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United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987
Recognizes the contributions of Rachel Carson to public awareness and understanding of environmental issues on the 25th anniversary of her book, "Silent Spring."
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1987
Extends for one month, from September 15 to October 15, 1987, the authority of a bankruptcy trustee to pay benefits to retired former employees under a plan, fund, or program maintained or established by the debtor (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for the purpose of providing medical, surgical, or hospital care benefits, or benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, or death.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1987
United States Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care Act - Establishes the United States Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care. Sets forth its duties and membership. Authorizes it to appoint and determine the compensation of staff and procure the services of consultants. Details its powers. Requires the Commission to submit a report to the Congress, no later than six months after enactment of this Act, containing findings and recommendations regarding comprehensive long-term care services for the elderly and disabled, and including recommendations for legislative initiatives. Requires the Commission to submit a report to the Congress, no later than one year after enactment of this Act, containing findings and recommendations regarding comprehensive health care services for the elderly and disabled and comprehensive health care services for all individuals in the United States, and including recommendations for legislative initiatives. Terminates the Commission 30 days after the date of submission of such second report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1987
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a research program that includes: (1) developing technology for the rapid identification of infectious agents and toxins on farms and within the processing and distribution chain; (2) establishing a statistical framework for purposes of health risk assessment related to contamination of the animal product food chain by these infectious agents and toxins; (3) analyzing the animal product food chain to determine the most effective point for preventive intervention; and (4) developing techniques to monitor the production, processing, and distribution of food animals and their food product derivatives in order to detect potential microbiological or chemical agents. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants for the funding of projects to decrease the susceptibility of food products of animal origin to infectious or toxic agents. Identifies entities eligible for such grants. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1987
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Technology Competitiveness Act of 1987 - Sets forth specified national goals for the current wind, photovoltaics, and solar thermal energy programs. Requires the President's budget requests for FY 1989 to contain the recommendations of the Secretary of Energy for specified Department of Energy research and development programs for 1995, including biofuels energy systems, solar buildings energy systems, ocean energy systems, and geothermal energy. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for: (1) the wind energy research program; (2) the photovoltaic energy systems program; (3) the solar thermal energy systems program; (4) the biofuels energy systems program; (5) the solar buildings energy systems program; (6) the ocean energy systems program; and (7) the geothermal program. Mandates that the President's budget requests for FY 1990 include the Secretary's recommendations or proof of concept proposals for certain renewable energy projects. Requires the Secretary to submit an options analysis to the Congress regarding the accelerated commercialization of specified renewable energy technologies. Requires the President's budget requests for FY 1989 and 1990 to include the Secretary's recommendations of amounts to be set aside for energy conservation research and development initiatives. Authorizes appropriations for specified energy conservation research and development programs for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to establish joint research and development ventures in specified energy technologies and to report to the Congress on the implementation of such plans. Directs the Secretary to establish the following advisory bodies: (1) Advisory Committee on Photovoltaic Village Energy Systems; (2) Advisory Committee on Wind Energy Village Energy Systems; (3) Advisory Committee on Solar Thermal Community Total Energy Systems; (4) Advisory Committee on Energy Performance in Factory-Made Housing; (5) Advisory Committee on Advanced District Cooling Technology; (6) Advisory Committee on Integrated Renewable Energy Systems; (7) Advisory Committee on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Technology Exports; and (8) Federal Energy Analysis Team. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993 for such joint ventures. Requires the Secretary to evaluate and report to the Congress on the efforts of the Committee on Renewable Energy, Commerce and Trade to promote renewable energy technology exports. Authorizes appropriations for such Committee activities for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires the Secretary to make annual reports to the Congress regarding the research programs and ventures under this Act. Requires each annual submission of the National Energy Policy Plan to be accompanied by a three-year strategic plan for energy technology research, development, and demonstration, including energy conservation and renewable energy technologies.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1987
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to consider the aggregate number of resident workers who commute from the county in which a hospital is located to contiguous metropolitan statistical areas, rather than only considering the number of workers commuting to a single metropolitan area, for the purpose of determining whether such hospital should be paid at urban rather than rural rates.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987
Extends through FY 1992 the authorization provided by the State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act of 1981, which requires the Congressional Budget Office to provide an estimate of the cost impact on State and local governments of reported legislation in the accompanying committee report.
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
Designates the first Sunday of August as National Day of Peace.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate December 1987 as Made in the U.S.A. Month.
