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United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 3, 1987, as Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1987
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require foods to include on their labeling the presence and amount of any palm, palm kernel, or coconut oils along with a statement that such oil(s) is a saturated fat.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1987 - Title I: Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research - Establishes a ten-year coordinated program, to be known as the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program, which will be implemented by the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Agriculture. Establishes an Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research to facilitate the implementation of such program. Authorizes the Secretaries to appoint an Administrator of Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research to coordinate such program. Sets forth the functions of the Secretaries with respect to such program, including: (1) establishing matching grants programs for specified nutritional and dietary purposes; and (2) submitting an annual report to the President for transmittal to the Congress. Requires the Secretaries to prepare and implement a comprehensive national nutrition monitoring and related research plan which shall: (1) assess and report on U.S. nutritional and dietary trends; (2) assess and report on low-income food and household expenditures; (3) sponsor and conduct research; (4) develop and update a national dietary and nutritional status data bank; (5) assist State and local agencies in developing procedures and networks for nutrition monitoring and surveillance; and (6) focus the activities of Federal agencies. Requires the plan to allocate the project functions and activities among the various Federal agencies and offices involved. Provides that the comprehensive plan shall be carried out during the period ending with the close of the ninth fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the final comprehensive plan is submitted. Requires the Secretaries to provide for and coordinate such scientific research and development as may be necessary to support the coordinated program and comprehensive plan. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council - Establishes an 11-member Advisory Council to: (1) provide scientific and technical advice on the development and implementation of all components of the coordinated program and the comprehensive plan; (2) evaluate such program and plan; and (3) submit an annual report to the Secretaries. Title III: Dietary Guidance -Directs the Secretaries, by the start of 1990 and every five years thereafter, to publish and review dietary guidelines for the general public.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
School Dropout Retention and Recovery Act of 1987 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to add a new title, the Dropout Retention and Recovery Program. Directs the Secretary of Education, from amounts appropriated to carry out this title for FY 1988 through 1990, to allocate grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish and demonstrate: (1) model systems for collecting and reporting data on the incidence of and reasons for school dropouts; and (2) effective programs to identify potential dropouts and to encourage dropout reentry into the educational system. Permits a State educational agency (SEA) to apply for a grant upon an agreement with a group of LEAs or request of an LEA that the State agency will apply on behalf of the local group or groups. Directs the Secretary, from the amount allotted, to award as many grants as practicable to applicants who propose a program of sufficient size and scope to be of value as a demonstration. Limits the number of such grants an applicant may receive to one grant in each of three fiscal years. Requires that the amount of such a grant to an LEA be proportionate to the extent and severity of the local dropout problem, but limits that amount to not more than 90 percent of project cost in the first fiscal year, 75 percent in the second, and 50 percent in the third. Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, to conduct and disseminate the results of a study of the nature and extent of the school dropout problem in the United States. Sets forth requirements for such study, including the development of a model dropout information collection and reporting system and minimum reporting system requirements. Requires each LEA (and, where appropriate, each SEA) to: (1) conduct a planning process with specified components relating to dropout prevention and reentry; and (2) develop a plan for the implementation of an appropriate project, including the establishment of an advisory council. Suggests provisions to be included in such an implementation plan. Sets forth grant application requirements. Directs the Secretary, in considering applications for approval, to: (1) assure equitable distribution of such grants among U.S. regional areas; and (2) give priority to SEAs and LEAs with the most severe dropout problem whose applications show the greatest potential for success. Sets forth authorized activities for which grants may be used, including: (1) career counseling services; (2) vocational education programs; (3) curriculum review and improvement; (4) collaboration with business, industry, and institutions to provide incentives for high-risk populations to remain in, or reenter, school; (5) addressing the relationships between drugs and dropouts and between youth gangs and dropouts in the interest of coordinating appropriate programs; and (6) evaluation and revision of program placement of students at risk. Sets forth general provisions to govern this new title, including requirements for payment withholding, auditing, and grant supplementation of other funds. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress on January 1 concerning the activities assisted under this title. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Designates July 2, 1987, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Congratulates Ducks Unlimited, Incorporated, for its accomplishments in 50 years of protection and enhancement of wetlands waterfowl habitat.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987
Provides for the processing of current and former Cuban political prisoners as refugees for U.S. entry regardless of the length of such imprisonment. Provides for the issuance of immigrant visas to Cuban nationals without regard to: (1) a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to the refusual to accept the return of nationals; (2) the visa application site; or (3) the date of departure from Cuba for persons applying for visas outside Cuba.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal aid for refugee assistance programs should not be reduced.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1987
Terminates the application of certain Veterans Administration (VA) regulations relating to the reimbursement of transportation costs of claimants and beneficiaries in connection with medical care provided by the VA.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1987
Sets forth the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1988 and the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1989 through 1991. Sets forth the levels and amounts of Federal revenues, budget outlays, and deficits for FY 1988 through 1991 for purposes of determining whether the maximum deficit amounts set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) have been exceeded. Recommends levels of Federal revenue of $659,900,000,000 for FY 1988, $700,400,000,000 for FY 1989, $764,100,000,000 for FY 1990, and $828,000,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $0 for FY 1988, $0 for FY 1989, $0 for FY 1990, and $0 for 1991. Designates the following amounts of Federal revenues for Federal Insurance Contributions Act revenues: (1) $59,700,000,000 for FY 1988; (2) $63,900,000,000 for FY 1989; (3) $68,900,000,000 for FY 1990; and $74,300,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the appropriate levels of total new budget authority at $842,00,000,000 for FY 1988, $889,100,000,000 for FY 1989, $926,000,000,000 for FY 1990, and $985,400,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are $804,500,000,000 for FY 1988, $825,100,000,000 for FY 1989, $854,100,000,000 for FY 1990, and $887,300,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the amount of the deficit at $144,600,000,000 for FY 1988, $122,700,000,000 for FY 1989, $190,000,000,000 for FY 1990, and $59,300,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the appropriate levels of the public debt shall be $2,561,100,000,000 