United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1987
Insurance Competition Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that the continued exemption of the business of insurance from the Federal antitrust laws is not in the public interest. Provides that the antitrust laws shall apply to the business of insurance with certain exceptions. Specifies limited activities that may be subject to an exempt agreement, understanding, or concert of action between or among insurers, members of an advisory organization, or other persons. Permits insurers or other persons participating in joint underwriting, pools, or residual market mechanisms to cooperate with each other in the making of rates, rating systems, policy forms, underwriting rules, surveys, inspections, and investigations if the residual market mechanism is required by law or approved by a State regulatory agency, or if the joint underwriting or pools do not unreasonably restrain trade. Permits any State to: (1) establish or approve a residual market mechanism; and (2) require a workers' compensation and employers' liability insurer to adhere to the uniform classification system and uniform rating plan applicable to such types of insurance in such State, provided that no such insurer shall agree with any other insurer or with an advisory organization to use any rate. States that treble damages and criminal penalties for alleged violations of Federal antitrust law may not result from conduct (which would have been lawful under the McCarran-Ferguson Act) occurring within two years of enactment of this Act. Provides that no relief shall be granted against any person for conduct occurring within two years of enactment of this Act if the defendant relied in good faith on an advisory opinion issued by the Department of Justice.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Partnership Act of 1987 - Title I: Drug Law Enforcement - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out program grants for drug law enforcement. Prohibits the distribution of grant funds to recipients who have been provided such funds for four years. Title II: Juvenile Justice - Subtitle A: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Subtitle B: Runaway and Homeless Youth Act Reauthorization - Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Subtitle C: Missing Children's Assistance Act Reauthorization - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Title III: Law Enforcement - Subtitle A: Justice Assistance Act Reauthorization - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the functions of the: (1) Bureau of Justice Statistics; (2) National Institute of Justice; (3) Bureau of Justice Assistance; and (4) Office of Justice Programs. Subtitle B: Criminal and Juvenile Justice Family Violence Prevention Act of 1987 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice Family Violence Prevention Act of 1987 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States for the purpose of improving the criminal justice system's response to domestic and family violence. Directs the Attorney General to include in the uniform crime reports data that indicates the age of the victim and the relationship of the victim to the offender for specified crimes. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect and publish data that more accurately measures the extent of domestic violence in America. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1992 for such purposes. Subtitle C: Multijurisdiction Criminal Conspiracy Information and Targeting Grants - Establishes a multijurisdiction criminal conspiracy information and targeting grant program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out such program. Subtitle D: Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Improvement - Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the basic level of public safety officers' death benefits, and provides for annual adjustment of the benefits level. Removes the requirement that parent beneficiaries be dependents. Authorizes the use of appropriated funds to assist the families of public safety officers who have died in the line of duty. Subtitle E: Criminal Justice Information Improvement - Criminal Justice Information Improvement Act of 1987 - Establishes a grant program to improve criminal justice information compiled and maintained by States and local criminal justice agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out such program. Subtitle F: College and Railroad Police Information - Amends the Federal judicial code to direct the Attorney General to exchange criminal records and information with railroad and college police departments. Subtitle G: The Racial and Religious Violence Information - Directs the Attorney General to include in the uniform crime reports information regarding crimes: (1) involving religious property; and (2) committed to express racial, ethnic, or religious prejudice. Subtitle H: Victim Compensation and Assistance - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to allow deposits to be made into the Crime Victims Fund through September 30, 1992. Title IV: Assistance to State and Local Courts - Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Title V: National Academy of Sciences - Directs the Attorney General to provide for a study, to be conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, of policies and programs at the State and local levels to reduce violent and property crime by drug users. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
Economic Excellence Act of 1987 - Title I: To Establish a National Policy that Quotas Be Auctioned and to Require a Report on Implementation of the Policy - Declares it to be U.S. policy that all limitations imposed on the quantity of any article that may be entered, or withdrawn from a warehouse, for consumption in U.S. customs territory, should be administered through the use of import licenses auctioned by the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, within six months after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the Congress a report on the actions necessary to implement such policy. Sets forth required contents of the report. Title II: To Establish a Wage Insurance System for Trade Displaced Workers - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to add a wage insurance component to the trade adjustment assistance program. Provides that any worker who was separated from employment due to imports and who accepts a new job within one year of exhausting unemployment benefits shall receive, for a one-year period, an earnings supplement to raise earnings up to 80 percent of the former salary. Title III: Insurance of Local Tax Bases to Protect Against Sudden Unexpected Drop in Tax Revenues - Community Tax Base Insurance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide tax base insurance to local governments which have obtained from private insurance companies basic insurance which covers the first ten percent of any tax revenue reduction and which meets requirements prescribed by the Secretary. Prohibits any insurance from being provided for tax revenue reductions of less than five percent. Limits the amount of insurance which the Secretary may provide to not more than 50 percent of that portion of any tax revenue reduction experienced by a local government that exceeds the amount covered by private insurance. Directs the Secretary to establish and charge premiums for insurance and guarantees provided under this Act. Provides that all premiums paid, interest earned, and other revenues received in connection with the insurance program shall be deposited in the Treasury in a community-based tax insurance fund for payment of program administrative costs and payment of losses incurred by local governments (including guarantee payments). Provides that premium rates first established by the Secretary shall take effect 180 days after the Secretary reports those rates to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to make appropriate revisions and amendments to the premium schedule. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee private insurance companies against losses under the private basic tax base insurance program. Sets forth terms of guarantee agreements. Makes the authority to enter into any insurance agreement or make any guarantee under this Act effective only to the extent approved in an appropriation Act. Limits the aggregate amount of such guarantees to $10,000,000,000 at any time. Title IV: Advance Notification and Consultation - Prohibits an employer from ordering a plant closing or mass layoff until the end of a specified period after the employer serves written notice of a proposal to issue such an order to: (1) the representative of the affected employees, or if there is no representative, to each affected employee; and (2) the State dislocated worker unit and the affected local government. Prohibits an employer from ordering a plant closing or mass layoff unless the employer has consulted with representatives of the affected employees and the local government about alternatives or modifications to such an order. Includes under the employer's duty to consult a duty to provide relevant information. Provides for protective orders to prevent disclosure of competitive information. Makes an employer who orders a plant closing or mass layoff in violation of this title liable to employees for back pay and benefits, and subject to civil penalties for violations with respect to local governments. Creates a cause of action in the appropriate U.S. district court to enforce such liability. Authorizes the court in such cases to require the defendant to pay reasonable attorney fees, along with the costs of the action. Makes employees or representatives of affected employees who violate protective orders relating to competitive information liable to the employer for consequent financial loss. Creates a cause of action in any U.S. court