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Bill· HRH.R. 1919 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the Federal deficit by increasing the tax on gasoline and other motor fuels.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional excise tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and special motor fuels. Sets the rate of such tax at 25 cents per gallon. Provides that such tax shall be in addition to the excise tax currently imposed on gasoline, diesel fuel, and special motor fuels. Specifies that revenues raised by such additional taxes shall not be transferred to the Highway Trust Fund or the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Provides that specified exemptions to such excise taxes shall not apply to the additional taxes imposed by this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1891 (100th)open

Equity in Interstate Competition Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987

Equity in Interstate Competition Act of 1987 - Empowers any State and the District of Columbia to require a person to collect a State sales tax imposed with respect to the sale of tangible personal property if: (1) the destination of sale is in such State; and (2) such person engages in regular or systematic soliciting of sales in such State and has, within a specified one-year period, gross receipts from the sale of such property that exceed either $500,000 within the State or $12,500,000 nationally. Sets forth certain requirements that will qualify certain local sales taxes for treatment as State sales taxes. Prohibits a State from requiring any person who collects a State sales tax to make an accounting for the receipts of such tax on the basis of the geographical location at which the taxable transaction occurs. Limits the authority of the State to require a taxpayer to: (1) file more than four tax returns reporting the amount of such tax collected or required to be collected in any one-year period; or (2) file a return and remit the receipts of such tax more frequently than once in a calendar quarter, or before the expiration of the 20-day period beginning on the last day of the period for which such return is required to be filed. Provides that any person required by a State to collect a State sales tax shall be subject to the laws of that State relating to such tax.

Bill· HRH.R. 1888 (100th)open

A bill to amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act with respect to certain activities of foreign governments.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987

Amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to provide that the definition of "commercial activity" includes any promise to pay made by a foreign state, any debt security issued by a foreign state, and any guarantee by a foreign state of a promise to pay made by another party. Subjects a foreign state to the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States or any State in a case brought to enforce an agreement by a foreign state with or for the benefit of a private party to submit certain controversies to arbitration, or in a case to enforce an arbitration award. Provides that the Federal act of state doctrine shall not be applied on behalf of a foreign state with respect to any claim or counter claim based upon either: (1) an expropriation or other taking of property (including contract rights) without prompt and adequate compensation, or otherwise in violation of international law; or (2) a breach of contract. States that the Federal act of state doctrine shall not bar enforcement of an agreement to arbitrate or an arbitral award. Authorizes prejudgment attachment to secure satisfaction against an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state in certain circumstances. Provides for execution of a judgment against a broader range of commercial property owned by a foreign state.

Bill· HRH.R. 1902 (100th)referred

Nutritional Information Labeling Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987

Nutritional Information Labeling Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food labels to list detailed nutritional information concerning any fats, oils, cholesterol, sodium, or potassium present in such product.

Bill· HRH.R. 1876 (100th)open

A bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 regarding Federal activities that are subject to the Federal consistency provisions of the Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1987

Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to prescribe the extent to which Federal agency activities directly affecting the coastal zones must be consistent with approved State management programs. Describes what is encompassed by "directly affecting activities." Allows Federal activities to be inconsistent with State coastal zone management programs only if to be consistent would violate Federal law or if substantial unforeseen obstacles are encountered.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 217 (100th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for the appointment of electors of President and Vice President by the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1987

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the appointment by the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands of electors of the President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which such territories would be entitled if they together were a single State, but in no event more electors than the least populous State appoints.

Bill· HRH.R. 1834 (100th)open

Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987

Minimum Wage Restoration Act of 1987 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for specified annual increases in the minimum wage. Provides, after such increases reach a certain level, for annual indexing of the minimum wage to 50 percent of the average hourly rate in the private sector.

