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Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT]

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Bill· SS. 1326 (100th)referred

Federal Campaign Reform Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987

Federal Campaign Reform Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase the limit a person is allowed to contribute to any candidate and the candidate's authorized political committees with respect to any election to Federal office from $1,000 to $1,500. Decreases the amount a multicandidate political committee is allowed to make to a candidate and the candidate's authorized political committees from $5,000 to $2,500. Requires corporations, labor organizations, and each national committee of a political party to file a report with the Commission if such entities have engaged in any otherwise exempt activity during the period for which the report is filed. Describes "otherwise exempt activities" as those activities which are exempt from disclosure requirements and which include any act of furnishing or making available services, payments, or other benefits excluded from the definition of contribution or expenditure. Declares that any nonprofit corporation receiving reduced postal rates which uses the mails to engage in any otherwise exempt activity during the 90-day period prior to a general or special election shall be subject to a civil penalty. Establishes reporting requirements for persons making independent expenditures in U.S. Senate elections totaling more than $10,000, and thereafter each time such persons make independent expenditures totaling more than $5,000. Subjects to such reporting requirements the exempt activities of corporations and labor organizations. Sets forth disclosure requirements for independent expenditures through broadcast communications on any radio or television station. Provides that an expenditure is not an independent expenditure where the person making an expenditure is in coordination, consultation, or concert with a candidate. Requires a candidate, within 15 days of qualifying for a primary election ballot, to file with the Commission and each other qualifying candidate a declaration stating whether or not such candidate intends to expend funds and incur personal loans for the primary and general election in the aggregate of $250,000 or more from the following sources: (1) personal funds; (2) family funds; and (3) personal loans incurred in connection with the campaign for office. Allows the opponents of such candidate to accept larger contribution amounts from individuals. Requires a candidate who files a declaration of intent not to expend more than $250,000 and who subsequently does exceed such amount, to file an amended declaration within 24 hours after exceeding such amount. Allows a candidate to repay a personal loan in connection with the candidate's campaign from contributions made to such candidate or any authorized committee of such candidate. Prohibits the repayment of any interest on the principal amount of such loan. Prohibits a candidate from making expenditures from personal funds, family funds, or from incurring personal loans in connection with the election campaign at any time within 60 days before such election. Requires that solicited or accepted contributions made through a check or money order be made payable to a specific payee by the original drawer of the check or money order when such amounts will be combined and contributed to a candidate for Federal office. Requires semiannual reports by a party political committee with respect to payments to such committee to defray establishment, administration, and solicitation costs. Requires the national committee of a political party to include in specified reports all funds received and disbursements made for purposes other than to influence a Federal election (soft money). Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be established a bipartisan commission on campaign financing to develop a means of campaign financing which: (1) promotes the availability of qualified candidates for congressional office; (2) permits candidates, irrespective of their personal financial resources, the opportunity to communicate effectively with the electorate; (3) protects the integrity of the legislative process; (4) promotes participation of political parties in the electoral and legislative process; and (5) promotes public confidence in both the electoral and legislative processes. Declares that such commission should consider and study Federal laws and regulations and public commentary relating to financing congressional election campaigns.

Bill· SS. 1333 (100th)referred

A bill to allow the 65 miles per hour speed limit on highways that meet interstate standards and are not currently on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987

Authorizes the States to raise the speed limit to 65 miles per hour on highways on the Interstate System which are located outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more and which: (1) are constructed according to specified interstate standards; or (2) are divided four-lane fully controlled access highways designed to accommodate such speeds.

Bill· SS. 1308 (100th)referred

Federal Campaign Reform Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1987

Federal Campaign Reform Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit multicandidate political committees from making contributions to any candidate and the candidate's political committee, other than a national political party or a political committee maintained by a national political party. Authorizes the Federal Election Commission to conduct random audits of separate segregated funds and nonparty multicandidate political committees. Requires corporations, labor organizations, and each national committee of a political party to file a report with the Commission if such entities have engaged in any otherwise exempt activity during the period for which the report is filed. Describes "otherwise exempt activities" as those activities which are exempt from disclosure requirements and which include any act of furnishing or making available services, payments, or other benefits excluded from the definition of contribution or expenditure. Declares that any nonprofit corporation receiving reduced postal rates which uses the mails to engage in any otherwise exempt activity during the 90-day period prior to a general or special election shall be subject to a civil penalty. Establishes reporting requirements for persons making independent expenditures in U.S. Senate elections totaling more than $10,000, and thereafter each time such persons make independent expenditures totaling more than $5,000. Subjects to such reporting requirements the exempt activities of corporations and labor organizations. Sets forth disclosure requirements for independent expenditures through broadcast communications on any radio or television station. Provides that an expenditure is not an independent expenditure where the person making an expenditure is in coordination, consultation, or concert with a candidate. Requires a candidate, within 15 days of qualifying for a primary election ballot, to file with the Commission and each other qualifying candidate a declaration stating whether or not such candidate intends to expend funds and incur personal loans for the primary and general election in the aggregate of $250,000 or more from the following sources: (1) personal funds; (2) family funds; and (3) personal loans incurred in connection with the campaign for office. Allows the opponents of such candidate to accept larger contribution amounts from individuals. Requires a candidate who files a declaration of intent not to expend more than $250,000 and who subsequently does exceed such amount, to file an amended declaration within 24 hours after exceeding such amount. Allows a candidate to repay a personal loan in connection with the candidate's campaign from contributions made to such candidate or any authorized committee of such candidate. Prohibits the repayment of any interest on the principal amount of such loan. Prohibits a candidate from making expenditures from personal funds, family funds, or from incurring personal loans in connection with the election campaign at any time within 60 days before such election. Requires that solicited or accepted contributions made through a check or money order be made payable to a specific payee by the original drawer of the check or money order when such amounts will be combined and contributed to a candidate for Federal office. Requires semiannual reports by a party political committee with respect to payments to such committee to defray establishment, administration, and solicitation costs. Requires the national committee of a political party to include in specified reports all funds received and disbursements made for purposes other than to influence a Federal election (soft money). Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be established a bipartisan commission on campaign financing to develop a means of campaign financing which: (1) promotes the availability of qualified candidates for congressional office; (2) permits candidates, irrespective of their personal financial resources, the opportunity to communicate effectively with the electorate; (3) protects the integrity of the legislative process; (4) promotes participation of political parties in the electoral and legislative process; and (5) promotes public confidence in both the electoral and legislative processes. Declares that such commission should consider and study Federal laws and regulations and public commentary relating to financing congressional election campaigns.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 151 (100th)enacted

A joint resolution to designate August 1, 1987, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".

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.

Bill· SS. 1260 (100th)open

Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987

Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to require the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to promulgate regulations relating to the exchange of land or land interests, including the timing of appraisals and the submission of appraisals in disagreement to binding arbitration. Requires regulations governing appraisals to reflect nationally recognized appraisal standards and the differences between acquisition appraisals and transfer appraisals. Permits each Secretary to exchange land or interests of approximately equal value if to do so would be in the public interest and expedite the exchange. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1998 for land exchange activities. States that the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act shall remain unaffected by this Act.

Bill· SS. 1242 (100th)referred

President's Pro-Life Bill of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987

President's Pro-Life Bill of 1987 - Prohibits the use of Federal funds for abortions, except when continuing the pregnancy would endanger the mother's life. Prohibits the granting of funds relating to certain population research and voluntary family programs under the Public Health Service Act to organizations providing abortions or abortion referrals, unless the life of the mother would be endangered by continuing the pregnancy.

