United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987
Declares that the American people reaffirm their commitment to promoting the development of democracy in all the Americas. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of Panama should respond to the points contained in the communique issued on June 17, 1987, by the Panamanian Episcopal Conference; (2) the vital interests of the United States in securing authentic democracy in Panama would be best served by the peaceful establishment of genuine democratic institutions in accordance with the Panamanian constitution; (3) compliance with internationally recognized human rights and the lifting of the suspension of constitutional guarantees are essential preconditions to the restoration of democracy in Panama; (4) an independent investigation into allegations against senior Panamanian civilian and military officials should be conducted by an objective group of Panamanians with authority to publish their findings without delay or fear of reprisal; and (5) the Government of Panama should direct the current commander of the Panama Defense Forces and any other implicated officials to relinquish their duties pending the outcome of the independent investigation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1987
Authorizes appropriations to the General Services Administration for the design and construction of a federally-owned building to house the Environmental Protection Agency in the District of Columbia. Authorizes such appropriations from the fund for real property management and related activities established under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1987
Polish Permanent Resident Adjustment Act of 1987 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the adjustment of status to permanent resident for certain Polish nationals who have continuously resided in the United States since July 21, 1984. Requires such aliens to apply for status adjustment within two years of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1987
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to cancel the registration of the pesticides chlordane, heptachlor, aldrin, and dieldrin (cyclodienes).
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1987
Hazardous Waste Reduction Act - Requires filings of the annual toxic chemical release forms required under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to include a toxic chemical waste reduction and recycling report for each listed toxic chemical for the preceding calendar year. Requires such report to include information on a facility-by-facility basis as to the amounts and disposition of each toxic chemical, including levels of waste reduction and recycling achieved and expected. Requires that toxic chemical waste reduction practices be delineated according to set categories, such as equipment, redesign, and substitution of raw materials. Requires the inclusion of a production index for each toxic chemical waste and a list of techniques used to identify waste reduction opportunities. Provides protection for trade secrets. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a central receiving facility at EPA for the storage and retrieval of waste management program information. Requires the Administrator to collect, coordinate, and consolidate data collection requirements under environmental statutes. Requires all such information to be compiled into a data base organized on an industry-by-industry basis according to Standard Industrial Classifications and on a waste stream basis. Directs the Administrator to establish a Waste Reduction and Recycling Clearinghouse Program to include information on approaches to waste reduction and recycling and information from States receiving grants for technical assistance programs. Requires the Clearinghouse to be actively involved in technology transfer and the development of waste reduction technologies. Requires the Administrator to make matching grants to States for innovative waste reduction programs. Requires such programs to make specific and targeted technical assistance available to businesses as well as for funding experts and research and providing training. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on the waste reduction information gathered pursuant to this Act. Requires such report to include a profile of waste reduction levels on an industry-by-industry basis and identify priorities as to industries, pollutants, and research. Establishes the Office of Waste Reduction within EPA to collect waste reduction plans and information from other EPA offices on an industry-by-industry basis, administer the clearinghouse and State grants programs, and carry out other related responsibilities including improving EPA's ability to evaluate multimedia waste management practices and the potential for waste reduction through information collection and retrieval. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1987
Ground Water Safety Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require a pesticide registrant or reregistrant to submit information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the pesticide's potential for groundwater leaching. (Directs the Administrator, upon such registration, to determine a pesticide's leaching potential.) Requires registrants, in the case of a positive leaching potential, to: (1) develop management practices to minimize such leaching; (2) disseminate such management information to applicators; and (3) conduct groundwater monitoring. Requires a registrant, upon detection of groundwater contamination, to notify EPA, the State, the owner of the property, and any other person(s) relying on the underground source for drinking water or household needs. States that if such contamination reaches or is likely to reach 25 percent of the EPA-established groundwater residue guidance level, the Administrator shall amend the registration to impose further restrictions on the pesticide's use. Authorizes the Administrator to consider the health effects of alternative pesticides in setting such restrictions. States that if contamination reaches 50 percent of the groundwater residue guidance level, the Administrator shall notify and provide relevant information to the affected State(s). Directs the Administrator, if an affected State fails to act, to prohibit the pesticide's use in the vicinity of the underground source of drinking water. Directs the Administrator to: (1) collect and make available to the public information on groundwater pesticide contamination; (2) provide technical assistance to States for groundwater protection programs; (3) conduct research activities to monitor the presence of pesticides in the unsaturated zone; and (4) enter into agreements with the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to develop information systems for State and local officials, farmers, and applicators regarding soil, climate, and hydrology at specific pesticide use sites. Authorizes FY 1988 through 1992 appropriations. Requires States to develop and submit for EPA approval pesticide water pollution prevention programs. Authorizes: (1) the Administrator to provide financial assistance; and (2) FY 1988 through 1992 appropriations. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Administrator to issue groundwater residue guidance levels for FIFRA-registered pesticides.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1987
Rural Recovery and Revitalization Act - Title I: Rural Development Program and Authority-Subtitle A: Rural Development Authority - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to establish and maintain a revitalized nationwide rural development program as set forth in the Rural Development Act of 1972, the Rural Development Policy Act of 1980, and this Act. Establishes in the Department of Agriculture a Rural Development Authority (Authority) headed by an Assistant Secretary appointed by the Secretary, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Secretary to: (1) transfer to the Authority those agencies, offices, or entities in the Department that perform rural development functions, including certain loan programs currently administered by the Farmers Home Administration; (2) establish in the Authority units to perform the various categories of transferred functions, such as rural housing, research, and public affairs; and (3) report to specified congressional leadership within one year with respect to transfers made or to be made Directs the Comptroller General to investigate and report to the President and to the Congress within one year about services, functions, and missions of other Federal departments and agencies that could be transferred to the Authority. Subtitle B: Rural Development Assistance - Directs the Secretary to consolidate and coordinate, under the Authority, all rural development and assistance programs established by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, related programs administered by the Secretary, and, to the extent feasible, rural-oriented programs administered by other agencies. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) remove the Secretary's authority to grant up to $15,000,000 annually for certain rural development technical assistance, rural community leadership development, and rural development planning projects; and (2) direct the Assistant Secretary of the Authority, under the rural industrialization assistance program, to provide matching grants to States and loan guarantees to State-designated recipients to fund these same rural development interests, and to develop plans designed to encourage the growth of private business enterprises in rural areas. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) a Rural Fund for Development account, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary, to guarantee loans made to finance rural development projects. Instructs the CCC to make available to this fund at least $1,100,000,000 in either commodities or cash. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to enter into agreements with State and private entities to guarantee loans for such rural development projects as the start-up costs of small businesses, plan construction, and equipment purchases. Describes the limitations on the amounts of such loans and the procedures applicable if a borrower defaults. Directs the Assistant Secretary to report annually to specified Congressional leadership concerning the loan program. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to: (1) extend through FY 1990 guarantees by the Secretary of loans to nonprofit national rural development and finance corporations; (2) revise the eligibility requirements for such loan guarantees; (3) earmark $50,000,000 of certain available funds for loan guarantees; and (4) authorize FY 1987 through 1990 appropriations. Directs the Assistant Secretary to use low quality grain from CCC inventories as collateral to guarantee loans under the subtitle to borrowers for the purpose of constructing or operating a grain processing facility. Title II: State Cooperative Agreements and Plans - Directs the Assistant Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements, based on comprehensive plans submitted by the States, to: (1) enable the States to carry out laws and implement Federal rural development programs; (2) provide matching grants to the States; and (3) assist States in the development and administration of Federal programs that provide educational opportunities, job training, health services, and other specified benefits to rural residents. Permits the Secretary and other Federal agency heads to enter into agreements with State and local governments to provide educational training, job training, health services, and other benefits to rural residents. Directs the Assistant Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary, to use the Cooperative State Extension Service to inform rural residents about such programs. Establishes in the National Agricultural Library the National Rural Assistance Information Clearinghouse to distribute information and data about Federal, State, and local programs. Title III: Rural Technology Development Centers - Amends the Consolidated Farms and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary to conduct pilot projects in States or universities to enable them to establish and operate centers for rural technology development. Requires applicants to submit plans for such centers, which must: (1) be located in rural areas; (2) be designed to improve the economic condition of the area through projects to collect, test, and disseminate information on relevant new services and products; (3) consult with colleges or universities administering rural development and small farm research and education programs under the Rural Development Act of 1972; (4) take steps to develop continuing sources of financial support; and (5) provide for the maximum application of technology in those rural areas strongly affected by a depressed farm economy. Sets forth criteria to be met by pilot projects established under this title. Permits the Secretary to provide employment-related technical assistance to economically distressed rural areas. Directs the Secretary, for each of FY 1988 through 1990, to make grants of up to $500,000 per project to public, private, or cooperative organizations, to Indian tribes on reservations, other tribal groups, or individuals to assist rural entities in funding projects for the development of marketing plans to promote rural economic development. Enumerates criteria to guide the Secretary in determining grant recipients. Provides for the monitoring of projects funded under this program. Directs the Secretary to report the monitoring results to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Rural Dislocation Set-Aside Program - Sets aside ten percent of certain funds provided to the Secretary of Labor in each of FY 1988 through 1992, for programs providing basic readjustment services to dislocated farmers, ranchers, and farm workers. Directs the Secretary of Labor to notify the Governors of eligible States of the availability of such funds. Bases State eligibility on the extent of declining farm equity and the percentage increase in the average debt-to-asset ratio of farms. Sets forth criteria based on farm population for the allocation of funds to eligible States. Requires the Governor of each eligible State to submit a plan describing the readjustment services to be provided. Specifies required contents of the plan. Indicates potential recipients of services under the plan, including individuals whose farm or ranch operations have ended or are likely to end as a result of foreclosure, bankruptcy, or other unfavorable economic circumstances. Enumerates possible activities and services to be included in the State plan, such as counseling services, vocational evaluation, job search, and training assistance, and various support services (transportation, meals, temporary shelter, dependent care). Title V: Rural Set-Asides and Priority - Directs agency heads, in cases when funds are allocated to States according to a mandated formula, to take specified actions that would result in benefits to rural areas from Federal procurement and construction projects. Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require the heads of executive agencies to give equal consideration to rural areas when determining the location of new Federal buildings and activities related to their construction. Title VI: Special Assistant for Agriculture and Rural Development - Directs the President, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, to establish in the White House an Office of Agriculture and Rural Development to coordinate executive branch programs affecting rural areas. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Special Assistant appointed by the President. Directs the Special Assistant to: (1) systematically review Federal programs affecting rural areas; (2) monitor activities and legislation affecting rural areas; and (3) assist in the full preparation of a comprehensive rural development strategy designed to maximize the effectiveness and increase the responsiveness of Federal programs to rural areas. Requires the Secretary, within one year after enactment of this Act, to transmit the rural development strategy to the congressional agriculture committees and to report annually to such committees on any changes to such strategy. Requires the Special Assistant to use the Office of the President to maximize coordination of Federal programs affecting rural areas. Title VII: Technical Provisions - Subtitle A: Administration - Provides for transfer of personnel to the Rural Development Authority from the Farmers Home Administration as may be necessary with respect to the functions transferred to the Authority. Sets forth other administrative details relevant to these functions transfers. Subtitle B: Conforming Amendments - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, the Community Economic Development Act of 1981, and other Federal law to reflect the creation of the Rural Development Authority and the transfer of certain functions to it. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to continue the program of guaranteed loans and grants to nonprofit national rural development and finance corporations (Under current law, the program ended as of FY 1987). Title VIII: Implementation - Mandates that this Act be implemented not later than six months after its enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is in the best interests of U.S. wheat producers to immediately receive the details of the program for the 1988 crop of wheat established under the Agricultural Act of 1949; and (2) such program should provide for an acreage limitation program under which a farm's wheat acreage would be limited to the wheat crop acreage base for the farm reduced by no more than 27 1/2 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should express to West Germany that the United States expects it to comply with its treaty obligations by extraditing terrorist Mohammed Hamadei to the United States; and (2) any action by West Germany that involves the exchange of Hamadei for German nationals being held hostage by terrorists will have extremely serious consequences for the relationship between the two countries.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to declare June 27, 1987, as National Sokol Day in the United States, commemorating the Sokol, an association of Americans of Czech ancestry dedicated to gymnastics and democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1987
Amends Federal law to direct the President to set aside and proclaim the first Thursday in May in each year as a National Day of Prayer. (Current law directs the President to set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, for such purpose.)
