United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program of grants to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish and provide for a school year of not less than 240 days. Directs the Secretary, in considering LEA applications, to ensure an equitable distribution of such assistance among LEAs in urban, rural, and suburban areas. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of grants to LEAs whose students perform above the national average on national educational competency and achievement examinations. Directs the Secretary, in considering LEA applications, to ensure an equitable distribution of such assistance among LEAs in urban, rural, and suburban areas. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Amerasian Homecoming Act - Provides for the admission as an immigrant into the United States (for two years beginning 90 days after enactment of this Act) of an alien residing in Vietnam who: (1) was born in Vietnam after January 1, 1962, and before January 1, 1976, and whose father was a U.S. citizen; or (2) is the spouse, child, or mother, or has acted as the next of kin (with specified limitations) of such an alien. Requires on-site consular interviews in making such determinations. Provides for an eight-month period of visa validity. Provides, with regard to such aliens, for: (1) the waiver of specified exclusionary grounds under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (2) specified (refugee) assistance under such Act. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, to submit program reports to the Congress annually for three years.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Designates the period beginning September 15 and ending October 15 each year as National Hispanic Heritage Month. (Current law designates the week including September 15 and 16 each year as National Hispanic Heritage Week.)
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Designates October 1987 as AIDS Awareness Month. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the medical and educational communities to create and distribute information and sponsor programs which will help the American people become more aware of the causes of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) and the best methods of preventing the spread of the AIDS virus.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1987
Child Labor Exploitation Prevention Act of 1987 - Prohibits the importation of products which have been produced by child labor in violation of internationally recognized child labor rights. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain and annually revise a list of such products. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to notify any foreign manufacturer of such products of such prohibition. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction over civil actions brought by persons to enjoin the importation of such products. Requires the Secretary of State to assess the status of internationally recognized child labor rights as part of the annual country report on human rights. Requires the Secretary of State to identify which countries enforce, and which producers fail to comply with, internationally recognized child labor rights.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1987
Amends the patent laws to prohibit for two years the patenting of animals altered through genetic engineering technology. Revokes previously granted patents for such animals.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1987
Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to apply the standards of the Solid Waste Disposal Act concerning the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes to polychlorinated biphenyls. Requires compliance with the financial responsibility requirements of such Act as well. Requires persons carrying out certain intermediate activities concerning such substances, including arranging treatment, storage, disposal, or transport on a commercial basis, to obtain approval from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1987
AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants for counseling and testing regarding the etiologic agent for AIDS. Specifies eligibility requirements for grants. Directs the Secretary, in making the grants, to give preference to applicants who will provide the counseling and testing in any geographic area with a significant incidence of AIDS. Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant unless the applicant submits an application containing agreements in accordance with specified provisions of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant unless the applicant agrees to: (1) ensure the confidentiality of information and records; (2) test individuals only after obtaining informed consent; (3) provide counseling regarding certain matters before testing any individual; (4) provide counseling both for individuals testing negative and for individuals testing positive; (5) offer, to the extent permitted under State law, opportunities for an individual to undergo counseling and testing without the individual being required either to provide information regarding the individual's identity or using a pseudonym; (6) not require the individual to undergo testing as a condition of receiving health services, unless the testing is medically necessary in the provision of the health services; (7) use funds from the grant to significantly increase the availability of counseling and testing above the level previously provided by the applicant; (8) provide the counseling and testing without regard to the ability of the individual to pay charges imposed by the applicant, if any; (9) establish fiscal control and fund accounting regarding the grant; and (10) expend not more than ten percent of the amounts received for administering the grant. Authorizes the Secretary, on request of a grantee, to provide supplies and services in lieu of grant funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Prohibits, except as provided in this Act, disclosure of identifying information with respect to a protected individual or a contact of such individual. Describes persons subject to such prohibition. Provides for civil and criminal penalties for violation of the prohibition, and for injunctive relief. Authorizes disclosure of identifying information regarding a protected individual and a contact of the individual with consent of the protected individual. Authorizes certain persons subject to prohibition of disclosure to disclose identifying information without consent of the protected individual, in certain circumstances and for certain purposes, to: (1) health care professionals and providers; (2) the protected individual; (3) State public health officers; (4) medical facilities receiving blood, semen, breast milk, or an organ from the individual; and (5) others, as medically necessary. Authorizes redisclosure by recipients of information disclosed under the same terms and conditions as the original disclosure. Authorizes a court of competent jurisdiction to order disclosure of identifying information if the court determines, after due process, that the disclosure is necessary to prevent a clear and imminent danger of transmission of the etiologic agent for AIDS. Provides for confidentiality of court records. Authorizes physicians or professional counselors to disclose identifying information with respect to a protected individual to the individual's spouse or sexual partner, if the physician or counselor believes the disclosure is medically appropriate and that the protected individual will not inform the spouse or sexual contact with regard to the identifying information involved. Requires any person who discloses identifying information permitted by this Act, subject to exception, to: (1) accompany disclosure with a statement declaring that subsequent disclosure of the information may be prohibited by law; and (2) notify a living protected individual of the disclosure. Prohibits discrimination against an otherwise qualified individual, solely by reason of the fact that the individual is, or is regarded as being, infected with the etiologic agent for AIDS: (1) in employment, housing, public accommodations, or governmental services; and (2) in the provision of benefits under any program or activity that receives or benefits from Federal financial assistance. Provides guidelines for the construction of the term "otherwise qualified individual." Provides for civil penalties for violation of the prohibition against discrimination, and for injunctive relief. States that the prohibition of discrimination shall not be construed to prohibit life or health insurance organizations from requiring applicants for insurance to undergo testing for the purpose of determining whether the applicant is infected with such etiologic agent.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1987
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1980 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit an annual report to the Congress on food bank special nutrition projects. (Under current law, a final report was due on January 1, 1984.) Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out at least one food bank demonstration project in each of the standard Federal regions; and (2) report to the Congress, not later than January 3, 1990, on such projects. Terminates the Secretary's authority with respect to the demonstration projects December 31, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1987
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to: (1) increase from 25 percent to 100 percent the allowable deduction; and (2) make the deduction permanent (under current law it will expire after tax year 1989).