Bill· SS. 1217 (100th)open

Arctic Coastal Plain Public Lands Leasing Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1987

Arctic Coastal Plain Public Lands Leasing Act of 1987 - Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program on the public lands of the Coastal Plain (in Alaska) in order to assure expeditious exploration, development, and production of the area's oil and gas resources. Delineates the elements of the Coastal Plain leasing program. Mandates deposit of the receipts from such leasing program in the Treasury. Requires that activities be conducted to achieve the reasonable protection of wildlife resources, the environment, and subsistence users. Directs the Secretary to provide impact aid to affected communities to ensure the availability of public services necessitated by the leasing program. Authorizes the Secretary of State to initiate discussions with the Canadian Government regarding mutual planning for the development and transportation of crude oil and natural gas resources in the Arctic region under the respective jurisdiction of each country, both onshore and offshore.

Bill· SS. 1206 (100th)open

Health Care Services in the Home Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1987

Health Care Services in the Home Act of 1987 - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to make allotments to States, according to a specified formula, to be used for home health care services, including: (1) compensating physicians, nurses, and social workers in planning, managing, or providing home health care; (2) identifying and locating individuals in need of such care; (3) developing standards and quality assurance mechanisms; (4) coordinating home health care services with other social services; (5) coordinating long-term care services; and (6) training health professionals other than physicians, nurses, and social workers. Allows States to use allotments for the home health care of eligible individuals through grants to health care organizations, subject to certain conditions. Restricts the portion of the amount paid to States which may be used for activities other than compensation for the services of physicians, nurses, and social workers in planning, managing, or providing home health care. Limits the amount a State may use for any individual in a year for certain services. Sets forth application procedures for such allotments. Makes applicable to this Act provisions of existing law relating to adjustments in payments to States, annual reports and audits, withholding of payments for cause, nondiscrimination, and penalties for false statements. Requires annual reports to include an analysis of cost effectiveness. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluations of services provided and activities carried out with payments to States under this Act.

Bill· SS. 1205 (100th)open

Home Health Care Training Extension Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1987

Home Health Care Training Extension Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for existing programs regarding grants and contracts for training programs for paraprofessionals to provide home health care.

Bill· SS. 1204 (100th)open

Home Health Services Demonstration Grants Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1987

Home Health Services Demonstration Grants Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects designed to demonstrate the quality of home health care under a system in which reimbursement is based on savings from other hospital or nursing home services. Requires projects supported to be designed to demonstrate the use of market forces instead of the regulatory approach. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluations of projects conducted with such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.

Bill· SS. 1203 (100th)referred

Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987

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.

Bill· SS. 1188 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain associations of football coaches to have a qualified pension plan which includes cash or deferred arrangement.

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.

Bill· SS. 1042 (100th)referred

Minerals and Materials Fair Competition Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1987

Minerals and Materials Fair Competition Act of 1987 - Title I: Actions Against Unreasonable Trade Practices - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the President, within 21 days after the date on which the United States Trade Representative (USTR) makes an affirmative determination that a foreign country has engaged in unreasonable trade practices with respect to any nonagricultural, fungible goods, to impose a limitation on the quantity of such goods that may be imported equal to the quantity that was imported during a period in which no unreasonable trade practices were engaged in by such country. Revises the definition of "unreasonable" as used under such Act to include acts which: (1) deny fair and equitable market or business enterprise opportunities; (2) fail to provide adequate protection of intellectual property rights; and (3) provide, directly or indirectly, any subsidy to increase the capacity to produce a nonagricultural, fungible good for which existing worldwide production already significantly exceeds worldwide demand. Defines any act, policy, or practice as burdening or restricting the United States if such act, policy, or practice threatens to have an adverse impact on U.S. commerce. Outlines actions to be taken by the USTR in obtaining information from a foreign country in the course of any investigation to determine whether such country is engaged in an unreasonable trade practice, including receiving documentation and verification of all information to be relied upon as part of any such investigation. Authorizes the USTR to disregard any information that is untimely, incomplete, or not documented or verified to the satisfaction of the USTR. Requires the USTR, within eight months after the initiation of an unreasonable trade practice investigation, to make a determination regarding such investigation, and, if such determination is in the affirmative, to recommend actions that the President should take to eliminate such acts, policies, or practices. Requires such determinations to be published by the USTR in the Federal Register. Title II: Negotiating Objectives - Defines as a principal negotiating objective under the Trade Act of 1974 the obtaining of an agreement that imposes sanctions against the provision of government subsidies for increasing the production capacity of a nonagricultural, fungible good for which existing worldwide production already significantly exceeds worldwide demand. Title III: Relief From Import Competition - Revises provisions relating to investigations by the International Trade Commission (ITC) to determine eligibility for import relief from injury caused by import competition to include as appropriate circumstances justifying such relief an increase in the worldwide capacity to produce the article under investigation if the article is a nonagricultural, fungible article and such increase is likely to result in increased imports of the article or result in the reduction or suppression of the price of the article in domestic or worldwide markets. Directs the President, in determining what actions to take in providing import relief to damaged parties, to: (1) consult with the interagency trade organization created under the Trade Expansion Act of 1972 and consider the recommendations and written analyses of such organization; and (2) take into account written analyses prepared and submitted to the President by the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the USTR containing specified information on the effect of import relief on consumers and the industry involved. Requires the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the USTR to solicit, receive, and evaluate comments from interested parties in preparing their written analyses. Directs the written analyses and recommendations made by the interagency trade organization referred to above to be made available to the public at the time they are submitted to the President. Expands the import relief options available to the President to include the entering into of multilateral negotiations to prevent or remedy the injury if the injury is not susceptible to unilateral solution by the United States, including injury (or threat of injury) from excess worldwide capacity to produce a specified article. Authorizes the ITC to recommend to the President, after a finding that injury is present for which import relief is justified, that the President enter into multilateral negotiations to prevent or remedy the injury, if the ITC determines that the United States cannot remedy such injury by unilateral action. Directs the ITC to consider the potential for evasion of remedies prescribed, and to include in their recommendations to the President any means that could be used by the President to prevent such evasion. Authorizes the President to take any appropriate actions to avoid such evasions. Title IV: Antidumping and Countervailing Duties - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to direct the ITC, when conducting a countervailing or antidumping duty investigation, to consider whether excess worldwide capacity to produce the merchandise in question has had an effect on reducing or suppressing the price of the merchandise in the United States. Directs the ITC to take the same question into consideration when determining whether material injury has been suffered or is threatened. Title V: International Financial Institutions - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (the Fund) to present proposals to the Executive Board of the Fund at the earliest practicable time to ensure that countries experiencing a shortfall in export earnings from nonagricultural fungible commodities due to a decline in prices as a result of a world surplus cannot borrow from the compensatory financing facility of the Fund unless such country enters into an agreement with the Fund to adjust production and not add further to the excess capacity of the product, and to take any other necessary action to stabilize the market for such commodity. Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund to vote against the provision of any loans from the Fund to countries producing surplus commodities before the Executive Board implements the above provision. Directs the Secretary, beginning 90 days after the enactment of this Act and at 90-day intervals until three years after the enactment of this Act, to submit a report to the President and the Congress listing all reports which have been circulated in the international financial institutions during the preceding 90 days for project assistance which would establish or enhance the capacity of any country other than the United States to produce a commodity for export if: (1) such commodity is in world surplus or is likely to be in surplus if such projects are permitted; and (2) such assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of the commodity involved. Requires such report to also describe requests by any of the major copper-producing countries for assistance from the Fund. Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. representatives to the international financial institutions to take into account the effect that adjustment assistance would have on individual industry sectors and international commodity markets.

