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Rep. Lancaster, H. Martin [D-NC-3]

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Bill· HRH.R. 3889 (100th)open

Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1988

Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988 - Title I: Child Pornography - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it illegal to use a computer to transport information in interstate or foreign commerce concerning the visual depiction of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct (child pornography). Establishes criminal penalties for buying, selling, or transferring the custody of a minor: (1) knowing that, as a consequence of the sale or transfer, the minor will be used in child pornography; or (2) with the intent to promote child pornography. States that such sale or transfer must involve: (1) the minor or other actor traveling in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) communications in interstate or foreign commerce; or (3) conduct in a territory or possession of the United States. Requires any person who produces a book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter which contains any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct (which is shipped or intended for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, or contains material shipped in interstate or foreign commerce) to maintain certain records regarding the performers portrayed in such conduct. Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations regarding the maintenance and availability of such records. Includes the sexual exploitation of children as a predicate offense to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. Title II: Obscenity - Makes it a Federal criminal offense to receive or possess, with the intent to distribute, obscene matter which has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce. Makes it a Federal criminal offense to knowingly use a facility or means of commerce to sell or distribute obscene matter in interstate or foreign commerce. Establishes a rebuttable presumption, with respect to Federal criminal offenses involving obscene matter, that obscene matter produced in one State (or outside the United States) which is subsequently located in another State (or in the United States) was transported, shipped, or carried in interstate (or foreign) commerce. Establishes criminal and civil forfeiture procedures with respect to Federal offenses involving obscene material and child pornography. Includes communications by means of cable or subscription television within the prohibition against broadcasting obscene language. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the penalty provisions of such Act with respect to obscene telephone communications. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for the possession or sale of obscene matter on Federal property. Adds obscenity offenses to the list of crimes for which the Government may obtain wiretaps.

Bill· HRH.R. 3850 (100th)open

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit tax-free sales of diesel fuel for use on a farm.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1988

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the excise tax on diesel and aviation fuels. Prohibits imposition of the tax on the sale of these fuels to any purchaser (or purchaser for resale to a second purchaser) for use on a farm for farming purposes. (Although fuel sold for these purposes is tax-exempt under current law, provisions of the Revenue Act of 1987 require purchasers to pay the tax and subsequently apply for a refund based on nontaxable uses of the fuel.)

Bill· HRH.R. 3806 (100th)open

A bill to establish a scholarship program to strenghen and develop the work forces of the countries of the Caribbean Basin, to establish the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Fund, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987

Directs the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Commission (established by this Act) to establish and administer a scholarship program in the form of loans to enable students from eligible countries in the Caribbean Basin to study at an institution of higher education or vocational school in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Provides that repayment of such loans will be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to such student's country of origin for a period which is at least one year longer than the period spent studying in Puerto Rico. Requires Puerto Rico to provide 50 percent of the amount appropriated to the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Fund. Permits such amount to be provided by other than cash. Establishes the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Fund. Appropriates to the Fund five percent of the amounts received in the Treasury on or after enactment of this Act that are attributable to the duties imposed on all articles imported from eligible countries. Establishes the Caribbean Basin Scholarship Commission to distribute scholarships to students in eligible countries, giving consideration to: (1) underserved and underdeveloped areas; (2) students who need financial assistance to pursue an education; and (3) institutions of higher education and vocational schools offering training or education in areas that have the greatest potential for strengthening the workforce in the Caribbean Basin. Specifies conditions for eligibility and selection of scholars.

Bill· HRH.R. 3814 (100th)open

A bill relating to decennial censuses of population.

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that during any decennial census: (1) no member of the armed forces, civilian employee of the Department of Defense, or dependent of such member or employee, is excluded based on such member or employee being assigned to a post outside the United States; and (2) any alien not lawfully admitted for permanent residence is not included.

Bill· HRH.R. 3815 (100th)open

A bill relating to decennial censuses of population.

