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United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1987
Confers jurisdiction upon the United States Claims Court to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claim of a named individual against the United States arising out of his wrongful discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1987
Veterans' Administration Child Care Act of 1987 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs of the Veterans Administration (VA) to establish on-site child care centers at VA facilities for the care of children of VA employees and, to the extent space is available, other Federal and non-Federal employees. Requires the Administrator to furnish, at no or nominal cost to the centers, space in existing VA facilities, utilities, and other amenities. Allows the Administrator, on a reimbursable basis, to convert space for use as a center and provide other items necessary for the operation of the center. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations which: (1) provide for participation of parents in the center in setting operating and oversight policies of the center; (2) require the development of a process for determining the fitness and suitability of prospective employees; (3) authorize the parents to conduct fundraising activities to help defray the cost of operations; (4) require the establishment of a schedule of charges for services, including a sliding scale based on the income and assets of a child's parents; and (5) require compliance with all State and local laws. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) enter into contracts for the operation of such centers with nonprofit organizations comprised of parents of children who would receive child care services in such centers, or other nonprofit organizations which have a demonstrated expertise in the operation of child care centers and have established a parent advisory committee; and (2) provide for the direct management of such centers by the Veterans' Canteen Service, including provision for a parent advisory committee.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1987
Court Interpreters Improvement Act of 1987 - Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to establish a program to facilitate the use of certified and otherwise qualified interpreters in judicial proceedings instituted by the United States. Requires the Director to certify interpreters for the hearing impaired and for at least eight additional languages. Requires the Director to establish criteria for the selection of otherwise qualified interpreters: (1) in languages for which no interpreters have been certified; and (2) where no certified interpreter is reasonably available. Requires the Director to maintain a list of all certified interpreters. Calls for periodic, rather than annual, reporting in connection with the use and performance of interpreters. Subjects their fees to periodic review. Requires the clerk or district executive of a court to secure the services of interpreters for proceedings initiated by the United States. Directs the presiding judicial official, upon the request of any party, to require judicial or grand jury proceedings in which interpreters are used to be electronically sound recorded. Authorizes appropriations for the establishment of such program.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1987
Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority through December 16, 1987, for: (1) title I financial institution insurance for housing renovation and modernization; (2) general mortgage insurance; (3) low and moderate income and displaced families mortgage insurance; (4) homeownership for lower income families including mortgage insurance authority and housing stimulus authority; (5) mortgage co-insurance, including rental rehabilitation and development projects; (6) graduated payment and indexed mortgage insurance; (7) the demonstration mortgage reinsurance program; (8) mortgage insurance for armed forces' civilian employees and defense housing for impacted areas; (9) mortgage insurance for land development; and (10) mortgage insurance for medical and dental group practice facilities. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend urban rehabilitation loan authority through December 16, 1987. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend Farmers Home Administration authority through December 16, 1987, for: (1) insured loans for rental and cooperative housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families in rural areas; (2) rural communities with 10,000 - 20,000 population to participate in rural housing programs; and (3) mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authority. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend authority for national flood insurance, including emergency implementation and flood-risk zones, through December 16, 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority for the national crime insurance program through December 16, 1987. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend community development block grant entitlement authority for certain metropolitan city and urban county areas through December 16, 1987. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to extend the maximum interest rate limitation on loans for housing and related facilities for elderly or handicapped families through December 16, 1987. Extends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act through December 16, 1987. Amends the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act to extend the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank through December 16, 1987. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to extend the Federal National Mortgage Association's (Fannie Mae) authority to purchase secondary residential mortgages through December 16, 1987. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to extend the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation's (Freddie Mac) authority to purchase secondary residential mortgages through December 16, 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to make permanent the limitation on the principal amount of mortgages that may be insured in any fiscal year under such Act. Amends Federal law to extend the moratorium on the prepayment of certain rural rental housing loans through December 2, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1987
Amends Senate Resolution 80, 100th Congress, to increase the authorized expenditures of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1987
Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority through December 16, 1987, for: (1) title I financial institution insurance for housing renovation and modernization; (2) general mortgage insurance; (3) low and moderate income and displaced families mortgage insurance; (4) homeownership for lower income families including mortgage insurance authority and housing stimulus authority; (5) mortgage co-insurance, including rental rehabilitation and development projects; (6) graduated payment and indexed mortgage insurance; (7) the demonstration mortgage reinsurance program; (8) mortgage insurance for armed forces' civilian employees and defense housing for impacted areas; (9) mortgage insurance for land development; and (10) mortgage insurance for medical and dental group practice facilities. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend urban rehabilitation loan authority through December 16, 1987. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend Farmers Home Administration authority through December 16, 1987, for: (1) insured loans for rental and cooperative housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families in rural areas; (2) rural communities with 10,000 - 20,000 population to participate in rural housing programs; and (3) mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authority. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend authority for national flood insurance, including emergency implementation and flood-risk zones, through December 16, 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority for the national crime insurance program through December 16, 1987. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend community development block grant entitlement authority for certain metropolitan city and urban county areas through December 16, 1987. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to extend the maximum interest rate limitation on loans for housing and related facilities for elderly or handicapped families through December 16, 1987. Extends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act through December 16, 1987. Amends the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act to extend the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank through December 16, 1987. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to extend the Federal National Mortgage Association's (Fannie Mae) authority to purchase secondary residential mortgages through December 16, 1987. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to extend the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation's (Freddie Mac) authority to purchase secondary residential mortgages through December 16, 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to make permanent the limitation on the principal amount of mortgages that may be insured in any fiscal year under such Act. Amends Federal law to extend the moratorium on the prepayment of certain rural rental housing loans through December 16, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1987
Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act of 1987 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the manufacture, distribution, importation, and exportation of listed precursor and essential chemicals. Prohibits the distribution of such chemicals unless the recipient provides a certification of lawful use and proper identification. Establishes exemptions from such requirements: (1) for the distribution of such chemicals between agents or employees within a single facility; (2) for the delivery of such chemicals to or by common carriers; (3) where the Attorney General determines that such requirements are not necessary for the enforcement of this Act; and (4) where products containing such chemicals are lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Establishes an import-export notice and declaration requirement for listed precursors and essential chemicals. Includes as precursor chemicals: (1) N-Acetylanthranilic acid; (2) Anthranilic acid; (3) Ergotamine tartrate; (4) Ergonovine maleate; (5) Phenylacetic acid; (6) Ephedrine; (7) Pseudoephedrine; (8) Benzyl cyanide; (9) Benzyl chloride; and (10) Piperidine. Includes as essential chemicals: (1) Potassium permanganate; (2) Acetic anhydride; (3) Acetone; and (4) Ethyl ether. Establishes a mechanism and criteria for adding or deleting chemicals from such lists. Prohibits the transfer of commercial tableting and encapsulating machines unless a certification of lawful use and proper identification are provided. Establishes reporting requirements for such transfers. Establishes criminal penalties for the unlawful: (1) possession, manufacture, distribution, sale, importation, or exportation of a precursor or essential chemical; and (2) possession, manufacture, distribution, or importation of drug manufacturing equipment, tableting or encapsulating machines, and gelatin capsules. Subjects all listed precursor and essential chemicals, drug manufacturing equipment, tableting and encapsulating machines, and gelatin capsules which have been imported, exported, manufactured, possessed, or distributed in violation of such Act (as well as all conveyances and equipment) to forfeiture to the United States. Directs the Attorney General to maintain an active program, both domestic and international, to curtail the diversion of precursor and essential chemicals. Grants the Attorney General subpoena power with respect to precursor and essential chemicals.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should re-open its case under the Trade Act of 1974 against Brazilian trade and investment restrictions on U.S. participation in Brazil's informatics industry (computer software and related equipment and services).
