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Bill· SS. 1280 (100th)referred

Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1987

Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act of 1987 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish an initiative to increase the sale of U.S.-made auto parts to Japanese markets in Japan, in the United States, and in third markets. Sets forth specified actions the Secretary should take to achieve such increase in sales. Directs the Secretary to establish a Special Industry Advisory Committee on Auto Parts Sales in Japan. Sets forth the functions of the Committee, including to: (1) report to the Secretary on Japanese barriers to sales of U.S. auto parts in Japanese markets; (2) advise the Secretary during consultation with Japan on issues concerning such sales; and (3) report annually to the Congress on the progress of such U.S. sales to Japan.

Bill· SS. 1256 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the reimbursement to State and local law enforcement agencies of costs incurred in investigations which substantially contribute to the recovery of Federal taxes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reimburse costs of pertinent investigations of State and local law enforcement agencies that provide information which substantially contributes to the recovery of Federal taxes. Includes as reimbursable costs: (1) reasonable expenses; (2) per diem expenses; and (3) salaries and overtime compensation. Limits the amount of such reimbursement to ten percent of the sum ultimately recovered. Directs the IRS to maintain records of information provided by State and local law enforcement agencies and to notify them when their information results in a tax recovery. Directs that ten percent of any amount recovered as the result of information offered by such governmental units be deposited in a separate account, to be used for payments to the eligible law enforcement agencies, with any surplus to be withdrawn and deposited in the Treasury as internal revenue collections.

Bill· SS. 1251 (100th)referred

National Quality Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987

National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish a National Quality Award, to be evidenced by a medal. Directs the President (on the basis of recommendations received from the Secretary of Commerce) or the Secretary of Commerce to periodically make the award to companies and other organizations which have substantially benefited the economic or social well-being of the United States through improvements in the quality of their goods and services resulting from the effective practice of quality management. Sets forth categories in which the award may be given and qualification criteria. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board of overseers to make suggestions for improvements in the award process. Directs the Director of the National Bureau of Standards to provide information about the awards and about the successful quality improvement strategies and programs of the award winners to all participants and to other appropriate groups. Provides that funding for the award program shall be through gifts from public and private sources and fees imposed upon organizations applying for the award. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a report on the progress, findings, and conclusions of activities conducted with respect to the award, along with recommendations for possible modifications.

Bill· SS. 1250 (100th)open

Criminal and Juvenile Justice Partnership Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987

Criminal and Juvenile Justice Partnership Act of 1987 - Title I: Drug Law Enforcement - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out program grants for drug law enforcement. Prohibits the distribution of grant funds to recipients who have been provided such funds for four years. Title II: Juvenile Justice - Subtitle A: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Reauthorization - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Subtitle B: Runaway and Homeless Youth Act Reauthorization - Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Subtitle C: Missing Children's Assistance Act Reauthorization - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Title III: Law Enforcement - Subtitle A: Justice Assistance Act Reauthorization - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out the functions of the: (1) Bureau of Justice Statistics; (2) National Institute of Justice; (3) Bureau of Justice Assistance; and (4) Office of Justice Programs. Subtitle B: Criminal and Juvenile Justice Family Violence Prevention Act of 1987 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice Family Violence Prevention Act of 1987 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States for the purpose of improving the criminal justice system's response to domestic and family violence. Directs the Attorney General to include in the uniform crime reports data that indicates the age of the victim and the relationship of the victim to the offender for specified crimes. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect and publish data that more accurately measures the extent of domestic violence in America. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1992 for such purposes. Subtitle C: Multijurisdiction Criminal Conspiracy Information and Targeting Grants - Establishes a multijurisdiction criminal conspiracy information and targeting grant program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out such program. Subtitle D: Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Improvement - Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the basic level of public safety officers' death benefits, and provides for annual adjustment of the benefits level. Removes the requirement that parent beneficiaries be dependents. Authorizes the use of appropriated funds to assist the families of public safety officers who have died in the line of duty. Subtitle E: Criminal Justice Information Improvement - Criminal Justice Information Improvement Act of 1987 - Establishes a grant program to improve criminal justice information compiled and maintained by States and local criminal justice agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out such program. Subtitle F: College and Railroad Police Information - Amends the Federal judicial code to direct the Attorney General to exchange criminal records and information with railroad and college police departments. Subtitle G: The Racial and Religious Violence Information - Directs the Attorney General to include in the uniform crime reports information regarding crimes: (1) involving religious property; and (2) committed to express racial, ethnic, or religious prejudice. Subtitle H: Victim Compensation and Assistance - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to allow deposits to be made into the Crime Victims Fund through September 30, 1992. Title IV: Assistance to State and Local Courts - Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 to carry out the purposes of such Act. Title V: National Academy of Sciences - Directs the Attorney General to provide for a study, to be conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, of policies and programs at the State and local levels to reduce violent and property crime by drug users. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 1246 (100th)referred

A bill to authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey property to the Museum of the American Indian, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987

Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey to the Museum of the American Indian the Old United States Custom House in New York, New York. Requires the deed of conveyance to provide that: (1) the property shall be used by the Museum of the American Indian solely as a museum to preserve the customs and history of North and South American Indians and that it will revert to the United States if not used for that purpose; (2) the Museum shall maintain a branch in New York, New York; (3) the Museum shall maintain the historic architectural character of the site and give the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation an opportunity to comment on any renovations or alterations; (4) the Museum may not use the property as security for any obligation; and (5) the Administrator shall retain air rights and developmental rights associated with the property. Reserves to the United States the right of occupancy to the fifth and sixth floors of such property until the Federal courts at Foley Square receive suitable permanent accommodations. Requires the Museum to operate the property in a manner that will insure adequate services for the Federal courts. Requires the Museum, before making any major renovations to the property, to submit the plans to an architectural engineering firm selected by the Administrator and receive the Administrator's approval.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 217 (100th)open

A resolution regarding Soviet participation in a Middle East Peace Conference.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Soviet Union should not be considered as a possible participant in any conference concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict unless the Soviet Union has first: (1) re-established diplomatic relations with Israel at the ambassadorial level; (2) publicly re-affirmed its acceptance of specified United Nations resolutions concerning the recognition of Israel; (3) substantially increased and maintained the number of exit visas granted to Jewish individuals and families within the Soviet Union who have applied for emigration to Israel. States that if such conditions are met, Soviet participation shall require the approval and joint invitation of the Governments of Egypt, Israel, and Jordan.

Bill· SS. 1220 (100th)open

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research and Information Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1987

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education, Information, Risk Reduction, Training, Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Research Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (Director), to prepare and transmit to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a comprehensive national plan containing specified elements relating to education, information, and risk reduction activities concerning AIDS. Directs the Secretary to submit to the committees each year for the next ten years a revision of the plan. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director, to make grants to States for the development, implementation, or expansion of State plans for education, information, risk reduction, and other activities relating to AIDS. Requires States, in order to receive grants, to submit an application with specified contents. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to States relating to these grants. Directs the Secretary to make grants to local governments and public and private nonprofit entities for development, establishment, or expansion of programs for targeted education, information, and risk reduction activities relating to AIDS. Directs the Secretary to give grant priority to activities directed toward individuals at highest risk of becoming infected with the acquired immunodeficiency virus. Prohibits grants from being made unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Directs the Secretary to give preference to community-based organizations which are located in, have a history of service in, and will serve specified areas. States that the Secretary may review the content of any educational or information materials developed with grants only for scientific and factual validity. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of fellowships at the Centers for Disease Control for the training of individuals to develop skills in epidemiology, surveillance, testing, counseling, education, information, laboratory analysis, and risk reduction relating to AIDS. Declares that individuals receiving fellowships shall not be counted in determining the number of full time equivalent employees of the Department of Health and Human Services for specified purposes. Directs the Secretary to make grants to international organizations concerned with public health for: (1) programs of education, information, and risk reduction relating to AIDS; (2) projects to train individuals to develop skills and technical expertise regarding AIDS; and (3) epidemiological research relating to AIDS. Directs the Secretary to inform the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development of grants made under this provision. Prohibits grants from being made unless an application is submitted. Requires that not less than 50 percent of the grants be made through the World Health Organization and, in the Western Hemisphere, through the Pan American Health Organization. Requires grants to be in furtherance of the global strategy of the World Health Organization Special Programme on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for grants to States, for grants to local governments and public and private nonprofit entities, for fellowships at the Centers for Disease Control, and for grants to international organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the development, establishment, or expansion in a service area of networks of comprehensive medical services for individuals who have AIDS or who are infected with the virus. Requires networks to provide: (1) comprehensive services, or referrals to comprehensive services, for such individuals, including specified services; and (2) continuing education for health care personnel involved in the delivery of services to individuals infected with the virus. Specifies allowed and prohibited uses of grants. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Requires entities applying for a grant, prior to applying, to establish a network advisory committee to assist in development of grant applications, provide support for the development, establishment, or expansion of the network, and monitor the implementation of, and the services provided through, the network. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to give priority to specified types of applicants. Directs the Secretary to make at least one grant each fiscal year to an applicant in each service area in which there is a high incidence of children who are infected with the virus. States criteria for selecting such applicant. Directs the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to demonstrate innovative models for cost-effective delivery of health services to individuals with AIDS. Requires projects supported with such grants to provide for the delivery of health services in conjunction with the comprehensive medical services networks. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Authorizes appropriations for comprehensive medical service networks and for innovative models for cost-effective delivery of health services for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants to public and private nonprofit entities for the development, establishment, or expansion of programs to: (1) provide long-term counseling to individuals who have AIDS or who have tested positively for the presence of antibodies to the virus; and (2) conduct evaluations of the effectiveness of such counseling. Specifies purposes for which grants may be used. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to give priority to entities based at, or having relationships with, entities providing comprehensive health services to individuals who have AIDS or who are infected with the virus. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to make grants to public and nonprofit private agencies for the study of, and projects for the demonstration of, effective methods, with regard to intravenous drug abusers, to reduce the transmission of the virus and provide treatment to individuals who have AIDS or who are infected with the virus. Prohibits making grants unless an application with specified contents is submitted. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to create the National Program on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, consisting of: (1) a research program on AIDS, including a research program relating to the prevention of AIDS; and (2) demonstration, education, and other programs for the detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of AIDS and for the provision of counseling concerning AIDS. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to designate one of the Directors of the national research institutes as the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Coordinator. Makes the AIDS Coordinator responsible for administration of the Program. Directs the AIDS Coordinator to develop and implement a plan for NIH to expedite the award of grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements by any agency of NIH for projects relating to AIDS, including projects initiated by investigators not in response to any solicitation for proposals. Requires the plan to provide, in the case of applications made in response to solicitations for proposals, for making of awards or disapproval of applications within six months after the date on which a solicitation is issued. Directs the AIDS Coordinator, in conjunction with the Directors of the national research institutes and in consultation with the National Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Advisory Board (Advisory Board), to promote cooperation between specified agencies in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of AIDS. Directs the AIDS Coordinator to prepare and transmit to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report with specified contents. Directs the AIDS Coordinator to expand clinical trials of treatments and therapies for AIDS and infection with the virus. Authorizes the AIDS Coordinator to: (1) establish or support the large-scale production or distribution of specialized biological materials or other therapeutic substances for research relating to AIDS and set standards of safety and care for persons using such materials; (2) support, in consultation with the Advisory Board, research relating to AIDS outside the United States in certain circumstances, collaborative research involving American and foreign participants, the training of American scientists abroad and foreign scientists in the United States, and programs of education and training, including education and laboratory and clinical research training; (3) encourage and coordinate research relating to AIDS by industrial concerns in certain circumstances and provide for the exchange of information between Federal agencies and private entities involved in specified ways with therapies and vaccines for AIDS; (4) acquire, improve, repair, operate, and maintain, in consultation with the Advisory Board, laboratories and other real and personal property, make grants for the renovation of facilities, and lease certain spaces for a limited period; (5) enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to expedite and coordinate research relating to AIDS; and (6) maintain and operate the International Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Data Bank. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the AIDS Coordinator, to establish in NIH a National Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Advisory Board to: (1) review and evaluate the implementation of the Program; (2) advise and make recommendations to the Congress, the Secretary, the Director of NIH, the AIDS Coordinator, and the heads of other Federal agencies; and (3) maintain liaisons with other advisory bodies and key non-Federal entities involved with the control of AIDS. Requires the Advisory Board to prepare an annual report for the AIDS Coordinator describing the Advisory Board's activities and making recommendations regarding the Program. Authorizes the Director of the Institute to enter into cooperative agreements with and make grants to public or private nonprofit entities for planning, establishing, or strengthening, and providing basic operating support for, centers for basic and clinical research into, and training in, advanced diagnostic, prevention, and treatment methods for AIDS. Specifies permitted uses for Federal payments under a cooperative agreement or grant. Limits support of a center to five years, subject to extension for periods of up to five years, if recommended by a peer review group. Requires, in the Institute, appointment of an Associate Director for Prevention to coordinate and promote the programs in the Institute concerning the prevention of infectious diseases, including AIDS. Directs the Associate Director for Prevention to prepare, for inclusion in a biennial report required by existing law, a description of the prevention activities of the Institute. Requires the Director of the Institute to establish a virus and serum bank in which all human immunodeficiency virus serotypes and serum are available to qualified investigators. States that AIDS is included within the scope of the purpose of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to make awards, under existing provisions for National Research Service Awards, for the training of individuals to participate in national research efforts relating to AIDS. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, or the Administrator of General Services to respond to any priority request made by the AIDS Coordinator of the NIH within 14 calendar days.

