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United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1987
Prohibits the proposed enhancement or upgrade in the sensitivity of technology of, or the capability of, Maverick missiles for Saudi Arabia.
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
Designates the period commencing on June 21, 1989, and ending on June 28, 1989, as Food Science and Technology Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1987
Designates August 29, 1988, as National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1987
Authorizes the Committee on Rules and Administration to expend a specified amount for the purchase of 1988 "We The People" calendars.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1987
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to mandate that air carriers' representations regarding domestic airline schedules reflect the average actual arrival time for such carrier. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) conduct an ongoing review of such air carriers' representations and compliance; and (2) assess fines for violations of such mandate.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987
Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for 1988 through 1990 for the United States Travel and Tourism Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987
Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include as a purpose of such Act public investment in severely distressed and underdeveloped counties or areas lacking resources for basic services. Authorizes appropriations for the Appalachian Regional Commission for FY 1988 through 1992. Permits the Commission to lease office space through FY 1992. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for construction of the Appalachian development highway system and local access roads. Increases from 70 percent to 80 percent the maximum Federal share of such highway construction costs. Allows for Federal supplements to the Federal grant-in-aid programs to continue through FY 1992. Removes the restriction on financial assistance for the cost of industrial facilities. Requires that energy enterprise development loan funds established with grants previously approved by the Commission be made available for authorized purposes. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. Terminates specified provisions of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 on October 1, 1992.
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 · 21 May 1987
Declares that the United States should continue to aggressively pursue an agreement on international conflicts in agricultural trade policies. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should make a resolution of agricultural issues a primary priority during the seven nation economic summit in June. States that the seven nations participating should work together to reduce global grain and other agricultural products supplies and eliminate agricultural export subsidies.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987
States that the Environmental Protection Agency should encourage States to mandate the use of fuel alcohol and other oxygenate/gasoline blends in CO nonattainment areas, and neat alcohols or other clean burning alternative transportation fuels in commercial fleets in ozone nonattainment areas as optional pollution control strategies in their State Implementation Plan under the Clean Air Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1987
Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 - Expresses the determination of the Congress that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): (1) is a terrorist organization; (2) is a threat to the interests of the United States, its allies, and to international law; and (3) should not benefit from operating in the United States. Prohibits, if the purpose is to further the interests of the PLO: (1) the receipt of anything of value except informational material from the PLO; (2) the expenditure of funds from the PLO; (3) the establishment or maintenance of a PLO office within the jurisdiction of the United States. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall cease to have effect if the President certifies to the Congress that the PLO no longer practices or supports terrorist actions.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1987
Airport and Airway Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress the results of their jointly conducted review regarding the need and utilization of special use airspace in order to determine its impact on civil aviation operations. Specifies the aggregate amounts which shall be available to the Secretary of Transportation for making grants for FY 1988 through 1990 for airport noise compatibility. Extends from September 30, 1987, to September 30, 1990, the period in which the Secretary may incur obligations to make such grants. Authorizes appropriations from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to liquidate obligations for certain noise abatement projects. Authorizes appropriations for the airway improvement program for FY 1988 through 1990. Sets forth apportionment guidelines for primary airports for FY 1988 through 1990. Increases the apportionments which the Secretary may make to a primary airport sponsor for any fiscal year. Reduces from 50 percent to 38 percent the ratio which such apportionments bear to the amounts authorized for obligation for the airport improvement program. Specifies the distributions which shall be set aside for cargo hub airports. Extends apportionments to States from FY 1987 to FY 1990. Sets forth cargo hub airport calculations for purposes of determining pro-rata fiscal year apportionments. Sets forth a sum certain which shall be annually apportioned to each primary reliever airport. Increases from eight percent to ten percent the funds which may be obligated for airport noise compatibility planning. Decreases from 5.5 percent to two percent the funds which may be distributed to commercial service and public airports. Sets forth a minimum threshold which shall be made available for distribution to primary and reliever airports for facilities expansion. Sets forth conditions under which the Secretary may approve a project grant and reimburse a sponsor for airport development already accomplished by such sponsor at a primary or reliever airport. Repeals the limit placed upon the Federal share of terminal development project costs. Directs the Secretary to promulgate final regulations regarding the airport grant program no later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations until FY 1990 for the Explosive Detection K-9 Team Training Program. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make permanent the low activity (VFR) Level I air traffic control tower contract program. Directs the Federal Aviation Administration to hire an additional 1,000 air traffic controllers by September 30, 1988. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to deny the use of funds provided under such Act for projects using products or services of foreign countries which are listed by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as not offering reciprocal opportunities for American firms. Requires the USTR to: (1) determine whether each foreign country denies fair and equitable market opportunities for U.S. products and supplies in procurement, or fair and equitable market opportunities for U.S. bidders, for construction projects that cost more than $500,000 and are funded by the government of such foreign country; and (2) maintain and publish annually a list of countries for which an affirmative determination is made. Allows an exception to such a denial of funds if the Secretary of Transportation determines: (1) the denial of funds would not be in the public interest; (2) products of the same class or kind are not produced or offered in the United States or in any foreign country not listed by the USTR in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) exclusion of such product or service from the project would increase the cost of the overall project contract by more than 20 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax-exempt organization all of whose members primarily coach football as full-time employees of four-year colleges or universities to have a pension plan with a qualified cash or deferred arrangement, provided such organization was in existence on September 18, 1986. Requires such a plan to be treated as a multiemployer plan.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1987
Federal Competitive Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976 to prohibit the issuance or assignment of competitive coal leases to an entity engaged in the extraction or production of coal reserves in a foreign country for importation into the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987
Amends provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act concerning debt settlement and loan servicing with respect to Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) loans. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), before taking action on such loans, to calculate the value that the Federal Government could expect to realize through either liquidation of the property securing the loan or a bankruptcy proceeding. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring: (1) liquidation as a condition of entering a settlement if, through settlement, the Secretary will realize at least the value as calculated above; or (2) that the amount outstanding on a loan be due and payable as a condition of settlement. Directs the Secretary to write down to its current market value the outstanding debt on a delinquent loan in cases where the above calculation indicates that the Secretary could expect to receive less than the outstanding amount. Empowers the Secretary to pursue for collection all claims against third parties assigned to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to provide written notice of the calculation process and its practical application to any delinquent borrower, as well as any borrower who requests such notice or who holds a loan that the Secretary intends to liquidate, accelerate, or foreclose upon. Permits appeals of denials of settlement or of loan servicing. Authorizes the Secretary to allow deferral of principal and interest on outstanding loans or to forego foreclosure upon his or her own initiative. (Under current law a borrower must request such actions.) Requires (current law permits) the Secretary to permit interest that accrues during the loan deferral period to bear no interest. Sets forth considerations and conditions that the Secretary must implement in determining whether a borrower is eligible for a deferral, and in establishing the deferral period. Permits retroactive restructuring of loans. Directs the Secretary to provide to each borrower or loan applicant, at specified times, written notice describing: (1) the loan servicing alternative available, including deferral, rescheduling, reamortization, consolidation, limited resource rates, and debt settlement; and (2) the means of applying for each. Directs the Secretary to consider a borrower or applicant for loan servicing alternatives when a borrower: (1) so requests; (2) becomes delinquent in repayments; or (3) before initiation of liquidation, requests acceleration, foreclosure, or other collection activity. Revises provisions relating to membership on county committees and elections of committee members. Revises procedures applicable to hearings provided to persons appealing loan decisions of the Secretary, and brings such hearings within the framework of the Administrative Procedure Act. Requires the Secretary to participate in any program of credit dispute resolution required under State law before initiating collection activity. Directs the Secretary to permit a borrower to redeem any loan-securing real property the Secretary has acquired through foreclosure or other legal process during the year following the date of judgment or the period prescribed under State law, whichever is longer. Applies State law to the redemption process. Fixes priorities as to borrower preference for redemption purchases. Revises farmland disposition provisions to give previous owners or operators the right of first refusal with respect to a lease of the property and preference with respect to the awarding of management contracts governing the property. Authorizes the Secretary to sign a contract to lease land to its owner before the Secretary actually acquires the property. Requires that previous owners be given written notice of the potential sale or lease of property. Applies appeals procedures to denials of applications or disputes with respect to leases or purchase agreements. Directs the Secretary to release from the sale of any loan-securing property an amount sufficient to assure the borrower's family a reasonable standard of living and to pay all necessary farm operating expenses. Revises homestead provisions to: (1) include outbuildings in homestead property; and (2) permit a borrower to retain possession and occupancy of homestead property in certain cases. Sets forth conditions to govern such retention of homestead property. Establishes in each State a State Farmers Home Administration Policy Board to: (1) review and report on State impact on Federal policies of the FmHA: (2) determine loan amounts needed in the State; and (3) present quarterly reports to the Secretary and to the public on its activities.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987