of competent jurisdiction for an employer to recover such liability. Authorizes the court in such cases to require the defendant to pay reasonable attorney fees, along with the costs of the action. States that the rights and remedies provided to employees provided by these notification provisions are in addition to any other contractual, statutory, or other legal rights and remedies of the employees. Expresses the sense of the Congress that any employer not subject to the notice requirements should, to the extent possible, notify its employees about a proposal to close a plant or permanently reduce its workforce. Title V: To Establish a Policy that Employees Have the Right to Maintain Lifelong Retirement Savings - Declares it to be U.S. policy to establish a process which will permit employees covered by ERISA-approved pensions to maintain lifelong retirement savings by transferring the cash value of vested pension rights either to a new employer or to a central Pension Portability Fund within the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Requires the Board of Directors of the PBGC, within six months after enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on the actions necessary to implement such policy. Sets forth required contents of the report. Title VI: To Encourage Employee Ownership of Employer Securities by Increasing the Amount of Exclusion for Elective Deferrals for Contributions to Be Invested in Employer Securities - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase by up to $2,500 that amount of exclusion for elective deferrals for contributions to be invested in employer securities under an employee stock ownership plan. Requires that such securities remain in the plan for at least three years. Provides that, if such securities cease to be allocated to the participant at any time during such period, then they shall be treated as having been distributed to the participant. Title VII: To Amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to Discourage Nonproductive Acquisitions of Securities - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholders who own more than five percent (under current law, ten percent) of a corporation's stock to return to the corporation any profits made from the sale of stock held for less than two years (under current law, six months). Title VIII: Expressing the Sense of the Congress Regarding the Need to Devote a Greater Proportion of Its Current Spending for Research and Development to Non-Defense Activities - Expresses the sense of the Congress about the importance of civilian research and development. Declares that the Congress should decrease funding for military research and development by a specified amount, and should use such funds to increase non-defense research and development activities. Title IX: To Provide a Credit Against Tax for Employers Who Provide On-Site Day Care Facilities for Dependents of Their Employees - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a tax credit for employer expenses for certain on-site day care facilities. Title X: Lifetime Education Assistance - Lifetime Education Assistance Act of 1987 - Establishes within the Department of Education a higher education loan program in which a borrower's annual repayment obligation is dependent upon both postschool income level and borrowing history. Directs the Secretary of Education, within six months after enactment of this Act, to make recommendations to the Congress concerning any legislation required to implement this Act, including: (1) an efficient financing mechanism for such loans; and (2) required transition provisions for terminating existing loan programs and merging outstanding loans into this new program. Sets forth annual and aggregate limits for such loans. Provides for cost-of-living adjustments of such limits. Provides that individual loan obligations under student loan programs of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall be counted toward annual and aggregate borrowing capacity limits under this title, and vice versa. Sets forth the terms of and the duration of eligibility for such loans. Provides for disbursement of proceeds of such loans. Sets forth information requirements for such loan program, including responsibilities of eligible institutions and the Secretary of Education. Sets forth interest charges on such loans. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for repayments of such student loans using the income tax collection system. Sets forth provisions for collection of such loans (to be known as income-dependent education assistance loans). Directs the Secretary of Education to furnish to each borrower annual notice of the borrower's balance and the procedure for computing the amount of repayment owing for the taxable year. Directs the Secretary of Education to submit a compilation of such notices to the Secretary of the Treasury. Sets forth formulas for computation of the annual repayment amount. Makes such amount the lesser of: (1) a specified percentage (increasing with income up to $15,000) of the modified adjusted gross income; or (2) the product of the base amortization amount and the progressivity factor (increasing with income) of the taxpayer for the taxable year. Sets forth conditions for termination of a borrower's repayment obligation. Requires no repayment after 25 years in repayment status or after age 70. Makes certain exceptions in repayment conditions for de minimis loans repaid during the first 12 years in repayment status. Sets forth requirements for payment of the amount owing. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to assess and collect any unpaid amount in a specified manner. Directs the Secretary of Education to discharge the borrower's liability on the loan in the event of the death or permanent and total disability of the borrower. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the Secretary of Education of the amount collected. Directs the Secretary of Education to credit that amount to the individual's account. Sets forth rules for crediting amounts paid on joint returns. Provides for computation of an alternative annual payment for individuals who have attained age 55. Provides for a cost-of-living adjustment in computations using the progressivity factor. Makes such loans not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Authorizes the Secretary of Education in such cases, however, to cancel any amount of the portion of an individual's liability attributable to loans amounts required to be paid for periods preceding the date of a discharge in bankruptcy. Sets forth provisions relating to the finality of assessments and collections of such loans.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987
Marine Science, Technology, and Resource Development Act of 1987 - Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to declare the need for a national ocean policy and to revise definitions under such Act. Expands coverage of such Act to include Great Lakes resources. (Current law covers ocean and coastal resources.) Requires the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Administrator) to develop and publish every three years the Sea Grant Strategic Research Plan (Plan) identifying and describing a limited number of priority areas for strategic marine research. Requires the Plan to be submitted to specified congressional committees. Describes the priority area on which the Plan shall concentrate, including: (1) critical resource and environmental areas of national or global scope where adequate funding is otherwise precluded under other provisions of the National Sea Grant College Program Act; and (2) areas where sustained programmatic research and technology transfer can be utilized. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to make grants to carry out such strategic marine research to sea grant colleges, programs, regional consortia, and individuals meeting certain criteria. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1988 through 1992. Describes the academic, congressional, Federal, and postdoctoral fellowships which may be awarded. Adds to the duties of the sea grant review panel the responsibility of giving advice with respect to applications, proposals, performance, grants, and contracts awarded under the Sea Grant Strategic Research Plan. Authorizes appropriations for the National Sea Grant College Program for FY 1988 through 1992. Amends provisions of the Sea Grant Program Improvement Act of 1976 relating to the purposes of the Sea Grant International program to authorize grants and contracts to enhance international research, promote marine activities with foreign universities, encourage technology transfer, and promote foreign data exchanges. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1988 through 1992. Allows additional funding to be provided through other Federal program elements with a marine science or technology transfer component, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1987