Bill· SS. 1199 (100th)open

Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987

Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to: (1) facilitate the coordination of Federal activities and data relating to the prevention of youth suicide, acting as a liaison between the Federal Government and organizations concerned with preventing suicide; (2) gather and disseminate an annual summary of research and projects relating to the identification of potential youth suicides and the prevention of youth suicide; and (3) prepare annually a comprehensive plan for facilitating and coordinating the youth suicide prevention endeavors of various groups. Instructs the Secretary, through either grants or contracts with public and nonprofit private agencies, to establish and operate: (1) a national toll-free telephone line; and (2) a national resource center and clearinghouse to disseminate information, conduct training programs, undertake a national campaign to increase public awareness about youth suicide, and provide technical assistance. Establishes in the Department of Education an Advisory Board on Youth Suicide to assist the Secretary with respect to the programs of the resource center and clearinghouse. Directs the Secretary to make grants to local educational agencies and private nonprofit organizations to develop plans to make suicide prevention and mental health services available to youth. Details required contents of such planning grants, including provisions for increasing public awareness, training appropriate personnel, and coordinating activities with those provided by other entities. Limits the Federal share of plan development to 75 percent of the costs. Instructs the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private agencies for: (1) projects to demonstrate and evaluate innovative models of preventing youth, suicide; (2) research projects relating to suicide prevention programs and their effectiveness in addressing youth at risk of suicide; and (3) projects designed to improve data collection with respect to youth suicide. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 1182 (100th)referred

A bill to provide for a referendum in Puerto Rico on the admission of Puerto Rico into the Union as a State.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1987

Requires Puerto Rico, upon the call of its Governor, to hold a referendum on its admission to the Union as a State, between January 1, 1989, and December 31, 1994. Requires the Governor to count the votes in the referendum in the manner provided for in general elections. Applies the election laws of Puerto Rico to the referendum. Authorizes appropriations for the direct costs of the referendum.