Bill· SS. 1043 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to limit the use of the compensatory financing facility of the International Monetary Fund, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1987

Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to: (1) present proposals to the Fund's Executive Board to ensure that countries experiencing a shortfall in export earnings from nonagricultural fungible commodities may not borrow from the compensatory financing facility if such shortfall was produced by declining prices of a nonagricultural fungible commodity in surplus on world markets, unless the borrowing country agrees to take certain actions to stabilize the market for such commodity; and (2) vote against providing financing assistance to countries producing surplus commodities before the Executive Board completes action that would implement such limitation on borrowing by such countries. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare quarterly reports for the President and Congress: (1) listing all appraisal reports which have been circulated during the preceding quarter within certain international financial institutions for project assistance to help a country produce a commodity for export if the commodity is in surplus or is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the time the country's productive capacity is expected to become operative and such assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of a competing commodity; and (2) describing requests by any of the major copper producing countries for assistance from the Fund. (Current law requires such a report to be included in the annual report to the Congress of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies.) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. representatives to the Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the African Development Bank to take into account, in their review of the utilization of the resources of their respective institutions, the effect that country adjustment programs would have upon individual industry sectors and international commodity markets in order to: (1) minimize adverse impacts on such sectors or markets; and (2) avoid government subsidization of production and exports of international commodities without regard to economic conditions in markets for such commodities.

Bill· SS. 1009 (100th)open

A bill to accept the findings and to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1987

Title I: Recognition of Injustice and Apology on Behalf of the Nation - States that the Congress accepts the findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians and recognizes that a grave injustice was done to both citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II. Title II: United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens - Requests the President to offer pardons to those convicted of violating laws during the internment period whose conduct was based on a refusal to accept racially or ethnically discriminatory treatment. Provides that Federal departments and agencies that review applications for restitution of positions, status, or entitlement lost during the internment period shall review such applications giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission. Establishes within the Treasury a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires the Attorney General to pay $20,000 from the Fund in compensation to each surviving internee. Establishes a Board of Directors which shall be responsible for making disbursements from the Fund. Provides that disbursements from the Fund shall be used to: (1) sponsor research and public educational activities dealing with the internment; (2) fund studies of similar civil liberties abuses; (3) prepare and distribute hearings and findings of the Commission; and (4) promote the general welfare of the ethnic Japanese community in the United States. Title III: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution - Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act - Establishes within the Treasury the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Fund. Directs the Administrator of the Fund (the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association) to make restitution for certain Aleut losses sustained in World War II. Requires the Administrator to establish a trust of $5,000,000 and to distribute the interest of such trust for: (1) the benefit of the elderly, disabled, or seriously ill; (2) students in need of scholarship assistance; (3) preservation of Aleut cultural heritage and historical records; (4) the improvement of community centers of affected Aleut villages; and (5) other purposes to improve Aleut life. Authorizes the Administrator to rebuild and restore churches and church property damaged or destroyed in Aleut villages during World War II. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments of $12,000 from the fund to eligible Aleuts for any uncompensated personal property losses. Provides that such payments shall not be considered income or receipts for purposes of Federal taxes or determining eligibility for Federal benefits or assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of the Army to implement a program for the removal and disposal of live ammunition, obsolete buildings, abandoned machinery, and other hazardous debris remaining in populated areas of the lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. States that the authority contained in this Act shall be supplemental to the authority of the Secretary of Defense in administering the Environmental Restoration Defense Account and shall be exercised only in the event that such account is inadequate to eliminate hazardous military debris from populated areas of the Lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Authorizes appropriations. Provides that bidding rights for surplus Federal property might be exercised by the Aleut Corporation in lieu of conveyance of Attu Island to the Aleut people, such island having been designated as wilderness. States that the bidding rights shall be exercised by the Aleut Corporation without any preference over any other bidder. Provides that an amount equal to $500 for each acre traditionally occupied by the Aleut people on Attu Island shall be transferred to the Corporation account established by this Act and made available to the Corporation for such bidding.

Bill· SS. 1006 (100th)open

Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987

Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide that if geothermal steam is produced or utilized in commercial quantities under an approved operation within any lease or administrative lease extension period, such lease shall continue for so long as geothermal steam is produced (or utilized) in commercial quantities, for a maximum continuation of an additional 40 years. Sets forth conditions under which geothermal leases in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be extended for a maximum of three successive five-year periods. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to review any cooperative or unit plan of development every five years after approval in order to eliminate any lease or part of lease not regarded as reasonably necessary to cooperative or unit operations. Requires such elimination to be based on scientific evidence, and only upon the Secretary's determination that it is for the purpose of conserving and properly managing the geothermal resource.

Bill· SS. 880 (100th)referred

Superconductivity Competition Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1987

Superconductivity Competition Act of 1987 - Directs the President to appoint a National Commission on Commercial and National Defense Applications of Superconductors to report to the Congress and the President on recommendations to enhance the development of improved superconductors and commercial and national defense applications of superconductors. Requires the Commission to address several issues, including: (1) U.S. competitiveness in superconductor development; (2) methods to improve and coordinate information, funding, and applications; (3) private sector incentives to develop superconductors; and (4) the impact on U.S. security of relying on foreign producers.

