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United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Encourages State and local governments and local educational agencies to provide quality daily physical education programs for all children from kindergarten through grade 12.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Declares that the Congress: (1) condemns the violations of human rights engaged in by the Castro Government in Cuba; (2) urges all appropriate international bodies to pressure that government to live up to internationally accepted human rights standards; (3) welcomes the fact that 18 members of the United Nations Human Rights Commission voted to put the question of Cuban human rights performance on the Commission's agenda; (4) regrets that the Commission, by a one vote margin, decided not to put the issue on its agenda; and (5) regrets that the democracies of the Western Hemisphere failed to vote unanimously to put the question on the agenda.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1987
Commercial Activities Contracting Act of 1987 - Requires the head of each executive agency to determine (and return to the Treasury) the amount saved as a result of converting during the preceding fiscal year to contractor performance any commercial activity which during such year: (1) was performed by civilian employees of such agency; or (2) was performed for or on behalf of that agency by members of the uniformed services. Provides for reducing the total number of civilian employees and for reducing uniformed services end-strengths when the agency converts to contractor performance. Requires each agency employee or officer who is responsible for determining under a certain Office of Management and Budget Circular whether to convert to contractor performance to consult with and consider the views of affected civilian employees.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1987
Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to permit Rural Electrification Administration borrowers to prepay Federal Financing Bank loans without penalties if: (1) private capital is used to replace such loans; and (2) any savings will be used to avoid future rate increases, passed on to customers, or used to improve the borrower's financial strength.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1987
Extends for six months, from May 15, 1987, to November 15, 1987, the authority of a bankruptcy trustee to pay benefits to retired employees under a plan, fund, or program maintained or established by the debtor (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for the purpose of providing medical, surgical, or hospital care benefits or benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, or death.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1987
Congratulates Indiana University for winning the 1987 NCAA basketball title.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1987
Establishes the National Commission on International Competitiveness to assist U.S. industries in competing in international markets. Declares the duties of the Commission to be to review and evaluate existing and proposed Federal programs, policies, and executive actions that may affect the international competitiveness of U.S. goods and services, including: (1) international trade negotiations and agreements; (2) U.S. export promotion programs; (3) U.S. controls on exports; (4) U.S. barriers to trade; (5) development of business opportunities; (6) training of the U.S. labor force; (7) U.S. regulatory and licensing policies; and (8) domestic and international economic policies of the Government, to determine whether such programs, policies, and actions enhance or hinder the international competitiveness of U.S. goods and services. Requires the Commission to submit a final report to the Congress. Sets forth provisions relating to the compensation of Commission members. Terminates the Commission 30 days after the submission of the final report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Inter-American Scholarship Partnership Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to make grants to States for a specified Federal share of the cost of scholarships and higher education programs for foreign students from countries of the Caribbean basin region which are designated by the President as beneficiary countries pursuant to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Earmarks funds for such grants for FY 1988 through 1992 from funds authorized to be appropriated under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for development assistance and the economic support fund. Authorizes appropriations for administrative expenses of the States and the Agency. Specifies that such grants shall be used for payment in full of scholarships for four-year baccalaureate degree programs, five-year undergraduate degree programs, or one or two year training programs in study areas related to the critical development needs of the students' respective countries, including: (1) agriculture; (2) education; (3) public and small business administration; (4) health and related services; (5) civil and architectural engineering; (6) communications technologies; (7) social and political sciences; and (8) vocational and technical skills. Specifies that each such scholarship shall be in the form of a loan to the student with all repayment to be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to his or her country of origin for a period which is at least one year longer than the period spent studying in the United States. Forgives one-half of the repayment if the student is granted asylum in, or admitted as a refugee to, the United States. Sets forth eligibility and selection standards and application requirements for such students. Sets forth procedures for States to make applications for such grants. Directs each participating State to enlist the assistance of the private sector in meeting the non-Federal share of payments under this Act. Requires the Administrator to conduct an annual evaluation of grants made under this Act to determine the success of carrying out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Designates the week of May 31 through June 6, 1987, as National Intelligence Community Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business once every four years to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the preceding Conferences. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such Conferences. Requires a final report of each Conference, within six months from the date a Conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987
Recognizes the Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the International Association of Fire Fighters National Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987
Designates the month of October 1987 as Computer Learning Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
Infrastructure Fairness Act of 1987 - Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Highway Trust Fund and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund which are allocable to the transportation-related operations of such Fund from being included in either the Federal budget as submitted by the President, or in the congressional budget. Exempts such Trust Funds from any general statutory budget limitation.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