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1987
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Provisions Relating Primarily to Stationary Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to classify areas which fail to attain the national ambient air quality standard for ozone by the end of 1987 into three categories: (1) Moderate Health Endangerment Area; (2) Serious Health Endangerment Area; and (3) Severe Health Endangerment Area, based on the percentage by which such area exceeds the national standard. Requires each State to submit to the Administrator a revised State implementation plan for each classified area, requiring attainment within three years for Moderate areas, five years for Serious areas, and ten years for Severe areas. Requires revised plans to include a specified percentage reduction in emissions for each year before the applicable attainment date. Requires such plans to permit the use of clean fuels as a reasonably available control measure. Directs the Administrator to audit annually such plans to assure adequacy and compliance. Requires implementation plans for Serious and Severe areas to contain a permit program which covers the construction and operation of certain new or modified emissions units. Requires emission offsets by the time such units enter operation. Requires such plans to contain a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program to reduce in-use emissions of volatile organic compounds and oxides of nitrogen from motor vehicles, including direct inspection of vehicle emission control system components. Permits an alternative to such program in Serious areas if it will achieve equivalent reductions. Requires Severe area plans to establish a schedule for an annual increase in the percentage of new motor vehicles registered in the area which are low emission vehicles capable of using low emission fuel. Requires owners or operators of 15 or more new vehicles to own or operate low emission vehicles. Sets emissions standards for such vehicles. Establishes a per ton fee on emissions from certain stationary sources in severe areas. Requires certain sources to use catalytic control technology for emissions reductions if they burn fuel other than a clean fuel and emit above a certain tonnage of an air pollutant. Permits an alternate emission technology which is at least as effective. Requires hydrocarbon vapor recovery when fueling a motor vehicle with gasoline after 1989. Prohibits the awarding of highway funds if an area is not in compliance with the applicable implementation plan. Requires emission offsets at a ratio of five to one for new or modified source permit approval for noncomplying areas. Reclassifies noncomplying areas into the next, more stringent category, requiring previously Severe areas to meet the five to one emission offset requirements. Establishes an ozone transport region comprising coastal States on the east coast between Maine and Virginia, including the District of Columbia. Authorizes the creation of additional regions, as necessary. Directs the Administrator to establish an ozone transport commission for each region. Requires each State within a region to submit to the Administrator a revised implementation plan which requires compliance with emission levels as if the region were classified as a Serious Health Endangerment Area for ozone. Exempts regions within a State that contribute no more than two percent of the ozone concentrations or precursors in Serious or Severe regions. Exempts States that contribute no more than five percent to the ozone problem in Serious or Severe areas. Permits States or subdivisions to petition the Administrator for the inclusion of another State within an ozone transport region. Requires the Administrator to develop criteria for determining transboundary pollution for ozone. Directs the Administrator to establish standards to reduce evaporative emissions of volatile organic compounds from commercial and consumer solvents, architectural coatings, pesticide applications, traffic coatings, and military specification coatings. Directs the Administrator to classify areas failing to attain the national ambient air quality standard for carbon monoxide, creating a regulatory scheme parallel to that established for ozone, omitting low emission fuel and ozone transport region provisions. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of the 12 categories of uncontrolled stationary sources making the most significant contribution to the formation of ozone air pollution, including sources emitting ten tons or more per year or volatile organic compounds and/or oxides of nitrogen. Establishes a schedule for such categorization, but requires emitters of such pollutants in the requisite amounts to pay a per ton fee if guidelines for their category are not in place by 1991. Establishes criminal penalties for violations. Authorizes the Administrator to impose gasoline and diesel fuel sales fees in Severe areas. Requires the use of such fees for grants to States and local governments for the implementation of transportation control measures for ozone and carbon monoxide. Limits grants to 50 percent of costs. Title II: Provisions Relating Primarily to Mobile Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish carbon monoxide emissions standards for motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines during and after model year 1992. Establishes emissions standards for hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen. Directs the Administrator to promulgate emissions standards for internal combustion engines used in any vehicle or machine manufactured after 1989. Requires such standards to be proportional to those for motor vehicle engines of comparable horsepower. Prohibits the sale of leaded gas after 1989. Requires the Administrator to establish a standard for gasoline volatility after 1989. Requires new light-duty motor vehicles after model year 1990 to be equipped with onboard evaporative emissions control systems. Permits only ten percent of vehicles in a sample to fail motor vehicle testing in order for such model to retain certification. Requires each vehicle and engine to comply with the applicable emission standard (current law permits averaging). Directs the Administrator to add an idle test to the Federal Test Procedure for light-duty vehicles manufactured during or after model year 1990. Requires the Administrator to take information from State vehicle emission control and inspection programs when making determinations of nonconformity. Prohibits the sale of components intended to render inoperative vehicle pollution control devices. Requires the Administrator to take into account the number and gravity of violations when assessing civil penalties. Title III: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1987
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accountability Act of 1987 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to mandate that all Commission appointments shall be made from among persons who: (1) have filed a financial disclosure report for the two calendar years preceding such appointment; and (2) have not had a significant financial relationship with an entity subject to Commission regulation within the two-year period preceding such appointment. Prohibits former Commissioners from accepting compensation from a utility subject to the Commission's licensing jurisdiction during the two-year period beginning with separation from the Commission. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1987
