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Bill· SS. 398 (100th)referred

Federal Pesticide Programs Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987

Federal Pesticide Programs Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit Federal agencies to use a registered pesticide unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that missing or deficient data warrants suspension or cancellation of such registration. Permits Federal agencies to refer to research conducted for EPA pesticide registration in developing their own environmental impact statements. Provides that registration guidelines promulgated by the Administrator may not contain a requirement for applicants to perform human epidemiological studies to obtain or support registrations.

Bill· SS. 383 (100th)open

Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987

Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act (the Act) to add to the statement of policy the declaration that, regardless of the method of instruction, programs which serve children of limited English proficiency have the equally important goals of developing both academic achievement and English proficiency. Removes a requirement that the Secretary of Education reserve limited portions of funds under the Act for special alternative instructional programs and related activities. Removes a requirement that the Secretary reserve at least 75 percent of funds under part A (Financial Assistance for Bilingual Education Programs) of the Act for transitional bilingual education programs.

Bill· SS. 349 (100th)open

A bill to designate the Santa Fe Trail as an Historic Trail under the National Trails System Act.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987

Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the Santa Fe Trail, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico, as the Santa Fe National Historic Trail. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report within one year to the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee a comprehensive management and use plan for the Trail. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 357 (100th)referred

A bill to provide clarification of limitations on controls of firearms, and to prohibit the use of Federal funds to political subdivisions which implement certain gun control ordinances.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1987

Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that political subdivisions of States which enact laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit the ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition (unless such law, regulation, or ordinance is specifically enacted by Federal or State law) shall be ineligible to: (1) use Federal detention facilities; (2) receive training from or enter into contracts with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (3) receive assistance from or participate in programs of the Office of Justice Programs; or (4) have access to Department of the Treasury records or training programs.

Law· SS. 328 (100th)enacted

Prompt Payment Act Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1987

Prompt Payment Act Amendments of 1987 - Revises Federal law to deem the head of a Federal agency to have received an invoice on the later of: (1) the date on which the designated office or employee of an agency actually receives it; or (2) the fifth day after the date on which a property is actually delivered, or final performance of a service is actually completed, unless the contract specifies otherwise. Makes Federal prompt payment provisions applicable to the United States Postal Service. Makes the Postmaster General responsible for issuing procurement regulations, solicitation provisions, and contract clauses. Reduces the 15-day grace period for payment of interest penalties to eight days for solicitations (other than meat products and agricultural commodities) issued before October 1, 1990. Eliminates such grace period for procurement solicitations issued on or after October 1, 1990. Requires an agency to pay a double interest penalty if: (1) the agency owes the interest penalty; (2) the interest penalty is not paid to the business concern on or after the date the penalty is due; (3) the agency does not pay the penalty within ten days after such payment is made; and (4) a written demand is made within 40 days after such payment is made. Requires regulations on interest penalties, in the case of construction contracts, to provide for the payment of interest on: (1) progress payments due for more than seven days, or a longer period if the prevailing practice in private construction contracts is to provide such longer period; and (2) amounts retained during the performance of a contract, if such amounts are not paid by the required payment date. Requires regulations on interest penalties to provide for periodic payments in the case of supply or service contracts upon: (1) the submission of an invoice for supplies delivered or services performed; and (2) acceptance of supplies or services by an authorized employee or certification of performance by such an employee. Requires Government construction contractors to include a payment provision in their agreements with their subcontractors which provides for payment in accordance with prevailing industry standards. Requires the contractor to pay a late payment interest penalty to the subcontractor at the rate applicable between the prime contractor and the Government. Declares that a prime contractor's obligation to pay an interest penalty to a subcontractor may not be construed to be an obligation of the United States. Specifies the calculation of time for interest penalties on discount payments. Revises agency reporting requirements on interest penalty payments to include a description of agency payment practices. Requires the modification of the Federal acquisition regulation to implement Federal prompt payment provisions.

Bill· SS. 305 (100th)open

Commodity Distribution Reform Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1987

Commodity Distribution Program Reform Act of 1987 - Amends the National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to take specified actions to modify the commodity distribution program, including: (1) quality testing and monitoring; (2) making items available in optional sizes and forms; and (3) developing and monitoring distribution.

