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United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1987
Authorizes the entry into force of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government of Palau.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987
Designates the period of June 11 through June 18, 1988, as National Dairy Goat Awareness Week.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1987
Designates the period of September 5 through September 11, 1988, as National School Dropout Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1987
Recommends that a one-year across the board freeze of all Federal spending and existing Federal tax rates be adopted at the earliest possible date to help restore national and international confidence in the U.S. economy. Urges that such freeze encompass: (1) all appropriated accounts for defense and nondefense discretionary spending with spending maintained at FY 1987 budget authority levels; (2) inflation adjustments for all Federal entitlement beneficiaries limited to two percent, except for supplemental security income; and (3) existing Federal tax rates for individuals and corporations. Provides for the automatic implementation of inflation adjustments and tax rate reductions immediately following the one-year freeze. Urges that such a one-year freeze be considered as the minimum acceptable step toward deficit reduction and that asset sales, improved tax compliance, and other deficit reduction measures be seriously considered.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1987
Expresses the sincere condolences of the Senate to the injured victims of the aircraft crash at the Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, and to the families and friends of those who died.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1987
Designates the week of May 1 through May 7, 1988, as National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United Nations (UN) and the Human Rights Commission have acted selectively and inconsistently in addressing human rights violations in various countries; (2) the UN General Assembly and the Commission have failed to responsibly address the deplorable human rights situation in Cuba despite overwhelming evidence of abuse; (3) the President, Secretary of State, and Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN are to be commended for their efforts to place Cuba on the UN's human rights agenda and urged to continue their efforts; (4) specified countries should be commended for their votes in favor of considering such violations by Cuba; (5) the United States urges specified Commission member States to support the U.S. resolution on Cuban human rights at the next Commission session; (6) the United States should take such vote into consideration in determining U.S. assistance to all countries which are Commission members; (7) the United States should continue to emphasize how other countries vote on fundamental issues such as human rights when determining financial support for the UN and the Commission; and (8) the Commission should include Cuban human rights violations among the highest priorities of its human rights agenda at its 44th session in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1987
Designates the week of May 8 through May 14, 1988, as National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1987
Declares four named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1987
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior jointly to study the economic impact of any change in pesticide regulations which may be proposed in compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and report to the chairmen of specified congressional committees on the results. Directs the Administrator and Secretary jointly to inform affected persons of requirements which may be imposed under such Act. Prohibits the Administrator from cancelling or suspending a pesticide registration or finding a pesticide misbranded on the basis of noncompliance with such Act for a period commencing on enactment and ending on January 31, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1987
Individual Appropriations Act - Requires the committee of conference to report a separate conference report for each title of a bill or joint resolution making continuing appropriations for a period of 30 days or more, together with any amendments in disagreement for each title. Requires each title to be assigned a bill number and considered separately. Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate: (1) to consider such bill or joint resolution unless each title corresponds to a regular appropriations bill; and (2) for any general provisions of such bill or joint resolution not to be contained in the appropriate title. Excludes any bill or joint resolution making supplemental appropriations from provisions of this Act. Makes such Act applicable to FY 1988, 1989, and 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1987
Designates the period of February 8 through February 14, 1988, as National Burn Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1987
Designates April 8, 1988, as Dennis Chavez Day in recognition of the first American-born, Hispanic person elected to the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1987
Authorizes the Smithsonian Institution to develop a master plan for expansion of the National Air and Space Museum at Washington Dulles International Airport that will not interfere with the operations of the airport. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for master planning activities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1987
Calls upon the Government of the Soviet Union to: (1) grant to all those who wish to join spouses in the United States permission to emigrate with their family members to the United States; and (2) give special consideration to such cases that have remained unresolved for many years.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1987
Designates January 28, 1988, as National Challenger Center Day. (The Challenger Center is an institution offering children and teachers activities and information derived from American space research.)
