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United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1987
Designates the week of May 10 through May 16, 1987, as National Osteoporosis Prevention Week of 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Volunteer Service Promotion Act of 1987 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner on Aging to make annual grants over a five year period to no more than 15 and, if practicable, to no less than five eligible States for the creation and operation of volunteer service credit demonstration projects through which homemaker services, respite care for families, adult day care, educational services, and transportation and delivery services are provided by volunteers to older individuals in return for the receipt of similar services when they grow old. Requires each State seeking eligibility for a grant to submit an application describing its proposed program and providing certain assurances regarding the program's operation. Sets forth reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Family Education Assistance Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the education expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) at an institution of higher education or a vocational school of a child of the taxpayer, of a child of a brother, sister, stepbrother, or stepsister of the taxpayer, of an individual for whom the taxpayer has been appointed as guardian, or of a descendant of a child of the taxpayer. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,500 (adjusted for inflation) for each account per calendar year. Provides that no account may have more than one beneficiary and that no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Disallows any deduction for contributions to an education savings account for any beneficiary who has attained the age of 19. Requires any balance in an education savings account to be distributed after the individual for whose benefit the account is established attains age 30. Includes the distributions from an education savings account in the gross income of the payee or distributee except for those amounts distributed or used to pay educational expenses incurred by the individual for whose benefit the account is established. Provides that an education savings account is exempt from taxation except for the tax on unrelated business income. Revokes the tax exemption of the account where the individual for whose benefit the account is established engages in certain prohibited transactions with the account. Imposes a ten percent penalty tax on distributions which are not used for educational expenses. Requires the trustee of an education savings account to file reports with the Secretary of the Treasury on the maintenance of the account. Imposes a penalty for failure to file any required report. Extends the deduction for contributions to an education savings account to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions. Imposes: (1) a six percent excise tax on excess contributions to an education savings account; and (2) a five percent excise tax on amounts connected with any prohibited transaction with respect to such an account. Excludes from the gross income of an individual distributions from an education savings account used exclusively for that individual's educational expenses. Provides that distributions from an education savings account shall not be taken into account in determining support to the extent such distribution is excluded from gross income of the individual for whose benefit the account has been established.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Designates the week beginning July 13, 1987, as Snow White Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate June 1 through June 7, 1987, as National Fishing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987
Tax Fairness for Farmers, Ranchers, and Small Businessmen Act of 1987 - Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to repeal provisions which eliminated the use of income averaging. Specifies that the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied and administered as if such provisions had not been enacted. Increases the amount of the income tax deduction for health insurance premiums paid by self-employed individuals from 25 percent of such costs to 50 percent of such costs. Repeals requirements that farmers must capitalize preproductive costs. Denies the use of cash accounting for all corporations engaged in farm product processing with annual gross receipts in excess of $100,000,000. Allows farmers the full investment tax credit carry forward. (Present law requires a 35 percent reduction in the carry forward of such credit.) Allows a one-time exclusion of any gain realized from the sale or exchange of land used in the trade or business of farming.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987
Title I: Authorization - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to undertake research, investigations, appraisals, surveys, and related activities of the Nation's water resources. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with other government agencies and to perform such activities on a reimbursable basis, as specified. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Title II: National Ground Water Contamination Research - National Ground Water Contamination Research Act of 1987 - Makes the Secretary of the Interior primarily responsible at the Federal level for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information concerning the state of the Nation's groundwater. Requires the Secretary to report within two years to specified congressional committees and the States on the condition of the Nation's groundwater. Requires that such report be accompanied by an independent evaluation by State individuals charged with responsibility for water pollution control matters. Directs the Secretary to establish a national groundwater quality assessment program within three years of enactment. Requires such program to coordinate government efforts in such area, seek to achieve uniform data collection, and provide information and assistance as required. Directs the Secretary to establish a national groundwater clearinghouse. Requires the Secretary to establish a technical assistance program to serve other Federal and governmental agencies. Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1974 to make conforming changes. Authorizes appropriations for such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987