for FY 1988, $2,750,100,000,000 for FY 1989, $2,903,600,000,000 for FY 1990, and $3,025,700,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the amounts by which statutory limits on such debt should be increased are as follows: (1) $207,300,000,000 for FY 1988; (2) $189,000,000,000 for FY 1989; (3) $153,500,000,000 for FY 1990; and (4) $122,100,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity as follows: (1) $29,400,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $131,100,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $100,500,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1988; (2) $31,800,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $140,900,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $97,800,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1989; (3) $31,100,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $147,300,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $94,500,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1990; and (4) $30,600,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $154,300,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $90,900,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1991. Sets forth the levels of budget authority, budget outlays, new direct obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each major functional category for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires the following Senate Committees to report changes in laws within their jurisdiction and make recommendations sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays by specified amounts for FY 1988 through 1991: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Armed Services; (3) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (4) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (5) Energy and Natural Resources; (6) Environment and Public Works; (7) Finance; (8) Governmental Affairs; (9) Labor and Human Resources; and (10) Veterans' Affairs. Requires the following House Committees to report changes in laws within their jurisdiction and make recommendations sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays by specified amounts for FY 1988 through 1991: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; (4) Education and Labor; (5) Energy and Commerce; (6) Government Operations; (7) Interior and Insular Affairs; (8) Post Office and Civil Service; (9) Veterans' Affairs; and (10) Ways and Means. Directs the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means to report changes in laws within the jurisdiction of such committees which are sufficient to increase revenues by specified amounts in FY 1988 through 1991. Directs the Budget Committees to report a reconciliation bill or resolution carrying out all such recommendations without substantive revision. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House shall report legislation to establish a deficit reduction account in the Treasury; and (2) the Government, generally, should sell assets to non-governmental buyers but recommends no sales specifically. Describes the budgetary treatment of legislation authorizing the prepayment of certain loans. Establishes a reserve fund for FY 1988 through 1991 for: (1) the child care and job training initiative; and (2) the Medicare catastrophic health insurance initiative.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1987
Sets forth the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1988 and the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1989 through 1991. Sets forth the levels and amounts of Federal revenues, budget outlays, and deficits for FY 1988 through 1991 for purposes of determining whether the maximum deficit amounts set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) have been exceeded. Recommends levels of Federal revenue of $678,400,000,000 for FY 1988, $723,900,000,000 for FY 1989, $787,600,000,000 for FY 1990, and $860,500,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $18,500,000,000 for FY 1988, $23,500,000,000 for FY 1989, $23,500,000,000 for FY 1990, and $32.500,000,000 for FY 1989, $23,500,000,000 for FY 1990, and $32,500,000,000 for FY 1991. Designates the following amounts of Federal revenues for Federal Insurance Contributions Act revenues: (1) $59,700,000,000 for FY 1988; (2) $63,900,000,000 for FY 1989; (3) $68,900,000,000 for FY 1990; and $74,300,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the appropriate levels of total new budget authority at $917,100,000,000 for FY 1988, $958,800,000,000 for FY 1989, $983,100,000,000 for FY 1990, and $1,031,800,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are $848,000,000,000 for FY 1988, $876,500,000,000 for FY 1989, $903,600,000,000 for FY 1990, and $928,800,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the amount of the deficit at $169,600,000,000 for FY 1988, $152,600,000,000 for FY 1989, $116,000,000,000 for FY 1990, and $68,300,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the appropriate levels of the public debt shall be $2,585,800,000,000 for FY 1988, $2,805,500,000,000 for FY 1989, $2,986,700,000,000 for FY 1990, and $3,120,200,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the amounts by which statutory limits on such debt should be increased are as follows: (1) $232,000,000,000 for FY 1988; (2) $219,700,000,000 for FY 1989; (3) $181,200,000,000 for FY 1990; and (4) $133,500,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity as follows: (1) $34,000,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $156,500,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $100,600,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1988; (2) $32,300,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $150,400,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $97,900,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1989; (3) $31,000,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $158,100,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $94,600,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1990; and (4) $30,100,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $165,400,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $91,000,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1991. Sets forth the levels of budget authority, budget outlays, new direct obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each major functional category for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires the following Senate Committees to report changes in laws within their jurisdiction and make recommendations sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays and, in some cases, increase contributions by specified amounts for FY 1988 through 1991: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Armed Services; (3) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (4) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (5) Energy and Natural Resources; (6) Environment and Public Works; (7) Finance; (8) Governmental Affairs; (9) Labor and Human Resources; and (10) Veterans' Affairs. Requires the following House Committees to report changes in laws within their jurisdiction and make recommendations sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays and, in some cases, increase contributions by specified amounts for FY 1988 through 1991: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; (4) Education and Labor; (5) Energy and Commerce; (6) Government Operations; (7) Interior and Insular Affairs; (8) Post Office and Civil Service; (9) Veterans' Affairs; and (10) Ways and Means. Directs the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means to report changes in laws within the jurisdiction of such committees which are sufficient to increase revenues by specified amounts in FY 1988 through 1991. Directs the Budget Committees to report a reconciliation bill or resolution carrying out all such recommendations without substantive revision. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House shall report legislation to establish a deficit reduction account in the Treasury; and (2) the Government, generally, should sell assets to non-governmental buyers but recommends no sales specifically. Describes the budgetary treatment of legislation authorizing the prepayment of certain loans. Establishes a reserve fund for FY 1988 through 1991 for: (1) the child care and job training initiative; and (2) the Medicare catastrophic health insurance initiative.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1987