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1987
Designates the week of November 8 through November 14, 1987, as National Food Bank Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1987
Designates April 1988 as Trauma Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1987
Agriculture Nitrogen Management Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Agricultural Nitrogen Best Management Practices Task Force to: (1) develop agricultural best management practices to minimize nitrogen losses from all potential uses of agricultural nitrogen; (2) develop and disseminate to American farmers educational and training materials with respect to such practices; and (3) report to the Congress in one year on the progress of its efforts. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) to require that any State assessment report or management report be developed in consultation with the task force. Directs the Administrator to consult with the task force in preparing annual reports and final reports to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1987
Increases authorized appropriations to provide for completion of the Colorado River Storage Project, which provides water and power to the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1987
Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to make it unlawful for any petroleum refiner or manufacturer to introduce into retail commerce motor fuels containing either benzene, toluene, or xylene. Sets forth permissible levels of naturally occuring benzene, toluene, or xylene. Permits petroleum fuel manufacturers or refiners to introduce into retail commerce such additives at levels exceeding the permissible if the retail dispensing pump prominently displays a warning of the health dangers posed by exposure to such additives. Prescribes: (1) the size and content of such labeling information; and (2) the testing procedure for the benzene content of motor fuels.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1987
Designates the month of October 1987 as National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1987
Authorizes the executive branch to expend funds and prepare or evaluate studies designed to transfer out of Federal ownership, management, or control, in whole or in part, the facilities and functions of the Southeastern Power Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1987
Requests and authorizes the President to designate June 6 through June 12, 1988, as National Fishing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should make 1988 advance deficiency payments for wheat, feed grains (up to 40 percent of projected payments for such crops), upland cotton, and rice (up to 30 percent of projected payments for such crops).
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the administration should oppose the implementation of the European Community directive which will limit U.S. access to such Community's agricultural markets; (2) if the European Community denies U.S. meat imports based on unsubstantiated standards or standards not applied to all Community members, the administration should adopt countermeasures; and (3) the administration should communicate to the Community that the United States views the directive as inconsistent with such Community's obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to income taxation of generic commodity certificates (PIK certificates) used to repay Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) loans. Taxes the certificates based on the earlier of: (1) the date on which the commodity used as collateral for the loan is sold; or (2) the date nine months after the loan was originally received. Disallows this treatment if the taxpayer chose to consider the CCC loan as income for the taxable year in which it was received. Applies to loans made after 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1987
Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Borrower Assistance - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to direct Federal land bank associations and production credit associations, during the five-year period beginning upon this Act's enactment, to retire at par value: (1) borrower stock that was frozen, impaired, or retired at less than par value after 1982 in connection with the liquidation of an association; and (2) stock retired by an association at less than par value between January 1, 1987, and enactment of this provision. Implements this retirement of borrower stock by directing the association to issue to the member-borrower a note payable in an amount equal to the stock's par value. Sets forth the terms applicable to these notes, including provisions for their redemption by the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) if an association is unable to pay the holder. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue to a Farm Credit System (FCS) institution generic commodity certificates to offset any loss the institution suffers as a result of interest rate reductions applied to borrower loans. Limits to $2,000,000,000 the total value of such certificates that may be issued. Prohibits their issuance from offsetting interest rate reductions that: (1) extend for more than five years; or (2) yield an effective annual interest rate below eight percent. Directs each FCS bank, within 30 days, to establish for each FCS association a special credit unit authorized to review, evaluate, restructure, defer, and otherwise arrange for the final disposition of all nonaccrual and high-risk loans held by the association. Requires the unit, within 45 days of its establishment, to prepare a plan for the review and adjustment or for the disposition of such loans in the interest of assisting farmer-borrowers. Mandates that emphasis be placed on loan restructuring and deferral when the cost of these alternatives is equal to or less than that of foreclosure. Sets forth criteria to be met by an association's plan, including requirements for prompt case-by-case review of loans and for a system to monitor the effectiveness of restructured loans. Requires each bank to establish an appeals board to review an association's liquidation and foreclosure decisions. Directs the FCA to submit quarterly reports to each bank disclosing specified information about loans subject to