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United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1988
Designates the week of September 25, 1988, as Religious Freedom Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1988
Congressional Pay Accountability Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to declare that the presidential recommendations on the rates of pay of Members of Congress shall become effective only after the enactment of a joint resolution that: (1) relates only to the issue of the recommendation to increase such pay rates; and (2) is recorded to reflect the vote of each Member. Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to declare that any increase in the rates of pay of Members which corresponds to an increase in the rates of pay in the General Schedule shall become effective only after enactment of a joint resolution that: (1) relates only to the issue of the increase in such pay rates; and (2) is recorded to reflect the vote of each Member. Prohibits any increase in the rates of pay of Members of Congress without the enactment of a joint resolution as described in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1988
Designates October 7, 1988, as National Teacher Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1988
Designates the period of September 25 through October 2, 1988, as National Angel Plane Week in recognition of the Angel Planes, a group of airline pilots who transport persons in need of medical treatment and blood and organs for various organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1988
Title I: Short Title, Findings and Purposes - Nevada Federal Wilderness Act of 1988 - Sets forth the findings and purposes of this Act. Title II: Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System - Designates the following lands in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Mount Charleston Wilderness in the Toiyabe National Forest; (2) lands in the Humboldt National Forest which shall be incorporated in the Jarbidge Wilderness; (3) the Mount Moriah Wilderness in the Humboldt National Forest; (4) the Boundary Peak Wilderness in the Inyo National Forest; (5) the Mount Rose Wilderness in the Toiyabe National Forest and the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit which are within the Mount Rose National Recreation Area; and (6) the Sheep Peak Wilderness in the Desert National Wildlife Range. Title III: Mount Rose National Recreation Area - Establishes the Mount Rose National Recreation Area, Nevada. Prohibits the harvesting of timber in such area. Requires lands within the area designated as wilderness to remain roadless and be closed to motorized use, except for motorized equipment and transportation for fire suppression, search and rescue operations, and other emergencies. Requires off road vehicle use on lands in the area not designated as wilderness to be confined to trails and areas designated by the Secretary of Agriculture. Title IV: Release of Lands for Multiple Use Management - Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final enivronmental statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Nevada shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Nevada which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Nevada reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Nevada without express congressional authorization. States that the provisions above shall also apply to national forest system roadless lands in Nevada which are less than 5,000 acres in size. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Permits livestock grazing in such wilderness areas. Permits the expressly authorized use of motorized equipment for the maintenance of such livestock. States that this Act or any other Act designating lands within Nevada as wilderness areas does not constitute a reservation of water rights in such lands by Nevada. Retains rights to the roads located on such lands to Nevada. Does not preempt State jurisdiction over wildlife and fish in the national forests. Prohibits the establishment of protective perimeters or buffer zones around designated wilderness areas or the abrogation of the standards of the Clean Air Act. Declares that it is the intent of Congress that wilderness designation shall not in itself provide for protection under specified provisions of such Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to continue mineral, oil and gas, and geothermal assessments in such lands, permitting the use of motorized equipment and roads for such purposes. Continues access by Nevada and local municipalities for maintaining watershed facilities and for other health and safety concerns. Continues unaffected the Federal responsibility for predator control activities. Does not limit present or future activities of guides and outfitters inside designated wilderness areas. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior and with Nevada to conduct a cultural resource management program for the protection of archeological sites within such areas. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, within two years after enactment of this Act, to submit to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs a report with respect to such program. Authorizes and directs specified Federal, State, and local entities to fight wildfire in lands designated as wilderness areas in Nevada. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) inventory all lands within designated wilderness areas to identify those not owned by the Federal Government; and (2) seek, where such lands are privately owned, to acquire them. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to the Congress, not later than six months after enactment of this Act, a report on the restrictions on access to federally designated wilderness areas by handicapped persons, the elderly, and disabled veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1988
Prohibits the payment of any compensation by the United States on account of the accidental destruction of Iran Air Flight 655 until all U.S. hostages held captive in Lebanon are released.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1988
American Partnership for Our Children's Future Act of 1988 - Title I: Income Tax Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a refundable income tax credit, in an amount based on adjusted gross income (minimum credit of $150), for each dependent below the age of compulsory school attendance in the State where the taxpayer resides. Sets the maximum credit amount as the total employee tax withheld from the taxpayer's wages during the year under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. Disallows application of the nonrefundable dependent care income tax credit with respect to a taxpayer's dependents under age 15, unless the child is physically or mentally incapable of self-care. Title II: Employer Income Tax Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts spent by an employer in providing employee child care, comprehensive parental and medical leave programs, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1988
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act - Confers jurisdiction upon the United States Claims Court for wrongful death or injury actions brought by individuals alleging radiation exposure from either Federal nuclear testing at the Nevada test site or from employment in uranium mining. Sets forth procedural guidelines and a maximum damages award for certain claims relating to: (1) open air nuclear testing; and (2) uranium mining. Sets forth a statute of limitations. Prescribes the maximum percentage which attorneys may receive for services rendered. Establishes a fine for violations of this prescription. Provides that insurance claims shall not be affected by the award of damages. Declares that the United States is liable under this Act to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1988
Designates the week of February 5 through February 11, 1989, as National Burn Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1988
