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United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987
Designates May 9 through May 15, 1988, as National Stuttering Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1987
Designates the week of November 1 through November 7, 1987, as National Watermen's Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1987
Prohibits the proposed enhancement or upgrade in the sensitivity of technology of, or the capacity of, Maverick missiles for Saudi Arabia, as described in the May 29, 1987, certification from the President to the Congress under the Arms Export Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1987
Designates the week beginning February 1, 1988, as National VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program) Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987
Designates May 25, 1987, as National Day of Mourning for the victims of the U.S.S. Stark, in honor of the crew of the Navy frigate struck by Iraqi missiles in the Persian Gulf.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should review its foreign policy toward and its relationship with the Government of China in light of the continued violation of human rights in Tibet. Requires any certification to the Congress pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act with respect to the sale of arms to China to be accompanied by a presidential determination that the Government of China is acting in good faith and in a timely manner to resolve human rights issues in Tibet. Requires the Secretary of State to submit a report to the Congress on the human rights situation in Tibet. Provides financial assistance for Tibetan refugees for FY 1988 and 1989. Provides scholarships for Tibetan exiles for FY 1988 and 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend the duty on luggage frames of aluminum through December 31, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1987
Designates August 1, 1987, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania; (3) convey to all signatories of such Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is vital to progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; (4) convey to U.S. allies the necessity of unity regarding such Accords; (5) continue his efforts to achieve the release of political prisoners of the Soviet Union, increase in Soviet emigration, resolution of family reunification cases, and cessation of radio transmission jamming; (6) seek the inclusion, in any concluding document agreed to in Vienna, of a mechanism to sustain human rights progress after the Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and (7) convey to signatory states the desire of the United States for a result at Vienna that will not favor military security at the expense of human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating the 300th commencement exercise at Ohio State University on June 12, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1987
Provides that each item of any joint resolution making continuing appropriations that is agreed to in the same form by both Houses of the Congress shall be enrolled as a separate bill or joint resolution for presentation to the President (line-item veto).
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1987
Designates the week of November 22 through November 28, 1987, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1987
Designates the week of April 24 through April 30, 1988, as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1987
Amends provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 which require that 50 percent of the gross income tonnage of cargoes procured, furnished, or financed, directly or indirectly, by the United States be transported on privately owned United States-flag commercial ocean vessels, to include components (whether or not in finished form) among the cargoes to which the 50-percent requirement must apply. Makes similar changes regarding the nature of cargoes in providing preference to U.S. vessels for military transportation by sea. Includes within such preferential requirement any goods contracted or subcontracted for on behalf of the military, regardless of when title passes to the Government, and including items accorded duty-free treatment under the Tariff Schedules of the U.S.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1987
Designates October 1987 as Polish American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1987
Designates the week beginning on the third Sunday of September 1987 and 1988 as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1987
Declares that: (1) the Department of State should pursue with the Government of Romania the importance of permitting the reunification of families such as the family of Napoleon Fodor and of respecting the right of individuals to travel or emigrate from Romania; (2) Romania should cease to place barriers against the reunification of families and the right to travel and emigrate; and (3) Romania should give urgent consideration to such matters before the renewal of the Most-Favored-Nation trade status of Romania.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1987
Designates the decade beginning January 1, 1988, as the Decade of the Brain.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1987
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments of 1987 - Prohibits the expenditure of funds for any nuclear waste site characterization activities before the Federal Radioactive Waste Agency (established by this Act) has nominated sites for selection as repositories. Establishes the Federal Radioactive Waste Agency as an independent instrumentality within the executive branch. Establishes a Director of such Agency. Requires an annual report to the Congress regarding Agency activities and expenditures. Outlines the staffing and functions of the Agency. Directs the Comptroller General to make annual audits of the Agency. Repeals specified repository siting guidelines issued by the Department of Energy. Requires the Director to: (1) issue revised guidelines for the recommendation of repository sites; (2) nominate at least five sites considered suitable for characterization within 18 months after such revised guidelines are issued; (3) recommend to the President at least three sites as candidate sites; and (4) issue an environmental assessment for each such site. Provides that if the President approves certain candidate sites in an order other than the order in which such sites were ranked, then no site characterization activity will be implemented until 18 months after the President's approval. Sets forth procedural guidelines under which the President is required to submit site recommendations to the Congress. Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prescribe guidelines under which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall allocate disposal capacity in the first repository among producers of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Requires the Director to: (1) make grants to States adjacent to States in which a repository candidate site is approved for the purpose of studying the safety and environmental impact of such repositories; (2) appoint a panel to study the need for disposal capacity beyond the 70,000 metric ton limitation, and to submit its findings and recommendations to the Director within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act; (3) submit the panel findings to the Congress, along with recommendations for implementation; and (4) revise the mission plan in order to implement the amendments made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1987 - Title I: Liability for Production and Utilization Facilities - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide that the amount of financial protection required of licensees of facilities having a rated capacity of 100,000 electrical kilowatts or more shall be the maximum amount available at reasonable cost. Limits the maximum deferred premium that may be charged following a nuclear incident to $10,000,000 per year, per incident, for each facility required to maintain the maximum amount of primary financial protection. Establishes procedures to be followed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in borrowing funds from the Treasury to compensate victims of a nuclear incident if the NRC is liable for any deferred premiums, or if damages in any year exceed the amount available to pay claims. Precludes such borrowed funds from being used to pay any cost of investigating or settling claims, or defending suits for damages. Extends from August 1, 1987, to August 1, 1997, the period in which NRC will indemnify licensees from public liability in excess of the level of financial protection required of them. Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into indemnification agreements until August 1, 1997, with contractors who: (1) construct or operate production or utilization facilities; or (2) perform activities that may result in a nuclear incident or precautionary evacuation. Sets forth agreement guidelines. Directs the Secretary to compensate public liability claims arising from a nuclear incident resulting from certain nuclear material that is: (1) illegally diverted; or (2) cannot be traced to an insured Commission licensee. Defines "public liability" for purposes of this Act to include reasonable costs incurred by a State or its political subdivision in the course of responding to a nuclear incident or precautionary evacuation. Sets aggregate liability limits for nuclear incidents. Directs the Congress to provide full compensation to the public for all public liability claims in the event of a nuclear incident involving damages in excess of the amount of the aggregate liability limits. Sets an aggregate liability ceiling with respect to any nuclear incident occurring outside of the United States. Requires the Secretary of Energy or the NRC to survey the causes and extent of damage of any nuclear incident involving damages likely to exceed the statutory aggregate liability and report the results of such survey to the Congress, the Representatives and Senators of the affected districts and States, and the public. Requires the President to report to the Congress: (1) an estimate of the aggregate dollar value of damages exceeding the statutory limit; (2) a recommendation for additional sources of funds for such compensation; and (3) specific proposals for disbursing compensation to the public. Extends from August 1, 1987, to August 1, 1997, the NRC's authority to indemnify certain nonprofit educational institutions licensed to operate nuclear research reactors. Repeals the condition that a State statute of limitations be waived only if suit is filed within 20 years after a nuclear incident. (Thus, conditions the waiving of a statute of limitations only upon institution of a suit within three years of the date the claimant knew or reasonably could have known of the injury.) Revises the application of the waiver-of-defenses to include extraordinary nuclear occurrence involving nuclear materials licensees indemnified by the NRC. Permits the consolidation and removal of public liability actions pending on the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth conditions under which the chief judge of the Federal district court in which claims are consolidated is authorized to establish a special caseload management panel for the coordination of cases arising out of a nuclear incident. Extends from August 1, 1983, to August 1, 1993, the deadline by which the Department and the NRC must report to the Congress on the need for continuation or modification of the Price-Anderson Act. Authorizes any person who pays deferred premium assessments to bring an action to recover such payments from any contractor (or related personnel) whose gross negligence contributed to the nuclear incident. Authorizes the NRC or the Secretary to bring an action to recover from a licensee or contractor the compensation or indemnification amounts paid by the Federal Government for public liability resulting from the gross negligence of such licensee or contractor. Prohibits the Department of Energy from reimbursing such contractors. Title II: Liability Involving Nuclear Waste - Requires the Secretary to enter into indemnification agreements with contractors for activities involving radioactive waste subject to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, including the transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of such waste. Sets forth such indemnification agreement guidelines. Sets forth indemnification guidelines for public liability claims arising out of activities involving transuranic waste or activities authorized under a certain Waste Isolation Pilot Project. Title III: Miscellaneous Amendments - Makes the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 applicable to any nuclear incident rather than exclusively to an extraordinary nuclear occurrence. Requires the NRC to make an annual inflation adjustment for the maximum annual standard deferred premium required under this Act. Prohibits the NRC from entering into an indemnification agreement with any one possessing a byproduct materials license for a nuclear pharmacy or a nuclear medicine department of a clinic or hospital. Requires such entities to maintain liability insurance in accordance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Designates July 2, 1987, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987