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1987
Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish the criminal offense of genocide. Sets forth penalties to be imposed upon anyone who commits or attempts to commit any of the acts which constitute genocide (a fine of $1,000,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 20 years, and life imprisonment if group members are killed). Sets forth criminal penalties (a fine of $500,000 and/or imprisonment for up to five years) for directly and publicly inciting an act of genocide.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1987
Persian Gulf Navigation Protection Act of 1987 - Declares that the requirements of the War Powers Resolution became operative with respect to U.S. armed forces in the Persian Gulf on October 19, 1987. Declares that it is U.S. policy in the Gulf to: (1) keep the sea lanes open to international commerce; (2) remain neutral in the Iran-Iraq war and seek a just end to that conflict; (3) preserve the integrity of other nonbelligerent countries bordering the Gulf; (4) prevent a strategic gain by the Soviet Union in the region; (5) urge U.S. allies to participate more fully in sharing the burden of achieving and preserving peace in the region; (6) defend U.S. armed forces against aggression; and (7) pursue efforts through the United Nations to implement a cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq war. Authorizes the President, for purposes of the War Powers Resolution, to continue to deploy U.S. armed forces in the Gulf, subject to the following restrictions: (1) prohibits reregistration of vessels owned by a government or national of a country bordering the Gulf under the U.S. flag; (2) allows U.S. armed forces to escort a vessel of such a country only if the government of such country agrees to reimburse the United States for costs incurred and only for six months after the date of enactment of this Act unless reauthorized by joint resolution; and (3) requires the President to consult with the Congress before using U.S. armed forces in hostilities (other than actions necessary to repel attacks against U.S. armed forces or U.S.-flag vessels). Requires the President to report to the Congress every 30 days after enactment of this Act on the progress made in implementing the policy set forth in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1987
Medicare Adult Day Health Care Amendments of 1987 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment of adult day health care programs providing certain medically supervised health services furnished by an adult day health care center in an ambulatory group care setting on a less than 24-hour basis to individuals who are 18 years of age or older and: (1) have a medical or mental impairment that, but for the provision of adult day health care, would require the provision of care in a hospital or in a skilled or intermediate care facility; or (2) cannot perform on a daily basis certain activities of daily living. Sets forth standards for such a center. Sets forth matters which, as a condition of payment, must be certified by an existing State program which determines eligibility under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act or by a State-administered preadmission screening program meeting certain minimum requirements. Makes deductibles inapplicable to adult day health care, requiring only the payment of a specified coinsurance amount. Provides for the evaluation of plans of correction submitted by centers found not to meet the conditions of participation and for sanctions against such centers, in lieu of cancellation of certification, including civil fines and suspensions of payments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations regarding adult day health care programs. Requires the Secretary to adopt the standards established by the National Institute of Adult Day Care as the minimum standards for qualifying as a provider of such care.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the ozone "hole" that forms over Antarctica poses a threat to public health and the world environment; (2) the United States should take steps toward ratification of the Montreal Protocol To Control Ozone Depleting Substances as soon as possible; (3) the President should immediately transmit the Protocol to the Senate for prompt ratification; and (4) the President should immediately call upon a sufficient number of countries to move toward ratification so that the Protocol will enter into force as soon as possible.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1987
Airport Capacity Levels Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a list of airport capacity levels for takeoffs and landings at each airport at which 5,000,000 passengers or more are annually enplaned. Requires such list to be published in the Federal Register. Authorizes the Secretary to modify such levels as needed. Requires the Secretary to monitor takeoffs and landings at each airport for which a capacity level is established to ensure that it is not exceeded. Authorizes the Secretary to take enforcement action to ensure compliance with such capacity levels. Prohibits the Secretary from allowing air carriers to buy and sell operating rights at any airport where such rights were impermissible prior to August 1, 1987. Requires the Secretary to report biannually to the Congress regarding implementation of this Act. Repeals this Act upon the expiration of the ten-year period following its date of enactment. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the administration of this Act, together with recommendations for extension, before the expiration of the nine-year period following the date of its enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1987
Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority through November 15, 1987, for: (1) title I financial institution insurance for housing renovation and modernization; (2) general mortgage insurance; (3) low and moderate income and displaced families mortgage insurance; (4) homeownership for lower income families including mortgage insurance authority and housing stimulus authority; (5) mortgage co-insurance, including rental rehabilitation and development projects; (6) graduated payment and indexed mortgage insurance; (7) the demonstration mortgage reinsurance program; (8) mortgage insurance for armed forces' civilian employees and defense housing for impacted areas; (9) mortgage insurance for land development; and (10) mortgage insurance for medical and dental group practice facilities. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend urban rehabilitation loan authority through November 15, 1987. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend Farmers Home Administration Authority through November 15, 1987, for: (1) insured loans for rental and cooperative housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families in rural areas; (2) rural communities with 10,000 - 20,000 population to participate in rural housing programs; and (3) mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authority. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend authority for national flood insurance, including emergency implementation and flood-risk zones, through November 15, 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority for the national crime insurance program through November 15, 1987. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend community development block grant entitlement authority for certain metropolitan city and urban county areas through November 15, 1987. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to extend the maximum interest rate limitation on loans for housing and related facilities for elderly or handicapped families through November 15, 1987. Extends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act through November 15, 1987. Amends the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act to extend the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank through November 15, 1987. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to extend the Federal National Mortgage Association's (Fannie Mae) authority to purchase secondary residential mortgages through November 15, 1987. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to extend the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation's (Freddie Mac) authority to purchase secondary residential mortgages through November 15, 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to make permanent the limitation on the principal amount of mortgages that may be insured in any fiscal year under such Act. Amends Federal law to extend the moratorium on the prepayment of certain rural rental housing loans through November 15, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1987
Declares that the Senate commends the organizers and participants of Justice For All Day and expresses gratitude to all persons who work to abolish poverty and ease the suffering of the poor.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1987
Education Savings Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an income tax exclusion to a taxpayer who transfers a qualified U.S. savings bond to an eligible institution of higher education or vocational school to pay the higher education expenses (tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment) of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependent. Excludes from gross income the lesser of: (1) the otherwise taxable amount involved in the transfer; or (2) the amount of the relevant higher education expenses. Phases out the permissible exclusion in the case of taxpayers having adjusted gross income of $75,000 or more, disallowing it entirely when income exceeds $150,000. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to advise the general public of the program established by this Act. Amends Federal law to permit: (1) the type of transfer of U.S. savings bonds that would be necessary to effect the tax exclusions described in this Act; and (2) redemption of such bonds by recipient institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1987
