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United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1988
Designates the period beginning September 15 and ending October 15 each year as National Hispanic Heritage Month. (Current law designates the week including September 15 and 16 each year as National Hispanic Heritage Week.)
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1988
American Heritage Trust Act of 1988 - Title I: American Heritage Trust - Establishes the American Heritage Trust, comprised of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Historic Preservation Fund, to provide funding for the preservation of America's natural, historical, cultural, and outdoor recreational areas. Title II: Land and Water Conservation Fund - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to invest a portion of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in public debt securities. Requires that the interest from such investments be used to provide for the preservation of the Nation's recreational areas. Sets forth a formula for the allocation of such interest income to the Federal Government and the States. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to the apportionment of such income to local and State governments. Repeals a specified section concerning publicity and signing provisions. Title III: Historic Preservation Fund - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to extend the Historic Preservation Fund through 2015. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to invest a portion of such Fund in public debt securities. Requires that the interest from such investments be used for the preservation of historic sites. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the owner of any site that benefits from moneys derived from the American Heritage Trust to install a sign indicating that fact.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1988
Designates the period of August 1 through August 8, 1988, as National Harness Horse Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1988
Prohibits the introduction of any member of the U.S. armed forces or any Government employee into Honduras or Nicaragua to engage (directly or indirectly) in combat unless: (1) the Congress has declared war or authorized the presence of such forces in advance by a joint resolution signed by the President; or (2) the President has determined that the presence of such forces is necessary to protect American lives, to provide for the immediate evacuation of U.S. citizens, or to respond to a clear and present danger of military attack on the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1988
Firearms Detection Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, assemble, import, sell, possess, receive, ship, or deliver any firearm which is not: (1) as detectable as the Minimum Standard Security Exemplar, after removal of grips, stocks, and magazines, by walk-through metal detectors commonly used at U.S. airports; or (2) impregnated with barium sulfate, or a similar compound, to facilitate detectability by cabinet x-ray systems. Defines the term "Minimum Security Standard Exemplar" to mean a firearm substitute used for testing that resembles a revolver, is made of stainless steel, and weighs four ounces. States that nothing in this Act shall require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to utilize the Minimum Security Standard Exemplar as an FAA detection standard. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing the importation of undetectable firearms. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to conduct research to improve the effectiveness of airport security metal detectors and airport security x-ray systems. Allows the Secretary, when appropriate because of changed technology, to submit proposed legislation to amend the definition of Minimum Security Standard Exemplar. Directs the Administrator of the FAA, the Director of the Secret Service, and the Director of the Marshals Service to conduct a study to identify available equipment capable of detecting the Minimum Security Standard Exemplar while distinguishing innocuous metal objects. Provides increased criminal penalties for using or carrying an undetectable firearm during the commission of a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1988
Designates October 6, 1988, and October 6 of each year thereafter as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1988
Condemns the failure of the National Governing Council of Haiti to support a constitutional transition to democracy, to provide security for the Haitian people, and to respect internationally recognized human rights. Declares it to be the policy of the United States to: (1) demonstrate the disapproval of the United States of those elements in Haiti responsible for the failure to restore genuine democratic government in accordance with the Haitian Constitution (approved March 29, 1987); (2) encourage a transition to democracy through the holding of free and fair elections; (3) promote respect for human rights in Haiti; (4) continue to support efforts of the Haitian people to achieve economic development and social justice; (5) deny benefits to the Government of Haiti until there has been a transition to democracy; and (6) recognize that Haiti is a major point for the transshipment of illicit drugs. Suspends the provision of any type of foreign assistance to Haiti. Allows an exception for specified types of assistance, including emergency and humanitarian assistance. Provides that the United States shall use its vote and influence in relevant international financial institutions to oppose any loan or any extension of financial or technical assistance to Haiti, unless such assistance is directed to programs which serve the basic human needs of the citizens of Haiti. Prohibits the extension of certain trade benefits to Haiti, including: (1) treatment as a beneficiary country for purposes of the Caribbean Basic Economic Recovery Act; (2) treatment as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences; and (3) specialized tariff treatment of articles exported to and returned from Haiti. Prohibits the importation from Haiti of any sugars, sirups, or molasses whenever any limitation is otherwise imposed on such importation. Prohibits the selling or leasing of any defense articles or defense services to Haiti under provisions of the Arms Export Control Act. Requires any U.S. Government agency to: (1) take into account the general policy of the United States to deny benefits to Haiti until a transition to democracy has occurred before taking any action with respect to Haiti that is not explicitly addressed by this Act; and (2) report to the Congress any decision to take such action. Requires the President to develop and transmit to the Congress a comprehensive plan for supporting individuals and institutions in Haiti committed to advancing democracy. Specifies the objectives to be considered in developing such a plan. Terminates sanctions imposed by this Act only after the Congress: (1) determines that the Haitian Constitution is being fully adhered to by a Government chosen in free elections; and (2) repeals such sanctions. Allows the President to suspend certain sanctions temporarily if he certifies to the Congress that Haiti is making significant progress toward establishment of a democratic government. Requires the President to periodically report to the Congress on the progress made toward the policy objectives of this Act. Requires the President to submit a report to the Congress which: (1) explains why Haiti has not been treated as a major-drug-transit country for purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974; and (2) States whether Haiti cooperated fully with respect to illicit drug trafficking. Repeals existing restrictions on assistance to Haiti as contained in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Act, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1988