Sets forth the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1988 and the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1989 through 1991. Sets forth the levels and amounts of Federal revenues, budget outlays, and deficits for FY 1988 through 1991 for purposes of determining whether the maximum deficit amounts set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) have been exceeded. Recommends levels of Federal revenue of $664,500,000,000 for FY 1988, $707,000,000,000 for FY 1989, $771,200,000,000 for FY 1990, and $835,300,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $4,600,000,000 for FY 1988, $6,600,000,000 for FY 1989, $7,100,000,000 for FY 1990, and $7,300,000,000 for 1991. Designates the following amounts of Federal revenues for Federal Insurance Contributions Act revenues: (1) $59,800,000,000 for FY 1988; (2) $64,000,000,000 for FY 1989; (3) $69,100,000,000 for FY 1990; and $74,400,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the appropriate levels of total new budget authority at $912,200,000,000 for FY 1988, $963,300,000,000 for FY 1989, $1,007,300,000,000 for FY 1990, and $1,053,300,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are $835,000,000,000 for FY 1988, $871,400,000,000 for FY 1989, $909,300,000,000 for FY 1990, and $941,700,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the amount of the deficit at $170,500,000,000 for FY 1988, $164,400,000,000 for FY 1989, $138,100,000,000 for FY 1990, and $106,400,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the appropriate levels of the public debt shall be $2,590,700,000,000 for FY 1988, $2,827,000,000,000 for FY 1989, $3,037,500,000,000 for FY 1990, and $3,218,900,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the amounts by which statutory limits on such debt should be increased are as follows: (1) $236,300,000,000 for FY 1988; (2) $236,300,000,000 for FY 1989; (3) $210,500,000,000 for FY 1990; and (4) $181,400,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity as follows: (1) $31,000,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $118,400,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $100,200,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1988; (2) $27,700,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $112,900,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $100,000,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1989; (3) $25,500,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $117,800,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $100,000,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1990; and (4) $24,200,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $123,000,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $100,000,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1991. Sets forth the levels of budget authority, budget outlays, new direct obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each major functional category for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires the following Senate Committees to report changes in laws within their jurisdiction and make recommendations sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays by specified amounts for FY 1988 through 1991: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Armed Services; (3) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (4) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (5) Energy and Natural Resources; (6) Environment and Public Works; (7) Finance; (8) Governmental Affairs; (9) Labor and Human Resources; (10) Small Business; and (11) Veterans' Affairs. Requires the following House Committees to report changes in laws within their jurisdiction and make recommendations sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays by specified amounts for FY 1988 through 1991: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; (4) Education and Labor; (5) Energy and Commerce; (6) Government Operations; (7) Interior and Insular Affairs; (8) Merchant Marine and Fisheries; (9) Post Office and Civil Service; (10) Public Works and Transportation; (11) Small Business; (12) Veterans' Affairs; and (13) Ways and Means. Directs the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means to report changes in laws within the jurisdiction of such committees which are sufficient to increase revenues by specified amounts in FY 1988 through 1991. Requires the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, the Senate Committee on Small Business, the House Committee on Education and Labor, and the House Committee on Small Business to report changes in laws within the jurisdiction of such committees which provide credit authority (as defined in the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974) sufficient to reduce direct loan obligations by a specified amount in FY 1988 through 1991. Directs the Budget Committees to report a reconciliation bill or resolution carrying out all such recommendations without substantive revision.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1987
Sets forth the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1988 and the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1989 through 1991. Sets forth the levels and amounts of Federal revenues, budget outlays, and deficits for FY 1988 through 1991 for purposes of determining whether the maximum deficit amounts set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) have been exceeded. Recommends levels of Federal revenue of $693,600,000,000 for FY 1988, $787,200,000,000 for FY 1989, $856,300,000,000 for FY 1990, and $914,200,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $33,700,000,000 for FY 1988, $86,800,000,000 for FY 1989, $92,200,000,000 for FY 1990, and $86,200,000,000 for FY 1991. Designates the following amounts of Federal revenues for Federal Insurance Contributions Act revenues: (1) $59,700,000,000 for FY 1988; (2) $63,900,000,000 for FY 1989; (3) $68,900,000,000 for FY 1990; and $74,300,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the appropriate levels of total new budget authority at $920,900,000,000 for FY 1988, $978,400,000,000 for FY 1989, $1,020,100,000,000 for FY 1990, and $1,084,800,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are $839,400,000,000 for FY 1988, $889,700,000,000 for FY 1989, $930,700,000,000 for FY 1990, and $970,300,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets the amount of the deficit at $145,800,000,000 for FY 1988, $102,500,000,000 for FY 1989, $74,400,000,000 for FY 1990, and $56,100,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the appropriate levels of the public debt shall be $2,562,300,000,000 for FY 1988, $2,732,400,000,000 for FY 1989, $2,872,600,000,000 for FY 1990, and $2,995,300,000,000 for FY 1991. States that the amounts by which statutory limits on such debt should be increased are as follows: (1) $208,500,000,000 for FY 1988; (2) $170,200,000,000 for FY 1989; (3) $140,200,000,000 for FY 1990; and (4) $122,700,000,000 for FY 1991. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity as follows: (1) $34,200,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $153,000,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $100,000,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1988; (2) $33,200,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $147,000,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $97,900,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1989; (3) $37,500,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $154,700,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $94,600,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1990; and (4) $32,200,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $162,100,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $91,000,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1991. Sets forth the levels of budget authority, budget outlays, new direct obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each major functional category for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires the following Senate Committees to report changes in laws within their jurisdiction and make recommendations sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays by specified amounts for FY 1988 through 1991: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Armed Services; (3) Energy and Natural Resources; (4) Finance; (5) Governmental Affairs; and (6) Small Business. Requires the following House Committees to report changes in laws within their jurisdiction and make recommendations sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays by specified amounts for FY 1988 through 1991: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Energy and Commerce; (4) Government Operations; (5) Interior and Insular Affairs; (6) Small Business; and (7) Ways and Means. Directs the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means to report changes in laws within the jurisdiction of such committees which are sufficient to increase revenues by specified amounts in FY 1988 through 1991. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Government shall sell loan assets producing specified net proceeds for FY 1988 through 1991.
