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United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Polish Permanent Resident Adjustment Act of 1987 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the adjustment of status to permanent resident for certain Polish nationals who have continuously resided in the United States since July 21, 1984. Requires such aliens to apply for status adjustment within two years of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business once every four years to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the Nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the preceding Conference. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such Conferences. Requires a final report of each Conference, within six months from the date a Conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate December 1987 as Made in the U.S.A. Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Designates July 1, 1987, as National Centenarians Day.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1987
Acid Deposition Control Act of 1987 - Title I: Stationary Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to require each Governor to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for approval a two-phased plan establishing emission limitations and compliance schedules for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen emissions from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units in the State. Requires reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions by 1993 and reductions in oxides of nitrogen and further reductions in sulfur dioxide by 1997. Directs each Governor to submit to the Administrator for approval an emissions limitations plan for such units, other than electric utilities' units, requiring both sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen emissions reductions by 1997. Requires the Administrator to conduct and update an inventory of such emissions from stationary sources, identifying the total statewide potential reductions in such emissions and transmitting such information to the State by the close of 1990. Requires each Governor to submit to the Administrator by June 1, 1994, a plan for establishing emission limitations from stationary sources of industrial process emissions to achieve such State's potential reductions by 1997. Directs the Administrator to promulgate guidelines for State plans which shall ensure that emissions reductions do not have an unnecessarily disproportionate effect on electric utility ratepayers. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress by June 30, 1993, on the reductions achieved during phase I, granting the Congress an opportunity to legislate by the start of 1994 against the implementation of phase II. Grants States an opportunity to modify disapproved plans. Establishes emissions standards and Administrator-promulgated plans for States without an approved plan. Directs the Administrator to impose a fee on the generation and importation of electric energy if any electric utility is eligible for a sulfur dioxide emissions reduction subsidy. Sets fees in such a way as to raise sufficient subsidy revenue and protect low income residential electric consumers. Establishes civil penalties for violations of fee-related requirements. Establishes in the Treasury the Acid Deposition Control Fund to make subsidy payments to electric utilities to cover a portion of rate increases attributable to emission reduction compliance. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to the Congress on such Fund. Requires a State to assure that rate increases so attributable are substantially equivalent for ratepayers throughout the State and substantially levelized over the period of their application in order to be eligible for the subsidy. Requires the Administrator to determine subsidy eligibility, based in part on the reasonableness of a utility's compliance costs. Authorizes the Administrator to provide financial assistance to owners and operators of stationary sources to promote innovative emissions technologies which are cost-effective. Requires State plans which include the use of such technologies to meet its emission limitation reductions to include contingent limitations and compliance schedules for stationary sources. Requires such contingent limitations to be at least equivalent to the reductions the innovative technology failed to achieve. Permits States to later modify their plans to include innovative technology. Authorizes the Administrator to impose fees on the generation of electricity in a State at its request to promote the use of innovative technologies. Requires the Administrator to report on the status of such technologies before 1994. Directs the Administrator to revise performance standards for emissions of nitrogen oxides from electric utility steam generating units which burn bituminous or subbituminous coal. Requires the Administrator to promulgate performance standards for oxides of nitrogen emissions from certain fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units. Requires all primary nonferrous smelters to be in compliance with the applicable emission limitation or standard for sulfur oxides by January 2, 1988. Title II: Control of Emissions From Mobile Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish emissions standards for oxides of nitrogen for motor vehicles during and after model year 1989. Establishes hydrocarbon standards for trucks during and after model year 1990. Limits the sulfur content of motor vehicle diesel fuel after January 1, 1989. Requires the Administrator to require either onboard hydrocarbon control technology or the use of gasoline vapor recovery of hydrocarbon emissions emanating from the fueling of motor vehicles.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1987
Designates the month of August 1987 as National Child Support Enforcement Month.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1987
Declares that the Government of the Soviet Union should grant permission for Doctor Semyon Gluzman and his family to emigrate to Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 1992 the period during which qualified mortgage bonds may be issued. (Under current law, authority to issue these bonds expires as of 1989.)