Declares that the President should: (1) posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof in honor of their efforts to document the Afghan struggle for freedom; and (2) present the award to those individuals' families on March 21, 1988, the start of the new year in Afghanistan.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1988
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include supplemental student loan programs (not federally guaranteed) within the 18-month extended arbitrage period applied to qualified student loan bond proceeds. Makes permanent this extended arbitrage period (currently applicable only to bonds issued before 1989). Makes permanent the provision exempting qualified student loan bonds from arbitrage rebate payment requirements. (The exception currently applies only to bonds issued before 1989.) Brings supplemental student loan programs within this aribtrage rebate exception. Allows corporations authorized to issue qualified scholarship funding bonds to make or acquire loans under supplemental student loan programs. (Such corporations may currently acquire only federally-guaranteed student loan notes.)
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1988
Prohibits the importation of any products of Panama. Prohibits the exportation to Panama of any U.S. goods or technology, except for medicine and humanitarian assistance. Requires the President to notify the Government of Panama that he will order the revocation of the rights of any air carrier to provide service pursuant to any aviation agreement between the United States and Panama. Requires the President to direct the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) revoke such rights; (2) refuse to permit any U.S. air carrier to provide service between the United States and Panama; (3) prohibit the landing in the United States of any foreign air carrier owned by the Panamanian Government or any aircraft of a foreign air carrier that has taken off from Panama within the preceding 48 hours; and (4) prohibit the takeoff and landing in Panama of any aircraft of any air carrier owned or controlled by a U.S. national or corporation. Allows exceptions to such prohibitions in emergency situations. Prohibits any depository institution from transferring any funds to any financial institution located in, or organized under the laws of, Panama. Suspends the sanctions required by this Act for any period during which the President certifies to the Congress that progress toward genuine democracy has been achieved in Panama. Specifies that nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the status of the 1977 Panama Canal Treaty or related agreements, or the 1977 Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988
Emergency Hunger Relief Act of 1988 - Title I: Family Self Sufficiency Improvement - Subtitle A: Food Stamp Program - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the minimum food stamp program (program) allotments by one percent for the period January 1, 1989, through September 30, 1989, and by one percent during FY 1990. Amends the definition of "household" to repeal the provision providing separate household status for certain parents of minor children and for such children. Makes permanent categorical program eligibility based on eligibility for specified social security programs. Provides an additional excess shelter deduction. States that: (1) households not required to submit monthly income reports shall have their income calculated on a prospective basis; and (2) households required to submit monthly income reports shall have their income calculated on a retrospective basis, except under specified circumstances. Repeals the requirement of prior approval by the Secretary of Agriculture for less than monthly income reporting of certain households. Prohibits a state agency from requiring periodic reporting of households: (1) made up entirely of migrant or seasonal farm workers; (2) made up entirely of homeless persons; or (3) with no earned income and in which all adult members are elderly or disabled. Requires that households reporting monthly be provided with clear and understandable reporting forms. Adjusts the automobile asset limitation to reflect Consumer Price Index changes. Provides full program benefits for breaks in certification of 30 days or less. Permits households subject to benefit prorating to receive an aggregate benefit allotment. Extends the scope of program informational activities. Amends the Homeless Eligibility Clarification Act to make permanent the authority for homeless persons in shelters to receive food stamps. Subtitle B: Related Programs - Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, to extend the temporary emergency food assistance program (TEFAP) through FY 1990. Increases the amount of TEFAP funds for emergency feeding organizations. Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1993 for the community food and nutrition program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study (through the National Academy of Sciences) of the kinds of medical problems commonly suffered by program participants and the resulting special diets; and (2) report to the Congress. Title II: Child Nutrition Promotion - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude foster care and adoption assistance from program income determinations. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the school breakfast program reimbursement rate by three cents per meal as of July 1, 1989. Amends the National School Lunch Act to permit specified private nonprofit organizations to participate in the summer food program. Provides an additional meal or snack to children who attend day care centers which are open more than eight hours a day. Repeals the provision tying reduced price lunch eligibility to program eligibility. Title III: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988
Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act of 1988 - Extends the statute of limitations applicable to bringing civil actions in the Federal courts on certain claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 that were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Commission to send out notices regarding claims for which the statute of limitations has been extended. Directs the Commission to report to specified congressional committees on such claims, notices, alleged unlawful practices eliminated or attempted to be eliminated, and civil actions filed.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988
Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments of 1988 - Title I: Medicaid Coverage of Pregnant Women, Infants and Young Children - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to cover pregnant women and children under age four who were born after 1987 if their family income is below the Federal poverty level. Authorizes States to provide Medicaid coverage to children from the age of four through seven who were born after 1987. Prohibits States from: (1) imposing a resource eligibility test on pregnant women and children under age four which is more restrictive than a resource eligibility test imposed under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act; or (2) reducing payment levels under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act below the levels in effect on July 1, 1987. Requires that eligible pregnant women continue to receive Medicaid coverage through the month in which the 60th day following the end of pregnancy falls without regard to changes in family income. Title II: Promoting Medicaid Coverage of Pregnant Women, Infants and Young Children - Reimburses States, at the Federal Medicaid assistance percentage, for outreach services identifying Medicaid-eligible pregnant women and children and assisting them in applying for Medicaid coverage. Requires that States make ambulatory prenatal care available to pregnant women during a presumptive eligibility period. Alters the rules for determining when such period ends. Makes clarification amendments regarding the qualifications of providers of covered ambulatory prenatal care. Title III: Assuring Provison of Necessary Services for Pregnant Women and Infants - Requires States to submit information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, by April 1 of each year, pertaining to the supply of and demand for obstetrical services and proposed Medicaid payment rates for such services so that the Secretary may determine whether such rates are sufficient to ensure that obstetrical services will be at least as available to Medicaid beneficiaries as they are to the general population. Requires States to immediately revise rates determined to be insufficient. Directs States to: (1) establish exceptions to durational limits on Medicaid coverage of medically necessary inpatient hospital services furnished to infants in disproportionate share hospitals; and (2) adjust payments to such hospitals to take into account exceptionally costly and lengthy inpatient hospital services for infants. Title IV: Medicaid Relationship with Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) - Requires States to: (1) coordinate Medicaid services with WIC program services under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; and (2) notify Medicaid-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum women, and children under age five of WIC program benefits. Allows States to provide Medicaid coverage of supplemental foods furnished by the WIC program to Medicaid beneficiaries who are certified to participate in the WIC program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to permit States to cover Medicaid recipients under the WIC program without regard to WIC income eligibility standards.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Construction Grants Program under the Clean Water Act should be fully funded and implemented as authorized and intended by the Water Quality Act of 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) President Delvalle of Panama has the full support of the American people and should receive the support of the U.S. Government in his effort to assert civilian authority and restore democracy to Panama; and (2) the U.S. Government should formally terminate all contacts with General Noriega, should consider imposing economic sanctions if General Noriega continues to defy President Delvalle's order to step down as commander of the Panamanian Defense Forces, and should put together an aid package for Panama in the event that progress toward democracy is achieved.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to the banning of political activity in South Africa. Urges: (1) the U.S. Government to increase pressure on the South African Government through political, diplomatic, and economic measures; (2) the President to take immediate action to achieve numerical equivalence in diplomatic missions of the South African and U.S. Governments; and (3) approval of temporary U.S. visas requested by South Africans on a case-by-case basis only after consideration of the South African Government's record of allowing South African citizens, particularly members of anti-apartheid organizations, to travel to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1988
Uniform Health and Safety Whistleblowers Protection Act - Sets forth uniform procedures to protect employees who engage in whistleblowing with respect to employer activities which endanger employee or public health and safety. Prohibits employers from discharging or discriminating against any employee who: (1) discloses (or demonstrates an intent to disclose) an employer activity, policy, or practice that the employee reasonably believes is a violation of Federal law that creates a danger to the health or safety of the employee, other employees, or the public; (2) assists or participates (or demonstrates an intent to do so) in a proceeding with respect to an employee activity, policy, or practice that the employee reasonably believes creates a danger to the health or safety of the employee, other employees, or the public, or with respect to administration of this Act; or (3) refuses to participate in an employer activity, policy, or practice that the employee reasonably believes poses an imminent and substantial danger to the health or safety of the employee, other employees, or the public. Voids as contrary to public policy any waiver or modification of employee rights under this Act, except under certain settlements or dispute resolutions. Makes this Act inapplicable to employees who, acting without direction from the employer, deliberately cause a violation of Federal law. Sets forth procedures for remedy of violations under this Act. Provides for filing complaints with the Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards Administration in the Department of Labor (the Assistant Secretary). Directs the Assistant Secretary to investigate such complaints and to issue orders providing relief where appropriate. Provides for administrative law hearings upon request when such orders are not issued, or are questioned. Allows the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to determine whether or not to intervene on behalf of the complainant in such hearings. Provides for an administrative appeal procedure. Makes the decision of the administrative law judge the final order of the Secretary unless there is a petition or order for review by the Secretary within a specified period. Directs the Secretary to issue a final order after such review within a specified period. Sets forth provisions for damages. Provides for orders of abatement, reinstatement, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, other equitable relief, and legal cost payments. Sets forth a private right of action when no final administrative order is issued within a specified period. Allows complainants, under such circumstances, to file civil actions for damages and equitable relief in U.S. district court. Directs the Secretary to notify complainants of the opportunity to file such civil actions on expiration of such