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
Includes Washington Square within the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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
Comprehensive Agent Orange Scientific Evidence Review Act of 1987 - Direct the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, within 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences (the Academy) under which the Academy will conduct a review of all scientific evidence, studies, and literature pertaining to the human health effects of exposure to agent orange and its component compounds and prepare the comprehensive report described later in this Act. Directs the Administrator to enter into a similar arrangement with another nonprofit scientific entity if the Academy is not willing to conduct such review and prepare the required report. Prohibits the Administrator from obligating any funds for use by another nonprofit scientific entity until specifically authorized to do so by a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator, no later than October 1, 1988, to transmit to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees a report prepared by the Academy or other appropriate entity describing the review conducted under this Act and containing a statement of their conclusions as to the human health effects of exposure to agent orange and its compounds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Truth in Savings Act - Requires each advertisement, announcement, or solicitation by a depository institution which refers to a specific interest rate, yield, or rate of earnings on amounts deposited in a demand or interest-bearing account to state the following information clearly and conspicuously: (1) the annual percentage yield and the period such yield is in effect; (2) all minimum initial deposit, minimum balance, and time requirements for earning such yield; (3) the annual rates of simple interest; (4) fees or other conditions that could reduce the yield; (5) any interest penalty for early withdrawal; and (6) the effective percentage yield on the maturity date of any account maturing in less than one year. Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to exempt advertisements, announcements, or solicitations made by any broadcast or electronic medium or outdoor advertising displays not on the premises of a depository institution from the disclosure requirements relating to initial deposit requirements, rates of simple interest, or fees, if such disclosure would be unnecessarily burdensome. Prohibits any depository institution from advertising an account as a free or no-cost account if: (1) there are minimum balance or limited transaction requirements to avoid fees; or (2) there is any service fee, transaction fee, or similar charge imposed for such account. Prohibits any institution from making any advertisement, announcement, or solicitation that is inaccurate or misleading or that misrepresents its deposit contracts. Requires each depository institution to maintain a schedule, written in clear and plain language, of fees, charges, interest rates, and terms and conditions such as minimum balance and time requirements applicable to each class of accounts offered. Requires that such schedule be disclosed to potential customers and requesting individuals and mailed to account holders. Requires that account holders receive 30 days' advance notice of any change to be made in any term or condition required to be disclosed in the schedule if the change might reduce the yield or adversely affect any account holder. Directs the Board to require modified disclosure requirements concerning the annual yield on variable rate accounts, multiple rate accounts, guaranteed-rate accounts that mature in less than one year, and accounts for which the interest rate is not guaranteed. Requires a depository institution to calculate the amount of interest on an interest-bearing account based on the full amount of principal in the account for the stated calculation period at the rates of interest disclosed pursuant to the requirements of this Act. Specifies that such requirement shall not be construed as prohibiting or requiring the use of any particular method of compounding or crediting of interest. Directs the Board to provide for public notice and comment on, and to publish, model forms and clauses for common disclosures required by this Act. Provides for the enforcement of this Act and the civil liability of a depository institution that fails to comply with requirements of this Act. Sets forth limitations on such liability and factors to be considered by the court in determining class action awards. Provides that an institution may not be held liable for a violation if the institution demonstrates that the violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error, or if the institution makes a notification of and an adjustment for errors within a specified time. Establishes U.S. district court jurisdiction and a one-year statute of limitations for actions brought under this Act. Directs the National Credit Union Administration to provide for the similar regulation of credit unions.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code definition of "tier 1 railroad retirement benefit" to delete provisions that tie the income tax treatment of certain railroad retirees to Social Security benefits to which such taxpayers would be entitled rather than to benefits actually received under the railroad retirement system. (Under current law, the amount such taxpayers receive in excess of the Social Security entitlement amount is taxed as regular income.) Applies this change retrospectively to benefits payable in 1986 and thereafter.
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 · 21 July 1987
Recognizes the efforts of the United States Soccer Federation to bring the World Cup to the United States in 1994. Authorizes the President to designate the Secretary of Commerce as the official U.S. representative in any discussions with the Federation Internationale de Football Association.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Declares that the Congress recognizes September 15, 1987, as International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades Day and honors and commends all the members and officers of such union.