Presidential Election Reform Act of 1988 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund; (2) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account; and (3) the authority for individuals to designate sums to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund through income tax returns. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal dollar limits on expenditures by presidential and vice-presidential candidates (hereinafter referred to as presidential candidates). Limits contributions to presidential candidates or their authorized political committees to $5,000. Prohibits multicandidate political committees from making contributions to presidential candidates or their authorized 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. Establishes reporting requirements for persons making independent expenditures in presidential 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 for elections through broadcast communications on any radio or television station, including identifying the sponsors of such broadcasts. Provides that an expenditure is not an independent expenditure where the person making an expenditure is in coordination, consultation, or concert with a presidential candidate. Requires such 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 presidential 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. Prohibits such candidate from making expenditures from personal funds or family funds or from incurring personal loans in connection with the election campaign at any time within 60 days before such election. Prohibits a presidential candidate who makes expenditures from personal funds or family funds to the candidate's campaign committee, or makes a loan from such funds to such committee, from using any other contributions after the election to repay such expenditure or loan.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1988
Suspends U.S. obligations under the Panama Canal Treaties until such time as General Manuel Noriega and his associates similarly involved in drug trafficking relinquish political and military control over Panama.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1988
Designates October 8, 1988, as National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1988
Expresses the sense of the Congress: (1) encouraging and supporting the Amateur Radio Service and its emergency communications efforts; and (2) urging Government agencies to avoid actions that would reduce amateur radio frequency allocations used for emergency communications.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1988
Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the Pacific Northwest Scenic Trail, extending from Cape Alava, Washington, to Glacier Park, Montana, as a component of the National Trails System.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1988
Designates the period of November 28 through December 5, 1988, as National Book Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1988
College Savings Bond Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue college savings bonds in the interest of encouraging long-term savings for postsecondary education. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual any interest on college savings bonds to the extent these proceeds are used to pay the qualified educational expenses (tuition, fees, books, supplies, reasonable living expenses) of the taxpayer, spouse, child, or dependent at an institution of higher education, including a postsecondary vocational school. Decreases the permissible exclusion for taxpayers having adjusted gross income above $60,000, allowing no exclusion if income exceeds $80,000.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1988
Amends Federal-aid highway law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent of a State's apportionment if it does not have an expedited driver's license suspension or revocation system in place for drivers who: (1) have committed an alcohol-related traffic offense; or (2) have operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Outlines the system's administrative parameters. Sets forth conditions under which the withheld funds will remain available to the affected State.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1988
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer specified land to Clark County, Nevada, for use as a site to build Boys Town USA of Las Vegas for homeless, abused, and neglected youth. Reserves mineral rights in such land to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1988
Declares that the Congress acknowledges and appreciates the commitment, devotion, and sacrifices of present and former military families. Designates November 21, 1988, as National Military Families Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should convene an International Conference on Combatting Illegal Drug Production, Trafficking, and Use in the Western Hemisphere. Specifies that such conference should involve the heads of state and highest-ranking law enforcement officers from governments in the Western Hemisphere and focus on cooperative efforts to combat the drug trade, including efforts to fight drug-related corruption, combat money laundering, and extradite drug traffickers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1988
Research and Experimental Credit Extension and Reform Act of 1988 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax credit for qualified research expenditures by repealing the provisions that would terminate the credit for expenses incurred or paid after 1988. Revises the method for computing: (1) base period research expenses, adding a factor reflecting the gross national product growth rate; and (2) the tax credit, adding an alternative computation component. Applies the credit to in-house research expenses that the taxpayer pays or incurs for the principal purpose of using the research results in the active conduct of a future trade or business.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1988
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Mrs. Ruth Owens in recognition of Jesse Owens' athletic achievements and humanitarian contributions to public service, civil rights, and international good-will. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1988
Designates the week of October 23 through October 29, 1988, and the last full week of October hereafter, as National Adult Immunization Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1988
Designates July 20, 1988, as Space Exploration Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1988
Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to remove the ownership restrictions placed on nonvoting preferred stock of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1988
Postal Service Budgetary Treatment Act of 1988 - Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the Federal budget or the congressional budget; (2) shall be exempt from Federal budget limitations on expenditures and net lending; and (3) shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the Federal deficit. Makes the U.S. Postal Service an off-budget Federal entity.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1988