Medicaid Community Property and Respite Care Act of 1987 - Title I: Community Property and Prevention of Spousal Impoverishment - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to treat the income and resources of an institutionalized individual and his or her community spouse as community property in determining their Medicaid eligibility. Requires that, after an institutionalized individual is determined to be eligible for Medicaid, a monthly income allowance (allowance) be deducted from the institutionalized individuals monthly income and paid to his or her community spouse to the extent such spouse's monthly income falls short of a minimum monthly maintenance needs allowance determined pursuant to a specified formula. Gives the institutionalized spouse the right to a hearing to establish that the allowance is not adequate to support the community spouse without financial duress so that an adequate amount of support will be substituted for the allowance. Permits an institutionalized spouse to transfer resources to the community spouse to the extent the median net worth of male householders 65 years of age or older exceeds the amount of resources otherwise available to the community spouse. Title II: Offering of Respite Care under Medicaid - Provides Medicaid coverage of respite care for up to 30 days in any calendar year. Prohibits coverage of more than 15 consecutive days of inpatient respite care or three consecutive days of in-home respite care.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987
Designates the week beginning August 2, 1987, as International Special Olympics Week and designates August 3, 1987, as International Special Olympics Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Congratulates Ducks Unlimited, Incorporated, for its accomplishments in 50 years of protection and enhancement of wetlands waterfowl habitat.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) calls for the immediate release of all the children detained under state of emergency regulations in South Africa; and (2) pending the release of the children, calls on South Africa to permit parental access to the children, make public their names and their location, provide them with adequate food, clothing, and protection, and permit an international organization to verify the above and make sure that such children are not abused or tortured.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Sets forth the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1988 and the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1989 and 1990. Sets forth levels and amounts of Federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, and deficits for FY 1988 through 1990 for purposes of determining whether the maximum defict amounts set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) have been exceeded. Recommends levels of Federal revenues of $672,000,000,000 for FY 1988, $712,000,000,000 for FY 1989, and $776,700,000,000 for 1990. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $12,000,000,000 for FY 1988, $11,600,000,000 for FY 1989, and $12,600,000,000 for FY 1990. Designates the following amounts of Federal revenues for Federal Insurance Contributions Act revenues: (1) $59,700,000,000 for FY 1988; (2) $63,900,000,000 for FY 1989; and $68,900,000,000 for FY 1990. Sets the appropriate levels of total new budget authority at $902,700,000,000 for FY 1988, $957,400,000,000 for FY 1989, and $995,700,000,000 for FY 1990. States that the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are $836,100,000,000 for FY 1988, $875,500,000,000 for FY 1989, and $914,900,000,000 for FY 1990. Sets the amount of the deficit at $164,400,000,000 for FY 1988, $163,500,000,000 for FY 1989, and $138,200,000,000 for FY 1990. Sets the appropriate levels of the public debt at $2,580,400,000,000 for FY 1988, $2,810,900,000,000 for FY 1989, and $3,014,000,000,000 for FY 1990. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity as follows: (1) $33,205,303,000 for new direct loan obligations and $149,583,221,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1988; (2) $31,907,373,000 for new direct loan obligations and $150,748,217,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1989; and (3) $30,617,576,000 for new direct loan obligations and $158,306,087,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1990. Sets forth the levels of budget authority, budget outlays, new direct obligations, and new primary loan guarantee commitments for each major functional category for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires all standing committees of the House of Representatives to make recommendations for FY 1988 for programs within their jurisdiction necessary to carry out proposed reductions in the deficit of $30,000,000,000 and submit such recommendations to the House Budget Committee. Directs the House Committee on Ways and Means to report changes in the law within the jurisdiction of that committee sufficient to increase revenues in FY 1988 by $12,000,000,000 and submit its recommendations to the House Budget Committee. Requires the House Committee on Government Operations to recommend proposed legislation to eliminate any constitutional defects in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Directs the Committee on the Budget to report to the House a reconciliation bill or resolution carrying out such recommendations. Directs the Congressional Budget Office to review such recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Designates the week beginning October 4, 1987, as National School Yearbook Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1987
Makes permanent the income tax credit for qualified research expenditures by repealing the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that would terminate such credit for expenses incurred or paid after 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1987
Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to revise the definition of "vessel of the United States." Provides that no vessel first documented after April 6, 1987, shall be considered a "vessel of the United States" unless such vessel is documented under specified laws relating to fishery licenses and registry which include considerations of where such vessel was built.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1987
Suspends nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) for products of Romania entered into the United States during the one-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. Allows the President to restore nondiscriminatory treatment to products of Romania prior to the end of such period if the President submits a report to the Congress, before the 181st day of the suspension year, containing: (1) the annual objectives of the United States toward achieving the gradual reduction of Romanian human rights violations during the remainder of the suspension year and the reduction and termination of such violations during the five succeeding years; and (2) recommendations regarding actions to be taken by the United States within such five-year period to achieve such objectives. Allows the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Romania during each of the five succeeding years if the President submits a report to the Congress before the beginning of each year stating that the Romanian Government is achieving the applicable human rights violation reduction objectives. Provides for the termination of such nondiscriminatory treatment for any part of such years by enactment of a joint resolution disapproving of the extension of such nondiscriminatory treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Designates the week beginning October 18, 1987, as Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Designates the week of September 14 through September 20, 1987, as Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Partnership Act of 1987 - Title I: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Subtitle A: Benefits and Federal Participation - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to establish minimum AFDC payment standards which, when added to the value of any food stamp allotment to which the family or its household is entitled, equal a specified percentage (set at 50 percent in FY 1989, but increasing by two percent in each subsequent fiscal year until reaching 90 percent) of the Federal poverty level. Reimburses States for 85 percent of their expenses in providing the minimum benefit for FY 1989 through 1991 and for 90 percent of such expenses thereafter. Requires States to make AFDC payments with respect to dependent children of unemployed parents in two-parent families. Subtitle B: Work-Related Requirements - Requires, with certain exceptions, AFDC applicants and recipients to register with a State agency for employment counseling, training, and assignment. Directs such State agency to: (1) determine the appropriate employment-related activities for each registered AFDC applicant or recipient; and (2) arrange for their participation in one or more of the employment-related programs established under title IV of the Act or other Federal law, while coordinating such programs to enhance the availability and efficiency of services provided. Requires the State agency to provide AFDC applicants and recipients assigned to employment, training, or education programs with child care and transportation services. Sets the Federal contribution to education, training, and assignment costs at 75 percent in FY 1988 and a percentage in subsequent years which is determined by use of a specified formula which takes into account a State's compliance with performance standards to be developed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Provides that such standards shall measure a State's success in reducing welfare costs and helping AFDC recipients achieve self-sufficiency. Sets the Federal share of administrative costs at 50 percent. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the activities under this title, allotting such funds among States on the basis of each State's share of AFDC recipients. Gives States the option, when a family's increased income renders them ineligible for AFDC, to: (1) continue to cover a family's child care, transportation, and other employment-related support service expenses for the year after such family's eligibility would otherwise end; and (2) require a family contribution for such services. Subtitle C: Child Support Enforcement - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Act to alter the rules of State eligibility for child support collection incentive payments. Directs States to establish standards for child support award amounts which meet minimum Federal guidelines and are presumptively applicable in particular child support actions. Requires the Secretary to conduct periodic reviews of child support award amounts to gauge compliance with such standards. Subtitle D: Child Care Services for Children in Certain Families - Establishes a part F of title IV of the Act to make payments to States (including territories) which provide child care services for children: (1) who are or are at risk of being abused or neglected or are in families receiving child protective services; and (2) in eligible families whose family income does not surpass a maximum set by the State at or below 125 percent of the Federal poverty level. Requires, in addition, that families receiving part F services not be eligible for child care under the AFDC program and include parent(s) who are adolescent, working, enrolled in education or training programs, or seeking employment. Authorizes appropriations. Requires a State to report to the Secretary on its intended use of part F payments before expending such funds. Authorizes States to impose a fee for child care services which may vary on the basis of a family's ability to pay. Requires that fees collected be used only to provide child care to children covered by this Act. Establishes a formula for determining the State child care assistance percentage which takes into account the State's taxable resources and the number of children at risk of neglect or abuse in the State, but prohibits such percentage from being less than 50 percent. Subtitle E: Hold Harmless - Reimburses States for all of their AFDC expenditures in FY 1989 which exceed State AFDC expenditures