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
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1980 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit an annual report to the Congress on food bank special nutrition projects. (Under current law, a final report was due on January 1, 1984.) Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out at least one food bank demonstration project in each of the standard Federal regions; and (2) report to the Congress, not later than January 3, 1990, on such projects. Terminates the Secretary's authority with respect to the demonstration projects on December 31, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1987
Authorizes the Director of the U.S. Information Agency to: (1) provide for educational exchanges between U.S. and Soviet youths under 21; and (2) award higher education scholarships to exceptional students under 25 who are studying in the Soviet Union in programs approved by their own higher education institutions and maintaining satisfactory proficiency. Earmarks specified funds for FY 1988 and 1989 to carry out this Act. Refers to the activities specified in this Act as the Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange Program.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1987
Designates the week of February 21 through February 27, 1988, as National Visiting Nurse Association Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1987
Designates the week beginning on November 8, 1987, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1987
Expresses the Senate's profound sorrow and regret at the death of economist Arthur F. Burns.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat facilities that use anthracite culm fuel as five-year property for purposes of the accelerated cost recovery system used to determine the income tax depreciation deduction.
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
Provides for the designation of a pediatric heart transplant facility as a Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) heart transplant facility if: (1) such facility's pediatric heart transplants are performed under a unified heart transplant program operated jointly by such facility and another facility that performs and meets Medicare criteria for performing heart transplants; and (2) such facility is able to provide the specialized facilities, services, and personnel required by pediatric heart transplant patients.
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
Public Health Service Act Infant Mortality Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the FY 1988 authorization of appropriations for health centers providing services to migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families. Increases the FY 1988 authorization of appropriations for community health centers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), in making grants to community health centers, to give special consideration to the needs of frontier areas. Requires that, if amounts appropriated for community health centers for FY 1988 exceed a specified amount, the excess shall be available for grants to community health centers for prenatal services to decrease infant mortality and perinatal coordination projects to develop and coordinate referral arrangements between community health centers and other agencies. Directs the Secretary to give priority to community health centers in areas in which there is a high or increased incidence of infant mortality. Directs the Secretary to contract with schools of medicine and osteopathy for area health education center programs which include training of personnel to offer maternal and child health services in underserved areas, giving priority to programs which train personnel to provide service in areas along the border between the United States and Mexico, in frontier areas, and in areas in which the rate of infant mortality and low birthweight are disproportionately higher than for the State in which such area is located. Requires participating schools to provide for participation by administrative personnel in each of the departments of pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and family medicine. Exempts schools participating in such programs from existing requirements that no less than ten percent of undergraduate medical or osteopathic clinical education be conducted in an area health education center and locations under the sponsorship of such center. Requires programs to conduct a medical residency program in obstetrics and gynecology enrolling at least six individuals in first year positions. Requires area health education centers to involve nurse midwives in their interdisciplinary training. (Current provisions require involvement of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.) Increases the authorization of appropriations for FY 1988. Requires a specified amount to be available for contracts for area health education center programs under this Act. Amends part A (Special Projects) of title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit private schools of nursing for fellowship programs for the education of nurse midwives and pediatric, family, obstetric, and gynecologic nurse practitioners. Directs the Secretary, after consultation with educational, nursing, and medical organizations, to prescribe guidelines for the fellowship programs. Specifies minimum requirements to be included in the guidelines. Requires the fellowships to cover 100 percent of costs of tuition, books, living, moving, and transportation expenses. Requires individuals receiving fellowships to be registered nurses. Requires schools of nursing, in awarding fellowships, to give priority to applicants employed in and recommended by a facility serving underserved populations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987
Medicare Rural Hospital Payment Equity Act of 1987 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission to recommend a methodology to the Congress by April 1, 1988, that provides for a graduated reduction of the differences in the prospective payment rates applicable to urban and rural hospitals during the 36-month period beginning October 1, 1988, and the complete elimination of such differences on or after October 1, 1990. Requires the Secretary to promulgate final regulations by August 30, 1988, to implement such recommendations. Provides that payment rates shall be determined in accordance with such regulations unless the Congress enacts legislation before October 1, 1988, with respect to such rates. Directs the Secretary and the Commission to each report to the Congress by April 1, 1989, on the manner in which urban and rural hospital payment rates should be adjusted to reflect legitimate differences in the operating costs of inpatient hospital services for urban and rural hospitals. Requires the Secretary to promulgate final regulations by August 30, 1990, to implement such adjustments. Provides that such adjustments shall be made in accordance with