United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1988
Veterans Services Improvements Act of 1988 - Requires the Secretary of Labor to provide in offices in each State: (1) information concerning employment assistance under the Job Training Partnership Act and the Veterans' Job Training Act, employment assistance and unemployment compensation under the trade adjustment assistance program and any other program administered by the Employment and Training Administration, educational assistance for veterans and under the Adult Education Act, veterans' training and rehabilitation programs, and services available in connection with the job bank and job matching program established under this Act; (2) all forms necessary for applying for services, claiming benefits, and resolving questions under such programs; (3) assistance in applying for such services and benefits; and (4) administrative services for accepting and forwarding application forms for such programs to the appropriate department or agency of the Federal Government or of a State. Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish and carry out a nationwide computerized job bank and job matching program for veterans, armed forces reserve members, and individuals recently discharged or released from the armed forces. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the use of Job Training Partnership Act funds and other sources of funds for such program.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1988
Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1988 - Title I: General Requirements for Parental and Medical Leave - Entitles employees to unpaid parental and temporary medical leave. Makes this Act applicable to: (1) employers who employ 20 or more employees at any one worksite for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year; and (2) employees who have been employed by such an employer for at least 12 months and for 900 hours of service during the previous 12-month period. Entitles employees to parental leave for ten workweeks during any 24-month period in cases involving the birth, adoption, or serious health condition of a child. Entitles employees to temporary medical leave for 13 workweeks during any 12-month period in cases involving inability to work because of a serious health condition. Sets forth conditions for certification for such types of leave. Provides that such leave may be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave to cover part of such leave period. Requires the employee, in any case in which the necessity for such leave is foreseeable based on planned medical treatment or supervision, to: (1) make a reasonable effort to schedule the treatment or supervision so as not to disrupt unduly the employer's operations; and (2) provide prior notice in a reasonable and practicable manner. Sets forth employment and benefits protections relating to such leave. Provides for administrative enforcement of this title by the Secretary of Labor, as well as enforcement by civil action. Sets forth provisions for injunctive relief, monetary relief, and attorneys' fees. Requires employers to post notice of the pertinent provisions of this title. Title II: Parental Leave and Temporary Medical Leave for Civil Service Employees - Amends specified Federal law to entitle civil service employees to: (1) parental leave for ten workweeks during any 24-month period; and (2) temporary medical leave for 13 workweeks during any 12-month period. Provides that such leave will be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave for part of such leave. Requires the employee, in any case in which the necessity for such leave is foreseeable based on planned medical treatment or supervision, to: (1) make a reasonable effort to schedule the treatment or supervision so as not to disrupt unduly the employer's operations; and (2) provide prior notice in a reasonable and practicable manner. Sets forth protection for job position and health insurance benefits of employees using such leave. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for administration of this title which are consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under title I of this Act. Title III: Commission on Parental and Medical Leave - Establishes the Commission on Parental and Medical Leave. Requires the Commission to report on its study of parental and medical leave to the Congress within two years after the Commission first meets. Terminates the Commission 30 days after its final report. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth the effect of this Act on existing laws and existing employment benefits. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting more generous leave policies. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations to carry out title I of this Act, within 60 days after the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1988
Research and Experimental Credit Extension and Reform Act of 1988 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax credit for qualified research expenditures by repealing the provisions that would terminate the credit for expenses incurred or paid after 1988. Revises the method for computing: (1) base period research expenses, adding a factor reflecting the gross national product growth rate; and (2) the tax credit, adding an alternative computation component. Applies the credit to in-house research expenses that the taxpayer pays or incurs for the principal purpose of using the research results in the active conduct of a future trade or business.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1988
