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United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Designates January 28, 1988, as a National Day of Excellence in honor of the space shuttle Challenger crew.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Allows the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag in the Capitol Rotunda until the fullest possible accounting of all Vietnam POW/MIAs has taken place.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1987
Title I: General Accounting Office Investigation and Report - Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) within 60 days of enactment of this Act, begin an investigation concerning displaced nationals of El Salvador and Nicaragua; and (2) report to the Speaker of the House and to the President of the Senate within one year of initiating such investigation. Requires determinations to be made, with respect to displaced Salvadorans and Nicaraguans living in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, or Mexico of: (1) the number and location of such persons; (2) their place of origin in El Salvador or Nicaragua and the period of, and reason for, their displacement; (3) their current living conditions, with particular attention to questions of personal safety and the availability of food and medical assistance; (4) current efforts to provide such necessities; and (5) the impact of the wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua. Requires assessments to be made, in the case of Salvadorans and Nicaraguans returned from the United States to their country, of: (1) their conditions upon return, with particular attention to any human rights violations; and (2) the extent to which these persons have become displaced persons in their country. Requires the investigation, with respect to Salvadorans and Nicaraguans unlawfully in the United States, to: (1) compare the situation in El Salvador and Nicaragua with previous cases of administrative grants of extended voluntary departure under the immigration laws; (2) describe U.S. policies respecting the treatment of other aliens in the United States in similar circumstances; and (3) describe the policies of all other countries in which Salvadorans or Nicaraguans have sought refuge as those policies concern the return of such persons to their country. Title II: Congressional Review - Provides for the referral of such report to the appropriate congressional committees for committee hearings (within 90 days of continuous session after the referral of such report) and committee reports (within 270 days of continuous session after the referral of such report). Title III: Temporary Stay of Deportation - Prohibits the Attorney General from detaining or deporting aliens until the Congress completes its review of the Comptroller General's report of those aliens who: (1) are nationals of El Salvador or Nicaragua; (2) have been continuously present in the United States since before January 20, 1987; (3) are deportable on specified noncriminal grounds; and (4) have signed an agreement to voluntarily leave the United States at the end of such stay of deportation period. States that such period of stay of deportation shall not count as a period of physical presence in the United States for purposes of deportation suspension and status adjustment. States that during such stay of deportation period the alien: (1) shall not be considered to be permanently in the United States; (2) shall not be eligible for public assistance; and (3) may be deemed ineligible for public assistance by a State or any of its political subdivisions.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1987
Designates "The Stars and Stripes Forever" as the national march.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1987
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States and local governments for the development and implementation of antiterrorism plans for deep draft ports, international airports, and other important facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Farm Credit Enhancement Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee pools of qualified agricultural mortgage loans and to provide for the issuance of securities representing interests in such pools by approved agricultural loan facilities. Sets a specified ceiling on outstanding guarantee authority. Terminates guarantee authority five years after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to fund such guarantees through obligations issued to the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Promotion of Democracy in Ethiopia Act of 1987 - Declares U.S. policy: (1) regarding human rights and opportunities; (2) condemning the resettlement program and human rights abuses in Ethiopia; (3) calling for human and civil rights and for free elections in Ethiopia; and (4) supporting democratic resistance forces in Ethiopia. Requires such sanctions imposed by this Act against Ethiopia to terminate if the President certifies to the Congress that Ethiopia: (1) respects the human rights of its people; (2) has granted basic civil rights to its people; (3) has terminated and dismantled its resettlement program; (4) has freed all political prisoners; (5) has established a legal system that assures the participation of all its people; and (6) has held or scheduled free and fair elections. Directs the President to report to the Congress every six months on the progress Ethiopia has made in meeting such conditions. Prohibits coffee imports from Ethiopia. Prohibits any U.S. national: (1) from making a loan or extending credit to Ethiopia or to any organization owned or controlled by Ethiopia; and (2) from making any new investment in Ethiopia. Exempts from such prohibitions loans and investments made before enactment of this Act. Prohibits Ethiopia from receiving nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) trade treatment. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director to each of the relevant international financial institutions to oppose furnishing aid to Ethiopia. Provides for enforcement of this Act. Imposes penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act - Title I: Funding - Authorizes additional FY 1987 appropriations for: (1) community and migrant health centers; (2) the emergency food and shelter program; (3) the emergency shelter grant program; (4) the transitional housing demonstration program; and (5) section 8 housing assistance. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations for: (1) health care and mental health services for the homeless; and (2) the Interagency Office on Homelessness. Title II: Health Care for the Homeless - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to certain public or private nonprofit entities for health care and mental health services for the homeless. Gives priority to applicants with related prior experience. Requires grantees to: (1) make health services accessible to the homeless; (2) provide 24-hour service; (3) provide in-patient referrals and funding assistance; (4) refer homeless persons with communicable diseases to public health authorities; (5) provide outreach services; and (6) aid homeless persons to obtain entitlements and services. Limits grantee service charges. Sets forth prohibited and permitted fund uses. Limits the Federal contribution for such grants to 75 percent of service costs. Requires grantees to report annually to the Secretary. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include within Medicaid coverage: (1) clinic services provided to the homeless by clinic personnel outside the facility; and (2) specified services to homeless persons who are chronically mentally ill. Title III: Interagency Office on Homelessness - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Interagency Office on Homelessness to carry out the Secretary's duties to assist the homeless. Sets forth such duties, among them the review of Federal programs for the homeless, including on annual report to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify and make available underutilized public buildings and property suitable for the homeless; and (2) make grants for services to be provided in such facilities, including child care. Sets forth applicant selection and priority provisions. Requires the Secretary to: (1) monitor such grant funds; and (2) inspect such facilities. Requires State or local certification to the Secretary of program compliance.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
English Proficiency Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish within the Office of Adult Education a program of grants for English literacy programs for individuals of limited English proficiency. Allows such grants to provide for support services including child care and transportation costs for program participants. Provides that such grants may be made to community-based organizations, local education agencies, tribally-controlled schools, institutions of higher education (including community colleges), public libraries, and prisons. Sets forth grant application requirements. Limits grants to not more than three years' duration. Requires that at least 50 percent of grant funds go to community-based organizations with the demonstrated capability to administer English proficiency programs. Requires grant recipients to report annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Adult Education, directly and through grants and contracts, to carry out demonstration programs to: (1) develop innovative approaches and methods of literacy education for individuals of limited English proficiency; and (2) establish a nationwide clearinghouse on literacy education for individuals of limited English proficiency. Requires the Secretary, directly and through grants and contracts, to evaluate and annually audit programs funded under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accept grants, gifts, or bequests of money for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Limits to ten percent the portion of funds available under this Act which may be used for demonstration programs and evaluation.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Suspends all U.S. aid for the Nicaraguan democratic resistance until the Congress enacts a joint resolution declaring that: (1) specified Select Committees have completed their investigations into the arms sales to Iran and U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan resistance; and (2) the Comptroller General has been able to account for all of the "humanitarian assistance" provided to the Nicaraguan resistance by the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make excess cheese acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation available free, upon a showing of need, to a requesting State.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Medicare Adult Day Care Amendments of 1987 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment of adult day care programs providing certain health services to chronically-impaired adults in a group setting outside their homes for up to 100 days on a less than 24-hour basis. Requires providers of such services to have a multidisciplinary group of health care personnel conduct a written assessment of the status of each chronically-impaired adult before the adult's admission to the program and thereafter periodically develop and coordinate an individualized treatment plan for, and with the cooperation of, the adult. Defines a "chronically-impaired adult" as an individual 18 years of age or older who has a physical, emotional, or mental impairment which, but for the provision of adult day care, would require the provision of care in a hospital, skilled nursing, or intermediate care facility. Makes deductibles inapplicable to adult day care, requiring only the payment of a specified coinsurance amount. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations regarding adult day care programs. Requires the Secretary to adopt the standards established by the National Institute of Adult Day Care as the minimum standards for qualifying as a provider of such care.