United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1987
Declares that the Senate: (1) expresses its full support for General John Vessey in negotiations with Vietnam to determine the fate of Americans missing in action in Southeast Asia, to facilitate the return of the remains of those deceased missing in action, and to discuss humanitarian issues; and (2) calls on Vietnam to respond positively to the concerns of the American people in a humanitarian context.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1987
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to expand progressively the conservation reserve program to 65,000,000 acres by the end of the 1990 crop year. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to report to specified congressional committees by January 1, 1988, on the inclusion in the program of lands other than highly erodible lands. Authorizes cash and in-kind conservation reserve incentives. Directs the Secretary to expand the quantity of land eligible for conservation reserve programs for acreage devoted to trees. Provides for commercial use of conservation reserve acreage under certain conditions. Revises the ownership/operation requirements related to contracts under the conservation reserve program. Requires the Secretary, in determining the acceptability of contract offers, to consider the land's fair market and rental values. Extends through FY 1990 the authority of the Secretary to use the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the conservation reserve program. Directs the Secretary, not later than July 1, 1988, to formulate and implement a groundwater pilot program to assist owners and operators of eligible land in conserving and improving the soil and water resources of their farms or ranches. Makes eligible for such program land: (1) that is irrigated for certain crops in an area identified as subject to the overdraft of groundwater; or (2) that is associated with an aquifer adversely affected by such irrigation. Amends the Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act of 1984 to require the Secretary to implement a program for the reamortization of certain loans based on future revenue from softwood timber crops. (Under current law, the program is discretionary.) Increases from 50,000 acres to 200,000 acres the amount of land that may be placed in such a program.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 1992 the period during which qualified mortgage bonds and mortgage credit certificates may be issued. (Under current law, authority for these programs is due to expire as of 1989.)
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1987
Recognizes the importance of the agricultural export enhancement program established under the Food Security Act of 1985. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should assure that sufficient FY 1987 through 1990 funding be available for such program.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Methanol and Alternative Fuels Promotion Act of 1987 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to revise the dual fuel passenger automobile driving range for automobiles operating on certain ethanol or methanol mixtures. Provides that for any ten consecutive model years between 1993 and 2005, a dual fuel passenger automobile manufacturer shall receive an average fuel economy increase according to specified guidelines. Declares that if a manufacturer makes methanol- or ethanol-powered or dual fuel passenger automobiles, the fuel economy of an automobile shall be based on the fuel content of the methanol or ethanol mixture used to operate it. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding ethanol and methanol promotion. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare that the determination of tax to be imposed regarding methanol-, ethanol-, or natural gas-powered or dual fuel passenger automobiles shall be based on the fuel economy rating established under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Amends the Civil Rights Attorney's Fee Awards Act of 1976 to provide that judicial officials shall not be liable for any costs, including legal fees (unless such action was clearly in excess of their jurisdiction), or injunctive relief (unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable) in any proceeding brought against such official for actions taken in an official capacity.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Amends the Civil Rights Attorney's Fee Awards Act of 1976 to provide that State justices, judges, and judicial officers shall not be liable for any costs (including attorney fees) in any proceeding brought against such justice, judge, or official for actions taken in an official capacity.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to present a gold medal to Lawrence Eugene Doby and posthumously to Jack Roosevelt Robinson in recognition of their achievements in baseball and their contributions to the advancement of civil rights. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to cause bronze duplicates of the gold medals to be coined and sold at a price sufficient to cover the cost of such duplicates and gold medals.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a partnership, S corporation, or personal service corporation, unless it is part of a tiered structure, to elect to have a taxable year other than the required one, but generally only if the deferral period of the taxable year elected is three months or less. (Current law requires partnerships, S corporations, and personal service corporations, in most cases, to conform their taxable years to the calendar years used by their owners.) Subjects the principals of a partnership or S corporation electing to change taxable years to additional estimated tax requirements to offset any tax deferral resulting from such election. Imposes deduction limitations on a personal service corporation that changes taxable years. Provides that an election with respect to taxable year shall be made by the partnership, S corporation, or personal service corporation and shall be binding on all partners and shareholders. Sets forth the formula for determining the additional tax requirement when a taxpayer: (1) is a partner or shareholder in at least one such entity during any applicable election years of the entity that end within the taxpayer's taxable year; and (2) has an aggregate deferred tax exceeding $200 with respect to the entity. Describes payment procedures. Requires the inclusion of specified information on returns filed by partnerships and S corporations that elect to use a non-required taxable year. Limits the tax deduction permitted to a personal service corporation for amounts paid or incurred with respect to employee-owners when such a corporation: (1) elects to have a taxable year other than the required one; and (2) fails to meet certain minimum distribution requirements regarding non-dividend amounts paid to owners.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the prohibition against indirect income tax deductions through pass-through entities shall not apply to any regulated investment company whose shares are: (1) continuously offered pursuant to a public offering; (2) regularly traded on an established securities market; or (3) held by or for at least 500 persons at all times during the taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1987
