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United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1987
Recommends that the Government lend support to efforts to overturn United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 (XXX), which equates Zionism with racism.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1987
Authorizes the Smithsonian Institution to develop a master plan for expansion of the National Air and Space Museum at Washington Dulles International Airport that will not interfere with the operations of the airport. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for master planning activities.
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1987
Declares that special recognition and commendation shall be given on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Apprenticeship System for service in training Americans for jobs.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1987
Designates January 28, 1988, as National Challenger Center Day. (The Challenger Center is an institution offering children and teachers activities and information derived from American space research.)
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987
Requires U.S. coins to be redesigned, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, over the next six years. Requires the reverse side of the first coin redesigned to commemorate the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution for a two-year period. Requires that any profits from the sale of uncirculated and proof sets of U.S. coins be deposited in the Treasury and used solely to reduce the national debt.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987
Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to prepare a statement setting forth in nontechnical terms: (1) the rights and obligations of a taxpayer and of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during a tax audit; (2) the procedures by which a taxpayer may appeal adverse decisions, prosecute refund claims, and file complaints; and (3) the procedures that the IRS may use in enforcing revenue laws. Directs the Secretary to transmit drafts of such statement to specified congressional committees and to distribute the final statement to all taxpayers receiving annual tax filing forms from the IRS. Requires the IRS, upon taxpayer request, to conduct any interview regarding the determination or collection of any tax at a reasonable time and place convenient to the taxpayer and to the IRS, and to permit the taxpayer, at his or her own expense, to record the interview. Authorizes the IRS interviewer to record such interview if the taxpayer has been given prior notice and is provided, upon request and payment of reproduction costs, with a transcript of the recording. Requires the interviewer to explain to the taxpayer the audit process, including the taxpayer's rights with respect to the process. Requires the Secretary to abate any penalty or interest imposed on any deficiency attributable to erroneous advice in writing given to a taxpayer by an IRS officer or employee in response to such taxpayer's specific inquiry. Authorizes the IRS Ombudsman, upon application filed by a taxpayer, to issue a Taxpayer Assistance Order if, in the determination of the Ombudsman: (1) the taxpayer is suffering or is about to suffer from an unusual or irreparable loss as a result of the manner in which the internal revenue laws are being administered by the Secretary; and (2) the Secretary has failed to carry out any of his or her duties or has violated any provision of law. Allows the terms of a Taxpayer Assistance Order to require the Secretary to release property of the taxpayer levied upon or to cease or refrain from certain actions. Requires the Secretary to obey any Taxpayer Assistance Order issued by the Ombudsman. Directs the Secretary, within 90 days of this Act's enactment, to issue regulations with respect to Taxpayer Assistance Orders, including provisions to assure full, fair, and impartial due process for affected taxpayers. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 and other Federal law to establish within the Department of the Treasury an Office of Inspector General. Transfers to such Office the existing audit and investigation units of the Department. Sets forth criteria with respect to: (1) the authority of the Inspector General to conduct an investigation; and (2) the authority of the Secretary in cases of audits or investigations requiring access to information of a sensitive or confidential nature. Allows the Secretary to prohibit investigations under specified circumstances. Restricts disclosure by the Inspector General of tax returns and return information. Prohibits records of tax enforcement results from being used to evaluate certain IRS personnel or to impose or suggest production quotas. Requires district directors to certify compliance with this mandate on a monthly basis. Requires the Secretary to certify that a rule proposed by the IRS is substantially the only alternative that meets the mandate of the relevant statute in order for the rule to be considered an interpretative rule (and thereby not subject to analyses under the Regulatory Flexibility Act). Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act to require regulatory flexibility analyses to include consideration of both the direct and indirect beneficial and negative effects of a proposed or final rule. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary, with limited exceptions, to send a preliminary letter of deficiency to a taxpayer prior to the mailing of a deficiency notice. Specifies required contents for tax due notices and deficiency notices, including the basis of the deficiency and a breakdown of the total amount into tax, interest, and penalty. Directs the Secretary, within 90 days of this Act's enactment, to issue regulations requiring all IRS personnel to explain and support their position in assessing any penalties or additions to tax. Requires the Comptroller General to study IRS procedures with respect to such assessments and to present findings to specified congressional committees no later than December 31, 1988. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a binding agreement with a taxpayer under which the taxpayer may pay tax liability in installments if the Secretary determines that such an agreement will facilitate collection of the liability. Permits the Secretary, after proper notice and a hearing, to modify or annul the agreement upon the finding that the financial condition of the affected taxpayer has significantly changed. Renders such an agreement nonbinding if the taxpayer fails to pay any installment or any other tax liability when due. Extends from ten to 30 days the period between the required notice to a person who neglects or refuses to pay tax liability and a levy on such person's salary, wages, or other property. Specifies information that must be incorporated in such notice, including possible alternative actions and the appropriate appeals procedures. Adds to the circumstances triggering termination of such a levy: (1) an agreement between the taxpayer and the Secretary for payment of the liability; and (2) the Secretary's determination that the taxpayer's financial condition precludes enforceability of the liability. Revises the list of property exempt from levy to: (1) increase the exempt amount permitted for certain personal effects, the property of a business, and wages; (2) add an exemption for certain deposits in qualified institutions; and (3) provide an express exemption, except under limited circumstances specified in this Act, for the taxpayer's principal residence, a motor vehicle used by the taxpayer as the primary means of transportation to work, and any tangible personal property essential to the operation of the taxpayer's business in cases when a levy would prevent the taxpayer from carrrying on such business. Prohibits a levy on any property when levy and sales expenses would exceed either the liability for which the levy is made or the fair market value of the levied property. Permits the Secretary to demand surrender of bank accounts only after 21 days in escrow have passed since service of the notice of levy on the accounts. Sets forth situations in which