Bill· HRH.R. 1802 (100th)referred

A bill to promote the integration of women in the development process in developing countries.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to: (1) develop and implement a plan to provide training for all Washington and mission-based professional staff that provides guidance on strategies for incorporating women in the planning, design, and management of the Agency's development activities; (2) develop an Agency-wide action plan for implementation of the Women in Development policy guidelines; (3) develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for providing appropriate extension and related services to low-resource women who are engaged in subsistence or cash crop production; (4) develop and implement a strategy for providing training, technical assistance, credit, and other services to strengthen the managerial skills and capabilities for women; and (5) increase training opportunities for women and set the target that a minimum of 40 percent of participant trainees be women by the year 1992, with appropriate geographical representation. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that a minimum of $5,000,000 of funds made available for foreign assistance programs be used for programs to promote the participation and integration of women in the development process in developing countries. (Present law places a maximum of $10,000,000 on the use of such funds.) Authorizes appropriations to be made available for the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) to: (1) propose that the Bank establish policy guidelines and implement an action plan to integrate women in the planning, design, implementation, management, and evaluation of Bank activities; and (2) report to the Congress on the implementation of that plan.

Bill· HRH.R. 1813 (100th)referred

Legalization Family Unification Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Legalization Family Unification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the continuous residence requirement under the legalization program for parents of U.S. citizen children born after December 31, 1981, and before November 7, 1986.

Bill· HRH.R. 1788 (100th)open

Defense Black Programs Oversight Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Defense Black Programs Oversight Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the defense committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, at the same time each year as the President's annual budget is submitted, an unclassified report setting forth the total amount requested for special access programs of the Department of Defense (a program of the Department that is designated in such a manner as to conceal from public disclosure the existence or scope of the program). Directs the Secretary, no later than November 1 of each year, to provide to specified members of the defense committees notice of and justification for such special access programs. Outlines information to be included in such notice and provides access to such information by other members of the committees. Requires the Secretary to respond to any questions or concerns raised by any such committee member within 30 days. Directs the Secretary to notify the defense committees of any changes in the criteria used for making special access program designations no later than 30 days before such changes are to take effect. Requires the total amount requested and appropriated for the previous five fiscal years for such special access programs to be included in the first report to the committees required under this Act. Directs the Secretary, no later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the defense committees a report on the criteria used for designating a program of the Department of Defense as a special access program.

Bill· HRH.R. 1816 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to repeal the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to reduce passenger automobile fuel economy standards below the level set by such Act.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to repeal the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to amend the average fuel economy standard. Declares certain regulations pertaining to such standards ineffective as of 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1812 (100th)referred

Legalization Family Unification Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Legalization Family Unification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the continuous residence requirement under the legalization program for spouses and children of legalized aliens.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 207 (100th)referred

A joint resolution commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the Marshall plan.

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.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 131 (100th)referred

A resolution to state the guiding principles of United States policy toward South Africa's illegal occupation of Namibia.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) recognize the legitimacy of the plight of the Namibian people; (2) urge the Government of South Africa to take actions to end its illegal occupation of that country and to implement U.N. Resolution 435; (3) take a role in pursuing the resumption of negotiations between South Africa and the leaders of the Namibian people; (4) reject any policy which links the implementation of Resolution 435 to the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola; and (5) call for the termination of U.S. business in Namibia until South Africa complies with Resolution 435.

Bill· HRH.R. 1765 (100th)open

A bill entitled: The Coast Guard User Fee and Free Ride Termination Act of 1987.

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987

Amends Federal law concerning vessels and seamen to direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to establish and collect user fees for the provision of Coast Guard services. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations by October 1, 1988, for the enforcement of such fee collection. Outlines the services for which the Secretary is authorized to collect such fees, including vessel inspection, vessel documentation, and licensing of personnel. Places a per-fiscal year ceiling on the amount of fees that can be collected. Establishes for each recreational vessel a fee of $20 per year to be collected by the Secretary. Defines "recreational vessel." Outlines administrative provisions concerning the establishment and collection of all fees authorized under this Act, together with penalties for those required to pay such fees who fail to do so. Provides for the deposit of fees collected under this Act to the operating expenses account of the Coast Guard. Authorizes expenditure of the recreational vessel fee funds only for navigational aids and search and rescue operations.