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that no member of the armed forces, civilian employee of the Department of Defense, or dependent of such member or employee is excluded from any decennial census based on such member or employee being assigned to a post outside the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 3810 (100th)referred

Infant Mortality Reduction Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987

Infant Mortality Reduction Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for financial assistance to projects to provide comprehensive maternal and infant health care and related educational and social services to high-risk populations in areas of need. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for planning for the establishment of the projects. Provides, in regard to the projects, for required services and programs, preference in providing assistance, uses of funds, and administrative and evaluation requirements. Provides a formula for required matching funds. Prohibits expending more than 15 percent of the amount appropriated under this Act in any year for projects in any one State. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993. Directs the Secretary to administer the assistance provided under this Act through the administrative unit designated in specified provisions of the Social Security Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 3807 (100th)reported

Local Government Infrastructure Financing Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987

Local Government Infrastructure Financing Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide local governments technical assistance with respect to financing construction, repair, and expansion of public works facilities, including provision of information necessary to familiarize local governments about the use and availability of tax-exempt public works facility bonds for such financing. Requires the Secretary to report biennially to specified congressional committees on local government public works financing practices. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) raise from $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 the threshold amount of tax-exempt bonds that a small governmental unit may issue and still remain within the exception from arbitrage rebate requirements; and (2) increase from ten percent to 25 percent the amount of tax-exempt government bond proceeds that may be used by a nongovernmental entity for private purposes without triggering treatment of the bond issue as a taxable private activity bond. Limits the latter provision to governmental issuers whose reasonably anticipated amount of tax-exempt obligations to be issued during the calendar year is $25,000,000 or less. Caps at $25,000,000 the amount of bonds to which the issuer may apply the 25 percent private use test in any year.

Bill· HRH.R. 3813 (100th)referred

A bill to provide that former Presidents shall be nonvoting members-at-large of the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987

Provides for each former President (other than one removed from office through impeachment) to be a member-at-large of the House of Representatives. Declares that such former Presidents may not receive additional compensation by reason of such service and may not hold elective or appointive office while so serving.

Bill· HRH.R. 3788 (100th)referred

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1987

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish a new alternative formula for computing the primary insurance amount (used in calculating the amount of OASDI benefits to which an individual is entitled) of workers born after 1916 and before 1930. Makes the new formula effective beginning January 1987, but provides retroactive benefits of up to $1,000 for months prior to January 1987. Excludes the earnings an individual who was born before 1917 earns in or after the year he or she reaches age 70 from the calculation of benefits payable to such individual after 1985.

Bill· HRH.R. 3791 (100th)referred

A bill to require that the Office of Personnel Management devise a plan on ways to reduce or eliminate delays in processing applications for benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, in order to allow an individual to go from regular pay to retirement or disability retirement pay without interruption.

United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1987

Requires the Office of Personnel Management to report, with recommendations, to the Congress on the problem of delays in processing applications for benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System. Directs the Office to examine: (1) current methods and procedures; (2) circumstances where it might be appropriate to provide interim benefits; (3) the feasibility of processing records, forms, and other matters in anticipation of an employee's retirement; and (4) the effectiveness of retirement counselors. Requires the report to contain a plan to allow an individual to go from regular pay to retirement or disability retirement pay without interruption.

Bill· HRH.R. 3792 (100th)referred

A bill to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to declare the recent Long Island brown tide contamination a disaster for purposes of providing disaster assistance under the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1987

Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to declare the recent Long Island brown tide contamination a disaster for purposes of providing disaster assistance under the Small Business Act. Prohibits making eligibility of individual applicants for assistance dependent on: (1) the number of disaster victims in any county or other political subdivision; or (2) whether or not an applicant who normally conducts operations in the area of such contamination is otherwise situated or located in such area.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 429 (100th)open

A joint resolution deploring the Soviet Government's active persecution of religious believers in the Ukraine.

United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1987

Deplores the Soviet Government's active persecution of religious believers in the Ukraine and its forcible liquidation of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Churches. Sends greetings to the Ukrainian people on the Millennium of Christianity in the Ukraine. Urges the President, the Secretary of State, the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, and the U.S. delegation to the Vienna Review Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to continue to speak out forcefully against violations of religious liberty everywhere and, specifically, in the Ukraine. Calls upon the Soviet Government to release all those imprisoned for their religious beliefs. Discourages U.S. officials from attending the commemoration of the Millennium in the Soviet Union so long as individuals remain imprisoned for their religious beliefs and the Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox churches remain outlawed. Urges the U.S. Government to call on the Soviet Government to ban its prohibition of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Churches.