Bill· SS. 182 (100th)open

Uniform Poll Closing Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987

Establishes 9:00 p.m., eastern standard time, as the poll closing time for presidential elections. Allows polling places to close if all eligible voters have voted. Amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to extend daylight saving time in the Pacific time zone in the year of a presidential election to the first Sunday after the date of such election.

Bill· SS. 214 (100th)open

A bill to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order with respect to Docket No. EL-85-38-000.

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987

Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order that, in proceedings before the Commission taking place during the remaining license terms of certain Idaho Power Company projects, a specified Agreement regarding such projects shall not be considered by the Commission to be: (1) inconsistent with license provisions concerning project property and utilization; or (2) imprudent for certain purposes of the Federal Power Act.

Bill· SS. 273 (100th)open

Informed Consent Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987

Informed Consent Act - Prohibits any employee of a health facility owned or operated by the Department of Defense from performing an abortion on a pregnant woman without first obtaining her informed consent, in writing. Excepts medical emergencies from such prohibition. Requires the Secretary of Defense to monitor compliance with this Act and to prepare and make available to the public specified informational materials, to be reviewed and updated annually. Creates a cause of action in U.S. district court for any individual aggrieved by any failure of compliance with the informed consent mandate.

Bill· SS. 272 (100th)open

Informed Consent Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987

Informed Consent Act - Prohibits any individual who is employed in a health facility owned or operated by the Federal Government, in a health facility which receives Federal financial assistance, or who receives any Federal financial assistance, from performing an abortion on a pregnant woman unless such individual obtained informed consent from such woman. Excepts medical emergencies from such prohibition. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to monitor compliance with this Act. Authorizes individuals aggrieved by the failure of compliance with this Act to seek appropriate relief in the U.S. district courts. Requires the Secretary to prepare and make specified informational material available to the public and to update such material annually.

Bill· SS. 264 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny status as a tax-exempt organization, and as charitable contribution recipient, for organizations which perform, finance, or provide facilities for abortions.

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny status as a tax-exempt organization to any organization which performs, finances, or provides facilities for abortions (except where the life of the mother would be endangered). Denies the income, estate, and gift tax charitable contribution deductions for amounts contributed to such organizations.

Bill· SS. 220 (100th)referred

Foreign Agricultural Investment Reform (FAIR) Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987

Foreign Agricultural Investment Reform (FAIR) Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of specified international financial institutions to oppose aid by these institutions for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral unless the Secretary: (1) determines that such commodity or mineral is not in surplus on world markets; (2) certifies that there is sufficient assistance for such project from other sources so that the project is economically viable; (3) determines that such assistance does not constitute a subsidy as defined by specified provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and (4) submits to the Congress a report justifying such determinations. Requires that, if an international financial institution approves financial assistance for a project that the United States opposes pursuant to this Act, the Secretary shall not agree to any increase in the capital share of that institution, any replenishment of funding for that institution, or the issuance of any letter of credit by that institution either in the United States or denominated in U.S. currency, until the institution agrees that no future assistance will be proposed which would require U.S. opposition pursuant to this Act. Reduces U.S. contributions to an international financial institution in amounts that are proportionate with the assistance provided by such institution for projects which require U.S. opposition pursuant to this Act. Requires any funds withheld from such contributions to be used to reduce the public debt. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the President to provide economic assistance for commodity import programs for a foreign country if the needs of such country and of the United States would be better met through such programs rather than through cash transfers. Requires each country receiving a cash transfer to use such transfer, whenever practicable, to pay for U.S. goods or for services performed by a U.S. national.

Bill· SS. 143 (100th)open

Compassionate Pain Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987

Compassionate Pain Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 60-month program under which parenteral diacetylmorphine shall be made available through hospital and other prescribed pharmacies for the relief of pain from terminal cancer (as defined by this Act). Directs the Secretary to provide for the manufacture of such drug. Permits physicians registered under the Controlled Substances Act to prescribe such drug. States that for purposes of such program the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and titles II and III of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 shall not apply with respect to: (1) the importing of opium; and (2) the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of parenteral diacetylmorphine. Requires: (1) the Secretary to make program reports to specified congressional committees; and (2) the Comptroller General of the United States to make a program report to such committees 56 months after the program is established. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees concerning: (1) the extent of research activities in the management of pain which have received funds through the National Institutes of Health; (2) the ways in which the Federal Government supports the training of health personnel in pain management; and (3) recommendations for expanding and improving the training of health personnel in pain management. Permits the Secretary at any time six months after implementation of the program to modify or terminate the program.

