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United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1988
Designates the period commencing November 13, 1988, and ending November 19, 1988, as Geography Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1988
Condemns North Korea for its bombing of Korean Air Lines (KAL) flight 858 and its support for international terrorism. Commends the Government of South Korea for confronting North Korean terrorism and for efforts to ensure a safe International Olympic Games in Seoul this year. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) those responsible for the KAL bombing should be brought to justice; (2) all nations should take appropriate measures against North Korea, including implementing trade and other sanctions; (3) international aviation groups, including the International Civilian Aviation Organization, should take steps against North Korea, including consideration of the suspension of air service; and (4) the Governments of Bahrain and Japan should be commended for their cooperation in the investigation of the KAL bombing.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1988
Designates the week beginning April 10, 1988, as National Child Care Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1988
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 24 through April 30, 1988, as National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1988
Authorizes and requests the President to designate March 21, 1988, as Afghanistan Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1988
Designates March 18, 1988, as National Energy Education Day to promote and enhance energy education programs at all grade levels of public and private schools.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1988
Idaho Forest Management Act of 1988 - Title I: Findings, Purposes, Wilderness and Special Designations - Designates the following lands in Idaho as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Salmo-Priest Wilderness, Selkirk Crest Wilderness, and Scotchman Peak Wilderness in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest; (2) the Mallard Larkin Wilderness in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest and the Clearwater National Forest; (3) the Kelly-Cayuse Wilderness in the Clearwater National Forest; (4) the Secesh-Payette Crest Wilderness in the Payette National Forest; (5) the Snowbank Wilderness and Red Mountain Wilderness in the Boise National Forest; (6) certain additions to the Sawtooth Wilderness in the Boise and Challis National Forests; (7) the Trinities Wilderness in the Boise National Forest; (8) the White Cloud Wilderness in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area; (9) the Pioneer Wilderness and Borah Peak Wilderness in the Challis National Forest; (10) the Italian Peaks Wilderness, Lionhead Wilderness, Winegar Hole Wilderness, and Palisades Wilderness in the Targhee National Forest; and (11) the Mount Naomi Wilderness in the Caribou National Forest. Establishes the: (1) Bonner's Ferry Special Management Area in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest; (2) Clearwater Special Management Area in the Clearwater and Idaho Panhandle National Forests; (3) East Weitas Special Management Area and Cook Mountain Special Management Area in the Clearwater National Forest; (4) French Creek Special Management Area and South Fork Special Management Area in the Payette National Forest; and (5) Lime Creek Special Management Area and Smokies Special Management Area in the Sawtooth National Forest. Sets for certain management formulae for such National Wilderness Preservation System lands. Title II: Release of Lands for Multiple Use Management - Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final environmental statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Idaho shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Idaho which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Idaho reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Idaho without express congressional authorization. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to such wilderness lands and special management areas with respect to: (1) livestock grazing; (2) allocation of water rights between the United States and Idaho; (3) prohibition of buffer zones; (4) mineral rights; (5) landing of aircraft; (6) land acquisitions by the Secretary; (7) outfitted camps; and (8) roads.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1988
Designates the period commencing May 15 and ending May 21, 1988, as National Rural Health Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Veterans' Home Loan Program Improvements Act of 1988 - Establishes an independent Commission on the Veterans' Administration Home Loan Guaranty Program to assess the Veterans Administration (VA) home loan guaranty program. Directs the Commission, within 12 months after at least five Commission members have been appointed, to submit to the Administrator and the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees a report on findings and recommendations with regard to: (1) ways to reduce defaults and foreclosures on VA home loans; (2) ways to reduce VA costs resulting from such foreclosures; (3) the management and disposition of loans made by the VA to finance the sale of properties acquired by the VA as a result of foreclosures; and (4) other administrative matters with regard to the operation of the VA home loan guaranty program. Directs the Administrator, no later than two months after such report is submitted, to submit an interim report to the veterans' committees containing the Administrator's views on the Commission's report and legislation or recommendations proposed by the Commission. Directs the Administrator to submit a final report to the veterans' committees, which includes any action taken up to that point, no later than six months after submission of the Commission's report, together with any recommendations. Terminates the Commission 90 days after the Administrator submits the final report. Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Administrator to make loans to finance the sale of foreclosed property acquired by the VA at a lower-than-prevailing market rate in order to assure the saleability of such home and the solvency of the Veterans' Administration Home Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. Makes provisions governing the assumption of VA housing loans applicable to purchases of foreclosed property acquired by the VA.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988 - Title I: Child Pornography - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it illegal to use a computer to transport information in interstate or foreign commerce concerning the visual depiction of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct (child pornography). Establishes criminal penalties for buying, selling, or transferring the custody of a minor: (1) knowing that, as a consequence of the sale or transfer, the minor will be used in child pornography; or (2) with the intent to promote child pornography. States that such sale or transfer must involve: (1) the minor or other actor traveling in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) communications in interstate or foreign commerce; or (3) conduct in a territory or possession of the United States. Requires any person who produces a book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, or other matter which contains any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct (which is shipped or intended for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, or contains material shipped in interstate or foreign commerce) to maintain certain records regarding the performers portrayed in such conduct. Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations regarding the maintenance and availability of such records. Includes the sexual exploitation of children as a predicate offense to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. Title II: Obscenity - Makes it a Federal criminal offense to receive or possess, with the intent to distribute, obscene matter which has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce. Makes it a Federal criminal offense to knowingly use a facility or means of commerce to sell or distribute obscene matter in interstate or foreign commerce. Establishes a rebuttable presumption, with respect to Federal criminal offenses involving obscene matter, that obscene matter produced in one State (or outside the United States) which is subsequently located in another State (or in the United States) was transported, shipped, or carried in interstate (or foreign) commerce. Establishes criminal and civil forfeiture procedures with respect to Federal offenses involving obscene material and child pornography. Includes communications by means of cable or subscription television within the prohibition against broadcasting obscene language. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the penalty provisions of such Act with respect to obscene telephone communications. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for the possession or sale of obscene matter on Federal property. Adds obscenity offenses to the list of crimes for which the Government may obtain wiretaps.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Authorizes the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc., to construct a statue of a woman Vietnam veteran within the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site in Washington, D.C., to honor and recognize the women of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam conflict. Subjects the location and design of the statue to approval by the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the addition of the statue is well within the intent of the law authorizing the establishment of the Memorial; and (2) after the addition of such statue, such Memorial will be complete and no further additions to the site should be authorized or undertaken.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Prohibition of Undetectable Firearms Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the manufacture or importation of plastic firearms unless the polymer portions of the frame or receiver, barrel, and slide or cylinder have been infused with a compound sufficient to render such firearm capable of being detected by airport security x-ray systems, and: (1) the barrel of such firearm is constructed of a metallic substance susceptible to being detected by a magnetometer; or (2) certain identifying information is engraved, cast, or stamped in a metallic substance susceptible to being detected by a magnetometer. Defines the term "plastic firearm" to mean a firearm, the frame or receiver and slide (or the frame or receiver and cylinder) of which is constructed entirely of polymer or ceramic. States that no provision of this Act shall apply to any firearm manufactured, imported, or possessed prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Designates April 9, 1988, and April 9, 1989, as National Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) report to the Congress his intention to initiate negotiations on a new long-term agricultural trade agreement with the Soviet Union; (2) seek to include in the terms of such agreement specified provisions concerning the purchase of U.S. agricultural goods by the Soviet Union; (3) no later than May 30, 1988, report to the Congress on the impact of such agreement on U.S. economic growth and agriculture-related employment; and (4) take appropriate measures to assure the free movement of increased quantities of U.S. agricultural products to the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1988
Atomic Energy Law Enforcement Act of 1988 - Specifies that the proposed Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States and the Government of Japan Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy shall not become effective unless: (1) the President resubmits the Agreement to the Congress pursuant to procedures required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with an exemption from the requirements of the Act concerning nuclear safeguards; and (2) the Congress enacts a joint resolution stating that it favors the Agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1988
