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United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1988
Designates the week of June 19 through June 25, 1988, as National Recognition of the Accomplishments of Women in the Workforce Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1988
Authorizes additional printing of the Standing Rules of the Senate as a Senate document for the use of the Committee on Rules and Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1988
Designates the week of October 24 through October 30, 1988, as Drug Free America Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1988
Extends the Senate's congratulations to Reverend Norman Vincent Peale on reaching his 90th year with vigor and in good health. Conveys the Senate's best wishes for many more years to Reverend Peale and his wife and children.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1988
Designates the portion of 16th Street, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, between the Embassy of Poland and Fuller Street, as Solidarity Corner.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1988
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in United States of America v. John M. Mistretta in support of the constitutionality of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1988
Designates the week beginning on the third Sunday in May 1989 as National Tourism Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1988
War Powers Resolution Amendments of 1988 - Repeals certain provisions of the War Powers Resolution relating to the exercise of war powers by the President. Amends the Resolution to require that, where consultation is required under such Act, the President shall consult with: (1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate; and (2) the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House and Senate. Requires the President and such Members to establish a schedule of regular meetings to ensure adequate consultation on national security issues. Requires that, whenever a majority of such Members so request, the President shall consult with a permanent consultative group (to be established within the Congress under this Act) unless the President determines that limiting consultation to such Members is essential to meet extraordinary circumstances affecting the most vital security interests of the United States. Requires the membership of the permanent consultative group, in addition to such Members, to include the chairmen and ranking minority members of the House and Senate committees on foreign affairs, armed services, and intelligence. Repeals provisions of the Resolution requiring the President to terminate any use of U.S. armed forces: (1) within 60 days after such use is required to be reported to the Congress under the Resolution, unless the Congress specifically authorizes their continued use; or (2) if the Congress so directs by concurrent resolution. Provides that, whenever U.S. armed forces are engaged in hostilities or other situations described in a report submitted (or deemed to be required to be submitted) by the President under the Resolution without a declaration of war or specific statutory authorization, it shall be in order in the Senate or House to consider a joint resolution (approved by the permanent consultative group) which either: (1) requires the President to disengage or remove such forces; or (2) provides specific authorization for their continued engagement or use. Sets forth congressional priority procedures for such a joint resolution. Authorizes any Member of Congress to bring an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief on the ground that the President or U.S. armed forces obligated or expended funds in violation of such Resolution. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds for any activity which would have the purpose or effect of violating any provision of law requiring the disengagement of U.S. armed forces or authorizing the continued engagement of such forces. Repeals provisions of the Department of State Authorization Act, FY 1984 and 1985 relating to expedited procedures for joint resolutions and bills requiring the removal of U.S. armed forces from hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1988
Declares the Senate's abiding respect for William Buckley's life of unequaled service and his death of unexampled fortitude.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1988
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Members of the Committee on the Judiciary in the case of Monte Lee v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., et al.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1988
Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program Resolution - Establishes a Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program to encourage increased participation by outstanding students in a public service career. Directs the Jacob K. Javits Foundation, Incorporated, New York, New York, in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate (the Secretary), to select Senate Fellowship participants. Requires each participant to complete a program of graduate study in accordance with criteria agreed upon by the Foundation. Provides for a Senate component of the Fellowship Program. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint and fix the compensation of each eligible participant selected, for a period of employment which may not exceed one year. States that such compensation shall not supplement stipends received from the Secretary of Education under the Fellowship Program. Limits to ten the number of fellowship participants so employed for any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary, after consulting the Majority and Minority Leaders, to place eligible participants in positions in the Senate that are, within practicable considerations, supportive of their academic programs. Makes funds available to the Secretary available for five years, to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate. Limits such funds for each of the first five years of the program. Terminates the program five years after the effective date of this resolution. Directs the Secretary, three months prior to such expiration, to report a program evaluation and recommendations to the Majority Leader and the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1988
Expresses appreciation and gratitude to Claudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson for her years of service to our Nation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1988
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Walt Riker, Mike Pettit, and any other current or former Senate employees in the case of Adamson v. Radosevic, et al. Authorizes such employees to testify and produce documents in such case to the extent that such testimony and documents are determined to be both relevant and not privileged.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1988
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Carl M. Smith, Minority Staff Director of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, in the case of Korb v. Lehman, et al.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1988
Provides for an adjournment or recess of the Senate on April 29, 1988, until May 9, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1988
Expresses the Senate's appreciation and gratitude to G. Russell Walker on the occasion of his retirement from the position of Editor in Chief of the Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1988
Designates January 20, 1989, as National Skiing Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1988
Designates the month of September 1988 as National Sewing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1988