Bill· SS. 65 (100th)referred

A bill entitled the "Highway Speed Modification Act of 1987".

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987

Amends Federal law relating to maximum speed limits on any public highway to direct the Secretary of Transportation to disapprove State highway projects seeking Federal proportional contribution if: (1) such highways have a maximum speed limit in any urbanized area (currently, any State public highway) exceeding 55 miles an hour; and (2) the maximum speed limit on any other public highway in the requesting State exceeds 65 miles per hour. Directs the Secretary to reduce the Federal-aid highway funds apportioned to a State if data submitted by such State indicates that the percentage of motor vehicles exceeding 55 miles an hour in any urbanized area (currently, any area) is greater than 50 percent.

Bill· SS. 2925 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize protective force personnel who guard the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or its storage and related facilities to carry firearms while discharging their official duties and in certain instances to make arrests without warrant; to establish the offense of trespass on property of the Stategic Petroleum Reserve; and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1986

Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize security personnel of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to carry firearms and make warrantless arrests under guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Energy (with the concurrence of the Attorney General). Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations relating to entry upon SPR property and bringing dangerous instruments or materials into such property. Declares that violations of such regulations shall be deemed misdemeanors, punishable by either a fine or prisonment or both.

Bill· SS. 2921 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Public Law 99-396 exception to the Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1986

Amends Federal law to prohibit reduction by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) of economic development funds paid into the treasuries of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to specified Federal laws.

Bill· SS. 2902 (99th)referred

A bill entitled the "Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1986".

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1986

Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to require the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to promulgate regulations relating to the exchange of land or land interests, including the timing of appraisals and the submission of appraisals in disagreement to binding arbitration. Requires regulations governing appraisals to reflect nationally recognized appraisal standards and the differences between acquisition appraisals and transfer appraisals. Permits each Secretary to exchange land or interests of approximately equal value if to do so would be in the public interest and expedite the exchange. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1997 for land exchange activities. States that lands acquired through exchange shall be given the same status as the Federal lands exchanged for such lands. States that the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act shall remain unaffected by this Act.

Bill· SS. 2899 (99th)referred

Farm Credit System Interest Reduction Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1986

Farm Credit System Interest Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Farm Credit Assistance and Interest Reduction - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make loans to Farm Credit System (FCS) institutions to: (1) remove high-cost bonds from the FCS's portfolio; and (2) retire or restructure nonaccruing FCS-held loans. Provides for borrower interest rate reductions. Title II: Rights of Borrowers - Sets forth borrower rights relating to: (1) access to files and related information; (2) bank mergers; (3) district board election; and (4) financial disclosure by FCS officials. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a feasibility study regarding the return of the FCS to local control. Title III: Independent Interest Rate-Setting Authority - Repeals Farm Credit Administration rate-setting authority. Title IV: Funding for Farm Credit Assistance - Repeals: (1) the Legal Services Corporation Act; and (2) the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. Withholds from obligation and expenditure specified funds from the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to: (1) population planning; (2) voluntary United Nations contributions; and (3) foreign aid to non-Camp David countries.

Bill· SS. 2894 (99th)referred

A bill to ratify the agreement between the State of Idaho and the Idaho Power Company dated October 25, 1984.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1986

Ratifies an agreement between the State of Idaho and the Idaho Power Company dated October 25, 1984, regarding electric utility water rights in the Snake River Basin. Deems such agreement to be in accordance with the requirements for issuance of a license under the Federal Power Act. Declares that Federal or Indian reserved water rights in the Snake River Basin are not affected by this Act.