Expresses disapproval of the refusal of the U.S.S.R. to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics. Designates June 14, 1988, as Baltic Freedom Day. Authorizes and requests the President to submit the issue of the Baltic Republics to the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1988
Veterans' Home Loan Program Emergency Amendments of 1988 - Authorizes the Veterans Administration (VA) to require down payments of less than five percent of property value to finance the sales of properties acquired as the result of foreclosures of VA-guaranteed loans, if necessary to market such properties competitively.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1988
Designates the week beginning October 2, 1988, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1988
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the last Friday of April 1988 as National Arbor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1988
Designates the month of April 1988 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1988
Designates April 21, 1988, as John Muir Day, marking the 150th birthday of American conservationist John Muir.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1988
Designates May 2 through May 8, 1988, as Public Service Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1988
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1988 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to increase the rates of veterans' disability compensation and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation paid to the survivors of disabled veterans by the Veterans Administration. Provides that certain payments that were increased under the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1987 are to be further increased by the same percentage that benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act are increased as of a specified date (such percentage increase being determined by the cost-of-living increase as referenced by the Consumer Price Index). Requires the Administrator to publish such increases in the Federal Register at the same time that increases under title II of the Social Security Act are required to be published.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1988
Commends the President, Secretary of State, and Administrator of the Agency for International Development for their response to the drought and food emergency in Ethiopia and other nations of sub-Saharan Africa, and urges them to continue efforts to preclude the onset of famine and to ensure the timely delivery of medical and other emergency relief supplies. Declares that: (1) the Government response to these food emergencies should include initiatives to prevent the dislocation of large numbers of persons across national borders and/or into relief camps; and (2) the plight of the refugees or displaced should be addressed by emphasizing the provision of basic human needs, such as food, water, and shelter.
United States · United States Congress · 22 December 1987
Thanks the Honorable John C. Stennis, President pro tempore, for the manner in which he presided over the Senate during the first session of the 100th Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1987
Amends the Federal judicial code to increase the number of bankruptcy judgeships in the District of Alaska.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1987
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain property in Alaska and transfer title to it in fee simple to a named individual upon receipt of specified notification and payment.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1987
Designates May 1988 as Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1987
Deplores the Soviet Government's active persecution of religious believers in the Ukraine and its forcible liquidation of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Churches. Discourages official participation by the U.S. Government in ceremonies of the Millennium of Christianity in Kievan Rus' so long as: (1) individuals are harassed and imprisoned for their religious beliefs and denied access to religious literature and instruction; and (2) the Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox Churches remain outlawed. Sends greetings to the Ukrainian people on the Millennium. Urges the President, the Secretary of State, the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, and the U.S. delegation to the Vienna Review Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to continue to speak out forcefully against violations of religious liberty throughout the Soviet Union and, specifically, in the Ukraine. Calls upon the Soviet Government to release all those imprisoned for their religious beliefs and legalize the Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Churches.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of Federal civilian officers and employees stationed outside the continental United States any amounts received as cost-of-living allowances in accordance with pay scales or salary plans adopted through administrative action pursuant to Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1987
Raoul Wallenberg Monument Resolution - Authorizes the Raoul Wallenberg Tribute Committee to establish a monument to honor Raoul Wallenberg on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs. Prohibits the United States from paying any expense of the establishment of the monument.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1987
Grants a Federal charter to the Challenger Center, a space science education organization.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987
Designates the period of June 11 through June 18, 1988, as National Dairy Goat Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1987
Designates the week of May 8 through May 14, 1988, as National Soccer Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1987
Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Pay Act of 1987 - Allows Federal forest firefighters to be paid overtime without limitation while serving during forest wildfire emergencies.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1987