in FY 1988 and are attributable to this Act's amendments. Title II: Medicaid - Extends Medicaid eligibility to pregnant women and children up to age five whose family income does not exceed the Federal poverty level. Extends the Medicaid age eligibility limit for children on a gradual basis so that by FY 1999 children up to age 16 are covered. Requires the Secretary to establish uniform national standards regarding the types of Medicaid services provided to such individuals. Directs States to provide Medicaid coverage to individuals who are eligible for benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act or would be eligible for such benefits if they were not in a medical institution. Authorizes States to provide Medicaid coverage to individuals eligible for participation in certain other social security programs, but requires the State plan to include at least one group not covered under such programs. Raises the limit on the Medicaid Federal assistance percentage to 90 percent. Sets such percentage at: (1) 100 percent for medical services provided through Indian Health Service facilities; and (2) 80 percent for FY 1988, 85 percent for FY 1989 through 1991, and 90 percent thereafter for medical assistance provided to pregnant women and children pursuant to this Act. Provides for annual reductions in the State percentage. Reimburses States for all of their Medicaid expenditures in FY 1988 and 1989 which exceed State Medicaid expenditures in FY 1987 and are attributable to this Act's amendments. Extends the moratorium on the reduction of payments to States for high erroneous payment rates under the AFDC and Medicaid programs for one year. (Currently, the moratorium is set to expire on July 1, 1988.) Title III: Termination or Reduction of Certain Federal Programs - Abolishes certain programs providing Federal assistance for: (1) economically distressed areas; (2) urban mass transit system; (3) community services and development (including the Urban Development Action Grant program); (4) education (including impact aid; (5) vocational education and manpower training; and (6) water pollution control. Abolishes the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Economic Development Administration. Repeals title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act. Eliminates the program of rural water and waste facility loans and grants. Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to set a ceiling on the total amount of rural electrification loans which may be made in a fiscal year. Title IV: Fiscal Capacity Grants - Entitles State and local governments to grants from the General Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund established in the Treasury by this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine grant allocations to be paid in quarterly installments for each of FY 1988 through 1992. Sets forth general grant qualification requirements. Authorizes the Secretary, after providing notice and an opportunity for corrective actions, to withhold grant payments for noncompliance with such requirements. Provides special entitlements for Indian tribes, Alaskan Native villages, and the District of Columbia. Sets forth the procedure by which the Secretary shall allocate grant amounts to: (1) each State (for subsequent allocation to local governments) based on each State's population, general tax effort factor, and relative fiscal capacity factor; and (2) each local government, from each State's amount, based on each government's population, general tax effort factor, and income factor. Requires each State which receives grant funds to establish a commission to: (1) investigate the public service needs and fiscal capacities of its local governments; and (2) recommend an alternative method of allocating grant funds to local governments which reduces the excess of the funds each government needs to provide public services over the fiscal capacity of such government. Directs the Secretary to use such method to allocate funds instead of the procedure prescribed by this Act if such method is enacted into State law. Sets forth the procedure by which the Secretary shall allocate grant amounts to each State government based on each State's population, general tax effort factor, and relative fiscal capacity factor. Requires the Secretary, in determining grant allocations, to use the most recent available information provided by the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor, with specified exceptions. Requires a State government or local government expending payments under this title to: (1) hold at least one public hearing on the proposed use of the payment in relation to its total budget, unless public participation is otherwise ensured in the budget process; and (2) disclose specified information on the proposed use of the payment within specified periods before such hearing and after the budget is adopted. Prohibits discrimination under any State or local government program or activity any part of which is paid for with funds received under this title. Sets forth provisions governing discrimination proceedings, the suspension and termination or resumption of payments in such proceedings, agreements by local governments to comply with discrimination prohibitions, the enforcement of such prohibitions by the Attorney General, administrative and civil actions by persons adversely affected by discriminatory practices, and judicial review of a decision to withhold, suspend, or terminate grant payments. Requires each State and local government that receives a payment under this Act in a fiscal year to conduct an audit for such year. Requires the Secretary to maintain regulations regarding the investigation of complaints of violations of this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to carry out necessary reviews for the Congress to evaluate compliance and operations under this Act. Requires annual reports by: (1) the Secretary to the Congress on the administration of, and operations under, this Act; and (2) State and local governments to the Secretary on the amounts and uses of grant payments. Title V: Use of State Federalization Savings - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine the amount of funds each State will save by reason of the amendments made by titles I and II of this Act and notify each State of such amount prior to the beginning of each fiscal year. Requires States to allot a portion (determined pursuant to a specified formula which takes into account direct Federal funding lost by local governments under title III of this Act) of such savings to local governments. Allots the remainder of such savings to States in accordance with an intended use report which the State submits to the Secretary within 30 days of receiving notification of such savings.