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987
Revises the boundaries of the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Massachusetts. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands within such boundaries. Limits the acquisition of State or local government lands to donation only.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987
National Trails System Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends the National Trails System Act to retain to the United States interests in abandoned railroad rights-of-way. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage such lands unless they can be incorporated into a conservation system unit or a national forest. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer such lands under the Secretary's management to qualified entities for public recreational purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to sell such lands which are not adjacent to public lands after offering the State or local governments an opportunity to purchase such lands. Requires sale proceeds to be deposited in the Trails Fund established in the Treasury to be used for trail maintenance and loans to State or local agencies or other organizations for the acquisition of new trails. Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and the Treasury to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on such Fund. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for administration. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund for FY 1988 and 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987
Child Care Coordination and Information Act of 1987 - Directs the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Development Services, Administration for Children, Youth, and Families to coordinate all federally funded child care services. Directs the Office to: (1) require all federally funded child care programs to provide a description of services provided, the number of children served, the length of the waiting list, and the cost of the services; (2) establish and maintain a clearinghouse for the receipt of information pertaining to child care and child care services; (3) conduct a comprehensive analysis of the need for and availability of child care services in the United States; and (4) submit to the Congress a report on such analysis before the end of the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and at the end of each succeeding three-year period.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to make grants to the Close Up Foundation to help carry out the Speaker's Civic Achievement Awards Program to recognize achievement in civic literacy by students, classes, and schools in grades five through eight. Provides that the program shall be conducted in cooperation with the National Association of Elementary School Principals. Establishes a National Advisory Committee on the Speaker's Civic Achievement Awards within the Library of Congress to advise the Librarian on the structure and administration of the programs. Sets forth audit requirements for grant applications, payments, and audits. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987
National Economic Commission Act of 1987 - Establishes the National Economic Commission. Directs the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of: (1) the elements of domestic fiscal, monetary, and trade policies and their effect on various economic indicators; (2) the elements of the fiscal, monetary, and trade policies of major U.S. trading partners and their effect on the U.S. balance of trade in goods and services and U.S. employment; and (3) the debt burden of developing countries and its effect on the U.S. balance of trade in goods and services and U.S. employment. Requires the Commission to submit to the President and the Congress, by November 30, 1988, a final report on the study. Terminates the Commission 60 days after the Commission submits its final report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1987
Designates the week of November 1 through November 7, 1987, as National Watermen's Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1987
Designates the week of December 13 through December 19, 1987, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1987
Designates August 11, 1987, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
Designates the week of October 11 through October 17, 1987, as National Job Skills Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
Designates the month of May 1988 as National Foster Care Month.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report on the effectiveness of current laws, regulations, and licensing standards for commercial breeders of dogs and puppies in protecting such animals raised for sale in retail pet stores from inhumane treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Japanese should: (1) lower their high tariffs and remove quotas on U.S. agricultural products; and (2) take such actions to avoid damage to the relations between the two countries.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987
Amends the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit any agency or entity of the United States, including any entity engaged in intelligence activities, from engaging in any form of cooperation, direct or indirect, with the armed forces of the Government of South Africa. Specifies that such cooperation includes: (1) assigning or detailing any member of the U.S. armed forces to serve as a defense (or military) attache in South Africa; (2) cooperating in any way with an individual serving as a defense (or military) attache at a South African diplomatic mission in the United States; and (3) any activity relating to the collection of intelligence. Repeals provisions of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 relating to restrictions on intelligence agency cooperation with South Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the income tax credit for employment-related dependent care expenses to: (1) make the credit refundable; (2) increase the amount of the credit from 30 percent to 50 percent of the relevant expenses, reduced (but not below 20 percent) by one percent for each full $1,000 amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeds $15,000, subject to an annual adjustment for inflation (the current reduction is one percent for each $2,000 in excess of $10,000 AGI with no provision for a cost of living adjustment); and (3) apply the credit to expenses for certain respite care of qualifying dependents of the taxpayer. Permits credit for up to $1,200 of respite care expenses ($2,400 in the case of more than one qualifying individual) incurred in the care of: (1) a dependent of the taxpayer who is at least 15 years old; or (2) a spouse or other dependent of the taxpayer who is physically or mentally incapable of self-care.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987