Bill· SS. 1181 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Federal Salary Act of 1967 and title 5 of the United States Code to provide that the authority to determine levels of pay for administrative law judges be transferred to the Commissions on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to provide that the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries shall determine the rates of pay for administrative law judges.

Bill· SS. 1169 (100th)referred

A bill to provide emergency relief for the replacement or repair of a bridge in New York.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide certain emergency relief funds to pay the reconstruction or repair expenses of a certain collapsed bridge over the Schoharie Creek in New York State (including certain accident investigation expenses and expenses incurred in detouring traffic around the bridge site). Cites conditions under which such funds will not be available.

Bill· SS. 1162 (100th)referred

Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1987

Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act of 1987 - Amends provisions of law relating to Federal employee health benefits to authorize direct payment or reimbursement for services performed by licensed health practitioners in the State where they practice.

Bill· SS. 1127 (100th)open

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1987

Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act of 1987 - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove durational limitations on Medicare coverage of inpatient hospital services, and cover 150 days of post-hospital extended care services per year, for an individual covered under parts A and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program. (Individuals covered only under part A would be subject to current durational limitations on such services.) Provides that an individual covered under parts A and B of the Medicare program shall not be required to pay more than one deductible for inpatient hospital services and one deductible for blood furnished in connection with such services per year. (Currently such deductibles are imposed for each "spell of illness.") Eliminates the coinsurance requirement imposed on such individuals for extended hospital stays. Imposes a coinsurance rate, equal to 15 percent of the average per diem cost of post-hospital extended care services, for the first ten days of a part A and B beneficiary's receipt of such services per year. (Currently, the coinsurance requirement applys to days 21 through 100 of a "spell of illness" requiring such services.) Amends part B of the Medicare program to cover all of the out-of-pocket Medicare expenses which a part B beneficiary incurs in excess of $1,700 in 1988, adjusted annually thereafter to reflect changes in the cost-of-living. Provides for the adjustment of Medicare payments to organizations providing health care on a prepaid basis so as to reimburse them for such excess out-of-pocket costs incurred on behalf of enrollees. Counts amounts an organ transplant patient spends on immunosuppressive drugs toward the out-of-pocket expense limit. Imposes a monthly catastrophic coverage premium of $4 for 1988 on an individual covered under parts A and B of the Medicare program, with annual adjustments to such premium thereafter reflecting changes in the amount of catastrophic benefits paid. Imposes a smaller monthly catastrophic coverage premium on individuals who are only covered under part B of the Medicare program. Imposes a supplemental part B premium of $12 per year, adjusted annually to reflect increases in the cost of catastrophic benefits, for each $150 of income tax due in excess of $150. Sets an annual cap on the supplemental premium. Covers, as home health services, daily nursing care and home health aide services furnished for up to 21 days with a physician's certification of the need for such daily care. Covers such services on a daily basis for 45 days when provided to a part B beneficiary within 30 days of his or her hospital discharge. (Currently such care must be provided on a part-time or intermittent basis.) Defines as "homebound" (a prerequisite of eligibility for Medicare home health services) any person who has a condition which restricts his or her ability to leave the home without support or for whom leaving the home is medically contraindicated. Directs the Secretary to notify Medicare beneficiaries, when they apply for benefits under part A or enroll under part B, and annually thereafter, regarding the extent of and limitations on Medicare coverage, including the ways in which coverage differs between those who are and those who are not covered under part B. Requires the Secretary to take into account the costs incurred by organizations providing health care on a prepaid basis as a result of this Act's amendments in modifying contracts with such organizations. Requires such organizations to adjust their agreements with Medicare beneficiaries in consideration of such amendments. Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine to perform a study to determine which prescription drugs should have their costs covered by the Medicare program or counted toward the part B beneficiary's out-of-pocket expense limit. Requires the Institute to submit an interim report within six months and a final report within one year of this Act's enactment to the Secretary and the Congress regarding such study. Creates an extension period of hospice care for terminally ill beneficiaries which is to follow the two 90-day periods and the subsequent 30-day period of hospice care coverage currently provided in an individual's lifetime. Requires that State regulatory standards for Medicare supplemental health insurance policies be at least as stringent as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Model Standards, amended within 90 days of this Act's enactment to reflect changes made by this Act. Provides that if the NAIC Model Standards are not amended, Federal model standards shall be established and serve as the basis for evaluating State regulatory standards for Medicare supplemental health insurance policies. Requires that States use savings accrued under Medicare from catastrophic Medicare coverage to expand Medicaid (title XIX of the Act) coverage of the low-income elderly and community spouses of institutionalized individuals. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress by October 1, 1989, on a study to be conducted by the Institute of Medicine into private and public funding options for long-term care. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within 180 days of this Act's enactment on steps taken to eliminate the three-day prior hospitalization requirement for extended care services.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 204 (100th)referred

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding funds provided by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1987

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) all funds appropriated to carry out the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 with respect to emergency treatment of alcohol abuse and drug abuse should be made immediately available to the States for initiation and expansion of treatment services; (2) States should not be required to use such funds in FY 1988; and (3) the proposed 50 percent cut by the Department of Education for FY 1988 education and prevention programs under the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 should be rejected by the Congress.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 56 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that no major change in the payment methodology for physicians' services, including services furnished to hospital inpatients, under the Medicare Program should be made until reports required by the Ninety-ninth Congress have been received and evaluated.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1987