Mass Transportation Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to provide that, with such exceptions for service in nonurbanized areas as the Secretary of Transportation may allow, Federal financial assistance for bus purchases or operations is conditioned upon written assurance by the recipient that any public body or operator of such buses shall not engage in charter bus operations using Federal operating assistance or federally assisted facilities and equipment. Precludes the Secretary from approving a grant or loan for a major capital project for funds authorized before October 1, 1987, unless the Secretary finds the applicant has thoroughly assessed the feasibility of using a variety of innovative financing mechanisms regarding construction, operations, and the project's overall capital plan. States that for funds authorized before October 1, 1987, Federal financial assistance to States and local public agencies shall be a maximum of 75 percent of the net project cost. States that long-range planning and transportation technical studies shall include development of financial plans which consider: (1) the total cost for regional urban mass transit operations and planned improvements; and (2) the revenue from current and possible sources to implement them. Requires mass transportation plans and programs to provide for maximum competition and increased opportunities for participation of private enterprise. Applies requirements for maximum competition between public and private transit service operators to: (1) Federal financial assistance to States and local public agencies; (2) the planning and design of mass transportation facilities to meet special needs of the elderly and the handicapped; and (3) the formula grant program for non-urbanized areas. Declares that Federal grant conditions shall not be construed to infringe upon the rights of grant recipients to determine the extent of mass transportation services and functions to be implemented by private enterprise. States that recipients shall charge, as a minimum, fair market value for the sale, use, lease, or renewed lease (other than utility use and occupancy) of right-of-way airspace acquired as a result of a project under this Act. Makes the minimum wage rates under this Act inapplicable to construction contracts entered into by a recipient of Federal assistance if such contract is less than $100,000. States that the provisions regarding employee rights under this Act shall not be a condition of assistance after September 30, 1987. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Makes sums available out of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to implement specified projects for FY 1988 through 1990. Provides that the authorizations for mass transportation terminal facilities shall be increased for each fiscal year by the amount that the average annual net fuel tax receipts in the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund exceeds specified average annual new fuel tax receipts. Sets forth urban formula grants for urban areas of specified population size. Authorizes the Secretary to use specified funds to contract with any person for project management oversight functions. Requires such a contract to provide for payment by the Secretary of 100 percent of the cost of contract implementation. Requires recipients of Federal financial assistance for mass transportation projects to provide such contractors access to construction sites and records.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987
Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to be co-chaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor. Establishes in the Executive Office an Office of Economic Adjustment, headed by a Director, to provide staff support to the Council. Directs the Council to disseminate information from the Secretary of Defense to Federal, State, and local agencies concerning proposed or pending changes in defense spending which would affect employment in the defense industry. Requires the Council to perform other duties, including: (1) encouraging the preparation of plans for non-defense-related public projects; (2) coordinating and developing information on priority, federally funded projects and programs pertaining to defense economic adjustment; (3) monitoring job services information banks; and (4) determining criteria for eligibility for assistance under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the pertinent information to the Council a year in advance of any change and to furnish the Council with projected future defense spending levels. Directs the Council to prepare and distribute a Conversion Guidelines Handbook to outline requirements of programs for professional retraining of personnel. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Makes eligible for Federal assistance for economic adjustment planning any community which is substantially affected by reduction or elimination of Government defense facilities or curtailment or conclusion of defense contracts. Directs the Council to make available to alternative use committees information on economic development programs of any Federal instrumentality which provides funds that may be used for planning. Requires the Council to report to the Congress at least annually on any such economic development program. Directs the Council to use data from other departments to develop criteria which ensures that assistance is directed to those communities that are most vulnerable economically to reductions in defense expenditures. Requires the Council to publish a semiannual list of eligible communities. Requires excess property resulting from a closing or reduction in a Government-owned facility to be appraised for purposes of resale to the community. Title III: Alternative Use Committees - Requires the establishment of alternative use committees at defense facilities to plan for economic conversion in the event of closure or reduction. Directs such committees to: (1) evaluate the assets of the facilities and the resources and requirements of the local community; (2) develop at least biennially a detailed plan for conversion of the facility to non-defense-related productive activity; and (3) provide retraining and reemployment counseling services. Requires conversion plans to maximize the pool of skills of available personnel and specify in detail the composition of the work force and plant, material, and financing requirements. Penalizes any contractor who fails to submit an alternative use plan or carry out one approved by the Council by making such contractor ineligible for future defense contracts for three years. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Makes displaced workers certified by the local alternative use committees to the Council eligible for benefits for two years under this Act. Includes among such benefits: weekly compensation, vested pension credit, maintenance of health insurance, retraining for civilian work, job search allowance, and reimbursement for relocation expenses. Requires completion of a program of professional retraining before certain employees are eligible for assistance. Directs the Council to enter into agreements with a State or agency in the State administering the unemployment compensation law to disburse benefits under this Act. Requires displaced workers to accept any employment determined by the State agency or Secretary of Labor to be comparable to the former job, or benefits will terminate. Excludes these benefits from other determinations of eligibility for unemployment compensation under any Federal or State law. Title V: Economic Adjustment Fund - Establishes in the Treasury a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Requires defense contractors to pay a specified percentage into the Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit a percentage of the projected savings resulting from a cancellation or cutback in defense spending. Title VI: Use of Certain Research Funds - Requires the Council to define urgent national requirements for nondefense sectors of the economy in any determination of the Secretary of Defense as to how certain research and development funds are to be spent. Title VII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to delay until December 31, 1988 (currently, December 31, 1986) the exception for certain technical personnel from certain rules for determining whether an individual is an employee or independent contractor for employment tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
Corporate Community Investment and Jobs Preservation Act of 1987 - Requires each corporation involved in a proposed merger to file a community impact statement if: (1) a premerger notification is required under the Clayton Act; and (2) the merger will result in a loss of jobs in any jurisdiction for more than 100 employees of an establishment of one of the corporations involved. Requires such statement to include: (1) the number of jobs to be reduced; (2) the reasons for such reduction; (3) any alternative to such reduction; (4) a plan to minimize the effects of such reduction on the remaining employees and on the local government of the affected area; (5) the nature of the business of the corporation establishment at which the reduction will occur; and (6) the economic circumstances of such corporation, including the profitability of the operation of the affected establishment and any plan for future investments, employment, and production at such establishment. Requires the statement to be submitted to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice, the employees of each corporation involved and representatives of their labor unions, and the local governments of the areas where establishments of such corporations are located on the same day that the premerger notification is filed under the Clayton Act. Directs the FTC, if it receives a request within a specified period from such a local government or from ten percent of the employees of one of the corporations, to hold public hearings on and investigate the statement to determine: (1) the economic reasons for any proposed reduction in employment; (2) the estimated economic losses to employees of the establishment where the reduction will occur, the local government having jurisdiction over such establishment, and persons in the geographic area of such establishment; and (3) recommendations of any local government, any employee labor union, or any other person respecting the proposed merger. Directs the FTC to publish a report containing the findings of the investigation and recommendations as to whether legal action should be taken to halt the merger. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow a tax deduction for interest on obligations issued to finance a corporate merger that the FTC finds will adversely affect employment in any jurisdiction.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
Amends the definitions of "city" and "county" for purposes of the withholding of city or county income or employment taxes from Federal employees residing in or employed in such cities and counties under agreements between the Secretary of the Treasury and the city or county. Eliminates the requirement that there be 500 or more persons regularly employed by all agencies of the Federal Government in such city or county before an agreement can be entered into.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
Kangaroo Protection Act - Provides that any administrative exception made under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 permitting the importation of kangaroos, their parts, and products shall not apply to kangaroos removed from the wild in accordance with an Australian management plan.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
Designates June 19, 1987, as American Gospel Arts Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
Directs the President to designate the week of May 17 through May 23, 1987, as Just Say No to Drugs Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
Disapproves the proposed rescission (R87-70) of budget authority for Veterans Administration medical care. Requires the amount of such budget authority proposed for rescission to instead be made available for obligation no later than the date of enactment of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
Reaffirms the sense of the Congress that the one-percent loan origination fee charged by the Veterans Administration (VA) to veterans obtaining a home loan guaranteed by the VA should not be increased. Requests the President to request additional appropriations if he finds that additional funding for the VA home loan guarantee program is required.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1987
Ocean Incineration Research Act of 1987 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a permit for the incineration of hazardous waste off the coast of Maryland until a hazardous waste reduction management feasibility report from the Office of Technology Assessment is completed and the Administrator promulgates final regulations. Requires the submission of such report to the Congress within three years and requires public participation in the drafting of the regulations. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1987