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 · 9 April 1987
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish criminal penalties for refusing or neglecting to appear at immigration proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for computer linkage between the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the National Crime Information Center and other computerized criminal indexes with respect to information on aliens convicted of crimes and deportable aliens.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish additional specified criminal penalties for an alien who reenters the United States after having been deported subsequent to conviction of a felony or aggravated felony.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require, pending deportation proceedings, the detention of an alien convicted of an aggravated felony (murder, kidnapping, rape, or any attempt thereof, or illicit trafficking in drugs). Prohibits conditional parole for such an alien. Requires deportation proceedings to give priority to such cases.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal penalties on a person who knowingly aids an alien convicted of specified crimes to enter the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Makes congressional findings concerning rural and urban poor in developing countries. Requires the Administrator of the agency responsible for administering the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make assistance available to financial intermediaries in developing countries to enable them to provide loans and other assistance for micro and small enterprises of the poorest people. Specifies that such assistance may be made available for use by such financial intermediaries: (1) in extending credit for micro and small enterprises; (2) in extending credit for such purposes as food processing and production of cloth and clothing; (3) for the start-up costs incurred by a nongovernmental organization in becoming a financial intermediary; (4) for expenses incurred by financial intermediaries in providing training and technical assistance for micro and small enterprises; and (5) to provide other assistance necessary to the successful functioning of micro and small enterprises. Requires the Administrator to issue guidelines for financial intermediaries providing such assistance. Requires the Administrator to place primary emphasis on the development of the capacity of and use of indigenous nongovernmental organizations (especially those representing women, tribal people, and other minorities) which will provide credit and other assistance to micro and small enterprises. Requires the Administrator to conduct a benchmark survey to determine the total amount of assistance made available during FY 1987 for credit and other assistance for micro and small enterprises under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and to report to the Congress on the results of such survey. Sets forth the total amounts of assistance to be provided for such programs for FY 1988 and 1989. Specifies that such amounts shall be made available from: (1) funds made available under provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to development assistance, Africa famine recovery and development, and economic support; (2) foreign currencies generated from specified sources; and (3) amounts paid to the United States on loans made to financial intermediaries. Specifies that at least 80 percent of such amounts shall be used in support of micro enterprises. Authorizes the Administrator to use economic assistance funds to provide assistance to the governments of developing countries on a loan basis repayable in foreign currencies. Requires notification to the Congress of the reprogramming of economic assistance funds made available to financial intermediaries under this Act. Requires the Administrator to encourage economic policies which promote micro and small enterprises in policy dialogues concerning economic policies with, and efforts to reform economic policies of, countries receiving economic assistance from the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require States to establish an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Office) encompassing any area or local ombudsman entity designated by the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman as a subdivision of the Office. Directs States to establish Statewide toll-free hotlines to facilitate the communication of complaints to ombudsmen. Requires States to provide assurances that Office staff are not subject to conflicts of interest and that mechanisms are in place to identify and remedy such conflicts. Immunizes Office representatives from liability under State law for the good faith performance of official duties. Directs States to provide legal counsel to: (1) the Office for advice and consultation; and (2) Office representatives sued in connection with the performance of official duties. Requires States to provide appropriate sanctions against: (1) those willfully interfering with Office representatives in the performance of official duties; and (2) extended care facilities which retaliate against residents or employees who file a complaint with, or provide information to, the Office. Requires State licensure and certification agencies to provide the Office with inspection reports, notices of deficiencies, and sanctions issued with respect to extended care facilities as well as other data relevant to the Office's investigations of such facilities. Directs the Office to submit annual reports to State licensure and certification agencies, State agencies on aging, and the State legislature and Governor analyzing and suggesting resolutions to problems experienced by, and complaints received against, extended care facilities. Requires the Office to conduct annual on-site visits of extended care facilities to inform residents and personnel of program services and make such services available. Requires that Office staff who do investigative work be trained in Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and policies regarding State extended care facilities as well as investigative techniques. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide technical assistance and training to State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs and Ombudsman representatives; and (2) establish a national clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information regarding, and transferring technology among, such programs. Authorizes appropriations from FY 1988 through 1992 for State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that extended care facilities provide ombudsmen with access to facility residents and, with the patient's or guardian's consent, to the patient's medical and social records. Requires that ombudsmen be given access to individuals who are admitted to hospitals from skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities. Directs the Secretary to promptly notify the appropriate Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman of any Medicare or Medicaid sanction imposed on a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility. Requires the Commissioner on Aging to issue a report by January 15th of each year analyzing and suggesting resolutions to problems experienced by, and complaints received against, extended care facilities. Specifies the congressional committees, Federal agencies, and private organizations which are to receive such reports. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Commissioner on Aging to designate a full-time staff of the Administration on Aging within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Requires the Commissioner to conduct studies and issue findings regarding: (1) the practices and impact of the Ombudsman program; (2) Ombudsman programs which are investigating home care service complaints; and (3) the feasibility of extending the Ombudsman program to physician and hospital services received by older individuals. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to States for FY 1988 and 1989 to demonstrate and evaluate: (1) the provision of ombudsman services to home care clients; and (2) cooperative projects between the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and the State protection and advocacy program for developmental disabilities and mental illness. Amends part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations to make available to Ombudsman program personnel their data showing the substantial failure of a provider to meet professionally recognized standards of health care.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Designates October 16, 1987, as World Food Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Designates the week beginning October 4, 1987, as National School Yearbook Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Designates the month of November in 1987 and 1988 as National Hospice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to air carrier mergers or acquisitions to require the Secretary of Transportation to impose, as a condition of approval of such transactions, labor protective conditions that are calculated to mitigate possible adverse effects upon air carrier employees' employment, wages, or working conditions.
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 · 7 April 1987
Declares that the Congress: (1) condemns the violations of human rights engaged in by the Castro Government in Cuba; (2) urges all appropriate international bodies to pressure that government to live up to internationally accepted human rights standards; (3) welcomes the fact that 18 members of the United Nations Human Rights Commission voted to put the question of Cuban human rights performance on the Commission's agenda; (4) regrets that the Commission, by a one vote margin, decided not to put the issue on its agenda; and (5) regrets that the democracies of the Western Hemisphere failed to vote unanimously to put the question on the agenda.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1987