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Mrs. Ruth Owens in recognition of Jesse Owens' athletic achievements and humanitarian contributions to public service, civil rights, and international good-will. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1988
Designates the week of October 23 through October 29, 1988, and the last full week of October hereafter, as National Adult Immunization Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1988
Postal Service Budgetary Treatment Act of 1988 - Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the Federal budget or the congressional budget; (2) shall be exempt from Federal budget limitations on expenditures and net lending; and (3) shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the Federal deficit. Makes the U.S. Postal Service an off-budget Federal entity.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1988
Global Poverty Reduction Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President to develop a plan to ensure that U.S. development assistance contributes measurably toward eradicating the worst aspects of absolute poverty by the year 2000. Requires that such plan include target dates for reaching specific measurable goals whose attainment would contribute to direct improvements in the living standards of the poorest 40 percent of the population. Specifies that such goals shall include reducing the mortality rate of infants under age five, increasing the female literacy rate, and reducing the percentages of populations below the absolute poverty level by specified amounts by the year 2000. Directs that primary emphasis of development activities to restore the renewable natural resource base shall be on small-scale, affordable, low-risk local projects featuring close consultation with, and involvement of, local people at all stages of project design and implementation. Requires the President to submit the plan to the Congress by July 1, 1989. Requires all U.S. development assistance to be directed at attaining plan goals between October 1, 1989, and December 31, 2000. Requires the President to submit annual reports to the Congress detailing progress toward achieving plan goals. Directs the Comptroller General to review and comment on each report issued. Directs the President to host an international development conference for heads of governments of development assistance donor and recipient countries by October 16, 1989, to conclude an international agreement on eliminating the worst aspects of absolute poverty by the year 2000.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1988
Prohibits: (1) the relocation of Navajo and Hopi Indians for an 18-month period; (2) the expenditure of Federal funds during such period with respect to certain lands held in trust for the Navajo and Hopi Tribes; and (3) construction on such lands during such period. Establishes the Navajo and Hopi Relocation Advisory Commission to study: (1) the problems resulting from the implementation of the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974; and (2) alternatives to relocations required under such Act that meet the needs of traditional members of both the Hopi and Navajo traditional governments. Directs the Commission to hold public hearings regarding the lands involved in the relocation. Requires the Commission, within one year after enactment of this Act, to submit to the President and to the Congress a report on the study, including recommendations for solutions to the implementation problems and viable alternatives to the relocations. Provides for the termination of the Commission 30 days after it submits its report. Provides for the payment of funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act out of amounts appropriated to the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1988
Television and Radio Anti-Drug Advertising Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to establish a nationwide program to produce and disseminate television, radio, and other mass media advertising against the illegal use of drugs and other controlled substances. Sets conditions to be met by persons receiving funds in connection with the program. Establishes the Mass Media Advertising Advisory Committee to advise the NTIA Administrator concerning the program. Authorizes appropriations. Requires broadcasting licensees to allow reasonable access to time and to limit their charges for advertising in connection with the program.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1988
Requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, which occurs on June 25, 1988. (The Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, formerly known as the Wagner-O'Day Act, provides employment and ancillary support services to blind and handicapped individuals.)
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1988
Urges the Government of Iran to uphold the human rights of all its nationals, including members of the Baha'i faith, and to restore fully the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Calls upon the President to: (1) monitor and report on developments affecting the Baha'i minority in Iran and in other countries; (2) cooperate with other governments in continuing to make appeals to Iran concerning the situation of the Baha'is; (3) initiate and support efforts in the United Nations and its agencies on behalf of the Baha'is; and (4) provide, and urge others to provide, for refugee and humanitarian assistance for those Baha'is fleeing their homelands to escape religious repression.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1988
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the low-income housing credit through 1990. (Under current law the credit will expire on December 31, 1989.)