Judicial Branch Improvements Act of 1987 - Title I: Mandatory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court - Supreme Court Mandatory Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 1987 - Repeals the provision of the judicial code authorizing any party (in a proceeding to which the United States is a party) to appeal directly to the Supreme Court from a Federal court order which declares an Act of Congress unconstitutional. Repeals Supreme Court mandatory jurisdiction to hear appeals from a Federal appellate court decision holding a State statute unconstitutional. Repeals Supreme Court mandatory jurisdiction to hear appeals from decisions of the highest court of a State (including Puerto Rico) which hold that: (1) a Federal treaty or statute is invalid; or (2) a State law is valid. Title II: Jury Selection and Service Amendments - Jury System Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal judicial code with respect to the temporary excuse of prospective jurors and the jury selection procedures. Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to permit district courts to experiment with new jury selection procedures. Title III: Court-Annexed Arbitration - Court-Annexed Arbitration Act of 1987 - Permits the establishment (on an experimental basis) of a court-annexed arbitration program within each judicial district. Allows the Judicial Conference of the United States to develop model procedures for the conduct of arbitration proceedings. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: District Court Executive - District Court Executive Act of 1987 - Allows each district court with eight district judgeships or more to appoint a district court executive to perform delegated administrative duties. Title V: Federal Judicial Center Amendments - Part A: Federal Judicial Center Foundation - Federal Judicial Center Foundation Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish the Federal Judicial Center Foundation as a nonprofit corporation to accept gifts of real and personal property and services made for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Federal Judicial Center. Authorizes the Federal Judicial Center to administer and use the gifts received by the Foundation. Requires gifts of money and proceeds from the sale of property received as gifts to be deposited in a separate fund in the Treasury. Requires the Foundation to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees with respect to the gifts received. Part B: History Program in the Judicial Branch - Grants the Federal Judicial Center authority to implement programs to collect, preserve, and make available materials relating to the history of the judicial branch of the Government. Part C: Training for Non-Governmental Employees - Grants the Federal Judicial Center authority to provide training for persons outside the judicial branch. Part D: Powers of the Board and Compensation of the Deputy Director - Provides for the appointment of the Deputy Director of the Federal Judicial Center. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Makes minor substantive amendments to the Federal judicial code, the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with respect to procedural matters, retirement, judicial pay, administrative matters, and judicial immunity.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1987
Declares that the Congress encourages all Americans to read the Constitution within one year of its 200th anniversary and strongly encourages Members of Congress, Federal judges, and officials of the executive branch to set the example in studying this cornerstone of democratic government.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987
Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions relating to the payment of travel expenses for veterans traveling to a Veterans Administration (VA) health care center for treatment to direct the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, in exercising the authority to make such payments, to make such payments to the following persons: (1) a person receiving veterans' benefits for or in connection with a service-connected disability; (2) a veteran receiving veterans' pension benefits; (3) a veteran whose annual income does not exceed the annual veterans' pension rate or who is unable to defray the expenses of such travel; (4) a person whose travel to a VA facility was incident to a scheduled compensation and pension examination; and (5) a veteran whose travel to a VA facility was required to be performed by a special mode of travel which was either authorized beforehand by the Administrator, or was in connection with a medical emergency. Authorizes the Administrator to deduct from the amount otherwise payable an amount equal to $3.75 for each trip to or from a VA facility. Provides a maximum amount authorized to be so deducted from the reimbursed expenses of veterans making six or more one-way trips during the following calendar month or months. Authorizes the Administrator to increase proportionately the amount permitted to be deducted whenever the amount of the reimbursement itself is increased. Directs the Administrator, with respect to any fiscal year in which he or she exercises the authority to make such payments, to make an allocation to each VA facility, before October 1 of each year, to enable the head of such facility to make such payments to veterans using such facility and authorized to receive such payments. Directs the head of each such facility to use such funds solely for such payments. Directs the Chief Medical Director of the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery, when it is determined that insufficient