forbearance, restructuring, and liquidation. Requires a bank, upon receiving the report, to determine the extent to which each association is actively pursuing policies favoring alternatives other than liquidation. Permits a borrower whose loan application is rejected by an FCS institution to apply at the FCS institution nearest the one that rejected the loan. Title II: Agricultural Mortgage Secondary Market - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to establish the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation as a federally-chartered institution of the Farm Credit System. States that the Corporation shall not be liable for the debts of any other FCS institution. Directs the Corporation to provide a secondary agricultural mortgage market by: (1) developing uniform underwriting, security appraisal, and repayment standards; (2) determining the eligibility of agricultural mortgage marketing facilities to contract with the Corporation for credit enhancement of specific mortgage pools; and (3) providing credit enhancement to assure the repayment of principal and interest on pools of qualified agricultural mortgage loans. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) both an interim and a permanent Board of Directors; (2) common stock; (3) corporate powers and Board duties; (4) agricultural mortgage marketing facility certification (including revocation); (5) credit enhancement of qualified loans; (6) a mandatory ten-percent contribution reserve for loan pools, including provisions both for distributions of any earnings on the reserve and for loss allocation; (7) standards for qualified loans; (8) credit enhancement and its funding; (9) the role of the FCA with respect to the Corporation; (10) exemption from Federal and State securities laws of securities representing an interest in a pool of qualified loans for which credit enhancement has been provided; (11) the granting of original jurisdiction to district courts (without regard to amount in controversy) for civil actions to which the Corporation is a party; and (12) a contractual preemption with respect to remedies upon default or terms of repayment applicable to certain loans secured by agricultural property.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1987
Establishes the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in Idaho. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands within such area. Reserves to the United States any water rights necessary to manage such Monument. Continues existing irrigation pumping and electrical generating and transmission facilities. Requires the management plan for such Monument to include scientific research. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Designates the week of May 2 through May 8, 1988, as National Drinking Water Week to enhance awareness of drinking water issues and recognition of the difference that drinking water makes to health, safety, and quality of life.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Designates October 15, 1987, as National Safety Belt Use Day. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people to wear safety belts and have their children use child safety seats, and encouraging public safety and law enforcement agencies to promote these devices.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual in full satisfaction of any claim of that individual and a named company against the United States arising out of a contract with the United States for construction of a building at the World's Fair in Seattle, Washington, in 1962.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Relying on Ethanol for America Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an Ethanol Development Fund within the Commodity Credit Corporation to guarantee loans made to finance eligible ethanol-related projects. Provides that such Fund shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Science and Education. Sets forth funding guidelines for the Commodity Credit Corporation to make certain funds available to the Fund for a five-year period. Requires the Assistant Secretary to report to certain congressional committees regarding the financial status of the Development Fund Program. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to sponsor research and development of marketable commercial or industrial crops for specific use in the production of ethanol or food for export. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from 1993 to the year 2000 certain excise tax treatment of ethanol as fuel, and to restrict a certain excise tax reduction to ethanol fuel.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987
1988 Olympic Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of gold and silver coins emblematic of the participation of American athletes in the 1988 Olympic Games. Sets forth certain features of the coins and provides for their sale and issuance. Requires all sales to include specified surcharges. Requires all surcharges to be paid to the United States Olympic Committee. Terminates the minting of the coins on December 31, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1987
Forest Users' Protection Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for cutting, spiking, injuring, or destroying any tree on land owned or held in trust by the Government. Provides increased penalties for subsequent violations or when a personal injury or property damage exceeding $500 results. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a reward to any individual who provides information which leads to the finding of a civil violation or a criminal conviction under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1987
Designates the week beginning February 1, 1988, as National VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program) Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1987
Expresses the Senate's profound sorrow and regret at the death of Secretary of Commerce Howard Malcolm Baldrige, Jr.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1987