the Secretary must release a levy. Applies to jeopardy levies the administrative and judicial review procedures currently applicable to jeopardy assessments. Permits a taxpayer to bring a civil action against the United States in the Tax Court for judicial review of jeopardy levies and assessments. (Under current law an action for judicial review of jeopardy assessments may be filed only in district court.) Increases the time during which a taxpayer may petition for such review. Describes the jurisdictional requirements to be applied to such actions. Allows an administrative appeal of tax liens. Grants to the Tax Court exclusive jurisdiction to enjoin premature assessments if the taxpayer has filed a timely petition for review. Provides for review of such injunctive orders by the U.S. Court of Appeals. Grants to the Tax Court jurisdiction to enforce payment by the Secretary of refunds of overpayment and interest to taxpayers. Places on the Secretary the burden of proof of justifying any failure to refund, credit, or offset relevant amounts with respect to a taxpayer. Entitles a prevailing taxpayer to: (1) an interest rate of 120 percent of the overpayment rate with respect to refunds; and (2) reasonable litigation costs. Grants to the Tax Court jurisdiction to: (1) review jeopardy assessment sales of assets; and (2) redetermine interest under certain circumstances when a taxpayer claims an overpayment of the interest. Vests in the Tax Court original jurisdiction over any civil action against the Secretary for the recovery of any tax, additions to tax, and penalties with respect to income, estate, gift, and certain excise taxes. Authorizes an award of reasonable litigation costs to the prevailing party in proceedings by taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. Permits a taxpayer to bring a civil action in district court for actual damages resulting from the failure of any Federal officer or employee to release a tax lien on the taxpayer's property. Permits a civil cause of action in district court for damages resulting from the careless, reckless, or intentional disregard of internal revenue laws by any Federal officer or employee. Denies damage awards in cases of contributory negligence. Authorizes a damage award, to a $10,000 maximum, to the United States in cases of frivolous or groundless claims by a taxpayer. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe criminal penalties for: (1) any investigation or surveillance authorized or conducted by an officer or employee of the United States in connection with Federal tax laws that inquires into the beliefs, associations, or activities of any individual or organization; or (2) the maintenance of any records containing information derived from such an investigation. Establishes in the Internal Revenue Service the Office for Taxpayers Services, under the supervision of an Assistant Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Directs this Assistant Commissioner to: (1) be responsible for telephone, walk-in, and educational services, and for the design and production of tax and information forms; and (2) prepare annually, for presentation to specified congressional committees, a joint report (with the Chief Problem Resolution Officer for the IRS) on the quality of taxpayer services.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987
Designates February 4, 1988, as National Women in Sports Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the valuation of farm land for estate tax purposes. Permits a decedent's spouse who acquires farm and other real property as a result of the decedent's death to enter into a cash lease of such property with a family member and still have the property valued under use value principles rather than according to its highest and best use. Applies retroactively to leases for periods after December 31, 1976, of qualified real property of decedents dying after the same date.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1987
Recognizes the accomplishments of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act in enhancing, during the past 50 years, the knowledge, conservation, management, and habitat of U.S. wildlife resources, as well as hunter education. Commends hunters and shooters for their contributions to such Act's success.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1987
Designates the month of October 1987 as National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1987
Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to include single pregnant women under provisions for the distribution of assistance under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1987
Requests and authorizes the President to designate June 6 through June 12, 1988, as National Fishing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in its final form: (1) should state explicitly that the INF verification provisions do not set an automatic precedent for other arms control treaties; and (2) should not prohibit nonnuclear responses or infringe upon present or future nonnuclear arms reduction discussions. Declares that the successful conclusion of an INF Treaty will not lessen the importance of accelerating current efforts to address the Warsaw Pact air threat to NATO and of implementing existing NATO modernization requirements deemed necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1987
Congressional Campaign Reform Act of 1987 - Title I: Federal Election Campaign Reform - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) increase from $1,000 to $1,500 the amount a person may contribute to a candidate and his authorized political committees for an election for Federal office; and (2) decrease from $5,000 to $3,000 the amount a multicandidate political committee may contribute to a candidate and the candidate's political committees. Requires corporations, labor organizations, and each national committee of a political party to file a report with the Commission if such entities have engaged in any otherwise exempt activity during the period for which the report is filed. Describes "otherwise exempt activities" as those activities which are exempt from disclosure requirements and which include any act of furnishing or making available services, payments, or other benefits excluded from the definition of contribution or expenditure. Declares that any nonprofit corporation receiving reduced postal rates which uses the mails to engage in any otherwise exempt activity during the 90-day period prior to a general or special election shall be subject to a civil penalty. Establishes reporting requirements for persons making independent expenditures in Senate elections totaling more than $10,000, and thereafter each time such persons make independent expenditures totaling more than $5,000. Subjects to such reporting requirements the exempt activities of corporations and labor organizations. Sets forth disclosure requirements for independent expenditures through broadcast communications on any radio or television station. Provides that an expenditure is not an independent expenditure where the person making an expenditure is in coordination, consultation, or concert with a candidate. Requires a candidate, within 15 days of qualifying for a primary election ballot, to file with the Commission and each other qualifying candidate a declaration stating whether or not such candidate intends to expend funds and incur personal loans for the primary and general election in the aggregate of $250,000 or more from the following sources: (1) personal funds; (2) family funds; and (3) personal loans incurred in connection with the campaign for office. Allows the opponents of such candidate to accept larger contribution amounts from individuals. Requires a candidate who files a declaration of intent not to expend more than $250,000 and who subsequently does exceed such amount, to file an amended declaration within 24 hours after exceeding such amount. Allows a candidate to repay a personal loan in connection with the candidate's campaign from contributions made to such candidate or any authorized committee of such candidate. Prohibits the repayment of any interest on the principal amount of such loan. Prohibits a candidate from making expenditures from personal funds or family