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty where any person: (1) engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise intentionally, or with reckless indifference to human life, kills or participates in the killing of any individual; or (2) intentionally, or with reckless indifference to human life, kills or participates in the killing of a law enforcement officer during the commission of, in furtherance of, or while attempting to avoid apprehension, prosecution, or service of a prison term for a felony violation of such Act. Requires the Government, for such offense, to serve notice upon the defendant a reasonable time before trial or acceptance of a plea, disclosing that it intends to seek the death penalty and the aggravating factors upon which it will rely. Requires a separate sentencing hearing before a jury, or the court upon motion by the defendant, when the defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty to such offense. Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing, without regard to the rules of evidence, but permits information to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading of the jury. Directs the court, or the jury by unanimous vote, to impose the death penalty upon finding that such sentence is justified based on consideration of both aggravating and mitigating factors. States that a sentence of death shall not be imposed upon any person: (1) who was under 18 years of age at the time the crime was committed; or (2) who, by reason of mental disease or defect, is unable to understand their impending death or its reasons. Sets forth some mitigating factors to be considered by the jury or the court when imposing its sentence. Includes as aggravating factors to be considered by the jury or the court: (1) the intentional nature of the act which resulted in the victim's death; (2) previous convictions for controlled substances Act violations; and (3) the especially heinous, cruel, or depraved nature of the offense. Requires the court to instruct the jury not to consider the race, color, national origin, creed, or sex of the defendant in its consideration of the sentence. Requires each juror to return a signed certificate stating that race, color, national origin, creed, and the sex of the defendant were not considerations in determining the sentence. Allows the court to impose a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for such offenses when the death penalty is not imposed. Establishes procedures for appeal from a death sentence. Requires the Court of Appeals, upon consideration of the record and the information and procedures of the sentencing hearing, to affirm the decision if: (1) the sentence was not imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or arbitrariness; and (2) the information supports the finding of aggravating factors or the absence of mitigating factors. Requires the court to provide a written explanation of its determination.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1988
Designates September 16, 1988, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1988
Designates the week of October 24 through October 30, 1988, as Drug Free America Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1988
Designates January 28, 1989, as a National Day of Excellence in honor of the space shuttle Challenger crew.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1988
Designates the week beginning on the third Sunday in May 1989 as National Tourism Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1988
Declares that the Senate recognizes Eugene O'Neill for his contributions to the canon of American drama in the 100th anniversary year of his birth.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1988
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the low-income housing credit through 1990. (Under current law the credit will expire on December 31, 1989.)
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1988
Recognizes the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1988
Amends the National Trails Systems Act to designate the Pony Express National Historic Trail, extending from Saint Joseph, Missouri, through Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada to Sacramento, California, as a component of the National Trails System.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1988
Homeownership Assistance Act of 1988 - Amends the National Housing Act to create a special mortgage insurance program for first-time homebuyers. Authorizes insurance for up to 97 percent of the home's value. Authorizes the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure a mortgage loan of up to 97 percent of appraised value for the first $50,000 (currently $25,000) of a home's value. Repeals the current dollar cap on FHA insured mortgages in high cost areas. Authorizes the FHA to insure adjustable rate mortgages with annual interest rate increases of up to two percent (currently one percent). Repeals the aggregate annual limit on such insured loans. Defines "first-time homebuyer" as an individual who or whose spouse has not owned a principal residence during the 18 months prior to an FHA insured home purchase. Authorizes an FHA demonstration program to insure mortgages for first-time homebuyer downpayments where the purchase is primarily financed or assisted by tax-exempt or other government assistance. Limits the downpayment loan to $7,500. Requires participants to receive financial counseling. Sets a maximum ten year loan maturity period. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize the Government National Mortgage Association to create a secondary market for first-time homebuyer downpayment loans. Authorizes an FHA demonstration program to insure 100 percent of a home's value for a first-time homebuyer provided that the downpayment will be paid within three years by an additional monthly payment. Requires participants to receive financial counseling. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to empower the Internal Revenue Service to confiscate defaulting taxpayers' tax refunds. Requires the Secretary to submit to program reports to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1988
Designates the period of July 25 through July 31, 1988, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1988, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1988
Designates October 1988 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1988
Designates May 1988 as Take Pride in America Month.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1988
Repeals the limitations enacted by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on individual retirement account (IRA) deductions for active participants in certain pension plans. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a nonworking or the lesser-earning spouse filing a joint income tax return to include the spouse's compensation in calculations made to determine the maximum amount permitted as a deduction for qualified retirement contributions (thus permitting such a taxpayer to deduct up to $2,000).
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1988
Expresses appreciation and gratitude to Claudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson for her years of service to our Nation.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1988
Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 to repeal the requirement that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) adopt regulations requiring the installation of operating automatic altitude reporting equipment for all aircraft operating in terminal airspace where air traffic control radar service is provided and in all controlled airspace above a minimum altitude to be determined by the FAA. Amends the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 to repeal the requirement that the FAA Administrator promulgate a final rule requiring the installation of operating transponders with automatic altitude reporting capability for aircraft operating in designated terminal airspace where radar service is provided for separation of aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1988
Designates January 20, 1989, as National Skiing Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that consideration of legislation to repeal statutes requiring the collection of the diesel fuel tax from off-road farm users should be expedited and consequent refunds returned to affected purchasers as quickly as possible.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1988
Designates the week of May 8 through May 14, 1988, as Just Say No Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1988
Designates September 15, 1988, as National D.A.R.E. Day. (D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education.)
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1988
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that a beneficiary shall be entitled to a prorated benefit for the month in which he or she dies.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1988
Designates August 9, 1988, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1988
Designates the month of September 1988 as National Sewing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1988
Designates the period commencing September 25, 1988, and ending October 1, 1988, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.