Bill· HRH.R. 3774 (100th)referred

Congressional Salary Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1987

Congressional Salary Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to make the recommendations of the President relating to congressional salaries of an advisory nature. Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to declare the rate of pay for Members of Congress to be that which is payable for such positions on the date of enactment of this Act. Requires any bill or resolution which would adjust the rate of pay of Members to take effect at the beginning of the next Congress and to deal with no other subject matter. Requires a recorded vote on such bill or resolution.

Bill· HRH.R. 3742 (100th)reported

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize erection of a memorial and museum on federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor members of the Armed Forces who served in World War II and to commemorate United States participation in that conflict.

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a memorial and museum on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its immediate area to honor World War II veterans and to commemorate U.S. participation in that conflict. Directs the Commission to plan, design, construct, and oversee the operation of the memorial and museum. Establishes the World War II Memorial and Museum Advisory Board to: (1) promote the establishment of the memorial and museum and encourage the donation of private funds for construction and maintenance; and (2) recommend the site and select the design for the memorial and museum, subject to the approval of the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to solicit private contributions for such memorial and museum. Authorizes Federal funding, in addition to such private funds, for preparation, planning, establishment, construction, and maintenance of the memorial and museum. Authorizes assistance from specified Federal departments and agencies. Authorizes Federal property to be transferred to the Commission, or authorizes the Commission to purchase suitable property within the District of Columbia for the establishment of such memorial and museum.

Bill· HRH.R. 3735 (100th)open

A bill to provide for a research program to examine and enhance agricultural production and food processing systems, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1987

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make competitive research grants to: (1) develop a statistical framework to measure the extent to which microbiological and chemical agents in agricultural products pose human health risks; (2) identify such agents; and (3) devise appropriate testing and control procedures. Creates a peer review committee to evaluate grant applications. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees no later than one year after enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter. Authorizes FY 1988 through 1992 appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 3730 (100th)open

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the medical expense deduction available for expenses connected with the acquisition, training, and maintenance of service dogs for handicapped individuals.

United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1987

Requires that, for the purpose of the income tax deduction for medical expenses, expenditures for the acquisition, training, and maintenance of a service animal used to assist a handicapped individual be treated in the same manner as corresponding expenditures in connection with guide dogs for the blind. (Under Internal Revenue Service revenue rulings, these latter expenditures are treated as deductible.)

Bill· HRH.R. 3723 (100th)referred

A bill to prevent interagency disputes with the Federal Financing Bank from disrupting Rural Electrification Administration loan guarantee programs.

United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1987

Amends the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973 to state that specified loan guarantee agreements between the Rural Electrification Administration and the Federal Financing Bank shall remain in effect, notwithstanding their effective dates, until superseded by other such agreements.

Bill· HRH.R. 3719 (100th)open

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the targeted jobs tax credit, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the targeted jobs income tax credit. Extends the credit to employees who begin work in 1989 through 1991. (Current law terminates the credit for employees who begin work after December 31, 1988.) Includes as a targeted group individuals aged 65 or older who are members of economically disadvantaged families. Revises the minimum employment period requirement for purposes of this credit.

Bill· HRH.R. 3716 (100th)referred

Emergency Loan and Disaster Assistance Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987

Emergency Loan and Disaster Assistance Act of 1987 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make certain persons with 1987 crop damage eligible for emergency crop (insurance) loans.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 223 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that in 1988 in celebration of the millennium of the Christianization of Kievan-Rus' the Soviet Union should proclaim a general amnesty for imprisoned Christians and allow Christians to practice their faith within their churches and homes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987

Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in celebration of the millennium of the Christianization of Kievan-Rus', the Soviet Union should: (1) comply with its international obligations and allow Christians to practice their faith without harassment; (2) grant a general amnesty for all Christians who have been imprisoned because of their religious beliefs; (3) allow religious believers to practice their faith freely; (4) permit unlimited publication, distribution, and importation of religious materials; and (5) allow closed churches to reopen, new churches to be built, and theological seminaries to open or expand.