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1988
Commercial Space Launch Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Commercial Space Launch Act to include among the responsibilities of the Secretary of Transportation, in administering such Act, the encouragement, facilitation, and promotion of commercial space launches by the private sector, consistent with U.S. space policy. Directs the Secretary, in facilitating and encouraging private sector acquisition of U.S. surplus launch property, to take into account the availability of comparable property under reasonable terms from domestic non-Government sources. Revises insurance requirements for persons licensed to provide launch services. Allows such persons, as an alternative to obtaining liability insurance, to demonstrate financial responsibility sufficient to compensate third-party claims arising from death, bodily injury, or loss of or damage to property resulting from licensed activities. Limits this requirement to the lesser of $500,000,000 or the maximum liability insurance available on the world market at a reasonable cost. Sets out corresponding requirements, but at a maximum of $100,000,000, with respect to claims by the United States for loss of or damage to U.S. property. Requires licensees to enter into reciprocal waivers with contractors, subcontractors, and customers involved in launch services, under which each party agrees to be responsible for its own damage and employee injuries. Requires the Secretary to enter into comparable waiver agreements with the same parties, as well as with licensees. Applies these waivers only to the extent claims exceed required insurance coverage. Directs the Secretary to review insurance liability coverage requirements within three years of this Act's enactment and to submit to the Congress a proposed adjustment to conform with altered liability expectations and the worldwide availability of insurance. Mandates the same procedure on an annual basis thereafter. Requires the Secretary to provide for the payment of successful third-party claims against parties subject to this Act to the extent such claims are not compensated by insurance, including self-insurance. Provides that the Secretary may not relieve the United States of liability for damage or injury resulting from the reckless disregard or willful misconduct of the United States or its agents. Exempts licensees associated with certain satellites under construction on August 15, 1986, from requirements related to liability insurance coverage for claims by the United States. Directs the Secretary to ensure that launches of satellites having a launch date commitment are not preempted from access to launch sites except in cases of imperative national need, to be determined by the Secretary of the Air Force or the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Prohibits delegation of this determination and directs the determining party to submit to the Congress, within seven days of the determination, a full explanation, as well as a schedule for ensuring prompt launching of the preempted satellite. Directs the Secretary to study the process for scheduling launches and to report results to the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should explore ways and means of developing a dialogue with appropriate foreign governments to develop guidelines for access to launch services by satellite builders and users to assure reasonable and fair international competition in commercial space activities. Directs the Administrator of NASA to report to the Congress on a program to support research into launch systems component technologies to develop higher performance and lower costs for commercial and Government launches.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1988
Homeownership Assistance Act of 1988 - Amends the National Housing Act to create a special mortgage insurance program for first-time homebuyers. Authorizes insurance for up to 97 percent of the home's value. Authorizes the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure a mortgage loan of up to 97 percent of appraised value for the first $50,000 (currently $25,000) of a home's value. Repeals the current dollar cap on FHA insured mortgages in high cost areas. Authorizes the FHA to insure adjustable rate mortgages with annual interest rate increases of up to two percent (currently one percent). Repeals the aggregate annual limit on such insured loans. Defines "first-time homebuyer" as an individual who or whose spouse has not owned a principal residence during the 18 months prior to an FHA insured home purchase. Authorizes an FHA demonstration program to insure mortgages for first-time homebuyer downpayments where the purchase is primarily financed or assisted by tax-exempt or other government assistance. Limits the downpayment loan to $7,500. Requires participants to receive financial counseling. Sets a maximum ten year loan maturity period. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize the Government National Mortgage Association to create a secondary market for first-time homebuyer downpayment loans. Authorizes an FHA demonstration program to insure 100 percent of a home's value for a first-time homebuyer provided that the downpayment will be paid within three years by an additional monthly payment. Requires participants to receive financial counseling. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to empower the Internal Revenue Service to confiscate defaulting taxpayers' tax refunds. Requires the Secretary to submit to program reports to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1988
Designates the period of July 25 through July 31, 1988, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1988, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1988
Requires the Director of the U.S. Information Agency to release to the Archivist of the United States for public distribution 86 named films pertaining to the Marshall Plan.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1988
Prohibits the entry into the customs territory of the United States of any whole lobster or parts of lobster of a specified species that: (1) is smaller than the minimum possession size required under the American Lobster Fishery Management Plan; or (2) is bearing attached eggs or bears evidence of the forcible removal of eggs.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should call upon the leaders of the major industrial nations at the June summit to act to protect the earth's stratospheric ozone layer by agreeing to: (1) deposit, by October 1, 1988, all instruments of ratification, acceptance, and approval of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; (2) immediately call for a meeting of the parties to the Protocol to consider the necessity for further measures; and (3) implement, within one year, domestic prohibitions on all non-essential uses of ozone depleting substances specified in the Protocol.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1988