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1987
Toxic Air Pollution Control Act of 1987 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants. Expands the scope of hazardous air pollutants to include air pollutants which may have adverse environmental as well as human health effects. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) list of such pollutants to include categories of the source emitting such pollutants in more than de minimis amounts. Grants the Administrator two years within which to assess air pollutants or classes of pollutants for addition to such list. Requires that decisions to list or not to list a pollutant be subject to public comment. Requires a final determination within three years of an initial determination that insufficient information exists to judge a pollutant as hazardous or nonhazardous. Requires the emitters of such pollutant to finance the research to determine its status. Requires the Administrator to promulgate emission standards for listed pollutants within three years of their inclusion (current law requires promulgation within 360 days). Requires such standards to protect human health with an ample safety margin unless a more stringent standard is required to protect the environment. Prohibits consideration of cost and technological feasibility when setting such standards. Grants existing sources up to two years to meet applicable standards (current law allows 90 days). Permits an exemption for up to ten years for a source emitting a pollutant for which there is no health effects threshold where the owners or operators would experience extraordinary economic hardship. Requires such sources to comply with an alternative emission limitation resulting from the application of the best available technology. Prohibits the consideration of cost when design, equipment, work practice, or operation standards are applied. Establishes a list of toxic air pollutants which shall include each substance subject to the requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. Requires the Administrator to review and revise such list at least every three years. Permits others to petition for additions to or deletions from such list. Requires the presentation of adequate data to show adverse health or environmental effects, or the lack thereof, respectively. Requires the Administrator to establish an emission limitation for removed pollutants adequate to protect human health and the environment. Directs the Administrator to list categories of sources emitting listed toxic pollutants. Requires emission standards for such pollutants from such sources to be at least equivalent to that achievable by the application of the best available control technology. Requires the Administrator to identify such technology for classes of pollutants when establishing such standards. Requires the Administrator to review such standards at least every five years. Requires new sources to comply with such standards. Grants existing major sources up to three years with a possible waiver for an additional two years to meet such standards. Directs the Administrator to list toxic pollutant sources within one year and establish emissions standards within three years, five years, or ten years, based on the quantity of the toxic pollutant and the risks of exposure. Requires the Administrator to list all categories of area sources which emit listed toxic pollutants, including an estimate of such emissions during 1988. Directs the Administrator to establish emission standards, utilizing the authorities of other Federal environmental legislation, to reduce 1988 level emissions by 25 percent within four years, continuing reductions of ten percent on a biennial basis for the following six years. Requires the Administrator to list extremely hazardous substances which could be suddenly released in dangerous concentrations as air pollutants. Directs the Administrator to update such list at least every five years. Requires owners or operators of facilities with listed substances to conduct a hazard assessment within one year of such substance's being listed (or within 18 months of this Act's enactment). Requires such assessment to include an identification of potential release sources and exposures. Requires the biennial updating of such assessments which shall be made available to the Administrator, the Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigations Board, the State, and the local emergency planning authorities. Directs the Administrator to publish guidance for such assessments within one year. Establishes within EPA the Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board, an independent safety board to investigate and report on chemical accidents, evaluate hazard assessment techniques, and make recommendations to the Administrator on the safety of chemical production, handling, and storage. Requires the Administrator to explain any refusal to implement such a recommendation. Authorizes the Board to hold hearings, secure data and written reports from any person handling chemicals, and conduct inspections where extremely hazardous substances are produced, handled, or stored. Grants the Board an independent budget. Requires that Board-collected information, other than trade secrets, be made available to the public. Requires the Board to report annually to the President and the Congress on accidents, recommendations, and priorities for research and investigations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. Directs the Administrator to promulgate release prevention, detection, and correction requirements for extemely hazardous air pollutant facilities. Includes monitoring, recordkeeping, and other design, equipment, and operational practices. Authorizes the Administrator to secure injunctive or other relief when an extremely hazardous air pollutant from a facility poses an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or the environment. Establishes per day civil penalties for violations of such orders. Directs the Administrator to publish guidance for the coordination of such authority with the relevant authorities under other Federal environmental laws. Requires the Administrator to list extremely hazardous substances which may cause acute or chronic adverse human health effects as a result of non-sudden or episodic events. Requires owners or operators of facilities or devices where such releases might take place to carry out annual audits and safety inspections of such facility or device. Directs the Administrator to promulgate leak prevention, detection, and correction requirements for devices and systems at such a facility. Establishes per pound penalties for releases of extremely hazardous air pollutants. Increases penalties according to cumulative releases. Authorizes States to develop and submit to the Administrator for approval programs for control of emissions of toxic and hazardous air pollutants from stationary sources or for the prevention and mitigation of releases of extremely hazardous air pollutants from facilities in such State. Authorizes States to assume the Administrator's authorities to control such pollutants, either in whole or in part. Directs the Administrator to publish guidance for such programs within one year. Includes procedures and standards for emissions control as well as registration of all facilities handling any listed extremely hazardous air pollutant. Directs the Administrator to establish an air toxic clearinghouse to provide information and assistance to States. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to assist in program development. Offers States an opportunity to modify unapproved programs. Requires the Administrator to withdraw approval of any State program which is not administering or enforcing its program. Authorizes the Administrator to require owners or operators of facilities emitting hazardous or toxic air pollutants or producing or handling extremely hazardous listed air pollutants to monitor emissions from the source and in the vicinity, maintaining records of the results. Directs the Administrator to conduct a research program on the sources, effects, and control of toxic and hazardous air pollutants. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to air pollution control agencies where a State program is approved. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. States that emission standards already promulgated for a hazardous air pollutant remain unaffected by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act of 1987 - Title I: AIDS as a National Public Health Emergency - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to determine that acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) presents a public health emergency for purposes of certain provisions of the Act. Authorizes appropriations sufficient to double the amount of the standard level to be in the Public Health Emergency Fund at the beginning of each fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Congress an annual report on expenditures of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relating to AIDS, including a description of each program, project, and activity and a description of each grant made and each contract and cooperative agreement entered into. Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, through the National Library of Medicine, to establish, maintain, and operate the International Data Bank on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. States that the Data Bank shall collect, catalog, store, and disseminate, through information systems accessible to the public, general practitioners, and investigators, the results of research and treatment regarding AIDS which is undertaken in any country. Requires that such results be available to any person involved in research and treatment relating to AIDS in any country. Directs the Secretary to establish a schedule of charges for users of the Data Bank from other countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to establish a virus and serum bank in which all human immunodeficiency virus serotypes and serums are available to qualified investigators. Authorizes the Director to require that any serotype or serum provided under this measure be returned and any information resulting from the use of the serotype or serum be provided to the Director. Authorizes the Secretary, notwithstanding any other law, in accordance with civil service laws, and acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to appoint not more than 40 additional employees to the Food and Drug Administration. Directs the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to provide technical assistance to State and local governments and public and nonprofit private entities carrying out programs, projects, and activities relating to AIDS. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Title II: Training and Services - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to add a new subpart on health care services in the home. Authorizes appropriations for activities described in this provision for FY 1988 and 1989. Directs the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to make allotments to each State, of funds appropriated under such authorization, according to a formula which considers the ratio of the number of individuals with AIDS in the State to the number of individuals with AIDS in all States. Directs the Secretary, in certain circumstances, to make payment of allotments directly to an Indian tribe or a tribal organization and to reserve such direct amounts from allotments to the State. States that amounts paid to a State for a fiscal year and remaining unobligated at the end of the year shall remain available to the State for the next fiscal year. Provides that allotments may be used, with regard to eligible individuals, to: (1) pay compensation for the services of physicians, nurses, and social workers who plan, manage, or provide health care services in the home; (2) identify and locate individuals needing health care services in the home; (3) coordinate health care services in the home with other supportive social services; (4) coordinate other long-term care services provided by public and private institutions and voluntary organizations; and (5) train health care professionals, especially those who may provide home health care services or work in hospices. Authorizes States to use amounts allotted to them to provide health care services in the home for eligible individuals through grants to health care organizations. Prohibits more than ten percent of the total amount allotted and paid to a State under this provision from being used to administer such amount. Requires the State to pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of administering the funds. Prohibits use of the allotments to: (1) pay more than a specified amount per year per eligible individual for compensation for the services of physicians, nurses, and social workers; (2) inpatient services; (3) cash payments to recipients; (4) capital purchase or improvement, subject to waiver by the Secretary; (5) satisfy any requirement for expenditure of non-Federal funds; (6) provide services under this provision if the total cost to the Federal Government would exceed the total cost of institutionalizing the individual; (7) provide reimbursement for services performed by any individual other than a physician, nurse, or social worker; or (8) provide social services for which planning and management is conducted under specified provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary, if requested by a State, to provide technical assistance to the State. Requires a State, in order to receive an allotment, to submit an application to the Secretary. Specifies matters to which the chief executive officer of a State must certify in the application. Requires the chief executive officer of a State to prepare and furnish the Secretary with a description of the intended use of the payments the State will receive under the allotment. Requires that the description be made public so as to facilitate comment from any person during development and after transmittal. States that existing provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to reduction in payments to States, reports and audits, withholding of funds for cause, nondiscrimination, and criminal penalties for false statements shall apply to this new subpart. Requires reports submitted under this provision to include an analysis of the cost effectiveness of providing health care services in the home. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluations of services provided and activities carried out with payments to States under this subpart. Authorizes the Secretary to use funds from the Public Health Emergency Fund to purchase, on behalf of and at the request of a State, large quantities, at bulk rates, of drugs for the treatment of AIDS, when doing so is more economical than the purchase of the drug by the State. Requires the Secretary to provide the purchased drugs to the State at the cost paid by the Secretary and to deposit the amount received from the States in the Fund. Amends Part F (relating to grants and contracts) of title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine and osteopathy to: (1) train faculty of schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, and allied health, and faculty of programs for the training of physician assistants, to teach students, in such schools and programs, to provide care and treatment, including counseling and prevention, for individuals with AIDS; and (2) develop and disseminate curricula relating to care and treatment of such individuals. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to give preference to projects which will: (1) train health professionals who will provide treatment for minority individuals with AIDS and other individuals who are at high risk of contracting AIDS; and (2) train minority health professionals to provide treatment for individuals with AIDS. Prohibits making grants or contracts unless an application is submitted to the Secretary. Makes applications for grants or contracts subject to peer review by groups composed principally of non-Federal experts. Prohibits the Secretary from approving or disapproving an application unless the Secretary has received recommendations from such peer groups and has consulted with the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for FY 1988. Amends title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to make grants to and enter into contracts, with regard to the care and treatment of individuals with AIDS, with schools of nursing relating to: (1) the training of nurses; (2) the development and dissemination of curricula; (3) instruction in methods; (4) training and retraining of faculty; (5) continuing education of nurses; and (6) establishment of new affiliations with facilities which can provide students with clinical training. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to give preference to projects which will: (1) train nurses who will provide treatment for minority individuals with AIDS and other individuals who are at high risk of contracting AIDS; and (2) train minority nurses to provide treatment for individuals with AIDS. Prohibits making grants or contracts unless an application is submitted to the Secretary. Makes applications for grants or contracts subject to peer review by groups composed principally of non-Federal experts. Prohibits the Secretary from approving or disapproving an application unless the Secretary has received recommendations from such peer groups and has consulted with the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for FY 1988. Amends part B (Federal-State Cooperation) of title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to provide, directly or through grant or contract, for: (1) education, training, and clinical skills improvement activities relating to AIDS for health professionals and allied health professionals; and (2) technical assistance to States and public and nonprofit entities for research in, and prevention and control of, AIDS. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Title III: Public Information - Amends Part B (Federal-State Cooperation) of title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to develop and disseminate, through the print and broadcast media, public service announcements which inform the public, discourage high risk behaviors, and encourage individuals who may be at risk for contracting AIDS to be tested for infection and to receive counseling regarding infection. Directs the Secretary to: (1) place special emphasis on announcements directed toward minority individuals and individuals at high risk of contracting AIDS; and (2) use appropriate private organizations and businesses. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Directs the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to establish and maintain a toll-free 24-hour telephone service to provide information to the public concerning AIDS. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Directs the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to establish and maintain a telephone service to provide medical and technical information during normal business hours of the Centers to individuals and organizations who provide care and treatment services for individuals with AIDS. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new part relating to public information activities by States. Authorizes appropriations for provisions of this part for FY 1988 and 1989. Directs the Secretary to make allotments in the same ratio as the population of the State bears to the population of all States. Directs the Secretary, in certain circumstances, to make payments of allotments directly to an Indian tribe or a tribal organization and to reserve such direct amounts from allotments to the State. Directs the Secretary to make payments from funds appropriated for that fiscal year. Declares that any amount paid to a State for a fiscal year and remaining unobligated at the end of the year shall remain available for the next fiscal year. Requires allocated amounts to be used, with regard to AIDS, for: (1) the development, establishment, or operation of public information activities for the general public, including minorities, relating to prevention and diagnosis; (2) the development, establishment, or operation of public information activities, relating to prevention and diagnosis, for populations at high risk of contracting AIDS; (3) technical assistance to community-based organizations, public and nonprofit private entities, and employers in developing information programs; and (4) training for personnel to carry out such activities. Prohibits States from using allocated funds for capital purchase or improvement, subject to waiver by the Secretary, or for satisfying any requirement for expenditure of non-Federal funds. Directs the Secretary, if requested by a State, to provide technical assistance to the State in planning and operating the activities under this part. Prohibits the use of more than ten percent of allocated amounts for administering the funds. Requires States to pay, from non-Federal sources, the remaining costs of administering the funds. Requires States to submit an application to the Secretary in order to receive an allocation. Specifies matters to which the chief executive officer of a State must certify in the application. Requires that the chief executive officer of a State: (1) prepare and furnish the Secretary with a description of the intended use of the payments the State will receive; and (2) make the description public so as to facilitate comment from any person during development and after transmittal. Declares that existing provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to reduction in payments to States, reports and audits, withholding of funds for cause, nondiscrimination, and criminal penalties for false statements shall apply to this part in the same manner as they apply to the existing part B of this title. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluations of the activities carried out under this part. Requires each State to include in the annual report submitted to the Secretary under existing provisions information which is necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct the evaluations. Directs the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report summarizing the evaluations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should appropriate, for FY 1988: (1) sufficient funds to establish and maintain the Public Health Emergency Fund authorized under current law; and (2) a specified amount to the Veterans Administration for medical care for persons havings AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) who are entitled to receive medical care under laws administered by the Veterans Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1987
Clean Air Standards Attainment Act of 1987 - Title I: Requirement for Nonattainment Areas - Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize States to submit a revised implementation plan for nonattainment areas unable to attain the national primary ambient air quality standard for photochemical oxidants (ozone) and/or carbon monoxide, requiring compliance no later than the end of 1992. Requires such revised plan to include: (1) a vehicle emission control inspection and maintenance program; (2) gasoline vapor recovery of hydrocarbon emissions in certain ozone nonattainment areas; (3) a schedule for implementing the use of alternative fuels or power sources; (4) emissions reductions through the adoption of reasonably available control technology in ozone nonattainment areas; and (5) compliance with the lowest achievable emission rate by new or modified major stationary sources. Requires States to develop an implementation plan for nonattainment areas where ozone exceeds the national primary ambient air quality standard by more than 50 percent and the extended compliance schedule cannot be met by the implementation of the additional requirements. Requires this implementation plan to require the identification and adoption of specific enforceable strategies and transportation control measures, including: (1) restricted vehicle use in emission concentration areas; (2) high occupancy vehicle limitations; (3) improved public transit and incentives to use such transportation; (4) the use of cleaner fuels by fleet vehicles; and (5) other traffic flow and ridesharing measures. Requires such ozone nonattainment areas to achieve an eight percent total emissions reduction annually, including major stationary sources. Permits a State to substitute a percentage that will achieve the national primary ambient air quality standard within ten years. Requires per ton fees and excess emissions penalties. Requires monies collected to be used to fund air pollution control programs under this Act. Requires compliance reports at least every three years. Requires offsetting emission reductions in such area to be at least twice as great as the amount of allowable emissions from proposed sources. Requires that the use of technology or emission reduction methods in nonattainment areas should reflect the highest ten percent achieved for the same class or category of source when meeting the lowest achievable emission rate for new or modified sources. Establishes ozone transport regions and commissions within each region to facilitate the attainment of the national air quality standard for ozone in nonattainment areas affected by emissions in other areas. Requires such commissions to identify controllable sources and other measures to attain the ozone air quality standard. Prohibits the construction or modification of a major stationary source or the award of certain Department of Transportation grants in any nonattainment area which remains a nonattainment area or which is not in compliance with plan implementation requirements. Prohibits the introduction of any pollutant into a publicly owned sewage treatment works with a Clean Water Act permit by a source not utilizing such treatment works prior to a plan implementation violation in a nonattainment area, except when the applicable implementation plan provides for an offset. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to facilitate the implementation of revised standards and plans. Requires activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act performed on the Outer Continental Shelf to comply with the requirements of the Clean Air Act as they would apply to the adjacent State. Authorizes States to control emissions from vessels within their jurisdiction. Title II: Mobile Source and Other Federal Controls - Sets emission standards for light-duty vehicles and engines: (1) for hydrocarbons after model year 1992; (2) for oxides of nitrogen after model year 1990; and (3) for particulates after model year 1990. Sets emission standards for heavy duty vehicles and engines for oxides of nitrogen during and after model year 1991 and model year 1995. Sets standards for particulates from heavy-duty diesel vehicles and engines for model years 1991 and 1994. Sets emission standards for light-duty trucks and engines during and after model year 1990 for oxides of nitrogen, hydrocarbons, particulates, and carbon monoxide. Requires motorcycles and motorcycle engines to comply with the standards for light-duty vehicles during and after model year 1992. Requires onboard hydrocarbon control technology for light-duty vehicles during and after model year 1991. Requires each, not the aggregate, of State standards to be as stringent as the Federal standards. Doubles the useful life of light duty vehicles and engines for purposes of standards established by this Act. Requires each of a manufacturer's vehicles and engines, not the average, to meet each of the emission standards of this Act. Directs the Administrator to add an idle test mode to the Federal Test Procedure for light-duty vehicles. Requires certificates of conformity to be suspended or revoked if fewer than 90 percent of new vehicles or engines tested in a sampling period conform with applicable regulations. Requires the Administrator to use State information when making determinations of nonconformity. Prohibits the sale of devices designed to be installed in a motor vehicle to defeat pollution control and other devices required by this Act. Sets forth procedures for determining civil penalties. Sets standards for sulfur content in diesel fuel after July 1, 1988. Sets standards for the Reid vapor pressure of gasoline sold during warm weather months after April 1, 1990. Sets forth procedures for determining civil penalties. Prohibits the use of fuels or additives in a motor vehicle not designed for such fuels or additives. Requires the Administrator to establish emission limitations, or standards of performance, composition, or application for hydrocarbon emissions associated with specified categories of sources, including solvents, coatings, and pesticide application. Increases criminal penalties for the knowing violation of certain sections of this Act, including applicable implementation plans and the making of false statements. Title III: Ambient Air Quality Standards - Directs the Administrator to promulgate additional national primary ambient air quality standards for ozone, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, fine particles, and acid aerosol based upon concentrations over different time periods and different conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1987
Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the National Association of State Racing Commissioners, State racing commissions, and authorities that regulate parimutuel wagering to: (1) use the facilities of the National Crime Information Center to receive, share, store, and disseminate criminal identification records; and (2) submit fingerprints to the Attorney General for identification and a criminal history records check.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1987
Rural Letter Carriers Automobile Expense Act - Provides that, for taxable years beginning after 1986, rural mail carriers are permitted to compute the amount of the income tax deduction for use of their automobiles in performance of mail services: (1) by using a standard mileage rate for all miles of such use equal to 150 percent of the basic standard rate; or (2) without applying the limitation on deductions generally applicable in cases when the business use of the automobile accounts for 50 percent, or less, of its use. Prohibits the use of 150 percent of the basic standard mileage rate in determining the allowable deduction if the taxpayer claims an investment tax credit or depreciation deduction for such automobile.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1987
Designates the Federal building and United States Courthouse located on North Robert Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, as the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and United States Courthouse.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President should endorse the original position of the United States in ongoing international negotiations to protect the Earth's ozone layer; and (2) the United States should continue to seek an international agreement which will provide for an immediate freeze in the production of the major ozone depleting chemicals at 1986 levels, an automatic reduction of not less than 50 percent in the production of such chemicals, and the virtual elimination of such chemicals.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987
Learning Disabled Youthful Offender Rehabilitation Act of 1987 - Authorizes programs in the interest of establishing a comprehensive educational and psychosocial prevention and intervention program to reduce the recidivism rate among first-time criminal offenders who are learning disabled. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to applicant local district attorneys to develop educational programs as an alternative to incarceration for eligible learning disabled defendants. Requires each grant application to present a program proposal that includes the following, among other guidelines and criteria: (1) a requirement that the defendant be a first-time misdemeanor offender under age 21 who has been diagnosed as having a treatable learning disability; and (2) procedures to govern local district attorneys' determination as to suitable candidates for the program. Requires that the defendant be granted a conditional deferred prosecution, plead quilty, and receive a minimum sentence of 100 hours in the educational and vocational program tailored to the defendant's needs. Provides for restoration of the case for sentence execution or further proceedings if a finding of default is filed against a defendant. Provides for issuance of a bench warrant if a defendant absconds. Authorizes grant fund use for the creation of systems to: (1) identify learning disabled individuals; and (2) hire evaluative and remedial personnel to identify and treat eligible defendants. Requires grant recipients to submit an initial report to the Attorney General (to be followed a year later by a supplemental report) with respect to specified aspects of the funded program, including the academic ability and employment success of each program participant. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1987