Recognizes the importance of the agricultural export enhancement program established under the Food Security Act of 1985. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should assure that sufficient FY 1987 through 1990 funding be available for such program.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Methanol and Alternative Fuels Promotion Act of 1987 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to revise the dual fuel passenger automobile driving range for automobiles operating on certain ethanol or methanol mixtures. Provides that for any ten consecutive model years between 1993 and 2005, a dual fuel passenger automobile manufacturer shall receive an average fuel economy increase according to specified guidelines. Declares that if a manufacturer makes methanol- or ethanol-powered or dual fuel passenger automobiles, the fuel economy of an automobile shall be based on the fuel content of the methanol or ethanol mixture used to operate it. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding ethanol and methanol promotion. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare that the determination of tax to be imposed regarding methanol-, ethanol-, or natural gas-powered or dual fuel passenger automobiles shall be based on the fuel economy rating established under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the prohibition against indirect income tax deductions through pass-through entities shall not apply to any regulated investment company whose shares are: (1) continuously offered pursuant to a public offering; (2) regularly traded on an established securities market; or (3) held by or for at least 500 persons at all times during the taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1987
Directs the President to call and conduct, once during each presidential term, a National White House Conference on Rural Development and the Family Farm, bringing together State, regional, and Federal representatives for the purpose of preserving and stimulating economic and cultural vitality in rural communities. Mandates, to the extent practicable, State and regional conferences, at least one in each State, to be held as preparatory to the National Conference. Limits participation in these local conferences to participants in the National Conference and to residents of farms or of small rural communities who have a vested interest in rural community life. Directs the National Conference to examine such topics of rural concern as: (1) the delivery of essential services to rural communities; (2) the role of the family farm in these communities; (3) economic development, including job opportunities for displaced farmers; (4) the maintenance and development of the rural infrastructure; and (5) the interrelationship among Federal, State, and various local levels of government. Names the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) as the administrator of the National Conference and directs the heads of Federal departments and agencies to provide support and assistance as necessary. Directs the Secretary to assist in implementing the State and regional conferences. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with public agencies, private organizations, and academic institutions to carry out this Act. Makes participants responsible for their own National Conference expenses. Authorizes the President to appoint and compensate an executive director and other personnel for the National Conference. Requires: (1) the National Conference to submit a final report to the President and to the Congress not later than six months after convening; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Director of the Extension Service, after submission of the National Conference report, to submit annual reports to the Congress on the status and implementation of the National Conference's findings and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations, to remain available until expended. Prohibits Department of Agriculture funds not so specifically appropriated from being used for this Act's implementation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1987
Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to add a new "Title IV: Program Redirection." Directs the Secretary of Energy to select by January 1, 1989, as the preferred site for the first repository, one of the sites previously selected for characterization as a candidate site. Sets forth the criteria for such site consideration. Directs the Secretary to construct and operate a monitored retrievable storage facility at one of two specified sites in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, if an alternative monitored retrievable storage facility site has not been selected by January 1, 1989. Requires the Secretary to implement a certain monitored retrievable storage proposal and program plan submitted to the Congress in March 1987. Prescribes guidelines for site selection by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study for one or more additional monitored retrievable storage facilities and report the results to the Congress by June 1, 1989. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary may enter into benefits agreements with eligible States or Indian tribes on whose property a repository or monitored retrievable storage facility is sited. Mandates that a review panel be established under such benefits agreements to: (1) advise the Secretary regarding proposed repositories or monitored retrievable storage facilities and related issues; (2) evaluate performance; (3) recommend corrective actions; and (4) participate in data planning and review. Exempts such panel from the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Prohibits the Secretary from conducting site-specific activities regarding a second repository while benefits agreements are in effect (unless the Congress specifically appropriates funds for such activities). Requires the Secretary to report to the President and the Congress by January 1, 2007, on the need for a second repository. Outlines circumstances under which benefits agreements may be terminated. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Irving Berlin be recognized for his musical accomplishments.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1987