Requires the suspension of U.S. escort services for reflagged Kuwaiti tankers in the Persian Gulf and the revocation of the certificates of documentation issued for such reflagged tankers unless the Government of Kuwait agrees to allow the United States to base mine-sweeping helicopters in Kuwait and provides assurances that it is willing to provide whatever cooperation is necessary to ensure the safety and security of U.S. armed forces involved in the escort operation and the success of the escort operation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1987
Voter Participation Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to allow an individual who is otherwise eligible to vote in a Federal election to register to vote in such election by submitting a registration form, in person or by mail, to appropriate State election officials at least 20 days before the election. Authorizes such an individual to register to vote in a Federal election at the appropriate polling place on the date of the election. Requires States to provide for maximum accessibility to registration offices and forms. Directs the Federal Election Commission to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act, taking into consideration the need for uniformity in voter registration procedures. Declares that this Act does not prevent any State from providing greater access to voter registration.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1987
Interstate Compact - Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Consent Act- Grants congressional approval to the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, which provides for cooperation among the States of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and any other eligible State (Maryland or Delaware, if either should become a party) in the management of low-level radioactive waste.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to urge the Secretary General and Security Council to: (1) permit nonbelligerent ships in the Persian Gulf to fly the United Nations flag if such ships submit to inspection by United Nations observers to guarantee that no war material is being carried; (2) authorize United Nations peacekeeping vessels to escort such ships; and (3) determine what enforcement action should be taken in the event of an attack on ships under the United Nations flag. States that any such escort vessels and their crews should be provided by countries other than the Soviet Union and the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1987
Marine Science, Technology and Policy Development Act of 1987 - Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to declare the need for a national ocean strategy and to revise definitions under such Act. Expands coverage of the Act to include Great Lakes resources. (Current law covers ocean and coastal resources.) Authorizes the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to make grants and enter into contracts to carry out a sea grant strategic research plan. Requires the Under Secretary to develop and publish the plan every three years. Requires the plan to identify and describe a limited number of priority areas for strategic marine research. Requires consultation with Federal agencies, representatives of sea grant colleges, programs, and consortia, and other public and private interested parties. Requires the plan to be submitted to specified congressional committees. Describes the priority areas on which the plan is required to concentrate, including: (1) critical resource and environmental areas of national, international, or global scope where adequate funding is otherwise precluded under other provisions of the National Sea Grant College Program Act; and (2) areas where sustained programmatic research and technology transfer can be utilized. Describes graduate, post-graduate, Federal, congressional, and postdoctoral fellowships which the Under Secretary is required or permitted to support. Adds to the duties of the sea grant review panel the responsibility of giving advice with respect to applications, proposals, performance, grants, and contracts awarded under the sea grant strategic research plan. Makes changes regarding membership and terms of the panel. Authorizes the Under Secretary to provide annual grants to certain sea grant colleges, sea grant regional consortiums, or institutions of higher education having a sea grant program to improve and support curriculum offerings at the graduate level, support graduate students through scholarships and fellowships, and increase multidisciplinary research, all with regard to marine resource management. Limits the amount of any grant to any such institution in any year. Requires each institution receiving a grant to report annually and upon termination of the grant to the Under Secretary regarding the results of the activities to which the institution applied the grant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends provisions of the Sea Grant Program Improvement Act of 1976 relating to the purposes of the Sea Grant International program to authorize grants and contracts to enhance international research, promote marine activities with foreign universities, encourage technology transfer, promote foreign data exchanges, or enhance regional collaboration regarding marine research between foreign nations and the United States. Permits the following organizations to apply for and receive financial assistance under this provision: (1) any sea grant college, sea grant program, and sea grant regional consortium; and (2) any institution of higher education, laboratory, or institution which is located within a State. Requires the Under Secretary, before approving an application under this provision, to consult with the Secretary of State.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1987
Literacy Corps Assistance Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education for up to two years to carry out literacy corps programs. Authorizes use of funds under this Act for: (1) grants to institutions of higher education for institutional participation costs and student coordinator stipends in the Literacy Corps Program; and (2) technical assistance, information collection and dissemination, and evaluation. Limits to $50,000 the amount of a grant to an institution of higher education. Limits to $25,000 the amount of such grant which may be expended in the first year. Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires the institution to have one or more courses of instruction for academic credit which are designed to combine the training of undergraduates in various academic departments with experience as tutors. Requires such individuals, as a condition of receiving credit in such course, to perform at least six hours of voluntary, uncompensated service each week of the academic term as a tutor in a public community agency's educational or literacy program. Requires that such tutoring service be under the supervision of qualified personnel. Requires the institution to demonstrate that it has participated in community service activities, including the use of a portion of its work study program allotment for community service learning, or the conduct of a cooperative education program. Allows a waiver of such institutional community service requirement if the institution has conducted another significant program involving community outreach and service, or its prior failure will not impede its ability to engage in necessary outreach efforts, and it will use a portion of any work-study program allotment it receives for community service learning programs. Authorizes the Secretary, directly or by other arrangement, to: (1) provide technical assistance to grant recipients; (2) collect and disseminate information on programs under this Act; and (3) evaluate and report on such programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1988 and thereafter, but limits such authorization to two fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987