Omnibus Health and Science Reauthorization Act I of 1987 - Title I: National Science Foundation Authorization Act - National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 through 1992 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Science Foundation (Foundation) for FY 1988. Specifies that funds will be available for the following categories: (1) biological, behavioral, and social sciences; (2) computer and information science and engineering; (3) engineering; (4) geosciences; (5) mathematical and physical sciences; (6) scientific, technological, and international affairs; (7) program development and management; (8) science and engineering education; and (9) the United States Antarctic Program. Authorizes appropriations to the Foundation for FY 1989, including amounts for: (1) research and related activities; (2) science and engineering education; and (3) the United States Antarctic Program. Authorizes appropriations to the Foundation for FY 1990 through 1992. Declares that appropriations made under such authorizations shall remain available for obligation for periods specified in the Acts making the appropriations. Authorizes use of a limited amount of funds for official consultation, representation, or other extraordinary expenses at the discretion of the Director of the Foundation (Director). Makes the determination of the Director final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. Authorizes transfers of funds, subject to certain limitations and, in specified circumstances, subject to notification of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Labor and Human Resources and Commerce, and Science, and Transportation of the Senate. Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to: (1) authorize the closing to the public of budget consideration portions of National Science Board (Board) meetings until the President's budget for that fiscal year or the legislative proposal has been submitted to the Congress; (2) declare that the Director is the head of the agency and specify the authority of the Director; (3) revise provisions relating to the composition, powers and functions, membership, and chair of the Executive Committee; (4) make applicable to Board members provisions of current law relating to Federal officers as members of special commissions of the Foundation and compensation of such officers; and (5) repeal provisions relating to oaths of allegiance to the United States and statements regarding certain criminal convictions and charges as prerequisites to acceptance of scholarships or fellowships and relating to ineligibility of members of Communist organizations for such scholarships or fellowships. Amends provisions of the National Science Foundation Authorization and Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act relating to the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (EO Committee) to: (1) remove the requirement of concurrence of the EO Committee to appointments made by the Director to such committee; (2) end the designation of the Chairperson of the Board's Committee on Minorities and Women as an ex officio member of the EO Committee; and (3) change the reporting requirement for the EO Committee from every year to every two years. Title II: Immunization Program - Immunization Program Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 through 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for preventive health service programs to immunize individuals against vaccine-preventable diseases for FY 1988 through 1990. Title III: Sexually Transmitted Disease Control - Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 through 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Title IV: Homemaker/Home Health Training Grants - Homemaker/Home Health Training Grants Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 through 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for public health emergencies. Title V: Organ Procurement - Organ Procurement Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 through 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for grants to organ procurement organizations. Title VI: Emergency Medical Services for Children - Emergency Medical Services for Children Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 through 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for demonstration projects relating to emergency medical services for children in need of treatment for trauma or critical care. Title VII: National Center for Health Statistics - National Center for Health Statistics Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 through 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for health statistical and epidemiological activities. Title VIII: Tuberculosis Control - Tuberculosis Control Authorization Act for 1988 through 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY 1990 for tuberculosis prevention and control programs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Nuclear Protections and Safety Act of 1987 - Title I: Independent Nuclear Safety Board Oversight Over Department of Energy Facilities - Department of Energy Nuclear Safety Board Oversight Act of 1987 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish a Department of Energy Nuclear Safety Board to: (1) annually evaluate health and safety standards and Department of Energy Orders at each Department of Energy nuclear facility; (2) recommend necessary changes; (3) investigate events at such facilities which might adversely affect the public health or safety; (4) recommend specific measures to the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to minimize the likelihood of such events; and (5) issue periodic reports for congressional and governmental agencies regarding health and safety issues at Department of Energy nuclear facilities. Requires the Secretary to implement the Board recommendations, with provision for exemptions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to provide assistance as requested by the Independent Nuclear Safety Board. Authorizes the Committee to expand its membership in order to provide such assistance. Directs the Secretary to reimburse the Committee for the costs incurred in providing such assistance. Authorizes the Director of the Naval Propulsion Program to assist and advise the Board from time to time. Title II: Application of OSHA and NIOSH to DOE Nuclear Facilities - Applies the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA), with specified exceptions, to: (1) a production or utilization facility under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary; (2) a facility subject to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary; and (3) a waste storage facility under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary. Requires the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations to govern application of OSHA to such facilities. Specifies the content of such regulations. Requires the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (and its Director) to perform its statutory functions at such facilities. Directs the Secretary and each contractor operating such facility to cooperate with either the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the conduct of facility inspections or investigations (including granting access and providing information). Title III: Mixed Hazardous Waste - Mixed Hazardous Waste Amendment Act of 1987 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to redefine the term "solid waste" to exclude: (1) source, special nuclear, or byproduct materials (as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954) unless such materials are a part of any mixture or combination, if the other constituent part of such mixture or combination is a solid waste; and (2) wastes at the time they are emplaced at a nuclear waste repository. Title IV: Radiation Study Advisory Board Act of 1987 - Radiation Study Advisory Board Act of 1987 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Radiation Research Review Board to advise and assist the Secretary of Energy in conducting epidemiological studies of radiation effects. Requires the Secretary of Energy to provide the Board with all requests for proposals concerning epidemiological studies of radiation health effects if such studies call for an expenditure (or authorization) of funds greater than $100,000. Requires the Board to review such proposals and make written recommendations if it believes such proposals should be modified or not funded. Requires the Secretary of Energy to: (1) implement Board recommendations prior to the authorization or expenditure of funds; or (2) inform the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Congress of his intention not to implement such recommendations. Requires the Board to review epidemiological studies annually and to advise the Secretary of Energy as to the scope and direction of future studies. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) insure that all such studies shall be subject to peer review; and (2) promulgate guidelines regarding data dissemination of such studies to researchers who are not associated with the Department of Energy. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide the Board with necessary funds, facilities, and staff.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1987
Title I: Recognition of Injustice and Apology on Behalf of the Nation - States that the Congress accepts the findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians and recognizes that a grave injustice was done to both citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II. Title II: United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens - Requests the President to offer pardons to those convicted of violating laws during the internment period whose conduct was based on a refusal to accept racially or ethnically discriminatory treatment. Provides that Federal departments and agencies that review applications for restitution of positions, status, or entitlement lost during the internment period shall review such applications giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission. Establishes within the Treasury a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires the Attorney General to pay $20,000 from the Fund in compensation to each surviving internee. Establishes a Board of Directors which shall be responsible for making disbursements from the Fund. Provides that disbursements from the Fund shall be used to: (1) sponsor research and public educational activities dealing with the internment; (2) fund studies of similar civil liberties abuses; (3) prepare and distribute hearings and findings of the Commission; and (4) promote the general welfare of the ethnic Japanese community in the United States. Title III: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution - Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act - Establishes within the Treasury the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Fund. Directs the Administrator of the Fund (the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association) to make restitution for certain Aleut losses sustained in World War II. Requires the Administrator to establish a trust of $5,000,000 and to distribute the interest of such trust for: (1) the benefit of the elderly, disabled, or seriously ill; (2) students in need of scholarship assistance; (3) preservation of Aleut cultural heritage and historical records; (4) the improvement of community centers of affected Aleut villages; and (5) other purposes to improve Aleut life. Authorizes the Administrator to rebuild and restore churches and church property damaged or destroyed in Aleut villages during World War II. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments of $12,000 from the fund to eligible Aleuts for any uncompensated personal property losses. Provides that such payments shall not be considered income or receipts for purposes of Federal taxes or determining eligibility for Federal benefits or assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of the Army to implement a program for the removal and disposal of live ammunition, obsolete buildings, abandoned machinery, and other hazardous debris remaining in populated areas of the lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. States that the authority contained in this Act shall be supplemental to the authority of the Secretary of Defense in administering the Environmental Restoration Defense Account and shall be exercised only in the event that such account is inadequate to eliminate hazardous military debris from populated areas of the Lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Authorizes appropriations. Provides that bidding rights for surplus Federal property might be exercised by the Aleut Corporation in lieu of conveyance of Attu Island to the Aleut people, such island having been designated as wilderness. States that the bidding rights shall be exercised by the Aleut Corporation without any preference over any other bidder. Provides that an amount equal to $500 for each acre traditionally occupied by the Aleut people on Attu Island shall be transferred to the Corporation account established by this Act and made available to the Corporation for such bidding.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Nation make a major commitment of resources for health care, research, and education relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and that a presidential commission be created to assist the President and the Congress in establishing priorities and a comprehensive plan to deal with all domestic and international aspects of AIDS. Recommends that support services and technical assistance be provided to the commission by the Department of Health and Human Services. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the commission should be established within 90 days, issue a preliminary report within nine months, issue another report one year later, and issue further reports as determined by the commission.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Alternative Agricultural Products Research Act of 1987 - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture the New Products Research Board to be administered by the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Science and Education. States that the Board shall advise the Assistant Secretary with respect to research project selection and evaluation under this Act. Authorizes a plant modification research program focusing on the development and production of new (non-food and-fiber) industrial and commercial products. Gives priority to biotechnological research projects. Sets forth project selection criteria. Authorizes FY 1988 through 2007 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 - Title I - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 to the Department of Justice for: (1) general administration, salaries, and expenses; (2) the General Administration Working Capital Fund; (3) the United States Parole Commission; (4) general legal activities; (5) the Antitrust Division; (6) the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (7) the United States Marshals Service; (8) the support of U.S. prisoners in non-Federal institutions; (9) fees and expenses of witnesses; (10) the Community Relations Service; (11) United States Attorneys; (12) the United States Trustee System Fund; (13) the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (14) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (15) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (16) the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); and (17) the Federal Prison System. Allows up to $75,000 of the funds authorized to the Department to be made available for official reception and representation expenses. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for increases in salary and employee benefits authorized by law. Allows the Administration to request increases in the amount of appropriations authorized by this Act for FY 1989. Title II - Provides general authorizations for: (1) travel expenses; (2) construction of new law enforcement facilities; (3) purchasing and leasing motor vehicles; (4) purchasing and leasing firearms and ammunition; (5) leasing surveillance sites; (6) the acquisition, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; (7) miscellaneous and emergency expenses; (8) official reception and representation expenses; (9) meetings; (10) services of experts and consultants; (11) services of interpreters and translators; (12) the payment of rewards; (13) insurance; and (14) benefits for employees serving overseas. Provides guidelines for the use of appropriations by the Attorney General for: (1) the FBI; (2) the DEA; (3) the INS; (4) the Bureau of Prisons; and (5) the United States Marshals Service. Provides guidelines with respect to the authorizations and exemptions which may be utilized for undercover operations conducted by the FBI, the DEA, the INS, and the U.S. Marshals Service. Allows the FBI to establish and collect fees for the processing of noncriminal employment and licensing fingerprint cards. Title III - Authorizes the Attorney General to make payments for assistance to individuals under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980. Grants the Associate Attorney General authority to: (1) approve certain civil rights prosecutions; (2) approve prosecutions for flight to avoid service of process; (3) summon special grand juries; (4) request a judicial grant of immunity; and (5) object to the disclosure of classified information under the Classified Information Procedures Act. Grants specially designated Assistant Attorneys General authority to approve certain civil rights prosecutions. Grants the Deputy Attorney General authority to approve prosecutions for flight to avoid service of process. Authorizes the Attorney General to make payment from appropriations for the support of U.S. prisoners in non-Federal institutions. Authorizes appropriations for the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. Authorizes the Attorney General to host the annual meeting of the General Assembly of INTERPOL and to periodically sponsor INTERPOL conferences. Authorizes the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to: (1) hire motor vehicles and purchase insurance for official motor vehicles used abroad; (2) advance funds abroad and to other Government departments and agencies; and (3) employ aliens abroad. Title IV - Allows the Attorney General to accept, subject to specified restrictions, gifts for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Department. Allows funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act to be used to: (1) train foreign law enforcement personnel; and (2) contract for the safekeeping, evaluation, treatment, care, and subsistence of persons held under legal authority. States that none of the sums authorized to be appropriated under this Act may be used to overturn or alter the per se prohibition of resale price maintenance, in effect under Federal antitrust laws, or for the obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; (6) contracts out functions presently performed by Federal employees; or (7) under certain circumstances, involves funds exceeding $250,0000 or ten percent of the existing program funds. Requires the Attorney General to perform periodic evaluations of the efficiency and effectiveness of Department programs and supporting activities. Sets forth certain reporting requirements. Title V - Makes technical changes to the United States Code.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Encourages State and local governments and local educational agencies to provide quality daily physical education programs for all children from kindergarten through grade 12.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1987