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety and Compensation Act of 1987 - Title I: Compensation for Temporary Injury on Fishing Industry Vessels - Amends Federal law to limit the liability of an employer for the temporary illness, injury, or disability of a seaman employed on a fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessel as long as the employer has in effect certain prescribed minimum illness or injury maintenance coverage. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to annually review the dollar figure representing the annual minimum payment for a seaman's illness or disability, and to make certain adjustments to such figure if necessary. Requires a seaman to bring an action to obtain such coverage within two years from the date the cause of action accrued. Title II: Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety - Amends Federal law concerning fishing vessels to prescribe and require the prescription of certain safety standards on all fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessels. Defines the international equivalent of such required vessel safety standards. Authorizes the appropriate safety official to take action with respect to vessels operating in an unsafe condition or in violation of standards set forth under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt certain vessels from such standards for good cause shown. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (the Committee) to advise, consult with, report to, and make recommendations to the Secretary concerning various vessel safety matters. Directs the Secretary, at least once a year, to publish a notice soliciting nominations for membership on the Committee. Directs the Secretary to designate a representative to participate as an observor with the Committee. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Committee before taking specified action affecting fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessels. Terminates such Committee on September 30, 1992. Requires the Committee, two years prior to such termination, to recommend to the Congress whether the Committee should be renewed and continue beyond the termination date. Requires the Secretary to compile statistics concerning marine casualties in connection with fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessels. Requires a person underwriting insurance for such vessels to periodically submit to the Secretary certain data regarding marine casualties. Provides penalties for those persons failing to provide such data.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Designates July 20, 1987, as Space Exploration Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Designates the month of October 1987 as Computer Learning Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Acknowledges the magnanimity of the Marshall plan and the efforts of the Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia, to continue the values for which George C. Marshall stood, and asks all Americans to rededicate themselves to the ideals which George C. Marshall represented. Welcomes the publication on June 5, 1987, of the fourth volume of the official biography of George C. Marshall. Designates the month of June 1987 as George C. Marshall Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Recognizes the Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the International Association of Fire Fighters National Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
Strategic Ocean and Coastal Resources Act of 1987 - Title I: National Sea Grant College Program - Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act (the Sea Grant Act) to revise certain findings and definitions under such Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to identify those ocean and coastal resources research areas that are to be considered "strategic research areas" for purposes of the making of grants for research in such areas. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, on an annual basis, a report containing the rationale for identifying each strategic research area. Directs the Secretary to make grants to any project that is: (1) within a sea grant program; and (2) involves a strategic research area. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1992 for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary, as part of the sea grant fellowship program, to award sea grant fellowships to support the placement of qualified individuals in positions with the Federal Government for a period of up to one year. Revises provisions concerning the composition and terms of office of the Sea Grant Review Panel. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1992. Directs the Secretary to establish a postdoctoral fellowship program under which grants are made to support strategic research and to provide supplemental education and training in any field related to ocean and coastal resources for which the Secretary considers there to be a national need. Outlines provisions concerning the application for and the awarding of such fellowships. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1992 for such purpose. Amends the Sea Grant Act to direct the Secretary to provide annual grants to enable eligible institutions to improve and support curriculum offerings in marine affairs and resource management at the graduate level, to support graduate students of such studies through scholarships and fellowships, and to increase faculty and staff involvement in such programs. Defines "eligible institution" and sets forth grant application and award provisions. Requires each institution receiving such a grant to report to the Secretary annually and within 90 days after the termination of the grant with regard to the application of grant funds. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1992 for the making of such grants. Title II: International Sea Grant Program - Amends the Sea Grant Program Improvement Act of 1976 to include as objectives under such Act various goals which stress the need for international cooperation, technology transfer, and data exchange between the United States and foreign nations with regard to research and educational activity on important marine resources. Extends the authorization of appropriations under such Act through FY 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