School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for demonstration programs of dropout prevention, reentry, and information. Allots specified percentages of such funds to various categories of LEAs. Limits the Federal share of project cost to no more than 90 percent in the first fiscal year, 75 percent in the second, and 60 percent in the third. Sets forth grant application requirements, including plans for dropout information collection and reporting systems. Sets forth authorized activities for which such grants may be used. Requires that: (1) at least 30 percent of grant funds be used for dropout prevention activities; (2) at least 30 percent of grant funds be used for dropout reentry persuasion and assistance activities; and (3) not more than 15 percent of any grant be used for administrative costs. Requires that grants be used to supplement other funds. Requires grant recipients to cooperate with the coordination and dissemination efforts of the National Diffusion Network and State educational agencies. Directs the Secretary of Education to report annually to the appropriate committees of the Congress on the activities under this Act. Sets forth provisions for auditing and withholding payments.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1987
Grants a Federal charter to the Retired Enlisted Association, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1987
Tax Exemption Equity Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny status as a tax-exempt organization to organizations which directly or indirectly perform or finance abortions. Denies the income, estate, and gift tax charitable contribution deductions for amounts contributed to such organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1987
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the right to life is the paramount and most fundamental right of a person. Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. States that nothing in this article shall prohibit a law allowing medical procedures required to prevent the death of either the pregnant woman or the unborn offspring.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) no Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) physician payment methodology should be implemented which is based on hospital discharge classifications or requires mandatory assignment; and (2) no drastic change in the Medicare physician payment methodology should be undertaken without the receipt of reports required by legislation enacted in the 99th Congress and a detailed analysis of the long-range impact of such change on the provision of health care.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to require commission merchants, dealers, and brokers to label imported perishable commodities with the name of the country of origin.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Minimum Wage Inflation Adjustment Act of 1987 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage by increments to $4.35 starting January 1, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Elder Abuse Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an office known as the National Clearinghouse on Elder Abuse to: (1) compile an annual summary of recently conducted research on elder abuse; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs for the prevention and treatment of such abuse; (3) compile training materials for personnel engaged in elder abuse prevention; (4) provide technical assistance for the planning and implementation of programs relating to the problems of elder abuse; and (5) investigate the causes and national incidence of elder abuse. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with public agencies or nonprofit organizations for demonstration projects designed to prevent and treat elder abuse. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the development and implementation of elder abuse prevention and treatment programs. Requires such States to have in effect a State elder abuse law with mandatory reporting provisions. Sets forth other requirements for eligibility. Prohibits the use of assistance for construction of facilities. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria to achieve equitable distribution of assistance among the States. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Community Adjustment Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to revise the special economic development and adjustment assistance program by establishing a community adjustment program. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants matching non-Federal funds for establishing a revolving loan fund to implement a community adjustment strategy for a designated distressed area upon receiving an application of a State, economic development district, local government, Indian tribe, or private or public nonprofit organization representing such area. Requires a revolving loan fund to be available for making: (1) loans for improvement of public facilities; and (2) loans and loan guarantees to any business for providing capital, assets, facilities, or equipment or establishing any qualified employee ownership organization or worker cooperative association necessary to establish or retain such business in such area. Prohibits any loan from being made under a revolving loan fund, unless: (1) the loan is not available from private lenders; and (2) the loan applicant assures repayment of the loan and agrees to submit semiannual reports to the fund administrator and other information required by the Secretary. Specifies procedures for calculating interest on such loans. Prohibits loans from being made to facilitate the relocation of industrial or commercial facilities, unless the Secretary finds that such relocation would not significantly and adversely affect unemployment in, or the economic base of, the area from which the facility would relocate. Requires each grant recipient, for five years after receiving a grant, to submit reports required by the Secretary and to monitor the effectiveness of assistance being provided from the revolving loan fund. Prohibits the use of assistance provided under this Act for administrative expenses. Requires grant applications to include: (1) a certification that any activity or program to be funded will be carried out or located in a distressed area; (2) a community adjustment strategy; and (3) a statement that the applicant attempted to obtain job training assistance under the Job Training Partnership Act for individuals in distressed areas as part of its community adjustment strategy. Includes among applicant selection criteria the severity of distress and the extent of private sector involvement in the area for which the grant is to be made. Directs the Secretary to designate as a distressed area any area that: (1) is experiencing long-term economic distress and a permanent loss of a substantial number of jobs; (2) has experienced or is threatened with the loss of a major employer; (3) has experienced an emergency or major disaster as declared by the President during the preceding year; or (4) has experienced a significant rise in unemployment in an occupation. Requires the aggregate population of areas designated as being in distress in any period to be not less than 20 percent nor more than 25 percent of the population of the United States. Requires a community adjustment strategy to: (1) identify the economic adjustment problems, a strategy for solving the problems, and the extent to which the strategy will enhance the ability of the applicant to implement any projects and programs to carry out the proposed adjustment; (2) discuss the necessary projects and timetables for, and the costs and anticipated benefits of, implementing the strategy; (3) summarize the public and private resources expected to be available for such projects; and (4) identify methods to be used to find employment for persons unemployed or threatened with unemployment. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for up to 75 percent of the cost of preparation of such strategies for distressed areas. Prohibits more than 15 percent of the appropriations made under this Act from being expended in any State, except for expenditures to Indian tribes. Requires the Secretary to: (1) disseminate information concerning national and regional economic trends which are likely to result in economic dislocations; (2) develop and test new economic adjustment approaches and methods to predict economic dislocations; (3) provide necessary technical and financial assistance to any State, economic development district, or local government to monitor its local economy in order to anticipate economic dislocations; (4) identify technical assistance teams, experts, and other methods for providing technical assistance necessary to respond to economic dislocations; (5) provide, upon the request of a distressed area representative, technical assistance necessary to keep open any business threatened with closure, to find a buyer for any such business, or to reopen any business; (6) provide, upon the request of a representative of a distressed area that is not likely to receive any revolving loan fund assistance, technical assistance necessary to enable the applicant to deal with its economic adjustment problems; and (7) make information on the results of activities carried out with assistance under this Act available to areas experiencing economic dislocations. Directs the Secretary to maintain as permanent records of the Department of Commerce, and make available to the public, specified information on applications approved for grants under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Repeals the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which include one-half of social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits in the gross income of the taxpayer. Provides that one-half of social security benefits paid to nonresident aliens is includible in the gross income of the nonresident alien.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the taxation of title II benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
American Footwear Industry Self-Help Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to estimate and publish annually the number of pairs of nonrubber footwear purchased in the United States (domestic consumption). Limits the percentage of nonrubber footwear that may be imported for such estimated domestic consumption during certain 12-month periods over five years. Directs the Secretary to allocate such import limitations among foreign countries, taking into consideration: (1) average levels of imports for the period 1978 through 1982; (2) findings of unfair trade practices with respect to nonrubber footwear products; (3) recent market trends; and (4) such other considerations as the Secretary deems appropriate. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to take all necessary actions to enforce this Act. Authorizes the Secretaries to issue such implementing regulations as necessary to effect the purposes of this Act and to enforce its provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an income tax exclusion for payments, or economic benefits resulting from payments, made under the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Specifies that such exclusion shall not apply to: (1) payments made as compensation for services performed; (2) payments made for the use or acquisition of any interests in real or personal property; (3) income from the sale of minerals, soil, or any other materials in or on the affected land or water; (4) income from the sale or exchange of any interests in affected land or water; or (5) payments made under the rural abandoned mine program of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable income tax credit for expenses incurred in the care of elderly family members. Sets such credit at 30 percent of the expenses incurred for taxpayers with incomes of $25,000 or less. Reduces the rate of such credit, but not below 20 percent, by one percent for each $2,000 of taxpayer income in excess of $25,000. Limits such credit to taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of less than $75,000. Imposes a maximum $10,000 limit on the amount of elderly care expenses that can be taken into account. Defines "qualified family member" as any individual who: (1) is related to the taxpayer by blood or marriage; (2) is at least 70 years of age, is diagnosed with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type, or is disabled; and (3) has a family income of $15,000 or less. Defines "qualified elderly care expenses" as payments for: (1) home health agency services; (2) homemaker services; (3) adult day care; (4) respite care; or (5) certain health care equipment and supplies.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an additional standard deduction for deafness of a taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse or dependents.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the Government's expenditures from exceeding its revenues in any fiscal year, except in cases of national emergency as determined by a three-fifths vote of the Congress. Prohibits total Government expenditures during a fiscal year from exceeding 20 percent of the gross national product for the preceding calendar year.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the proposed rescissions of budget authority for the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the community development block grant program (R87-46) and for the urban development action grant program (R87-47) should not be approved. Requires that funds withheld under these proposed rescission requests be made available for obligation. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to resume the funding allocation and application processing appropriate to the respective grant programs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should reject the President's recommendation in his 1988 budget proposal to repeal the partial excise tax exemption for alcohol fuels.