funds, or from incurring personal loans in connection with the election campaign at any time within 60 days before such election. Requires semiannual reports by a party political committee with respect to payments to such committee to defray establishment, administration, and solicitation costs. Requires the national committee of a political party to include in specified reports all funds received and disbursements made for purposes other than to influence a Federal election (soft money). Provides for the accountability of contributions made by intermediaries or conduits to political action committees. Title II: Bipartisan Commission on Congressional Campaign Financing - Bipartisan Commission and Congressional Campaign Financing Act - Establishes the Bipartisan Commission on Congressional Campaign Financing to develop a means of campaign financing which: (1) promotes the availability of qualified candidates for congressional office; (2) permits candidates, irrespective of their personal financial resources, the opportunity to communicate effectively with the electorate; (3) protects the integrity of the legislative process; (4) promotes participation of political parties in the electoral and legislative processes; and (5) promotes public confidence in both the electoral and legislative processes. Declares that such Commission shall consider and study Federal laws and regulations and public commentary relating to financing congressional election campaigns. Requires the Commission to consider specified aspects of congressional campaign financing and candidates' financial disclosure. Requires the Commission, on the basis of its consideration and study, to make findings and recommendations to promote the congressional policy on campaign financing. Directs the Director of the Congressional Research Service and the Chairman of the Federal Election Commission to provide the Commission with pertinent briefing papers within two months of enactment of this title. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization of 1987 - Title I: National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (the Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires that the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect be headed by a Director with experience in child abuse and neglect, and be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to require that professional staff of the Center have experience relating to child abuse and neglect. Requires that the Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect include not less than 15 members or any greater number necessary to represent a majority from the general public who are individuals knowledgeable in child abuse prevention, treatment, or research, including the fields of social services, law (including the judiciary) and medicine, or who are representatives of adolescents, parent self-help organizations, and voluntary organizations. Makes the Advisory Board responsible for advising and consulting with the Director on proposed research studies and long-range planning for the Center. Directs the Secretary, through the Center and as part of research activities, to establish a national data collection and analysis program with respect to State child abuse and neglect reports. Requires the program to include: (1) standardized data on false, unfounded, or unsubstantiated reports; and (2) information on the number of deaths due to child abuse and neglect. Requires the Director to submit an annual summary and analysis of the data collected to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to ensure that a majority share of assistance for discretionary research and demonstration grants under the Act be available for activities related to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Permits up to five-year (currently three-year) grants for model training materials. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a portion of assistance is available for national resource centers addressing issues of child abuse and neglect. Provides, under specified conditions, for extensions of waivers of requirements for grants to States for demonstration or service programs and projects. Requires the Director to conduct a study of: (1) how individual legal representation of children in cases of child abuse or neglect has been provided in each State; and (2) the effectiveness of legal representation of children in cases of abuse or neglect through the use of guardian-ad-litem and court appointed special advocates. Requires the Director, within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, to report on such study, with recommendations, to the appropriate congressional committees. Eliminates provisions for discretionary grants or contracts with public agencies or nonprofit private organizations for centers for child abuse prevention and treatment. Establishes a mandatory grant for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to provide, directly or through grants or contracts with public or private nonprofit organizations, for the establishment and maintenance of resource centers: (1) serving defined geographic areas; (2) staffed by multidisciplinary teams of personnel trained in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and (3) providing advice and consultation to individuals, agencies, and organizations which request such services. Limits the amount of funds which may be used for such purposes. Requires the Director to conduct a study of: (1) the incidence of child abuse among children with handicaps and the relationship between child abuse and children's handicapping conditions; and (2) the incidence of children who have developed handicapping conditions as a result of child abuse or neglect. Requires the Director, within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, to report on such study, with recommendations, to the appropriate congressional committees. Provides for grants and contracts for interagency demonstration training programs, including programs for treating and preventing abuse of children with handicaps. Provides for grants and contracts for innovative programs and projects relating to alcohol-related child abuse, home health visitor programs, and a national parent self-help program. Directs the Secretary to establish demonstration priorities for making grants or contracts for model training materials. Establishes a National Commission on Child and Youth Deaths. Directs the Commission to study and evaluate comprehensively Federal, State, and local public and private resources which affect child and youth deaths. Directs the Commission to make recommendations with respect to: (1) a national policy designed to reduce and prevent child and youth deaths, including more accurate reporting systems and appropriate roles for the Federal Government, States, and local governments and the private sector; (2) changes needed within Federal laws and programs to achieve an effective Federal role in preventing such deaths; and (3) changes needed to improve national data collection with respect to deaths. Directs the Commission, within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, to report to the President and the appropriate congressional committees on information gathered, evaluations, and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission 90 days after the date on which it transmits its report. Title II: Adoption Opportunities - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide, directly or by grants or contracts, for programs aimed at increasing the number of minority children placed in adoptive families, with a special emphasis on recruitment of and placement with minority families. Directs the Secretary to provide, directly or by grants or contracts, for post-legal adoption services for families who have adopted special needs children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations for such period for the minority placement and post-legal adoption services programs. Title III: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, Reauthorization - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to remove a three-year limit on grants for shelters. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Access to Health Insurance for Medically Uninsurable Individuals Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 and provides for allotment of appropriated funds to the States. Requires States to use the funds to develop and operate qualified risk pools to provide health insurance for medically uninsurable individuals. Limits to ten percent the amount of the funds which may be used for administration and requires States to pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of administering the funds. Requires an application for the funds to contain certain assurances and certifications by the chief executive officer of a State. Requires such officer to prepare and furnish to the Secretary of Health and Human Services a description of the intended use of the payments, including the programs and activities to be supported. Requires the description to be open to public comment. Provides for an annual report from each State to the Secretary, with copies made available to interested persons. Requires States to provide for a biennial financial and compliance audit of funds provided the State and a single financial and compliance audit of each entity administering the funds. Provides for repayment of funds found not to have been expended in accordance with this Act and authorizes the Secretary to withhold funds from any State that does not use its allotment in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct investigations of the use of funds received under this Act. Prohibits discrimination in any program or activity funded under this Act. Provides for criminal penalties for false statements made in connection with items or services for which payment may be made from funds under this Act. Directs the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Congress a report describing the activities conducted and assessing the efficacy of qualified risk pools established under this Act and containing recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Designates October 15, 1987, as National Safety Belt Use Day. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people to wear safety belts and have their children use child safety seats, and encouraging public safety and law enforcement agencies to promote these devices.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987
Declares that the Congress strongly urges that the Free Trade Area Agreement being negotiated by the United States and Canada not contain any changes in the maritime policy and laws of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) develop a regulation to provide a phased-in rental increase for public housing tenants whose incomes increase substantially as a result of job training program participation; (2) consider past training program experience in developing such regulations; and (3) make a cost estimate of such regulation, including the impact of rent increases on tenants' job training participation and occupancy decisions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987
Honors the late Portuguese diplomat, Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches, for his extraordinary acts of mercy and justice during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987
1988 Olympic Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of gold and silver coins emblematic of the participation of American athletes in the 1988 Olympic Games. Sets forth certain features of the coins and provides for their sale and issuance. Requires all sales to include specified surcharges. Requires all surcharges to be paid to the United States Olympic Committee. Terminates the minting of the coins on December 31, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987
Recognizes the contributions of Rachel Carson to public awareness and understanding of environmental issues on the 25th anniversary of her book, "Silent Spring."
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) supporting the President's efforts to gain Pakistan's compliance with its past commitments not to produce weapon-grade nuclear material; (2) urging the President to inform Pakistan that its verifiable compliance with such past commitments is vital to any further U.S. military assistance; and (3) urging the President to pursue an agreement by India and Pakistan to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, accept International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, allow mutual inspection of one another's nuclear installations, renounce nuclear weapons through a joint declaration, and establish a nuclear weapons free zone in the Subcontinent.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1987
Designates the week beginning February 1, 1988, as National VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program) Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1987
Expresses the Senate's profound sorrow and regret at the death of Secretary of Commerce Howard Malcolm Baldrige, Jr.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1987
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to consider the aggregate number of resident workers who commute from the county in which a hospital is located to contiguous metropolitan statistical areas, rather than only considering the number of workers commuting to a single metropolitan area, for the purpose of determining whether such hospital should be paid at urban rather than rural rates.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 1992 the period during which qualified mortgage bonds and mortgage credit certificates may be issued. (Under current law, authority for these programs is due to expire as of 1989.)
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987
Methanol and Alternative Fuels Promotion Act of 1987 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to revise the dual fuel passenger automobile driving range for automobiles operating on certain ethanol or methanol mixtures. Provides that for any ten consecutive model years between 1993 and 2005, a dual fuel passenger automobile manufacturer shall receive an average fuel economy increase according to specified guidelines. Declares that if a manufacturer makes methanol- or ethanol-powered or dual fuel passenger automobiles, the fuel economy of an automobile shall be based on the fuel content of the methanol or ethanol mixture used to operate it. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding ethanol and methanol promotion. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare that the determination of tax to be imposed regarding methanol-, ethanol-, or natural gas-powered or dual fuel passenger automobiles shall be based on the fuel economy rating established under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1987
Expresses the Senate's profound sorrow and regret at the death of economist Walter Wolfgang Heller.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1987
Designates the week beginning November 15, 1987, as African American Education Week. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon: (1) the Department of Education and State and local governments to support activities observing such week; (2) schools and communities with African Americans to demonstrate their commitment to the education of African Americans; and (3) community organizations to intensify their support of academic excellence by African Americans.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1987