Expresses the sense of the Congress that no significant change in the Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) physician payment methodology should be undertaken without the receipt of reports required by legislation enacted in the 99th Congress and a detailed analysis of the long-range impact of such change on the provision of health care.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 55 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution providing for participation by delegations of members of both Houses of Congress in ceremonies to be held in April 1989 in New York City marking the 200th anniversaries of the implementation of the Constitution as the form of government of the United States, the inauguration of President George Washington, and the proposal of the Bill of Rights as the first ten amendments to the Constitution.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1987

Provides for the appointment of a delegation of Members of Congress to participate in ceremonies to be held in New York City in April 1989 commemorating the 200th anniversaries of: (1) the implementation of the Constitution as the form of government of the United States; (2) the inauguration of George Washington as the first President; and (3) the proposal of the Bill of Rights as the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Invites the President to join the delegation in participating in the ceremonies.

Bill· SS. 1108 (100th)referred

Medicare and Medicaid Nursing Home Quality Care Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1987

Medicare and Medicaid Nursing Home Quality Care Amendments of 1987 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to impose a common set of requirements on Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid intermediate care facilities (nursing facilities). Includes within such set requirements that nursing facilities: (1) maintain clinical records on all residents and assess, upon the resident's admission and periodically thereafter, the resident's mental, physical, and psychosocial needs, utilizing a minimum data set to be established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (2) provide 24-hour nursing services, employ at least one full-time registered professional nurse (both staffing requirements are currently imposed on skilled nursing facilities), and employ at least one full-time social worker; (3) provide care without requiring certain assurances regarding the source of payment for such services or discriminating against individuals who are eligible for Medicare or Medicaid; (4) protect specified resident rights and notify residents regarding such rights; (5) transfer or discharge a resident without the resident's consent only when such action is essential to the resident's welfare, the health or safety of others would otherwise be endangered, or the resident fails to pay allowable charges, and only after complying with specified procedures; (6) provide the Secretary, the States, service providers, and resident relatives with specified access and visitation rights; (7) maintain a quality assessment and assurance program which is attuned to the comments and complaints of nursing facility staff and residents; (8) require each of their nursing aides to successfully complete a training and testing program that entails competency-based testing before the assumption of direct resident care and at least 100 hours of initial training; and (9) protect a resident's personal funds. Requires, in addition, that Medicare skilled nursing facilities create or revise a written plan of care for each of their residents after making an assessment of a resident's mental, physical, and psychosocial needs. Directs the Secretary to establish a program providing grants to Medicare skilled nursing facilities for facility projects that enhance the quality of care or life of facility residents. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1988 through 1990. Provides for Federal inspection and certification of Medicaid intermediate care facilities. (Currently States survey and certify such facilities.) Requires that intermediate care and skilled nursing survey results be posted in a place accessible to patients. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act to authorize the Secretary to make provider performance reports available to the public after giving the provider 30 days (currently, 60 days) to review and comment on such reports, but removes time restrictions on the release of such information to ombudsmen. Amends the Medicare program to make the Secretary responsible for certifying State nursing facilities and States responsible for certifying other nursing facilities. Bases such certification on surveys to be conducted by a multidisciplinary team of professionals upon any change in the ownership of the nursing facility and, on an unannounced basis, at nine- to 15-month intervals. Subjects nursing facilities with poor compliance records to extended surveys. Directs the Secretary to develop and test a protocol for conducting surveys. Requires States to: (1) provide for the investigation of complaints against nursing facilities; (2) use specialized survey teams to survey and carry out enforcement action against chronically substandard nursing facilities; and (3) provide survey teams with specified training in survey and certification techniques. Requires that State long-term care ombudsmen be notified of any adverse action to be taken against a nursing facility. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria and procedures for evaluating a nursing facility's plans for the correction of its violation of Medicare and Medicaid nursing facility standards. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct surveys of no fewer than five percent of the nursing facilities surveyed by each State in a year to test the adequacy of each State's surveys; and (2) prescribe standards for measuring the performance of State survey and certification programs and sanctions against States failing to meet such standards. Requires that survey results and nursing facility cost report information be made available to the public. Directs the Secretary and the States to develop: (1) a range of intermediate sanctions to apply to nursing facilities whose violation of nursing facility standards does not immediately jeopardize the health and safety of their residents; and (2) specific criteria as to when and how intermediate sanctions are to be applied, with incrementally more severe fines being imposed for repeated or uncorrected deficiencies. Requires the Secretary to review, at least once every three months, the effectiveness of intermediate sanctions imposed by States. Authorizes the Secretary and the States to appoint a receiver to establish and oversee the implementation of a plan to bring nursing facilities into compliance with Medicare and Medicaid requirements when they chronically fail to satisfy such requirements or their deficiencies immediately jeopardize residents' health and safety. Directs the Secretary to compile and periodically update a list of items and services covered under each State Medicaid plan and make such list available to Medicaid beneficiaries and providers. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title IX of the Act to require the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment to establish a National Commission on Long-Term Care composed of members having expertise in the provision and financing of long-term care. Requires the Commission to advise the Congress regarding: (1) methods of ensuring the quality of care in long-term care facilities and home-care programs; (2) the costs, appropriate staffing, and reimbursement of such facilities and programs; and (3) the access of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to such facilities and programs. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such Commission.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 119 (100th)referred

A joint resolution concerning the April 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant in the Soviet Union.