Veterans' Home Loan Program Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to increase to $36,000 the amount entitled to each qualifying veteran as a loan guaranteed by the Veterans Administration (VA) for the purchase or construction of a home for such veteran. Makes similar changes in the denominator of the ratio to be used in determining the amount of a direct loan to a veteran for the purchase or construction of a home. Exempts such veterans' home loan guaranty provisions from sequestration procedures under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), and repeals a Federal provision requiring the President to make certain reports to congressional committees following a cancellation of such loan guarantee commitments. Removes the requirement that a veteran must own and occupy a dwelling or residence in order to qualify for a VA-guaranteed loan on such dwelling. Allows, instead, such dwelling or residence to qualify if the veteran concerned certifies that he or she has previously so occupied it. Prohibits the amount of any such VA-guaranteed loan from exceeding 90 percent of the appraised value of the dwelling or farm residence which will secure the loan. Makes identical changes to provisions providing VA-guaranteed loans to purchase manufactured homes and lots. Revises provisions relating to the procedures used for ascertaining the monthly income required by the veteran to meet the anticipated loan payment terms. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, within a reasonable time after receiving proper notice, to provide veterans with information and counseling regarding: (1) alternatives to foreclosure of a VA-guaranteed loan; (2) the VA's and the veteran's liabilities with respect to the loan in the event of foreclosure; and (3) the availability of counseling concerning such matters. Requires the Administrator to ensure sufficient personnel to provide such counseling. Revises the definition of "total indebtedness" for purposes of the liquidation of loans in default. Provides that, in any case where there is a substantial delay in the liquidation sale caused by the loan holder's exercising forbearance at the Administrator's request, the date for determining the total indebtedness of the veteran shall be a date specified by the Administrator between the date forbearance is requested and the date of actual liquidation sale (i.e., the veteran, and not the holder of the loan, shall be responsible for any extra charges or interest accrued on the loan because of such delayed liquidation date). Authorizes the Administrator to specify a sale liquidation date only if the Administrator is authorized to accept conveyance of the property on such date. Requires that, in any other case in which there is a delay in such liquidation sale beyond a reasonable period for such sale, the liquidation date (for purposes of determining total indebtedness) shall be the earliest date on which such "reasonable period for sale" expires. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 and other Federal law to extend from October 1, 1987, through FY 1988 provisions which: (1) provide for determining whether the VA may acquire properties at liquidation sales; and (2) determine the proportion of such acquired properties that the VA may sell for cash. Prohibits the amount of a loan made by the Administrator to finance the purchase of real property from the VA (property acquired through default proceedings) from exceeding 90 percent of the purchase price. Authorizes the payment of a 2.5 percent loan fee to the Administrator by those purchasing real property from the Administrator which was acquired by default. Increases the authorized percentage of cash sales of properties acquired by the Administrator through foreclosures. Extends until October 1, 1999, the authorized period for such sales. Provides that, in the event of default of a loan, if the Administrator refuses to accept a voluntary offer by the veteran to accept the property securing the loan, the Administrator may not include in the amount of such veteran's liability in connection with the loan the cost of a foreclosure proceeding. Provides that a veteran's voluntary conveyance of the property securing the loan shall not release the veteran from any other liability to the Administrator. Prohibits any person from assuming a guaranteed, insured, or direct housing loan obtained by a veteran unless, prior to the assumption, the veteran notifies the holder of the loan in writing and the acceptability of the assumption is established under specified procedures. Provides that, if the acceptability of such loan assumption is established, the veteran shall be relieved of all further liability to the Administrator, unless the Administrator determines that such release would not be in the best interest of the solvency of the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund and promptly so notifies the veteran. Provides that, in the case of a sale of the property securing a loan, unless the acceptability of an assumed loan is established, payment in full of all appropriate charges under the terms of the loan shall be immediately due from the veteran on the date of transfer of title by the veteran. Directs the Administrator, upon notification by the veteran of a loan assumption, to provide a written explanation of the veteran's rights and liabilities under such proposed assumption. Provides that if a veteran disposes of real property securing a VA-guaranteed loan and fails to notify the loan holder before the property is disposed of, payment in full shall be immediately due and payable to the holder by the veteran at any time beginning on the date of the transfer. Provides that if the holder has knowledge of a transfer of title by the veteran, the holder shall immediately notify the Administrator of such transfer. Provides that a holder with such knowledge who fails to notify the Administrator shall be liable to the Administrator for any damage sustained as a result of such failure. Requires that any legal papers concerning the VA-guaranteed loan shall include, in conspicuous letters, a statement to the effect that such loan is not assumable without the approval of the VA or its authorized agent. Requires (as a safeguard against transfers to non-creditworthy persons) that a VA-guaranteed loan include a provision that the loan is immediately due and payable upon transfer of the property to a transferee unless the acceptability of the assumption is established in accordance with earlier provisions of this Act. Authorizes the payment of a fee of one-half percent of the loan balance to be charged to any person assuming a VA-guaranteed loan. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations concerning maximum amounts a lender may charge for processing applications for creditworthiness determinations and loan assumptions. Limits to 95 percent of the purchase price of the property securing the loan the amount of any loan that is to be paid by the veteran purchasing a manufactured home. Authorizes the Administrator to contract for such supplementary services and equipment as is necessary to ensure the long-term stability of the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. Outlines the supplemental services involved, including the use of loan-service companies, accounting firms, real estate brokers, and other contractors. Directs the Administrator to use funds obtained through loan fees and loan assumption fees to procure such supplemental services. Adds additional funds to such available amounts for FY 1988 and 1989. Extends through FY 1989 the authority for the collection of a loan fee. Directs real estate appraisers appraising property for which a VA-guaranteed loan is being considered to forward an appraisal report to the Administrator for review. Directs the Administrator to then determine the reasonable value of the property, and any construction or alterations necessary, and notify the veteran. Authorizes the Administrator to allow a lender authorized to make loans which are automatically guaranteed by the VA to determine the reasonable value of such property. Requires the appraiser, in such a case, to submit the appraisal report directly to the lender for review, and the lender, as soon as practicable thereafter, to furnish a copy of such report to the veteran who is applying for the loan and to the Administrator. Directs the Administrator, prior to exercising such authority, to establish a random appraisal-review system, to be performed by contract personnel paid from the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. Directs the Administrator, in order to effect the most expeditious sale of property acquired as the result of a guaranteed loan default, and at the best possible price, to list such property with real estate brokers.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1987
Prohibits the sale, lease, donation, or other transfer of Stinger antiaircraft missiles to foreign governments in the Persian Gulf region during FY 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1987
Designates April 8, 1988, as Dennis Chavez Day in recognition of the first American-born, Hispanic person elected to the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should review all transfers of U.S. military related technology to the People's Republic of China until the Chinese Government indicates its willingness to support an arms embargo, in the event that United Nations Secretary- General Perez de Cuellar's negotiations fail to gain Iran's acceptance of Security Council Resolution 598; (2) the administration should inform the Chinese Government that the continued transfer of Silkworm missiles to Iran may seriously jeopardize U.S.-Chinese relations; and (3) the administration should report to the Congress within 30 days on China's response to such message.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1987
Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act of 1987 - Prohibits the use on a vessel 25 meters or less in length of organotin-based antifouling paint, except as specified. Prohibits the sale of antifouling paint containing organotin or its application to a vessel unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency certifies that the release rate of such paint is below a specified level. Prohibits the sale of organotin paint additives. Permits the use of existing stockpiles for no more than 180 days following enactment. Sets forth certification procedures. Directs the Administrator to monitor and report annually for seven years to specified congressional officials on the concentrations of organotin in representative estuaries. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to periodically test and report to the Administrator and the State Governor on organotin contamination in waters and harbors serving as the home port for any Navy vessel. Imposes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the Administrator to study and report to specified congressional officials on alternative antifouling chemicals and systems. Requires sale and use prohibitions to continue until a final decision on the release of organotin into the aquatic environment through such paints takes effect.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1987