Inspector General Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to include the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Railroad Retirement Board under such Act. Provides for uniform salaries for inspectors general at level IV of the Executive Schedule. Establishes an Office of Inspector General in the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Office of Personnel Management. Transfers existing functions. Sets forth provisions concerning the authorities and responsibilities of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's existing Office of Investigations. Declares that the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury shall have general oversight responsibility for internal investigations performed by specified agencies of the Department. Authorizes the Inspector General to investigate any Treasury officer or employee if: (1) the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of the Treasury directs such an investigation; (2) the investigation concerns senior personnel; or (3) the investigation involves alleged notorious conduct or any other sensitive matter of the Department. Restricts each Federal agency without a statutorily established inspector general to one internal audit unit. Requires the audit unit director to be appointed by, report to, and be under the general supervision of the head of each Federal entity governed by this Act. Requires the head of any Federal entity who removes an audit unit director from office to communicate the reasons for such removal to the Congress. Declares the Chief Postal Inspector of the United States Postal Service to be the internal audit unit director of the U.S. Postal Service and shall be appointed by, report to, and be under the general supervision of the Postmaster General. Declares that the Chief Postal Inspector may be removed or transferred from office if the Postmaster issues a written order to such effect and such order is ratified by two-thirds of the Governors of the Postal Service. Requires that the Congress be notified of the reasons for such removal or transfer. Expands the scope of information to be included in semiannual reports of each Inspector General. Requires semiannual reports listing audits that were not resolved within one year after the date on which an audit determination was made. Authorizes Inspectors General to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, or affidavit when necessary. Requires the President to include in the budget submission a separate appropriation account for appropriations for each Office of Inspector General.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of April as Fair Housing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Recognizes the Disabled American Veterans Vietnam Veterans National Memorial near Eagle Nest, New Mexico, as a memorial of national significance. Requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating the occasion of this recognition.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1987
Older Americans Act of 1987 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for the Federal Council on the Aging. Authorizes the Commissioner on Aging to request the technical assistance and cooperation of other agencies and units of the Department of Health and Human Services in administering programs providing grants for State and community programs on aging. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for State and community programs on aging which include programs providing nutrition services, supportive services, surplus commodities, or cash payments in lieu of food commodities, to older individuals. Authorizes States to transfer up to 30 percent of their grant amounts for programs on aging between support service and nutrition programs. Adds the National Association of State Units on Aging to the list of organizations with whom the Commissioner is to consult when developing quality and efficiency criteria for State home-delivered meal programs for the aged. Directs the Commissioner to provide funding for research activities which will yield information, within three years of this Act's enactment, concerning the aged and their needs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for: (1) research and discretionary programs concerning the aged and the training of personnel working on behalf of the aged; (2) the older American community service employment program; (3) grants to Indian tribes for the provision of supportive and nutritional services to older Indians; and (4) the older Americans personal health education and training program.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1987
Superconductivity Competition Act of 1987 - Directs the President to appoint a National Commission on Commercial and National Defense Applications of Superconductors to report to the Congress and the President on recommendations to enhance the development of improved superconductors and commercial and national defense applications of superconductors. Requires the Commission to address several issues, including: (1) U.S. competitiveness in superconductor development; (2) methods to improve and coordinate information, funding, and applications; (3) private sector incentives to develop superconductors; and (4) the impact on U.S. security of relying on foreign producers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 - Provides that the United States asserts title to any abandoned shipwreck that is: (1) embedded in submerged lands of a State; (2) embedded in coralline formations protected by a State on its submerged lands; or (3) on submerged lands of a State when such shipwreck is included or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. Declares that any title to abandoned shipwrecks asserted under such conditions is transferred to the State in or on whose submerged lands the shipwreck is located. States that any abandoned shipwreck in or on the public lands of the United States (except the Outer Continental Shelf) is the property of the United States. Directs the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to publish, within six months after enactment of this Act, advisory guidelines for the protection of shipwrecks and properties.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Truck and Bus Safety Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) include within the ambit of Federal motor carrier safety regulations motor carriers and drivers operating wholly within a municipality or commercial zone (with specified exceptions); and (2) initiate rulemaking proceedings on the need to adopt specified methods for safety improvement and for braking performance standards for trucks and truck trailers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Designates "The Stars and Stripes Forever" as the national march.
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 · 25 March 1987
Future Teacher Training Corps Act - Amends title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a new program of Future Teacher Training Corps Fellowships. Directs the Secretary of Education to allot program grant funds to each State on the basis of school-age population. Directs State Governors to appoint Selection Review Panels to select fellowship recipients. Requires that recipients be interested in teaching careers and to agree to teach in areas of the State where there is a shortage of elementary or secondary school teachers or in fields of study where there is a shortage of such teachers. Sets forth guidelines for selection procedures. Sets forth program grant application requirements for States. Limits each such fellowship to not more than: (1) $5,000 for each year of graduate education in preparation to become an elementary or secondary school teacher; and (2) two years of such graduate education. Sets forth fellowship conditions. Requires fellowship repayment in cases of noncompliance with fellowship agreements, with specified exceptions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to award up to 5,000 fellowships during each of those fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Imported Raw Agricultural Commodity Safety Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare a fiscal year plan for the distribution of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) resources for sampling imported raw agricultural commodities to ensure: (1) compliance with pesticide residue laws; and (2) sharing of violations data among FDA districts. Directs the Secretary to prepare a fiscal year summary of sampling activities which shall specify: (1) commodity types and volume; (2) country of export; (3) number of samples taken; and (4) violations, including commodity and pesticide, and the name of the importer. Directs the Secretary, when a violation has been found, to monitor such commodity during the successive growing season. Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit an enforcement report to the appropriate congressional committees; and (2) include within such report a description of any pesticide residue detection research.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Designates the week of May 31 through June 6, 1987, as National Intelligence Community Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States, so long as Soviet and Cuban military forces occupy Angola, should encourage peace and national reconciliation in Angola through a negotiated settlement to the military conflict and stress the holding of free elections as outlined in the 1975 Alvor Agreement through: (1) support for Soviet and Cuban withdrawal and a negotiated peaceful settlement; and (2) consistent efforts by the President and the Secretary of State to convey to the Soviets that their continued presence in Angola hinders future U.S.-Soviet relations. Requests the President to use his authorities under the Export Administration Act to block U.S. business transactions which conflict with U.S. security interests in Angola. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should: (1) review U.S. policy with respect to the U.S. refusal to recognize the Marxist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the human rights record of the MPLA, and the worst 1985 voting record supporting U.S. interests in the United Nations; and (2) transmit to the Congress a report on the U.S. policy review, together with a determination on the current U.S. trade and business policy with respect to Angola.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987