Bill· HRH.R. 1716 (100th)referred

Government Contractor Whistleblower Protection Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987

Government Contractor Whistleblower Protection Act of 1987 - Prohibits a Federal contractor from taking reprisal actions against its officers or employees for disclosing information to a Federal agency regarding performance of a contract with such agency which indicates: (1) a violation of law; or (2) mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, or a danger to public health or safety. Sets forth civil penalties and remedies for violations of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1692 (100th)open

Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1987

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 1696 (100th)open

Work Opportunities and Retraining Compact of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987

Work Opportunities and Retraining Compact of 1987 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require AFDC applicants and recipients to register with a State agency for employment counseling, training, and assignment. Authorizes AFDC recipients to refuse employment which results in a net loss in their income. Provides that the mandatory participation of an individual caring for a child under age six shall be on a part-time basis. Exempts those caring for children under age three from participation in work-related programs. Directs an agency of each State to: (1) establish a single intake and registration process for AFDC applicants and recipients; (2) determine whether training or education is needed to prepare registered applicants and recipients for employment and then provide counseling regarding prospects and needs; (3) arrange for participation in one or more of the work-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; and (4) develop an employment plan for each AFDC applicant or recipient. Requires the State agency to work closely with the State job training coordinating council and the private industry councils established under the Job Training Partnership Act. Requires the State agency to provide AFDC applicants and recipients assigned to employment, training, or education programs with child care and transportation services. Requires that, for one year after an individual's AFDC eligibility ceases, the State: (1) continue to provide the child care and transportation services necessary for the individual to engage in and retain employment; and (2) assure that such individual and his family have adequate Medicaid (title XIX of the Act) or other health care coverage, with the individual paying a portion of the cost of such services and coverage determined on the basis of his or her ability to pay. Sets the Federal share of: (1) education, training, and assignment costs at 70 percent or the Federal AFDC assistance percentage, whichever is higher; and (2) administrative and support service costs at 50 percent. Increases, by five percent in any fiscal year after FY 1988, the Federal share of education, training, and assignment costs, provided a State meets certain performance standards to be developed by the Office of Technology Assessment. Provides that such standards shall measure a State's success in reducing welfare costs and helping AFDC recipients achieve self-sufficiency, while accounting for differing conditions among the States. Requires the publication of such standards within two years of enactment of this Act. Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to require each private industry council and State job training coordinating council to include a representative of the State agency consolidating the administration of work-related programs.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 192 (100th)referred

WIC Food For Life Resolution

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.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 83 (100th)open

A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to express to the Soviet Union the strong moral opposition of the United States to the forced labor policies of the Soviet Union by every means possible, including refusing to permit the importation into the United States of any products made in whole or in part by such labor.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 1635 (100th)open

Consumer Products Safe Testing Act

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 1638 (100th)referred

Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987

Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exclude specified types of employers and performers in the performing arts from coverage under unfair labor practice provisions prohibiting specified contracts or agreements between employers and labor organizations and prohibiting specified actions of labor organizations to force or require cessation of dealings with others, joining of labor or employer organizations, or recognition of or negotiation with labor organizations not certified as representative. Permits such employers, excluding employers in the broadcasting or motion picture industries, to: (1) agree with a labor organization to make membership in such organization a condition of performing arts employment; and (2) make agreements with a labor organization covering performing artists even if the majority status of the organization has not yet been established. Defines "employer" to include purchasers of musical performance services. Defines "employee" to include independent contractors engaged to perform musical services.