California Ocean Sanctuary Act of 1987 - Designates a specified area of the Outer Continental Shelf extending 200 miles seaward from the seaward boundary of California as the California Ocean Sanctuary, prohibiting the ocean dumping or incineration of toxic or hazardous waste within the Sanctuary. Prohibits the exploration for fossil fuels, including oil and gas leasing, in specified areas in the Sanctuary.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Inter-American Scholarship Partnership Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to make grants to States for a specified Federal share of the cost of scholarships and higher education programs for foreign students from countries of the Caribbean basin region which are designated by the President as beneficiary countries pursuant to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Earmarks funds for such grants for FY 1988 through 1992 from funds authorized to be appropriated under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for development assistance and the economic support fund. Authorizes appropriations for administrative expenses of the States and the Agency. Specifies that such grants shall be used for payment in full of scholarships for four-year baccalaureate degree programs, five-year undergraduate degree programs, or one or two year training programs in study areas related to the critical development needs of the students' respective countries, including: (1) agriculture; (2) education; (3) public and small business administration; (4) health and related services; (5) civil and architectural engineering; (6) communications technologies; (7) social and political sciences; and (8) vocational and technical skills. Specifies that each such scholarship shall be in the form of a loan to the student with all repayment to be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to his or her country of origin for a period which is at least one year longer than the period spent studying in the United States. Forgives one-half of the repayment if the student is granted asylum in, or admitted as a refugee to, the United States. Sets forth eligibility and selection standards and application requirements for such students. Sets forth procedures for States to make applications for such grants. Directs each participating State to enlist the assistance of the private sector in meeting the non-Federal share of payments under this Act. Requires the Administrator to conduct an annual evaluation of grants made under this Act to determine the success of carrying out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Farmer-Initiated Loan Restructuring Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit farmers in disaster-affected areas to request emergency farm loan principal and interest deferments. Terminates such loan restructuring authority two years after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Computer Education Assistance Act of 1987 - Title I: Acquisition of Computer Resources - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of strengthening and expanding computer education resources available in elementary and secondary schools. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount for the needs of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Specifies the planning activities that States must carry out in order to be eligible for grants. Authorizes the use of such grants for: (1) the acquisition and leasing of computer hardware for use in the education program in the elementary and secondary schools in the State, including operation, installation, and maintenance services; (2) teacher training programs; and (3) the acquisition of computer software. Describes the contents to be included in State and local applications for grants. Allows the participation of private elementary and secondary schools under this Act. Declares the Federal share for such grants to be 75 percent. Title II: Teacher Training Institutes - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the National Science Foundation to arrange for the development and operation of short-term or regular session institutes for study to improve the qualifications of individuals for teaching, or supervising or training teachers, in the use of computers for elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes the payment of stipends for individuals who attend such institutes. Title III: Technical Assistance Information Dissemination - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the Secretary of Education and the National Science Foundation to disseminate the results of research conducted on the availability of computer hardware and software for use in classrooms and to recommend improvements in implementing computer hardware and software into the curriculum of schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for the National Science Foundation, through grants or contracts, to conduct, assist, and foster research and experimentation on, and demonstration and dissemination of, models of instruction in the operation and use of computers which can be easily replicated. Requires the Foundation to report to the Congress annually on the results of such research and experimentation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Declares that the Senate: (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 · 19 March 1987
National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1987 - Establishes a Cabinet-level Office of the Director of National Drug Control Policy to coordinate Federal operations and policy on drug control and abuse. Requires the Director of the Office to prepare and submit annual reports on a National and International Drug Control Strategy. Terminates the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board. Repeals specified provisions of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, and the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act respecting such Board. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes the Special Forfeiture Fund. Deposits in such fund all unobligated amounts remaining each year from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Customs Forfeiture Fund. Provides that amounts from the Special Forfeiture Fund shall be used for: (1) drug law enforcement activities; and (2) drug abuse education, prevention, treatment, and research. Requires the President to submit, as part of the budget, a request for the use of amounts in the fund. States that funds disbursed under this Act shall supplement, not supplant, funds which would be otherwise available. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Customs Forfeiture Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 19 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
Star Schools Program Assistance Act - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to add a title establishing a star schools program. Cites the new title as the Star Schools Program Act. Empowers the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants of up to a fiscal year maximum of $20,000,000 per grant to eligible telecommunications partnerships for the development, construction, and acquisition of telecommunications facilities and equipment and for technical assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992, subject to fiscal year limitations. Sets forth eligibility criteria to identify eligible telecommunications partnerships, which must be organized on a statewide or multistate regional basis and be either: (1) a public agency or corporation established to provide education-related telecommunications networks to certain educational or health institutions or to industries; or (2) a partnership that will provide a telecommunications network and whose membership includes specified educational entities or public or private nonprofit organizations experienced with telecommunications. Authorizes eligible partnerships to submit a grant application: (1) describing the telecommunications facilities, equipment, and technical assistance for which assistance is being sought; (2) providing assurances that the services offered will increase the availability of courses of instruction in mathematics, science, and foreign languages; and (3) containing other assurances and information as required by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, in approving applications, to give priority to certain applicants, including those partnerships that: (1) have the capacity to serve the broadest range of targeted institutions; (2) have substantial academic and teaching capabilities; (3) will serve a multistate area; and (4) demonstrate strength in mathematics, science, and foreign language resources which by distribution through the partnership will offer new educational opportunities. Requires each grantee to report to the Secretary concerning courses and materials to be transmitted by satellite to educational institutions and teacher training centers and to specify the locus and time of such transmissions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) compile and prepare for dissemination a listing and description of the courses and materials submitted by each grantee; and (2) distribute such list to all State educational agencies. Requires the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to conduct a thorough investigation of the use of the telecommunications systems supported by the grants awarded under this Act and to submit quarterly reports to the Congress. Directs the OTA to: (1) carry out, by September 30, 1991, a study and evaluation of the cost of designing, building, and launching a satellite for educational purposes, including an analysis of potential users' ability to repay such costs; and (2) study the demand for the use of such a satellite to find out whether potential users would be able to repay such costs within ten years. States that, if potential users can repay costs within ten years, the Congress should appropriate the funds necessary to launch a satellite for use in a space-based satellite education system.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987
ABM Treaty Interpretation Resolution - Declares the policy of the Senate with respect to the Constitution and as it applies in interpreting the ABM Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. States that the development, testing, or deployment of specified ABM systems is inconsistent with the Treaty and therefore requires an amendment to be agreed to by both countries.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the promotion of unrestricted family visits between related people of the United States and the Soviet Union is an essential part of American policy toward the Soviet Union; and (2) the President, the Secretary of State, and other administration members should raise the issue of family visitation at all appropriate opportunities in discussions with leaders of the Communist Party and the Government of the Soviet Union.