payments have been made at any such facility, to authorize payments to be made for the proper amounts, unless the Chief Medical Director determines that making such payments at such lesser level would be in the best interests of furnishing care and services to eligible veterans at such facility. Permits any funds authorized for the making of such payments, but unexpended, to be used by the head of any such facility for support of other authorized direct-health care purposes. Directs the Administrator to take all appropriate steps to facilitate the establishment and maintenance of a program under which organizations or individuals who are volunteering their services to the VA would take responsibility for the transportation of such veterans, without reimbursement from the VA, primarily those residing in those areas which are geographically accessible to such facilities, who seek services or benefits from such VA facilities. Directs the Administrator, no later than six months after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committee on the implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1987
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to establish a presumption of service-connection (for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits) for former prisoners of war suffering from the following conditions after active service: (1) peripheral neuropathy; (2) spastic colon; and (3) peptic or duodenal ulcers. Decreases from six months to 90 days the amount of time a former prisoner of war must have been incarcerated in order to be eligible for outpatient dental services.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1987
Major Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to make eligible for assistance for the repair, restoration, reconstruction, and replacement of damaged facilities special purpose local governments such as levee districts, irrigation districts, and reclamation districts. Declares that the Federal share of such assistance shall not be less than 75 percent (currently, such assistance must not exceed 100 percent). Requires the President to issue rules which provide for the recognition of differences existing among urban, suburban, and rural lands to facilitate adequate removal of debris and wreckage from large lots. Declares the Federal share of assistance for debris removal to be 75 percent. Provides for temporary housing assistance for up to 18 months after the date of a major disaster. Authorizes the President to extend such period for an additional 18 months due to extraordinary circumstances. Declares the Federal share of such assistance to be 100 percent of eligible costs. Provides that temporary housing assistance may not be used for reconstruction or rehabilitation of damaged property when the cost of such assistance exceeds the cost of other applicable types of housing. Sets forth notification requirements for the President when persons apply for temporary housing assistance, including: (1) all forms of assistance available; (2) criteria that must be met to qualify for each type of assistance; (3) limitations which apply to each type of assistance; and (4) the address and telephone number of offices responsible for assisting applicants. Requires that housing assistance account for the applicant's location of and travel time to: (1) the applicant's place of business; (2) schools which family members may attend; (3) any home or place of business whose destruction or damage is the result of the major disaster which created the need for assistance; and (4) crops or livestock the applicant tends which provide 25 percent or more of the applicant's annual income. Includes in the individual and family grant program an authorization for the President to make grants to States for land use and construction projects designed to mitigate future major disaster-related loss. Authorizes a State to expend up to ten percent (currently, three percent) of any such grant for administrative expenses. Increases the limitation on such grants for families and individuals from $5,000 to $10,000. Repeals the restriction that crisis counseling be provided only through the National Institute of Mental Health. Removes the authority of the President to make grants to States for the removal of damaged timber from private lands. Provides that appeals arising from assistance decisions must be acted upon within 60 days of the receipt of such appeal. Declares that eligibility for Federal disaster assistance begins on the date: (1) of the occurrence of the disaster; or (2) on which eligible costs are incurred, whichever is earlier. Declares that disaster assistance shall not be restricted to limit assistance to a particular geographic area. Sets forth procedures for State governors to request declarations by the President that a major disaster exists. Requires such request to be based on a finding that effective response to such disaster is beyond the capabilities of the State and local governments and that Federal assistance is necessary. Describes general and essential assistance that the President may provide. Authorizes the President to contribute up to 50 percent of the cost of hazard mitigation measures. Establishes an emergency assistance program. Sets forth procedures for State governors to request the President to declare an emergency. Describes general Federal assistance under such an emergency. Limits the amount of emergency assistance to $5,000,000, which may be exceeded if the President finds it necessary. Requires the President to report to the Congress on the nature and extent of an emergency when such limitation is exceeded. Requires public and private nonprofit facilities in flood hazard areas to maintain flood insurance. Declares that major disaster and emergency assistance shall not be considered income or a resource when determining benefit levels for Federal programs. Requires the President to establish comprehensive standards to be used to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal emergency and major disaster response programs administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Authorizes the Federal Government to recover the cost of assistance from any person whose negligent act or omission, or whose act or omission while engaged in ultrahazardous activity, resulted in an emergency or major disaster. Directs the President to conduct audits and investigations necessary to ensure compliance with this Act. Revises provisions relating to criminal and civil penalties. Increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the maximum amount of grants to States for improvement, maintenance, and updating of State plans. Renames the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 the Major Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to consider designation of Morgan and Lawrence Counties, Alabama, as a single metropolitan statistical area, without regard to the portion of the Bankhead National Forest in Lawrence County.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987