Designates the period of September 5 through September 11, 1988, as National School Dropout Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1987
Designates the week of May 1 through May 7, 1988, as National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1987
Veterans' Administration Child Care Act of 1987 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs of the Veterans Administration (VA) to establish on-site child care centers at VA facilities for the care of children of VA employees and, to the extent space is available, other Federal and non-Federal employees. Requires the Administrator to furnish, at no or nominal cost to the centers, space in existing VA facilities, utilities, and other amenities. Allows the Administrator, on a reimbursable basis, to convert space for use as a center and provide other items necessary for the operation of the center. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations which: (1) provide for participation of parents in the center in setting operating and oversight policies of the center; (2) require the development of a process for determining the fitness and suitability of prospective employees; (3) authorize the parents to conduct fundraising activities to help defray the cost of operations; (4) require the establishment of a schedule of charges for services, including a sliding scale based on the income and assets of a child's parents; and (5) require compliance with all State and local laws. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) enter into contracts for the operation of such centers with nonprofit organizations comprised of parents of children who would receive child care services in such centers, or other nonprofit organizations which have a demonstrated expertise in the operation of child care centers and have established a parent advisory committee; and (2) provide for the direct management of such centers by the Veterans' Canteen Service, including provision for a parent advisory committee.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1987
Designates March 25, 1988, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1987
Prohibits any cost-of-living increase for FY 1988 for Federal payments or benefits. Declares that such increase that would have resulted for FY 1988 cannot be taken into account to determine such increase for any other fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1987
Establishes the Commission on National Debt Reduction, Savings, and Economic Reform. Specifies the composition of the Commission and the term of office and compensation of members. Declares that the duties of the Commission are to conduct a study and review of, and to make recommendations regarding, the causes and elimination of the national debt and budget deficit. Requires such study to include: (1) an analysis of the causes of the national debt and budget deficit; (2) an evaluation of alternative solutions to reducing the debt and deficit, including the encouragement of savings and capital formation; (3) fiscal, economic, and tax policy recommendations; and (4) specific methods for implementing such recommendations. Directs the Commission to solicit public, private, and academic comment. Requires that the Commission submit to the President and the Congress a final report within 12 months of the appointment of all Commission members, and that the Commission cease to exist at such time. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1987
Designates the week of February 7 through February 13, 1988, as National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that before November 18, 1987, the Secretary of State should inform the Soviet Government that the United States supports the right of the Latvian people to peacefully assemble to commemorate important dates in their history and should urge the Soviet Government to: (1) allow the Latvian people to publicly commemorate November 18, the anniversary of the founding of the independent Republic of Latvia, without reprisal; (2) allow the Western media access to Riga, Latvia, to report on that day's events; (3) halt harassment of Latvian human rights groups; and (4) release all Latvian prisoners of conscience, including human rights activists Linards Grantins and Gunars Astra, before such date. Urges the President to direct U.S. Government agencies to closely monitor the events of November 18, and to send an appropriate representative to observe that day's events. Urges the President and the Secretary to raise the issue of human rights and self-determination in the Baltic states during the next U.S.-Soviet summit.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1987
Individual Appropriations Act - Requires the committee of conference to report a separate conference report for each title of a bill or joint resolution making continuing appropriations for a period of 30 days or more, together with any amendments in disagreement for each title. Requires each title to be assigned a bill number and considered separately. Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate: (1) to consider such bill or joint resolution unless each title corresponds to a regular appropriations bill; and (2) for any general provisions of such bill or joint resolution not to be contained in the appropriate title. Excludes any bill or joint resolution making supplemental appropriations from provisions of this Act. Makes such Act applicable to FY 1988, 1989, and 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1987