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1987

Directs the Secretary of State to prepare and annually update a report describing the scientific, economic, environmental, agricultural, and public health effects, including the number of deaths and injuries, of the April 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should initiate negotiations with the Soviet Union for the purpose of establishing an international medical center in the Soviet Union to treat victims of the Chernobyl nuclear accident; (2) such negotiations should include proposals that any concerned government should be allowed to send medical personnel to serve on the staff of such center and that the costs of operating such center should be shared among all participating nations; (3) the United States should participate in such center only if the center's facilities and services are made available to all who need them; and (4) the United States should encourage individuals and organizations from the private sector to donate or loan necessary medical equipment, supplies, and services to such center.

Bill· SS. 1105 (100th)open

Ground Water Research Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1987

Ground Water Research Act of 1987 - Title I: Programs of the Environmental Protection Agency - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a national research, development, and demonstration program to support the protection, maintenance, and restoration of groundwater resources of the United States. Requires such program to include research, demonstrations, and surveys of causes, prevention, and correction of groundwater contamination. States that priority shall be given to projects which demonstrate the fate of contaminants in groundwater and develop methods and procedures for controlling pollution sources, monitoring water quality, restoring contaminated groundwater, and reducing the contaminating effects of waste materials. Directs the Administrator to investigate the effects on human health and the environment, and on the Nation's water supply needs. Directs the Administrator to establish a media-specific research committee for groundwater resources to report annually for at least five years on the major research issues of groundwater resources, the current status of the research in such issues, and a plan for the succeeding three years. Requires such report to include a list of all major policy decisions affecting groundwater, control technology projects, health effects research, and other research related to groundwater. Makes such report the management plan for the program and requires its review by the Science Advisory Board and submission to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to appoint a Groundwater Research Manager in the Office of Research and Development to carry out such plan. Directs the Administrator to establish a program of research to develop technologies for the control of groundwater pollution. Requires that such program be carried out utilizing demonstration projects through contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants. Requires the Administrator to evaluate projects on the basis of the potential of the proposed method to effectively control sources of contaminants presenting the greatest risk to human health, the environment, or groundwater and such method's potential application in other locations and circumstances as well as the technical and financial capacities of the project's proposer. Requires the Administrator to supervise and monitor such projects. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of costs. Limits any State's share of available funds to 15 percent. Directs the Administrator to conduct a technology transfer program, including a central reference library. Requires such program to protect trade secrets from public disclosure. Directs the Administrator to list contaminants known to occur in groundwater. Requires an annual review and revision of such list, providing procedures for any person to petition for additions to such list. Requires the Director of the National Toxicology Program to develop and transmit to the Administrator a proposed research program for each listed contaminant which includes studies of chemical and physical properties, health and ecological effects, and its dispersion and persistence when released. Requires importers or manufacturers of listed contaminants to register with and report annually to the Administrator concerning amounts and other information. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations. Authorizes reimbursement from such manufacturers and importers for costs of such contaminants research program. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct further research if necessary. Directs the Administrator to publish criteria for each listed contaminant upon completion of its research program, based on the properties and effects of such contaminant and its association with activities which have potential to be sources of the contaminant in groundwater, including a risk assessment posed by the contaminant at various concentrations in and with respect to various uses of water. Establishes criminal penalties for the release of protected information such as trade secrets. Requires the Administrator to make grants to universities or research institutions to establish and operate four groundwater research institutes to conduct research and training and disseminate information on the protection and restoration of groundwater. Bases selection on whether such institute would be located in a region making significant use of groundwater with significant contamination problems and the capacity of such institute to carry on and lead such research. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of costs. Designates the National Center for Ground Water Research as one of the institutes. Requires another to serve an area of primarily karstic topography and a third to serve an area of primarily intermountain glaciated geology. Earmarks funds for technology transfer. Requires the Administrator to approve and evaluate each institute's research. Directs the Administrator to conduct a series of nationwide groundwater quality assessments to identify the frequency and concentration of contaminants in groundwater associated with various categories and subcategories of sources or potential sources of contaminants. Includes monitoring at public and private wells. Establishes an assessment schedule for: (1) pesticide applications; (2) septic tanks and cesspools; (3) landfills, surface impoundments, and wastepiles; (4) Class V injection wells; (5) fertilizer applications; (6) irrigation return flows; and (7) publicly owned treatment works. Requires as preliminary phases to such assessments: (1) a survey to determine the types and distribution of sources for each category; (2) the development and preparation of techniques and protocols to be used; and (3) the preparation of health advisories for each contaminant. Requires groundwater quality assessments to determine the impact of contaminant sources on the quality of drinking water specifically and generally, and determine the vulnerability of sources of groundwater and the effectiveness of various control strategies. Requires the Administrator to notify the water system or well owner when a contaminant is found, but requires that information affecting a well owner be kept confidential. Directs the Administrator to notify the appropriate government authorities for response when a source for a contaminant is identified. Requires the Administrator to cooperate with the States and utilize the Science Advisory Board in planning and conducting assessments. Requires the Administrator to provide the Congress with a plan for implementing these requirements and a status report on each assessment which shall also be submitted to the President, the States, and the public. Requires peer review of all studies conducted under this Act. Authorizes the provision of facilities and equipment for demonstration projects under this Act, limiting construction of facilities on non-Federal land. Title II: Programs of the Geological Survey - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Geological Survey, to undertake research, investigations, appraisals, surveys, and related activities of the Nation's water resources. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with other government agencies and to perform such activities on a reimburseable basis, as specified. Includes regional aquifer systems analysis and a toxics hydrology program in such activities. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees and the States on the condition of the Nation's groundwater and groundwater information and monitoring programs. Directs the Secretary to establish a national groundwater quality and quantity assessment. Requires such program to coordinate government efforts in such area, seek to achieve uniform data collection, and provide information and assistance as required. Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to make conforming changes. Title III: Programs of Other Federal Agencies - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Agricultural Research Service, to establish a national research, development, and demonstration program with respect to the impact of agricultural practices on groundwater quality, including the application of pesticides and nutrients, irrigation practices, and the operation of animal feedlots. Requires the Secretary to address: (1) chemical and biological interactions and processes, including the fate and transport of substances released by agricultural practices; (2) analytical models and testing methodology; and (3) management and control. Title IV: General Provisions - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research and investigations and report to the Congress within-two years on practices for improving the efficiency of fertilizer uses in agriculture, including timing and rate of applications. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the chemical constituents of commercial fertilizer products sold in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to study and report on the public health effects of nitrates, nitrosamines, and other metabolites of nutrients and nitrogen in drinking water supplies, including sources, levels of exposures, and methods and costs of control. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to conduct research and report to the Congress on developing a cost effective leak detection system for undergound storage tanks containing petroleum. Requires the use of best available technology. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director of the Geological Survey to study and report to State and local governments on the existing and projected use of geothermal wells on groundwater. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to conduct research and report to the Congress on the use of microbial activity to neutralize and contain hazardous or mining wastes. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on the impact of agricultural drainage wells on groundwater, including alternatives for drainage. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations to the Agricultural Research Board to study and report to the Congress on the impact of conservation tillage and other soil and water conservation practices on groundwater quality. Directs the Administrator to establish a national groundwater clearinghouse. Requires the President to coordinate and report to the Congress on the coordination of groundwater research activities, including agency-by-agency review. Vests in the United States any patent rights resulting from inventions created in the course of or under contract of the Administrator under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to waive such rights in the best interests of the public and the United States, based on the need to encourage participation and other factors. Authorizes a reserve of limited rights, such as a nonexclusive license, to a contractor or inventor. Permits the Administrator to grant exclusive licenses if to do so would bring an invention to the point of commercial or practical application, so long as competition is not substantially lessened. Retains to the United States certain rights even when a waiver of rights or grants of an exclusive license is made, including reports, foreign sublicensing, and termination rights. Authorizes appropriations for the carrying out of this Act's activities.