Agricultural Producer and Farm Credit System Borrower Act of 1987 - Title I: Farm Credit System Liability and Insurance - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to provide that after December 31, 1992: (1) each Farm Credit System (FCS) institution shall be individually liable for its notes and other obligations; and (2) FCS institutions will no longer be jointly and severally liable. Establishes a Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (Corporation) which shall insure the full payment of FCS institution interest and principal. States that the Farm Credit Reserve Fund Board (established by this Act) shall act as the Corporation's board of directors until its termination, upon which the Farm Credit Administration Board shall assume such duties. Sets forth Corporation powers. Prohibits an FCS institution from joining with other institutions in issuing consolidated obligations payable after December 31, 1992, unless it is insured by the Corporation. Funds the Corporation through institution insurance premiums and stock sales. Directs the Corporation to set uniform premium levels. Authorizes the Corporation, pursuant to enumerated conditions, to terminate an institution's insured status for uncorrected status or operations violations. Directs the Corporation to maintain a general reserve, and after the Reserve Board's termination, permits it to supplement such reserve through the issuance of federally-guaranteed bonds and other obligations. Caps such obligations at $1,000,000,000. Stipulates that such supplemental reserves may only be used for insurance purposes. Requires institutions to maintain adequate capital. Directs the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) to periodically consult with the Corporation regarding capitalization levels. Provides that the Corporation shall serve as a receiver for an insured institution in receivership. Sets forth related provisions. Sets forth Corporation fund provisions, including investment provisions. Authorizes the Corporation to make loans to, or purchase the assets of, an institution if the Board determines such action is necessary to reopen a closed institution or prevent the failure of an operating institution. Title II: Financial Assistance-Subtitle A: Farm Credit Reserve Fund and Financial Assistance - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to establish a Farm Credit Reserve Fund Board to temporarily administer Federal assistance to FCS institutions and oversee the loan restructuring process. Grants emergency powers through 1989 to the Board to permit it to manage financially-troubled institutions. Requires an annual report to the Congress. Establishes a Farm Credit Reserve Fund which shall be available to the Board to carry out its operations. Funds such Fund through: (1) guaranteed debt obligations; (2) assessments; (3) Capital Corporation asset transfers; (4) revolving fund transfers; (5) Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) land assets transfers; and (6) appropriated funds. (Provides initial funding through institution assessments.) Requires: (1) each FCS district to establish a special credit unit to review and make final disposition of all nonaccrual and high risk loans held by institutions within its district; and (2) each unit to develop a loan disposition plan which emphasizes the importance of keeping farmers on their land through deferrals and restructuring. Subtitle B: Termination of Capital Corporation and Reserve Fund - Directs FCA to terminate the Farm Credit System Capital Corporation: (1) 90 days after enactment of this Act; or (2) earlier, upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors of such Corporation. States that the Farm Credit Reserve Fund Board shall succeed to the Capital Corporation's rights, assets, and obligations. Title III: Stock Protection and Capitalization - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to require that through December 31, 1992, retired institution stock shall be redeemed at par value in interest-bearing notes, unless the borrower requests a cash payment. Provides for post-1992 payment only in cash. Requires institutions to adopt a capitalization plan that meets FCA minimum requirements and is based on generally accepted accounting principles. Title IV: Structural Changes in the Farm Credit System - Subtitle A: Mergers of Farm Credit System Institutions - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to make FCS structural changes regarding: (1) the merger of banks within a district; (2) the merger of like banks in different districts; (3) transfers by production credit associations to banks; (4) transfers by Federal land banks to Federal land bank associations; (5) the merger of associations into banks; (6) the merger of like and unlike associations; (7) institutional termination and dissolution; (8) the merger of service organizations; (9) prior approval of information disclosure and issuance of charters; and (10) the taxation (or exemption) of merged banks and associations. Requires the establishment of a FCS-wide finance committee. Subtitle B: General Provisions - Authorizes a Federal land bank association or production credit association to have on its board of directors a person who is not otherwise connected with FCS institutions. Authorizes such associations to borrow and lend money without the supervision or assistance of a Federal land bank. Authorizes an FCS institution to operate outside its normal service territory. Subtitle C: Effective Date - Makes this title effective 30 days after enactment of this Act. Title V: Agricultural Mortgage Secondary Market - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to establish a federally-chartered Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation to: (1) develop uniform underwriting, security appraisal, and repayment standards for qualified loans; (2) determine the eligibility of agricultural mortgage marketing facilities for credit enhancement of specific mortgage pools; and (3) provide credit enhancement for the repayment of qualified loan pool principal and interest. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the temporary and permanent boards of directors; (2) powers and duties; (3) capitalization through stock issuances; (4) agricultural mortgage marketing facilities' certification; (5) credit enhancement of qualified loans and the establishment of uniform underwriting, security appraisal, and repayment standards. Authorizes the Mortgage Corporation to charge fees to cover operating and credit enhancement expenses. Title VI: Export Financing and OFI Authorities - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to make permanent: (1) Federal intermediate credit banks' lending authority; and (2) cooperative banks' authority to finance certain import and export transactions. Authorizes Federal land banks to make loans and provide related financial assistance to other financing institutions. Title VII: Disposition of Acquired Property - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to express the sense of the Congress that FCS institutions: (1) should sell foreclosure-acquired property unless such sale would have a detrimental effect on farm land value; and (2) should try to make such sales to local people.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1987
Federal Science, Technology, and Acquisition Revitalization Act of 1987 - Authorizes Federal agencies to establish alternative personnel management systems for scientific, technical, and acquisition employees in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Includes in each such system a Senior Scientific, Technical, and Acquisition Personnel Service (comparable to the Senior Executive Service) for such employees who are specially qualified. Sets forth provisions for scientific, technical, and acquisition employees relating to employment authority and compensation. Sets forth transition provisions for employees designated as subject to an alternative personnel management system. Requires the head of each agency to regularly review the level of professional competence and professional training needs of the scientific and technical work force and the acquisition work force. Directs the Comptroller General to review and evaluate the systems established under this Act and report to the Congress and OPM within five years of its enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Irving Berlin be recognized for his musical accomplishments.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1987
Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to authorize a civil action to be brought on behalf of the Social Security Administration against anyone who uses the words "Social Security" or "Social Security Administration" in trade or commerce in a manner which: (1) falsely represents an association with, or authorization by the Social Security Administration; (2) tends to cause confusion or mistake; or (3) tends to deceive.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1987
Designates the week of February 21 through February 27, 1988, as National Visiting Nurse Association Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1987