Bill· HRH.R. 3694 (100th)referred

A bill to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to declare the recent North Carolina coast red tide contamination a disaster for purposes of providing disaster assistance under the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1987

Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to declare the recent North Carolina coast red tide contamination a disaster for purposes of providing disaster assistance under the Small Business Act. Prohibits making eligibility of individual applicants for assistance dependent on: (1) the number of disaster victims in any county or other political subdivision; or (2) whether or not an applicant who normally conducts operations in the area of such contamination is otherwise situated or located in such area.

Bill· HRH.R. 3696 (100th)referred

Middle-Income Family Higher Education Savings Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1987

Middle-Income Family Higher Education Savings Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of the taxpayer's child at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the deduction to $1,000 per year per child. Provides that no account may have more than one beneficiary. Permits a deduction with respect to only one account in cases of multiple accounts for the same beneficiary. Disallows the deduction for contributions made to an account after the beneficiary either attains age 25 or graduates from an eligible educational institution. Permits the exclusion from the gross income of the recipient beneficiary of payments and distributions from an education savings account as long as such amounts: (1) are used for the educational expenses of that individual; or (2) are rolled over into an education savings account established for a sibling of that individual. Exempts the education savings accounts themselves from taxation unless they cease to be proper education savings accounts because either the contributor taxpayer or the beneficiary engages in prohibited transactions or the beneficiary pledges the account as security. Establishes penalties in the form of additional tax when account funds or distributions are improperly used. Requires that the trustee of an education savings account report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the account's benefactor on the maintenance of the account. Identifies the criteria and requirements applicable to an education savings account. Provides that contributions to an education savings account shall not be subject to gift tax. Establishes: (1) a five percent excise tax on amounts connected with any prohibited transaction with respect to an education savings account; and (2) a penalty for failure to file required reports concerning the education savings account.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 403 (100th)open

Raoul Wallenberg Monument Resolution

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1987

Raoul Wallenberg Monument Resolution - Authorizes the Raoul Wallenberg Tribute Committee to establish a monument to honor Raoul Wallenberg on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs. Prohibits the United States from paying any expense of the establishment of the monument.

Bill· HRH.R. 3628 (100th)open

A bill to authorize the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to establish a commemorative statue to recognize and honor the women of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam war.

United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1987

Authorizes the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to establish a commemorative statue within the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to recognize and honor the women of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam war. Expresses the sense of the Congress that after the addition of such statue, no further commemorative works should be added to the Memorial. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select a site for the statue within the Memorial. Makes the design proposal subject to the approval of the Secretary and the National Capital Planning Commission. Prohibits the United States and the District of Columbia from paying any expense of establishing the statue.

Bill· HRH.R. 3622 (100th)referred

A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide commissary and exchange benefits to certain former spouses of members of the uniformed services.

United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1987

Amends the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act by directing the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to provide commissary and exchange benefits to certain unremarried former spouses of members or former members of the uniformed services who performed at least 20 years of creditable service, without regard to the date of the final divorce, dissolution, or annulment decree.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 397 (100th)referred

A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the United States should purchase products made in the United States and services provided in the United States, whenever possible, instead of products made or services performed outside the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1987

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the people of the United States should purchase U.S. products and services whenever possible. Urges the President and the State Governors to issue proclamations calling upon the people to promote this policy with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Requests that leaders of civic and consumer organizations, and of the mass media, assist in: (1) promoting awareness of the importance of selecting U.S. goods and services; and (2) identifying such American goods and services, and the merchants from whom they may be acquired. Requests and encourages U.S. producers and manufacturers to make every effort to label and advertise the U.S. origin of such goods.

Bill· HRH.R. 3585 (100th)referred

Agricultural Extended Retirement Credit Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1987

Agricultural Extended Retirement Credit Act of 1987 - Extends creditable service under the Civil Service Retirement System for periods of service in certain Federal-State cooperative programs which had agricultural or related purposes. Establishes a hiring limitation period of three fiscal years after 60 days following enactment of this Act on the replacement of retirees in the United States Department of Agriculture. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any budget authority or outlays saved in any fiscal year by reason of reduced pay and personnel resulting from implementation of this Act. Requires that the budget authority and outlays thus saved be credited against pay and other personnel costs required to be sequestered under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires the Comptroller General to notify the Congress, in writing, of each instance of noncompliance with the requirement of this Act. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to report to the Congress on an evaluation of the extended credit retirement program and the limitation on replacement of retirees provided under this Act.