Requires the Administrator of General Services or the Secretary of Defense to transfer, without consideration, the United States' right, title, and interest in specified excess property on Guam to the Superior Court of Guam as soon as practicable after the earlier of: (1) one year after the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) the date when the Secretary of Defense determines that specified measures to protect the air installation zones at the Naval Air Station, Agana, Guam, have been implemented. Requires the Secretary, within a year after such date, to determine if a specified parcel of land is excess and to transfer the United States' interest in it, without consideration, to the Superior Court of Guam as soon as practicable after such determination. Prohibits any transfer of land under this Act until the land is determined to be surplus property. Provides that such land will be deemed to be surplus property 30 days after the Administrator of General Services notifies executive agencies that such land is excess property, unless any agency pays to the Administrator the fair market value of the land. Authorizes the Superior Court of Guam to: (1) hold the title to all lands transferred; (2) render decisions on claims of persons and their heirs for eligibility for the transfer of land; (3) transfer to a qualifies transferee the Court's interest in such land; and (4) determine the amount of consideration to be paid by a qualified transferee. Provides that if any portion of any property transferred does not remain in the ownership of United States persons it will revert to the Government of Guam, that the transferred land will be treated as "after-discovered property" under Guam's probate code, and that determinations of the Superior Court of Guam will be conclusive of all issues and will not be appealable. Requires that ten years after the enactment of this Act the Superior Court of Guam will transfer to the Government of Guam all of the Court's remaining interest in the transferred land. Requires that three months after the disposition of all claims related to other property on Guam which may be determined to be excess, the Superior Court will transfer its remaining interest to the Government of Guam. Provides that if any interest in any property transferred to the Government of Guam is transferred to any person who is not a United States person, that interest will revert to the United States. Prohibits the transfer of any land to a qualified transferee until he pays to the Secretary of the Treasury an amount equal to the amount of any compensation paid by the United States (adjusted for inflation) which is attributable to such land and either: (1) waives all rights to receive any award pursuant to a specified settlement; or (2) pays the amount of such an award received to the Secretary of the Treasury within six months of the enactment of this Act or the receipt of such award, whichever is later. Provides that any person or heir is a qualified transferee if he: (1) is a United States person; or (2) files in the Superior Court of Guam a claim for the transfer of specified land which the United States acquired. Requires the Attorney General to make available to the Superior Court of Guam, without charge, the report commonly referred to as the Middlebrook Report. Provides that the transfer of any interest in land under this Act will be subject to the condition that the United States retain its right of eminent domain. Prohibits any transfer of land by the Superior Court of Guam until the Secretary of Defense determines that the Government of Guam has implemented specified measures to protect the air installation compatible use zones at the Naval Air Station, Agana, Guam. Describes excess Federal property on Guam as of the date of the enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to execute the instruments needed to modify the conditions under which specified land was transferred to the Government of Guam. Repeals the requirement that the sale by the Government of Guam of specified property conveyed to it by the Secretary of the Navy shall only be for a monetary consideration. Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration to transfer, without consideration, to the Government of Guam all U.S. interest in Apra Harbor Parcel 6 to be used exclusively for plant and wildlife conservation. Provides that such parcel will revert to the United States if: (1) the parcel is used for any purpose other than plant and wildlife conservation; or (2) the Government of Guam transfers any portion of its interest in the parcel.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1987
Federal Lands Administration Act of 1987 - Title I: Purposes, Definitions, and Maps - Sets forth the purposes, definitions, and maps which delineate the areas of lands affected by this Act. Title II: Transfer of Lands to the Forest Service - Transfers lands delineated on the maps entitled "Interagency Land Transfers -- February 1986" to the Secretary of Agriculture to be reserved as national forests. Authorizes the Secretary to modify the boundaries of National Forest System units to facilitate administration. Requires newly established national forest lands to be eventually managed in accordance with the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Directs the Secretary to adopt the recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to such lands which have been reviewed for wilderness suitability and to assess unreviewed lands for their possible designation as wilderness. Requires lands recommended for wilderness designation to be managed as such until included in the National Wilderness Preservation System or released from consideration. Modifies land entry provisions to grant the Secretary of Agriculture authority over newly established national forest lands. Grants the Secretary authority to sell such lands as specified and other authorities over such lands. Title III: Transfer of Lands to the Bureau of Land Management - Transfers National Forest System lands within areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the Secretary of the Interior, withdrawing such lands from sale or disposal unless otherwise specified. Designates as conservation areas certain areas of newly established public lands known by a specific name. Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to prohibit surface coal mining operations on public lands which were formerly part of the Custer National Forest. Amends the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act to grant the Secretary of the Interior authority over lands previously administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Requires such lands to be eventually managed in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to adopt the recommendations of the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to such lands which have been reviewed for wilderness suitability and to assess unreviewed lands for their possible designation as wilderness. Requires lands recommended for wilderness designation to be managed as such until included in the National Wilderness Preservation System or released from consideration. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to require deposits from purchasers of timber from public lands. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth which, if any, other designations and uses of such lands are affected by the interdepartmental exchange. Title V: Mineral Resources - Amends the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 and other Acts to empower the Secretary of Agriculture to administer National Forest System lands for multiple uses, including mineral claims and resources. Title VI: Transfer of O&C Lands - Transfers specified Oregon and California Grant Lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Forest Service. Title VII: Severability - States that the provisions of this Act are severable.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1987
Declares that the Congress encourages all Americans to read the Constitution within one year of its 200th anniversary and strongly encourages Members of Congress, Federal judges, and officials of the executive branch to set the example in studying this cornerstone of democratic government.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1987
Designates the week of February 21 through February 27, 1988, as National Visiting Nurse Association Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1987
Designates the month of September 1988 as National Ceramic Arts Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987
Energy Emergency Preparedness Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (relating to energy emergency preparedness) to authorize the President to train and employ persons of outstanding experience and ability in connection with the activities of the Emergency Petroleum and Gas Executive Reserve, the Emergency Solid Fuels Executive Reserve, and the Emergency Electric Power Executive Reserve of the Department of Energy. States that such persons shall only be employed in advisory or consultative positions. Prescribes administrative and operational guidelines for such Energy Emergency Executive Reserve program. Authorizes the President to consult with representatives of the energy industry, energy consumers, and other interests in order to initiate, and encourage their participation in, voluntary agreements and plans of action for energy emergencies. Directs the President to prescribe standards and procedures for the implementation of such agreements and plans of action. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to participate in the development and implementation of such agreements and plans of action. Requires as a prerequisite to implementation the approval of the Secretary of Energy and the Attorney General after consultation with the Federal Trade Commission. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to publish its views regarding the implementation of such agreements or plans of action in the Federal register. Sets forth conditions for the implementation of any voluntary agreement or plans of action. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to monitor implementation in order to prevent anticompetitive practices and effects. Prescribes guidelines for an antitrust defense available to such voluntary programs and plans of action. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to report, at least once annually to the President on the impact on competition and on small business of actions authorized by this Act. Exempts the allocation and information provisions of the International Energy Program from the authorities granted by this Act. Extends until June 30, 1995, the authority for international voluntary agreements under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (thus extending the limited antitrust defense to such agreements). Authorizes the President to effectuate the transportation of Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) products by using his powers to promote the national defense whenever he finds that implementation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Distribution Plan is required. Authorizes the temporary suspension of new contracts for petroleum products for injection into the SPR if the President finds that a severe energy supply interruption may be imminent and that the world crude oil price has increased substantially as result. Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit to the Congress within one year from the date of enactment of this Act a cost benefit analysis regarding an increase of the SPR storage capacity from 750 million barrels to one billion barrels. Prescribes the contents of such report. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President is to be commended for seeking to establish among the countries in the International Energy Program a policy for the rapid buildup of strategic petroleum stocks prior to a major oil supply disruption and the coordinated drawdown of strategic petroleum stocks early in a major oil supply disruption. Directs the Secretary to transmit to the Congress within 180 days of enactment of this Act an evaluation of conditional market options for the sale of petroleum products from the SPR. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the preemption of State petroleum price and allocation laws under specified energy emergency conditions; and (2) the implementation of a State set-aside program for petroleum products under specified energy emergency conditions. Extends until June 30, 1995, the provisions of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act regarding domestic supply availability and the SPR. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress within three months after the date of enactment of this Act (and annually thereafter) regarding specified measures taken to strengthen the national energy emergency preparedness program.