period. Directs the court to assess legal costs against violators. Provides for judicial review of orders. Provides for settlements or alternative dispute resolutions. Requires employers to post specified information about this Act. Sets forth provisions for enforcement of orders under this Act by the Secretary and by the parties in U.S. district court. Provides for complaint referral by directing the Secretary to send copies of final orders (including settlement orders) to each Federal agency with jurisdiction over the activity, policy, or practice alleged in the complaint. Directs such agency to take appropriate action and report on such action to the Secretary, the parties, and the relevant congressional committees. Provides that such provisions do not limit any Federal agency authority under any other law. Declares that rights and remedies under this Act: (1) are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided under a contract or State law; and (2) supersede applicable Federal laws only insofar as such laws provide rights and remedies inconsistent with those provided by this Act. Makes the enforcement and administrative procedures under this Act the exclusive ones, superseding those in applicable Federal laws.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1988
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to exclude parental income and resources from the determination of a disabled child's SSI eligibility if such child requires the level of care provided in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility, but care outside such a facility is appropriate and less costly. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 50 percent excise tax on gain or other income realized by greenmail (amounts paid by corporations in redeeming their stock from certain shareholders) recipients.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1988
Designates the week beginning April 10, 1988, as National Child Care Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1988
Designates the week of April 24 through April 30, 1988, as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1988
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 24 through April 30, 1988, as National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Authorizes the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct a statue of a woman Vietnam veteran within the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site in Washington, D.C., to honor and recognize the women of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam conflict. Subjects the location and design of the statue to approval by the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the addition of the statue is well within the intent of the law authorizing the establishment of the Memorial; and (2) after the addition of such statue, such Memorial will be complete and no further additions to the site should be authorized or undertaken.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Farmer to Family Nutrition Enhancement Act - Authorizes three-year demonstration projects in seven States to provide coupons (between ten and 20 dollars' worth) to special supplemental food program (WIC) and commodity supplemental food program (low-income elderly) recipients for use at farmers' markets. Requires State matching funds. Establishes minimum and maximum grant levels. Limits the use of funds for administrative costs. Requires: (1) annual State reports to the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) annual reports by the Secretary to the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1991 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Designates the week of June 5 through June 11, 1988, as National NHS-NeighborWorks Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Designates March 4, 1988, as Department of Commerce Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1988
Designates the week of May 8 through May 14, 1988, as National Osteoporosis Prevention Week of 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1988
Expresses disapproval of the refusal of the U.S.S.R. to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics. Designates June 14, 1988, as Baltic Freedom Day. Authorizes and requests the President to submit the issue of the Baltic Republics to the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1988
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, from March 1, 1988, through February 28, 1989, to: (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund; (2) employ personnel; (3) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services of department or agency personnel; (4) procure consultant services; and (5) provide for training its professional staff.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1988
Honors and congratulates the Washington Redskins for their victory in Super Bowl XXII.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1988
Designates the week beginning October 2, 1988, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1988
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the last Friday of April 1988 as National Arbor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1988
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the legalization program application period from 12 months to 24 months.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1988
Designates April 21, 1988, as John Muir Day, marking the 150th birthday of American conservationist John Muir.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1988
Designates May 2 through May 8, 1988, as Public Service Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1988
Commends the President, Secretary of State, and Administrator of the Agency for International Development for their response to the drought and food emergency in Ethiopia and other nations of sub-Saharan Africa, and urges them to continue efforts to preclude the onset of famine and to ensure the timely delivery of medical and other emergency relief supplies. Declares that: (1) the Government response to these food emergencies should include initiatives to prevent the dislocation of large numbers of persons across national borders and/or into relief camps; and (2) the plight of the refugees or displaced should be addressed by emphasizing the provision of basic human needs, such as food, water, and shelter.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1988
Hate Crime Statistics Act - Directs the Attorney General to include within the Uniform Crime Reports for calendar years 1988 through 1992 the incidence of criminal acts that manifest prejudice based on race, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, or ethnicity. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1988
Designates the period beginning May 16 and ending May 22, 1988, as National Safe Kids Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 December 1987