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Targeted Fiscal Assistance Act of 1987 - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to repeal provisions that terminated the general revenue sharing program. Restores program provisions as they existed before enactment of such Act. Replaces the general revenue sharing program with the Targeted Fiscal Assistance (TFA) program. Authorizes appropriations for TFA for FY 1987 through 1989. Provides for special allocations of TFA funds for Indian tribes, Alaskan native villages, and the District of Columbia. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to allocate TFA funds to each State (for subsequent allocation to local governments) according to a specified formula based on the need factor, the general tax effort factor, and the relative fiscal gap factor, as defined in this Act, for each State. Entitles local governments to a portion of such State funds according to a specified formula based on the following factors, as defined in this Act, for each unit of local government relative to all units in such State: (1) the unit's population; (2) the unit's general tax effort factor; and (3) the unit's relative income factor. Eliminates provisions allowing State variation of local government allocations. Revises procedures for determining maximum and minimum limitations on local government entitlements.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in foreign base company income any foreign base company manufacturing related income for the taxable year. Defines "foreign base manufacturing related income" as any income derived from the sale of property by a controlled foreign corporation where the property sold was manufactured in any country other than the United States in either a tax holiday plant or in a runaway plant. Defines "tax holiday plant" and "runaway plant."
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for interest paid or incurred on a qualified educational loan. Defines "qualified educational loan" as any indebtedness incurred to pay the educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse or dependent. (Present law requires that such a loan be secured by an interest in real property.)
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Children and Youth Education Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants and contracts for programs or projects designed to meet the educational needs of gifted and talented children and youth, including the training of teachers or their supervisors. Sets forth authorized uses of such funds. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Center for Research and Development in the Education of Gifted and Talented Children and Youth through grants to or contracts with one or more institutions of higher education or State educational agencies, or a combination or consortium of such institutions and agencies. Sets forth program priorities, including the identification and inclusion of gifted and talented children and youth who may not be identified through traditional assessment methods. Sets forth provisions for participation of private school children and teachers. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory committee to advise on the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish or designate an administrative unit within the Department of Education to administer the programs authorized by this Act, coordinate all programs for gifted and talented children and youth administered by the Department, and serve as a focal point of national leadership and information on the educational needs of gifted and talented children and youth and the availability of educational services and programs designed to meet those needs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Driftnet Impact Monitoring, Assessment, and Control Act of 1987 - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to revise provisions concerning the presence of a U.S. observer aboard foreign fishing vessels fishing in a U.S. fishery conservation zone. Provides for the waiver of such requirement for specified vessels harvesting anadromous species. Provides that the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) shall not approve a foreign vessel's fishing permit application where the facilities aboard such vessels are so inadequate that the health, safety, and welfare of an observer on such vessel cannot be assured. Requires the Secretary, through the Secretary of State, to immediately negotiate with foreign governments conducting driftnet fishing operations off the U.S. coast an arrangement for the reliable monitoring and assessment of the number of fish, seabirds, and other marine creatures killed, discarded, or lost by such government's driftnet fishing vessels in waters beyond the jurisdiction of the United States. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing a permit to any foreign vessel whose government does not enter into such a monitoring arrangement within one year after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on the implementation of such arrangements. Directs the Secretary, within one year after the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, to report to the Congress on the impact upon living marine resources of all driftnet fishing off the coasts of the United States. Requires enforcement costs to be taken into consideration when determining fishing permit fees to be charged. Directs the Secretary to implement a net bounty system to pay persons recovering and turning over to the Secretary lost, abandoned, or discarded driftnet or other plastic fishing net material. Requires such payments to be made from the Fishery Vessel and Gear Damage Compensation Fund. Directs the Secretary to develop recommendations to establish a driftnet marking, registry, and identification system to determine the vessel origin of lost, discarded, or abandoned driftnets or driftnet fragments. Directs the Secretary, no later than six months after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress concerning such recommendations and their implementation. Establishes a seabird protection zone surrounding the Aleutian Islands off Alaska within which no driftnet fishing is permitted. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to enforce such driftnet fishing prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the interstate shipment of ammunition to persons not licensed under firearms laws of the Federal criminal code.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that a beneficiary shall be entitled to a prorated benefit for the month in which he or she dies.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Designates the month of March 1987 as Women's History Month.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Designates the week beginning March 29, 1987, as American Physiologists Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Full Credit Card Cost Disclosure Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require that all credit card applications and solicitations include information regarding the annual interest rate, finance charge conditions, and other related charges and fees. Requires such information, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to be prominently displayed in table form.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Voluntary National Youth Service Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States and local governments for youth service projects. Requires the Secretary to designate specified activities as service categories in which project participants may serve. Sets forth criteria for such designations. Sets forth types of positions which such service categories may include. Sets forth grant eligibility requirements for States and local governments, including requirements for plans and matching funds. Requires that specified percentages of poor persons and of unemployed persons participate in such projects. Sets forth requirements relating to the amount of wages, benefits, and subsistence allowances for project participants. Requires the Secretary to distribute such grants among eligible States and local governments on the basis of which ones will best use such funds, as determined on the basis of the plans submitted. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Requires that project participants be not less than 17 and not more than 24 years old. Prohibits any person from serving on such a project for more than a two-year period. Requires participants to agree to serve for at least a six-month period. Prohibits acceptance for project service of any person who does not hold a high school diploma or its equivalent, unless such person has not been enrolled as a high school student during the three-month period before the date of such acceptance. Limits to 15 percent of any such grant the amount which may be used for administrative expenses. Sets forth project grant review and reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress on the activities conducted under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Youth Suicide Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a grant program to assist local educational agencies and private nonprofit organizations to establish and operate youth suicide prevention programs. Sets forth program requirements. Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to provide that a specified amount from the Secretary's Discretionary Funds shall be available to carry out youth suicide prevention programs under this Act for FY 1988. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide for: (1) evaluation of programs under this Act; and (2) dissemination of the results of such evaluation.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Farm Mortgage Marketing Corporation Act of 1987 - Establishes the Farm Mortgage Marketing Corporation. Provides for a five-member Board of Directors. Authorizes the Corporation, with specified limitations, to buy farm mortgages from qualified agricultural lenders and dispose of such mortgages through security issues. Prohibits the Corporation from buying a mortgage unless: (1) the seller retains at least a ten-percent participation in the mortgage, or agrees to replace or repurchase the mortgage if the borrower defaults; and (2) at the time of purchase, the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage is less than 80 percent of the securing property's value, or the portion of the unpaid balance in excess of 80 percent is insured or guaranteed by a qualified insurer. Provides for an initial Treasury capitalization of $200,000,000. Sets forth Corporation authority. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1987 for the purchase of Corporation stock.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for influenza vaccines and their administration.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Obstetric Care Information Act - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) of the Social Security Act to require a State plan under such title to insure that a pregnant woman: (1) has the opportunity, upon her request, to inspect, copy, and have explained any medical records relating to her condition or treatment; (2) is informed, beforehand, of the side effects, risks, contraindications, and effectiveness of the procedures, drugs, or devices, and of alternative methods of treatment; and (3) consents to treatment. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish guidelines with respect to the explanation of the side effects, risks, contraindications, and effectiveness of drugs and devices intended for use by pregnant women. Deems misbranded any drug or device offered for sale to a woman for use during pregnancy or parturition which does not meet such guidelines.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Parkinson's Disease Amelioration Act - Establishes the Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism Disease which shall: (1) conduct a study of the medical and social management of parkinsonism; (2) determine whether there is an appropriate balance between basic brain research and clinical research on parkinsonism and other ailments; (3) investigate and make recommendations concerning the proper roles of Federal, State, and local governments and public and private agencies in the research, prevention, and identification of Parkinson's disease and the treatment and rehabilitation of persons with Parkinson's disease; and (4) develop a national plan for the control of parkinsonism. Sets forth operating and related provisions. Requires the Commission to make a final report to the President and each House of Congress within six months. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of the final report.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 3 through May 10, 1987, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1987