Bill· SS. 2857 (99th)referred

Oil and Gas Production Revitalization Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1986

Oil and Gas Production Revitalization Act - Title I: Oil Provisions - Repeals the windfall profit tax provisions regarding domestic crude oil. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to assure that at least 50 percent (by volume) of petroleum products acquired for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during each fiscal year are derived from domestic crude oil production (if such products can be acquired at prices no less favorable to the United States than the price of comparable foreign petroleum products). Urges the administration to increase the exploration and development of domestic energy resources. Urges the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) immediately undertake a feasibility study regarding the national security effects and implications of current and projected levels of petroleum imports into the United States; and (2) analyze the economic impact of export restrictions on oilfield equipment and drilling technology, with special emphasis upon the effect of such restrictions on employment and growth of the U.S. economy. Title II: Natural Gas Provisions - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to: (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Act of 1978 to: (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations against the use of natural gas and petroleum as primary energy sources; and (3) repeal the guidelines for the emergency use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source by any person operating a peakload powerplant or a major fuel-burning installation. Revokes the authority of the Secretary of Energy to require any major fuel-burning installation to furnish certain information regarding the use of primary energy sources of fuel. Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to repeal the natural gas incremental pricing provisions. States that incremental pricing rules promulgated by the Commission shall continue in effect only with respect to the flow-through of costs incurred before enactment of this Act, including any surcharges based on such costs. Exempts from Federal or State antitrust laws any actions taken by independent producers' cooperative associations to market certain natural gas released for sale under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. Directs the Commission to consider the full cost of the purchased gas when ascertaining whether any amount paid in any natural gas purchase for resale is just and reasonable. Title III: Regulatory Reform Provisions - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a specified waste disposal study regarding crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy, with the participation of the Secretaries of Energy and of the Interior, as well as representatives of the affected industries, and of the State agencies that regulate these industries. Revises the deadline for the completion of such report from October 21, 1982, to January 1, 1989. Modifies the types of storage containers which are exempt from the definition of "underground storage tank" under the Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) fundamentally different factors variances should be available for any facility subject to national effluent limitation guidelines; (2) certain recycling regulations regarding "mixture" and "derived from" should not be invoked to curtail petroleum industry recycling activities designed to conserve resources when there is no information to demonstrate that such activities threaten human health or the environment; (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should encourage continued use of land treatment for petroleum waste; and (4) the full cost method of accounting for oil and gas operations should continue to be recognized as an acceptable financial accounting practice.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 491 (99th)open

A resolution calling for a strong response to the Daniloff arrest.

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1986

States that the Senate: (1) declares that the Soviet action in imprisoning and falsely charging U.S. foreign correspondent Nicholas Daniloff reflects the failure of the Soviet Union to observe internationally recognized human rights and to be committed to any international agreements, including arms control agreements; (2) urges the President to continue his demands for the unconditional release of Nicholas Daniloff and condition his agreement to a summit meeting with General Secretary Gorbachev on the prompt return of Mr. Daniloff; (3) urges the President to limit discussions on arms control issues with the Soviet Union, and to refrain from concluding any arms control agreements with the Soviets, until they release Mr. Daniloff and demonstrate a willingness to observe basic standards of international conduct; (4) declares that the Senate should not ratify any arms control agreement with the Soviet Union, or new economic or commercial agreements, until Mr. Daniloff departs the Soviet Union; and (5) calls on the President to demand in his September 22 speech to the United Nations that the Soviet Union remove its spies from the United Nations and end its violations of the United Nations Charter.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 487 (99th)passed

A resolution condemning the recent acts of terrorism in Pakistan and Turkey.

United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1986

Declares that the Senate: (1) condemns the most recent terrorist acts in Karachi, Pakistan, and Istanbul, Turkey, and offers its condolences to the victims and to their families; (2) declares that international terrorism is a scourge and that all civilized nations should combat it; (3) urges close international cooperation in the prosecution and punishment of those responsible for such acts; and (4) urges the President to take specified actions to combat terrorism.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 486 (99th)passed

A resolution relating to the arrest of U.S. correspondent Nicholas Daniloff.

United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1986

Declares that the Senate: (1) condemns the Soviet Union for the arrest and indictment of U.S. foreign correspondent Nicholas Daniloff and demands his immediate and unconditional release; (2) expresses its concern that the Soviet Union's failure to resolve this matter threatens to undermine U.S.-Soviet relations and jeopardizes the summit meeting between President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev; and (3) urges that all news gathering organizations that provide support to Soviet news organizations should consider appropriate actions to demand Daniloff's release.

