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United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1988
Designates the week beginning November 27, 1988, as National Home Care Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1988
Directs the President to designate the month of May 1988 as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1988
Declares that, in celebration of Law Day U.S.A., special emphasis should be given by grateful people to all law enforcement personnel for their service in preserving domestic tranquility and guaranteeing rights under law.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1988
Designates August 4, 1988, as National Legion of Valor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1988
Amends Federal law to direct the President to annually proclaim the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer. (Current law directs the President to set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, for such purpose.)
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1988
Requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, which occurs on June 25, 1988. (The Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, formerly known as the Wagner-O'Day Act, provides employment and ancillary support services to blind and handicapped individuals.)
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1988
Designates the month of November 1988 as National Diabetes Month.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1988
Declares that the President should: (1) posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof in honor of their efforts to document the Afghan struggle for freedom; and (2) present the award to those individuals' families on March 21, 1988, the start of the new year in Afghanistan.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988
Praises the organizers of the National Silver-Haired Congress for their efforts on behalf of older Americans. Declares that the Congress should welcome the participants and ensure the success of the National Silver-Haired Congress when it is convened in Washington, D.C. in 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1988
Designates the period commencing November 13, 1988, and ending November 19, 1988, as Geography Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1988
Expresses disapproval of the refusal of the U.S.S.R. to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics. Designates June 14, 1988, as Baltic Freedom Day. Authorizes and requests the President to submit the issue of the Baltic Republics to the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1988
Designates January 30, 1989, as National Day of the Disabled.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1988
Designates 1988 as Fortieth Anniversary Year of the National Institute of Dental Research.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1988
Designates October 6, 1988, as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1988
Authorizes FY 1989 appropriations to reimburse the State of Florida and certain political subdivisions for expenses incurred in 1980 and 1981 with respect to Cuban and Haitian nationals who arrived there without prior authorization.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1988
Designates December 12, 1988, as National Freedom Fighters Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1988
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the required application of uniform inventory cost capitalization rules any animal produced in a farming business, regardless of the animal's preproductive period.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1988
Designates February 16, 1989, as Lithuanian Independence Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1988
Designates March 4, 1988, as Department of Commerce Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1988
Designates the month of November 1988 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1988
Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988 - Title I: Child Pornography - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it illegal to use a computer to transport information in interstate or foreign commerce concerning the visual depiction of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct (child pornography). Establishes criminal penalties for buying, selling, or transferring the custody of a minor: (1) knowing that, as a consequence of the sale or transfer, the minor will be used in child pornography; or (2) with the intent to promote child pornography. States that such sale or transfer must involve: (1) the minor or other actor traveling in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) communications in interstate or foreign commerce; or (3) conduct in a territory or possession of the United States. Requires any person who produces a book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter which contains any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct (which is shipped or intended for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, or contains material shipped in interstate or foreign commerce) to maintain certain records regarding the performers portrayed in such conduct. Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations regarding the maintenance and availability of such records. Includes the sexual exploitation of children as a predicate offense to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. Title II: Obscenity - Makes it a Federal criminal offense to receive or possess, with the intent to distribute, obscene matter which has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce. Makes it a Federal criminal offense to knowingly use a facility or means of commerce to sell or distribute obscene matter in interstate or foreign commerce. Establishes a rebuttable presumption, with respect to Federal criminal offenses involving obscene matter, that obscene matter produced in one State (or outside the United States) which is subsequently located in another State (or in the United States) was transported, shipped, or carried in interstate (or foreign) commerce. Establishes criminal and civil forfeiture procedures with respect to Federal offenses involving obscene material and child pornography. Includes communications by means of cable or subscription television within the prohibition against broadcasting obscene language. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the penalty provisions of such Act with respect to obscene telephone communications. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for the possession or sale of obscene matter on Federal property. Adds obscenity offenses to the list of crimes for which the Government may obtain wiretaps.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1988
Air Travel Rights for Blind Individuals Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to preclude an air carrier from establishing aircraft seating restrictions based upon a passenger's visual acuity or use of a white cane or dog guide or other such means of assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1988
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the excise tax on diesel and aviation fuels. Prohibits imposition of the tax on the sale of these fuels to any purchaser (or purchaser for resale to a second purchaser) for use on a farm for farming purposes or for any other use not as a fuel in a diesel-powered highway vehicle or train. (Although fuel sold for these purposes is tax-exempt under current law, provisions of the Revenue Act of 1987 require purchasers to pay the tax and subsequently apply for a refund based on nontaxable uses of the fuel.)