Designates the month of February in each year as National Black History Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Federal Equitable Pay Practices Act of 1987 - Establishes the Commission on Equitable Pay Practices to determine whether the Government's position-classification system and prevailing rate system are designed and administered in accordance with the general policy that sex, race, and ethnicity should not be among factors considered in determining pay rates. Requires the Commission to conduct, by contract with a consultant selected under this Act, a study under which job-content analysis and economic analysis shall be applied to a representative sample of occupations in which: (1) either ssex is numerically predominant; (2) any race is disproportionately represented; or (3) any ethnic group is disproportionately represented. Directs the Commission to report to the Congress and the President on the results of such study not later than 18 months after the Commission's date of establishment. Declares that such study shall be considered of an advisory nature only. Makes sums appropriated to the Office of Personnel Management for general operating expenses available to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Civil Liberties Act of 1987 - Title I: Recognition of Injustice and an Apology on Behalf of the Nation - States that the Congress recognizes that a grave injustice was done to both citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II. Title II: United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens - Requests the President to offer pardons of those convicted of violating laws during the internment period whose violation was based on a refusal to accept racially discriminatory treatment. Provides that Federal departments and agencies that review applications for restitution of positions, status, or entitlement lost during the internment period shall review such applications giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. Establishes within the Treasury a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires the Attorney General to pay $20,000 from the Fund to each surviving internee. Establishes a Board of Directors which shall be responsible for making disbursement from the Fund. Provides that disbursement from the Fund shall be used to: (1) sponsor research and public educational activities dealing with the internment; (2) fund studies of similar civil liberties abuses; (3) prepare and distribute hearings and findings of the Commission; and (4) promote the general welfare of the ethnic Japanese community in the United States. Title III: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution - Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act - Establishes within the Treasury the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Fund. Directs the Administrator of the Fund (the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association) to make restitution for certain Aleut losses sustained in World War II. Requires the Administrator to establish a trust of $5,000,000 and to distribute the interest of such trust for: (1) the benefit of the elderly, disabled, or seriously ill; (2) students in need of scholarship assistance; (3) preservation of Aleut cultural heritage and historical records; (4) the improvement of community centers of affected Aleut villages; and (5) other purposes to improve Aleut life. Authorizes the Administrator to rebuild and restore churches and church property damaged or destroyed in Aleut villages during World War II. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments of $12,000 from the fund to each eligible Aleut for any uncompensated personal property loss. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to implement a program for the removal and disposal of live ammunition, obsolete buildings, abandoned machinery, and other hazardous debris remaining in populated areas of the lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Aleut Corporation all right, title, and interest of the United States in Attu Island, Alaska. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides that all documents, personal testimony, and other material collected by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians shall be deposited in the National Archives of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Permits the reappointment on a case-by-case basis of a specified number of air traffic controllers who were separated from service for participation in a strike initiated on August 3, 1981. Requires such reappointments to be made in FY 1987 and 1988 by the Secretary of Transportation, according to prescribed guidelines. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such reinstatements should not: (1) cause the separation or reduction in grade of any other air traffic controller; or (2) interfere with training opportunities which would otherwise be afforded to air traffic controllers seeking to become fully qualified.