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Secretary of the Senate and any Senate employee who may be substituted as a respondent in the case of Avirgan v. Hull, No. 86-1146-CIV-KING (S.D. Fla.), or in any ancillary proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1988
Designates the period commencing September 25, 1988, and ending October 1, 1988, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1988
Authorizes the Chief Counsel of the Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition to provide testimony and other information in the case of United States v. Poindexter, et al., about any actions of the Select Committee that may be relevant to the question whether the independent counsel has made any prohibited use of immunized testimony, except concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted. Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent committees, Members, officers, and employees of the Senate in such case.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1988
Designates the month of November 1988 as National Hospice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1988
Authorizes the Committee on Governmental Affairs to provide to the Board of Contract Appeals of the General Services Administration records of the Committee's investigation of the Electronic Tandem Network telecommunications procurement.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President, pursuant to the National Emergencies Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, should: (1) find that an international economic emergency exists with respect to events in Panama which poses an extraordinary threat to the United States; (2) prevent future transfers to the Noriega regime of credit or currency subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and (3) consider placing any financial resources which would otherwise be transferred to such regime into an escrow account pending such disposition as the President may decide.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1988
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to provide to the Independent Counsel appointed by the court in In re Oliver L. North, et al., a transcript of the closed session testimony of specified persons, subject to the Independent Counsel's agreement to abide by confidentiality and other requirements established by the Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1988
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress has the power to set limits on campaign expenditures by, in support of, or in opposition to any candidate in any primary or other election for Federal office. Declares that the States have such power with respect to State or local elections.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1988
Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of Representative James J. Howard.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1988
Makes corrections in the enrollment of S. 854 (Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1988).
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1988
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the situation in Panama constitutes an extraordinary threat to the United States; (2) the United States should act immediately to impose additional pressure on General Noriega and should obtain his extradition from Panama; (3) the United States should take immediate steps to provide additional support to President Delvalle's government; and (4) the U.S. Government should consider a comprehensive package of emergency economic assistance to President Delvalle's transitional government after General Noriega has left Panama to assist in rebuilding Panama's economy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1988
Amends S. Res. 382 (90th Congress) to authorize the expenditure of such amounts as are necessary out of the contingent fund of the Senate for the Commission on Art and Antiquities of the U.S. Senate. Authorizes the Commission to procure the temporary (not to exceed one year) or intermittent services of individual consultants or organizations with the prior approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1988
Authorizes the printing as a Senate document of the compilation entitled "Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate," including additional copies for the Secretary of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1988
Authorizes the Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management of the Committee on Governmental Affairs to provide investigative documents relating to the hearings on "Oversight of Federal Procurement Decisions on Wedtech" to the Department of Justice.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1988
Provides for a Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect on January 20, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1988
Firearms Detection Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, assemble, import, sell, possess, receive, ship, or deliver any firearm which is not: (1) as detectable as the Minimum Standard Security Exemplar, after removal of grips, stocks, and magazines, by walk-through metal detectors commonly used at U.S. airports; or (2) impregnated with barium sulfate, or a similar compound, to facilitate detectability by cabinet x-ray systems. Defines the term "Minimum Security Standard Exemplar" to mean a firearm substitute used for testing that resembles a revolver, is made of stainless steel, and weighs four ounces. States that nothing in this Act shall require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to utilize the Minimum Security Standard Exemplar as an FAA detection standard. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing the importation of undetectable firearms. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to conduct research to improve the effectiveness of airport security metal detectors and airport security x-ray systems. Allows the Secretary, when appropriate because of changed technology, to submit proposed legislation to amend the definition of Minimum Security Standard Exemplar. Directs the Administrator of the FAA, the Director of the Secret Service, and the Director of the Marshals Service to conduct a study to identify available equipment capable of detecting the Minimum Security Standard Exemplar while distinguishing innocuous metal objects. Provides increased criminal penalties for using or carrying an undetectable firearm during the commission of a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that FY 1989 funding for Federal-aid highway and mass transit programs should be at levels established by the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1988
Declares that the President should: (1) posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof in honor of their efforts to document the Afghan struggle for freedom; and (2) present the award to those individuals' families on March 21, 1988, the start of the new year in Afghanistan.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1988
Provides for the printing of "The INF Treaty and the Future of the Alliance - Report by a Senate delegation to five NATO Countries, led by Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, February 6-14, 1988" as a Senate document, including additional copies for the use of Senators.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1988
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Jonathan Winer, counsel to Senator Kerry, and any Senator or other Senate employee who may be asked to testify or produce documents in the case of Southern Air Transport, Inc. v. Post-Newsweek Stations of Florida, Inc., et al.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1988
Designates the week of June 26 through July 2, 1988, as National Safety Belt Use Week. Authorizes and requests the President to: (1) urge the people to wear safety belts and use child safety seats; and (2) encourage State and local governments and concerned organizations and officials to promote greater use of these safety devices.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1988