Economic Equity Act of 1987 - Title I: Employment - Part A: Pay Equity - Federal Employee Compensation Equity Act of 1987 - Establishes the Commission on Compensation Equity to provide for a consultant to study the classification, grading, and pay-setting processes within and between the position classification system and the job-grading system. Requires the study to determine whether these processes result in the payment of rates of basic pay for positions: (1) in which either sex is numerically predominant or any race or ethnic group is disproportionately represented; and (2) where such differences in pay are not in proportion to the duties, difficulty, responsibility, or qualification requirements of the work performed. Provides a timetable for: (1) the Commission to report to appropriate congressional committees and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management with advisory recommendations; (2) the Director to report to the committees and the Commission with a plan to carry out any of the recommendations; (3) additional comments from the Commission; and (4) termination of the Commission. Part B: Equal Credit - Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from exempting from such Act any class of credit transactions that are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. Permits the Board to exempt (for five years) a type or class of business or commercial transaction only after determining that application of such Act to such transaction would not contribute substantially to effecting the purposes of such Act. Part C: Pension and Health Benefits for Nonfull-time Workers - Part-Time and Temporary Workers Protection Act of 1987 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to bring certain part-time employees within the participation, vesting, and accrual rules governing pension plans. Addresses any employee who, within a relevant 12-month period: (1) has customarily completed more than 500 but fewer than 1,000 hours of service; or (2) is employed in a type of position in which employment customarily consists of such a number of hours. Provides that completion of such hours of service will be treated as completion of 1,000 hours of service (thereby bringing the employee within the ERISA benefit framework). Permits a reduction in the employer-provided premium under a group health plan in the case of a part-time employee only when such employee: (1) has customarily completed fewer than 30 hours of service per week; or (2) is employed in a type of position in which employment customarily consists of such a number of hours. Limits such a premium reduction, when permissible, to not less than a ratable portion of the premium ordinarily provided in the case of an employee who completes 30 hours of service per week. Revises the ERISA definition of "employee" to include non-employees who, pursuant to a contract or agreement, provide employee-like service to an employer for at least one year at the rate of 500 or more hours per year. Part D: Economic Security - Social Security Equity Act of 1987 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the combined earnings of a married couple which are attributable to the period of their marriage shall be shared equally between them for purposes of determining the eligibility for, and amount of, OASDI benefits to which each spouse is or may become separately entitled. Credits the survivor of the marriage with 100 percent of the combined total wages for the period of the marriage. Provides that this Act shall not apply in specified cases when it would result in a reduction of OASDI benefits. Sets forth certain age and marriage requirements with which married couples must comply in order for this Act to apply. Repeals the separate definition of disability applicable to widows and widowers. Permits the months of a widow's or widower's entitlement to Supplemental Security Income benefits (title XVI of the Social Security Act) on the basis of a disability to be counted toward the 24 months needed to become entitled to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) on that basis. Pension Reform Act of 1987 - Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to extend to all accrued benefits existing in plan year 1989 and thereafter the amendments made with regard to the nondiscriminatory coordination of defined contribution plans with Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI). Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to repeal provisions that permit a certain disparity in simplified employee pension plan contributions with respect to nondiscriminatory coordination with OASDI. Provides for the repeal, effective for plan year 2000 and thereafter, of IRC rules relating to: (1) the nondiscriminatory coordination of defined contribution plans with OASDI; and (2) pension integration exceptions. Amends the IRC to establish distinct minimum employee coverage requirements applicable in cases when an employer with respect to a plan is treated as operating a single line of business. Requires such a plan to benefit all the employer's employees. Limits the exception to minimum coverage requirements available to employers treated as operating separate lines of business for a year. Amends the IRC and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to eliminate the special vesting requirements governing multiemployer plans. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States, as soon as possible after this Act's enactment, to undertake thorough studies with respect to: (1) possible methods of requiring employee pension plans to provide cost of living and other adjustments to plan benefits; and (2) potential pension portability mechanisms, including ways to preserve and enhance the real value of deferred vested pension benefits. Lists specific items to be addressed in each study. Requires submission of the studies to specified Congressional committees within two years of this Act's enactment. Medicaid Community Spouse Safety Net Act of 1987 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to set special resource and income eligibility standards for institutionalized individuals so as to provide support and maintenance of their noninstitutionalized spouses. Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act - Bans discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in the consideration of applications for, or the granting of, insurance policies and the terms of such policies. Prohibits the use of any statistical table as a basis for action banned by this Act, and discrimination in any manner against a person because that person has opposed any practice made unlawful under this section. Grants to States having insurance discrimination laws the primary opportunity to enforce the pertinent prohibitions. Permits a civil action against the insurer to be filed in State or Federal court by or on behalf of an aggrieved person. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in district court (without regard to the amount in controversy) when there is reasonable cause to believe that a person or group is engaged in a pattern or practice of violating these rights and that such violation raises an issue of general public importance. Directs the court to: (1) order the defendant to amend any relevant contract to comply with these provisions; (2) award actual damages for the period of noncompliance; and (3) award the aggrieved person reasonable attorney fees. Authorizes an award of punitive damages, in addition to actual damages. Describes rights, liabilities, premiums, benefits, and insurance coverages that are not to be affected by these antidiscrimination provisions. Federal Council on Women Act - Establishes a Federal Council on Women to: (1) collect and evaluate information with respect to any problems that are particular to women in the United States; (2) review and evaluate Federal policy related to any such problems; (3) coordinate the activities of the Council with similar activities conducted by States, local governments, and concerned organizations; and (4) make recommendations. Directs the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Dependent Care - Part A: Improving the Quality of Dependent Care - Family Day Care Provider Assistance Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to States for grants to support family day care providers. Directs States to make such grants to community nonprofit organizations with experience in working with family day care and which furnish or propose to furnish support primarily to providers serving low-income families. Requires such grants to be used to: (1) provide training to family day care providers; (2) operate resource centers for making available developmentally appropriate curriculum materials; (3) operate a system of substitute caregivers for providers; (4) furnish technical assistance to providers in understanding local regulations and relevant tax and other policies; (5) provide subgrants for the purchase of small equipment; and (6) provide other appropriate support to family day care providers. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Resource Center on Family Day Care, to be administered by the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth a formula for State allotments. Child-Care Standards Improvement Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for grants to improve State child-care licensing and regulatory systems. Requires, as a condition of eligibility for such grants, the establishment of a State Advisory Committee on Child-Care Standards to review a State's child-care licensing and regulatory systems. Requires reports by such committees. Establishes a National Advisory Committee on Child-Care Standards to assist and provide guidance to the States in improving the quality of child-care services. Requires the National Advisory Committee to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services proposed recommended standards for child-care programs within 14 months after the enactment of this Act. Terminates the National Advisory Committee 90 days after the publication by the Secretary of final recommended standards. Part B: Access to Dependent Care for All Families - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the income tax credit for employment-related dependent care expenses to: (1) make the credit refundable; (2) increase the amount of the credit from 30 percent to 50 percent of the relevant expenses, reduced (but not below 20 percent) by one percent for each full $1,000 amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeds $15,000, subject to an annual adjustment for inflation (the current reduction is one percent for each $2,000 in excess of $10,000 AGI with no provision for a cost of living adjustment); and (3) apply the credit to expenses for certain respite care of qualifying dependents of the taxpayer. Permits credit for up to $1,200 ($2,400 in cases involving more than one qualifying individual) of respite care expenses incurred in the care of: (1) a dependent of the taxpayer who is under the age of 15; or (2) a spouse or other dependent of the taxpayer who is physically or mentally incapable of self-care. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to bring within their respective frameworks loans or advances secured by a single residential property occupied as a single family residence in which community child care service is provided (thus making such loans eligible for purchase under each Act). Part C: Increasing Availability of Dependent Care for Low-Income Families - Amends the Social Security Act to increase appropriations for FY 1988 and thereafter for block grants to the States for social services. State Dependent Care Grants Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the State Dependent Care Development Grants Act to require that amounts paid to States for use in the operation of child care services be designed to enable children whose families lack adequate financial resources to participate in before or after school child care programs. Requires State Governors to include specified information in their grant reports. Extends from September 30, 1987, to September 30, 1991, the time until which necessary revisions of grant program descriptions must be submitted. Public Housing Child Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) make grants to public housing agencies to contract for lower-income resident child care services; and (2) design such program to determine the extent to which it facilitates resident employability. Requires a report to the Congress within three years. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1989 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1987
Designates August 1, 1987, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Requests the President to: (1) reassert the American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania; (3) convey to all signatories of such Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is vital to progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; (4) convey to U.S. allies the necessity of unity regarding such Accords; (5) continue his efforts to achieve the release of political prisoners of the Soviet Union, an increase in Soviet emigration, resolution of family reunification cases, and cessation of radio transmission jamming; (6) seek the inclusion, in any concluding document agreed to in Vienna, of a mechanism to sustain human rights progress after the Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and (7) convey to signatory states the desire of the United States for a result at Vienna that will not favor military security at the expense of human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1987
Declares that the Congress: (1) recognizes the continuing desire and right of the people of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for independence from the Soviet Union; (2) calls upon the President to direct world attention to the Baltic States' right of self-determination by issuing a statement that informs U.N. member nations of U.S. support for such self-determination and nonrecognition of the Soviet incorporation of the Baltic States; and (3) calls upon the President to promote Soviet compliance with the Helsinki Final Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1987
Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to permit secondary mortgage market financing for residential properties in which community child care services are provided in compliance with applicable State or local law.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1987
Designates the week beginning June 21, 1987, as National Outward Bound Week in honor of the 25th anniversary of the first Outward Bound Outdoor Recreational Program offered in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit an insolvent taxpayer whose average annual gross income for at least half of the ten preceding years is attributable to farming to reduce the amount of the capital gains tax preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax in certain cases. Applies this revised definition of "farmer" to cases involving farm insolvency transactions made on and after January 1, 1982. (Prior law based the definition of "farmer" on income during the three preceding taxable years.)
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat as life insurance policies certain self-funded death benefit plans maintained by churches for their employees, thus excluding the benefits provided through such plans from gross income for income tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987
National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish a National Quality Award, to be evidenced by a medal. Directs the President (on the basis of recommendations received from the Secretary of Commerce) or the Secretary of Commerce to periodically make the award to companies and other organizations which have substantially benefited the economic or social well-being of the United States through improvements in the quality of their goods and services resulting from the effective practice of quality management. Sets forth categories in which the award may be given and qualification criteria. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board of overseers to make suggestions for improvements in the award process. Directs the Director of the National Bureau of Standards to provide information about the awards and about the successful quality improvement strategies and programs of the award winners to all participants and to other appropriate groups. Provides that funding for the award program shall be through gifts from public and private sources and fees imposed upon organizations applying for the award. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a report on the progress, findings, and conclusions of activities conducted with respect to the award, along with recommendations for possible modifications.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that certain short-term loans made in the ordinary course of business of a taxpayer bank or other financial institution that does not use an accrual method of accounting shall not be subject to requirements governing: (1) the current inclusion in gross income of the discount on such obligations; and (2) the deferral of the deduction for net direct interest expenses allocable to the accrued discount on such obligations. Applies these amendments to loans acquired after July 18, 1984. Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Act) to apply requirements relating to the accrual of interest payments on certain short-term obligations to obligations acquired after October 22, 1986 (thus removing the retroactivity of the Act, which made these requirements applicable to obligations acquired after September 27, 1985).
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