Bill· SS. 1081 (100th)open

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1987 - Title I: Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research - Establishes a ten-year coordinated program, to be known as the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program, which will be implemented by the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Agriculture. Establishes an Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research to facilitate the implementation of such program. Authorizes the Secretaries to appoint an Administrator of Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research to coordinate such program. Sets forth the functions of the Secretaries with respect to such program, including: (1) establishing matching grants programs for specified nutritional and dietary purposes; and (2) submitting an annual report to the President for transmittal to the Congress. Requires the Secretaries to prepare and implement a comprehensive national nutrition monitoring and related research plan which shall: (1) assess and report on U.S. nutritional and dietary trends; (2) assess and report on low-income food and household expenditures; (3) sponsor and conduct research; (4) develop and update a national dietary and nutritional status data bank; (5) assist State and local agencies in developing procedures and networks for nutrition monitoring and surveillance; and (6) focus the activities of Federal agencies. Requires the plan to allocate the project functions and activities among the various Federal agencies and offices involved. Provides that the comprehensive plan shall be carried out during the period ending with the close of the ninth fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the final comprehensive plan is submitted. Requires the Secretaries to provide for and coordinate such scientific research and development as may be necessary to support the coordinated program and comprehensive plan. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council - Establishes an 11-member Advisory Council to: (1) provide scientific and technical advice on the development and implementation of all components of the coordinated program and the comprehensive plan; (2) evaluate such program and plan; and (3) submit an annual report to the Secretaries. Title III: Dietary Guidance -Directs the Secretaries, by the start of 1990 and every five years thereafter, to publish and review dietary guidelines for the general public.