the Secretary's regulations unless the Congress enacts legislation before October 1, 1990, with respect to such adjustments. Provides for a greater increase in FY 1988 payments for inpatient hospital services furnished in rural areas than for those furnished in urban areas. Directs the Congressional Budget Office to study and report to the Congress within 180 days of this Act's enactment regarding the feasibility and effect of making certain changes in the method of calculating the amounts to be paid to hospitals to cover their wage-related costs. Requires the Secretary to conduct a survey at least once every 36 months of hospital wage-related costs for use in updating the wage index used in reimbursing hospitals for such costs. Permits sole community hospitals to choose one of two payment formulas which differ in that one considers hospital costs on a national basis while the other is more hospital-specific. Makes it clear that the payment adjustment for sole community hospitals experiencing a decline in patient volume of more than five percent over the preceding cost reporting period due to circumstances beyond their control shall be inapplicable to actions taken by a hospital to reduce capacity or case load. Directs the Secretary to: (1) issue instructions before October 1, 1987, clarifying the criteria used in granting such adjustment and simplifying the process of applying for such adjustment; and (2) report to the Congress by October 1, 1987, on the feasibility and appropriateness of making sole community hospital payment adjustments on the basis of the average increase in costs incurred by similar hospitals experiencing declines in patient volume. Requires that amounts set aside for making payments to hospitals for unusually long or costly cases (outlier payments) be based on actual outlier payments made during the second previous fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to include in the annual Medicare report to the Congress a comparison of outlier payments made to rural hospitals with those made to urban hospitals.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987
Designates the week beginning October 25, 1987, as National Adult Immunization Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987
Expresses gratitude for the contributions and sacrifices of all Vietnam veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1987
Hazardous Waste Reduction Act - Requires filings of the annual toxic chemical release forms required under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to include a toxic chemical waste reduction and recycling report for each listed toxic chemical for the preceding calendar year. Requires such report to include information on a facility-by-facility basis as to the amounts and disposition of each toxic chemical, including levels of waste reduction and recycling achieved and expected. Requires that toxic chemical waste reduction practices be delineated according to set categories, such as equipment, redesign, and substitution of raw materials. Requires the inclusion of a production index for each toxic chemical waste and a list of techniques used to identify waste reduction opportunities. Provides protection for trade secrets. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a central receiving facility at EPA for the storage and retrieval of waste management program information. Requires the Administrator to collect, coordinate, and consolidate data collection requirements under environmental statutes. Requires all such information to be compiled into a data base organized on an industry-by-industry basis according to Standard Industrial Classifications and on a waste stream basis. Directs the Administrator to establish a Waste Reduction and Recycling Clearinghouse Program to include information on approaches to waste reduction and recycling and information from States receiving grants for technical assistance programs. Requires the Clearinghouse to be actively involved in technology transfer and the development of waste reduction technologies. Requires the Administrator to make matching grants to States for innovative waste reduction programs. Requires such programs to make specific and targeted technical assistance available to businesses as well as for funding experts and research and providing training. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on the waste reduction information gathered pursuant to this Act. Requires such report to include a profile of waste reduction levels on an industry-by-industry basis and identify priorities as to industries, pollutants, and research. Establishes the Office of Waste Reduction within EPA to collect waste reduction plans and information from other EPA offices on an industry-by-industry basis, administer the clearinghouse and State grants programs, and carry out other related responsibilities including improving EPA's ability to evaluate multimedia waste management practices and the potential for waste reduction through information collection and retrieval. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1987
Ground Water Safety Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require a pesticide registrant or reregistrant to submit information to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the pesticide's potential for groundwater leaching. (Directs the Administrator, upon such registration, to determine a pesticide's leaching potential.) Requires registrants, in the case of a positive leaching potential, to: (1) develop management practices to minimize such leaching; (2) disseminate such management information to applicators; and (3) conduct groundwater monitoring. Requires a registrant, upon detection of groundwater contamination, to notify EPA, the State, the owner of the property, and any other person(s) relying on the underground source for drinking water or household needs. States that if such contamination reaches or is likely to reach 25 percent of the EPA-established groundwater residue guidance level, the Administrator shall amend the registration to impose further restrictions on the pesticide's use. Authorizes the Administrator to consider the health effects of alternative pesticides in setting such restrictions. States that if contamination reaches 50 percent of the groundwater residue guidance level, the Administrator shall notify and provide relevant information to the affected State(s). Directs the Administrator, if an affected State fails to act, to prohibit the pesticide's use in the vicinity of the underground source of drinking water. Directs the Administrator to: (1) collect and make available to the public information on groundwater pesticide contamination; (2) provide technical assistance to States for groundwater protection programs; (3) conduct research activities to monitor the presence of pesticides in the unsaturated zone; and (4) enter into agreements with the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to develop information systems for State and local officials, farmers, and applicators regarding soil, climate, and hydrology at specific pesticide use sites. Authorizes FY 1988 through 1992 appropriations. Requires States to develop and submit for EPA approval pesticide water pollution prevention programs. Authorizes: (1) the Administrator to provide financial assistance; and (2) FY 1988 through 1992 appropriations. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Administrator to issue groundwater residue guidance levels for FIFRA-registered pesticides.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1987