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 titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to treat multiple sclerosis victims as permanently disabled and eligible for disability benefits under such titles regardless of their ability to engage in substantial gainful activity.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Andrew Wyeth in recognition of his contributions to American art and culture. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of the medal.
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
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
Essential Highway Reauthorization Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) the Federal-aid Interstate primary program; (2) the Interstate substitution program; (3) the bridge replacement and rehabilitation program; (4) the territorial highway program for the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (5) the Federal lands highways program; (6) highway safety programs; (7) certain hazard elimination and rail-highway crossing projects; (8) emergency relief projects; and (9) certain minimum apportionments. Sets guidelines under which authorizations for specified Federal-aid highway programs are determined by the average annual net highway tax receipts in the highway account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1990. Mandates that the Federal share of net income from the revenues obtained by a State for sales, uses, or leases of right-of-way airspace be used by the State for eligible projects under the Federal-aid highway program. Merges Interstate construction, Interstate rehabilitation, and primary programs into a single program (the Interstate/Primary program). Authorizes States to allocate funds for any projects currently permitted under these programs. Eliminates the Federal-aid secondary and urban systems. Requires the repayment of Federal funds spent on construction items, materials, and rights-of-way on an Interstate or primary system if they are not applied to a transportation project within ten years. Sets forth apportionment and allocation guidelines for the Federal-aid system. Provides funding for both substitute highway and urban mass transit projects from the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund (thus eliminating the separate authorization for substitute transit projects). Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish Federal inspection procedures for construction performed by State highway departments upon the Federal-aid system. Repeals the proscription against the use of convict-produced materials in Federal-aid highway system construction projects. Reduces a State's apportionment for the Federal-aid Interstate-primary program if: (1) the State fails to certify that a maintenance program is in effect for the Interstate System; or (2) the Secretary determines that a State is not adequately maintaining the Interstate System. Repeals the authority of the Secretary to discharge his or her construction oversight responsibilities regarding Federal-aid highway projects by accepting State certification that such projects are being implemented in accordance with State criteria that coincide with Federal criteria. Sets guidelines for the apportionment of sums and the Federal share payable for the Federal-aid highway program. Makes funds made available to the State of Alaska for construction of access and development roads on the Federal-aid system. Sets forth, with specified exceptions, a maximum 75 percent Federal share of construction costs for: (1) replacement and rehabilitation (for which current law fixes an 80 percent share). Sets a 90 percent maximum Federal share for Interstate projects and an 85 percent maximum share of Interstate substitute projects. Limits the Federal share for emergency relief projects to the normal rate for a project on a system, except under certain circumstances when it may increase to 100 percent. Repeals the increased share of 100 percent for traffic control signalization substitution, pavement marking, and commuter carpooling and vanpooling projects. Makes the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa eligible for Federal emergency relief funds for highway repair caused by certain catastrophic failures or natural disasters. Permits the State of Maine and its offshore islands to maintain ferry operations in foreign or international waters. Authorizes the obligation of Federal-aid Interstate-Primary program funds for an Interstate 4R project (rehabilitation and repair project) on a toll road designated as part of the Interstate System if an agreement has been reached between the Secretary and the appropriate State officials that such road will become free to the public when such tolls are sufficient to liquidate its operation and debt service. Provides for funding of projects to eliminate hazards at railway-highway crossings. Makes certain apportioned funds available for implementation of the Strategic Highway Research Program. Requires the Secretary to develop criteria under which such funds shall be used to conduct research, development, and technology transfer determined to be strategically important to the national highway transportation system. Declares that no State matching share is required for such sums. Directs the Secretary to implement a transportation needs planning process with State and local officials only for urbanized areas of 200,000 (currently 50,000) population or more. Reduces from $10,000,000 to $2,500,000 the sums which the Secretary is authorized to deduct for the administration of highway construction improvement programs. Authorizes the States to obligate a specified percentage of funds for such programs. Amends the Federal highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to require States to maintain a current inventory of all bridges subject to the National Bridge Inspection Standards. Includes in the Federal bridge program only non-Interstate primary system bridges. Makes bridges on the Interstate system eligible for Federal funds under the Interstate/Primary program. Declares that the Federal-aid Interstate-primary program shall consist of projects