Designates the week beginning June 21, 1987, as National Outward Bound Week in honor of the 25th anniversary of the first Outward Bound Outdoor Recreational Program offered in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1987
Designates the westernmost point of Guam as Point Udall in honor of Morris Udall, a Member of the House of Representatives. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to place and maintain a plaque on Federal land near such point to honor the service and accomplishments of Morris Udall. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to lower the tariff on: (1) non-woven disposal apparel designed for use in hospitals, clinics, laboratories, or contaminated areas; and (2) coveralls, overalls, jumpsuits, certain types of women's dresses, swimming suits, infants' sets, and parts of trousers, slacks, and shorts. Makes permanent the tariff on certain types of surgical gowns and drapes.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987
Repeals the Act which established the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Institution and which required the display of the contributions of the military toward a free America.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating the 300th commencement exercise at Ohio State University on June 12, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1987
Designates the week of November 22 through November 28, 1987, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1987
Social Security Act Mental Health Amendments of 1987 - Amends titles XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI), XVIII (Medicare), and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide benefits for chronically mentally ill individuals. Requires State plans under title XIX to include case management services and home and community-based services for such individuals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to arrange for up to five States to conduct demonstration projects providing mental health services on a prepaid capitation basis to chronically mentally ill Medicaid beneficiaries. Requires any hospital receiving funds under titles XVIII or XIX to have a case plan established for, and a case manager assigned to such individuals prior to their discharge. Treats certain chronically mentally ill individuals about to be discharged from an institution as presumptively disabled for purposes of title XVI. Extends the period during which certain institutionalized mentally ill may receive SSI benefits if such individuals are expected to return home upon discharge. Provides Medicaid coverage for certain SSI recipients who are chronically mentally ill and would be institutionalized but for such coverage. Preserves the eligibility of such individuals for SSI benefits for the period during which they are in transitional living facilities. Repeals limits on coverage of outpatient services relating to mental illness under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1987
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct (current law authorizes) the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay travel expenses of certain veterans and their eligible dependents to or from a Veterans Administration facility or other authorized place in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, or medical treatment or care. Defines those veterans entitled to such payment, including: (1) those veterans financially unable to meet such travel costs; and (2) those veterans unable to bear the cost of special transportation necessitated due to a medical disability. Limits such payments in the case of travel by a privately-owned vehicle to the cost of similar public transportation for such travel. Limits such payment to the actual cost incurred for such travel.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1987
Reclamation States Ground Water Protection and Management Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to publish criteria for assessing the adequacy of groundwater protection and management programs of the Reclamation States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Requires to include programs to protect the integrity of such resources, programs for mapping and classifying aquifer systems, and monitoring programs. Directs the Secretary to identify Reclamation States with significant groundwater problems and assess the adequacy of their protection and management programs. Requires the Secretary to make public both the criteria developed and the States identified. Prohibits the development of a reclamation project in an identified State unless such State has an approved program. Authorizes States to revise Secretary-approved programs, subject to the Secretary's approval. Directs the Secretary to review such programs periodically, notifying a State of any intention to withdraw approval. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on what assistance the U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Program can provide States in developing groundwater protection and management programs.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1987
Designates the week of April 24 through April 30, 1988, as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1987
Designates the week beginning on the third Sunday of September 1987 and 1988 as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1987