Declares that the American people reaffirm their commitment to promoting the development of democracy in all the Americas. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of Panama should respond to the points contained in the communique issued on June 17, 1987, by the Panamanian Episcopal Conference; (2) the vital interests of the United States in securing authentic democracy in Panama would be best served by the peaceful establishment of genuine democratic institutions in accordance with the Panamanian constitution; (3) compliance with internationally recognized human rights and the lifting of the suspension of constitutional guarantees are essential preconditions to the restoration of democracy in Panama; (4) an independent investigation into allegations against senior Panamanian civilian and military officials should be conducted by an objective group of Panamanians with authority to publish their findings without delay or fear of reprisal; and (5) the Government of Panama should direct the current commander of the Panama Defense Forces and any other implicated officials to relinquish their duties pending the outcome of the independent investigation.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should express to West Germany that the United States expects it to comply with its treaty obligations by extraditing terrorist Mohammed Hamadei to the United States; and (2) any action by West Germany that involves the exchange of Hamadei for German nationals being held hostage by terrorists will have extremely serious consequences for the relationship between the two countries.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1987
Amends Federal law to direct the President to set aside and proclaim the first Thursday in May in each year as a National Day of Prayer. (Current law directs the President to set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, for such purpose.)
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to establish a presumption of service connection, for disability compensation purposes, for the following diseases or illnesses suffered by former prisoners of war which become manifest within ten years after such veteran's detention or internment and recur on a continuous or regular basis: (1) peripheral neuropathy; (2) irritable bowel syndrome; or (3) peptic ulcer disease.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1987
Rural Letter Carriers Automobile Expense Act - Provides that, for taxable years beginning after 1986, rural mail carriers are permitted to compute the amount of the income tax deduction for use of their automobiles in performance of mail services: (1) by using a standard mileage rate for all miles of such use equal to 150 percent of the basic standard rate; or (2) without applying the limitation on deductions generally applicable in cases when the business use of the automobile accounts for 50 percent, or less, of its use. Prohibits the use of 150 percent of the basic standard mileage rate in determining the allowable deduction if the taxpayer claims an investment tax credit or depreciation deduction for such automobile.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1987
Designates August 1, 1987, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Requests the President to: (1) reassert the American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania; (3) convey to all signatories of such Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is vital to progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; (4) convey to U.S. allies the necessity of unity regarding such Accords; (5) continue his efforts to achieve the release of political prisoners of the Soviet Union, an increase in Soviet emigration, resolution of family reunification cases, and cessation of radio transmission jamming; (6) seek the inclusion, in any concluding document agreed to in Vienna, of a mechanism to sustain human rights progress after the Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and (7) convey to signatory states the desire of the United States for a result at Vienna that will not favor military security at the expense of human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1987
Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1987 - Amends the copyright law to implement the Berne Convention, the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed at Berne on September 9, 1886. Extends copyright protection to architectural works in conformance with such Convention. Extends comparable copyright protection to protectable works of nationals of Berne Union members. Revises provisions concerning the licensing of coin-operated phonorecord players (jukeboxes). Permits copyright owners and operators of jukeboxes to directly negotiate the terms and royalty rates for performing copyrighted works if the Copyright Royalty Tribunal certifies that, over a one year period after this Act's enactment, such process has resulted in authorizing the use of a not substantially smaller quantity of work. Suspends the ratemaking activities of the Tribunal while such conditions are being met. Limits the protection of architectural works to artistic character and design, not materials. Permits pictorial representations of the work when the work is erected in a publicly accessible location. States that the owner of a copyright in an architectural work is not entitled to restrain the construction or use of an infringing building if construction has substantially begun or to require the demolition or seizure of an infringing building. Permits building owners to modify an architectural work to enhance utility without the copyright holder's or author's consent. Permits the use of a notice of copyright on publicly distributed copies of protected works, including phonorecords of sound recordings (current law requires such notice). States that such a notice is a bar to a defense of innocent infringement if the defendant had access to copies with such notice. Requires the continued use of a copyright notice identifying works of the U.S. Government. Eliminates notice provisions for contributions to collective works. Retains deposit requirements, increasing fines for failure to deposit after demand. Makes registration a prerequisite to criminal actions for copyright and to the award of statutory damages or of attorney's fees. Increases statutory damages. Authorizes the Tribunal to set jukebox interim rates, as specified. States that works in the public domain remain unprotected. Makes this Act effective the day after the Berne Convention enters into force with respect to the United States. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1987