Bill· SS. 878 (100th)referred

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1987

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance of 1987 - Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 - Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to: (1) apportion for FY 1988 specified sums for expenditure on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, using specified apportionment factors; (2) submit to the Congress at specified dates a revised cost estimate for completing the Interstate System; and (3) use the Federal share of congressionally approved estimates through FY 1993. Sets forth guidelines under which the Secretary is directed to make apportionments if the Congress has not approved cost estimates on October 1, of each of FY 1988 through 1991. Sets forth minimum apportionments for the States for any fiscal year, beginning FY 1988 (including the State of Alaska). Directs the Secretary to apportion for FY 1987 specified sums for expenditure on substitute highway and transit projects, using certain apportionment factors. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 through 1991 for highway assistance projects, and sets forth apportionment guidelines for such expenditures. Authorizes appropriations from specified funds provided in the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to liquidate obligations incurred for certain substitute transit projects. Sets forth apportionment guidelines for substitute transit projects for FY 1984 through 1991. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating certain allocations or apportionments to a State unless such State has repaid the Federal funds expended to purchase the right-of-way for any withdrawn portions, or the Secretary has determined that repayment is not required because the right of-way has been applied to the prescribed purposes. Eliminates the deadline for having substitute projects under construction or under contract for construction. Requires the Secretary to include as part of the non-Federal share of the construction cost of a specified highway segment in Washington County, Oregon, all funds expended by private land developers after January 1, 1980, if the State completes construction of such segment. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to authorize additional appropriations for Interstate construction for FY 1988 through 1993. Sets forth obligation ceilings, with specified exceptions, for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1987 through 1991/1992 for: (1) the Interstate 4R (rehabilitation) program; (2) the Federal-Aid Primary System; (3) the Federal-Aid Secondary System; (4) the Federal-Aid Urban System; (5) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (6) hazard elimination projects; (7) Indian reservation roads; (8) forest highways; (9) public lands highways; (10) parkways and park highways; (11) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) highway safety programs; (12) FHWA highway safety research and development; and (13) the elimination of railway-highway crossings on public roads. Authorizes appropriations for the upgrading of certain highways in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (a nuclear waste storage repository in New Mexico). Requires States to expend a minimum of ten percent of Federal-aid highway contracts with small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Prescribes guidelines for a disadvantaged business enterprise program. Amends the Highway Improvement Act of 1982 to extend the authorization for the Federal-aid primary formula from 1986 to 1991. Amends the statutory definition of: (1) construction to include the elimination of roadside obstacles; and (2) "highway safety improvement project" to include the installation or replacement of emergency motorist-aid call boxes. Outlines conditions under which States are permitted to place certain vending machines in safety, rest, and recreation areas. Authorizes the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to construct a State Police Barracks on certain State-owned property. Authorizes the Secretary to waive competitive bidding on a reconstruction contract in an emergency situation. Mandates that procurement of engineering and design services for Federal-aid highway projects conform to the requirements of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations establishing and requiring a standardized contract clause in all Federal-aid highway contracts. Permits the use of convict labor and convict-produced materials in highway construction on Federal-aid systems: (1) if such convicts are on parole, probation, or supervised release; or (2) if the materials are produced by convicts in a qualified prison facility, but the amount of materials produced in any 12-month period does not exceed the amount previously produced in such facility during the 12-month period ending July 1, 1987. Amends Federal law relating to construction by States in advance of apportionment to authorize the Secretary to pay the Federal share of a State's highway construction costs when a State: (1) has obligated all highway substitute, urban, secondary, or bridge funds apportioned or allocated to it; (2) has used or demonstrated that it will use the obligation authority allocated to it; and (3) proceeds either to construct a highway substitute, urban, secondary, or bridge project without the aid of Federal funds or to construct any project on the Federal-aid primary system, including the Interstate System, without the aid of Federal funds. Limits advance funding for FY 1987 through 1990. Provides that the Federal share of a State's construction costs shall include the interest earned and payable on bonds issued by the State only to the extent that the bond proceeds have been expended in the construction of such projects on the Interstate System. (Currently, such Federal share provision applies to any State highway Federal-aid project.) Prohibits the Secretary from approving applications for the Federal share of construction costs if the amount of approved applications in the category of funds involved exceeds certain apportionments for the applicant State. Extends the use of advance construction to metropolitan planning projects, planning and research projects, hazard elimination projects, and projects for the elimination of hazards at railroad-highway projects crossings. Sets forth apportionment and obligation guidelines for Interstate discretionary funds and projects. Revises the priority projects under the Interstate discretionary program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) set aside specified sums for the Interstate discretionary rehabilitation program; and (2) give priority consideration to projects costing more than $10,000,000 on high-volume urban routes or on high truck-volume rural routes. Authorizes the value of unused right-of-way in the State of Arizona to be credited to the unobligated balance of funds apportioned to such State. States that funds made available to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may be expended for access and development roads on a Federal-aid system. Revises apportionment guidelines with respect to the Secretary's authority to transfer to the apportionments of a State any amount of funds apportioned for any fiscal year if such amount does not exceed the Federal share of the construction costs of Interstate System segments open to traffic (other than high occupancy vehicle lanes) included in the most recent Interstate system cost estimate. Revises Federal law authorizing the Secretary to approve a project on a toll road pursuant to such apportionment transfers if an agreement has been reached with the affected State highway department (and each public authority with jurisdiction over such toll road) that the road will become free to the public upon the collection of tolls sufficient to liquidate the toll road costs and outstanding bonds (as well as maintenance, operation, and debt service costs during the toll collections period). Authorizes a State, upon certification acceptance, to transfer its excess Interstate rehabilitation apportionments to its Interstate construction apportionments. Declares eligible for 100 percent Federal financing the installation costs of: (1) traffic signs; (2) highway lights; (3) guardrails; and (4) impact attenuators. Declares that the Federal share payable for eligible emergency repairs accomplished within 90 days after the actual occurrence of a disaster shall be 100 percent of such costs. Declares that the Federal share payable for repair or reconstruction of certain park, forest, and Indian reservation roads may amount to 100 percent of such costs. Allows a State to set the Federal match for Federal-aid projects on the Great River Road at a maximum limit of 95 percent and a minimum limit of 75 percent. Authorizes the States to contribute amounts in excess of their normal share on highway programs. Increases by five percent the Federal share of the cost payable in FY 1987 through 1991 for highway or bridge construction projects using coal ash materials in significant amounts. Increases the limit on emergency relief grants for each State for each disaster from $30,000,000 to $100,000,000. Makes such increase retroactive to disasters occurring after December 31, 1985. Exempts from vehicle weight and length limitations, until September 1, 1988, a motor vehicle having any tank trucks, ocean transport containers, or dump trailers. Revises the penalty for violations of vehicle weight limitations on the Interstate System to provide that withheld funds will not lapse if they are subsequently released and obligated within the four-year availability period. Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program permitting Federal participation in toll facilities in seven specified States. Outlines the parameters of such program. Precludes Federal funding for State facilities which have not been certified biennially by State officials as: (1) being adequately maintained; and (2) having an operator able to fund inadequately maintained facilities without the use of Federal-aid highway funds. Provides for toll agreements covering the West Virginia Turnpike, the Fort Henry Tunnel (Maryland), the Kansas Turnpike, and the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge (New York). Permits the collection of tolls on a certain Florida Interstate highway to be used for: (1) repayment of costs incurred by the State; and (2) liquidation of indebtedness incurred to finance costs associated with a project feature recommended by a certain environmental impact statement. Requires each State to survey railway-highway crossings and set a schedule for installing protective devices where necessary. Allocates certain funds for such devices. Authorizes the preferential employment of Indians on construction projects and contracts on Indian reservation roads. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with both Indian tribal governments and the States to implement such policy. Increases the amounts set aside for the discretionary bridge program through FY 1991. Restricts the obligation of funds under such program to certain highway bridge rehabilitation projects. States that from 15 to 35 percent of State apportionments for FY 1987 through 1991 shall be expended for highway bridge rehabilitation projects on public roads other than those on a Federal-aid system. Declares the General Bridge Act inapplicable to bridges over tidal waters used only by recreational boating, fishing, and other small vessels with a length of 21 feet or less. Requires the Secretary to submit a biennial bridge report to the Congress, along with the Highway Conditions and Performance Report. Authorizes the States to use bridge project funds to build any bridge which replaces: (1) any low water crossings; (2) any bridge destroyed before 1965; (3) any ferry in existence on January 1, 1984; or (4) road bridges rendered obsolete by U.S. Corps of Engineers flood control or channelization projects and not rebuilt with Corps funds. Declares that the Federal share of such bridge construction is 80 percent. Establishes an off-system bridge program to permit a State to credit a portion of State-only financed off-system bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects toward the State share of the cost of other Federal-aid bridge projects. Directs the Secretary to require the States to identify historic bridges on the National Bridge Inventory. Requires the Transportation Research Board to review historic bridges and to develop rehabilitation standards for such bridges. Sets forth minimum allocations for each State for transportation planning and research. Directs the Secretary to allocate among the States, for Federal-aid highway programs (with specified exceptions) for 1987 through 1989 and thereafter, amounts sufficient to ensure that a State's percentage of total apportionments shall be at least 85 percent of the percentage of estimated tax payments paid by highway users in such State into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account). Directs the Secretary to establish national bridge safety inspection standards for all highway bridges. Prescribes guidelines for such standards. Directs the Secretary to establish a training program for bridge inspectors. Requires the States to charge, as a minimum, fair market value for the sale, use, lease, or lease-renewal of right-of-way airspace acquired as a result of a project funded from the Highway Trust Fund. Authorizes the States to use Federal-aid highway funds apportioned or allocated for a highway substitute project for the construction and design of bicycle facilities. Directs the Secretary to: (1) implement a Strategic Highway Research Program; (2) set aside specified funds for FY 1987 through 1991 to implement such program; and (3) submit an annual report to certain congressional committees regarding the program's progress and research findings. Makes certain remedies against the United States applicable in any civil action against the National Academy of Sciences for injury or property loss arising from activities in connection with the Strategic Highway Research Program. Permits the States to use a certain percentage of their Interstate Highway transfer funds for highway planning and research. Mandates that a certain percentage of Federal-aid highway landscaping funds be expended by a State for planting native wildflowers. Decreases from one-half of one percent to one-quarter of one percent the National Highway Institute funds available for expenditure by a State highway department for up to 75 percent of the cost of education and training of State and local highway department employees. Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to provide education and training of highway employees (at no cost to State and local governments) for those subject areas which are a Federal program responsibility. Prohibits State documents regarding safety enhancement of potential accident sites, road conditions, or rail-highway crossings, from being admitted as evidence in any action for damages arising from any occurrence at a location addressed in such documents. Sets forth allocation guidelines for forest highways for FY 1987 through 1990. Amends the General Bridge Act of 1906 to repeal Federal regulatory authority over bridge tolls. Requires the Secretary to apply equally to each highway, mass transit, and highway safety program any percentage reduction implemented in accordance with certain sequestration orders issued by the President. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a combined road demonstration program to permit a maximum of five States to participate in a block grant program for Federal-aid secondary, Federal-aid urban, and off-system urban and secondary bridge projects. Declares certain interstate construction projects in Florida, Arkansas, and Missouri, and certain substitute transit projects in California and Oregon eligible for Federal assistance. Declares that the State of New York will have met certain repayment requirements upon repaying to the United States the amount of Federal funds expended to acquire property for a portion of a certain Interstate highway. States that upon repayment of certain Federal-aid highway funds by the State of Georgia, specified sections of a certain Interstate route shall be free from Federal regulations regarding tolls. Exempts a certain Michigan facility from Federal restrictions imposed upon commercial establishments located on rights-of-way on the Interstate system. Provides that the State matching share for a project financed out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) may be credited to the fair market value of land incorporated into the project and donated to the State after enactment of this Act. States that the fair market value of lands donated to the State of California for specified routes shall be credited first towards payment of the non-Federal share of certain relocation and construction costs. Requires the State of Virginia and the District of Columbia to restrict the use of Shirley Highway express lanes to certain vehicles during specified rush hours. Reduces the Federal share for railroad relocation demonstration programs from 95 percent to the applicable Federal share for primary system projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Sets forth specified demonstration and priority protects in various States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 and sets forth minimum allocation guidelines. Makes certain parkway funds available to finance the cost of upgrading from two lanes to four lanes a highway providing access to the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Virginia. Requires the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to repay to the U.S. any Federal funds expended with respect to the Delaware Water Gap Bridge located on a certain Interstate highway. Requires the Commission, and the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, to enter into an agreement with the Secretary if they decide to operate an uncompleted bridge on Interstate 78 as a toll bridge. Grants congressional consent to a supplemental agreement between such States creating the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to fix and collect certain tolls and charges. Prohibits the obligation of funds for a project to widen any State route through the historic district of the village of Hudson, Ohio, or for the construction of any alternative or bypass route within one mile of such historic district, unless the village council of such village specifically approves the project. Rescinds certain amounts available under the urban high density program. Makes certain funds available out of the Highway Trust Fund for a certain urban high density program designated in the State of Indiana. Requires States which identify non-Federal highway funding sources on highway signs to similarly identify federally-assisted construction projects which are funded out of the Highway Trust Fund. Requires the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to assist in and coordinate the salvaging of the foundation and associated structures of a certain historic house in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and to assist in coordinating the incorporation of such foundation and structures into the reconstruction of City Square at Charlestown, Massachusetts. Releases the State of Maryland from the requirement of accepting title to any road or portion thereof (such as the Baltimore-Washington Parkway) in return for Federal participation in improvements to such Parkway. Authorizes the State of Maryland to transfer up to $100,000,000 of its Interstate construction funds to rehabilitate a certain expressway in Baltimore (rather than exactly $100,000,000 as currently required). Directs the Secretary to make arrangements with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academy of Sciences to study specified motor vehicle and trucking issues. Requires the TRB to report the study results to certain congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of national highway-railroad crossing improvement and maintenance needs. Delineates the issues to be addressed by such study. Directs the Secretary to report such study results to certain congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to study and report to certain congressional committees any findings concerning: (1) parking for handicapped persons; and (2) State bridge management programs. Directs the Secretary to enter into arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences regarding the establishment of minimum Federal guidelines for the maintenance of the Federal-aid primary, secondary and urban systems. Requires the Secretary to make a grant to the California Department of Transportation to determine the feasibility of using a highway electrification system as an energy source for highway vehicles. Directs the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies and report to the Congress regarding: (1) the cost-effectiveness of upgrading a certain highway between Pennsylvania and New York State (authorizes appropriations for FY 1987); (2) a proposed highway from Shreveport, Louisiana, to Texarkana, Fort Smith, and Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Carthage and Kansas City, Missouri; (3) construction of a bypass highway around the City of Sebastopol, California (authorizes appropriations for FY 1987); (4) construction of a major highway on an inland route in the vicinity of Buffalo, New York; (5) tunnel construction under the Intracoastal Waterway in the vicinity of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; (6) traffic congestion alternatives in the vicinity of Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands; and (7) the establishment of a public ferryboat service connecting two Federal-aid highways in the vicinity of Niobrara, Nebraska, and Springfield, South Dakota. Requests the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to review specified reports relating to the U.S. Route 13 Relief Route for the purpose of modifying an existing canal project to provide a new structure for the selected alignment of such relief route. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Congress encourages the research and development of alternative chemical de-icers to rock salt (including such research under the Strategic Highway Research Program); and (2) once alternative de-icers are commercially available, the States should consider the full cost of all de-icing materials (including the damage caused thereby) in determining their snow and ice control strategies. Authorizes the Secretary to approve Federal funding for certain State projects in any State which has a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour on portions of the Interstate System located outside of any urbanized area of 50,000 population or more. Authorizes the imposition of tolls on the Third Harbor Crossing project providing access to Logan Airport (Boston, Massachusetts). Title II: Highway Safety Act of 1987 - Highway Safety Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1987 through 1991 for highway safety programs implemented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Sets forth the minimum amount of authorized funds which must be obligated for enforcement of the national speed limit and safety belt programs. Sets an obligation ceiling for highway safety programs for FY 1987 through 1991. Extends from three to five fiscal years the period for which the States may receive alcohol traffic safety grants. Authorizes the Secretary to test and determine the traffic fatality prevention potential of: (1) specified drug and alcohol testing technology; and (2) certain ignition interlock devices that prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding such tests. Directs the Secretary to commission the National Academy of Sciences to study the most effective safety measures regarding the transportation of children in school buses. Requires the Academy to report the findings of such report to the Secretary and the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to set aside funds for FY 1989 through 1991 for making grants to States to implement schoolbus safety measures which the Secretary determines are the most effective. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary to establish final minimum standards respecting splash and spray suppression devices unless the Secretary finds that there is no available technology which can significantly: (1) reduce splash and spray; and (2) improve driver visibility. Modifies Federal law regarding highway safety programs to require the States to establish programs that are in accordance with Federal guidelines (thus allowing more flexibility to the States which must currently comply with Federal standards). Eliminates the requirement of State driver education training programs as a condition of Federal aid. Authorizes the Secretary to determine the most effective highway safety measures through rulemaking, in consultation with the States. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to conduct a national highway safety education and information campaign, using specified techniques and practices found to be most effective under certain Federal guidelines. Prohibits the obligation of certain authorized funds for any education or information program conducted in connection with the implementation of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. Directs the Secretary to: (1) arrange with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of problems facing older drivers; (2) request the Academy to report to the Secretary and the Congress regarding such study; (3) develop a pilot program of highway safety improvements to enhance the safety and mobility of older drivers; (4) encourage the States to implement such program with highway safety improvement funds; and (5) evaluate such program and report to the Congress on its effectiveness. Rescinds a specified amount of unobligated contract authority for airport development and planning made available under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982. Title III: Federal Mass Transportation Act of 1987 - Federal Mass Transportation Act of 1987 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit funds for new fixed guideway systems or extensions unless such projects are determined to be: (1) based on results of alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering; (2) cost-effective; and (3) supported by local financial commitment. Requires the Secretary to annually submit to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) a proposal on the total amount of funding needed to finance grants and loans for bus and bus-related activities, rail modernization, and the construction and extension of fixed guideway systems; and (2) a proposal in the allocation of such funds to finance grants and loans for new fixed guideway systems construction and extensions. Sets forth allocation guidelines for grants and loans for FY 1987 through 1991. Sets forth circumstances under which the Secretary is authorized to approve advance construction for certain mass transportation projects. Directs the Secretary to submit a quarterly status report to certain congressional committees regarding the execution of grant contracts and the establishment of reimbursement authority for certain obligated sums. Makes construction project grants available to finance the leasing of mass transportation facilities and equipment. Makes eligible for construction assistance: (1) any bus remanufacturing project which extends the economic life of a bus eight years or more; and (2) any project for the overhaul of rolling stock, whether or not such overhaul increases the useful life of the rolling stock. Lowers the expense threshold for associated capital maintenance items which are eligible for certain mass transportation block grants. Makes the Federal grant for any mass transportation construction project 80 percent of the net project cost. Amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to require that the long-range transportation planning process include the development of long-term financial plans for regional urban mass transit improvements and the revenue available to implement such improvements. Permits block grants to be made to implement an urban mass transportation program of projects in whole or in part. Excludes certain advertising and concession revenues from consideration as a revenue source for purposes of the Federal block grant program for urban mass transportation. Requires Federal block grant recipients to submit an annual report to the Secretary regarding revenues derived from the sale of advertising and concessions relating to the operation of a public mass transportation system. Revises the limitations placed upon the use of certain apportioned funds by small urbanized areas for operating assistance. Provides that Mass Transit Account block grants shall be available only for construction projects, including capital maintenance items. States that Mass Transit Account apportionments shall only be available for obligation for a three-year period. Directs the Secretary to make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate one regional transportation center in each of the ten Federal regions. Sets forth criteria to be met by grant recipients. Establishes in the Department of Transportation a national advisory council to: (1) coordinate the research and training to be carried out by grant recipients; (2) disseminate the results of such research; (3) act as a clearinghouse between such centers and the transportation industry; and (4) review and evaluate programs carried out by such centers. Authorizes appropriations for such centers for FY 1987 through 1991. Authorizes certain grant recipients under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to contract directly with the original manufacturer or supplier of an associated capital maintenance item to replace it if such recipient certifies that: (1) such manufacturer or supplier is the only source for such item; and (2) the price of the item is no higher than the price paid by like customers. Provides that contracts for engineering and design services under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 shall be awarded in the same manner as contracts for architectural and engineering services under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (or equivalent State qualifications-based requirement). Proscribes the use of funds for new bus acquisitions unless a model of such a new bus has been tested at a specified bus-testing facility established pursuant to this Act. Provides for fee collection for testing at the facility. Authorizes appropriations for such facility for FY 1987 and 1988. Requires the Secretary to: (1) prepare an annual agenda listing all rulemaking activities under this Act for the following 12-month period; (2) publish such proposed agenda in the Federal Register; (3) submit the agenda to specified congressional committees; and (4) issue regulations requiring a preaward and postdelivery audit regarding any grant under this Act for the purchase of buses. States that the Federal share for certain non-required capital improvement projects which enhance the accessibility for elderly and handicapped persons to public transportation services shall be 95 percent of the net cost of such project. Prohibits States which administer an operating assistance program for federally-assisted rural public transportation programs from limiting the level, or extent of use, of the Federal share of such operating expenses beyond the statutory limits. Directs the Secretary to implement a rural transit assistance program and authorizes the Secretary to make grants to implement such program. Authorizes the Secretary to use grant program funds to contract directly for construction management oversight on major capital projects. States that the Federal share of such projects shall be 100 percent. Limits the amount of funds which the Secretary may use to enter into construction management oversight contracts. Conditions such Federal assistance upon approval by the Secretary of a recipient's project management plan which meets specified requirements. Requires the Secretary to promulgate project management oversight regulations and to publish them in the Federal Register. Authorizes the Secretary to make capital grants to public mass transit systems for crime prevention and security. Makes bicycle facilities construction projects near mass transportation facilities eligible for Federal assistance. Declares that the Federal share of such projects shall be 90 percent. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 for block grants and for a formula grant program for areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations out of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1991 for specified activities, and authorizes appropriations for certain projects for FY 1987 through 1991. Increases the amount of apportioned funds which may be used for operating assistance with respect to urbanized areas in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida, for each fiscal year in which onsite construction is implemented on a certain Interstate route in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida. Restricts such increased operating assistance to commuter rail service provided as a maintenance-of-traffic measure during the construction period. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the Congress on the results of a comprehensive study of the future of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System undertaken with the cooperation of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission; (2) conduct a feasibility study regarding the use of tactile mobility aids in federally-assisted transportation by visually handicapped persons, and to report to the Congress on the results of such study; (3) make grants to certain eligible public bodies to conduct feasibility studies regarding the development of an electric bus line with electric bus technology being developed for the Santa Barbara transit system (California); (4) report to the Congress on a feasibility study conducted with the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding restoration of abandoned trolley services; and (5) report to the Congress regarding the development of a comprehensive mass transportation plan for the Virgin Islands. Authorizes the Governor of Nevada to transfer a specified amount of unused Federal apportionments for use for urban mass transportation purposes in Santa Clara County, California. Revises a certain agreement entered into between the Urban Mass Transportation Administration and the Southern California Rapid Transit District to specify the maximum Federal share of the construction costs of the Minimum Operable Segment-1 portion of a certain Los Angeles Metro Rail Project. Prescribes guidelines under which the Interstate Commerce Commission shall issue bus carrier certificates to recipients of governmental assistance. Subjects the issuance of intrastate passenger transportation certificates to the condition that any intrastate transportation service be provided only if the carrier provides regularly scheduled interstate transportation service on the route. Title IV: Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1987 - Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to revise various definitions for purposes of such Act. Permits a Federal agency to discharge its responsibilities by accepting the certification by a State agency that it will implement State law to carry out the Federal relocation assistance program, provided that the lead agency determines that such State law will accomplish the purpose and effect of this Act. Requires the head of such agency, prior to accepting certification, to provide interested parties with an opportunity for public review and comment, and to consult with interested local governments. Directs the head of the lead agency to monitor and report biennially to the Congress on State agency implementation of such certification. Permits an agency to withdraw acceptance of a certification after providing the State government with notice. Permits a Federal agency to withhold approval of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with any displacing agency found to have failed to comply with certification or State law. Requires the payment to displaced persons of actual expenses, not exceeding $10,000, necessary to reestablish a displaced small business, nonprofit organization, or displaced farm at its new site. Removes the limitation on the moving expense allowance and the fixed amount of the dislocation allowance that a person displaced from a dwelling may elect to receive in lieu of itemized expenses. Declares that such allowances shall be determined according to a schedule established by the head of a lead agency. Increases the maximum and decreases the minimum limitations on the payment a person displaced from a business or farm operation may elect to receive in lieu of itemized deductions. Declares that such amount shall be determined according to criteria established by the lead agency. (Currently, such amount is based on the annual earnings of the farm or business.) Increases the maximum amount of assistance that a displacing agency may provide to a displaced homeowner for replacement housing. Requires such assistance to include an amount necessary to: (1) meet the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling as defined in this Act; and (2) compensate the displaced person for any increased financing costs. Authorizes a displacing agency to extend the one-year period, following payment for an acquired home, during which the displaced person must purchase and occupy a replacement dwelling in order to qualify for housing replacement payments, but limits such payments to the costs of relocating such person within that one-year period. Increases the ceiling (currently $4,000) on the amount of rental housing replacement assistance provided to displaced tenants to $6,000. Permits eligible displaced tenants to apply such rental assistance toward the downpayment on a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling. Declares that displaced homeowners who meet the residency requirement for rental housing replacement assistance but not for homeowner's housing replacement assistance may qualify for rental assistance, at the discretion of the lead agency. Requires that all relocation assistance advisory programs: (1) provide information on suitable locations for displaced farming (and business) operations; and (2) assure that no person is required to move before being given a reasonable choice of suitable replacement dwellings. Provides for the designation of a single, cognizant Federal agency to establish procedures to be used by a non-Federal displacing agency to implement related activities funded by two or more Federal agencies. Authorizes advisory services to certain renters in properties acquired by a displacing agency. Directs the lead agency to require that provisions authorizing a displacing agency to use project funds to provide dwellings for displaced persons, if the project would be delayed because suitable replacement housing is not otherwise available, be used to exceed housing replacement assistance ceilings only on a case-by-case basis and for good cause. Provides that any payment a displaced person receives under State law shall replace a housing replacement or real property acquisition payment for substantially the same purpose under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act. Requires the head of the lead agency to: (1) promulgate rules to carry out such Act; (2) coordinate relocation assistance activities with Federal and federally-financed low-income housing programs; (3) monitor the implementation of such Act; and (4) perform such other duties as necessary. Declares low-income housing assistance as income for purposes of determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act or any other Federal law. Requires a State agency to pay the United States all net amounts (currently all amounts) received from the sale of surplus Federal property transferred to the agency for the purpose of providing replacement housing. Repeals the authority of any displacing agency to make loans to various organizations for planning and obtaining federally-insured mortgage financing for housing for displaced persons. Authorizes the lead agency to prescribe a procedure under which Federal agencies may acquire real property without having it appraised. Permits a displaced person to donate the real property being acquired or any of the compensation paid for such property to the acquiring agency. Sets forth effective dates of specified provisions of this Act. Title V: Highway Revenue Act of 1987 - Highway Revenue Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from: (1) 1988 to 1993 certain Highway Fund taxes and related exemptions; (2) December 31, 1992, to September 30, 1993, reduced rates of tax on fuels containing alcohol; and (3) 1988 to 1993, the Highway Trust Fund. States that certain transfers must be borne by the Highway Account and the Mass Transit Account in proportion to the respective revenues transferred to them. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations governing highway use tax payments on any highway motor vehicle operated by a motor carrier domiciled in any contiguous foreign country (or owned or controlled by persons of any contiguous foreign country). States that Revenue Rulings 85-196 and 86-43 shall not apply to any vehicle acquired by a retail dealer before January 1, 1986, continuously held in such dealer's inventory through September 30, 1986, and sold by such dealer after September 30, 1986.