Home Equity Loan Consumer Protection Act of 1987 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to impose additional disclosure requirements for any open end credit plan secured by a consumer's dwelling. Specifies the information to be disclosed as information regarding annual interest rates, finance charge conditions, fees, changes in variable interest rates, and a statement that in the event of any default the consumer risks loss of the dwelling. Imposes additional disclosure requirements for advertisements of open end credit plans secured by consumers' dwellings. Requires such advertisements to disclose a statement of any minimum or fixed amount which could be imposed, periodic rates expressed as annual percentage rates, and any other term which the Federal Reserve Board may by regulation require. Prohibits the use of advertisements for any home equity loan which refer to such loan as "free money" or as a "loan at prime." Requires the Federal Reserve Board to develop and prepare a pamphlet for distribution to consumers which contains: (1) a general description of open end credit plans secured by consumer dwellings and the terms and conditions on which such loans are generally extended; and (2) a discussion of the potential advantages and disadvantages of such plans.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987
Elephant Protection Act - Directs the President to propose to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that all trade in elephant products be suspended until accurate data demonstrate the stability of healthy elephant populations. Prohibits the knowing import, export, or sale of such products by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer this Act. Authorizes exceptions for scientific or survival purposes. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Grants enforcement authority to the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Coast Guard. Subjects to forfeiture items possessed, sold, shipped, received, imported, exported, or carried in violation of this Act and vehicles used to aid such activities. Authorizes the charging of permit fees. Authorizes citizen suits to enforce this Act. Preempts State law.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to local governments to support projects to: (1) demonstrate methods of providing incentives to encourage families or qualified community-based organizations to provide foster care for infants abandoned in hospitals, particularly infants with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); and (2) train foster care personnel and other appropriate individuals to provide for the special needs of infants exposed to drugs and infants with AIDS. Directs the Secretary to make grants to local governments to support the establishment of respite homes for infants abandoned in hospitals, including infants with AIDS. Gives priority for such grants to local governments with jurisdiction over areas in which there is the greatest need for such homes. Sets forth grant application requirements. Directs the Secretary, within six months after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on: (1) the number of infants abandoned in hospitals in the United States and the number of such infants with AIDS; (2) the annual costs incurred by Federal, State, and local governments to provide housing and care for such infants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987
Tropical Forest Protection Act of 1987 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a review of the appropriate literature to determine which tropical forests and wetlands are likely to be unsuitable for agriculture and could, with assistance from multilateral development banks and public and private donors, be established as reserves for scientific research, tourism, indigenous people, and nonconsumptive uses and to analyze the likelihood that conserving tropical forests and wetlands can be achieved without such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to consult with other U.S. officials, agencies, and appropriate nongovernmental organizations in conducting such review and analysis. Requires the Secretary to make determinations concerning the maximizing of in-country support for protection and management of tropical forests and wetlands. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress concerning such review, analysis, and determinations. Requires the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) to initiate discussions and make proposals to the executive directors and management of the World Bank. Specifies that such proposals shall include: (1) a three-year pilot environmental structural adjustment lending program; and (2) a three year pilot exchange program whereby any country with outstanding debts held by the Bank may establish long-term conservation easements to protect tropical forests and wetlands in exchange for the World Bank suspending or rescheduling such debts. Requires the U.S. Executive Director to prepare annual reports while such three-year pilot programs are in effect and a final report describing the results of the programs. Requires the dissemination of such results to all multilateral development banks and all private lending institutions with outstanding loans to tropical nations in order to provide such banks with information about exchanges of debt for conservation easements as an alternative to forgiveness of any such debt. Requires the Secretary to conduct an analysis of the programs and policies of the International Monetary Fund to assess the potential for adapting the pilot programs of the World Bank to the operation of the Fund. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress concerning such study and analysis.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987
Amends the Head Start Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from excluding from eligibility to receive discretionary payments any Head Start agency that then serves less than one-third of the children eligible to participate in its Head Start program.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987