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, to adjust certain individuals' reduction in basic pay (reduced for the purpose of the provision of basic educational assistance for members of the armed forces serving on active duty during a specified period) so that such reduction is no more than $100 and no less than $60 for the first 20 months (with a $1,200 total reduction limit) that the individual is entitled to such pay. Makes identical changes to the reduction in such pay for members of the Selected Reserve component of the armed forces. Provides that, in the event of the service-connected death of an individual whose basic pay has been reduced for the provision of basic educational assistance and who had not received such educational assistance, the Administrator shall pay to the living survivors (in a specified order of priority) the amount by which the individual's basic pay had been so reduced exceeds the total amount of educational assistance paid to such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 22 December 1987
Thanks the Honorable John C. Stennis, President pro tempore, for the manner in which he presided over the Senate during the first session of the 100th Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to discrimination in health insurance coverage for adopted children. Calls upon State legislatures to encourage health insurers to cover adopted children on the same basis as other dependents.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987
Biotechnology Competitiveness Act of 1987 - Title I: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Amends part D (National Library of Medicine) of title IV of the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center for Biotechnology Information to focus and expand the collection, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of the results of biotechnology research by information systems and to support the development of new information technologies regarding the molecular processes that control health and disease. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993. Title II: National Biotechnology Policy Board and Advisory Panel - Subtitle A: National Biotechnology Policy Board - Establishes in the executive branch a National Biotechnology Policy Board to review and appraise programs and activities relating to biotechnology and to submit recommendations to the President and the Congress. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires the Biomedical Ethics Board to review, prior to publication, reports issued by the Board and advisory panels the Board establishes. Authorizes appropriations. for FY 1989 through 1993. Subtitle B: Human Genome Research and Development - Establishes a National Advisory Panel on the Human Genome to advise the Board on matters concerning the mapping and sequencing of the human genome. Sets forth reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987
Public Health Service Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to emergency medical services for children to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States, public and nonprofit private entities, and academic institutions for the development, establishment, and operation of regional centers for pediatric emergency medical services. Requires such centers to: (1) train health professionals; (2) provide for the appropriate use of bilingual personnel; (3) conduct research on prevention and treatment; and (4) conduct activities relating to prevention, including dissemination of information to the public. Directs the Secretary to make a grant for FY 1988 for a feasibility study on establishing and operating a National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services (National Center). Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to submit an application for the grant and, if the Institute submits an acceptable application, to make the grant to the Institute. Directs the Secretary, in the absence of an acceptable application from the Institute, to request an application from one or more nonprofit private entities and to make the grant to the entity submitting the best acceptable application. Directs the Secretary, after reviewing the report prepared under such grant and consulting with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians, if a National Center is feasible, to make grants for FY 1989 and each succeeding fiscal year for the establishment and operation of a National Center. Requires the National Center, with regard to pediatric medical emergencies, to: (1) develop and disseminate standards and qualify assurance mechanisms; (2) facilitate training of health professionals; and (3) develop and disseminate to the public information on the prevention of, and responses to, such emergencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) remove certain restrictions on the authority of the Secretary to make grants to and contracts with health professions schools related to geriatric medicine and care; (2) expand the authority of the Secretary to make grants and contracts for geriatric medicine training projects to include podiatrists as well as physicians and dentists; (3) require that the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education include a representative of a school of clinical psychology; and (4) add graduate programs in clinical psychology to provisions relating to discrimination on the basis of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987
Consumer Remedies Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to allow a claim for damages to be based on: (1) indirect purchases, in civil actions alleging a boycott or contract, combination, or conspiracy to fix prices or allocate markets; or (2) indirect sales, in addition to any other claim allowed, in the case of a civil action on behalf of producers of agricultural products. Entitles the defendant to an action by the United States or a State attorney general based on indirect purchases or sales to allege, as a partial or complete defense to a claim by a direct purchaser or seller based on the same conduct, that some or all of what would otherwise constitute the direct purchaser's or seller's damages were passed on to indirect purchasers or sellers. Requires that the award for a claim based on indirect purchases or sales be treble the damages shown, in addition to costs and attorneys' fees. Provides that where no claim by a direct purchaser or seller is pending, the defendant shall bear the burden of establishing that the total overcharge or underpayment was not passed on to the indirect purchaser or seller. Prohibits duplicative awards based on direct or indirect purchases or sales for the same overcharge or underpayment. Allows an indirect purchaser or seller to intervene in an action by a direct purchaser or seller based on the same conduct, if a request for such intervention is made within six months of the date of filing of the initial action. Makes failure to request intervention within such time a bar to such claim. Allows a direct purchaser or seller to intervene in an action by an indirect purchaser or seller. Directs the court, upon the defendant's request, to order the consolidation of actions based on the same conduct. Requires the United States or State attorney general, upon the initiation of any action based on indirect purchases or sales, to provide reasonable public notice of the allegations of the suit and a general description of any direct purchasers who may be entitled to maintain an action. Requires the plaintiff, upon the initiation of any action based on direct purchases or sales, to provide reasonable notice of the allegations of the suit to the United States and the State attorneys general.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1987
Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects Act of 1987 - Amends title XX (Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects) of the Public Health Service Act to remove, from provisions authorizing grants to further the purposes of the title, a reference to religious organizations in a list exemplifying support systems which demonstration projects are required to use to strengthen the capacity of families to deal with specified adolescent problems. Revises provisions directing the Secretary to give priority, in making the grants to certain applicants, to include applicants who: (1) have involved members of the adolescent's family; (2) will demonstrate innovative and effective approaches, including abstinence, regarding adolescent premarital sexual relations; and (3) will demonstrate innovative and effective approaches regarding adolescent pregnancy or parenthood, including information about adoption. Revises requirements regarding the contents of applications for grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1987
Organ Transplant and Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy Act of 1987 - Title I: Organ Transplants - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants under existing provisions for consolidation as well as for establishment, initial operation, and expansion of organ procurement organizations. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for special projects designed to increase the number of organ donors. Directs the Secretary, in making grants for planning, consolidation, establishment, initial operation, or expansion of such organizations, to give special consideration to proposals from existing organ procurement organizations. Prohibits certain grants for such organizations and projects from exceeding a specified amount in a year. Revises organ procurement organization provisions concerning organ procurement and distribution. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires that the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: (1) establish membership criteria and medical criteria for allocating organs and provide a periodic opportunity for public comment on the criteria; (2) assist organ procurement organizations in the distribution of organs (current provisions require the Network to assist procurement organizations in the distribution of organs which cannot be placed within the service areas of the organizations); (3) in addition to the existing requirement to adopt and use standards of quality for the acquisition and transportation of donated organs, adopt and use standards for preventing the acquisition of organs that are infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome; (4) prepare and distribute samples of blood sera from potential recipients on, as practicable, a national and a regional basis; and (5) carry out studies and demonstration projects regarding organ procurement and allocation procedures. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for receiving and considering from interested persons critical comments relating to how the Network is carrying out its duties. Directs the Secretary to establish, by grant or contract, a registry of voluntary bone marrow donors. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and 1990. Requires the Secretary to maintain an identifiable administrative unit in the Public Health Service regarding organ procurement through FY 1990. (Current provisions require such a unit through FY 1988.) Revises specified reporting requirements. Title II: Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy Block Grant - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to establish an Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy Block Grant program to provide drugs to patients for the prevention of rejection of transplanted organs and tissues. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Provides formulae for the allotment of appropriated funds to the States. Establishes a minimum allotment of $50,000 for each State. Authorizes, in the event a State does not submit an allotment application or notifies the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it does not intend to use the full amount of the allotment, an organ transplant center in the State to apply for the amount of the allotment not allocated to the State. Enumerates the purposes for which the States may use such allotments. Details the application procedures and grant requirements. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the impact of this Act. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize States to provide immunosuppressive drugs to individuals who have received organ transplants.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1987
Public Health Service Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to emergency medical services for children to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States, public and nonprofit private entities, and academic institutions for the development, establishment, and operation of regional centers for pediatric emergency medical services. Requires such centers to: (1) train health professionals; (2) provide for the appropriate use of bilingual personnel; (3) conduct research on prevention and treatment; and (4) conduct activities relating to prevention, including dissemination of information to the public. Directs the Secretary to make a grant for FY 1988 for a feasibility study on establishing and operating a National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services (National Center). Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to submit an application for the grant and, if the Institute submits an acceptable application, to make the grant to the Institute. Directs the Secretary, in the absence of an acceptable application from the Institute, to request an application from one or more nonprofit private entities and to make the grant to the entity submitting the best acceptable application. Directs the Secretary, after reviewing the report prepared under such grant and consulting with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians, if a National Center is feasible, to make grants for FY 1989 and each succeeding fiscal year for the establishment and operation of a National Center. Requires the National Center, with regard to pediatric medical emergencies, to: (1) develop and disseminate standards and quality assurance mechanisms; (2) facilitate training of health professionals; and (3) develop and disseminate to the public information on the prevention of, and responses to, such emergencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) remove certain restrictions on the authority of the Secretary to make grants to and contracts with health professions schools related to geriatric medicine and care; (2) expand the authority of the Secretary to make grants and contracts for geriatric medicine training projects to include podiatrists as well as physicians and dentists; (3) require that the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education include a representative of a school of clinical psychology; and (4) add graduate programs in clinical psychology to provisions relating to discrimination on the basis of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1987
Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments Act of 1987 - Title I: Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Block Grants - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for block grant allotments to States for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation projects with respect to alcohol and drug abuse and for mental health services. Changes the formula for determining the amount by which State allotments shall be reduced for failure to implement a State comprehensive mental health services plan. Sets forth requirements regarding a report by the Comptroller General of the General Accounting Office with respect to plan implementations. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to use not to exceed one percent of the amounts appropriated for the allotments in each of the FY 1988 through 1991 to conduct evaluations and prepare reports concerning the effectiveness of the block grant programs. Revises the formula for determination and distribution of the allotments. Sets forth requirements for allotment applications, including requirements that the chief executive officer of each State certify: (1) that the funds will be used for comprehensive mental health services and community mental health centers; (2) that the State will establish reasonable evaluation criteria; (3) the specific purposes for which the funds will be used; (4) that the State will use the funds for specified alcohol and drug abuse activities; (5) that the State will use certain funds to provide new mental health services and programs; and (6) other matters. Requires States, in order to receive allotment payments, to agree to coordinate among mental health services institutions the establishment of a State comprehensive community mental health system. Requires the chief executive officer of a State to establish a State mental health services planning council. Directs the Secretary to report annually to specified committees of the Congress regarding the new State mental health services. Amends title V of the Public Health Service Act to require the Directors of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in cooperation with State alcohol, drug, and mental health agencies and national organizations, to collect data on mental health and on alcohol and drug abuse treatment. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees every two years on drug and alcohol and mental health services. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to develop a model plan for a community-based system of care for seriously mentally ill individuals. Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to add a new subpart on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for grants for projects and programs that seek to reduce the transmission of AIDS in and by users of illegal intravenous drugs. Sets forth a formula for allotment to States of funds appropriated. Requires, in order to receive an allotment, an information and assurances section to be included with a State's application for an alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health block grant. Requires payments to be used to establish programs of treatment for users of illegal intravenous drugs, outreach services to such users, efforts to prevent transmission among such users, and necessary training and organizational efforts. Allows the Secretary, if in the Secretary's judgment a State is unlikely to use funds available to that State during a fiscal year for the specified purposes, to withhold the amount otherwise available to that State in the next fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 for special alcohol abuse and drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs as provided for in current law. Sets forth a formula for allotment to States of funds appropriated. Title II: National Institutes of Mental Health, On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and On Drug Abuse - Amends title V (Administration and Coordination of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse) of the Public Health Service Act to add the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention to the list of agencies of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (Administration). Changes requirements for reporting to the Congress with regard to prevention efforts of the Administration from annually to once every three years. Requires prompt and appropriate response to information respecting scientific misconduct. (Current law requires such response to information respecting scientific fraud.) Authorizes the Administrator of the Administration to: (1) accept voluntary and uncompensated services; and (2) conduct and support research training for which fellowship support is not provided by National Research Service Awards and which is not residency training of physicians or other health professionals. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (Director), to make grants for: (1) the planning, coordination, and improvement of community services for seriously mentally ill individuals, seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, elderly individuals, and homeless chronically mentally ill individuals, and for the conduct of research concerning such services; (2) prevention services demonstration projects regarding individuals who are at risk of developing mental illness; (3) planning, coordination, and improvement of community mental health services for rural residents and for the conduct of research concerning such services; (4) the provision of suicide prevention services, giving priority in making grants to applicants that provide assurances of cooperative planning by agencies and entities that are in contact with the youth in the community; (5) improving the recognition, assessment, treatment, and clinical management of depressive disorders through educational activities that focus on the general public, primary care providers, and mental health providers; (6) the provision of staff training to improve post-legal adoption services and for the conduct of research regarding the most effective models for providing and financing post-legal adoption services; and (7) demonstration projects to provide mental health services to elderly individuals, giving priority to areas with a high percentage of elderly individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires materials developed and published by the Director regarding causes and prevention of suicide to relate especially to suicide among individuals under the age of 24. (Current law requires such a focus on individuals under the age of 21.) Extends through 1989 a requirement that the Secretary of Health and Human Services make payments under allotments to States for community mental health services to homeless individuals who are chronically mentally ill. Extends through 1991 the authorization of appropriations for provisions relating to community mental health services for the homeless. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to develop and maintain an ongoing program of service research of community mental health programs and services. Authorizes the research and evaluation to be carried out through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for programs of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention and for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation model projects for youth at high risk for drug abuse and alcohol abuse. Requires the Director of the Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to establish and implement a public information program to educate the public on and reduce the incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for research and for demonstration projects related to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, including alcohol and drug abuse treatment services for homeless individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for drug abuse research and for drug abuse demonstration projects. Directs the Secretary, through the Directors of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to develop an ongoing program of research and evaluation of alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs with regard to the effectiveness of treatment methods and the cost-effectiveness of different methods. Authorizes the research and evaluation to be carried out through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for technical assistance related to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental health services. Authorizes appropriations for provisions of this Act relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome for FY 1988 through 1991. Title III: Institute of Medicine - Directs the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study concerning the effective and appropriate treatment, rehabilitation, and continuing care of persons suffering from severe and disabling mental illnesses. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Requires the Directors of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse to each designate, in their own Institute, an Associate Director for Special Populations. Directs the Secretary, through each Associate Director, to assure increased emphasis on the needs of women and minorities.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987
Student Loan Default Prevention and Debt Collection Act of 1987 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set forth provisions relating to default rates under the guaranteed student loan program. Requires each guaranty agency to furnish the Department of Education with information on the amount of each guaranteed student loan. Requires such information to be used in the National Student Loan Data System. Requires each guaranty agency to expand and standardize the confirmation reports to be submitted on the date of enactment of this Act in order to assure that such information is provided at least bimonthly on student loan delinquencies, defaults, and the change in status of borrowers whose loans are delinquent or in default. Requires each guaranty agency to provide the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) with complete and accurate data on a quarterly basis in order to facilitate the usefulness of the National Student Loan Data System. Allows the guaranty agency to enter into agreements whereby the eligible institution may make principal and interest payments on defaulted guaranteed student loans in order to reduce the default rate. Requires (current law authorizes) guaranty agencies to furnish to eligible institutions, upon request, specified information on students who are delinquent or have defaulted on guaranteed student loans. Requires that such information include names and addresses of such students. Revises the definition of "default." Includes supplemental loans for students under specified eligibility provisions. Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary to establish and carry out the National Student Loan Data System. Prohibits guaranty agencies from making any limitation, suspension, or termination action with respect to an eligible institution based on a default rate unless the default rate is based upon an average of three years' experience in the guaranteed student loan program. Requires eligible lenders or holders of loans under the guaranteed student loan program to: (1) furnish the appropriate eligible institution a copy of the first delinquency notice and final demand letter to the guaranty agency; and (2) notify the borrower and the eligible institution within 30 days of the sale or other transfer of the loan. Directs the Secretary, in establishing criteria for disqualification of eligible institutions under the guaranteed student loan program, to include provisions giving eligible institutions credit for successfully serving high risk students in the calculation of the default rate. Requires each eligible institution to maintain and make available to guaranty agencies upon request additional information on student borrowers, including family addresses, the parents' place of business, and other information relevant to the collection of guaranteed student loans that are delinquent or in default. Requires eligible institutions to require all student borrowers to sign a form at or before the first disbursement of a guaranteed student loan outlining its terms and conditions and the borrower's rights and responsibilities. Requires eligible institutions to withhold academic transcripts of any borrower in default on a guaranteed student loan: (1) until the institution has received notice from the guaranty agency that the borrower has reentered payment status; or (2) unless this requirement is waived pursuant to regulations by the Secretary because the borrower is unemployed or disabled. Requires eligible institutions to develop, carry out, and periodically review a guaranteed student loan default prevention policy and plan. Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating regulations with respect to such policy and planning requirements. Requires eligible institutions to require guaranteed student loan borrowers to submit to the institution during a required exit interview the borrower's address after graduation (or after leaving the institution for any other reason), the address of the borrower's next of kin, and the borrower's driver's license number. Requires a statement on the consequences of defaulting on a guaranteed student loan to be included in an eligible institution's financial assistance information for students. Revises the definition of "prospective student" for purposes of such information requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop and publish an annual default report to the Congress on the guaranteed student loan program beginning on September 30, 1988. Sets forth the contents for such report. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan, to be published for public comments, for the conduct of program reviews, at least once triennially, of all eligible institutions and eligible lenders under the guaranteed student loan program. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the results of such reviews. Prohibits an eligible institution, in the case of a guaranteed student loan obtained by a borrower for the first period of instruction at that institution, from certifying the eligibility of such student to receive the loan prior to a specified period after classes have begun.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987
Designates April 1, 1988, as Run to Daylight Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1987
Declares that, in celebration of Law Day U.S.A., special emphasis should be given by grateful people to all law enforcement personnel for their service in preserving domestic tranquility and guaranteeing rights under law.