Bill· SS. 832 (100th)referred

Federal Fiscal Procedures Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987

Federal Fiscal Procedures Improvement Act of 1987 - Title I: Two-Year Budget Cycle - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974 to revise the Federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting cycle. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide enforceable deficit targets for odd-numbered fiscal years. Defines a two-fiscal-year budget period as the period of two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Sets forth a revised timetable for a biennial budget. Requires the Congress, by September 30 of each odd-numbered year, to complete action on the concurrent resolution on the budget, all regular appropriation bills, and the reconciliation bill or resolution for the two-fiscal-year budget period beginning on October 1 of that year. Requires the President, by the following January 15th, to transmit to the Congress any revisions the President may desire in such budget. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, by the following March 31, to transmit to the Committees on the Budget of the House and the Senate, any revisions of the Office's fiscal policy report needed due to the President's revisions or changing economic conditions. Requires each Congress, by the last day of the second session, to complete action on bills and resolutions authorizing new budget authority for the two-fiscal-year budget period beginning on October 1 of the succeeding odd-numbered calendar year. Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate, unless waived or suspended by a three-fifths vote, to consider any regular appropriation bill for a budget period until the Committee on Appropriations of that House has reported all of the regular appropriation bills. Requires all regular appropriation bills to be reported to the House by June 1 and passed by the House by June 15 of each odd-numbered year. Requires all regular appropriation bills to be reported by the Senate by June 30 and passed by the Senate by July 31 of each odd-numbered year. Permits a change in budget accounts of the President's budget or estimates of outlays and proposed budget authority only in consultation with the House and Senate Appropriations and Budget Committees and the committees having jurisdiction over the affected programs and activities. Sets forth technical and conforming amendments. Title II: Procedures for Expedited Rescissions - Sets forth procedures for the expedited consideration by the Congress of rescission bills submitted by the President. Title III: Budgetary Treatment of Credit Transactions of the United States Government - Establishes procedures for the budgetary treatment and financing of Federal direct loan and loan guarantee programs. Defines "subsidy" as: (1) the difference between the face value of a direct loan and the estimated proceeds from the sale of the loan in the investment securities markets; and (2) the estimated net cost to the Government to reinsure a loan guarantee with a private insurer. Makes any direct loan obligation of a Federal agency an obligation of the Federal Credit Revolving Fund. Requires each agency to include in its budget proposal for a fiscal year: (1) the planned level of new direct loan obligations; and (2) the estimated subsidy associated with such obligations. Prohibits an agency from making a direct loan obligation unless: (1) funds have been appropriated for the loan subsidy; or (2) the use of funds otherwise available to the agency for the subsidy has been limited. Provides that the subsidy amount shall constitute the obligation of the agency and the difference between such amount and the face value of the loan shall constitute the obligation of the Fund. Requires the subsidy to be paid as the loan is disbursed. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to sell direct loans to the private sector. Makes any loan guarantee commitment of a Federal agency a commitment of the Fund. Requires each agency to include in its budget proposal for a fiscal year: (1) the level of new loan guarantee commitments; and (2) the estimated subsidy associated with such commitments. Prohibits an agency from making a loan guarantee commitment unless: (1) funds have been appropriated for the guarantee subsidy; or (2) the use of funds otherwise available to the agency for the subsidy has been limited. Provides that the subsidy amount shall constitute the obligation of the agency. Requires the subsidy to be paid to the Fund when the underlying loan agreement is executed. Directs the Secretary to purchase reinsurance of loan guarantees from private insurers. Establishes the Fund within the Department of the Treasury to serve as a central revolving fund and financing mechanism for all new Federal direct loans and loan guarantees. Directs the Secretary to receive into the Fund: (1) subsidy payments from Federal agencies; (2) payments due the Government for direct loans; (3) proceeds from the sale of direct loans and from the sale of any collateral received as the result of defaults on direct or guaranteed loans; and (4) fees due the Government for loan guarantees. Sets forth the Secretary's duties in managing the Fund, which include: (1) disbursing direct loans to borrowers according to agency loan agreements; (2) making claim payments for guaranteed loans in default that have not been reinsured; (3) identifying separately the credit activity of each agency; (4) requiring uniform reporting by agencies on loan performance, borrower characteristics, and debt collection efforts; and (5) estimating the subsidy amount for each direct loan and loan guarantee. Requires the head of each agency authorized to make or guarantee loans to: (1) request annual appropriations for the subsidized portions of agency loans; (2) conduct loan programs within the lower of appropriations limitations for such programs or annual appropriations available to cover subsidy costs; and (3) pay to the Fund all relevant loan collections. Provides for the budgetary treatment of direct loan and loan guarantee subsidies as agency obligations and of financing requirements of credit programs exceeding agency subsidies as Fund obligations. Authorizes the Secretary to use the proceeds of the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act to: (1) finance direct loans to the extent not covered by agency subsidy payments and direct loan sales; and (2) pay claims, resulting from federally-guaranteed loans, in excess of Fund reserves. Authorizes the appropriation of funds necessary to liquidate debt incurred by the Fund due to operating losses. Authorizes appropriations to agencies for subsidies associated with proposed direct loan obligations and proposed loan guarantee commitments. Includes as "deposit insurance agencies" the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Provides that: (1) obligations of deposit insurance agencies to make direct loans to the public or to assume loan assets shall remain obligations of such agencies; and (2) commitments to guarantee loans shall remain commitments of such agencies. Requires each deposit insurance agency to include in its budget proposal the estimated subsidy costs associated with proposed direct loan obligations and loan guarantee commitments. Requires no appropriations or limitations on the use of funds otherwise available for subsidies. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Prohibits a Federal agency other than the Department of the Treasury from issuing, selling, or guaranteeing an obligation that is ordinarily financed in investment securities markets unless such obligation may be held by only the Secretary. Permits the Secretary to waive such prohibition under specified circumstances. Deems any obligation guaranteed by a Federal agency and financed by the Secretary to be a direct loan of the Fund. Provides that purchases by the Secretary of obligations issued by local public bodies and guaranteed by a Federal agency shall be upon such terms as necessary to avoid an increase in borrowing costs of such bodies. Authorizes such an agency to make payments to the Secretary to offset the Secretary's costs of purchasing such obligations. Title IV: Sequestration Procedures - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise sequestration procedures. Directs the Comptroller General to submit the General Accounting Office's (GAO) initial and revised sequestration reports for a fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). (Current law requires such reports to be submitted to the President.) Requires the GAO reports to contain the Comptroller General's views concerning the estimates, determinations, and specifications contained in the report submitted by the Directors of OMB and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Requires the Director of OMB to issue to the President and the Congress: (1) on September 1 preceding the fiscal year, an initial sequestration report based on the initial GAO report, providing the same items of information as contained in the OMB-CBO report, and explaining any deviations between the estimates, determinations, and specifications included and the views of the Comptroller General in the GAO report; and (2) on October 15, a revised report as necessary in light of the revised GAO report. Requires such revised report to contain the same estimated amounts of budget authority, outlays, spending authority, revenues, obligation limitations, obligated balances, unobligated balances, loan guarantee commitments, and direct loan obligations as contained in the initial report unless a change is required because legislation is enacted, a final regulation is promulgated, or notice of a sale of assets is published after such initial report. Requires the President to issue any necessary initial sequestration order on September 3 (currently, September 1) and the final order on October 17 (currently, October 15). Requires the President's initial and final orders to be in accordance with the initial and revised OMB (currently, GAO) reports. Terminates procedures providing for sequestration from national defense accounts through the termination or modification of existing contracts. Requires the Directors of OMB and CBO and the Comptroller General, by July 25 preceding each fiscal year, to submit to the Temporary Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction a report proposing economic assumptions for specified items for use in preparing sequestration reports for each such fiscal year. Directs the Committee, before September 15, to report a joint resolution which: (1) specifies amounts for economic assumptions, within the range of amounts submitted by the Directors and the Comptroller, to be used by OMB, CBO, and GAO for sequestration reports for the upcoming fiscal year; and (2) directs the President to modify the most recent sequestration order for such fiscal year to implement the amount specified for each economic assumption. Requires each Director or the Comptroller General to use the amounts he or she proposed in preparing sequestration reports if such joint resolution is not enacted. Sets forth rules by which the Directors and the Comptroller General, in preparing sequestration reports for a fiscal year, shall calculate budget outlays resulting from specified items of budgetary resources for an account for purposes of determining budget outlays for non-defense programs for such fiscal year. Requires the Directors, in determining the amount of budget base outlays resulting from obligated balances for defense and non-defense programs for a fiscal year, to use the methodology they used in determining such outlays in the sequestration report for FY 1986. Requires the Directors and the Comptroller General, in preparing initial and final sequestration reports for a fiscal year, to assume that: (1) only those regulations which have been promulgated as final regulations by August 15 (with respect to initial reports) or October 5 (with respect to final reports) will be in effect during such fiscal year; and (2) only those sales of assets by the Government for which a notice has been published in the Federal Register by August 15 (for initial reports) or October 5 (for final reports) will occur during such fiscal year. Requires the Directors and the Comptroller General, in preparing sequestration reports, to: (1) include amounts of budget resources and budget outlays necessary to pay for any adjustments for Federal statutory pay systems or military pay enacted by law; and (2) assume that the percentage of the amounts of budget resources and budget outlays necessary to pay for such adjustments that will be absorbed by all Federal agencies will not exceed the average of the percentage of such amounts absorbed by all agencies for the three most recently completed pay adjustment absorption fiscal years. Requires the budget base, for purposes of determining sequestration reductions for a fiscal year, to be determined assuming the continuation of current law with respect to entitlements funded through annual appropriation Acts and with respect to the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Requires the Comptroller General's report to the Congress on the compliance of the President's sequestration order with sequestration procedures to include information on the compliance of OMB's sequestration reports with such procedures and any recommendations for improving such procedures. Exempts the budget account for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority interest payments from reduction pursuant to a sequestration order. Restores the provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 as in effect before enactment of this Act if provisions of law are enacted which: (1) establish the Comptroller General as an officer in the executive branch; or (2) establish an independent agency in the executive branch to carry out the functions of the Comptroller General. Requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members of the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under certain sequestration procedures in the Senate. Title V: Miscellaneous Fiscal Reforms - Amends the Congressional Budget Act to make it out of order in the House or the Senate, unless waived or suspended by a three-fifths' vote, to consider any bill or resolution that provides for budget outlays or new budget authority for nondefense discretionary spending in excess of the appropriate allocation of outlays or authority after the Congress has completed action on the concurrent resolution on the budget. Provides for automatic continuing appropriations where a regular appropriations bill does not become law prior to the beginning of two-fiscal-year budget cycle. Lists the categories of projects and activities to be funded under such automatic appropriations, which include: (1) the executive departments; (2) the legislative branch; (3) foreign assistance and related programs; and (4) the government of the District of Columbia. Expresses the sense of the Congress that a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution should be adopted by the Congress and ratified by the Senate.

Bill· SS. 818 (100th)open

White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act

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.