Designates June 19, 1987, as American Gospel Arts Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to deny the use of funds provided under such Act for projects using products or services of foreign countries which are listed by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as not offering reciprocal opportunities for American firms. Requires the USTR to: (1) determine whether each foreign country denies fair and equitable market opportunities for U.S. products and suppliers in procurement, or fair and equitable market opportunities for United States bidders, for construction projects that cost more than $500,000 and are funded by the government of such foreign country; and (2) maintain and publish annually a list of countries for which an affirmative determination is made. Allows an exception to such a denial of funds if the Secretary of Transportation determines: (1) the denial of funds would not be in the public interest; (2) products of the same class or kind are not produced or offered in the United States or in any foreign country not listed by the USTR in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) exclusion of such product or service from the project would increase the cost of the overall project contract by more than 20 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Designates the week of November 29 through December 5, 1987, as National Home Care Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Designates the week of November 22 through November 28, 1987, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Designates October 1987 as National Down Syndrome Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Designates November 17, 1987, as National Community Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Designates the week of November 15 through November 21, 1987, as Geography Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Designates the week beginning August 2 and ending August 8, 1987, as International Special Olympics Week and designates August 3, 1987, as International Special Olympics Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Designates October 28, 1987, as National Immigrants Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 26 through May 2, 1987, as National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1987
States that the Congress: (1) commends the Czechoslovak human rights organization Charter 77, on the tenth anniversary of its establishment of the aims of the Helsinki Final Act; (2) calls upon the Government of Czechoslovakia to cease its persecution of those involved in Charter 77 and other human rights activities; and (3) commends the U.S. representatives to the Vienna Review Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe for raising the persecution issue with Czechoslovakian representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987
Rural Health Services Transition Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program, administered through the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, to assist eligible small rural hospitals in modifying their services to adjust to certain demographic changes and to changing health care needs and practices in their communities. Sets forth criteria to govern grant applications and the use of grant funds. Lists the factors the Secretary must consider in determining which hospitals will receive grants. Limits grants to a maximum of $50,000 per year and to a term of no more than two years. Restricts certain capital-related expenditures of grant moneys. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress at least every six months concerning the grant program and to submit a final report at a specified time. Authorizes appropriations from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for FY 1988 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987
Designates the week of April 19 through April 25, 1987, as National Minority Cancer Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1987
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to exempt the export of any agricultural commodities or products thereof from the cargo preference provisions of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the promotion of unrestricted family visits between related people of the United States and the Soviet Union is an essential part of American policy toward the Soviet Union; and (2) the President, the Secretary of State, and other administration members should raise the issue of family visitation at all appropriate opportunities in discussions with leaders of the Communist Party and the Government of the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1987
Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the ongoing appropriations for timber utilization in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Repeals the requirement for identifying lands unsuitable for timber production in such forest, and repeals the reporting requirement on the adequacy of timber supply from such forest lands. Requires the biennial report on such Forest to include the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe the bicentennial of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1987
Product Liability Reform Act - Title I: States that this Act governs any civil action brought against a manufacturer or product seller for harm caused by a product. Supersedes any inconsistent State law regarding recovery in such actions. States that U.S. district courts shall not have jurisdiction over civil actions pursuant to this Act. Title II: Establishes procedures by which any party may serve upon any other party offers to settle claims. Holds any offeree who rejects a settlement offer and fails to substantially prevail in the action liable for the claimant's attorney's fees and costs. Allows the parties to pursue State established or recognized voluntary alternative dispute resolution procedures. Allows the court to assess reasonable attorney's fees and costs against any offeree who unreasonably refuses to proceed pursuant to such procedures. Title III: Allows any person seeking recovery for harm caused by a product to bring a civil action against the product's manufacturer or seller. Establishes uniform standards of product seller liability. Subjects a product seller to liability if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) the product seller did not exercise reasonable care with respect to the product; or (2) the product failed to conform to an express warranty made by the product seller. Treats a product seller as a manufacturer where: (1) the manufacturer is not subject to service of process under the laws of any State in which the action might be brought; or (2) the court determines that the claimant would be unable to enforce a judgment against the manufacturer. Allows punitive damages to be awarded, if permitted by applicable law, where the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting the manufacturer's or seller's conscious, flagrant indifference to the safety of those who might be harmed by the product. Provides that punitive damages may not be awarded where: (1) a drug or medical device was approved or is generally recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration; or (2) an aircraft was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Establishes uniform statutes of limitation and repose for product liability actions. Imposes penalties for the destruction or concealment of material relevant to product liability actions. Requires any damage award to be reduced by the amount of workers' compensation benefits paid. States that the liability of each defendant for noneconomic damages shall be several and not joint. Bars recovery where the claimant in a product liability action is under the influence of alcohol or any drug and more than 50 percent responsible for the harm. Title IV: Requires the Secretary of Commerce to provide the Congress with an annual report analyzing the impact of this Act on product liability insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1987