Bill· HRH.R. 1636 (100th)referred

Federal Council on Women Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987

Federal Council on Women Act - Establishes a Federal Council on Women to: (1) collect and evaluate information with respect to any problems that are particular to women in the United States; (2) review and evaluate Federal policy related to any such problems; (3) coordinate the activities of the Council with similar activities conducted by States, local governments, and concerned organizations; and (4) make recommendations. Directs the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 1620 (100th)open

Commission To Investigate Federal Involvement With the Immigration of Nazi Collaborators Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1987

Commission To Investigate Federal Involvement With the Immigration of Nazi Collaborators Act - Establishes the Commission To Investigate Federal Involvement With the Immigration of Nazi Collaborators. Requires the Commission to determine the extent to which Federal intelligence agencies used deception or violated laws in bringing Nazi war criminals and Axis collaborators into the United States. Sets forth operating and administrative provisions. Requires a report to the Congress within 18 months of the Commission's first meeting. Terminates the Commission 90 days after such report has been filed. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 1583 (100th)open

Defense Savings Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987

Defense Savings Act - Establishes the Bipartisan Commission on the Consolidation of Military Bases (the Commission) to: (1) review the military importance of all major military installations; and (2) identify which such installations can be closed or realigned without impairing the security of the United States. Outlines administrative procedures concerning membership, staff, meetings, and powers of the Commission. Directs the Commission, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and each House of the Congress a final report on the findings and conclusions of the Commission. Terminates the Commission 30 days after the submission of such report. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to take certain specified action with respect to the implementation of the Commission's recommendations.

Bill· HRH.R. 1609 (100th)open

School-based Adolescent Health Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987

School-based Adolescent Health Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a new title XXIII (School-based Adolescent Health Services Demonstration Projects). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to establish school-based adolescent health demonstration projects to provide health education, prenatal care, family planning, follow-up care, testing for sexually-transmitted diseases, and other health services. Requires grant recipients to provide health care services: (1) on a year-round basis; and (2) within (or adjacent to) schools located in the project area (or at a location that better serves the needs of the adolescents). Sets forth conditions, eligibility criteria, and reporting requirements applicable to grant funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991.

Bill· HRH.R. 1585 (100th)referred

Hidden Budget Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987

Hidden Budget Accountability Act - Directs the President to submit with the annual Federal budget transmitted to the Congress a presentation of the estimated budget outlays and requested budget authority, by agency and function, for programs that are included in the budget in a manner designed to conceal their existence and scope. Requires the first budget submitted after enactment of this Act to set forth: (1) estimated budget outlays and requested budget authority for such programs included in the budget for each of the five previous years; and (2) the actual amounts appropriated by agency and function for such programs for each of such years.

Bill· HRH.R. 1580 (100th)open

Anti-Apartheid Act Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987

Prohibits any investments in South Africa by U.S. persons. Prohibits the importation into the United States of any article from South Africa, except for strategic minerals which the President certifies to the Congress are essential for military uses, are not sufficiently available from domestic supplies, and for which no substitutes are available. Prohibits the exportation to South Africa of any goods, technology, or other information subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Prohibits any such exportation by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Exempts from such prohibition certain medical supplies and food. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the takeoff and landing of any aircraft except for emergencies by a foreign air carrier owned by South Africa or South African nationals. Prohibits the importation into the United States of any South African gold coin. Prohibits any U.S. depository institution from accepting, receiving, or holding a deposit account from South Africa. Prohibits the United States from engaging in any military or intelligence activities in cooperation with South Africa. Authorizes the President to limit imports into the United States from a foreign country to the extent that such foreign country benefits from, or takes commercial advantage of, any prohibition imposed by this Act. Provides for the enforcement of this Act. Repeals the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 and the amendments made by that Act to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.

Bill· HRH.R. 1546 (100th)open

Cancer Patients' Employment Rights Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1987