Veterans' Home Loan Program Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to increase to $36,000 the amount entitled to each qualifying veteran as a loan guaranteed by the Veterans Administration (VA) for the purchase or construction of a home for such veteran. Makes similar changes in the denominator of the ratio to be used in determining the amount of a direct loan to a veteran for the purchase or construction of a home. Exempts such veterans' home loan guaranty provisions from sequestration procedures under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), and repeals a Federal provision requiring the President to make certain reports to congressional committees following a cancellation of such loan guarantee commitments. Removes the requirement that a veteran must own and occupy a dwelling or residence in order to qualify for a VA-guaranteed loan on such dwelling. Allows, instead, such dwelling or residence to qualify if the veteran concerned certifies that he or she has previously so occupied it. Prohibits the amount of any such VA-guaranteed loan from exceeding 90 percent of the appraised value of the dwelling or farm residence which will secure the loan. Makes identical changes to provisions providing VA-guaranteed loans to purchase manufactured homes and lots. Revises provisions relating to the procedures used for ascertaining the monthly income required by the veteran to meet the anticipated loan payment terms. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, within a reasonable time after receiving proper notice, to provide veterans with information and counseling regarding: (1) alternatives to foreclosure of a VA-guaranteed loan; (2) the VA's and the veteran's liabilities with respect to the loan in the event of foreclosure; and (3) the availability of counseling concerning such matters. Requires the Administrator to ensure sufficient personnel to provide such counseling. Revises the definition of "total indebtedness" for purposes of the liquidation of loans in default. Provides that, in any case where there is a substantial delay in the liquidation sale caused by the loan holder's exercising forbearance at the Administrator's request, the date for determining the total indebtedness of the veteran shall be a date specified by the Administrator between the date forbearance is requested and the date of actual liquidation sale (i.e., the veteran, and not the holder of the loan, shall be responsible for any extra charges or interest accrued on the loan because of such delayed liquidation date). Authorizes the Administrator to specify a sale liquidation date only if the Administrator is authorized to accept conveyance of the property on such date. Requires that, in any other case in which there is a delay in such liquidation sale beyond a reasonable period for such sale, the liquidation date (for purposes of determining total indebtedness) shall be the earliest date on which such "reasonable period for sale" expires. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 and other Federal law to extend from October 1, 1987, through FY 1988 provisions which: (1) provide for determining whether the VA may acquire properties at liquidation sales; and (2) determine the proportion of such acquired properties that the VA may sell for cash. Prohibits the amount of a loan made by the Administrator to finance the purchase of real property from the VA (property acquired through default proceedings) from exceeding 90 percent of the purchase price. Authorizes the payment of a 2.5 percent loan fee to the Administrator by those purchasing real property from the Administrator which was acquired by default. Increases the authorized percentage of cash sales of properties acquired by the Administrator through foreclosures. Extends until October 1, 1999, the authorized period for such sales. Provides that, in the event of default of a loan, if the Administrator refuses to accept a voluntary offer by the veteran to accept the property securing the loan, the Administrator may not include in the amount of such veteran's liability in connection with the loan the cost of a foreclosure proceeding. Provides that a veteran's voluntary conveyance of the property securing the loan shall not release the veteran from any other liability to the Administrator. Prohibits any person from assuming a guaranteed, insured, or direct housing loan obtained by a veteran unless, prior to the assumption, the veteran notifies the holder of the loan in writing and the acceptability of the assumption is established under specified procedures. Provides that, if the acceptability of such loan assumption is established, the veteran shall be relieved of all further liability to the Administrator, unless the Administrator determines that such release would not be in the best interest of the solvency of the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund and promptly so notifies the veteran. Provides that, in the case of a sale of the property securing a loan, unless the acceptability of an assumed loan is established, payment in full of all appropriate charges under the terms of the loan shall be immediately due from the veteran on the date of transfer of title by the veteran. Directs the Administrator, upon notification by the veteran of a loan assumption, to provide a written explanation of the veteran's rights and liabilities under such proposed assumption. Provides that if a veteran disposes of real property securing a VA-guaranteed loan and fails to notify the loan holder before the property is disposed of, payment in full shall be immediately due and payable to the holder by the veteran at any time beginning on the date of the transfer. Provides that if the holder has knowledge of a transfer of title by the veteran, the holder shall immediately notify the Administrator of such transfer. Provides that a holder with such knowledge who fails to notify the Administrator shall be liable to the Administrator for any damage sustained as a result of such failure. Requires that any legal papers concerning the VA-guaranteed loan shall include, in conspicuous letters, a statement to the effect that such loan is not assumable without the approval of the VA or its authorized agent. Requires (as a safeguard against transfers to non-creditworthy persons) that a VA-guaranteed loan include a provision that the loan is immediately due and payable upon transfer of the property to a transferee unless the acceptability of the assumption is established in accordance with earlier provisions of this Act. Authorizes the payment of a fee of one-half percent of the loan balance to be charged to any person assuming a VA-guaranteed loan. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations concerning maximum amounts a lender may charge for processing applications for creditworthiness determinations and loan assumptions. Limits to 95 percent of the purchase price of the property securing the loan the amount of any loan that is to be paid by the veteran purchasing a manufactured home. Authorizes the Administrator to contract for such supplementary services and equipment as is necessary to ensure the long-term stability of the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. Outlines the supplemental services involved, including the use of loan-service companies, accounting firms, real estate brokers, and other contractors. Directs the Administrator to use funds obtained through loan fees and loan assumption fees to procure such supplemental services. Adds additional funds to such available amounts for FY 1988 and 1989. Extends through FY 1989 the authority for the collection of a loan fee. Directs real estate appraisers appraising property for which a VA-guaranteed loan is being considered to forward an appraisal report to the Administrator for review. Directs the Administrator to then determine the reasonable value of the property, and any construction or alterations necessary, and notify the veteran. Authorizes the Administrator to allow a lender authorized to make loans which are automatically guaranteed by the VA to determine the reasonable value of such property. Requires the appraiser, in such a case, to submit the appraisal report directly to the lender for review, and the lender, as soon as practicable thereafter, to furnish a copy of such report to the veteran who is applying for the loan and to the Administrator. Directs the Administrator, prior to exercising such authority, to establish a random appraisal-review system, to be performed by contract personnel paid from the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund. Directs the Administrator, in order to effect the most expeditious sale of property acquired as the result of a guaranteed loan default, and at the best possible price, to list such property with real estate brokers.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should review all transfers of U.S. military related technology to the People's Republic of China until the Chinese Government indicates its willingness to support an arms embargo, in the event that United Nations Secretary- General Perez de Cuellar's negotiations fail to gain Iran's acceptance of Security Council Resolution 598; (2) the administration should inform the Chinese Government that the continued transfer of Silkworm missiles to Iran may seriously jeopardize U.S.-Chinese relations; and (3) the administration should report to the Congress within 30 days on China's response to such message.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1987
Condemns: (1) violations by the Japanese squid gillnet fleet of fishing boundaries in the Northern Pacific Ocean; and (2) the Japanese Government's failure to provide for adequate enforcement of regulations covering the activities of such fleet. Requests the President to direct the appropriate executive agencies to achieve: (1) a negotiated settlement providing for changes to the Japanese laws and regulations governing such fleet and more active enforcement by Japanese authorities; and (2) more effective monitoring and enforcement by U.S. agencies. Urges the Secretary of State to direct the efforts of the State Department toward achieving an agreement with Japan providing for specified enforcement measures, including; (1) a guaranteed level of at-sea boardings and inspections by Japanese enforcement vessels; (2) a fisheries observer program involving U.S. observers; and (3) the right of U.S. authorities to board and inspect Japanese fishing vessels. Urges the Secretary of Transportation to direct the efforts of the Coast Guard toward increasing surveillance and enforcement efforts in connection with the squid fishery. Urges the Secretary of Commerce to invoke provisions imposing sanctions in the form of higher fees for Japanese gillnet fishing permits, for FY 1987, or provide to the Congress a full and adequate justification for failure to do so in light of Japan's failure to adequately regulate its squid fishing vessels in accordance with U.S. Japanese, and international law.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1987
Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act of 1987 - Prohibits the use on a vessel 25 meters or less in length of organotin-based antifouling paint, except as specified. Prohibits the sale of antifouling paint containing organotin or its application to a vessel unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency certifies that the release rate of such paint is below a specified level. Prohibits the sale of organotin paint additives. Permits the use of existing stockpiles for no more than 180 days following enactment. Sets forth certification procedures. Directs the Administrator to monitor and report annually for seven years to specified congressional officials on the concentrations of organotin in representative estuaries. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to periodically test and report to the Administrator and the State Governor on organotin contamination in waters and harbors serving as the home port for any Navy vessel. Imposes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the Administrator to study and report to specified congressional officials on alternative antifouling chemicals and systems. Requires sale and use prohibitions to continue until a final decision on the release of organotin into the aquatic environment through such paints takes effect.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1987
Calls upon the Government of the Soviet Union to: (1) grant to all those who wish to join spouses in the United States permission to emigrate with their family members to the United States; and (2) give special consideration to such cases that have remained unresolved for many years.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1987
Designates January 28, 1988, as National Challenger Center Day. (The Challenger Center is an institution offering children and teachers activities and information derived from American space research.)