Amends the Federal criminal code to provide individuals who are subjects of grand jury investigations the opportunity to testify. Allows any individual with respect to whom a felon or party to a plea bargain testifies the right to require that the truthfulness of the witness be tested by polygraph. Requires the United States to furnish any subsequent grand jury (where an indictment was not returned by an earlier grand jury) with: (1) a full description of the action of the earlier grand jury; and (2) all exculpatory evidence presented to the earlier grand jury.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual otherwise taxable amounts derived from the whole or partial surrender, cancellation, or exchange of any life insurance policy if: (1) the individual is age 65 or older on the date of the transaction; and (2) the amounts in question are used to pay premiums for an insurance policy covering at least 12 months of medically necessary care for the individual or a spouse meeting the same 65-year age requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make available to an employer a credit against income tax liability for expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, or expand an on-site day care facility operated by the employer for the care of enrollees, at least 30 percent of whom must be dependents of the employer's employees. Limits the amount of the credit based on the number of enrollees who may be cared for in the facility at one time. Provides for recapture of the credit if the facility ceases operation or changes ownership. Describes how the credit would function with respect to controlled groups of corporations, multiple employers, and partnerships. Sets out rules to govern the pass-through of credit when applicable. Limits use of the personal tax credit for employment-related day care expenses to taxpayers having adjusted gross incomes of $50,000 or less.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any distribution from an individual retirement plan if: (1) the payee has attained age 59 1/2 on or before the date of the distribution; and (2) the distribution is used to pay premiums for an insurance policy covering at least 12 months of medically necessary care for the payee or a spouse meeting the same 59 1/2 year age requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Designates October 15, 1987, as National Safety Belt Use Day. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people to wear safety belts and have their children use child safety seats, and encouraging public safety and law enforcement agencies to promote these devices.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1987
Retiree Benefit Protection Act of 1987 - Amends Federal bankruptcy provisions to provide a definition of retiree benefits covered by provisions relating to reorganization plans. Defines "retiree benefits" as benefits provided to retirees or their dependents (by insurance or otherwise) for medical, surgical, or hospital care; benefits provided in the event of sickness, accident, or disability; or a benefit (having no cash-value during life and not to exceed $50,000) payable in the event of death. Authorizes the allowance of administrative expenses for committees serving as the authorized representatives of retirees in a reorganization case. Amends provisions relating to the priority of expenses and claims in a bankruptcy proceeding that provide that retiree benefits will be given fifth priority to the extent that the aggregate amount represents $1,500 for each former employee entitled to such benefits. Makes technical and conforming amendments regarding collective bargaining agreements. Requires a trustee in a reorganization case to pay any retiree benefit to the extent such retiree benefit may be paid without impairing any secured claim. Sets forth the procedures a trustee must follow and the standards that must be satisfied in order for the trustee to modify or terminate retiree benefits. Provides that the bankruptcy court must approve any such modification or termination of retiree benefits. Permits the placement of retiree benefit claims in one or more separate classes in the plan of reorganization. Provides that a reorganization plan must provide for the aggregate treatment of retiree benefit claims rather than specify treatment on an individual basis. Specifies that a reorganization plan shall be approved by a class of claims for retiree benefits if approved by at least two-thirds of the number of the allowed claims of such class. Provides that in cases where claims for retiree benefits are not placed in a separate class, then for approval purposes the amount of each allowed claim for a retiree benefit in a class shall be considered to be a pro rata share of the aggregate amount of all allowed claims for retiree benefits in such class. Provides that any payments made for retiree benefits prior to confirmation of a reorganization plan shall be credited against the amount to be provided for retiree benefits under the plan. Provides that in judicial districts where a U.S. Trustee has not yet been appointed, the bankruptcy court shall perform the functions of a trustee.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1987
Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit States from: (1) imposing a higher tax assessment ratio upon natural gas transmission property than is imposed upon other commercial and industrial property; (2) collecting an ad valorem property tax on natural gas transmission property at a tax rate that exceeds the rate applicable to commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction; and (3) imposing any other tax that discriminates against a natural gas company subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Grants Federal district courts concurrent jurisdiction (without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties) to enjoin, suspend, restrain, or set aside such discriminatory tax treatment. Permits relief only if the ratio of assessed value to true market value of natural gas transmission property exceeds by at least five percent that of other commercial and industrial property in the taxing jurisdiction. Expresses the sense of the Congress that any savings accrued by reason of the enactment of this Act should be passed on to consumers.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1987
Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to eliminate chronological age requirements with respect to mentally retarded individuals for purposes of eligibility to receive foster grandparent services.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1987
Title I: Trade and Technology Policy - Subtitle A: Department of Industry and Technology - Part I: General Provisions - Economic Competitiveness, International Trade, and Technology Development Act of 1987 - Sets forth congressional findings with respect to U.S. international competitiveness. Part II: Establishment and Organization - Establishes the Department of Industry and Technology (Department) as an executive department which shall be administered by a Secretary of Industry and Technology (Secretary). Provides for the appointment by the President of the Secretary and a Deputy Secretary of Industry and Technology. Sets forth the functions of the Secretary, including: (1) to seek and promote new opportunities for U.S. products in the world marketplace; (2) to assist U.S. businesses in developing export markets; and (3) to develop programs to promote U.S. international economic and technology policy. Establishes within the Department the Office of Under Secretary for Industry. Provides that such office shall be administered by the Under Secretary of Industry and Technology for Industry. Declares that such office shall be composed of: (1) the Office of Economic Analysis; (2) the Office of Trade Development; (3) the United States and Foreign Commercial Service; (4) the Office of Economic Development; (5) the Bureau of the Census; (6) the