Calls upon the Government of the Soviet Union to: (1) grant to all those who wish to join spouses in the United States permission to emigrate with their family members to the United States; and (2) give special consideration to such cases that have remained unresolved for many years.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987
Requires U.S. coins to be redesigned, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, over the next six years. Requires the reverse side of the first coin redesigned to commemorate the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution for a two-year period. Requires that any profits from the sale of uncirculated and proof sets of U.S. coins be deposited in the Treasury and used solely to reduce the national debt.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987
Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to prepare a statement setting forth in nontechnical terms: (1) the rights and obligations of a taxpayer and of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during a tax audit; (2) the procedures by which a taxpayer may appeal adverse decisions, prosecute refund claims, and file complaints; and (3) the procedures that the IRS may use in enforcing revenue laws. Directs the Secretary to transmit drafts of such statement to specified congressional committees and to distribute the final statement to all taxpayers receiving annual tax filing forms from the IRS. Requires the IRS, upon taxpayer request, to conduct any interview regarding the determination or collection of any tax at a reasonable time and place convenient to the taxpayer and to the IRS, and to permit the taxpayer, at his or her own expense, to record the interview. Authorizes the IRS interviewer to record such interview if the taxpayer has been given prior notice and is provided, upon request and payment of reproduction costs, with a transcript of the recording. Requires the interviewer to explain to the taxpayer the audit process, including the taxpayer's rights with respect to the process. Requires the Secretary to abate any penalty or interest imposed on any deficiency attributable to erroneous advice in writing given to a taxpayer by an IRS officer or employee in response to such taxpayer's specific inquiry. Authorizes the IRS Ombudsman, upon application filed by a taxpayer, to issue a Taxpayer Assistance Order if, in the determination of the Ombudsman: (1) the taxpayer is suffering or is about to suffer from an unusual or irreparable loss as a result of the manner in which the internal revenue laws are being administered by the Secretary; and (2) the Secretary has failed to carry out any of his or her duties or has violated any provision of law. Allows the terms of a Taxpayer Assistance Order to require the Secretary to release property of the taxpayer levied upon or to cease or refrain from certain actions. Requires the Secretary to obey any Taxpayer Assistance Order issued by the Ombudsman. Directs the Secretary, within 90 days of this Act's enactment, to issue regulations with respect to Taxpayer Assistance Orders, including provisions to assure full, fair, and impartial due process for affected taxpayers. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 and other Federal law to establish within the Department of the Treasury an Office of Inspector General. Transfers to such Office the existing audit and investigation units of the Department. Sets forth criteria with respect to: (1) the authority of the Inspector General to conduct an investigation; and (2) the authority of the Secretary in cases of audits or investigations requiring access to information of a sensitive or confidential nature. Allows the Secretary to prohibit investigations under specified circumstances. Restricts disclosure by the Inspector General of tax returns and return information. Prohibits records of tax enforcement results from being used to evaluate certain IRS personnel or to impose or suggest production quotas. Requires district directors to certify compliance with this mandate on a monthly basis. Requires the Secretary to certify that a rule proposed by the IRS is substantially the only alternative that meets the mandate of the relevant statute in order for the rule to be considered an interpretative rule (and thereby not subject to analyses under the Regulatory Flexibility Act). Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act to require regulatory flexibility analyses to include consideration of both the direct and indirect beneficial and negative effects of a proposed or final rule. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary, with limited exceptions, to send a preliminary letter of deficiency to a taxpayer prior to the mailing of a deficiency notice. Specifies required contents for tax due notices and deficiency notices, including the basis of the deficiency and a breakdown of the total amount into tax, interest, and penalty. Directs the Secretary, within 90 days of this Act's enactment, to issue regulations requiring all IRS personnel to explain and support their position in assessing any penalties or additions to tax. Requires the Comptroller General to study IRS procedures with respect to such assessments and to present findings to specified congressional committees no later than December 31, 1988. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a binding agreement with a taxpayer under which the taxpayer may pay tax liability in installments if the Secretary determines that such an agreement will facilitate collection of the liability. Permits the Secretary, after proper notice and a hearing, to modify or annul the agreement upon the finding that the financial condition of the affected taxpayer has significantly changed. Renders such an agreement nonbinding if the taxpayer fails to pay any installment or any other tax liability when due. Extends from ten to 30 days the period between the required notice to a person who neglects or refuses to pay tax liability and a levy on such person's salary, wages, or other property. Specifies information that must be incorporated in such notice, including possible alternative actions and the appropriate appeals procedures. Adds to the circumstances triggering termination of such a levy: (1) an agreement between the taxpayer and the Secretary for payment of the liability; and (2) the Secretary's determination that the taxpayer's financial condition precludes enforceability of the liability. Revises the list of property exempt from levy to: (1) increase the exempt amount permitted for certain personal effects, the property of a business, and wages; (2) add an exemption for certain deposits in qualified institutions; and (3) provide an express exemption, except under limited circumstances specified in this Act, for the taxpayer's principal residence, a motor vehicle used by the taxpayer as the primary means of transportation to work, and any tangible personal property essential to the operation of the taxpayer's business in cases when a levy would prevent the taxpayer from carrrying on such business. Prohibits a levy on any property when levy and sales expenses would exceed either the liability for which the levy is made or the fair market value of the levied property. Permits the Secretary to demand surrender of bank accounts only after 21 days in escrow have passed since service of the notice of levy on the accounts. Sets forth situations in which the Secretary must release a levy. Applies to jeopardy levies the administrative and judicial review procedures currently applicable to jeopardy assessments. Permits a taxpayer to bring a civil action against the United States in the Tax Court for judicial review of jeopardy levies and assessments. (Under current law an action for judicial review of jeopardy assessments may be filed only in district court.) Increases the time during which a taxpayer may petition for such review. Describes the jurisdictional requirements to be applied to such actions. Allows an administrative appeal of tax liens. Grants to the Tax Court exclusive jurisdiction to enjoin premature assessments if the taxpayer has filed a timely petition for review. Provides for review of such injunctive orders by the U.S. Court of Appeals. Grants to the Tax Court jurisdiction to enforce payment by the Secretary of refunds of overpayment and interest to taxpayers. Places on the Secretary the burden of proof of justifying any failure to refund, credit, or offset relevant amounts with respect to a taxpayer. Entitles a prevailing taxpayer to: (1) an interest rate of 120 percent of the overpayment rate with respect to refunds; and (2) reasonable litigation costs. Grants to the Tax Court jurisdiction to: (1) review jeopardy assessment sales of assets; and (2) redetermine interest under certain circumstances when a taxpayer claims an overpayment of the interest. Vests in the Tax Court original jurisdiction over any civil action against the Secretary for the recovery of any tax, additions to tax, and penalties with respect to income, estate, gift, and certain excise taxes. Authorizes an award of reasonable litigation costs to the prevailing party in proceedings by taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. Permits a taxpayer to bring a civil action in district court for actual damages resulting from the failure of any Federal officer or employee to release a tax lien on the taxpayer's property. Permits a civil cause of action in district court for damages resulting from the careless, reckless, or intentional disregard of internal revenue laws by any Federal officer or employee. Denies damage awards in cases of contributory negligence. Authorizes a damage award, to a $10,000 maximum, to the United States in cases of frivolous or groundless claims by a taxpayer. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe criminal penalties for: (1) any investigation or surveillance authorized or conducted by an officer or employee of the United States in connection with Federal tax laws that inquires into the beliefs, associations, or activities of any individual or organization; or (2) the maintenance of any records containing information derived from such an investigation. Establishes in the Internal Revenue Service the Office for Taxpayers Services, under the supervision of an Assistant Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Directs this Assistant Commissioner to: (1) be responsible for telephone, walk-in, and educational services, and for the design and production of tax and information forms; and (2) prepare annually, for presentation to specified congressional committees, a joint report (with the Chief Problem Resolution Officer for the IRS) on the quality of taxpayer services.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987