De Soto National Trail Study Act of 1987 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the De Soto Trail, extending through Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, for study for inclusion in such System.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1987
Designates the week beginning October 18, 1987, as Financial Independence Week. Urges all citizens to pursue financial independence through sound planning and management of their individual resources.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1987
National Advisory Committee on Semiconductor Research and Development Act of 1987 - Establishes the National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors to monitor the competitiveness of U.S. semiconductor technology and develop strategies and make recommendations to enhance such competitiveness. Requires the Committee to report annually to the Congress and the President on its past and planned activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987
Hostile Foreign Takeover Moratorium Act - Makes congressional findings concerning the financing of corporate takeovers and the resulting loss of jobs and dislocations to local and regional economies and to the national economy. Amends the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to place a six-month moratorium on tender offers for any equity securities by any foreign person if any part of the consideration to be paid: (1) is cash, unless the person has cash or cash equivalents equal to the aggregate amount of such cash consideration; or (2) is to be financed by means of a loan, borrowing, or the issuance of debt securities. Provides that such moratorium shall not apply if the acceptance of such offer has been recommended and approved by the directors of the person to be acquired. Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission to enforce the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987
Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include as a purpose of such Act public investment in severely distressed and underdeveloped counties or areas lacking resources for basic services. Authorizes appropriations for the Appalachian Regional Commission for FY 1988 through 1992. Permits the Commission to lease office space through FY 1992. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for construction of the Appalachian development highway system and local access roads. Increases from 70 percent to 80 percent the maximum Federal share of such highway construction costs. Allows for Federal supplements to the Federal grant-in-aid programs to continue through FY 1992. Removes the restriction on financial assistance for the cost of industrial facilities. Requires that energy enterprise development loan funds established with grants previously approved by the Commission be made available for authorized purposes. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. Terminates specified provisions of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 on October 1, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Partnership Act of 1987 - Title I: Drug Law Enforcement - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out program grants for drug law enforcement. Prohibits the distribution of grant funds to recipients who have been provided such funds for four years. Title II: Juvenile Justice - Subtitle A: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Subtitle B: Runaway and Homeless Youth Act Reauthorization - Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Subtitle C: Missing Children's Assistance Act Reauthorization - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Title III: Law Enforcement - Subtitle A: Justice Assistance Act Reauthorization - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the functions of the: (1) Bureau of Justice Statistics; (2) National Institute of Justice; (3) Bureau of Justice Assistance; and (4) Office of Justice Programs. Subtitle B: Criminal and Juvenile Justice Family Violence Prevention Act of 1987 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice Family Violence Prevention Act of 1987 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States for the purpose of improving the criminal justice system's response to domestic and family violence. Directs the Attorney General to include in the uniform crime reports data that indicates the age of the victim and the relationship of the victim to the offender for specified crimes. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect and publish data that more accurately measures the extent of domestic violence in America. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1992 for such purposes. Subtitle C: Multijurisdiction Criminal Conspiracy Information and Targeting Grants - Establishes a multijurisdiction criminal conspiracy information and targeting grant program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out such program. Subtitle D: Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Improvement - Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the basic level of public safety officers' death benefits, and provides for annual adjustment of the benefits level. Removes the requirement that parent beneficiaries be dependents. Authorizes the use of appropriated funds to assist the families of public safety officers who have died in the line of duty. Subtitle E: Criminal Justice Information Improvement - Criminal Justice Information Improvement Act of 1987 - Establishes a grant program to improve criminal justice information compiled and maintained by States and local criminal justice agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out such program. Subtitle F: College and Railroad Police Information - Amends the Federal judicial code to direct the Attorney General to exchange criminal records and information with railroad and college police departments. Subtitle G: The Racial and Religious Violence Information - Directs the Attorney General to include in the uniform crime reports information regarding crimes: (1) involving religious property; and (2) committed to express racial, ethnic, or religious prejudice. Subtitle H: Victim Compensation and Assistance - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to allow deposits to be made into the Crime Victims Fund through September 30, 1992. Title IV: Assistance to State and Local Courts - Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Title V: National Academy of Sciences - Directs the Attorney General to provide for a study, to be conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, of policies and programs at the State and local levels to reduce violent and property crime by drug users. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