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the income tax rules requiring cost capitalization shall not apply to the qualified artistic work expenses of freelance writers, artists, and photographers. Excludes from qualified expenses those related to printing, photographic plates, motion picture films, video tapes, and similar items.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1988
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1988 - Provides that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of handicap in: (1) employment practices and training covered by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (2) the sale or rental of housing covered by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968; (3) any public accommodation covered by title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (4) transportation services; (5) the actions, practices, and operations of State and local governments; and (6) broadcasts, communications, or telecommunications services. Lists the forms of discrimination which are prohibited by this Act, including: (1) denying any persons the opportunity to participate in or benefit from a service, program, job, or other opportunity on the basis of his or her handicap; (2) establishing (or failing to remove) any architectural, transportation, or communication barriers that prevent the access or limit the participation of persons because of their handicap; (3) failing or refusing to make a reasonable accommodation to permit a handicapped individual to have access to a program, activity, job, or opportunity; (4) imposing any unnecessary standard or criteria that screens out or places the handicapped at a disadvantage; and (5) denying services, programs, jobs, or other opportunities to any person because of that person's relationship to, or association with, a handicapped person. Permits the exclusion or denial of equal access to services, programs, jobs, or other opportunities to persons: (1) for reasons unrelated to the existence of their handicap; or (2) based upon the application of standards or criteria that are necessary and substantially related to the ability to perform essential components of the job, program, activity, or opportunity, and such performance cannot be accomplished by a reasonable accommodation. States that it shall be an act of discrimination, in regard to housing, to discriminate in the sale or rental of a dwelling (or in the terms, conditions, or privileges of such sale or rental) to any buyer or renter because of the physical or mental impairment of: (1) the buyer or renter; (2) a person residing in, or intending to reside in, such dwelling; or (3) any person associated with the buyer or renter. States that it shall be an act of discrimination to: (1) refuse to permit reasonable modifications, at the expense of the handicapped person, to afford such person enjoyment of the premises; (2) refuse to make reasonable accommodation in rules, policies, practices, or services to afford handicapped individuals equal opportunity to use and enjoy the dwelling; or (3) fail to design and construct multifamily dwellings (after a specified date) which are accessible to the handicapped. Provides certain limitations on the duties of accommodation and barrier removal. Sets forth guidelines for the establishment of requirements and promulgation of regulations by specified Federal entities with respect to: (1) the accessibility of buildings and transportation systems; (2) the implementation and enforcement of the requirements of this Act; (3) employment practices; (4) the sale and rental of housing; and (5) the removal of communication barriers. Establishes procedures for the administrative enforcement of the provisions of this Act. Establishes a civil right of action for individuals who are subjected to discrimination in violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1988
Outer Space Protection Act of 1988 - Reaffirms U.S. policy that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes to benefit mankind. Prohibits the use of funds by the Department of Defense or any other Government agency for: (1) the development, testing, production, or deployment of any weapon system designed to be based in outer space; (2) the testing of any weapon system to determine its capability to damage or destroy any object in outer space; or (3) the launch of any spacecraft that carries weapons capable of inflicting death or injury on people. Urges and requests the President to enter into bilateral negotiations with the Soviet Union concerning weapons systems in outer space. Specifies the purposes of such negotiations as: (1) prohibiting the development, testing, production, and deployment of all weapons based in outer space and the testing of all weapons against objects in outer space; (2) establishing limitations on technologies that could become weapons; (3) determining methods for monitoring compliance with such limitations and with mutually agreed upon prohibitions on weapons in outer space and the testing of antisatellite weapons; and (4) encouraging the effective utilization of the Standing Consultative Commission (established under the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty) to resolve disagreements and to develop limitations and verification procedures for new technologies. Urges and requests the President, in the event that such negotiations result in an agreement, to initiate discussions in the United Nations toward an international agreement to prohibit the development, testing, production, and deployment of all weapons in outer space and to prohibit the testing of all antisatellite weapons. Requires the Secretary of Defense to manage the long-term basic research on ballistic missile defense technologies so as to provide the United States with expanded options for responding to any future breakout by the Soviet Union from 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Specifies that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds for non-weapon military operations in outer space. States that the provisions of this Act relating to bilateral negotiations with the Soviet Union and the prohibition on the use of funds for space weapons shall become inapplicable if: (1) the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has tested space weapons; or (2) the Soviet Union declares its intention to develop and deploy space weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1988
