quality education, equal opportunity, equal pay for work of equal value, shelter, and a safe environment.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1988
Salvadoran Foreign Assistance Reform Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the U.S. foreign assistance program for El Salvador should be revised to promote a negotiated settlement and a reduction of human suffering; (2) the ratio of assistance should be reversed in FY 1989 so that the amount spent on the war effort is only one-third of the amount spent for reform and development activities; (3) such assistance should not be distributed in a manner which would promote the interests of any particular political party; (4) such assistance should be distributed through church-related and other nongovernmental organizations and international organizations selected by the Agency for International Development; and (5) the President should report quarterly to the Congress on the restructuring of such assistance, the economic results of such restructuring, and any reports of corruption in its distribution.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1988
Omnibus McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1988 - Title I: General Provisions - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (the Act) to require the Comptroller General to make annual audits of Federal emergency management food and shelter and housing assistance programs. Title II: Interagency Council on the Homeless - Amends the Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1990 for the Interagency Council on the Homeless. Extends such Council through FY 1990. Title III: Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program - Amends the Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1990 for the Federal emergency management food and shelter program. Title IV: Housing Assistance - Amends the Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1990 for the emergency shelter grants program. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to report annually to the Congress regarding the supportive housing demonstration program. Authorizes program appropriations through FY 1990. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for supplemental assistance for facilities to assist the homeless. Increases budget authority for section 8 assistance (low-income housing) for single room occupancy dwellings. Makes religious organizations or organizations with religious affiliations meeting specified conditions eligible to receive housing assistance under this title and community development block grants under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Title V: Identification and Use of Surplus Federal Property - Amends the Act to require the Secretary to identify Federal properties to use to aid the homeless within two months of collecting such information. Title VI: Health Care for the Homeless - Subtitle A: Categorical Grants for Primary Health Services and Substance Abuse Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit Federal matching funds after the first fiscal year to 66-2/3 percent of service costs with regard to grants for health assistance for the homeless. (Current law provides for 75 percent Federal funding.) Authorizes the continued provision for up to 12 months of certain health (including mental health) services to former homeless persons currently living in permanent housing. Includes persons living in transitional housing within the definition of "homeless individual" for purposes of such grants. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY 1991. Subtitle B: Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1991 for community mental health services block grants. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations for Community Demonstration Projects - Amends the Act to authorize additional appropriations through FY 1991 for mental health services for homeless persons with chronic mental illness. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1991 for alcohol and drug abuse treatment for homeless persons. Subtitle D: General Provisions - Sets forth effective dates for specified provisions of this title. Title VII: Education, Training, and Community Services Programs - Amends the Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1990 for the following programs for the homeless: (1) adult education; (2) education for children and youth; (3) exemplary education programs and related information dissemination; (4) job training, including a specified obligation for veterans' reintegration projects; and (5) the emergency community services homeless grant program. Title VIII: Food Assistance for the Homeless - Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to make excess Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) flour, cheese, and cornmeal available through 1990. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for the temporary emergency food assistance program (TEFAP) including storage and distribution costs. Increases amounts obligated for emergency feeding organizations. Extends the termination date for such programs from September 30, 1988, to September 30, 1990. Title IX: Veterans Programs - Authorizes additional appropriations through FY 1990 for veterans' medical care, including specified amounts for domiciliary care and for chronically mentally ill homeless veterans. Authorizes additional appropriations through FY 1990 (to remain available through FY 1991) for veterans' job training. Title X: Aid to Families With Dependent Children and Related Programs - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reduce Federal matching aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) in a jurisdiction where substantial progress is not being made toward reducing the number of AFDC families living in commercial or similar transient accommodations. Authorizes the Secretary to approve demonstration projects through FY 1990 under which States encourage landlords to make permanent shelter available to families receiving AFDC housing assistance by paying rent for such shelter for the first year at the rate paid for comparable commercial or similar transient accommodations and for the remainder of the lease at the applicable AFDC housing allowance.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1988
National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act - States that the conservation of biological diversity is a national priority. Requires Federal actions to be consistent with such goal. Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require that environmental impact statements on proposed Federal actions include any impacts on biological diversity. Directs the President's Council on Environmental Quality to: (1) establish guidelines for consideration of biological diversity in the preparation of environmental impact statements; and (2) identify those biotic communities, species, and populations that appear to be in decline, in imminent danger of loss of viability, or otherwise of special concern. Establishes a National Center for Biological Diversity and Environmental Research (Center) responsible for: (1) coordinating the collection of data pertaining to the national biota and supplementing and disseminating such information; (2) arranging and conducting surveys and supplementary research of the national biota; and (3) enhancing the application of biological data to the conservation of biological diversity. Requires the Center to report annually to the President and the Congress regarding its activities. Establishes an Interagency Working Committee on Biological Diversity responsible for preparing and implementing a coordinated Federal strategy for conservation of biological diversity. Sets forth the required contents of such strategy which must be completed within two years of this Act's enactment. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes each agency represented on the Interagency Committee to provide grants to public agencies, private individuals, and organizations for projects to maintain or restore biological diversity. Requires that such grants be matched on at least an equal basis by the grantee, except when the grantee is a State. Directs each agency, other than the Council on Environmental Quality, represented on the Interagency Committee to: (1) give high priority to research and personnel training directed towards implementation of the Strategy; and (2) assess the adequacy of its environmental research and training programs. Establishes, on a permanent basis, a National Scientific Advisory Committee on Biological Diversity which shall: (1) advise the Interagency Committee in the preparation of the Strategy; (2) assist in the coordination of interaction between the Interagency Committee and the Center; (3) assist in the evaluation of the impacts of proposed Federal activities on biological diversity; (4) review Federal progress toward implementing the Strategy; and (5) serve as a general reference and advisory resource for the Nation in matters relating to conservation of biological diversity. Authorizes appropriations for the activities of the Center and the grant program for FY 1989 through 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1988
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Energy Plan Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Congress within three years (but not earlier than two years) an energy plan which: (1) includes a national energy policy objectives statement; (2) focuses upon petroleum demand over an estimated period of potential production from the Arctic Coastal Plain; and (3) describes a resource portfolio to meet such demand. Outlines the contents of such report. Requires the Secretary to evaluate potential alternatives to meet petroleum demand scenarios on a consistent basis. Requires the Secretary to prepare a study of present and future oil and gas development in the Alaskan Arctic regions, (excluding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). Outlines the study contents. Requires that the energy plan and study be accompanied by a certain report incorporating a legislative action recommendation concerning the future management of specified lands under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (Coastal Plain lands). Prohibits oil or gas exploration or production within the Coastal Plain, including land exchanges or leasing activities leading to production or exploration, until authorized by an Act of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1988
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Surgeon General should declare that drunk driving is a national crisis.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1988
Medical Testing Improvement Act of 1988 - Amends title III (General Powers and Duties) of the Public Health Service Act to remove references to interstate commerce from provisions prohibiting operating a laboratory without a license issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Repeals provisions exempting from statutes regulating laboratories those laboratories operated by physicians, osteopaths, dentists, or podiatrists solely as an adjunct to the treatment of their own patients. Requires an annual inspection of laboratories to insure compliance with standards issued by the Secretary. Requires laboratories to qualify under a quarterly proficiency testing program established by the Secretary, including testing for each category of test which the laboratory is authorized to perform under its license. Requires the Secretary to maintain a technical and staff capacity to provide training and technical assistance to laboratories requesting such service and to laboratories which do not qualify under the proficiency testing program. Allows the proficiency testing to be performed by a private entity only if the entity meets standards established by the Centers for Disease Control. Requires the Secretary to maintain the capacity to conduct the testing. Makes laboratory licenses issued by the Secretary valid for one year instead of three years. Removes the cap on the fee for issuance or renewal of licenses. Directs the Secretary to make grants to a State which enacts laws providing for standards equal to or more stringent than under the provisions amended by this Act to assist the State in implementing the laws.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1988
Supports the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) continue to provide a credible U.S. nuclear deterrent force based in Europe for the security of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies; (2) provide leadership within NATO with respect to strengthening NATO conventional forces and modernizing its nuclear deterrent forces in Europe; (3) seek verifiable conventional arms agreements leading to Warsaw Pact arms reductions in Europe; (4) continue to discuss with our NATO allies a comprehensive strategy for arms control and nuclear and conventional defense modernization in the post-INF period; (5) continue to work for verifiable strategic nuclear reductions which contribute to stability; (6) take appropriate action, including withdrawing from the INF Treaty, if he determines that the Soviets have materially violated that Treaty; and (7) propose specific procedures to resolve existing and future Soviet arms control violations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1988
Provides that restrictions may be applied to information, counseling, or services provided by family planning entities abroad that receive U.S. assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 only to the extent that the same restrictions apply to domestic family planning entities receiving funds under the Public Health Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1988
Global Poverty Reduction Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President to develop a plan to ensure that U.S. development assistance contributes measurably toward eradicating the worst aspects of absolute poverty by the year 2000. Requires that such plan include target dates for reaching specific measurable goals whose attainment would contribute to direct improvements in the living standards of the poorest 40 percent of the population. Specifies that such goals shall include reducing the mortality rate of infants under age five, increasing the female literacy rate, and reducing the percentages of populations below the absolute poverty level by specified amounts by the year 2000. Directs that primary emphasis of development activities to restore the renewable natural resource base shall be on small-scale, affordable, low-risk local projects featuring close consultation with, and involvement of, local people at all stages of project design and implementation. Requires the President to submit the plan to the Congress by July 1, 1989. Requires all U.S. development assistance to be directed at attaining plan goals between October 1, 1989, and December 31, 2000. Requires the President to submit annual reports to the Congress detailing progress toward achieving plan goals. Directs the Comptroller General to review and comment on each report issued. Directs the President to host an international development conference for heads of governments of development assistance donor and recipient countries by October 16, 1989, to conclude an international agreement on eliminating the worst aspects of absolute poverty by the year 2000.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1988
Includes incurred expenses for medical or remedial care that are not subject to payment by a third party within an individual's income when determining his or her eligibility or level of assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1988
Designates the week beginning November 27, 1988, as National Home Care Week.