Requires a State or urban area to submit a comprehensive homeless assistance plan for approval to the Interagency Council on the Homeless in order to receive housing assistance under this Act. Sets forth required contents of such plan, including a description of the local homeless population and the existing services available to them. Requires the Council to review and approve a plan within 30 days unless such plan fails to meet the requirements of this Act. Requires: (1) annual performance monitoring reports to the Council; and (2) the Council to carry out performance evaluations beginning with FY 1990. Authorizes additional FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations for: (1) the transitional housing program; and (2) the emergency shelter grant program. Increases the minimum allocation amounts for the emergency shelter grants program. Exempts such additional emergency shelter assistance from a specified planning requirement. Increases available budget authority for five-year contract section 8 existing housing certificates for the homeless, especially the elderly and homeless families with children. Permits such certificates to be attached to a housing unit owned by a nonprofit organization which has agreed to provide shelter and services to the homeless. Increases available budget authority for ten-year contract section 8 single room occupancy dwellings for the homeless. Requires the installation of sprinkler systems, smoke detectors, and other fire and safety improvements. Limits rehabilitation costs to $14,000 per unit, unless local conditions such as contruction or acquisition costs or fire or building codes require increases.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987
Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act - Title I: Interagency Council on the Homeless Act - Interagency Council on the Homeless Act - Establishes the Interagency Council on the Homeless as the successor to the Department of Health and Human Services' Federal Task Force on the Homeless. Transfers all Task Force functions to the Council and terminates the Task Force. Sets forth Council functions, including: (1) Federal homeless program review; (2) governmental and private programs evaluation; (3) information distribution; and (4) provision of professional and technical assistance. Requires each Federal agency to report annually (the first report due within 90 days of enactment of this Act) to the Congress and the Council regarding its programs for the homeless, any impediments including statutory or regulatory restrictions affecting such programs, and efforts made to increase food, shelter, and support opportunities for the homeless. Requires the Council to report annually to the President and to the Congress regarding: (1) the nature and extent of the homeless problem; (2) Council activities in cooperation with governmental and private entities; (3) Federal programs for the homeless, and an assessment of necessary levels of Federal assistance; and (4) appropriate recommendations. Authorizes FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations. Title II: Clarification of Use of Excess Property Under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 - Excess Property Identification Act of 1987 - Requires: (1) each Federal agency to identify excess property under its control that would be suitable for use as a shelter or to provide services to the homeless; and (2) the Administrator of General Services to report to the Council on the availability of such property. Title III: Shelter Program - Part A: General Provisions - Emergency Food and Shelter Act of 1987 - Establishes the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board, to be constituted by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Directs FEMA to act as Federal liaison and provide support services to the Board. States that each Board-designated locality shall establish a local board which shall determine fund distribution. Sets forth local board responsibilities, including: (1) coordination with other governmental assistance programs; (2) selection of grant recipients; and (3) program monitoring. Sets forth Board recordkeeping and audit provisions, including authority for access by the Comptroller General of the United States. Requires the Board to report annually to the Congress. Part B: Emergency Food and Shelter Grants - Requires the Director of FEMA, within 30 days of enactment of a law providing appropriations to carry out this part, to provide funds to the Board for grants to private nonprofit organizations and units of local government to: (1) provide shelter, food, and support services to the homeless, with attention given to homeless persons with mental and physical disabilities; (2) strengthen efforts to create more effective and innovative local programs; and (3) conduct limited rehabilitation of existing mass shelter or mass feeding facilities. Limits Board funding to only those programs carried out by nonprofit organizations and units of local government which are consistent with the purposes of this title. Prohibits the Board from carrying out programs directly. Limits administrative costs to not more than five percent of total appropriations. Requires the Board to establish written guidelines, including: (1) methods for identifying needy localities and determining allocations; (2) eligible program costs; and (3) guidelines specifying the responsibilities and reporting requirements of the Board, its recipients and service providers. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations, including any amount provided under Public Law 100-6. Part C: Case Management - Requires the Director of FEMA, within 30 days of enactment of a law providing appropriations to carry out this part, to provide grants to the Board to be given to recipient private nonprofit organizations and units of local government under part B of the Act to provide the homeless in shelters with case management services. Requires recipients to provide or arrange for such services. Sets forth required services. States that, if feasible in certain areas, the government or private entity operating a homeless shelter shall give preference to specified Community Services Block Grant programs in arranging for the provision of case management services. Authorizes FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987
Health Services, Mental Health Services, Job Training, and Education for the Homeless Act - Title I: Health Services and Mental Health Services for the Homeless - Health Services and Mental Health Services for the Homeless Act - Part A: Health Services - Amends title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of the Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for: (1) health services for homeless individuals; and (2) mental health services for homeless individuals who do not have a chronic mental illness. Specifies services such entities are required to provide and other requirements in order to be eligible for grants. Requires the Secretary to give preference to entities which have experience in providing comprehensive primary health care services to homeless individuals and medically underserved populations. Provides that such required services shall be provided to any homeless individual without regard to the individual's ability to pay. Specifies requirements for any fees charged by grant recipients. Places other terms and conditions on the use of funds provided under such grants. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives an annual report evaluating the services provided under such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988. Part B: Mental Health Services - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988 for purposes of this part. Prohibits the Secretary from using more than one percent of the amount appropriated for administration. Provides a formula for allotment of funds to States, the District of Columbia, and certain U.S. territories and possessions. Specifies how such allotments shall be used for emergency projects for homeless individuals who have chronic mental illnesses. Includes in such uses: (1) services to individuals who are homeless or who have chronic mental illness and are at risk of becoming homeless; and (2) certain training of individuals to enable them to provide services to homeless individuals. Prohibits certain uses of such allotments, including inpatient services, cash payments to recipients, and, subject to waiver by the Secretary, capital expenditures. Prohibits more than five percent of the amount paid to a State from being used to administer the funds. Requires States to apply in order to receive allocations. Requires the State chief executive officer and the chief executive officer of any metropolitan city or urban county included in the application, as a part of the application, to certify to certain terms and conditions. Requires the State chief executive officer to submit a description, open to public comment while being developed and after transmittal, of the programs, activities, and services provided through such allotments. Makes applicable to allotments under the Act provisions of existing law relating to adjustments of allotments under certain circumstances, reports and audits, withholding of funds for cause, discrimination, and criminal penalties for false statements. Title II: Assuring the Education of Homeless Children - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to require each State educational agency to adopt and implement a plan to ensure each homeless child of full and equal opportunities. Prohibits the application of State or local residency requirements so as to bar any homeless child from attending school. Sets forth requirements regarding selection of the school in which such child will be enrolled, transportation to the school selected, maintenance of the child's records, and participation in educational programs and services. Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies for exemplary programs for homeless students. Sets eligibility and application requirements. Requires the Secretary to disseminate information on such exemplary programs to other State and local educational agencies. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1987 and 1988. Title III: Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Project - Requires the Secretary of Labor to make grants for the Federal share of job training demonstration projects for homeless individuals. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into contracts to carry out this title. Restricts eligibility for such grants to applicants located in a State which has submitted a comprehensive plan as provided in this Act. Specifies elements required to be included in grant applications. Sets forth the purposes for which such demonstration grants may be used. Sets the Federal share of the cost of demonstration projects at 50 percent for each fiscal year. Allows the non-Federal share to be in cash or in kind. Limits the amount of grants to any State in each fiscal year to 15 percent of the total amount appropriated for this title. Requires the Secretary of Labor to annually evaluate each demonstration project and submit a report to the Interagency Council on the Homeless (Interagency Council). Requires the Secretary of Labor to submit a final report to the President, the Congress, and the Interagency Council. Requires the Interagency Council to: (1) prepare and publish a report evaluating each project receiving assistance under this title; (2) make a determination of the relative effectiveness of such projects; and (3) make recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, to the Congress on job training programs for homeless individuals to be established on a national basis. Authorizes appropriations for this title for FY 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987
Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act - Title I: Interagency Council on the Homeless Act - Interagency Council on the Homeless Act - Establishes the Interagency Council on the Homeless as the successor to the Department of Health and Human Services' Federal Task Force on the Homeless. Transfers all Task Force functions to the Council and terminates the Task Force. Sets forth Council functions, including: (1) Federal homeless program review; (2) governmental and private programs evaluation; (3) information distribution; and (4) provision of professional and technical assistance. Requires each Federal agency to report annually (the first report due within 90 days of enactment of this Act) to the Congress and the Council regarding its programs for the homeless, any impediments including statutory or regulatory restrictions affecting such programs, and efforts made to increase food, shelter, and support opportunities for the homeless. Requires the Council to report annually to the President and to the Congress regarding: (1) the nature and extent of the homeless problem; (2) Council activities in cooperation with governmental and private entities; (3) Federal programs for the homeless, and an assessment of necessary levels of Federal assistance; and (4) appropriate recommendations. Authorizes FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations. Title II: Clarification of Use of Excess Property Under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 - Excess Property Identification Act of 1987 - Requires: (1) each Federal agency to identify excess property under its control that would be suitable for use as a shelter or to provide services to the homeless; and (2) the Administrator of General Services to report to the Council on the availability of such property. Title III: Shelter Program - Part A: General Provisions - Emergency Food and Shelter Act of 1987 - Establishes the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board, to be constituted by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Directs FEMA to act as Federal liaison and provide support services to the Board. States that each Board-designated locality shall constitute a local board for purposes of determining fund distributions. Sets forth local board responsibilities, including: (1) coordination with other governmental assistance programs; (2) selection of grant recipients; and (3) program monitoring. Sets forth Board recordkeeping and audit provisions, including authority for access by the Comptroller General of the United States. Requires the Board to report annually to the Congress. Part B: Emergency Food and Shelter Grants - Requires the Director of FEMA, within 30 days of enactment of a law providing appropriations to carry out this part, to provide funds to the Board for grants to private nonprofit organizations and units of local government to: (1) provide shelter, food, and support services to the homeless, with attention given to homeless persons with mental and physical disabilities; (2) strengthen efforts to create more effective and innovative local programs; and (3) conduct limited rehabilitation of existing mass shelter or mass feeding facilities. Limits Board funding to only those programs carried out by nonprofit organizations and units of local government which are consistent with the purposes of this title. Prohibits the Board from carrying out programs directly. Limits administrative costs to not more than five percent of total appropriations. Requires the Board to establish written guidelines, including: (1) methods for identifying needy localities, and determining allocations; (2) eligible program costs; and (3) guidelines specifying the responsibilities and reporting requirements of the Board, its recipients and service providers. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations, including any amount provided under Public Law 100-6 (additional funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency). Part C: Case Management - Requires the Director of FEMA, within 30 days of enactment of a law providing appropriations to carry out this part, to provide grants to the Board to be given to recipient private nonprofit organizations and units of local government under part B of this Act to provide the homeless in shelters with case management services. Requires recipients to provide or arrange for such services. Sets forth required services. States that, if feasible in certain areas, the government or private entity operating a homeless shelter shall give preference to specified Community Services Block Grant programs in arranging for the provision of case management services. Authorizes FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations. Title IV: Housing Assistance - Requires a State or urban area to submit a comprehensive homeless assistance plan for approval to the Interagency Council on the Homeless in order to receive housing assistance under this Act. Sets forth required contents of such plan, including a description of the local homeless population and the existing services available to them. Requires the Council to review and approve a plan within 30 days unless such plan fails to meet the requirements of this Act. Requires: (1) annual performance monitoring reports to the Council; and (2) the Council to carry out performance evaluations beginning with FY 1990. Authorizes additional FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations for: (1) the transitional housing program; and (2) the emergency shelter grant program. Increases the minimum allocation amounts for the emergency shelter grants program. Exempts such additional emergency shelter assistance from a specified planning requirement. Increases available budget authority for five-year contract section 8 existing housing certificates for the homeless, especially the elderly and homeless families with children. Permits such certificates to be attached to a housing unit owned by a nonprofit organization which has agreed to provide shelter and services to the homeless. Increases available budget authority for ten-year contract section 8 single room occupancy dwellings for the homeless. Requires the installation of sprinkler systems, smoke detectors, and other fire and safety improvements. Limits rehabilitation costs to $14,000 per unit, unless local conditions such as contruction or acquisition costs or fire or building codes require increases. Title V: Health Services and Mental Health Services for the Homeless - Health Services and Mental Health Services for the Homeless Act - Part A: Health Services - Amends title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for: (1) health services for homeless individuals; and (2) mental health services for homeless individuals who do not have a chronic mental illness. Specifies services such entities are required to provide and other requirements in order to be eligible for grants. Requires the Secretary to give preference to entities which have experience in providing comprehensive primary health care services to homeless individuals and medically underserved populations. Provides that such required services shall be provided to any homeless individual without regard to ability to pay. Specifies requirements for any fees charged by grant recipients. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations. Part B: Mental Health Services - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations. Prohibits the Secretary from using more than one percent of the amount appropriated for administration. Provides a formula for allotment of funds to States, the District of Columbia, and certain U.S. territories and possessions. Specifies how such allotments shall be used for emergency projects for homeless individuals who have chronic mental illnesses. Includes in such uses: (1) services to individuals who are homeless or who have chronic mental illness and are at risk of becoming homeless; and (2) certain training of individuals to enable them to provide services to homeless individuals. Prohibits certain uses of such allotments, including inpatient services, cash payments to recipients, and, subject to waiver by the Secretary, capital expenditures. Prohibits more than five percent of the amount paid to a State from being used for administrative costs. Sets forth application provisions. Makes applicable to allotments under the Act provisions of existing law relating to adjustments of allotments under certain circumstances, reports and audits, withholding of funds for cause, discrimination, and criminal penalties for false statements. Title VI: Assuring the Education of Homeless Children - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to require each State educational agency to adopt and implement a plan to ensure each homeless child of full and equal opportunities. Prohibits the application of State or local residency requirements so as to bar any homeless child from attending school. Sets forth requirements regarding selection of the school in which such child will be enrolled, transportation to the school selected, maintenance of the child's records, and participation in educational programs and services. Requires the Secretary to make grants to State and local educational agencies for exemplary programs for homeless students. Sets forth eligibility and application requirements. Requires the Secretary to disseminate information on such exemplary programs to other State and local educational agencies. Authorizes FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations. Title VII: Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Project - Requires the Secretary of Labor to make grants for the Federal share of job training demonstration projects for homeless individuals. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into contracts to carry out this title. Restricts eligibility for such grants to applicants located in a State which has submitted a comprehensive plan as provided for in this Act. Specifies elements required to be included in grant applications. Sets forth the purposes for which such grants may be used. Sets the Federal share of the cost of demonstration projects at 50 percent for each fiscal year. Allows the non-Federal share to be in cash or in kind. Limits the amount of grants to any State in each fiscal year to 15 percent of the total amount appropriated for this title. Requires the Secretary to annually evaluate each demonstration project and submit a report to the Interagency Council on the Homeless. Requires the Secretary to submit a final report to the President, the Congress, and the Interagency Council. Requires the Interagency Council to: (1) prepare and publish a report evaluating each project receiving assistance under this title; (2) make a determination of the relative effectiveness of such projects; and (3) make recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, to the Congress on job training programs for homeless individuals to be established on a national basis. Authorizes FY 1988 appropriations. Terminates such program on October 1, 1990. Title VIII: Nutrition - Nutrition for Homeless Individuals Act of 1987 - Part A: Food Stamp Program - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to define "homeless individual" for purposes of such Act as defined in the Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act. Authorizes food stamp outreach for the homeless. Requires States to provide food stamps within five days of application to: (1) the homeless; and (2) persons whose combined gross income and liquid resources are less than their monthly rent and utilities. Part B: Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) - Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide for an increased variety of commodities for distribution under the temporary emergency food assistance program (TEFAP). Increases FY 1987 TEFAP authorizations. Authorizes FY 1988 program appropriations. States that any FY 1987 or 1988 appropriations in excess of such authorizations shall be used for the homeless. Part C: Effective Date - Makes the provisions of this Act, with stated exceptions, effective not later than 160 days after enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987
Nutrition for Homeless Individuals Act of 1987 - Title I: Food Stamp Program - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to define "homeless individual" for purposes of such Act as defined in the Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act. Authorizes food stamp outreach for the homeless. Requires States to provide food stamps within five days of application to: (1) the homeless; and (2) persons whose combined gross income and liquid resources is less than their monthly rent and utilities. Title II: Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) - Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide for an increased variety of commodities for distribution under the temporary emergency food assistance (TEFAP) program. Increases FY 1987 TEFAP authorizations. Authorizes FY 1988 program appropriations. States that any FY 1987 or 1988 appropriations in excess of such authorizations shall be used for the homeless. Title III: Effective Date - Makes the provisions of this Act, with stated exceptions, effective not later than 160 days after enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987
Designates the month of October 1987 as Computer Learning Month.
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 · 18 March 1987
Senate Election Campaign Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for spending limits and public financing for Senate general elections. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such public financing, including: (1) that a candidate raise contributions of a specified amount; (2) that a percentage of such contributions be made by the candidate's constituents; (3) that at least one other candidate has qualified for the same general election; and (4) that the candidate and the candidate's committees agree to abide by provisions of this Act. Prohibits candidates who receive public financing from expending such funds until after the first Monday in September or the year of the election. Prohibits the use of public financing, if all major and minor party candidates are in receipt of such funds, to pay expenses incurred prior to such date or to pay for political broadcasts prior to such date. Limits personal expenditures to $20,000 and overall spending to $600,000 plus 25 cents multiplied by the voting age population of the State involved. Establishes formulae for determining entitlements of candidates of a major party and for those not of a major party. Entitles candidates to certain broadcast media rates. Provides for additional payments and suspension of spending limits when non-participating candidates and their committees exceed spending limitations. Requires the Federal Election Commission to certify the eligibility of candidates to the Secretary of the Treasury in order for such candidates to receive payments. Requires the Secretary to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund the Senate Election Campaign Fund for the deposit of funds for payments to eligible candidates. Directs the Commission, after each election, to audit the campaign expenses of publicly financed candidates. Requires such candidates to repay any excess amounts received. Subjects Commission actions under this Act to judicial review by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Directs the Commission to report to the Senate after each election on actions taken under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Commission as necessary. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount an individual may designate to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund from $1 to $2 (and in the case of joint returns, from $2 to $4). Establishes reporting requirements for Senate candidates relating to spending limitations, candidacy eligibility, and independent expenditures. Decreases, from $5,000 to $3,000, the amount a multicandidate political committee may contribute to an individual candidate or to any other political committee. Limits the overall contributions that a multicandidate political committee can make to candidates in general elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate. Limits contributions to a national political party by all contributing multicandidate political committees to $2,000,000 in any two-year election cycle. Provides for the accountability of contributions made by intermediaries or conduits to political action committees. Describes circumstances where an expenditure shall not constitute an independent expenditure for purposes of this Act. Requires, when independent expenditures are made for television broadcast communications, that a statement appear continuously during such broadcast showing the name of the person or committee making such expenditure. Requires any other type of general public communication to include such statement. Prohibits political committees of foreign nationals from making campaign contributions. Prohibits the use of campaign contributions to repay loans by a candidate to himself or herself or to his or her authorized committees.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to deny the use of funds provided under such Act for projects using products or services of foreign countries which are listed by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as not offering reciprocal opportunities for American firms. Requires the USTR to: (1) determine whether each foreign country denies fair and equitable market opportunities for U.S. products and suppliers in procurement, or fair and equitable market opportunities for United States bidders, for construction projects that cost more than $500,000 and are funded by the government of such foreign country; and (2) maintain and publish annually a list of countries for which an affirmative determination is made. Allows an exception to such a denial of funds if the Secretary of Transportation determines: (1) the denial of funds would not be in the public interest; (2) products of the same class or kind are not produced or offered in the United States or in any foreign country not listed by the USTR in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) exclusion of such product or service from the project would increase the cost of the overall project contract by more than 20 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Defense should not impose any charge for outpatient medical care provided in medical facilities of the uniformed services to retired members, their dependents, or to the dependents of members serving on active duty.