Equal Access to Business Opportunity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to make certain modifications in the small business set aside program for socially or economically disadvantaged small businesses. Establishes within the Office of Disadvantaged Small Business and Capital Ownership Development of the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Disadvantaged Business Opportunity Division. Requires the SBA Administrator to appoint a Director of the Division who shall certify businesses which are to be designated as socially or economically disadvantaged small business concerns. Requires the Director to grant or deny requests for certification within 30 days. Provides for an appeal process for firms denied certification. Provides that such a certification will end: (1) when the business ceases to meet certification criteria; (2) five years after the award of the business' first Government contract under this Act; or (3) eight years after the certification was granted if no contract is awarded. Requires the Federal and State governments to accept such a certification as conclusive as to a business' eligibility as socially or economically disadvantaged. Directs the procurement officer of each Federal agency or State agency using Federal funds to award contracts to socially or economically disadvantaged small businesses for any work they are competent and responsible to perform. Requires contracts to be awarded on the basis of competitive bidding to the maximum extent possible. Prohibits any Federal agency from providing business development expense funds, which are defined to include funds associated with capital equipment, other capital improvements, or price differentials, to any concern certified under this Act. Renames the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program as the Disadvantaged Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program. Redefines a "socially or economically disadvantaged small business concern" to exclude the requirement that the management and daily business operations of such concern be controlled by socially or economically disadvantaged individuals or economically disadvantaged Indians. Requires the Director to establish an expedited certification process that: (1) involves initial review of certification requests by district and regional offices; and (2) minimizes delay and paperwork. Restricts the continued eligibility for participation in the small business set-aside program of previous participants. Requires the procurement officer of each agency that awards contracts under such program to monitor the performance of participating socially or economically disadvantaged businesses and to report this information to the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Requires such Office to forward aggregate information to the Director and the Interagency Council on Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. Directs the Division to: (1) maintain a current directory of all small businesses which have been certified; (2) report to the Congress on the implementation of this program; and (3) encourage prime contractors of departments and agencies to enter into subcontracts with firms that have been certified. Requires the Associate Administrator for Disadvantaged Small Business and Capital Ownership Development to chair an Interagency Council on Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. Requires the Council to: (1) establish annual goals for each department or agency with respect to awards of contracts to socially or economically disadvantaged small businesses; (2) encourage agencies to meet such goals and to provide expedited procedures for awarding contracts; and (3) monitor the performance of agencies toward meeting such goals. Authorizes the SBA to provide financial assistance for training programs to assist small businesses that are eligible for such contracts in the development of business principles and strategies needed to compete for contracts in the national marketplace. Requires the Associate Administrator to provide training to procurement and loan officers and participating agency personnel on the goals and objectives of the small business assistance programs. Repeals the requirement that a small business must have a business plan approved by the Administrator to be eligible for a contract under the set-aside program. Increases penalties for misrepresentation of the status of any concern as a small business or a socially or economically disadvantaged small business in order to obtain a contract under certain Federal programs from $50,000 to $500,000. Requires the Administrator to maintain a data base which: (1) tracks the history of socially or economically disadvantaged small businesses that are certified under this Act; and (2) describes the nature, number, and dollar value of contracts with disadvantaged businesses made by each participating department or agency under the small business set-aside program.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1987
Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide to certain persons who served during the Vietnam era as overseas volunteers a medical examination to determine if such individuals have any adverse health effects as a result of such service due to exposure to phenoxy herbicides or other herbicides. Provides that all individuals eligible for such medical examinations shall also be treated as veterans for purposes of eligibility for veterans' readjustment counseling. Terminates the eligibility for such medical examinations and counseling three years after the enactment of this Act. Requires the President to direct the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a joint report on the question of U.S. Government responsibility for providing such volunteer personnel with health care and compensation for disabilities related to their service in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. Requires such report to be submitted to the Comptroller General for review and comments before submission to the Congress. Requires such report to be submitted within one year after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to determine whether women who served during the Vietnam era as overseas volunteer support personnel have experienced long-term adverse health effects (especially gender-specific adverse health effects) from either traumatic experiences during such service or from exposure to phenoxy herbicides or other chemicals during such service. Directs the Administrator, while making such determination, to consider the results of a similar study required under the Veterans' Health-Care Amendments of 1986, and to submit a report on the results of such study to the Congress not later than one year after the first report required under such Act is submitted.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1987
Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to entitle each State to the payment of a bonus for the successful job placement of certain employable dependent individuals. Makes the following persons eligible to be counted for an incentive bonus: (1) a head of a household who has received benefits continuously under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act or under cash and medical assistance to refugees under the Immigration and Nationality Act, or a blind or disabled person who has received benefits continuously under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act, for at least two years prior to participation in education, training, and support activities designed to provide jobs for such individuals, and who has no work experience for the year preceding the year for which the eligibility determination is made; or (2) a head of a household who receives benefits at the time determination of eligibility is made under AFDC, under cash and medical assistance to refugees, or a blind or disabled individual who receives benefits under the SSI program, who has not attained 22 years of age, has not completed secondary school or its equivalent (except that this does not apply to blind or disabled persons), and has no work experience for the year preceding the year for which the eligibility determination is made. Requires that such individual: (1) participate in education, training, and support activities designed to provide jobs for such individuals; (2) be placed in nonsubsidized employment (or in the case of a blind or disabled individual, in employment or supported employment) for at least one year after such participation; (3) receive from such employment an income equal to or greater than the cash benefits under the relevant aid program; and (4) no longer qualify for such aid benefits. Provides that the amount of the incentive bonus paid to each State will be equal to: (1) 40 percent of the placement bonus base for each successful placement; (2) 50 percent for the second continuous year of such employment; and (3) 60 percent for the third year. Includes in such calculation only placements in excess of those during FY 1986 or another base period agreed upon by the Governor and the Secretary of Labor (Secretary). Sets forth a formula for the determination of the placement bonus base for each category of eligible recipient. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires adequate verification of placements for approval of applications. Directs the Governor to reserve an amount equal to the amount the State receives for incentive bonuses and to: (1) set aside up to 15 percent of the amount so reserved in each fiscal year for distribution to specified participating entities to support the costs of establishing and maintaining systems necessary for the operation of the incentive bonus program; and (2) distribute the remainder to participating agencies, private industry councils in service delivery areas (SDAs), and service providers, including community-based organizations, that contribute to the incentive bonus program. Limits use of these remainder funds to the following activities designed for the job preparation and job placement of participants: (1) outreach; (2) basic and remedial education, including English language training; (3) training and supportive services, including child care; and (4) transportation. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the incentive bonus program and to report the results to the Congress within three years after this Act's enactment. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue jointly regulations relating to the safeguarding and sharing, among certain participating entities, of pertinent information concerning programs under the incentive bonus program. Reallots unexpected funds exceeding 20 percent of a State's JTPA fiscal year allocation for certain training services for the disadvantaged, plus any balance from the prior year, to States that did not have such excess funds. Requires the Secretary to reallot such monies in accordance with States' need for the ability to use the funds for the incentive bonus program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide improved information and technical assistance on performance standards adjustment approaches; (2) collect data that more adequately identify hard-to-serve individuals and long-term welfare dependency; (3) provide guidance on setting performance goals at a service provider level that encourage increased service to targeted persons; and (4) reexamine performance standards to ensure that they provide maximum flexibility in serving the hard-to-serve, especially long-term welfare recipients. Establishes a basic measure for performance applicable to certain adult education programs. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards to determine whether the basic measure is being achieved. Lists factors to be included in such standards. Subjects the new programs established under this Act to the JTPA's requirements relating to the submission of a plan, plan review and approval procedures, and performance standards. Requires the Secretary, in prescribing performance standards relating to the placement of certain employable dependent individuals, to weight the placement of such persons in accordance with the average costs of successful placement of such persons compared to the average cost of successful placement of individuals eligible for other specified services for disadvantaged persons.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1987
Designates the Federal building located on Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts, as the Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Federal Building.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1987
Provides for the appointment of a delegation of Members of Congress to participate in ceremonies to be held in New York City in April 1989 commemorating the 200th anniversaries of: (1) the implementation of the Constitution as the form of government of the United States; (2) the inauguration of George Washington as the first President; and (3) the proposal of the Bill of Rights as the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Invites the President to join the delegation in participating in the ceremonies.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1987
Declares that: (1) President Alfonsin should be commended for his actions in resolving the recent military unrest in Argentina; and (2) the President of the United States should take all appropriate action to indicate U.S. support for the current democratic regime in Argentina and the principles of a democratic society for the people of Argentina.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1987
Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1987 - Requires that all telephones sold, rented, or otherwise distributed in the United States be hearing aid compatible, except telephones that are manufactured before the effective date of this Act or that are not required to be registered with the Federal Communications Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1987