Free Trade in Ideas Foreign Affairs Amendments of 1987 - Prohibits denying, revoking, or limiting a passport because of any speech, activity, belief, affiliation, or membership which, if held or conducted within the United States, would be protected by the first amendment. Prohibits denying, revoking, or limiting a passport except to the extent necessary to prevent conduct not described in the preceding sentence. Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act to declare that the authority granted the President under such Acts does not include the authority to regulate or prohibit: (1) any transactions ordinarily incident to travel to and from any country; (2) any transactions ordinarily incident to travel and maintenance within any country; (3) any transactions incident to nonscheduled flights or voyages to and from any country; (4) normal banking transactions incident to travel to and from any country; or (5) the importation or exportation of publications or other informational materials from any country. Provides that Federal agencies, in carrying out a specified agreement on educational, scientific, and cultural exchanges, may not consider visual or auditory material as failing to qualify as international educational material simply because it advocates a particular position or because it might lend itself to misinterpretation or misrepresentation of the United States or other countries, their people, or institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
Designates the week of May 10 through May 16, 1987, as Senior Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
Designates October 16, 1987, as World Food Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax exclusion for employee educational assistance programs. (Present law terminates such exclusion as of December 31, 1987.) Requires, for every taxable year beginning after 1988, an annual cost of living adjustment of the maximum excludable amount. Waives the maximum excludable amount for any educational assistance furnished by certain educational institutions to graduate students engaged in teaching or research activities for such organization.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to preventing the circumvention of countervailing and antidumping duty orders and findings. Outlines considerations with respect to the applicability of such orders and findings for: (1) products completed or assembled in the United States with parts or components imported from a country covered by such an order or finding; (2) products completed or assembled in a third country prior to importation into the United States; (3) products altered to be removed from a particular tariff classification; and (4) determining whether a later-developed product is subject to an outstanding order or finding.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 3, 1987, and May 1, 1988, as Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
WIC Food for Life Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) should receive increasing appropriations until all eligible persons are being served; and (2) an outreach program should be conducted to identify persons eligible for WIC assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should express to the Soviet Union the U.S. opposition to the Soviet Union's slave labor policies by all possible means, including refusing to permit imports of products made by such labor. Requests the President to end the delay in enforcing the restriction against importing goods produced by forced labor.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Small Business Prompt Payment Act Amendments of 1987 - Revises Federal law to deem the head of a Federal agency to have received an invoice on the later of: (1) the date on which the designated office or employee of an agency actually receives it; or (2) the fifth day after the date on which a property is actually delivered, or final performance of a service is actually completed, unless the contract specifies otherwise. Makes Federal prompt payment provisions applicable to the United States Postal Service. Makes the Postmaster General responsible for issuing procurement regulations, solicitation provisions, and contract clauses. Reduces the 15-day grace period for payment of interest penalties to eight days for solicitations (other than meat products and agricultural commodities) issued before October 1, 1990. Eliminates such grace period for procurement solicitations issued on or after October 1, 1990. Requires an agency to pay a double interest penalty if: (1) the agency owes the interest penalty; (2) the interest penalty is not paid to the business concern on or after the date the penalty is due; (3) the agency does not pay the penalty within ten days after such payment is made; and (4) a written demand is made within 40 days after such payment is made. Requires regulations on interest penalties, in the case of construction contracts, to provide for the payment of interest on: (1) progress payments due for more than seven days, or a longer period if the prevailing practice in private construction contracts is to provide such longer period; and (2) amounts retained during the performance of a contract, if such amounts are not paid by the required payment date. Requires regulations on interest penalties to provide for periodic payments in the case of supply or service contracts upon: (1) the submission of an invoice for supplies delivered or services performed; and (2) acceptance of supplies or services by an authorized employee or certification of performance by such an employee. Requires Government construction contractors to include a payment provision in their agreements with their subcontractors which provides for payment in accordance with prevailing industry standards. Requires the contractor to pay a late payment interest penalty to the subcontractor at the rate applicable between the prime contractor and the Government. Specifies the calculation of time for interest penalties on discount payments. Revises agency reporting requirements on interest penalty payments to include: (1) a description of agency payment practices; and (2) an analysis by the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization for each of the various Federal agencies