Designates the week beginning on November 8, 1987, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1987
Expresses the Senate's profound sorrow and regret at the death of economist Arthur F. Burns.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987
Public Health Service Act Infant Mortality Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the FY 1988 authorization of appropriations for health centers providing services to migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families. Increases the FY 1988 authorization of appropriations for community health centers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), in making grants to community health centers, to give special consideration to the needs of frontier areas. Requires that, if amounts appropriated for community health centers for FY 1988 exceed a specified amount, the excess shall be available for grants to community health centers for prenatal services to decrease infant mortality and perinatal coordination projects to develop and coordinate referral arrangements between community health centers and other agencies. Directs the Secretary to give priority to community health centers in areas in which there is a high or increased incidence of infant mortality. Directs the Secretary to contract with schools of medicine and osteopathy for area health education center programs which include training of personnel to offer maternal and child health services in underserved areas, giving priority to programs which train personnel to provide service in areas along the border between the United States and Mexico, in frontier areas, and in areas in which the rate of infant mortality and low birthweight are disproportionately higher than for the State in which such area is located. Requires participating schools to provide for participation by administrative personnel in each of the departments of pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and family medicine. Exempts schools participating in such programs from existing requirements that no less than ten percent of undergraduate medical or osteopathic clinical education be conducted in an area health education center and locations under the sponsorship of such center. Requires programs to conduct a medical residency program in obstetrics and gynecology enrolling at least six individuals in first year positions. Requires area health education centers to involve nurse midwives in their interdisciplinary training. (Current provisions require involvement of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.) Increases the authorization of appropriations for FY 1988. Requires a specified amount to be available for contracts for area health education center programs under this Act. Amends part A (Special Projects) of title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit private schools of nursing for fellowship programs for the education of nurse midwives and pediatric, family, obstetric, and gynecologic nurse practitioners. Directs the Secretary, after consultation with educational, nursing, and medical organizations, to prescribe guidelines for the fellowship programs. Specifies minimum requirements to be included in the guidelines. Requires the fellowships to cover 100 percent of costs of tuition, books, living, moving, and transportation expenses. Requires individuals receiving fellowships to be registered nurses. Requires schools of nursing, in awarding fellowships, to give priority to applicants employed in and recommended by a facility serving underserved populations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987
Declares that the American people reaffirm their commitment to promoting the development of democracy in all the Americas. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of Panama should respond to the points contained in the communique issued on June 17, 1987, by the Panamanian Episcopal Conference; (2) the vital interests of the United States in securing authentic democracy in Panama would be best served by the peaceful establishment of genuine democratic institutions in accordance with the Panamanian constitution; (3) compliance with internationally recognized human rights and the lifting of the suspension of constitutional guarantees are essential preconditions to the restoration of democracy in Panama; (4) an independent investigation into allegations against senior Panamanian civilian and military officials should be conducted by an objective group of Panamanians with authority to publish their findings without delay or fear of reprisal; and (5) the Government of Panama should direct the current commander of the Panama Defense Forces and any other implicated officials to relinquish their duties pending the outcome of the independent investigation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1987
Small Business Retirement and Benefit Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to cease, as of 1988, the application of special rules for employee benefit plans that are top-heavy. (A top-heavy plan is one in which the value of plan benefits for specified "key" employees exceeds 60 percent of those for all employees under the plan.) Establishes, as a component of the general business credit against income tax, a credit for the administrative costs incurred by an employer having 100 of fewer employees in maintaining a qualified employee pension plan. Limits such credit to a maximum of $3,000 ($4,500 in the case of a defined benefit plan). Reduces the amount of the credit when the average number of employees during a relevant period exceeds 50. Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and the IRC to: (1) apply nondiscrimination rules for coverage and benefits to certain employee benefit plans as of 1991 (currently 1988); (2) extend from 1987 to 1989 the effective date of amendments relating to the definition of "compensation" with respect to pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans; (3) render nontaxable any annuities purchased for employees by a nongovernmental tax-exempt entity; (4) repeal certain restrictions on distributions of contributions under salary reduction arrangements; (5) delay the effective date for the application of nondiscrimination requirements to tax-sheltered annuities; and (6) repeal the 15 percent tax imposed on excess distributions from qualified retirement plans. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide, for the administrator of an employee benefit plan having fewer than 100 participants, simplified reporting requirements with respect to supplying plan descriptions and annual reports to plan participants and beneficiaries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the required Government forms currently in use with respect to qualified retirement plans are not designed so that a person with no experience in the area of employee benefits could complete them. Directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Labor to: (1) redesign such forms as they pertain to plans having fewer than 100 participants; and (2) report to the Congress on their actions in this regard. Amends the IRC to provide that if an employer does not operate an on-premises eating facility for employees, 50 percent of the employer's share of an off-premises meal furnished to an employee shall be treated as a de minimis fringe benefit (not includible in the employee's income) provided that: (1) the employer pays no more than one-third of the cost of the meal; (2) a maximum of one meal per working day is provided; and (3) the meal is furnished during normal business hours.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should express to West Germany that the United States expects it to comply with its treaty obligations by extraditing terrorist Mohammed Hamadei to the United States; and (2) any action by West Germany that involves the exchange of Hamadei for German nationals being held hostage by terrorists will have extremely serious consequences for the relationship between the two countries.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1987
Amends Federal law to direct the President to set aside and proclaim the first Thursday in May in each year as a National Day of Prayer. (Current law directs the President to set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, for such purpose.)