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to make permanent the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to offset tax refunds against defaulted Federal student loans.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should direct: (1) the Secretary of Commerce to initiate a Countervailing Duty Investigation under the Tariff Act of 1930 of subsidized agricultural imports from Canada which benefit from Canadian price support programs; and/or (2) the U.S. Trade Representative to initiate an investigation under the Trade Act of 1974 to determine whether agriculture programs operated by the Canadian federal and provincial governments constitute an unfair trade practice.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
Designates the week beginning August 2, 1987, as National Podiatric Medicine Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
Calls upon all levels of Government and the business and educational communities to cooperate in a concerted effort to improve the foreign language skills and international awareness of the American people in order to increase American international economic competitiveness.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Designates the week of October 11 through October 17, 1987, as National Job Skills Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Acknowledges the magnanimity of the Marshall plan and the efforts of the Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia, to continue the values for which George C. Marshall stood, and asks all Americans to rededicate themselves to the ideals which George C. Marshall represented. Welcomes the publication on June 5, 1987, of the fourth volume of the official biography of George C. Marshall. Designates the month of June 1987 as George C. Marshall Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Designates the month of May 1987 as National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Designates jazz as a national American treasure.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Declares that the Congress applauds the recent initiative by the heads of state of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and congratulates them on the significant contribution made by such initiative toward ending armed conflict, and reinforcing democracy, in Central America. Declares that the Congress supports such initiative and looks forward to the summit meeting in Guatemala as the next phase in this effort of the Central American heads of state to forge a lasting peace in Central America.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning on November 22 through November 28, 1987, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1987
Directs the President to designate the month of May 1987 as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate March 21, 1987, as Afghanistan Day.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1987
Designates the week of April 5 through April 11, 1987, as National Know Your Cholesterol Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Retiree Benefits Security Act of 1987 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to apply provisions governing the rejection of collective bargaining agreements in reorganization cases to collective bargaining agreement provisions relating to benefits for retired employees. Provides that bankruptcy claims for retiree benefits and claims arising under any collective bargaining agreement or rejection thereof shall not be limited to one year's compensation. Designates the labor organization which is the recognized exclusive collective bargaining representative in a collective bargaining agreement as the authorized representative of persons receiving retirement benefits under such agreement in bankruptcy proceedings. Directs the court to appoint a committee of retirees to serve as such representative if the labor organization elects not to serve or if the recipients of retiree benefits are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Requires the debtor in possession or trustee in a reorganization case to pay and not modify any retiree benefits under any program established or maintained by the debtor prior to filing a bankruptcy petition. Allows modification of such benefits: (1) by court order; or (2) as agreed to by the trustee and the authorized representative of benefit recipients. Treats such payments as administrative expenses. Permits the court to order a modification in retiree benefit payments only if: (1) with respect to benefits covered by a collective bargaining agreement, such agreement is rejected in bankruptcy; and (2) with respect to benefits whether covered or not, the court finds that modifications are necessary to permit the reorganization of the debtor and to assure that all creditors, the debtor, and all affected parties are treated fairly and equitably and that the balance of equities clearly favors the modification sought by the trustee. Permits the court, before issuing a final order, to authorize the trustee to implement interim changes in benefits not provided by a collective bargaining agreement, if essential to the continuation of the debtor's business, or in order to avoid irreparable damage to the estate. Provides that any retiree benefits paid between the filing of a petition and confirmation of a plan shall not be deducted from amounts calculated for claims for unpaid future retiree benefits or for any benefits not provided due to modifications, unless otherwise agreed by the debtor and the authorized representative. Requires a reorganization plan to place all claimants for retiree benefits in a separate class consisting only of such claimants. Requires that a plan, to be fair and equitable with respect to such claimants: (1) provide that each claim holder of such class receive property of a value equal to the allowed amount of such claim; or (2) provide that each claim holder of such class receive such value as found by the court to represent the minimum reduction in retiree benefits consistent with the ability of the debtor to provide such benefits after plan confirmation. Provides for the retroactive application of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Extends adverse action provisions of Federal law regarding Federal employees (concerning removal, suspension for more than 14 days, reduction in grade or pay, or furlough for 30 days or less) to Postal Service employees who: (1) are preference eligibles; (2) are supervisors or employees engaged in confidential personnel work; and (3) have completed one year of continuous service in the same or similar positions. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to obtain judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit if: (1) the Director determines that the Board of Governors of the Postal Service erred in interpreting a civil service law, rule, or regulation affecting personnel management, and that the Board's decision will have a substantial impact on a civil service law, rule, regulation, or policy directive; or (2) the Postal Service makes such determination regarding postal personnel management.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a farmer an income tax deduction for specified agricultural products donated to a State for the care of individuals adversely affected by a major natural disaster. Sets the amount of such deduction at the fair market value of the charitable contribution minus production costs for which the taxpayer has taken a deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Designates the week of May 3 through May 10, 1987, as National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Designates the month of April 1987 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the last Friday of April each year as National Arbor Day.