on the impact of such payments on small and disadvantaged businesses. Requires the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to report to the congressional committees on Small Business on current Government compliance with the payment of interest penalties and the impact on small business. Requires the Chief Counsel to monitor the compliance of all agencies and of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget with interest penalty payments. Requires the modification of the Federal acquisition regulation to implement Federal prompt payment provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Consumer Products Safe Testing Act - Expresses congressional findings that: (1) the Federal Government has encouraged the use of the LD50 test through regulations which mandate or encourage its use or do not prescribe other less costly, more accurate, and more humane alternatives; and (2) private industry is reluctant to use these other tests without Federal Government encouragement. (LD50 is a procedure whereby toxicity is measured in terms of the median dose that will kill 50 percent of the test animals within a specified time.) Prohibits Federal department or agency heads from considering LD50 test results when determining product safety, labeling, or transportation requirements for purposes of Federal regulation. Requires Federal department and agency heads to: (1) review and evaluate directives that call for the use of an animal toxicity test; and (2) promulgate regulations specifying the use of nonanimal alternatives. Permits the use of animal toxicity tests under certain conditions. Requires that animal toxicity testing regulations be subject to periodic agency review and to public comment in certain cases.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1987 - Title I: Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Imposes joint, several, and strict liability for specified removal costs and damages upon the party responsible for a vessel or facility from which oil is either discharged into certain waters, or which poses a substantial threat of such a discharge. Exempts from such liability certain discharges permitted under Federal law. Defines conditions under which a mobile offshore drilling unit will be treated as either a tanker or as a facility for purposes of determining responsibility or excess liability. Sets forth defenses to liability under this Act. Sets forth limits to liability under this Act, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to establish by regulation a maximum liability limit. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress from time to time regarding liability adjustments. Defines circumstances under which liability for injury to natural resources shall be to either: (1) the United States; (2) the affected State; or (3) a foreign government. Sets forth recovery and indemnification procedures. Sets forth the uses of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (the Fund) including: (1) payment of removal costs and administrative expenses; and (2) contributions to the International Fund. Sets forth defenses to liability for such Fund and a specified maximum amount which may be paid from the Fund. Confers rights of subrogation upon the United States for payment of any claim by the Fund. Sets forth a claims procedure for removal costs or damages. Requires the Secretary to designate the source of a discharge (or potential discharge), and to immediately notify the responsible party or guarantor of such designation. Sets forth the advertisement procedures to be followed by such a designee or guarantor. Grants subrogation rights to any person (including the Fund) who pays compensation under this Act to any claimant for costs or damages. Requires the party responsible for certain vessels over 300 gross tons to establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility to meet maximum liability limits. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold or revoke the clearance of any vessel which fails to certify such financial responsibility. Sets forth circumstances under which such vessels may have entry into U.S. ports or waters denied, or have their oil cargo seized. Imposes a civil penalty for failure to comply with the financial responsibility requirement. Restricts judicial review of any regulation promulgated under this Act to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Grants the district courts original jurisdiction over all actions arising under this Act. Sets forth a limitation period for actions for removal costs, damages, or contribution. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Sets forth conforming amendments to certain related statutes. Title III: Implementation of International Conventions - States that during any period in which the Civil Liability Convention and the Fund Convention are in force with respect to the United States, owner liability for pollution damage arising from a ship-related incident shall be determined according to such Conventions. Grants recognition to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund as a legal person under Federal law, and deems the Director of such Fund to have irrevocably appointed the Secretary of State as the Fund's agent for service of process for legal proceedings involving the Fund within the United States. Exempts such Fund and its assets from all direct taxation in the United States. Provides that certain required contributions with respect to oil received in the United States shall be paid to the International Fund from the Oil Spill Compensation Fund. Grants recognition of any final judgment of a court of any country which is a party to either the Civil Liability Convention or the Fund Convention. Sets forth the financial responsibility requirements of ship-owners whose vessels are subject to the Civil Liability Convention. Imposes specified sanctions and civil penalties upon persons violating the financial responsibility requirements. Waives all U.S. defenses based upon sovereign immunity with respect to any controversy arising under the Civil Liability Convention or the Fund Convention relating to any ship owned by the United States and used for commercial purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to implement this Act, and all Federal obligations under the specified Oil Pollution Conventions.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a western regional office with the authority to issue export licenses.