Provides for an adjournment of the Senate from March 3 or 4, 1988, until March 14, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Construction Grants Program under the Clean Water Act should be fully funded and implemented as authorized and intended by the Water Quality Act of 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the proposed loan by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for Mexico's steel industry is not in the best interests of the United States or in the best interests of Mexico's economic revitalization; and (2) the United States should use its best efforts to prevent approval of such loan.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1988
Declares that any settlement in Afghanistan must: (1) provide for Afghan self-determination; (2) outline a definite timetable for the complete withdrawal of Soviet troops; and (3) provide for the safe return of refugees. Urges the President to support a solution acceptable to the Afghan resistance, insist on the withdrawal of Soviet advisers with the troops, require the Soviets to terminate all forms of military assistance to the Kabul regime, and ensure continued international assistance to the Afghan refugees until all Soviet bloc forces have been withdrawn. Expresses the Senate's: (1) support for increased U.S. humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people during and following a Soviet withdrawal; (2) support for a United Nations-sponsored peacekeeping force; and (3) belief that the U.S. Government should not restrict assistance to the Afghan resistance until it is clear that the Soviets have ended their occupation and that the majahadeen can maintain its integrity during the transition period leading to new elections.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) funding for Amtrak should be continued at a level that will enable it to continue to operate a national railway system and to continue to improve its financial performances and service levels; and (2) the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration should work with Amtrak management to lower Amtrak's dependence on public funding and to assign the highest priority possible to safety.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1988
Amends Senate Resolution 352, 99th Congress, to authorize the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Senate to procure the temporary or intermittent services of consultants. Authorizes the Commission to engage the services of guest speakers and provide them with appropriate honoraria, transportation expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1988
Designates the month of November 1988 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988 - Title I: Child Pornography - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it illegal to use a computer to transport information in interstate or foreign commerce concerning the visual depiction of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct (child pornography). Establishes criminal penalties for buying, selling, or transferring the custody of a minor: (1) knowing that, as a consequence of the sale or transfer, the minor will be used in child pornography; or (2) with the intent to promote child pornography. States that such sale or transfer must involve: (1) the minor or other actor traveling in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) communications in interstate or foreign commerce; or (3) conduct in a territory or possession of the United States. Requires any person who produces a book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter which contains any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct (which is shipped or intended for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, or contains material shipped in interstate or foreign commerce) to maintain certain records regarding the performers portrayed in such conduct. Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations regarding the maintenance and availability of such records. Includes the sexual exploitation of children as a predicate offense to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. Title II: Obscenity - Makes it a Federal criminal offense to receive or possess, with the intent to distribute, obscene matter which has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce. Makes it a Federal criminal offense to knowingly use a facility or means of commerce to sell or distribute obscene matter in interstate or foreign commerce. Establishes a rebuttable presumption, with respect to Federal criminal offenses involving obscene matter, that obscene matter produced in one State (or outside the United States) which is subsequently located in another State (or in the United States) was transported, shipped, or carried in interstate (or foreign) commerce. Establishes criminal and civil forfeiture procedures with respect to Federal offenses involving obscene material and child pornography. Includes communications by means of cable or subscription television within the prohibition against broadcasting obscene language. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the penalty provisions of such Act with respect to obscene telephone communications. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for the possession or sale of obscene matter on Federal property. Adds obscenity offenses to the list of crimes for which the Government may obtain wiretaps.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Authorizes the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct a statue of a woman Vietnam veteran within the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site in Washington, D.C., to honor and recognize the women of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam conflict. Subjects the location and design of the statue to approval by the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the addition of the statue is well within the intent of the law authorizing the establishment of the Memorial; and (2) after the addition of such statue, such Memorial will be complete and no further additions to the site should be authorized or undertaken.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1988
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $45,000,000 to $60,000,000 the amount permissible in the Boat Safety Account in the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund without triggering a prohibition of transfers into the Account from the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1988 and thereafter. Extends from April 1, 1989, to October 1, 1999, the date before which expenditures may be made from the Boat Safety Account for recreational boating safety programs. Grants the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating liquidating contract authority with respect to State recreational boating safety programs in an amount equal to one-half (currently two-thirds) of the amount of motorboat fuel taxes transferred to the Boat Safety Account in FY 1988 and thereafter. Increases from one-third to one-half the portion of such funds available for Coast Guard services in connection with recreational boating safety services. Prohibits fiscal year expenditures for Coast Guard expenses from exceeding those for State boating safety programs generally. Amends Federal law to permit a State to use contributions of funds, materials, lands, and services to carry out certain fish restoration and management projects in lieu of paying its share of the activity.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1988
Asbestos in Schools Amendment Act of 1988 - Amends the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 to extend, to October 12, 1989, the deadline for local educational agencies to submit asbestos in schools management plans to their State Governors. Extends the deadline for implementing such plans to July 9, 1990.