Designates February 4, 1988, as National Women in Sports Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987
Designates April 1988 as National Prevent-A-Litter Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1987
An Act to Reduce Fires Caused by Cigarettes - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue by rule a fire safety standard for cigarettes. Prohibits stockpiling of cigarettes between the issuing and effective dates of the standard. Provides for judicial review of the rule. Prohibits the manufacturing or importing of a cigarette unless the cigarette is in compliance with a standard issued under provisions of this Act. Declares violation of the prohibition to be a violation of provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. States that this Act does not preempt any law of a State which prescribes a more stringent fire safety standard for cigarettes. Prohibits, in any civil action for damages, admitting compliance with the standard as a defense.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1987
Designates the month of October 1987 as National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1987
National American Indian Museum and Memorial Act - Title I: Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution a memorial to the American Indian people to be known as the National Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, to provide for the study, research, collection, and exhibition of aboriginal Americans and their culture. Designates a specified area in the District of Columbia as the site of the Museum. Authorizes the Smithsonian to accept the transfer of all assets of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in New York City. Provides for the construction of a building for the Museum at the District of Columbia site, a Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, and a permanent exhibition facility in New York City. Provides that the Heye Foundation's collection will not be merged with the Smithsonian's collection. Provides that the proceeds from the sale of property acquired through the transfer of the Foundation's assets will be maintained for the exclusive benefit of the Museum. Establishes the Trustees of the National Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, to assist the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian on matters relating to the Museum. Grants the Trustees sole authority to: (1) dispose of and acquire additional Museum property; and (2) determine the policy for displaying artifacts. Requires the Trustees to submit annual reports to the Board of Regents and the Congress. Requires the Foundation's employees serving at the time of the transfer to be offered employment by the Smithsonian. Pledges that the United States will provide the funds needed to maintain and operate the Museum. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Establishes a memorial within the Museum to commemorate the contributions of Indians and Alaska Natives to the United States and to house certain skeletal remains. Expresses the intent of the Congress that the memorial and Museum be completed within five years of the enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Smithsonian to determine the tribal origin of all skeletal remains of Indians and Alaska Natives under the control of the Smithsonian. Requires the Secretary to inter in the memorial all skeletal remains of Indians and Alaska Natives covered by a written statement to the Congress certifying that such remains: (1) have not been identified as being associated with a specific Indian tribe or group of Alaska Natives; or (2) have been identified as being associated with a specific Indian tribe or group of Alaska Natives which requests the interment of such remains in the memorial; and (3) are not likely to be the subject of any Indian claim or dispute. Requires the Museum to establish a Board of Design for the memorial, the majority of whose members shall be of American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1987
Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority through October 31, 1987, for: (1) title I financial institution insurance for housing renovation and modernization; (2) general mortgage insurance; (3) low and moderate income and displaced families mortgage insurance; (4) homeownership for lower income families including mortgage insurance authority and housing stimulus authority; (5) mortgage co-insurance, including rental rehabilitation and development projects; (6) graduated payment and indexed mortgage insurance; (7) the demonstration mortgage reinsurance program; (8) mortgage insurance for armed forces' civilian employees and defense housing for impacted areas; (9) mortgage insurance for land development; and (10) mortgage insurance for medical and dental group practice facilities. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend urban rehabilitation loan authority through October 31, 1987. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend Farmers Home Administration Authority through October 31, 1987, for: (1) insured loans for rental and cooperative housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families in rural areas; (2) rural communities with 10,000 - 20,000 population to participate in rural housing programs; and (3) mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authority. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend authority for national flood insurance, including emergency implementation and flood-risk zones, through October 31, 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority for the national crime insurance program through October 31, 1987. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend community development block grant entitlement authority for certain metropolitan city and urban county areas through October 31, 1987. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to extend the maximum interest rate limitation on loans for housing and related facilities for elderly or handicapped families through October 31, 1987. Extends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act through October 31, 1987. Amends the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act to extend the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank through October 31, 1986. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to extend the Federal National Mortgage Association's (Fannie Mae) authority to purchase secondary residential mortgages through October 31, 1987. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to extend the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation's (Freddie Mac) authority to purchase secondary residential mortgages through October 31, 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to make permanent the limitation on the principal amount of mortgages that may be insured in any fiscal year under such Act. Amends Federal law to extend the moratorium on the repayment of certain rural rental housing loans through October 31, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1987
Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to establish a National Commission on Children which is to serve as a forum on behalf of children and report to the Congress and the President by September 30, 1988, regarding questions relating to: (1) the health of children; (2) social and support services for children and their parents; (3) education; and (4) poverty among children.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1987
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Administrative Provisions - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to require the Secretary (hereinafter refers to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the Interior, or both, as appropriate) to prescribe the records recipients of Federal financial assistance must keep by promulgating regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that multi-year contract recipients of such assistance must keep quarterly financial statements, an annual specified single-agency audit, and a brief annual program report. Title II: Indian Self-Determination Act Amendments - Directs the Secretary, upon the request of any Indian tribe or tribal organization (currently, Indian tribe) to enter into a self-determination contract (currently, contract) with such Indian tribe or tribal organization, for: (1) the transfer of certain hospitals and health services; (2) construction programs administered by the Secretary for which appropriations are made to agencies other than the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of the Interior; and (3) any program for the benefit of Indians without regard to the agency of the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of the Interior within which it is performed. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after receiving a proposal for a self-determination contract, to approve it (currently, may initially decline to enter into a contract) unless he makes specified findings. Entitles Indian tribes and tribal organizations to contract for any program or function operated by the Federal Government. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of an Indian tribe or tribal organization, to consolidate two or more mature self-determination contracts into one contract. Requires the Secretary, when he declines to enter into a self-determination contract, to provide assistance (currently, provide to the extent practicable) to the Indian tribe or tribal organization. Exempts liability for interest prior to judgment or for punitive damages from the requirement that a carrier which provides liability insurance to an Indian tribe or tribal organization must waive its right to raise the tribe's sovereign immunity from suit as a defense. Provides that a tribal organization or Indian contractor carrying out a contract, grant agreement, or cooperative agreement regarding claims for personal injury resulting from the performance of medical, surgical, dental, or related functions is deemed to be part of the Public Health Service with respect to claims for personal injury. Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make contracts with tribal organizations for hospital and health facility functions. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of any Indian tribe or tribal organization, to provide technical assistance on a non-reimbursable basis to: (1) develop new self-determination contracts authorized by this Act; (2) provide for the assumption by such Indian tribe or tribal organization of contracts for certain health, education, and welfare programs; and (3) modify proposals for self-determination contracts which the Secretary has declined to approve. Exempts self-determination contracts from the provisions of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. Makes permanent the provision of Federal law which permits Federal employees who transfer to tribal employment to retain civil service benefits. Extends the length of self-determination contracts to three years (currently, one year) for a new contract and five years (currently, three years) for a mature contract, unless the appropriate Secretary determines that a longer term would be advisable. Requires that a request for retrocession of a contract requested by an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall become effective within one year (currently, 120 days). Authorizes the appropriate Secretary, in connection with self-determination contracts, to: (1) donate to an Indian tribe or tribal organization the title to any personal property exceeding the needs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service or the General Services Administration, including purchases made with funds under self-determination contracts; and (2) acquire excess or surplus Government property for donation to an Indian tribe. Repeals a restriction on the minimum amount of self-determination contracts. Provides that the funds for self-determination contracts shall: (1) include all costs incurred by an Indian tribe or tribal organization in connection with such contract; (2) not be reduced to make base funding available for any new self-determination contract; (3) not be less than the appropriate Secretary would have otherwise provided for direct operation of the programs; (4) not be reduced by the Secretary in subsequent years except by a reduction in congressional appropriations; and (5) not be reduced by the Secretary to pay for Federal functions or for the costs of Federal personnel displaced by a self-determination contract. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Interior to report annually to the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, and the Senate and House Appropriations Committees on the implementation of this Act. Prevents Indian tribes and tribal organizations from being held liable for uncollectable indirect costs from Federal agencies, except for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service. Prohibits Indian tribes and tribal organizations from being held liable for amounts of indebtedness attributable to underrecoveries or overrecoveries of indirect costs. Requires the Secretary to give notice of any disallowance of costs before removing any program from the Indian Priority System. Requires the Secretary to add indirect costs to the amount of funds provided for direct costs for self-determination contracts for the first year and for each subsequent year that the program remains continuously under contract. Gives to the Federal district courts, concurrent with the United States Claims Court, original jurisdiction over any civil action or claim against the appropriate Secretary arising under this Act. Prohibits unilateral modification of self-determination contracts by the United States and sets forth provisions relating to such modifications. Applies the Equal Access to Justice Act to administrative appeals by Indian tribes and tribal organizations regarding self-determination contracts. Applies the Contract Disputes Act to such contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1987
Extends until December 31, 1987, the following Federal provisions relating to the Veterans Administration (VA) housing loan guaranty program: (1) the collection from participating veterans of the VA housing loan fee; and (2) the formula for determining whether, upon foreclosure, the VA shall acquire the property securing a guaranteed loan.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1987
Acknowledges the historical debt of the United States to the Iroquois Confederacy and other Indian nations for their demonstration of democratic principles and their example of a free association of independent Indian nations. Reaffirms the government-to-government relationship between the United States and Indian tribes. Reaffirms the trust responsibility and obligation of the Government to Indian tribes, including Alaska Natives. Acknowledges the need to exercise good faith in upholding treaties with the various tribes.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1987
Designates the week of November 1 through November 7, 1987, as National Watermen's Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1987
Declares that the Senate: (1) congratulates the people and the loyal military of the Philippines for their success in ending the attempted overthrow of the Government; (2) renews its support for the efforts of President Corazon Aquino to pursue the development of democratic institutions; (3) supports military assistance to the Philippine Government to assist in defeating the Communist insurgency; (4) supports continued economic assistance to the Philippine Government; (5) calls attention to current U.S. law which requires suspension of U.S. military or other assistance if an elected head of the Philippine Government is deposed by military coup or decree; and (6) urges the Philippine Government to increase its efforts to address the problems of corruption within the Government.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1987
Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act of 1987 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to provide Medicaid coverage of community and family support services for severely disabled individuals who became disabled before age 22 and are living in a family home, foster family home, or community living facility. Requires that such services be provided in accordance with a written habilitation plan developed by an interdisciplinary team on the basis of a comprehensive assessment of the individual's strengths and the services and support necessary to: (1) enable such individual to attain or retain capabilities for independence or self-care; (2) promote interaction between disabled and nondisabled individuals within the community; and (3) enable disabled individuals who are over age 18 to engage in paid employment. Increases the age at which newly disabled individuals will be eligible for this Act's coverage so that eventually individuals who become disabled between age 22 and 50 will be covered. Lists the services which may comprise community and family support services, requiring that such services include at a minimum: (1) case management services; (2) individual and family support services; (3) specialized vocational services; and (4) protective intervention services. Excludes from such services: (1) room and board, other than room and board provided for less than six consecutive weeks and less than 12 weeks per year; (2) cash payments as a service; (3) aversive behavior intervention, management, or therapies; (4) services provided to a disabled individual living in a hospital, or skilled nursing or intermediate care facility; (5) educational services which the State makes generally available to its residents without cost and without regard to their income; and (6) services for which payment is made under title XVIII (Medicare), or part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) or B (Child Welfare Services) of title IV of the Act. Requires each State to make certain assurances regarding their provision of community and family support services and submit an implementation strategy to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires that such implementation strategies: (1) describe the extent and scope of community and family support services provided to the severely disabled and the extent and scope of services provided to the severely disabled who are institutionalized; (2) set forth the objectives and a five-year strategy for expanding community and family support services for the severely disabled; (3) include certain procedures for transferring severely disabled, institutionalized individuals to family homes, foster family homes, or community living facilities; (4) set forth standards for the provision of community and family support services and a program for licensing and certifying all facilities and programs providing such services; (5) provide for assessments of the provision and affect of community and family support services and the correction of service deficiencies; (6) provide the public with an adequate opportunity to comment on the strategies; (7) set forth methods ensuring that the personnel providing community and family support services receive adequate training and are competent to provide such services; (8) provide that the State has in effect a management information system capable of collecting, storing, and retrieving data on the severely disabled who receive community and family support services; (9) provide an opportunity for an appeal and hearing before a hearing officer to individuals who believe themselves to be inappropriately served or denied an appropriate service, or who are being scheduled for an involuntary transfer from one living arrangement to another; (10) describe the methods to be used in administering community and family support services; and (11) set forth procedures to protect the interests of public employees who will be affected by the transfer of the severely disabled from public institutions. Allows States to provide any new community and family support service for up to three years without meeting the Medicaid requirements that it provide a service on a statewide basis and that the service be comparable in all parts of the State. Requires that intermediate care facility services for the mentally retarded include the ascertainment of the individual needs of each newly admitted individual by an interdisciplinary team within 30 days and the development of a written habilitation plan for each individual. Limits Medicaid payments to States for skilled nursing and intermediate care facility services furnished to individuals under age 65 who became disabled before age 22 to the amount payable for such services in the fiscal year ending after the enactment of this Act, increased if and by the extent to which the percentage increase in the consumer price index exceeds six percent. Makes such limitation inapplicable to facilities which have less than 16 beds or meet the size and location requirements for a community living facility. Requires States to have in effect a system to protect and advocate those rights of the severely disabled who are eligible for medical assistance which relate to the provision of such assistance. Provides Federal Medicaid matching funds for such system. Gives individuals who are adversely affected by a violation of this Act's requirements the right to bring an action to enjoin such violation. Allows States to set payment rates for community and family support services for the severely disabled. Authorizes States to treat severely disabled individuals under age 19 who are not in a medical institution as receiving benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Act for Medicaid eligibility purposes if they would be eligible for SSI benefits if institutionalized. Requires States to establish a uniform income standard for the severely disabled regardless of whether or not they are in a medical institution. Authorizes States to provide Medicaid coverage of disabled spouses and children who, except for the resources deemed to them, would be eligible for SSI benefits. Removes certain limitations on the Secretary's approval of reduction and correction plans for deficient intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded. Makes individuals who are severely disabled and receiving or deemed to be receiving SSI benefits eligible for Medicaid as long as such qualifications continue to be satisfied. Directs the Secretary to establish, within the Health Care Financing Administration, a Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services responsible for administering Medicaid programs for the severely disabled. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop standards and a program for training Federal and State personnel who perform surveys of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to determine whether such facilities meet Medicaid participation requirements; and (2) periodically conduct studies of the reliability of such surveys and make the changes necessary to improve such reliability. Directs the Secretary to support the development of: (1) instruments to assess outcomes in the provision of this Act's services; and (2) competency-based personnel standards for agencies and organizations providing services to the severely disabled pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct an annual assessment of each State's compliance with this Act's requirements; and (2) issue final regulations regarding this Act's amendments prior to the first fiscal year beginning after this Act's enactment. Sets forth reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1987
Commemorates on September 9, 1987, the 100th birthday of Alf Landon and extends to him affectionate greetings and best wishes.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization of 1987 - Title I: National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (the Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires that the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect be headed by a Director with experience in child abuse and neglect, and be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to require that professional staff of the Center have experience relating to child abuse and neglect. Requires that the Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect include not less than 15 members or any greater number necessary to represent a majority from the general public who are individuals knowledgeable in child abuse prevention, treatment, or research, including the fields of social services, law (including the judiciary) and medicine, or who are representatives of adolescents, parent self-help organizations, and voluntary organizations. Makes the Advisory Board responsible for advising and consulting with the Director on proposed research studies and long-range planning for the Center. Directs the Secretary, through the Center and as part of research activities, to establish a national data collection and analysis program with respect to State child abuse and neglect reports. Requires the program to include: (1) standardized data on false, unfounded, or unsubstantiated reports; and (2) information on the number of deaths due to child abuse and neglect. Requires the Director to submit an annual summary and analysis of the data collected to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to ensure that a majority share of assistance for discretionary research and demonstration grants under the Act be available for activities related to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Permits up to five-year (currently three-year) grants for model training materials. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a portion of assistance is available for national resource centers addressing issues of child abuse and neglect. Provides, under specified conditions, for extensions of waivers of requirements for grants to States for demonstration or service programs and projects. Requires the Director to conduct a study of: (1) how individual legal representation of children in cases of child abuse or neglect has been provided in each State; and (2) the effectiveness of legal representation of children in cases of abuse or neglect through the use of guardian-ad-litem and court appointed special advocates. Requires the Director, within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, to report on such study, with recommendations, to the appropriate congressional committees. Eliminates provisions for discretionary grants or contracts with public agencies or nonprofit private organizations for centers for child abuse prevention and treatment. Establishes a mandatory grant for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to provide, directly or through grants or contracts with public or private nonprofit organizations, for the establishment and maintenance of resource centers: (1) serving defined geographic areas; (2) staffed by multidisciplinary teams of personnel trained in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and (3) providing advice and consultation to individuals, agencies, and organizations which request such services. Limits the amount of funds which may be used for such purposes. Requires the Director to conduct a study of: (1) the incidence of child abuse among children with handicaps and the relationship between child abuse and children's handicapping conditions; and (2) the incidence of children who have developed handicapping conditions as a result of child abuse or neglect. Requires the Director, within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, to report on such study, with recommendations, to the appropriate congressional committees. Provides for grants and contracts for interagency demonstration training programs, including programs for treating and preventing abuse of children with handicaps. Provides for grants and contracts for innovative programs and projects relating to alcohol-related child abuse, home health visitor programs, and a national parent self-help program. Directs the Secretary to establish demonstration priorities for making grants or contracts for model training materials. Establishes a National Commission on Child and Youth Deaths. Directs the Commission to study and evaluate comprehensively Federal, State, and local public and private resources which affect child and youth deaths. Directs the Commission to make recommendations with respect to: (1) a national policy designed to reduce and prevent child and youth deaths, including more accurate reporting systems and appropriate roles for the Federal Government, States, and local governments and the private sector; (2) changes needed within Federal laws and programs to achieve an effective Federal role in preventing such deaths; and (3) changes needed to improve national data collection with respect to deaths. Directs the Commission, within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, to report to the President and the appropriate congressional committees on information gathered, evaluations, and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission 90 days after the date on which it transmits its report. Title II: Adoption Opportunities - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide, directly or by grants or contracts, for programs aimed at increasing the number of minority children placed in adoptive families, with a special emphasis on recruitment of and placement with minority families. Directs the Secretary to provide, directly or by grants or contracts, for post-legal adoption services for families who have adopted special needs children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations for such period for the minority placement and post-legal adoption services programs. Title III: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, Reauthorization - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to remove a three-year limit on grants for shelters. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Democracy in Panama Act of 1987 - Prohibits the importation of sugars, sirups, and molasses that are products of Panama during any period for which a limitation is imposed on the total quantity of such products that may be imported into the United States. Authorizes the U.S. Trade Representative to reallocate among other foreign countries the quantity of such products which could have been imported from Panama prior to the enactment of this Act. Terminates such prohibition if the President certifies to the Congress that: (1) the Government of Panama has demonstrated substantial progress in the effort to assure civilian control of the armed forces and that the Panama Defense Forces and its leaders have been removed from nonmilitary activities and institutions; (2) the Government of Panama has established an independent investigation into allegations of illegal actions by members of the Panama Defense Forces; (3) a nonmilitary transitional government is in power; and (4) freedom of the press and all other constitutional guarantees to the Panamanian people are restored.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Designates the week of May 2 through May 8, 1988, as National Drinking Water Week to enhance awareness of drinking water issues and recognition of the difference that drinking water makes to health, safety, and quality of life.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority through October 31, 1987, for: (1) title I financial institution insurance for housing renovation and modernization; (2) general mortgage insurance; (3) low and moderate income and displaced families mortgage insurance; (4) homeownership for lower income families including mortgage insurance authority and housing stimulus authority; (5) mortgage co-insurance, including rental rehabilitation and development projects; (6) graduated payment and indexed mortgage insurance; (7) the demonstration mortgage reinsurance program; (8) mortgage insurance for armed forces' civilian employees and defense housing for impacted areas; (9) mortgage insurance for land development; and (10) mortgage insurance for medical and dental group practice facilities. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend urban rehabilitation loan authority through October 31, 1987. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend Farmers Home Administration authority through October 31, 1987, for: (1) insured loans for rental and cooperative housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families in rural areas; (2) rural communities with 10,000 - 20,000 population to participate in rural housing programs; and (3) mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authority. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend authority for national flood insurance, including emergency implementation and flood-risk zones, through October 31, 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority for the national crime insurance program through October 31, 1987. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend community development block grant entitlement authority for certain metropolitan city and urban county areas through October 31, 1987. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to extend the maximum interest rate limitation on loans for housing and related facilities for elderly or handicapped families through October 31, 1987. Extends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act through October 31, 1987. Amends the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act to extend the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank through October 31, 1987. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to extend the Federal National Mortgage Association's (Fannie Mae) authority to purchase secondary residential mortgages through October 31, 1987. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to extend the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation's (Freddie Mac) authority to purchase secondary residential mortgages through October 31, 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to make permanent the limitation on the principal amount of mortgages that may be insured in any fiscal year under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Declares that the Congress strongly urges that the Free Trade Area Agreement being negotiated by the United States and Canada not contain any changes in the maritime policy and laws of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Federal Aviation Administration Independent Establishment Act of 1987 - Establishes the Federal Aviation Administration as an independent Federal agency to succeed the Federal Aviation Administration of the Department of Transportation. Transfers to such independent agency all functions vested in the Federal Aviation Administration currently in the Department of Transportation, and all functions vested in such Department which are administered through the Federal Aviation Administration or are related to it. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Prohibits any U.S. assistance for Panama unless the President certifies to the Congress that: (1) the Government of Panama has demonstrated substantial progress in efforts to assure civilian control of the armed forces and that the Panama Defense Forces and its leaders have been removed from nonmilitary activities and institutions; (2) the Government of Panama has established an independent investigation into allegations of illegal actions by members of the Panama Defense Forces; (3) a nonmilitary transitional government is in power in Panama; and (4) freedom of the press and all other constitutional guarantees to the Panamanian people are restored. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) assistance provided through private and voluntary organizations; (2) the donation of food or medicine; (3) disaster relief assistance; (4) refugee assistance; (5) assistance under the Inter-American Foundation Act; and (6) educational assistance for Panamanians in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Honors the late Portuguese diplomat, Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches, for his extraordinary acts of mercy and justice during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987
1988 Olympic Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of gold and silver coins emblematic of the participation of American athletes in the 1988 Olympic Games. Sets forth certain features of the coins and provides for their sale and issuance. Requires all sales to include specified surcharges. Requires all surcharges to be paid to the United States Olympic Committee. Terminates the minting of the coins on December 31, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987
Recognizes the contributions of Rachel Carson to public awareness and understanding of environmental issues on the 25th anniversary of her book, "Silent Spring."
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1987
AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants for counseling and testing regarding the etiologic agent for AIDS. Specifies eligibility requirements for grants. Directs the Secretary, in making the grants, to give preference to applicants who will provide the counseling and testing in any geographic area with a significant incidence of AIDS. Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant unless the applicant submits an application containing agreements in accordance with specified provisions of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant unless the applicant agrees to: (1) ensure the confidentiality of information and records; (2) test individuals only after obtaining informed consent; (3) provide counseling regarding certain matters before testing any individual; (4) provide counseling both for individuals testing negative and for individuals testing positive; (5) offer, to the extent permitted under State law, opportunities for an individual to undergo counseling and testing without the individual being required either to provide information regarding the individual's identity or using a pseudonym; (6) not require the individual to undergo testing as a condition of receiving health services, unless the testing is medically necessary in the provision of the health services; (7) use funds from the grant to significantly increase the availability of counseling and testing above the level previously provided by the applicant; (8) provide the counseling and testing without regard to the ability of the individual to pay charges imposed by the applicant, if any; (9) establish fiscal control and fund accounting regarding the grant; and (10) expend not more than ten percent of the amounts received for administering the grant. Authorizes the Secretary, on request of a grantee, to provide supplies and services in lieu of grant funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Prohibits, except as provided in this Act, disclosure of identifying information with respect to a protected individual or a contact of such individual. Describes persons subject to such prohibition. Provides for civil and criminal penalties for violation of the prohibition, and for injunctive relief. Authorizes disclosure of identifying information regarding a protected individual and a contact of the individual with consent of the protected individual. Authorizes certain persons subject to prohibition of disclosure to disclose identifying information without consent of the protected individual, in certain circumstances and for certain purposes, to: (1) health care professionals and providers; (2) the protected individual; (3) State public health officers; (4) medical facilities receiving blood, semen, breast milk, or an organ from the individual; and (5) others, as medically necessary. Authorizes redisclosure by recipients of information disclosed under the same terms and conditions as the original disclosure. Authorizes a court of competent jurisdiction to order disclosure of identifying information if the court determines, after due process, that the disclosure is necessary to prevent a clear and imminent danger of transmission of the etiologic agent for AIDS. Provides for confidentiality of court records. Authorizes physicians or professional counselors to disclose identifying information with respect to a protected individual to the individual's spouse or sexual partner, if the physician or counselor believes the disclosure is medically appropriate and that the protected individual will not inform the spouse of sexual contact with regard to the identifying information involved. Requires any person who discloses identifying information permitted by this Act, subject to exception, to: (1) accompany disclosure with a statement declaring that subsequent disclosure of the information may be prohibited by law; and (2) notify a living protected individual of the disclosure. Prohibits discrimination against an otherwise qualified individual, solely by reason of the fact that the individual is, or is regarded as being, infected with the etiologic agent for AIDS: (1) in employment, housing, public accommodations, or governmental services; and (2) in the provision of benefits under any program or activity that receives or benefits from Federal financial assistance. Provides guidelines for the construction of the term "otherwise qualified individual." Provides for civil penalties for violation of the prohibition against discrimination, and for injunctive relief. States that the prohibition of discrimination shall not be construed to prohibit life or health insurance organizations from requiring applicants for insurance to undergo testing for the purpose of determining whether the applicant is infected with such etiologic agent.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) supporting the President's efforts to gain Pakistan's compliance with its past commitments not to produce weapon-grade nuclear material; (2) urging the President to inform Pakistan that its verifiable compliance with such past commitments is vital to any further U.S. military assistance; and (3) urging the President to pursue an agreement by India and Pakistan to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, accept International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, allow mutual inspection of one another's nuclear installations, renounce nuclear weapons through a joint declaration, and establish a nuclear weapons free zone in the Subcontinent.