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, and 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.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1987
Africa Famine Recovery and Development Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to add a chapter dealing with Africa Famine Recovery and Development. Authorizes the President to provide project and program assistance for long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the purpose of such assistance to be to help the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in a process of long-term development through economic growth that is equitable, participatory, environmentally sustainable, and self-reliant. Declares that the general authorities and policies of the development assistance provisions of such Act apply to this Act. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs to: (1) take into account the local-level perspectives of the rural and urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa during the planning and review of annual country planning documents for project assistance under this Act; (2) make available funds for a substantial expansion of development efforts by private and voluntary organizations which have demonstrated effectiveness in or commitment to the promotion of local grass-roots activities on behalf of long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa; and (3) establish simplified procedures for the development and evaluation of projects to be carried out by private and voluntary organizations. Requires that local people shall be closely involved in projects that have a local focus. Requires that the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs shall ensure the participation of African women in development projects assisted by this Act. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs to use the program assistance provided by this Act to: (1) help overcome shorter-term constraints to long-term development; and (2) promote reform of national economic policies to support these priorities. Requires such assistance programs to take account of the need for adjustments should recurrence of drought make it impossible to achieve the goals of the reform. Designates as the critical sectoral priorities for long-term development: (1) agricultural production and natural resources; (2) health; (3) voluntary family planning services; (4) education; and (5) income generating opportunities. Imposes minimum levels of assistance for certain critical sectors. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance to formulate coherent country development assistance strategies. Sets forth information such strategies must analyze and address. Requires the assistance provided under this Act to be concentrated in countries that will make the most effective use of such assistance. Exempts the assistance authorized by this Act from specified limitations on the procurement of goods and services. Earmarks the uses to which local currencies generated by assistance provided under this Act and other Acts may be put. Provides that funds made available under this Act may be used to assist the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to increase their capacity to participate in donor coordination mechanisms at the country, regional, and sector levels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for long-term development assistance for sub-Saharan Africa and for funding activities of certain international organizations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the funding authorization should be extended whenever appropriate. Limits transfers between accounts funded by this Act. Requires the Administrator of AID to develop a plan for organizational changes within AID in order to carry out the long-term development assistance program for sub-Saharan Africa with maximum effectiveness. Sets forth changes the Administrator shall consider. Requires the Administrator to consult with specified congressional committees about such changes. Authorizes the Administrator to transfer certain funds in order to increase the AID resources for development assistance activities for sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the Administrator to develop a plan for evaluating the agency's progress in achieving the purposes of this Act. Requires the plan to provide for: (1) the establishment of specific criteria for measuring the performance of U.S. development assistance for the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa; (2) the collection and monitoring of base-line data for future measurement of the effectiveness of such assistance; and (3) the measures by which the evaluations will be used to institutionalize learning within the agency. Requires the plan to be developed in consultation with specified congressional committees. Requires that assistance from other assistance and development programs shall be used to provide assistance fo the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa. Authorizes the President to make available such amounts from the funds authorized by this Act as the President deems appropriate to support long-term development assistance for activities of international organizations which are consistent with the purpose of providing assistance for the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa and are undertaken in coordination with AID. Encourages the President to use the authorities provided in this Act in coordination with activities of the multilateral development banks in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors to the International Monetary Fund and to the relevant multilateral development banks to pursue means by which those institutions could reschedule the payments due them by the low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the President to ensure that the funds made available by this Act are not used by a country to repay loans. Requires the annual report by the President to the Congress on foreign assistance programs to included a report on the progress made in carrying out this Act. Provides that reprogramming notification requirements do not apply to funds used to carry out this Act. Makes conforming amendments to various Acts. Declares that, where appropriate, African famine relief activities should serve as the foundation for long-term development activities undertaken pursuant to this Act. Provides for the transfer of certain funds so that they may be used for management support activities associated with long-term development assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the purposes of the African Development Foundation are consistent with the purposes of this Act. Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1988. Expresses the sense of the Congress that special efforts should be undertaken to reduce trade barriers and promote economic interchange between the United States and developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the Comptroller General to study, and report to the Congress on, the restrictions which affect the importation of products of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit U.S. defense articles from being transferred to, or used on, Cyprus by Turkey. Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to the extent that the President certifies to the Congress that: (1) there has been an armed attack on one or more parties to the North Atlantic Treaty or that such an attack is imminent; and (2) the President has approved the transfer of such defense articles. Requires the President to report periodically to the Congress: (1) specifying the number of Turkish armed forces on Cyprus; and (2) describing any U.S. defense articles on Cyprus.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 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 · 19 February 1987
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act - Title I: Dislocated Workers' Adjustment Services - Establishes a Dislocated Worker Unit in the Department of Labor to: (1) distribute funds to States under this title; (2) provide funds to exemplary, demonstration, and model programs on plant closings and worker dislocation; (3) allocate discretionary funds; (4) monitor performance and expenditures, and annually certify compliance with standards; (5) conduct research and serve as a national clearinghouse for gathering and disseminating information on plant closings and worker dislocation; and (6) provide technical assistance and staff training services to States, communities, businesses, and unions. Sets forth administrative provisions. Requires State Governors, in order to receive an allocation of funds under this title, to submit to the Secretary of Labor a biennial State plan describing the programs and activities that will be assisted with such funds. Sets forth requirements for State plans. Requires the designation or creation of an identifiable State dislocated worker unit or office with the capability to respond rapidly, on site, to mass layoffs and plant closings. Requires the establishment of a tripartite advisory committee composed equally of representatives of labor, management, and public agencies to advise the Governor and the State unit on the administration of programs under this title. Sets forth provisions for review and approval of plans, and for complaints, investigations, and penalties. Allows funds allocated to States to be used to: (1) provide plant-specific adjustment assistance; (2) deliver, coordinate, and integrate normal labor market services; (3) identify and correct the basic educational deficiencies of dislocated workers; (4) provide vocational and on-the-job training; (5) provide income support; and (6) continue for FY 1988 and 1989 to conduct any program or activity or provide any service that was provided with funds made available under title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), and to continue such program, activity, or service thereafter if it satisfies a standard set forth in clauses (1) through (5). Sets forth formulas for allocation of funds by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to promulgate standards for the conduct and evaluation of programs under this title, including encouragement to establish worker adjustment committees. Directs the Secretary, in the event that any State fails to qualify for an allocation, to use the amount of the allocation to provide in that State, directly or through contract, the programs and services authorized by this title. Authorizes up to 25 percent of the funds allocated to a State for any fiscal year to remain available for obligation and expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year. Provides for reimbursement of certain State funds from an allocation for a succeeding fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to ensure that each State unit has access to information collected and maintained under specified provisions of the JTPA to identify job skills that would improve the employment opportunities of eligible displaced workers. Provides that specified Federal and fiscal administrative provisions of the JTPA shall apply to funds, programs, and activities under this title. Limits to 15 percent that portion of this amount available for this title in any fiscal year which may be used for administrative expenses. Directs the Governor to appoint the tripartite advisory committee after consultation with labor organizations, business and other organizations affected by worker dislocation, and with local governments. Sets forth committee functions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and succeeding fiscal years to carry out this title. Terminates funding for title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of the JTPA. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for an annual evaluation of the program authorized by this title; and (2) prepare and submit to the Congress as part of the annual report of the Department of Labor a report on the activities of the Dislocated Worker Unit. Title II: Advance Notification and Consultation - Prohibits an employer from ordering a plant closing or mass layoff until the end of a specified period after the employer serves written notice of a proposal to issue such an order to: (1) the representative of the affected employees, or if there is no representative, to each affected employee; and (2) the State dislocated worker unit and the affected local government. Prohibits an employer from ordering a plant closing or mass layoff unless the employer has consulted with representatives of the affected employees and the local government about alternatives or modifications to such an order. Includes under the employer's duty to consult a duty to provide relevant information. Provides for protective orders to prevent disclosure of competitive information. Makes an employer who orders a plant closing or mass layoff in violation of this title liable to employees for back pay and benefits and subject to civil penalties. Creates a cause of action in the appropriate U.S. district court to enforce such liability. Authorizes the court in such cases to require the defendant to pay reasonable attorney fees, along with the costs of the action. Makes employees or representatives of affected employees who violate protective orders relating to competitive information liable to the employer for consequent financial loss. Creates a cause of action in any U.S. court of competent jurisdiction for an employer to recover such liability. Authorizes the court in such cases to require the defendant to pay reasonable attorney fees, along with the costs of the action. States that the rights and remedies provided to employees by this title are in addition to any other contractual, statutory, or other legal rights and remedies of the employees. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that any employer not subject to the notice requirements should, to the extent possible, notify its employees about a proposal to close a plant or permanently reduce its workforce. Title III: Dislocated Workers' Demonstration, Exemplary, and Discretionary Programs - Directs the Secretary, from certain reserved amounts, to carry out demonstration, exemplary, and discretionary programs under this title. Reserves certain portions of such funds for specified programs under this title and for the Secretary's discretionary and exemplary programs. Part A: Dislocated Workers Training Loan Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to: (1) allocate funds for this part among communities having the largest number of dislocated workers; (2) give priority to communities with the highest concentrations of dislocated workers; and (3) conduct or enter into agreements to conduct demonstration programs in at least five, but not more than ten, such communities. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with State dislocated worker units or State or local public agencies or nonprofit private organizations to provide for the establishment and maintenance of dislocated workers loan funds. Limits to $5,000 the aggregate amount of all direct loans made from such funds to each dislocated worker. Authorizes use of such loans for: (1) vocational and on-the-job training; (2) basic education and literacy instruction; (3) relocation expenses; and (4) child care services. Sets forth repayment provisions. Provides for evaluation of the direct loan approach. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on such evaluations by October 1, 1989. Part B: Self-Employment Opportunity Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements for self-employment demonstration programs with at least five, but not more than ten, States. Provides that eligible individuals shall be entitled to receive adjustment assistance in the form of self-employment allowances. Provides that such individuals shall not be eligible to receive, in addition to such assistance, extended or additional unemployment compensation or regular unemployment compensation if payment is made by the State in lieu of regular unemployment compensation. Provides that funds to begin a self-employment demonstration program may be spent only for: (1) business development assistance and entrepreneurial training; (2) seed capital for new small business enterprises; (3) financial or technical assistance for small business incubators; (4) program administration; and (5) other support services. Makes an individual eligible for such program if such individual: (1) is eligible to receive regular unemployment compensation under State law; (2) submits an application for such adjustment assistance to the State agency; and (3) meets applicable State requirements. Limits the number of those who may be considered eligible individuals for purposes of this part to five percent of those eligible to receive regular compensation in a State. Limits the aggregate amount of adjustment assistance in the form of a self-employment allowance to any individual to the maximum amount of regular compensation plus any extended or additional compensation payable to such individual. Makes State and Federal requirements relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept suitable work inapplicable to an individual receiving a self-employment allowance as long as the individual is self-employed. Provides for payment to each State of an amount equal to the percentage of the extended or additional compensation for which the State would have been entitled to reimbursement if such additional compensation had been paid. Permits a State to make payments on account of adjustment assistance provided under this part from the State unemployment fund. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) grants for administrative expenses; and (2) fraud and overpayments. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for evaluation of the self-employment allowance system; and (2) report to the Congress on such evaluations by October 1, 1989. Part C: Public Works Employment Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to carry out public works employment demonstration programs, allocating funds under this part among cities and counties: (1) which are geographically diverse; (2) which represent urban and rural areas; and (3) for which the unemployment rate for the past six months exceeded the national average by at least two percent. Directs the Secretary to conduct or enter into agreements to conduct demonstration programs in no fewer than five nor more than ten cities and counties. Makes an individual eligible to participate in a demonstration project assisted under this part if the individual: (1) is an eligible dislocated worker who has been unemployed for at least 15 weeks; (2) has been unemployed or without steady employment for at least two years; or (3) is a recipient under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program for at least two years. Sets forth testing and education requirements for participants. Directs private industry councils to select job projects to be assisted under this part. Provides for objections to projects. Limits each participant to 32 hours per week on such project. Sets wages and benefits for such projects. Requires private industry councils to establish for the area in which the demonstration is conducted job clubs to assist participants with the preparation of resumes, the development of interviewing techniques, and evaluation of individual job search activities. Requires selection of projects which develop marketable skills and assist participants in finding private sector jobs. Sets forth labor standards applicable to job projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for evaluation of the employment demonstration program; and (2) report to the Congress on such evaluations by October 1, 1989. Part D: Secretary's Discretionary Fund - Authorizes the Secretary to support exemplary programs and projects designed to increase the employability of eligible dislocated workers. Directs the Secretary to disseminate information on the effectiveness of programs assisted under this part.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Retiree Benefits Security Act of 1987 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to apply provisions governing the rejection of collective bargaining agreements in reorganization cases to collective bargaining agreement provisions relating to benefits for retired employees. Provides that bankruptcy claims for retiree benefits and claims arising under any collective bargaining agreement or rejection thereof shall not be limited to one year's compensation. Designates the labor organization which is the recognized exclusive collective bargaining representative in a collective bargaining agreement as the authorized representative of persons receiving retirement benefits under such agreement in bankruptcy proceedings. Directs the court to appoint a committee of retirees to serve as such representative if the labor organization elects not to serve or if the recipients of retiree benefits are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Requires the debtor in possession or trustee in a reorganization case to pay and not modify any retiree benefits under any program established or maintained by the debtor prior to filing a bankruptcy petition. Allows modification of such benefits: (1) by court order; or (2) as agreed to by the trustee and the authorized representative of benefit recipients. Treats such payments as administrative expenses. Permits the court to order a modification in retiree benefit payments only if: (1) with respect to benefits covered by a collective bargaining agreement, such agreement is rejected in bankruptcy; and (2) with respect to benefits whether covered or not, the court finds that modifications are necessary to permit the reorganization of the debtor and to assure that all creditors, the debtor, and all affected parties are treated fairly and equitably and that the balance of equities clearly favors the modification sought by the trustee. Permits the court, before issuing a final order, to authorize the trustee to implement interim changes in benefits not provided by a collective bargaining agreement, if essential to the continuation of the debtor's business, or in order to avoid irreparable damage to the estate. Provides that any retiree benefits paid between the filing of a petition and confirmation of a plan shall not be deducted from amounts calculated for claims for unpaid future retiree benefits or for any benefits not provided due to modifications, unless otherwise agreed by the debtor and the authorized representative. Requires a reorganization plan to place all claimants for retiree benefits in a separate class consisting only of such claimants. Requires that a plan, to be fair and equitable with respect to such claimants: (1) provide that each claim holder of such class receive property of a value equal to the allowed amount of such claim; or (2) provide that each claim holder of such class receive such value as found by the court to represent the minimum reduction in retiree benefits consistent with the ability of the debtor to provide such benefits after plan confirmation. Provides for the retroactive application of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 - Amends title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Education Amendments of 1972 to define the phrase "program or activity" and the term "program" to mean all of the operations of the following entities, any part of which is extended Federal financial assistance: (1) a department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or local government; (2) a State or local government agency which distributes such assistance and the agency or department to which such assistance is extended; (3) a college, university, or other postsecondary institution, or public system of higher education; (4) a local educational agency, system of vocational education, or other school system; and (5) a corporation, partnership, or other private organization. States that such terms do not include any operation of an entity which is controlled by a religious organization. Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to define the phrase "program or activity" to mean all of the activities of the aforementioned entities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Federal Employee Compensation Equity Act of 1987 - Establishes the Commission on Compensation Equity to provide for a consultant to study the classification, grading, and pay-setting processes within and between the position classification system and the job-grading system. Requires the study to determine whether these processes result in the payment of rates of basic pay for positions: (1) in which either sex is numerically predominant or any race or ethnic group is disproportionately represented; and (2) where such differences in pay are not in proportion to the duties, difficulty, responsibility, or qualification requirements of the work performed. Provides a timetable for: (1) the Commission to report to appropriate congressional committees and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management with advisory recommendations; (2) the Director to report to the committees and the Commission with a plan to carry out any of the recommendations; and (3) additional comments from the Commission and its termination.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends specified Acts to rename them the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the Fair Housing Act. Amends the Fair Housing Act to make it unlawful to: (1) refuse to sell or rent a dwelling to an individual because that individual, or someone associated with that individual, is handicapped; (2) discriminate against a handicapped individual in the conditions of sale or rental, or in the provision of a related service or facility; (3) refuse to permit reasonable modifications, at the expense of the handicapped person, to permit access to the premises; or (4) refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, or services to afford handicapped individuals equal use and enjoyment of a dwelling. Makes it unlawful for anyone engaged in residential real estate-related transactions to discriminate in the provision or terms of a transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. States that nothing in this Act limits the applicability of any reasonable local, State, or Federal restrictions on the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy a dwelling unit. States that nothing in this Act regarding familial status applies to any State or Federal program aimed at assisting the elderly. Establishes new administrative enforcement authority in addition to existing enforcement provisions. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to transmit an annual report to the Congress on the progress made in eliminating discriminatory housing practices. Allows an aggrieved person to file a complaint with the Secretary alleging a discriminatory housing practice. Allows the Secretary to file such a complaint on his own initiative or investigate a housing practice to determine whether such a complaint should be brought. Requires the Secretary to attempt to correct the discriminatory practice by informal methods of conciliation. Requires the Secretary to refer matters to the Attorney General, recommending that civil actions be filed, where a respondent has failed to comply with conciliation agreements. Allows the Secretary to refer matters to the Attorney General for prompt judicial action when necessary. Makes certain changes in the current requirements for referring charges to State or local agencies for investigation and enforcement. Specifies the elements of "substantial equivalency" which permit certification and referrals of discrimination charges. Permits the Secretary to file an administrative complaint or refer the matter to the Attorney General for civil action if the investigation supports a finding of reasonable cause, except with respect to matters involving land use control, which must be referred. Specifies the hearing procedures to be utilized if an administrative complaint is issued. Permits criminal penalties of up to a $100,000 fine and/or imprisonment for not more than one year for noncompliance with subpoenas or other lawful orders. Permits the administrative law judge to award appropriate relief, including punitive damages. Permits the filing of a petition for review of a final order in an appropriate court of appeals within 30 days of service of such order. Permits any prevailing party to be awarded reasonable attorney's fees. Makes certain revisions in the private right of action for aggrieved persons. Extends the statute of limitations from 180 days to two years. Disallows simultaneous administrative and judicial proceedings involving the same charge. Allows the Attorney General to intervene upon certification that the civil action is of general public importance. Continues the authority of the Attorney General to initiate civil actions where there is reasonable cause to believe that a pattern or practice of resistance to fair housing rights has occurred. Permits the Attorney General to commence a civil action for appropriate temporary or preliminary relief pending final disposition of the complaint. Describes the types of relief which may be granted in civil actions under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Extends adverse action provisions of Federal law regarding Federal employees (concerning removal, suspension for more than 14 days, reduction in grade or pay, or furlough for 30 days or less) to Postal Service employees who: (1) are preference eligibles; (2) are supervisors or employees engaged in confidential personnel work; and (3) have completed one year of continuous service in the same or similar positions. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to obtain judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit if: (1) the Director determines that the Board of Governors of the Postal Service erred in interpreting a civil service law, rule, or regulation affecting personnel management, and that the Board's decision will have a substantial impact on a civil service law, rule, regulation, or policy directive; or (2) the Postal Service makes such determination regarding postal personnel management.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1987
Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to entitle each State to the payment of a bonus for the successful job placement of certain employable dependent individuals. Makes an individual who is a head of a household eligible to be counted for an incentive bonus if the individual: (1) has received benefits continuously under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act or under cash and medical assistance to refugees, for at least two years prior to participation in education, training, and support activities designed to provide jobs for such individuals and has no work experience for the year preceding the year for which the eligibility determination is made; or (2) receives benefits at the time the determination of eligibility is made under aid to families with dependent children, or under cash and medical assistance to refugees, and has not attained 22 years of age, has not completed secondary school or its equivalent, and has no work experience for the year preceding the year for which the eligibility determination is made. Requires that such individual: (1) participate in education, training, and support activities designed to provide jobs for such individuals; (2) be placed in nonsubsidized employment for at least one year after such participation; (3) receive from such employment an income equal to or greater than cash benefits under aid to families with dependent children or under cash and medical assistance to refugees; and (4) no longer qualify for such benefits. Provides that the amount of the incentive bonus paid to each State shall be equal to: (1) 75 percent of the placement bonus base for each successful placement; (2) 50 percent of the placement bonus base for the second continuous year of such employment; and (3) 25 percent of the placement bonus base for the third continuous year of employment. Sets forth formulas for determination of the placement bonus base. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires adequate verification of placements for approval of applications. Directs the Governor to reserve an amount equal to the amount the State receives for incentive bonuses. Directs the Governor to set aside up to 15 percent of such amount for distribution to participating State agencies to support the costs of establishing and maintaining systems necessary for the operation of the incentive bonus program. Directs the Governor to distribute the remainder of the reserved amount to participating agencies, private industry councils in service delivery areas, and service providers who contribute to the incentive bonus program for education, training, and support activities designed to provide jobs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to evaluate the program under this Act and to report to the Congress within three years after enactment of this Act on the costs and savings of such program. Provides for targeted assistance for employable dependent individuals. Provides for reallocation to States of certain available amounts based on the number of AFDC recipients and on the number of placements of individuals who are heads of households who receive AFDC benefits and job training under programs conducted with Federal financial assistance. Provides that the reallocated amounts shall be targeted to training activities, including outreach activities and preemployment support activities for employable dependent individuals. Authorizes appropriations for the program of incentive bonus payments for employable dependent individuals.
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