Minority Business Development Agency; (7) the Office of Small Business Trade Remedy Assistance; (8) the Office of the Chief Economist; and (9) the Office of Strategic Resources. Provides for the establishment of such offices and the transfer to such offices of specified functions of the Department of Commerce and the United States International Trade Commission. Establishes within the Department the Office of the Under Secretary for Technology. Provides that such office shall be administered by the Under Secretary of Industry and Technology for Technology. Declares that such office shall be composed of: (1) the Advanced Civilian Technology Agency; (2) the Office of Technology Information; (3) the Patent and Trademark Office; (4) the National Bureau of Standards; and (5) the Office of Communications and Information. Provides for the establishment of such offices and the transfer to such offices of specified functions of the Department of Commerce. Establishes within the Office of Technology Information the National Technical Information Service and the Office of International Technology Monitoring. Establishes within the Department the United States Travel and Tourism Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Requires the appointment within the Department of two additional Assistant Secretaries of Industry and Technology, a General Counsel, and an Inspector General. Part III: Advanced Civilian Technology Agency - Establishes within the Department the Advanced Civilian Technology Agency. Provides that such Agency shall be administered by an Administrator. Sets forth the functions of such Agency. Establishes within such Agency the National Advanced Civilian Technology Advisory Board to provide advice on agency activities and programs to the Secretary, the Under Secretary of Industry and Technology for Technology, and the Administrator. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Administrator, to make grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with research and development organizations to support long-term projects for: (1) research and development of new or advanced technology for the private sector of the U.S. economy; and (2) research concerning the commercial adaptation of such technology. Sets forth requirements with respect to such grants and contracts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1991. Part IV: Transfers to the Department - Transfers functions of the Department of Commerce and of the Trade Remedy Assistance Office of the International Trade Commission to the Secretary. Part V: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth administrative provisions dealing with: (1) Department of Industry and Technology personnel; (2) the power of the Secretary to delegate functions; (3) the succession of officers within the Department; (4) the authority of the Secretary to reorganize the Department; (5) the authority of the Secretary to issue rules and regulations; (6) the establishment of a working capital fund for the Department; and (7) other administrative matters. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to the President for transmission to the Congress. Sets forth conforming amendments. Subtitle B: Trade Functions - Part I: General Provisions - Establishes as an independent agency the United States Trade Administration (Administration) which shall be headed by the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Provides for the appointment of four Deputy USTRs. Establishes within the Administration the Office of Trade Enforcement Programs. Provides that such Office shall be headed by the Director of Trade Enforcement Programs. Provides for the appointment of a General Counsel and a Chief Textile Negotiator for the Administration. Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office of Trade Policy Coordination. Provides that such office shall be headed by the USTR. Sets forth the functions of the Administration. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the USTR shall: (1) be the senior representative on any body that the President may establish for providing the President advice on international trade; and (2) be included as a participant in all international economic summits. Transfers the Office of the USTR, including all functions performed by the USTR, to the USTR appointed under the Administration. Transfers all functions of the Secretary of Commerce relating to trade to the USTR. Part II: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth provisions dealing with: (1) personnel issues; (2) the power of the USTR to delegate functions; (3) succession of officers within the Administration; (4) the authority of the USTR to reorganize the Administration; (5) the authority of the USTR to issue rules and regulations; (6) the establishment of a working capital fund for the Administration; and (7) other administrative matters. Requires the USTR to submit a report to the President for transmission to the Congress. Subtitle C: Economic Policy Council - Directs the President to establish the Economic Policy Council (Council) within the Executive Office of the President. Declares that the Council shall advise the President on national and international economic policies. Subtitle D: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Sets forth transitional, savings, and conforming provisions relating to changes made by this Act. Terminates the Department of Commerce and the Office of the USTR in the Executive Office of the President. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Interagency Committees and Commissions - Subtitle A: Council on Economic Competitiveness - Part I: Establishment of Council - Establishes as an independent agency the Council on Economic Competitiveness. Sets forth the duties of the Council, including to: (1) collect and provide information concerning U.S. economic competitiveness; (2) serve as a clearinghouse that identifies and monitors Federal, State, and local programs devised to increase U.S. competitiveness; and (3) report annually to the President and the Congress on the ability of the United States to be internationally competitive. Provides that the principal administrative officer of the Council shall be an Executive Director, who shall be appointed by such Council. Sets forth the powers of the Council. Requires the Council, at the request of the President or the leaders of the House or Senate, to consult with the President on issues related to U.S. economic competitiveness. Authorizes the Council to convene industry sector competitiveness subcouncils which shall encourage U.S. industries to become competitive. Requires the Council to monitor the effect of international trade and foreign activities in science and technology on U.S. industries. Requires the Council to transmit a report to the Congress and to the President containing Council recommendations for changes in Federal policy necessary to implement competitiveness policies. Requires the Council to transmit annually to the President and to the Congress a report setting forth the goals to achieve a more competitive U.S. economy. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988. Part II: Budget Impact on Competition - Requires the President to include in the annual Federal budget submitted to the Congress for FY 1989 through 1992 an analysis by the Office of Management and Budget of the budget's impact on the economic competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. balance of payments, including projections, based upon the best information available at the time, for Government borrowing, domestic savings, private domestic investment, the merchandise trade and current accounts, and foreign indebtedness. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that a similar analysis, prepared after consultation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, be included in the report of the Committee on the Budget of each House of Congress which accompanies each concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1989 through 1992. Subtitle B: National Trade Data Bank - Establishes the National Trade Data Committee. Sets forth the functions of the Committee, including to: (1) formulate and implement an economic and trade information policy to assure the timely collection of data on trends in international economics and trade; (2) direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a National Trade Data Bank to provide the private sector and Government officials with economic and trade data for policymaking and export promotion; (3) formulate policies to encourage international organizations and foreign countries to adopt systems to report foreign trade statistics; and (4) present recommendations to the Congress concerning changes needed to improve the accuracy of U.S. trade information. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, after receiving instructions from the Committee, to establish and manage the Data Bank. Subtitle C: Financial Acquisitions Review - Financial Acquisitions Review Act of 1987 - Sets forth congressional findings with respect to U.S. financial institutions conducting business in foreign countries. Establishes the Interagency Financial Acquisitions Review Board (Board) as an independent agency. Requires the Board to review any proposed foreign acquisition of a U.S. business that provides financial services. Sets forth the powers of the Board. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Commission on United States Trade in the 1990's - Establishes the Commission on United States Trade in the 1990's. Requires the Commission to study and make recommendations concerning U.S. international trade and export practices. Terminates the Commission on January 1, 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Subtitle E: Studies - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct annually a study to: (1) identify U.S. barriers to U.S. exports; (2) estimate the increased value of U.S. export that would result from the elimination of such barriers; and (3) examine national security concerns with respect to such barriers. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to submit an annual report to the Congress on such study. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study to determine the labor and physical resource needs of: (1) the U.S. economy; (2) critical technologies; and (3) emerging technologies. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study to determine the relationship between the manufacturing base and other commercial activity, especially in the area of services of high technology. Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to conduct an annual study to determine the impact on the domestic and foreign competitiveness of U.S. firms caused by the financial and regulatory systems (including antitrust laws) of those foreign countries which engage in practices that constitute barriers to trade or distortions of trade. Subtitle F: Interagency Coordinating Committee on Federal Participation in Sematech - Interagency Coordinating Committee on Federal Participation in Sematech Act of 1987 - Establishes the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Federal Participation in Sematech and an Advisory Council on Federal Participation in Sematech. Defines "Sematech" as a consortium of United States semiconductor manufacturers, materials manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, academic institutions, and Federal agencies, established for the purpose of: (1) conducting research concerning advanced semiconductor manufacturing techniques; and (2) developing techniques to adapt manufacturing expertise to a variety of semiconductor products. Requires the Committee, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress its recommendations about whether the Federal Government should participate in Sematech. Specifies the contents of a favorable report. Outlines the duties of the Committee should a majority vote to support Federal participation. Requires the provision of grants and other financial assistance to Sematech in such an event, but limits the Federal share of costs to 50 percent. Makes the Committee a liaison between Federal agencies and private participants in Sematech. Directs the Committee to require Sematech to submit annual reports and provide for biennial audits. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. Subtitle G: State Job Bank Systems; Pension Study - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to require the Secretary of Labor to make funds available through the United States Employment Service for the development of State job bank systems. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988. Requires the Secretary of Labor to commence a study of the feasibility of providing portability for pensions and health benefits for dislocated workers. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle H: Committee on Symmetrical Access to Technological Research - Establishes the Committee on Symmetrical Access to Technological Research. Sets forth the functions of the Committee, including to: (1) study the general concept of symmetrical access, which is the availability of equally valued technological knowledge and research across countries; (2) construct a description of the degree of symmetrical access between the United States and its major trading partners; and (3) recommend negotiating goals for the U.S. Trade Representative to follow in negotiations with foreign countries which are designed to increase symmetrical access between the United States and such countries.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1987
Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to make it clear that the authority to withhold past-due child support from an individual's Federal tax refunds may be exercised after such child reaches the age of majority.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1987
Federal Constitutional Convention Applications Act - Requires an application by a State for a constitutional convention to contain a certified resolution which requests a convention for: (1) the general purpose of considering amendments to the Constitution; or (2) consideration of amendments to the Constitution relating to one or more specified subjects. Sets forth a procedure for States in the adoption or rescission of a resolution requesting the calling of a convention. Provides for the transmittal of an application to the congressional committees on the Judiciary and for its printing in the Congressional Record. Declares that an application is effective for seven years after the date it is printed in the Record. Requires that both Houses of Congress agree to a concurrent resolution calling for a convention whenever they determine that at least two-thirds of the States have submitted valid applications for the calling of a constitutional convention upon the same subject.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1987