Amends the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Act to authorize the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission (Commission) to expend a specified amount of appropriated funds in carrying out functions or duties with respect to representatives of foreign governments. Increases the cap on donations the Commission may accept. Authorizes the Commission to appoint, in addition to a Director and a Deputy Director, up to 20 publicly paid staff members. Authorizes the Commission to appoint other staff members to be paid from donations. Eliminates the limit on the number of employees detailed from Federal agencies which the Commission may accept. Authorizes payment of travel expenses to persons appointed to Commission advisory committees. Allows the Commission to authorize and charge fees for the manufacture, reproduction, use, sale, or distribution of the Christopher Columbus Quicentenary Logo (Logo). Makes fees charged available to the Commission. Continues in effect all rules and regulations issued by the Commission regarding the use of any Commission logo before the enactment of this Act. Declares that suits or actions commenced before the effective date of the Logo provisions of this Act shall continue unabated. Extends the date for termination of the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987
Supplemental Committee Funding Resolution of 1987 - Amends Senate Resolution 80, 100th Congress, to increase authorized expenditures for the following Senate Committees: (1) Armed Services; (2) Finance; (3) Judiciary; (4) Rules and Administration; (5) Veterans' Affairs; and (6) Intelligence. Authorizes expenditures by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for consultant services.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1987
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Frankfort National Fish Hatchery in Franklin County, Kentucky, to the State of Kentucky.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1987
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to authorize appropriations for the Federal Election Commission for FY 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1987
Directs the President to designate the week of May 10 through May 16, 1987, as Just Say No to Drugs Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1987
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Senate to pay a gratuity to the surviving spouse of a deceased Senate employee.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1987
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Senate to pay a gratuity to the mother of a deceased Senate employee.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1987
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Senate to pay a gratuity to the nephew of a deceased employee of the Architect of the Capitol who was assigned to duty on the Senate side at the time of his death.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the period of May 23 through May 30, 1987, is recognized as Hokule'a Week, celebrating the return to Hawaii after a two and one-half year voyage of the Polynesian Voyaging Society's sailing canoe.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to state that the Government's costs of providing uranium enrichment services that have not been recovered prior to FY 1987 amount to $364,000,000. Provides that such amount, with interest on the unpaid balance, will be covered in charges for services within a 20-year period commencing October 1, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Congratulates Ducks Unlimited, Incorporated, for its accomplishments in 50 years of protection and enhancement of wetlands waterfowl habitat.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1987
Creates the office of Librarian of Congress Emeritus for each retired Librarian of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Designates the week beginning October 4, 1987, as National School Yearbook Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Designates the month of November in 1987 and 1988 as National Hospice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Competitiveness Enhancement Act of 1987 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish in the Office of Productivity, Technology and Innovation of the Department of Commerce a Center on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation. States that such Center shall be headed by a Director and serve as a clearinghouse on State and local initiatives to enhance the competitiveness of American businesses. Requires the Director to: (1) establish relations with State and local governments and organizations; (2) evaluate the effectiveness of State and local initiatives; and (3) collect and disseminate information. Permits the Director to contract out such evaluations as specified. Requires the Director to evaluate Federal programs, provide technical assistance to State or local governments upon request, and support generic research on stimulating productivity, technology, and innovation and evaluating such initiatives. Requires the Director to report to the Congress annually on such initiatives. Requires the Director to establish an advisory board to advise the Assistant Secretary and the Director on the activities of the Center. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to air carrier mergers or acquisitions to require the Secretary of Transportation to impose, as a condition of approval of such transactions, labor protective conditions that are calculated to mitigate possible adverse effects upon air carrier employees' employment, wages, or working conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that it shall not be in order for either House of Congress to consider any legislation which would impose any requirement on State or local governments which is likely to result in an annual cost to such governments of $50,000,000 or more for any particular program, project, or activity, except for legislation which complies with any sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires the report of the Committee on the Budget of each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget to identify changes in Federal aid programs for State and local governments on a program-by-program basis.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Encourages State and local governments and local educational agencies to provide quality daily physical education programs for all children from kindergarten through grade 12.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1987
Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to permit Rural Electrification Administration borrowers to prepay Federal Financing Bank loans without penalties if: (1) private capital is used to replace such loans; and (2) any savings will be used to avoid future rate increases, passed on to customers, or used to improve the borrower's financial strength.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Recognizes the Disabled American Veterans Vietnam Veterans National Memorial near Eagle Nest, New Mexico, as a memorial of national significance. Requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating the occasion of this recognition.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1987
Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the encrypting of satellite programming from the Public Broadcasting Service and the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. Requires anyone who encrypts satellite delivered programming for private viewing to: (1) make it available for private viewing by home satellite antenna users; (2) establish reasonable character and financial criteria for distributors of satellite delivered programming and to not discriminate in price, terms, or conditions among distributors offering similar distribution services; and (3) conduct such encryption according to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-approved standards designed to comply with specified criteria. Requires the FCC-approved standards to provide the public interest benefits of a universal encryption system permitting decryption by cable television subscribers and home satellite users. Authorizes aggrieved persons to commence civil actions to enforce this Act. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct a study of pricing and distribution terms of satellite television programming to determine whether the programming market is developing competitively. Authorizes the FTC to establish remedies necessary to produce adequate competition. Requires the FCC to begin a rulemaking proceeding on improving access to network signals for rural Americans.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1987
Clean Coal Technology Deployment Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a Clean Coal Technology Assistance Program; and (2) provide financial assistance to commercial-sized projects using innovative clean coal technologies which require such assistance in order to encourage their commercial deployment. Outlines the criteria for such assistance. Mandates that such assistance be in the form of grants-in-aid. Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year in the ten-fiscal-year period which begins after the date of enactment of this Act. Presents guidelines under which clean coal technologies are subject to regulatory treatment. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consult and coordinate designated clean coal technologies with State authorities. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations implementing this Act within six months after its date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1987
Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce to conduct a joint study of commodities and products that may be produced and marketed in conjunction with the production of tobacco. Requires a report to the Congress within six months of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Authorization Act of 1987 - Title I: Authorizations of Appropriations - Amends the following Acts to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989: (1) the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966; and (2) the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act with respect to bumper standards, automobile consumer information, and odometer requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to derive a specified additional amount from unobligated highway safety program funds to implement a national program encouraging the use of safety belts and passive restraints (airbags) in passenger automobiles. Title II: Side Impact Protection and Crashworthiness Data - Directs the Secretary to reopen certain rulemaking proceedings to implement Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 214. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish performance criteria for improved occupant protection in side impacts; and (2) issue an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to extend the applicability of such Standard to light trucks, vans, and multipurpose passenger vehicles. Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to direct the Secretary to enter into arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to study means of establishing a method for calculating a uniform numerical rating enabling consumers to compare meaningful passenger automobile crashworthiness data. Prescribes the contents of such study. Requires that a report of such study be submitted to the Secretary and the Congress within 19 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Prescribes schedules for: (1) obtaining public comment on implementation of National Academy recommendations; (2) determining whether an objectively based system of comparative crashworthiness data can be established; (3) promulgating a rule to establish such a system, if the determination is positive; (4) submitting the proposed rule for review to specified congressional committees; (5) waiting 60 calendar days after such submission, unless both committees notify the Secretary that they have no objection to the rule; and (6) establishing (by rule) procedures requiring auto dealers to make comparative crashworthiness data available to prospective customers. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary to: (1) establish a schedule for use in ensuring compliance with each Federal motor vehicle safety standard established under this Act which the Secretary determines is capable of being tested; (2) establish written guidelines and procedures for conducting investigations regarding noncompliance with the regulations issued under this Act; and (3) establish criteria for the determination and imposition of civil penalties for such noncompliance. Amends Federal law regarding State highway safety programs to mandate that each State shall include among its uniform highway safety standards a uniform system for handicapped parking. Defines the elements of such a system. Directs the Secretary to annually evaluate and report to the Congress on State compliance with such mandate. Directs the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking to: (1) revise specified motor vehicle safety standards regarding multipurpose passenger vehicles; (2) review the classification system for vehicles with a gross weight under 10,000 pounds to determine whether certain Federal motor vehicle safety standards would apply; and (3) amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 to provide that lap and shoulder seatbelt protection for outboard rear seat passengers should be installed in passenger automobiles after specified dates. Mandates that a specified percentage of certain authorized appropriations shall be used to disseminate consumer information regarding retrofitting passenger automobiles with lap and shoulder rear seatbelts. Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) promulgate regulations establishing passenger motor vehicle bumper system labeling requirements; and (2) arrange with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of specified aspects of the effectiveness of State motor vehicle safety inspection programs for transmittal to certain congressional committees. Amends the the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to direct the manufacturer of a defective motor vehicle or motor vehicle part to send a second notification if the Secretary determines that the first notification sent by such manufacturer has not resulted in an adequate number of vehicles (or items of equipment) being returned for remedy. Requires any lessor who receives notification of a defective motor vehicle part pertaining to any leased motor vehicle to send a copy of such notice to the lessee. Provides that a dealer may only sell or lease a motor vehicle (or motor vehicle item) for which a safety defect notice has been received only if: (1) the defect or failure to comply has been remedied before delivery under sale or lease; or (2) an enforcement order has been set aside or restrained. Directs the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a study of the use of darkened windshields and window glass in passenger automobiles, and to submit the results of such study to certain congressional committees. Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to prohibit any State from issuing a motor vehicle registration card unless the application for such card contains specified odometer information. Requires the Secretary to promulgate rules regarding falsification and unauthorized alteration of title and mileage information. Prohibits the Secretary from approving State alternate motor vehicle mileage disclosure requirements unless the Secretary determines that such alternate method is consistent with the purposes of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Grants a Federal charter to the 82nd Airborne Division Association, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Rural Area Revitalization Act of 1987 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize FY 1988 through 1992 appropriations for Rural Development Loan Fund intermediate borrowers. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make 1988 through 1992 grants for: (1) rural business, employment, and infrastructure development; and (2) stimulation of growth and diversification in rural communities affected by chronic underemployment in basic economic sectors, such as agriculture. Limits: (1) Federal cost sharing to 75 percent, unless waived by the Secretary; and (2) grant eligibility to projects serving communities with populations of not more than 20,000 people. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize grants for rural drinking water projects. Directs the Secretary to establish an office in the Farmers Home Administration of the Department of Agriculture whose primary purpose shall be to encourage different approaches to economic and community development in rural areas.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987
Veterans' Education Amendments of 1987 - Amends Federal law relating to veterans' educational assistance to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to approve the pursuit of flight training by an individual entitled to basic educational assistance under specified conditions, including: (1) that such training is necessary for the attainment of the individual's vocational objective; (2) that the individual possesses a valid private pilot's license and meets all medical requirements necessary for a commercial pilot's license; and (3) that the flight school courses are approved by the Federal Aviation Administration and the State. Sets forth the amount of assistance and other conditions for such flight training. Authorizes the Administrator to provide the same such assistance, under the same conditions, for members of the Selected Reserve of the armed forces found to be entitled to such basic educational assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business once every four years to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the preceding Conferences. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such Conferences. Requires a final report of each Conference, within six months from the date a Conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States, so long as Soviet and Cuban military forces occupy Angola, should encourage peace and national reconciliation in Angola through a negotiated settlement to the military conflict and stress the holding of free elections as outlined in the 1975 Alvor Agreement through: (1) support for Soviet and Cuban withdrawal and a negotiated peaceful settlement; and (2) consistent efforts by the President and the Secretary of State to convey to the Soviets that their continued presence in Angola hinders future U.S.-Soviet relations. Requests the President to use his authorities under the Export Administration Act to block U.S. business transactions which conflict with U.S. security interests in Angola. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should: (1) review U.S. policy with respect to the U.S. refusal to recognize the Marxist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the human rights record of the MPLA, and the worst 1985 voting record supporting U.S. interests in the United Nations; and (2) transmit to the Congress a report on the U.S. policy review, together with a determination on the current U.S. trade and business policy with respect to Angola.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987
Amends Senate Resolution 458, 98th Congress, to allow the Secretary of the Senate to fill certain staff vacancies which occur during the closing of the office of a Senator in the case of the death or resignation of such Senator.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1987 - Establishes a Cabinet-level Office of the Director of National Drug Control Policy to coordinate Federal operations and policy on drug control and abuse. Requires the Director of the Office to prepare and submit annual reports on a National and International Drug Control Strategy. Terminates the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board. Repeals specified provisions of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, and the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act respecting such Board. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes the Special Forfeiture Fund. Deposits in such fund all unobligated amounts remaining each year from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Customs Forfeiture Fund. Provides that amounts from the Special Forfeiture Fund shall be used for: (1) drug law enforcement activities; and (2) drug abuse education, prevention, treatment, and research. Requires the President to submit, as part of the budget, a request for the use of amounts in the fund. States that funds disbursed under this Act shall supplement, not supplant, funds which would be otherwise available. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Customs Forfeiture Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
Infrastructure Fairness Act of 1987 - Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Highway Trust Fund and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund which are allocable to the transportation-related operations of such Fund from being included in either the Federal budget as submitted by the President, or in the congressional budget. Exempts such Trust Funds from any general statutory budget limitation.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
WIC Food for Life Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) should receive increasing appropriations until all eligible persons are being served; and (2) an outreach program should be conducted to identify persons eligible for WIC assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Defense should not impose any charge for outpatient medical care provided in medical facilities of the uniformed services to retired members, their dependents, or to the dependents of members serving on active duty.