for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of the primary and Interstate System, and requires the Secretary to give priority consideration to: (1) completion of essential gaps on the Interstate System; and (2) rehabilitation of existing highway facilities. Directs the Secretary to allocate authorized appropriations for forest highways within the Forest Service regions and States according to the needs to various elements of the National Forest System. Amends the Federal Lands Highways Program to declare that funds available for park roads and parkways and Indian reservation roads shall be used by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to pay for certain planning and construction costs. Amends the territorial highway program to require the designation in each territory of a territorial Federal-aid highway system including all highways eligible for funding. Amends the highway research and planning program to require that a minimum of one and one-half percent of sums apportioned each fiscal year to any State under the Federal-aid highways program be used for specified highway planning and research. Requires the Secretary to periodically report to the Congress concerning bridge projects, inspections, and rehabilitation conducted under the highway research and planning program. Decreases from one-half of one percent to one-quarter of one percent the National Highway Institute funds available for expenditure by a State highway department for the education and training of State and local highway department employees. Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to provide education and training of highway employees at no cost to State and local governments for those subject areas which are a Federal program responsibility. Outlines the conditions under which real property may be donated by a person to a State or Federal agency. Amends the General Bridge Act of 1906 to repeal Federal regulatory authority over bridge tolls. Amends the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1978 to repeal the September 30, 1986, deadline for commencing construction on all Interstate segments and substitute projects. States that general Federal bridge authority applies to all bridges heretofore constructed under congressional authority, including bridges constructed under toll provisions. Makes interim provisions for certain unobligated funds. Title II: Highway Block Grant Act of 1987 - Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the apportionment of authorized appropriations; (2) progress payments to the States; (3) allocations to urbanized areas of 200,000 population or more; and (4) certain eligible highway construction and bridge rehabilitation projects. Replaces the highway and transit funding mechanism currently administered under the Federal Highway Administration and the Urban Mass Transportation Act with a block grant program funding mechanism wherein all funding is derived from the fees paid into the Highway Trust Fund. Provides for a maximum Federal share of 75 percent for such eligible projects. Requires each State to provide annual written assurance regarding: (1) the distribution of the highway and block grants; and (2) the implementation of mass transit projects under the grant. Makes Federal nondiscrimination statutes applicable to Federally assisted programs under the highway block grant. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold payments from a non-complying governmental unit. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to implement the highway block grant program.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Highway Safety Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for highway safety programs for FY 1987 through 1990. Rescinds the Secretary's authority to temporarily amend or waive highway safety standards for the purpose of evaluating different highway safety programs. Repeals the requirement that a State highway safety program must provide for driver education in the school system as a prerequisite for Federal approval of such a program. Extends from September 1, 1981, to September 1, 1987, the deadline by which the Secretary is required to begin a rulemaking process to determine the most effective accident-reducing programs. Repeals congressional veto provisions regarding such rules. Alters the make-up of the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee in the Department of Transportation. Amends the National Driver Register Act of 1982 to extend the deadline by which the Secretary is required to: (1) promulgate final rules regarding establishment of the National Driver Register; and (2) begin a pilot test program for an electronic information retrieval system regarding individual motor vehicle driving records; and (3) report to the Congress regarding the Register. Directs the Secretary to: (1) include in his report to the Congress any recommendations concerning the desirability of extending the authorization of appropriations beyond FY 1987; and (2) submit a comprehensive report to the Congress regarding the effectiveness of the National Driver Register System three years after the establishment of a fully electronic Register system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Prohibits the Secretary from establishing final minimum standards regarding the performance and installation of splash and spray suppression devices on certain trucks until the Secretary has determined that: (1) the available technology can substantially reduce splash and spray and improve visibility; and (2) such technology will protect the public from unreasonable risks. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the standards based upon available technology foster competition among splash and spray suppression device manufacturers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that specified minimum tax and accounting rules applicable to installment obligations shall not apply to obligations arising from sales of property by nondealers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow homeowners to deduct the full amount of prepaid interest in connection with the refinancing of their principal residences for the taxable year in which paid.