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to include otherwise eligible persons who are also entitled to Medicare benefits. Provides for payment under the CHAMPUS program of health care expenses to the extent that such expenses are not payable under Medicare or any other insurance or health plan. Requires a person claiming a benefit under this Act to certify the costs of all charges.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1987
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) women's pay scales should be reexamined by employers to provide job and pay equality in the workplace; and (2) employers should reexamine their employee benefit plans in order to ensure that women are not being discriminated against.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1987
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program to provide equipment and personnel training for the closed-circuit televising of the testimony of children in criminal proceedings relating to child abuse. Sets forth grant application procedures and describes the allocation and distribution of grants under such program. Requires each State which receives a grant under this Act to submit annual reports which contain a summary of the activities carried out with such grant and an assessment of the impact of such activities. Sets forth: (1) guidelines for the expenditure of grants; and (2) recordkeeping requirements. Requires each participating State to designate a State office for the purposes of: (1) preparing the required application; and (2) administering the funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1987
Federal Mineral Collection Efficiency Act of 1987 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Minerals Collection Service (MCS), under the direction and administration of a Commissioner for Minerals Collection. Transfers to the MCS all Department of the Interior functions regarding mineral leasing revenue collection, audit, distribution, and enforcement. Makes such functions transfer effective 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Commissioner, upon the written request of any State or Indian tribe, to enter into cooperative agreements with them for the audit and collection of mineral royalties as set forth under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982. Outlines the authorities to be delegated by the Commissioner to the States and Indian tribes pursuant to such agreements. Declares that any finding made by an authorized Federal or State official or tribal representative regarding an audit issue or demand for payment will be deemed a rebuttable presumption in any administrative or judicial proceeding under this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint a commission within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act to review and make recommendations pertaining to the Federal rules and regulations governing the valuation of mineral resources on Federal lands, or lands held in trust for any individual Indian or tribe. Outlines the duties and membership of such commission, and requires it to report its findings and proposals to specified congressional committees within 12 months of its first meeting. Terminates such commission 12 months after such meeting. Imposes a moratorium upon the implementation of rules and regulations regarding product value guidelines set forth by the Minerals Management Service until six months after the commission has submitted its report to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1987
Urges the administration to continue to reject efforts by Canadian negotiators to: (1) have the U.S. cabotage trades, including the transport of energy resources, opened to Canadian vessels; and (2) eliminate the ad valorem duty on vessel repairs performed in Canadian shipyards.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1987
Fraud Victims Restitution Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the criminal and civil forfeiture of the proceeds of mail and wire fraud violations. Makes the forfeiture procedures of the Controlled Substances Act applicable to forfeitures under this Act. Permits courts to order the forfeiture of substitute assets if the property subject to forfeiture under this Act: (1) cannot be located; (2) has been transferred to a third party; (3) has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; (4) has been substantially diminished in value; or (5) has been commingled with other property. Sets forth procedures for the seizure of property subject to forfeiture. Sets forth procedures and rules for the disposition of forfeited property (first making the property and proceeds available to reimburse the victims).
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987
Veal Calf Protection Act - Prohibits a person who raises a calf used for veal production from: (1) keeping the calf in an enclosure (other than for transportation or innoculation purposes) that prevents normal postural adjustments or physical contact with other calves; and (2) feeding a calf more than two weeks old food that does not meet standards prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Makes it unlawful for a person to knowingly transport, sell, or purchase a calf subjected to these prohibited practices. Fixes a $5,000 per animal penalty with respect to violations. Directs the Secretary to issue rules with specified contents concerning calf food standards. Permits any person who suffers or would suffer injury as a result of violations under this Act to bring a civil action to either obtain injunctive relief or compel enforcement of this Act's provisions. Entitles a person bringing an action that results in imposition of a penalty to one-half of the penalty amount.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987
Handicapped Transportation Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit the implementation or enforcement of certain handicapped transportation services regulations in such a way as to: (1) limit such services to physically handicapped, as distinguished from mentally handicapped, individuals; or (2) limit the expenditures a Federal financial assistance recipient is required to make in order to comply with such regulations. Authorizes individuals aggrieved by a violation of handicapped services laws or regulations to bring an action under the same terms applicable to enforcement actions under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove certain restrictions on the making of guaranteed loans to their students by institutions of higher education. Permits such institutions to make loans to their students if the institutions continue to hold such loans until the beginning of the loan repayment period.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987
Designates the week beginning November 15, 1987, as African American Education Week. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon: (1) the Department of Education and State and local governments to support activities observing such week; (2) schools and communities with African Americans to demonstrate their commitment to the education of African Americans; and (3) community organizations to intensify their support of academic excellence by African Americans.
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