Cancer Patients' Employment Rights Act - Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer, because of an individual's cancer history, to: (1) fail or refuse to hire or to discharge the individual, or to otherwise discriminate against the individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment; or (2) limit, segregate, or classify employees or applicants for employment in any way which would tend to deprive an individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the individual's status as an employee. Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to: (1) fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise discriminate against, an individual because of the individual's cancer history; or (2) classify or refer for employment an individual on the basis of the individual's cancer history. Makes it an unlawful employment practice for a labor organization to: (1) exclude or to expel from its membership, or otherwise discriminate against, an individual because of the individual's cancer history; (2) limit, segregate, or classify its membership, or to classify or fail or refuse to refer an individual for employment because of the individual's cancer history; or (3) cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against an individual. Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling an apprenticeship, training, or retraining program to discriminate against an individual because of the individual's cancer history in admission to, or employment in, such programs. Declares that it is not an unlawful employment practice to hire individuals on the basis of their cancer history in cases where cancer history is a bona fide occupational qualification. Declares it to be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to give and to act upon the results of a professionally developed ability test if such test is designed or used to discriminate because of cancer history. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to require an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee to grant preferential treatment to an individual or group because of the individual's or group's cancer history for the purpose of certain numerical comparisons. Describes other unlawful employment practices with respect to individuals with a cancer history, including: (1) retaliation; (2) published job notices; (3) medical examinations and medical information; and (4) reasonable accommodations for such individuals. Requires all personnel actions in the following government entities to be made free from discrimination based on cancer history: (1) military departments; (2) executive agencies; (3) the United States Postal Service and Postal Rate Commission; (4) units of the District of Columbia government having positions in the competitive service; and (5) units of the judicial branch having positions in the competitive service. Empowers the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce this Act and to make investigations and require recordkeeping as appropriate.

Bill· HRH.R. 1561 (100th)open

Democracy in Chile Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1987

Democracy in Chile Act of 1987 - Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) encourage the peaceful return to democracy in Chile; (2) condemn continued acts of brutality by the Chilean Government as well as the assassination attempt against General Pinochet; (3) call for the adoption of a timetable for the transition to democracy and civilian rule; and (4) support efforts to establish the framework for such transition. Imposes the following sanctions against Chile beginning 30 days after enactment of this Act: (1) U.S. opposition to multilateral development bank loans or other assistance for Chile unless the assistance is directed specifically to programs which serve the basic human needs of the citizens of Chile; (2) denial of benefits to Chile under the Generalized System of Preferences and prohibition of duty-free treatment of imports from Chile; (3) denial of Overseas Private Investment Corporation loans or investment guarantees for Chile; (4) prohibition of imports of copper from Chile; and (5) termination of the United States-Chile air transportation agreement. Provides that such sanctions shall not apply if: (1) the President certifies to the Congress that Chile has made significant progress in complying with internationally recognized human rights and in restoring labor rights, has made significant progress in establishing a free multi-party electoral process, has ended the practice of forced exile and restrictions on the right of Chilean nationals to enter and leave their country, and has taken appropriate steps to investigate the deaths of Rodrigo Rojas de Negri, Orlando Letelier, and Ronni Moffitt; and (2) the Congress, within 30 days of receiving such certification, enacts a joint resolution approving such certification. Provides for expedited congressional consideration of such joint resolution.

Bill· HRH.R. 1563 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow any deduction for advertising or other promotion expenses with respect to sales of tobacco and tobacco products.

United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow an income tax deduction for any tobacco and tobacco product sale promotion expenses. Defines "tobacco and tobacco products" as any small cigarette, large cigarette, cigar, or smokeless tobacco product, including snuff and chewing tobacco.

Bill· HRH.R. 1516 (100th)open

Tongass Timber Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1987

Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the ongoing appropriations for timber utilization in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Repeals the requirement for identifying lands unsuitable for timber production in such forest. Repeals the reporting requirement on the adequacy of timber supply from such forest lands. Requires the biennial report on such Forest to include the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 176 (100th)referred

A joint resolution requiring the United States to continue during fiscal year 1988 the existing United States-Soviet Union mutual moratorium on testing antisatellite (ASAT) weapons against objects in space so long as the Soviet Union does the same and urging the President to seek with the Soviet Union a mutual and verifiable treaty placing the strictest possible limitations on the testing, deployment, and use of antisatellite weapons.

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1987

Prohibits the United States from carrying out a test of the Space Defense System (antisatellite weapon) involving the miniature homing vehicle against an object in space until the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted, after enactment of this Act, a test against an object in space of a dedicated antisatellite weapon. Provides that such prohibition expires on October 1, 1988. Declares that the President should seek with the Soviet Union a mutual and verifiable treaty which limits the testing, deployment, and use of any antisatellite weapon.