Women in Development Act of 1988 - Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) to take specific steps to strengthen the Agency's women in development policy, including: (1) incorporating and increasing the active participation of local women and local women's organizations in its development activities; (2) instructing Agency staff and contractors to collect sex-disaggregated data and to insure that country strategies, projects, and programs are designed so that the percentage of women receiving assistance in proportion to the higher of their traditional participation in the targeted activities or their proportion of the population; (3) insuring that project and program evaluations include an assessment of the extent to which the project integrates women in the development process and of the project's impact on women; (4) increasing the number and responsibility of women in professional positions within AID; and (5) establishing within AID a task force on women in development. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that a minimum of $4,000,000 (currently, a maximum of $10,000,000) in funds made available for foreign assistance programs be used for programs to promote the participation and integration of women in the development process in developing countries. Requires that not less than $2,000,000 of such funds be extended as matching funds to support the efforts of AID field missions to integrate women into their programs. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress annually on the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations to be made available for the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the use of appropriated funds by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to hire private attorneys to lobby the Congress to reduce funding for legal assistance for low-income individuals is a gross malfeasance and misuse of authority; (2) W. Clark Durant III, as Chairman of the LSC, is reprimanded for gross and repeated malfeasance of his fiduciary and statutory duties; and (3) W. Clark Durant III should resign from the LSC Board of Directors.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1988
Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States and localities with approved plans and applications to assist them to expand or establish full-day early childhood development services for prekindergarten children. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out this Act, to: (1) use the expertise of early childhood experts in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) ensure that individuals administering this Act have expertise in the area of early childhood development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this Act. Sets forth requirements relating to State and local eligibility for Federal assistance under this Act, including establishment or designation of a State Interagency Advisory Task Force and a Local Policy Group. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States. Reserves a portion of the funds for specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth State allotment formulas based on a State's: (1) number of children five years old or under; (2) number of families with two parents, both of whom are in the labor force, who have one or more children five years old or under; (3) tax capacity index; and (4) tax effort index. Sets forth reallotment provisions. Sets forth provisions for Federal allocation of certain funds to localities. Directs the Secretary to make such allocations to localities from amounts that would be allotted to a State but will not be so allotted because the State elects not to participate in programs assisted under this Act. Makes such a grant to the locality equal to the amount to which it is entitled when ranked by the Secretary against other applicants from the same State. Sets forth provisions for within State reservation and allocation. Directs the Governor to reserve 25 percent of the State allotment for specified activities and to allocate the remaining 75 percent to localities with approved applications on a ranking basis. Sets the following limits on apportioning the 25 percent reserved funds: (1) maximum one percent for the State Interagency Advisory Task Force; (2) maximum four percent for administrative costs; (3) minimum five percent for grants to localities in nonmetropolitan areas and to localities to serve migrant and Indian children or, if no such localities apply, for discretionary grants; (4) minimum ten percent for discretionary grants to localities; and (5) minimum five percent for development and implementation of statewide training programs, and technical assistance to localities for training. Sets forth rules for twofold ranking of applications from localities based on the numbers of: (1) children five years old or under in families below the poverty line compared to the number of all children of such ages in the locality; and (2) families with children of such ages. Sets forth allocation rules. Requires that one-half of the funds be allocated to localities on the basis of each of the above indices, in order of their ranking. Requires the State to provide uniform allocations per child and per family throughout the State in allocating Federal funds and the State portion of the non-Federal share. Prohibits any locality funded under specified provisions from receiving less than $25,000 in total Federal and State funds provided this Act. Sets forth provisions for planning grants. Allows any locality to apply for a six-month planning grant to the State or, if the State does not participate, to the Secretary. Requires planning grant funds to be deducted from the total funds the locality would otherwise be eligible for in the first year of the program. Sets forth application requirements. Sets forth provisions for State Interagency Advisory Task Forces. Requires any State desiring to receive assistance under this Act to establish such a Task Force. Requires each Task Force to report annually to the Governor and the Secretary on the status of early childhood development programs and child care programs operating within the States. Allows a State to use an existing comparable task force for