State Justice Institute Technical Amendments Act of 1987 - Makes technical amendments to the State Justice Institute Act of 1984. States that research and statistical information furnished under such Act: (1) shall be immune from legal process; (2) shall not, without the consent of the person furnishing such information, be admitted into evidence or used in any judicial, legislative, or administrative proceeding; and (3) shall not be used or revealed for purposes other than the purpose for which it was obtained.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1987
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to consider designation of Morgan and Lawrence Counties, Alabama, as a single metropolitan statistical area, without regard to the portion of the Bankhead National Forest in Lawrence County.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1987
Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct (current law authorizes) the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay travel expenses of certain veterans to or from a Veterans Administration facility or other authorized place in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, or medical treatment or care. Defines those veterans entitled to such payment, including: (1) those veterans financially unable to meet such travel costs; and (2) those veterans unable to bear the cost of special transportation necessitated due to a medical disability. Limits such payments in the case of travel by a privately-owned vehicle to the cost of similar public transportation for such travel. Limits, in any event, such payment to the actual cost incurred for such travel.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1987
Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 - Expresses the determination of the Congress that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): (1) is a terrorist organization; (2) is a threat to the interests of the United States, its allies, and to international law; and (3) should not benefit from operating in the United States. Prohibits, if the purpose is to further the interests of the PLO: (1) the receipt of anything of value except informational material from the PLO; (2) the expenditure of funds from the PLO; (3) the establishment or maintenance of a PLO office within the jurisdiction of the United States. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall cease to have effect if the President certifies to the Congress that the PLO no longer practices or supports terrorist actions.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987
Marine Science, Technology, and Resource Development Act of 1987 - Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to declare the need for a national ocean policy and to revise definitions under such Act. Expands coverage of such Act to include Great Lakes resources. (Current law covers ocean and coastal resources.) Requires the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Administrator) to develop and publish every three years the Sea Grant Strategic Research Plan (Plan) identifying and describing a limited number of priority areas for strategic marine research. Requires the Plan to be submitted to specified congressional committees. Describes the priority area on which the Plan shall concentrate, including: (1) critical resource and environmental areas of national or global scope where adequate funding is otherwise precluded under other provisions of the National Sea Grant College Program Act; and (2) areas where sustained programmatic research and technology transfer can be utilized. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to make grants to carry out such strategic marine research to sea grant colleges, programs, regional consortia, and individuals meeting certain criteria. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1988 through 1992. Describes the academic, congressional, Federal, and postdoctoral fellowships which may be awarded. Adds to the duties of the sea grant review panel the responsibility of giving advice with respect to applications, proposals, performance, grants, and contracts awarded under the Sea Grant Strategic Research Plan. Authorizes appropriations for the National Sea Grant College Program for FY 1988 through 1992. Amends provisions of the Sea Grant Program Improvement Act of 1976 relating to the purposes of the Sea Grant International program to authorize grants and contracts to enhance international research, promote marine activities with foreign universities, encourage technology transfer, and promote foreign data exchanges. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1988 through 1992. Allows additional funding to be provided through other Federal program elements with a marine science or technology transfer component, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax-exempt organization all of whose members primarily coach football as full-time employees of four-year colleges or universities to have a pension plan with a qualified cash or deferred arrangement, provided such organization was in existence on September 18, 1986. Requires such a plan to be treated as a multiemployer plan.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987
Designates the lock and dam on the Tombigbee River in Pickens County, Alabama, commonly known as the Aliceville Lock and Dam, as the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam. Designates the resource management and visitor center at Aliceville Lake on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway as the Tom Bevill Resource Management and Visitor Center at Aliceville Lake on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
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