Designates April 1988 as National Barbershop Quartet Month.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1987
Designates the decade beginning January 1, 1988, as the Decade of the Brain.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1987
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the Director of the Trade and Development Program to establish an advisory board which shall include representatives of the Small Business Service Bureau, Inc., the American Counsulting Engineers, and the International Engineering and Construction Industries Council. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 for the trade and development program. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1988 authorization for education and training programs for nationals of China. Requires that 50 percent of such earmarked funds be used for education and training programs administered by U.S. small businesses.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Designates the week beginning on the third Sunday in May 1988 as National Tourism Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Designates November 1987 as National Diabetes Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Designates July 2, 1987, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Designates October 20, 1987, as Leyte Landing Day, commemorating the landing of allied forces on Leyte Island in the Philippines in World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987
Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit patients to receive Medicare home health services on a daily basis for up to 60 days and longer when the patient's physician certifies that exceptional circumstances require continued daily services. Provides Medicare coverage of up to three weeks of post-hospital skilled nonskilled home health care, as long as the cost of such benefits does not exceed the cost of care in a skilled nursing facility for an equivalent period of time. Defines as "homebound" (as prerequisite of eligibility for Medicare home health services) any person who has a condition which restricts his or her ability to leave the home without support or for whom leaving the home is medically contraindicated. Provides Medicare home health coverage for homebound individuals in need of occupational therapy. (Currently, occupational therapy is included only after an individual qualifies for home health services by reason of needing skilled nursing care or speech or physical therapy.) Requires Medicare fiscal intermediaries which perform home health payment services to provide an explanation of claim denials for home health services and promptly notify the parties requesting a reconsideration of such determinations of the result of such reconsideration. Requires fiscal intermediaries to make partial payments of disputed claims when such notice has not been transmitted within 60 days of receipt of the reconsideration request. Makes an intermediary's performance on appeals of home health care payment determinations part of the Secretary of Health and Human Services' overall appraisal of the intermediary. Requires a Medicare home health agency to: (1) protect and promote the rights of each individual under its care; (2) furnish the State licensing entity with the name and social security number of any individual hired by the agency as well as information as to whether such individual has been convicted of a felony; (3) inform the State licensing entity of changes in agency ownership or control; (4) furnish items and services through licensed health professionals or persons who have completed or are enrolled in a training program which meets minimums standards established by the Secretary by July 1988; and (5) include the patient's plan of care within its clinical records. Requires an appropriate State or local agency to conduct a standard survey every nine to fifteen months and upon a change in the ownership of, or significant number of complaints against, a home health agency, of the quality of patient care provided by such agencies. Subjects home health agencies which perform poorly on such surveys to an extended survey. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the assessment process, report to the Congress on the result of such evaluation, and make appropriate modifications to such process by 1992. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement criteria and procedures for evaluating plans of correction submitted by home health agencies found out of compliance with Medicare participation requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to impose intermediate sanctions on agencies whose failure to correct deficiencies pursuant to approved plans of correction does not immediately jeopardize the health and safety of health care beneficiaries. Requires the Secretary to promulgate major Medicare rules, requirements, or policy statements through the regulatory process. Sets forth publication requirements. Directs the Secretary to publish and make available to the public without change a directory of home health agencies certified to participate in the Medical program, including certain information garnered with respect to each agency during the latest certification survey. Requires appropriate State or local agencies to maintain: (1) toll-free hotlines to receive complaints and answer questions regarding home health agencies in the State or locality; and (2) units with enforcement authority and access to consumer medical records and survey reports to investigate such complaints. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the Congress before 1988 on the appropriateness of reimbursing home health agencies on either a rural or urban basis rather than considering an agency's mix of urban and rural clientele; and (2) determine home health agency cost limits on the basis of recent agency cost reports.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987
Designates the week beginning August 2, 1987, as International Special Olympics Week and designates August 3, 1987, as International Special Olympics Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Makes changes concerning the administration of the Lowell National Historical Park, Massachusetts, including increasing authorizations and extending the operation of the Lowell Historical Preservation Commission for an additional seven years.