such purposes. Sets forth provisions for a Lead State Agency. Directs the Governor to designate such an agency to administer the early childhood development programs assisted under this Act in the State. Requires such agency to be selected from the State educational agency, the State department of social services, or the State agency for child development or child advocacy. Sets forth requirements for the State application and the State plan. Sets forth provisions for Local Policy Groups. Requires any locality desiring to receive a grant under this Act to form such a Group. Requires each Group to report annually to the State Interagency Advisory Task Force on the status of early childhood development programs and child care within the locality. Allows localities to use existing comparable Groups. Sets forth requirements for local applications and service delivery plans included in such applications. Requires selection of a local administering agency by specified local officials from among the local education agencies, local social services agency, local child development agencies, and local resource and referral agency. Sets forth selection criteria and duties of a local administering agency. Requires localities to submit applications to the Lead State Agency in a participating State, or to the Secretary if they are in a nonparticipating State. Sets forth provisions relating to eligible children and families. Sets forth an age requirement for participation. Makes any child eligible to participate in programs assisted under this Act: (1) in the school year prior to the school year in which the child would be eligible under State law to enter kindergarten; or (2) at age four, in localities that do not offer kindergarten programs. Permits any State or locality which has served all children of the eligible age group requesting services to use funds to serve children: (1) in the school year two years prior to the school year in which they would be eligible under State law to enter kindergarten; or (2) at age three. Allows States or localities to use funds to expand existing programs serving children aged three through five years, if specified maintenance of effort provisions are met. Sets forth family contribution requirements. Provides services under this Act without charge to eligible children in families with incomes under 115 percent of the poverty line. Requires, for eligible children form families with incomes above 115 percent of the poverty line, payment of fees on a sliding scale up to the full cost of such services. Requires the State, or the locality in a nonparticipating State, to develop such sliding scale on the basis of income level and family size. Prohibits: (1) total fees for all eligible children in a family receiving services under this Act from exceeding ten percent of a family's gross income; and (2) maximum fees per child from exceeding the cost per child of the services provided. Sets forth provisions for general use of funds by service providers and for authorized activities for which grants may be used. Sets forth minimum standards, for service providers, including maximum group size and child to adult ratios, staff training and credentials, parental involvement, and health, safety, and nutrition requirements. Sets forth administrative provisions including provisions for withholding of payments and judicial review of such withholding. Provides protection for continuing activities of Head Start agencies by prohibiting the denial to any such an agency of continued use of a local educational agency facilities by reason of selection of either to administer a program with funds under this Act. Sets forth evaluation provisions. Requires Local Policy Groups to: (1) arrange for periodic on-site evaluation of local programs by reviewers including community members and early childhood development experts not directly involved in program administration; and (2) report annually to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to: (1) arrange for periodic on-site monitoring, inspection, and evaluation of programs by reviewers who are not directly involved in program administration; and (2) report annually to the Governor and the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, either directly or by grant or contract, to provide for continuing evaluation of programs, especially on the use of nonparticipant control groups. Requires such evaluations to be conducted by persons not directly involved in the administration of the program being evaluated. Authorizes the Secretary to require States or localities to provide for independent evaluations. Directs the Secretary to arrange to obtain specific views of persons participating in and served by the programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish results of evaluations within 90 days of their completion; and (2) submit copies to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions, including rules against employment or services discrimination on the basis of handicap. Sets forth provisions relating to program payments, the Federal share of program costs, and maintenance of efforts. Authorizes the Secretary to reduce the non-Federal share under specified circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1988
Condemns the use of chemical weapons by Iraq and calls upon Iraq to halt the use of such weapons. Commends the President for his prompt condemnation of Iraq's recent chemical weapons attack on civilians. Urges the President to: (1) seek allied cooperation to tighten controls on the export of chemical compounds to countries seeking to develop a chemical weapons capability; (2) make appropriate diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from developing or using chemical weapons; and (3) intensify American efforts at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament and in bilateral discussions with the Soviet Union to achieve an arms control agreement banning the production, use, and transfer of chemical weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1988
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow both an income tax deduction and application of the foreign tax credit in connection with taxes paid or accrued after March 24, 1988, to the Republic of Panama, except for taxes paid to the government recognized as legitimate by the United States. Terminates these limitations when the Secretary of State certifies to the Congress that progress toward restoration of constitutional government in Panama has been made.
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