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act of 1987 - Title I: AIDS as a National Public Health Emergency - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to determine that acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) presents a public health emergency for purposes of certain provisions of the Act. Authorizes appropriations sufficient to double the amount of the standard level to be in the Public Health Emergency Fund at the beginning of each fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Congress an annual report on expenditures of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relating to AIDS, including a description of each program, project, and activity and a description of each grant made and each contract and cooperative agreement entered into. Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, through the National Library of Medicine, to establish, maintain, and operate the International Data Bank on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. States that the Data Bank shall collect, catalog, store, and disseminate, through information systems accessible to the public, general practitioners, and investigators, the results of research and treatment regarding AIDS which is undertaken in any country. Requires that such results be available to any person involved in research and treatment relating to AIDS in any country. Directs the Secretary to establish a schedule of charges for users of the Data Bank from other countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to establish a virus and serum bank in which all human immunodeficiency virus serotypes and serums are available to qualified investigators. Authorizes the Director to require that any serotype or serum provided under this measure be returned and any information resulting from the use of the serotype or serum be provided to the Director. Authorizes the Secretary, notwithstanding any other law, in accordance with civil service laws, and acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to appoint not more than 40 additional employees to the Food and Drug Administration. Directs the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to provide technical assistance to State and local governments and public and nonprofit private entities carrying out programs, projects, and activities relating to AIDS. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Title II: Training and Services - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to add a new subpart on health care services in the home. Authorizes appropriations for activities described in this provision for FY 1988 and 1989. Directs the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to make allotments to each State, of funds appropriated under such authorization, according to a formula which considers the ratio of the number of individuals with AIDS in the State to the number of individuals with AIDS in all States. Directs the Secretary, in certain circumstances, to make payment of allotments directly to an Indian tribe or a tribal organization and to reserve such direct amounts from allotments to the State. States that amounts paid to a State for a fiscal year and remaining unobligated at the end of the year shall remain available to the State for the next fiscal year. Provides that allotments may be used, with regard to eligible individuals, to: (1) pay compensation for the services of physicians, nurses, and social workers who plan, manage, or provide health care services in the home; (2) identify and locate individuals needing health care services in the home; (3) coordinate health care services in the home with other supportive social services; (4) coordinate other long-term care services provided by public and private institutions and voluntary organizations; and (5) train health care professionals, especially those who may provide home health care services or work in hospices. Authorizes States to use amounts allotted to them to provide health care services in the home for eligible individuals through grants to health care organizations. Prohibits more than ten percent of the total amount allotted and paid to a State under this provision from being used to administer such amount. Requires the State to pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of administering the funds. Prohibits use of the allotments to: (1) pay more than a specified amount per year per eligible individual for compensation for the services of physicians, nurses, and social workers; (2) inpatient services; (3) cash payments to recipients; (4) capital purchase or improvement, subject to waiver by the Secretary; (5) satisfy any requirement for expenditure of non-Federal funds; (6) provide services under this provision if the total cost to the Federal Government would exceed the total cost of institutionalizing the individual; (7) provide reimbursement for services performed by any individual other than a physician, nurse, or social worker; or (8) provide social services for which planning and management is conducted under specified provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary, if requested by a State, to provide technical assistance to the State. Requires a State, in order to receive an allotment, to submit an application to the Secretary. Specifies matters to which the chief executive officer of a State must certify in the application. Requires the chief executive officer of a State to prepare and furnish the Secretary with a description of the intended use of the payments the State will receive under the allotment. Requires that the description be made public so as to facilitate comment from any person during development and after transmittal. States that existing provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to reduction in payments to States, reports and audits, withholding of funds for cause, nondiscrimination, and criminal penalties for false statements shall apply to this new subpart. Requires reports submitted under this provision to include an analysis of the cost effectiveness of providing health care services in the home. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluations of services provided and activities carried out with payments to States under this subpart. Authorizes the Secretary to use funds from the Public Health Emergency Fund to purchase, on behalf of and at the request of a State, large quantities, at bulk rates, of drugs for the treatment of AIDS, when doing so is more economical than the purchase of the drug by the State. Requires the Secretary to provide the purchased drugs to the State at the cost paid by the Secretary and to deposit the amount received from the States in the Fund. Amends Part F (relating to grants and contracts) of title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine and osteopathy to: (1) train faculty of schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, and allied health, and faculty of programs for the training of physician assistants, to teach students, in such schools and programs, to provide care and treatment, including counseling and prevention, for individuals with AIDS; and (2) develop and disseminate curricula relating to care and treatment of such individuals. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to give preference to projects which will: (1) train health professionals who will provide treatment for minority individuals with AIDS and other individuals who are at high risk of contracting AIDS; and (2) train minority health professionals to provide treatment for individuals with AIDS. Prohibits making grants or contracts unless an application is submitted to the Secretary. Makes applications for grants or contracts subject to peer review by groups composed principally of non-Federal experts. Prohibits the Secretary from approving or disapproving an application unless the Secretary has received recommendations from such peer groups and has consulted with the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for FY 1988. Amends title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to make grants to and enter into contracts, with regard to the care and treatment of individuals with AIDS, with schools of nursing relating to: (1) the training of nurses; (2) the development and dissemination of curricula; (3) instruction in methods; (4) training and retraining of faculty; (5) continuing education of nurses; and (6) establishment of new affiliations with facilities which can provide students with clinical training. Directs the Secretary, in making grants, to give preference to projects which will: (1) train nurses who will provide treatment for minority individuals with AIDS and other individuals who are at high risk of contracting AIDS; and (2) train minority nurses to provide treatment for individuals with AIDS. Prohibits making grants or contracts unless an application is submitted to the Secretary. Makes applications for grants or contracts subject to peer review by groups composed principally of non-Federal experts. Prohibits the Secretary from approving or disapproving an application unless the Secretary has received recommendations from such peer groups and has consulted with the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for FY 1988. Amends part B (Federal-State Cooperation) of title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to provide, directly or through grant or contract, for: (1) education, training, and clinical skills improvement activities relating to AIDS for health professionals and allied health professionals; and (2) technical assistance to States and public and nonprofit entities for research in, and prevention and control of, AIDS. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Title III: Public Information - Amends Part B (Federal-State Cooperation) of title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to develop and disseminate, through the print and broadcast media, public service announcements which inform the public, discourage high risk behaviors, and encourage individuals who may be at risk for contracting AIDS to be tested for infection and to receive counseling regarding infection. Directs the Secretary to: (1) place special emphasis on announcements directed toward minority individuals and individuals at high risk of contracting AIDS; and (2) use appropriate private organizations and businesses. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Directs the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to establish and maintain a toll-free 24-hour telephone service to provide information to the public concerning AIDS. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Directs the Secretary, through the Public Health Service, to establish and maintain a telephone service to provide medical and technical information during normal business hours of the Centers to individuals and organizations who provide care and treatment services for individuals with AIDS. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to create a new part relating to public information activities by States. Authorizes appropriations for provisions of this part for FY 1988 and 1989. Directs the Secretary to make allotments in the same ratio as the population of the State bears to the population of all States. Directs the Secretary, in certain circumstances, to make payments of allotments directly to an Indian tribe or a tribal organization and to reserve such direct amounts from allotments to the State. Directs the Secretary to make payments from funds appropriated for that fiscal year. Declares that any amount paid to a State for a fiscal year and remaining unobligated at the end of the year shall remain available for the next fiscal year. Requires allocated amounts to be used, with regard to AIDS, for: (1) the development, establishment, or operation of public information activities for the general public, including minorities, relating to prevention and diagnosis; (2) the development, establishment, or operation of public information activities, relating to prevention and diagnosis, for populations at high risk of contracting AIDS; (3) technical assistance to community-based organizations, public and nonprofit private entities, and employers in developing information programs; and (4) training for personnel to carry out such activities. Prohibits States from using allocated funds for capital purchase or improvement, subject to waiver by the Secretary, or for satisfying any requirement for expenditure of non-Federal funds. Directs the Secretary, if requested by a State, to provide technical assistance to the State in planning and operating the activities under this part. Prohibits the use of more than ten percent of allocated amounts for administering the funds. Requires States to pay, from non-Federal sources, the remaining costs of administering the funds. Requires States to submit an application to the Secretary in order to receive an allocation. Specifies matters to which the chief executive officer of a State must certify in the application. Requires that the chief executive officer of a State: (1) prepare and furnish the Secretary with a description of the intended use of the payments the State will receive; and (2) make the description public so as to facilitate comment from any person during development and after transmittal. Declares that existing provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to reduction in payments to States, reports and audits, withholding of funds for cause, nondiscrimination, and criminal penalties for false statements shall apply to this part in the same manner as they apply to the existing part B of this title. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluations of the activities carried out under this part. Requires each State to include in the annual report submitted to the Secretary under existing provisions information which is necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct the evaluations. Directs the Secretary 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 summarizing the evaluations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Designates July 25, 1987, as Clean Water Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should appropriate, for FY 1988: (1) sufficient funds to establish and maintain the Public Health Emergency Fund authorized under current law; and (2) a specified amount to the Veterans Administration for medical care for persons havings AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) who are entitled to receive medical care under laws administered by the Veterans Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1987
Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the National Association of State Racing Commissioners, State racing commissions, and authorities that regulate parimutuel wagering to: (1) use the facilities of the National Crime Information Center to receive, share, store, and disseminate criminal identification records; and (2) submit fingerprints to the Attorney General for identification and a criminal history records check.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987
Authorizes the States to raise the speed limit to 65 miles per hour on highways on the Interstate System which are located outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more and which: (1) are constructed according to specified interstate standards; or (2) are divided four-lane fully controlled access highways designed to accommodate such speeds.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987
Designates the week of September 13 through September 19, 1987, as National Reye's Syndrome Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1987
Designates November 15 through November 22, 1987, as National Arts Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1987
Federal Campaign Reform Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit multicandidate political committees from making contributions to any candidate and the candidate's political committee, other than a national political party or a political committee maintained by a national political party. Authorizes the Federal Election Commission to conduct random audits of separate segregated funds and nonparty multicandidate political committees. Requires corporations, labor organizations, and each national committee of a political party to file a report with the Commission if such entities have engaged in any otherwise exempt activity during the period for which the report is filed. Describes "otherwise exempt activities" as those activities which are exempt from disclosure requirements and which include any act of furnishing or making available services, payments, or other benefits excluded from the definition of contribution or expenditure. Declares that any nonprofit corporation receiving reduced postal rates which uses the mails to engage in any otherwise exempt activity during the 90-day period prior to a general or special election shall be subject to a civil penalty. Establishes reporting requirements for persons making independent expenditures in U.S. Senate elections totaling more than $10,000, and thereafter each time such persons make independent expenditures totaling more than $5,000. Subjects to such reporting requirements the exempt activities of corporations and labor organizations. Sets forth disclosure requirements for independent expenditures through broadcast communications on any radio or television station. Provides that an expenditure is not an independent expenditure where the person making an expenditure is in coordination, consultation, or concert with a candidate. Requires a candidate, within 15 days of qualifying for a primary election ballot, to file with the Commission and each other qualifying candidate a declaration stating whether or not such candidate intends to expend funds and incur personal loans for the primary and general election in the aggregate of $250,000 or more from the following sources: (1) personal funds; (2) family funds; and (3) personal loans incurred in connection with the campaign for office. Allows the opponents of such candidate to accept larger contribution amounts from individuals. Requires a candidate who files a declaration of intent not to expend more than $250,000 and who subsequently does exceed such amount, to file an amended declaration within 24 hours after exceeding such amount. Allows a candidate to repay a personal loan in connection with the candidate's campaign from contributions made to such candidate or any authorized committee of such candidate. Prohibits the repayment of any interest on the principal amount of such loan. Prohibits a candidate from making expenditures from personal funds, family funds, or from incurring personal loans in connection with the election campaign at any time within 60 days before such election. Requires that solicited or accepted contributions made through a check or money order be made payable to a specific payee by the original drawer of the check or money order when such amounts will be combined and contributed to a candidate for Federal office. Requires semiannual reports by a party political committee with respect to payments to such committee to defray establishment, administration, and solicitation costs. Requires the national committee of a political party to include in specified reports all funds received and disbursements made for purposes other than to influence a Federal election (soft money). Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be established a bipartisan commission on campaign financing to develop a means of campaign financing which: (1) promotes the availability of qualified candidates for congressional office; (2) permits candidates, irrespective of their personal financial resources, the opportunity to communicate effectively with the electorate; (3) protects the integrity of the legislative process; (4) promotes participation of political parties in the electoral and legislative process; and (5) promotes public confidence in both the electoral and legislative processes. Declares that such commission should consider and study Federal laws and regulations and public commentary relating to financing congressional election campaigns.