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act of 1987 - Amends provisions relating to Federal employee health benefits to authorize direct payment or reimbursement for services performed by a: (1) chiropractor; (2) qualified clinical social worker; (3) marriage and family therapist; and (4) nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, and any other nurse. Delcares that this Act does not supersede or preempt any State or local law which relates to licensing or certification of health practitioners.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Mary Lasker in recognition of her humanitarian contributions in medical research and education, urban beautification, and the fine arts. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Extends adverse action provisions of Federal law regarding Federal employees (concerning removal, suspension for more than 14 days, reduction in grade or pay, or furlough for 30 days or less) to Postal Service employees who: (1) are preference eligibles; (2) are supervisors or employees engaged in confidential personnel work; and (3) have completed one year of continuous service in the same or similar positions. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to obtain judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit if: (1) the Director determines that the Board of Governors of the Postal Service erred in interpreting a civil service law, rule, or regulation affecting personnel management, and that the Board's decision will have a substantial impact on a civil service law, rule, regulation, or policy directive; or (2) the Postal Service makes such determination regarding postal personnel management.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Limits the obligation or expenditure of funds for the deployment and maintenance of launchers for U.S. nuclear weapons and MIRVs on an individual ballistic missile unless the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has deployed strategic forces in excess of the numerical sublimits established by the SALT II agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Homeless Emergency Relief Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Office of Community Services, to provide grants to local governments or nonprofit organizations for the provision of emergency services (shelter, food, and outpatient care) to homeless persons and families. Limits: (1) Federal amounts to 75 percent of project costs; and (2) individual grants to $5,000,000. Establishes in the Office of Community Services the Emergency Shelter Grants Review Board which shall review applications and recommend grant recipients to the Secretary. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Provides for the continuation of the three-year income tax basis recovery rule with respect to annuities of Federal employee contributions to Federal retirement systems. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to report to specified congressional committees on the effects of a retroactive repeal of such rule on the Federal workforce.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to conduct, during calendar years 1989 through 1991, a demonstration project to determine the feasibility and desirability of including certain benefits relating to the treatment of drug abuse and alcohol abuse among the types of benefits provided under health insurance plans for Federal employees. Requires OPM to coordinate such project with other related programs and to make a final report to specified congressional committees not later than April 1, 1992. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to authorize the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to request a head of a Federal agency, department, or unit to appear before the Commission and explain the reason for failing to submit an equal employment opportunity plan. Directs the Commission, after an opportunity for a hearing, to order such agency, department, or unit to submit a plan. Requires the Commission to enforce compliance with such order. Authorizes the Commission to initiate, through the appropriate agency head, disciplinary action, including the withholding of pay, against any officer or employee responsible for failure to comply with an order. States that the equal employment opportunity plans shall include the numerical employment goals established by such agency, department, or unit in its minority recruitment program and that each agency should establish numerical employment goals for the purpose of complying with affirmative action plans.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Requires that $40,000,000 in aid to the Nicaraguan democratic resistance shall be withheld until the special congressional committees that are investigating the arms sales to Iran, the alleged diversion of proceeds from those sales to the Nicaraguan democratic resistance, and related matters have completed their investigations. Reduces the amount of aid made available to the resistance following completion of such investigations by the amount of the proceeds from the arms sales, if any, that were illegally used for aid to the resistance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Handgun Registration Act of 1987 - Requires each State, within two years of enactment of this Act, to establish a handgun registration system. Imposes penalties (including mandatory imprisonment for not less than 15 years) for any person possessing handguns in violation of the requirement of registration. Requires the Attorney General to establish a Federal handgun registration system to be utilized until such State plans are implemented. Terminates certain Federal assistance under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to States which do not comply with this Act by establishing registration systems.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide emergency repair assistance to lower income housing projects operated by the Chicago Housing Authority in Illinois. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Public Safety Officers' Benefits Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase from $50,000 to $100,000 the benefits paid to survivors of public safety officers (law enforcement officers and fire fighters) who die as a result of injury sustained in the line of duty. Allows such benefits to be paid to a designated beneficiary if there is no surviving spouse, child, or parent. States that funds in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund shall be used for the payment of one-half of such benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Truth in Savings Act - Requires each advertisement, announcement, or solicitation by a depository institution which refers to a specific interest rate, yield, or rate of earnings on amounts deposited in a demand or interest-bearing account to state the following information clearly and conspicuously: (1) the annual percentage yield and the period such yield is in effect; (2) all minimum initial deposit, minimum balance, and time requirements for earning such yield; (3) the annual rates of simple interest; (4) fees or other conditions that could reduce the yield; (5) any interest penalty for early withdrawal; and (6) the effective percentage yield on the maturity date of any account maturing in less than one year. Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to exempt advertisements, announcements, or solicitations made by any broadcast or electronic medium or outdoor advertising displays not on the premises of a depository institution, from the disclosure requirements relating to initial deposit requirements, rates of simple interest, or fees, if such disclosure would be unnecessarily burdensome. Prohibits any depository institution from advertising an account as a free or no-cost account if: (1) there are minimum balance or limited transaction requirements to avoid fees; or (2) there is any service fee, transaction fee, or similar charge imposed for such account. Prohibits any institution from making any advertisement, announcement, or solicitation that is inaccurate or misleading or that misrepresents its deposit contracts. Requires each depository institution to maintain a schedule, written in clear and plain language, of fees, charges, interest rates, and terms and conditions such as minimum balance and time requirements applicable to each class of accounts offered. Requires that such schedule be disclosed to potential customers and requesting individuals and mailed to account holders. Requires that account holders receive 30 days' advance notice of any change to be made in any term or condition required to be disclosed in the schedule if the change might reduce the yield or adversely affect any account holder. Directs the Board to require modified disclosure requirements concerning the annual yield on variable rate accounts, multiple rate accounts, guaranteed-rate accounts that mature in less than one year, and accounts for which the interest rate is not guaranteed. Directs the Board to provide for public notice and comment on, and to publish, model forms and clauses for common disclosures required by this Act. Provides for the enforcement of this Act and the civil liability of a depository institution that fails to comply with requirements of this Act. Sets forth limitations on such liability and factors to be considered by the court in determining class action awards. Provides that an institution may not be held liable for a violation if the institution demonstrates that the violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error. Establishes U.S. district court jurisdiction and a one-year statute of limitations for actions brought under this Act. Directs the National Credit Union Administration to provide for the similar regulation of credit unions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust Act of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals to direct that all or part of their income tax refunds be contributed to the Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust. Establishes within the Treasury such Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust (trust fund) to distribute hunger relief funds to qualified nonprofit hunger relief services organizations. Appropriates to the trust fund revenues equivalent to those designated for such purpose by individual taxpayers. Sets forth standards and procedures for the distribution of trust fund monies. Limits the amount that recipient organizations can pay for administrative expenses to ten percent of amounts received from the trust fund. Prohibits organizations receiving funds from: (1) failing to match payment; (2) failing to use payments properly; (3) incurring excessive administrative expenses; and (4) not complying with certain Hunger Commission requests. Authorizes the Hunger Commission to inform State attorneys general of possible State law violations by organizations. Requires the Hunger Commission to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report detailing trust fund expenditures. Establishes a Hunger Commission to administer the distribution of funds to qualified hunger relief services organizations on a matching grant basis. Permits a maximum award of $100,000 to any single qualified organization in any fiscal year. Requires that: (1) at least 50 percent of amounts received into the trust fund in any year be paid to qualified organizations; and (2) monies in the trust fund be distributed within 180 days of their receipt in the fund. Sets forth: (1) criteria governing Commission organization and membership; and (2) powers of the Commission, including the power to hold hearings, to issue subpoenas, and to grant immunity. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Animal Welfare Act to empower the Secretary of Agriculture to request the Attorney General to obtain a temporary restraining order for violations of such Act or of regulations promulgated under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the sale, delivery, or importation of nonmetal firearms. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct research to improve the effectiveness of airport security devices with respect to the detection of nonmetal firearms.