Bill· SS. 2735 (99th)referred

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federal Relations Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federal Relations Act - Provides that the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth) shall be represented in the Congress by a nonvoting Resident Representative. Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to designate as land-grant colleges established for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts: (1) the Community College of American Samoa; (2) the College of Micronesia; and (3) an institution designated by the legislature of the Commonwealth. Authorizes appropriations (in lieu of the usual donation of public land) to the Commonwealth and American Samoa for the endowment of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. Amends the Education Amendments of 1980 to require that any provision of an Act of the Congress that relates to the operation or provision of assistance to a land-grant college in the Virgin Islands or Guam shall also apply to land grant colleges in American Samoa and the Commonwealth. Amends the Second Morrill Act to authorize appropriations annually to the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth in amounts which they would receive under such Act if they were States. Increases the annual appropriation of additional funds for the endowment and support of the colleges in Guam. Amends the Smith-Lever Act to appropriate similar funds to the Commonwealth. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for cooperative extension work by colleges in the Commonwealth. Includes the Commonwealth within the definition of the term "State." Provides that specified provisions of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 shall not apply to the Northern Marianas College. Amends the Hatch Act of 1887 to authorize appropriations to the Commonwealth for agricultural research. Sets forth specified provisions relating to the status of immediate relatives of citizens of the Commonwealth as citizens of the United States. Amends Federal armed forces law to provide for the appointment of one cadet from the Commonwealth to the service academies. Entitles the Representative to the United States for the Commonwealth to nominate a candidate and nine alternatives for each cadet vacancy that is available to him. Amends specified Federal banking laws to include the Commonwealth within the provisions of such laws. Declares that the Commonwealth upon the termination of a specified United Nations Trusteeship Agreement will become self-governing pursuant to its Covenant with the United States. Obligates the United States to protect the coastlines and ocean areas of the Commonwealth. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940, specified Federal consumer law, the Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, and the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to include the Commonwealth within the provisions of such laws. Provides that the Commonwealth shall be considered as part of the United States for purposes of the American Fisheries Promotion Act and other specified Federal laws relating to fishery trade. Requires the Secretary of State, upon the request of the Commonwealth, to initiate and conduct negotiations for the purpose of entering into one or more international fisheries agreements for the conservation and management of highly migratory species of fish (tuna) within the fishery conservation zone of the Commonwealth. Amends Federal criminal law to exempt the Commonwealth from specified criminal customs law relating to the importation or exportation of certain goods into or from the Commonwealth. Repeals Federal criminal law relating to the exportation of arms, liquors, and narcotics to the Pacific Islands. Amends Federal criminal law to set forth penalties for the killing of officers and employees of the Government of the Commonwealth. Provides for the operation (and advertisement) of certain lotteries in the Commonwealth. Amends Federal criminal law to authorize officers and employees of the Government of the Commonwealth to board any vessel that enters a port of the Commonwealth. Amends specified criminal laws to include the Commonwealth within the provisions of such laws. Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to the Commonwealth for postsecondary educational needs. Sets forth specified conditions with respect to such grants. Requires the Secretary of State to issue special temporary U.S. passports to citizens of the Commonwealth. Amends specified Federal law relating to money and finance to include the Commonwealth within the provisions of such laws. Provides that any construction of bridges or dams over or in any river ways in the Commonwealth must have the consent of the Congress. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, and the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act to allow certain actions that occur in the Commonwealth to be brought in the District Court for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Amends specified Federal law to allow the mailing within the Commonwealth of equipment, tickets, or materials concerning qualified lotteries conducted in the Commonwealth. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive certain requirements with respect to medical assistance programs in the Commonwealth. Provides that the United States conveys to the Commonwealth all rights, title, and interest it may have in submerged lands within the Commonwealth. Amends Federal law relating to the distribution of Government publications to depository libraries to include the Commonwealth within such laws. Authorizes the Governor of the Commonwwealth to enforce or execute in the Commonwealth any Federal laws that are applicable to the Commonwealth.