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1988
Commends the President, Secretary of State, and Administrator of the Agency for International Development for their response to the drought and food emergency in Ethiopia and other nations of sub-Saharan Africa, and urges them to continue efforts to preclude the onset of famine and to ensure the timely delivery of medical and other emergency relief supplies. Declares that: (1) the Government response to these food emergencies should include initiatives to prevent the dislocation of large numbers of persons across national borders and/or into relief camps; and (2) the plight of the refugees or displaced should be addressed by emphasizing the provision of basic human needs, such as food, water, and shelter.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1988
Farmer Fuel Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit imposition of the excise tax on the sale of diesel or aviation fuel to any purchaser (or purchaser for resale to a second purchaser) for use on a farm for farming purposes. (Although fuel sold for these purposes is tax-exempt under current law, provisions of the Revenue Act of 1987 require purchasers to pay the tax and subsequently apply for a refund based on nontaxable uses of the fuel.) Permits wholesale distributors of gasoline who have registered with the Secretary of the Treasury and posted the required bond to pay the gasoline tax (in lieu of the person otherwise liable for the tax.) Prohibits imposition of the gasoline tax on the sale or removal of gasoline by any person (or for resale to a second person) for use on a farm for farming purposes. Requires that the reduced gasoline tax rate (3.4 cents instead of 9.1 cents) be applied with respect to gasoline used to produce gasohol after the time of the relevant removal or sale.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1988
Designates October 7, 1988, as National Teacher Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 December 1987
Amends Federal law to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from approving State highway safety programs that do not provide for a uniform system for handicapped parking to promote safety. Details the criteria for such a system. Reduces by two percent the amounts that would otherwise be apportioned to a State if it fails either to obtain approval for such a system or to implement it.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1987
Directs the Secretary of the Army to set aside an appropriate area within Arlington National Cemetery for the unmarked burial of cremated remains of persons entitled to burial in such cemetery.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1987
Requests and authorizes the President to designate June 6 through June 12, 1988, as National Fishing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1987
Designates the period of February 8 through February 14, 1988, as National Burn Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1987
Designates the period of June 11 through June 18, 1988, as National Dairy Goat Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1987
Designates May 1988 as Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that railroad retirement benefits are exempt from reduction under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and that supplemental annuities payable under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and sequestered under a specified presidential order should be restored.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in celebration of the millennium of the Christianization of Kievan-Rus', the Soviet Union should: (1) comply with its international obligations and allow Christians to practice their faith without harassment; (2) grant a general amnesty for all Christians who have been imprisoned because of their religious beliefs; (3) allow religious believers to practice their faith freely; (4) permit unlimited publication, distribution, and importation of religious materials; and (5) allow closed churches to reopen, new churches to be built, and theological seminaries to open or expand.