Humanitarian Family Unity Act of 1987 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the continuous residence requirement under the legalization program for spouses and children of legalized aliens.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1987
Restores, on an interim basis, certain recently amended procedures for determining the maximum attorney's fees which may be awarded to representatives of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (title II of the Social Security Act) claimants for services rendered before the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study and report to the Congress regarding procedures for determining such fees.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1987
Nuclear Waste Transportation Act of 1987 - Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to add a new Subtitle B: Transportation of High Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel, to provide that a package design shall be certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and adopted by the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Defense only after it has been proven in actual tests on full-scale packages, (not simulated tests, tests on scale models, or engineered analyses). Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the NRC and to the Congress within one year of the date of enactment of this Act on whether foreign package design safety standards should be adopted in the United States. Mandates that as of the date of enactment of this Act, no high level radioactive waste may be transported by or for the Secretaries of Energy, of Defense, or of Transportation except in packages certified for such purpose by the NRC. Requires the NRC to conduct public hearings on the adequacy of the design standards and tests for packages used in radioactive waste transportation. Urges the Secretary of Transportation to give preference to rail transportation of radioactive waste when selecting shipping routes. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to establish a licensing program for radioactive waste transportation. Prescribes guidelines for such program. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a radioactive waste transportation route through an area designated by the Bureau of the Census as an urbanized area if certain local officials of the affected area recommend a significantly safer route. Requires the Secretary to provide training for local public safety officials through whose jurisdictions the Federal Government plans to transport radioactive waste. Requires the appropriate Federal agency to notify the local public safety officials through whose jurisdiction the Federal Government plans to make unclassified shipments of radioactive waste. Authorizes the States and Indian tribes to impose regulations regarding radioactive waste transportation through their jurisdictions. Prescribes deadlines for the Secretary's prompt response to license applications. States that funding for activities under this Act shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should express to West Germany that the United States expects it to comply with its treaty obligations by extraditing terrorist Mohammed Hamadei to the United States; and (2) any action by West Germany that involves the exchange of Hamadei for German nationals being held hostage by terrorists will have extremely serious consequences for the relationship between the two countries.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1987
Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act of 1987 - Designates as nonmailable matter any private solicitation which is offered in terms expressing or implying that the offeror of the solicitation is, or is affiliated with, one of the following agencies: the Social Security Administration, the Health Care Financing Administration, the Office of Family Assistance of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Veterans Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, the Federal Retirement Thrift Board, or the Thrift Investment Management System, or any program carried out by such entities. Allows the mailing of such matter if it contains a conspicuous disclaimer that it is not affiliated with the Federal Government and that it is a private solicitation. Establishes penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to declare June 27, 1987, as National Sokol Day in the United States, commemorating the Sokol, an association of Americans of Czech ancestry dedicated to gymnastics and democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1987
Designates June 25, 1987, as National Catfish Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1987
Federal Energy Management Improvement Act - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to revise the policies governing Federal energy management. Adds and defines new terms, including "energy conservation measures" and "performance contracting." Redescribes procedures involved in the establishment and use of life cycle cost methods. Requires the establishment by each agency of a program of incentives that uses internal resources to encourage energy conservation and efficiency by allowing the retention of a portion of the dollar savings resulting from the agency's energy conservation measures. Establishes an Interagency Energy Management Task Force to assess Federal energy savings, disseminate information on energy efficiency, including cogeneration and other technologies, and develop energy-saving options. Requires agencies to improve construction designs for Federal buildings so that the energy consumption per gross square foot in use during FY 1995 is at least ten percent less than that of FY 1985. Sets forth implementation steps to meet such goal. Requires agencies to similarly enhance the energy performance of Federal passenger automobiles by ten percent over the same ten-year period.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1987