Bill· SS. 1076 (100th)referred

Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1987

Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit patients to receive Medicare home health services on a daily basis for up to 60 days, and longer when the patient's physician certifies that exceptional circumstances require continued daily services. Provides Medicare coverage of up to three weeks of post-hospital skilled and nonskilled home health care, as long as the cost of such benefits does not exceed the cost of care in a skilled nursing facility for an equivalent period of time. Defines as "homebound" (a prerequisite of eligibility for Medicare home health services) any person who has a condition which restricts his or her ability to leave the home without support or for whom leaving the home is medically contraindicated. Provides Medicare home health coverage for homebound individuals in need of occupational therapy. (Currently, occupational therapy is included only after an individual qualifies for home health services by reason of needing skilled nursing care or speech or physical therapy.) Requires Medicare fiscal intermediaries which perform home health payment services to provide an explanation of claim denials for home health services and promptly notify the parties requesting a reconsideration of such determinations of the results of such reconsideration. Requires fiscal intermediaries to make partial payments of disputed claims when such notice has not been transmitted within 60 days of receipt of the reconsideration request. Makes an intermediary's performance on appeals of home health care payment determinations part of the Secretary of Health and Human Services' overall appraisal of the intermediary. Requires a Medicare home health agency to: (1) protect and promote the rights of each individual under its care; (2) furnish the State licensing entity with the name and social security number of any individual hired by the agency as well as information as to whether such individual has been convicted of a felony; (3) inform the State licensing entity of changes in agency ownership or control; (4) furnish items and services through licensed health professionals or persons who have completed or are enrolled in a training program which meets minimum standards established by the Secretary by July 1988; and (5) include the patient's plan of care within its clinical records. Requires an appropriate State or local agency to conduct a standard survey every nine to 15 months and upon a change in the ownership of, or significant number of complaints against, a home health agency, of the quality of patient care provided by such agencies. Subjects home health agencies which perform poorly on such surveys to an extended survey. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the assessment process, report to the Congress on the results of such evaluation, and make appropriate modifications to such process by 1992. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement criteria and procedures for evaluating plans of correction submitted by home health agencies found out of compliance with Medicare participation requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to impose intermediate sanctions on agencies whose failure to correct deficiencies pursuant to approved plans of correction does not immediately jeopardize the health and safety of health care beneficiaries. Requires the Secretary to promulgate major Medicare rules, requirements, or policy statements through the regulatory process. Sets forth publication requirements. Directs the Secretary to publish and make available to the public without charge a directory of home health agencies certified to participate in the Medicare program, including certain information gathered with respect to each agency during the latest certification survey. Requires appropriate State or local agencies to maintain: (1) toll-free hotlines to receive complaints and answer questions regarding home health agencies in the State or locality; and (2) units with enforcement authority and access to consumer medical records and survey reports to investigate such complaints. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the Congress before 1988 on the appropriateness of reimbursing home health agencies on either a rural or urban basis rather than considering an agencies mix of urban and rural clientele; and (2) determine home health agency cost limits on the basis of recent agency cost reports.

Bill· SS. 1009 (100th)open

A bill to accept the findings and to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1987

Title I: Recognition of Injustice and Apology on Behalf of the Nation - States that the Congress accepts the findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians and recognizes that a grave injustice was done to both citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II. Title II: United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens - Requests the President to offer pardons to those convicted of violating laws during the internment period whose conduct was based on a refusal to accept racially or ethnically discriminatory treatment. Provides that Federal departments and agencies that review applications for restitution of positions, status, or entitlement lost during the internment period shall review such applications giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission. Establishes within the Treasury a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires the Attorney General to pay $20,000 from the Fund in compensation to each surviving internee. Establishes a Board of Directors which shall be responsible for making disbursements from the Fund. Provides that disbursements from the Fund shall be used to: (1) sponsor research and public educational activities dealing with the internment; (2) fund studies of similar civil liberties abuses; (3) prepare and distribute hearings and findings of the Commission; and (4) promote the general welfare of the ethnic Japanese community in the United States. Title III: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution - Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act - Establishes within the Treasury the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Fund. Directs the Administrator of the Fund (the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association) to make restitution for certain Aleut losses sustained in World War II. Requires the Administrator to establish a trust of $5,000,000 and to distribute the interest of such trust for: (1) the benefit of the elderly, disabled, or seriously ill; (2) students in need of scholarship assistance; (3) preservation of Aleut cultural heritage and historical records; (4) the improvement of community centers of affected Aleut villages; and (5) other purposes to improve Aleut life. Authorizes the Administrator to rebuild and restore churches and church property damaged or destroyed in Aleut villages during World War II. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments of $12,000 from the fund to eligible Aleuts for any uncompensated personal property losses. Provides that such payments shall not be considered income or receipts for purposes of Federal taxes or determining eligibility for Federal benefits or assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of the Army to implement a program for the removal and disposal of live ammunition, obsolete buildings, abandoned machinery, and other hazardous debris remaining in populated areas of the lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. States that the authority contained in this Act shall be supplemental to the authority of the Secretary of Defense in administering the Environmental Restoration Defense Account and shall be exercised only in the event that such account is inadequate to eliminate hazardous military debris from populated areas of the Lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Authorizes appropriations. Provides that bidding rights for surplus Federal property might be exercised by the Aleut Corporation in lieu of conveyance of Attu Island to the Aleut people, such island having been designated as wilderness. States that the bidding rights shall be exercised by the Aleut Corporation without any preference over any other bidder. Provides that an amount equal to $500 for each acre traditionally occupied by the Aleut people on Attu Island shall be transferred to the Corporation account established by this Act and made available to the Corporation for such bidding.