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1987
Designates April 1, 1988, as Run to Daylight Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1987
Designates December 7, 1987, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1987
Grants a Federal charter to the National Academies of Practice, honoring persons of the health care professions.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1987
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire specified lands outside the boundaries of the Canaveral National Seashore, Florida, for administrative and related facilities for such Seashore.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1987
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the defense agencies, including their respective reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, claims against the Department of Defense (DOD), the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration (including transfer of funds), and humanitarian aid for Afghan refugees. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Navy of aircraft, weapons, shipbuilding and conversion, and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for the augmentation of U.S. Coast Guard inventories. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft, missiles, and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the defense agencies, and for Defense Production Act purchases. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the armed forces and defense stock funds. Title VI: Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense - Appropriates funds for the destruction of the U.S. stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund and for the intelligence community staff. Title VIII: General Provisions - Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services to contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record. Prohibits the use of appropriations for unauthorized publicity or propaganda. Authorizes the Secretaries of Defense and of the military departments to procure the services of experts and consultants if advantageous to the national defense. Exempts the DOD from the prohibition against employing non-citizens. Directs the Secretary of Defense and each agency of the Department to assist American small and minority-owned businesses in their participation in defense contracts. Provides that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act may remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided. Prohibits the use of appropriations for specified practices, including: (1) proficiency flying; and (2) excess household goods shipping and storage. Prohibits the obligation of more than 20 percent of funds appropriated by this Act during the last two months of the fiscal year, except as specified. Permits DOD to accept the use of real property and services from foreign countries in accordance with mutual defense agreements or occupational arrangements or as reciprocal international courtesies. Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the Congress and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the properties and services received. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of any food, clothing, specified cloth (including cotton, silk, and wool) or synthetic fabrics, or specified metals not grown, produced, or processed within the United States, with specified exceptions. Permits the use of appropriations for uniforms or uniform allowances for civilian employees. Limits the funds available for legislative liaison activities of DOD. Earmarks appropriations for the procurement of commercial transportation services from carriers participating in the civil reserve air fleet program. Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest and with the approval of OMB, to transfer and merge specified working capital funds. Directs the Secretary to notify the Congress of all transfers. Limits the cash balances which may be maintained in such funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) fuel conversion at defense facilities in Europe; (2) the preparation of a request to the Appropriations Committees for reprogramming of funds, except as specified; (3) certain claims for physician or provider reimbursement for medical services provided under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); (4) public affairs activities beyond a specified amount; (5) administering funds credited to DOD under provisions of the Arms Export Control Act; (6) Senior ROTC units which have had classes with insufficient enrollment; (7) programs of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) beyond FY 1989, with specified exceptions; and (8) military personnel costs associated with morale, welfare, and recreational activities. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the payment of anticipatory possession compensation claims to the Federal Republic of Germany, other than claims under the Global Agreement. Permits the Secretary to contract with collection agencies to recover indebtedness owed to the United States. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) certain noncompetitive contracts for studies and consulting services, unless certain unique elements are present; (2) nonreimbursed medical care in the United States furnished to foreign military or diplomatic personnel or their dependents; (3) certain second career training programs; (4) the demilitarization of surplus nonautomatic firearms of less than a specified caliber; (5) certain multiyear contracts utilizing economic order quantity procurement or unfunded contingent liabilities in excess of a specified amount; and (6) excessive per diem in lieu of subsistence when an enlisted member is in a travel status. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) waivers of certain cost recovery under the Arms Export Control Act, unless the Appropriations Committees are given advance notice; (2) the transfer of military equipment or data related to the manufacture of such equipment to a foreign country, without approval of such transfer by the Secretary of the military department involved; (3) unjustified intelligence activity, unless the Appropriations Committees are notified; (4) the purchase of foreign coal or coke for U.S. defense facilities in Europe when U.S. coal is available; (5) the procurement of manual typewriters from Warsaw Pact countries; and (6) converting certain military technician positions to nonmilitary positions in support of the reserves and the guards. Eliminates, during FY 1988, the requirement that the Congress must authorize by law the end-strengths for civilian personnel in DOD. Prohibits setting any end-strength limitations for such personnel during FY 1988. Permits the transfer and merger of funds for increased costs for research, development, test, and evaluation. Prohibits the use of CIA, DOD, or any intelligence agency funds for aid to the Nicaraguan democratic resistance, unless in accordance with the Intelligence Authorization Act. Rescinds specified funds from certain military procurement and research and development accounts. Authorizes additional transfers of funds from working capital funds to the Operation and Maintenance appropriations contained in this Act. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) leasing DOD aircraft or vehicles to non-Federal agencies when commercial alternatives are available; (2) congressional lobbying; (3) certain multiyear leasing or chartering of vessels with excessive termination liabilities; (4) the operation of more than 247 commissaries in the contiguous United States; (5) procuring certain foreign-manufactured aircraft ejection seats; (6) the pay of certain nonmilitary Army Reserve technicians; (7) purchasing dogs or cats to study the medical treatment of wounds; (8) full-scale engineering development of any major acquisition program, until the Secretary certifies to the Appropriations Committees that two or more production sources are not necessary, or provides a plan for the development of two or more sources; and (9) the floating storage of petroleum in non-U.S. vessels. Earmarks funds for the Civil Air Patrol. Permits the use of funds for removing feral burros and horses. Permits the use of funds to pay reasonable costs for the promotion of American aerospace exports at domestic and international exhibits. Permits the appropriation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incident to authorized operations of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to retain in active status certain officers who need such status in order to maintain employment as a National Guard or Reserve Technician. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Secretary should award defense contracts in FY 1988 to the extent possible to contractors who agree to carry out such contracts in labor surplus areas; and (2) competition should be increased in providing for our national defense. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay a dislocation allowance in excess of one month's basic allowance for quarters. Prohibits the use of funds for contracting-out activities performed by the Defense Personnel Support Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, unless the Appropriations Committees receive the results of a cost analysis of such action. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act: (1) to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund for educational assistance for a member of the armed services who receives an enlistment bonus; or (2) for integration of a nuclear warhead into the Army Tactical Missile System. Directs DOD to conduct a pilot test project of providing home health care to certain military dependents. Limits the availability of appropriations for educational costs for off-duty training of military personnel to specified percentages of such costs. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act to be available to pay more than 50 percent of a lump-sum reenlistment bonus to any member. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for conversion to contractor performance of an activity or function of DOD that is currently performed by more than ten DOD civilian employees until a cost analysis on such performance is completed and certified to the Appropriations Committees. Permits transfers of funds from one appropriation account to another for the lease or purchase of automatic data processing equipment if the Secretary reports such transfer to the Appropriations Committees within a specified time. Makes appropriations available to exchange or furnish mapping, charting, or geodetic data, supplies, or services to a foreign country pursuant to an agreement for the exchange of such services. Prohibits the use of funds for the procurement of 120mm mortars or ammunition for such mortars if manufactured outside the United States. Permits the use of DOD funds at sites formerly used by DOD for removal of unsafe buildings or debris, under certain conditions. Limits the amount of operation and maintenance funds that may be used for travel and transportation of the dependent children of military personnel stationed overseas. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to carry out a program to paint a naval vessel with a certain type of paint until the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certifies that the paint does not pose an unacceptable hazard to the marine environment. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the support of any DOD activity that procures malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale on a U.S. military installation, with specified exceptions. Makes funds available to the Defense Logistics Agency for the agency's productivity-based incentive awards programs for civilian employees. Permits the transfer of certain unobligated FY 1983 and FY 1984 DOD funds to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account, under specified conditions. Prohibits the use of Army appropriations for depot maintenance of equipment unless the civilian personnel strengths at Army depots performing communications-electronics depot maintenance are greater than the strengths assigned those depots on September 30, 1985, with specified exceptions. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to pay for contract personnel to perform functions currently performed by DOD employees at the Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Crane, Indiana, or the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, Oklahoma, with a specified exception. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to acquire major automated information systems which have not successfully completed specified oversight reviews. Prohibits any DOD vessel homeported in the United States from being overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a foreign shipyard, except for voyage repairs. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds, after FY 1987, for the direct support of revenue-generating recreational activities located in large metropolitan areas of the United States, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Philadelphia Municipal Authority all rights and interest to a certain portion of the Philadelphia Naval Base, Pennsylvania, under specified terms and conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a long-term contract with the Authority for the purchase of steam generated from a facility to be constructed on the land conveyed by the Secretary. Permits the use of appropriated funds for the procurement, improvement, and modification of the Copperhead and five-inch guided projectiles, under specified conditions. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the procurement of electric utility service in a manner inconsistent with applicable State law; (2) any country if the President determines that such country is failing to take adequate measures to prevent the introduction of narcotic drugs or other controlled substances to U.S. personnel within such country, until the President makes certifications to the Congress that such country is taking every possible means of preventive measures; and (3) the payment of salaries of any person who authorizes the transfer of unobligated and deobligated funds into the Reserve for Contingencies of the CIA. Requires funds appropriated under this Act for CIA construction projects to remain available until expended. Prohibits funds made available under this or any other Act from being used to sell or lease any land which is part of Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii. Repeals a specified provision of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987, which prohibits the General Services Administration (GSA) from selling or transferring a specified portion of Fort DeRussy. Directs the Secretary to conduct through CHAMPUS a demonstration project on the treatment of alcoholism designed to compare the use of chemical aversion therapy with the use of other treatments. Requires a report from the Secretary to the Appropriations and Armed Services Committees, and specifies other conditions in connection with the demonstration project. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to authorize activities on the part of the armed forces in celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, and in support of congressional Bicentennial activities. Provides for the accounting of funds received as compensation for damages to the USS Stark. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) operation and maintenance of contractor-owned and operated primary care facilities; (2) the implementation of a specified provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1988 calling for an Air Force demonstration project on alternative health care delivery systems; (3) awarding a contract for the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative in excess of a specified amount; and (4) use by the Defense Logistics Agency to assign a supervisor's title or grade when the number of people he or she supervises is considered as a basis for such determination. Specifies a final obligation date for appropriations for the Tenth International Pan American Games. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund for the future cost of certain educational assistance programs for veterans and members of the armed forces; and (2) basic pay and allowances for certain members of the armed forces participating as full-time students when such time is credited toward completion of their service commitment. Permits the use of appropriated funds to fully utilize the facilities at the U.S. Army Engineer's Waterways Experiment Station, with a specified exception. Limits the amount of appropriated funds authorized to be made available for certain central design activities with costs of less than a specified amount. Earmarks specified funds appropriated to the Army under this Act for the Reserve Component Automation System, with certain limitations on the expenditures of such earmarked funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the procurement of Tactical Army Combat Service Support Computer Systems, unless a certain condition is met; (2) the procurement of mini- and micro-computers for the Army Reserve component until a specified contract is awarded; and (3) the payment of salaries to operate the U.S. Army Information System Selection and Acquisition Agency after a specified date. Requires expeditious completion of the development of the M72E4 weapon, using Army research and development funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for fixed-price contracts for the development of a major system or subsystem, unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and the Secretary take certain action. Provides that monetary limitations on the purchase price of passenger motor vehicles shall not apply to vehicles purchased for certain intelligence activities. Earmarks specified funds for the construction of classified military projects within the continental United States. Makes funds available for Naval Air Rework Facilities to perform manufacturing in order to compete for production contracts of defense articles, under specified conditions. Provides a certain exception in the computation of non-headquarters personnel, for purposes of reductions required in the number of such personnel. Authorizes DOD to waive Federal regulations concerning wage rates for authorized civilian employees hired for certain health-care occupations, with a specified condition. Revises Federal provisions regarding required competition in the awarding of contracts for the short-term overhaul, repair, or maintenance of naval vessels. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the procurement of goods or services from Toshiba Corporation, or from Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik (or any of their subsidiaries), with a specified exception; (2) the deactivation, transfer, or other diminishing of any part of certain fighter wings and squadrons at specified U.S. military bases; (3) the procurement of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chains manufactured outside the United States Canada; and (4) the consolidation or conversion of heating plants at defense facilities in Europe from coal to district heating systems. Requires DOD to exclude from diagnosis-related regulations certain discharges involving children and newborn infants. Places a funding prohibition on certain studies or contracting-out of services in connection with a specified reservoir administration of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to revise provisions concerning the importation into the United States of military firearms of U.S. manufacture. Requires the reinstatement of import permits for the importation of such firearms which had been suspended prior to the enactment of this Act for specified reasons. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit, through FY 1989, the transfer of excess defense articles to certain NATO and eligible non-NATO allies. Prohibits any funds in this Act or any other funds available to military commissaries and exchanges from being used to purchase or sell Toshiba products. Directs the Secretary of the Army to procure the technical data package (TDP) for the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT), and to award contracts for the procurement of HEMTT vehicles after procurement of TDP, using full and open competitive procedures. Directs the Secretary to conduct certain tests in relation to the procurement of such vehicles, and to include certain requirements in future HEMTT contracts. Provides a certain structure of deliveries of such vehicles during FY 1989. Directs the Secretary of Defense to make grants to Sematech (a general research private corporation) in order to defray expenses incurred by Sematech in conducting research on and development of semiconductor manufacturing technology, under certain grant conditions. Authorizes the transfer of a specified amount of funds to the Air Force, after a specified congressional notice-and-wait period, to be used for activities related to Space Launch Recovery. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, using certain prior-year funds, to complete the development and qualification program of the next generation trainer engine (F-109), over the next three-year period. Directs the Secretary of Defense, until October 1, 1988, to carry out a moratorium against the testing of antisatellite weapons in space, unless the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted such a test. Limits the number of deployed launchers for ICBMs carrying multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), for ICBMs carrying MIRVs and submarine ballistic missiles carrying MIRVs, or for certain other MIRV-carrying missiles, unless the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has deployed strategic forces in excess of the numerical sublimits in the SALT II agreement. Prohibits funds appropriated for FY 1988 from being obligated or expended to carry out a nuclear explosion in excess of a specified yield, unless the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has taken specified action in relation to such nuclear testing. Waives such limitations if an agreement is reached between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning such nuclear testing. Prohibits DOD funds from being obligated or expended to develop or deploy an antiballistic missile that is sea-based, air-based, space-based, or mobile-land based, unless the President makes certain certifications to the Congress. Authorizes DOD to transfer prior-year unobligated balances to the Operation and Maintenance appropriations of the reserve components to provide military technician pay the same exemption from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act as is currently granted to other military personnel accounts, with specified conditions. Authorizes DOD to transfer prior-year unobligated funds to the appropriation for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, for the procurement of six replacement aircraft for the Flight Inspection program. Prohibits funds available in this or any other Act from being used during FY 1988 for planning for and converting the Naval Avionics Center, Indianapolis, and the Naval Air Engineering Center, Lakehurst operation to operation as a direct appropriation financed activity. Prohibits funds available under this Act from being used to carry out development or deployment of the Space-Based Interceptor project under the Strategic Defense Initiative program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1987
Designates April 9, 1988, as National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1987
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Nicaragua should undertake specified reforms, such as reinstating due process and fair trials, ending torture, conducting free elections, allowing an uncensored free press, ensuring the right to strike and to publish for unions, ceasing attacks against civilians, and ending the forced relocation of Indians and Creoles; and (2) all countries in Central America should continue to work toward achieving the democratic principles and processes specified in the August 7, 1987, Central American peace accord.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1987
Designates November 14, 1987, as Congressional Medal of Honor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1987
Designates March 25, 1988, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1987