Cash Management Improvement Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to collect a charge from each executive agency that does not comply with regulations regarding the timely disbursement of Federal funds through cash, checks, electronic funds transfer, or any other means prescribed by the Secretary. Requires the deposit of such charges in the Cash Management Improvements Fund. Requires States and Federal agencies to minimize the time elapsing between transfer of funds from the Treasury and the issuance or redemption of checks, warrants, or payments by other means. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations requiring a State to pay interest on funds from the time of deposit until disbursement. Requires the Government to pay interest to a State that disburses its own funds under a Federal program. Requires the budget submitted by the President to include a statement of such interest payments. Requires States that receive refunds of grant funds to return such refunds to the executive agency administering the grant program or apply such funds to reduce the amount of funds owed to the State under the grant program. Requires States to account for grant money made available to them as U.S. Government grant money in the accounts of the State. Provides for periodic audits of the implementation of this Act. Directs the Secretary to study and make recommendations concerning standards for the establishment of lockbox systems for executive agencies. Defines such a system as the use of locked post office boxes for the receipt of payments. Sets forth a schedule for the implementation of such a system.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Family Planning Amendments of 1987 - Amends title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act to remove, from provisions relating to project grants and contracts for family planning services, provisions allowing the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), at the request of a grant recipient, to reduce the amount of the grant by the value of supplies or equipment furnished by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and contracts for FY 1988 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for technical assistance and personnel training. States that such training shall include clinical training for obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners and training for educators and counselors. Repeals existing formula grant provisions. States that research grants and contracts may be made for evaluation as well as for development of contraceptives, and to improve clinical management and direct delivery of family planning services. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct, make grants, and enter into contracts for applied research into contraceptive development and evaluations of contraceptive devices, drugs, and methods. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. States that amounts appropriated under this provision are in addition to amounts allocated under a specified provision for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts for community-based information and education programs regarding sexuality, pregnancy, parenthood, and sexually transmitted diseases. Directs the Secretary to conduct, or make grants and enter into contracts for, training and technical assistance for such programs. Directs the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for the development, evaluation, and dissemination of educational and informational materials consistent with the objectives of such programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires not more than ten percent of amounts appropriated to be available for training and technical assistance and for educational and informational materials. Directs the Secretary to collect data annually on: (1) the number of low-income and marginal-income individuals and adolescents at risk of unintended pregnancies; (2) the sources of funding available for family planning services in the United States; (3) the numbers and age, gender, race, and family income of persons who receive family planning services; and (4) the types of services chosen by individuals receiving services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for such data collection. Requires the information to be made available to the public. Requires an annual report, currently required to be submitted by the Secretary to the Congress regarding family planning matters, to be based on the data collected.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Designates the Federal building located at 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia, as the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Designates July 25, 1987, as Clean Water Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Designates July 1, 1987, as National Centenarians Day.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1987
Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act of 1987 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the manufacture, distribution, importation, and exportation of listed precursor and essential chemicals. Prohibits the distribution of such chemicals unless the recipient provides a certification of lawful use and proper identification. Establishes exemptions from such requirements: (1) for the distribution of such chemicals between agents or employees within a single facility; (2) for the delivery of such chemicals to or by common carriers; (3) where the Attorney General determines that such requirements are not necessary for the enforcement of this Act; and (4) where products containing such chemicals are lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Establishes an import-export permit requirement for listed precursors and a declaration requirement for listed essential chemicals. Includes as precursor chemicals: (1) N-Acetylanthranilic acid; (2) Anthranilic acid; (3) Ergotamine tartrate; (4) Ergonovine maleate; (5) Phenylacetic acid; (6) Ephedrine; (7) Pseudoephedrine; (8) Benzyl cyanide; (9) Benzyl chloride; and (10) Piperidine. Includes as essential chemicals: (1) Potassium permanganate; (2) Acetic anhydride; (3) Acetone; and (4) Ethyl ether. Establishes a mechanism and criteria for adding or deleting chemicals from such lists. Prohibits the transfer of commercial tableting and encapsulating machines unless a certification of lawful use and proper identification are provided. Establishes reporting requirements for such transfers. Establishes criminal penalties for the unlawful: (1) possession, manufacture, distribution, sale, importation, or exportation of a precursor or essential chemical; and (2) possession, manufacture, distribution, or importation of drug manufacturing equipment, tableting or encapsulating machines, and gelatin capsules. Subjects all listed precursor and essential chemicals, drug manufacturing equipment, tableting and encapsulating machines, and gelatin capsules which have been imported, exported, manufactured, possessed, or distributed in violation of such Act (as well as all conveyances and equipment) to forfeiture to the United States. Directs the Attorney General to maintain an active program, both domestic and international, to curtail the diversion of precursor and essential chemicals. Grants the Attorney General subpoena power with respect to precursor and essential chemicals.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1987
Designates September 30, 1987, as National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Day.