Department of Veterans Affairs Act - Redesignates the Veterans Administration (VA) as the Department of Veterans Affairs (the Department), an executive department within the executive branch of the Government. Provides that the Department shall be headed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Designates as other principal officers of the Department the Deputy Secretary, the Chief Medical Director, and the Chief Benefits Director. Provides for the temporary continuation of service of the current Administrator, Deputy Administrator, Chief Medical Director, and Chief Benefits Director of Veterans Affairs. Establishes within the Department eight Assistant Secretaries, each of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform such functions as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to assign to one such Assistant Secretary all functions regarding the National Cemetery System and the State cemetery grant program. Outlines functions which the Secretary shall assign to the Assistant Secretaries. Provides for the temporary continuation of the performance of such functions by present personnel until such functions are assigned to an individual appointed as Assistant Secretary under this Act. Redesignates the current VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery as the Veterans Health Services Administration of the Department. Redesignates the VA's current Department of Veterans Benefits as the Veterans Benefits Administration of the Department, whose primary function shall be to administer nonmedical programs which provide assistance to veterans, their dependents, and their survivors. Establishes within the Department the Office of the General Counsel. Redesignates the current Office of Inspector General of the VA as the Office of Inspector General of the Department. Provides that any references to departments or positions under the current VA system shall be considered to be references to such departments and positions of the Department as modified under this Act. Provides continuing effect of all legal documents, suits, actions, and property and resources of the current VA. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, after appropriate congressional consultation, to prepare and submit to the Congress proposed legislation containing technical and conforming amendments to reflect the changes made under this Act. Requires such legislation to be submitted no later than six months after the enactment of this Act. Provides that any spending authority of the Department is subject to available amounts as provided in appropriation Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1987
Prohibits most-favored-nation treatment for Iranian products.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1987
Designates October 1, 1988, as National Quality First Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1987
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that colleges and universities should demand drug-free environments on campus and should enforce strict but fair policies to eliminate drug use by students with the support of parents, students, and the community.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1987
Seminole Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1987 - Prohibits the approval of certain prior transfers and the extinguishing of certain claims and aboriginal title involving the Seminole Tribe of Indians of Florida until the later of: (1) 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) the time when the Secretary of the Interior has made required findings regarding the payment of settlement funds, the State has enacted legislation to implement the Settlement Agreement, and certain waivers have been given. Requires the Secretary, if he finds that the State of Florida and the South Florida Water Management District have satisfied the conditions for the payment of settlement funds, to publish such findings and the Settlement Agreement in the Federal Register. Provides that upon such publication: (1) the Tribe's commitments shall become effective; and (2) the Tribe's land and resource transfers shall be deemed constitutional. Provides that the Congress approves the Settlement Agreement as of the date of enactment of this Act. Extinguishes all aboriginal Seminole land claims in Florida and any claims arising from any interest in or right involving such lands or natural resources transferred. Leaves unaffected the claim of any individual Indian not derived through the Tribe. Authorizes an individual Indian or non-Seminole Tribe of Florida claiming a loss of property by the provisions of this Act to file an action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida within 180 days after the Secretary makes the required findings regarding the payment of settlement funds and the enactment of legislation to implement the Settlement Agreement. Limits the remedy in such action to a proportionate share of a specified appropriation. Directs the Secretary to hold in trust for the Tribe a reservation consisting of specified land. Requires the Secretary, within two years of the date of enactment of this Act, to: (1) take a cadastral survey of Seminole Federal reservations in Florida; and (2) publish the correct legal descriptions. Requires the Secretary, if the parties agree, to accept the transfer of such lands. Provides for State jurisdiction over the transferred lands unless the State retrocedes jurisdiction to the Tribe. Applies Florida's statutes on alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, and gambling to the transferred lands. Provides that the compact defining the scope of Seminole water rights shall have the force of Federal law. Bars any action to challenge the constitutionality of this Act unless it is filed within 180 days after the enactment of this Act. Vests in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida exclusive jurisdiction over such actions. Provides that, if the Settlement Agreement is ever invalidated: (1) the actions by the State or the Water District in the Settlement Agreement shall no longer be in effect; (2) the Tribe will be released from its commitments under the Settlement Agreement; and (3) the approvals of prior transfers and extinguishment of claims and aboriginal title shall be void.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1987
Commends the Tactile Capital project and its goal of making historic buildings and monuments in the District of Columbia and Virginia more accessible to blind and visually impaired tourists.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the corporate income tax exclusion of contributions to the capital of the taxpayer. Includes as a qualifying contribution any amount of money or property received by a regulated public utility (a utility required to provide electric energy, gas, water, or sewage disposal services) that: (1) is a contribution in aid of construction (as defined by regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury); (2) meets certain expenditure requirements; and (3) is not included in the taxpayer's rate base. Excludes amounts paid as customer connection fees.