United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1987
Establishes the Motor Carrier Administration in the Department of Transportation, to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President who shall report directly to the Secretary of Transportation. Creates the position of Deputy Administrator, to be appointed by the Secretary. Confers upon the Administrator duties and powers related to motor carriers and motor carrier safety under specified law. States that a decision of the Administrator implementing duties involving notice and hearing requirements is administratively final. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding a review of those Interstate Commerce Commission activities affecting motor carrier transportation which could be more efficiently performed by the Motor Carrier Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987
Rural Health Services Transition Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program, administered through the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, to assist eligible small rural hospitals in modifying their services to adjust to certain demographic changes and to changing health care needs and practices in their communities. Sets forth criteria to govern grant applications and the use of grant funds. Lists the factors the Secretary must consider in determining which hospitals will receive grants. Limits grants to a maximum of $50,000 per year and to a term of no more than two years. Restricts certain capital-related expenditures of grant moneys. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress at least every six months concerning the grant program and to submit a final report at a specified time. Authorizes appropriations from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for FY 1988 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987
ABM Treaty Interpretation Resolution - Declares the policy of the Senate with respect to the Constitution and as it applies in interpreting the ABM Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. States that the development, testing, or deployment of specified ABM systems is inconsistent with the Treaty and therefore requires an amendment to be agreed to by both countries.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require deductions for research and experimental expenditures to be allocated to income from sources within the United States. Repeals a provision of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 which establishes a one-year requirement that 50 percent of such expenditures be allocated to U.S. income and the remainder on the basis of gross sales or gross income.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the promotion of unrestricted family visits between related people of the United States and the Soviet Union is an essential part of American policy toward the Soviet Union; and (2) the President, the Secretary of State, and other administration members should raise the issue of family visitation at all appropriate opportunities in discussions with leaders of the Communist Party and the Government of the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1987
Reaffirms that deposits in federally insured depository institutions, up to the statutorily prescribed amount, are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1987
Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the ongoing appropriations for timber utilization in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Repeals the requirement for identifying lands unsuitable for timber production in such forest, and repeals the reporting requirement on the adequacy of timber supply from such forest lands. Requires the biennial report on such Forest to include the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1987
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of Department of Defense funds to carry out a test of the Space Defense System (anti-satellite weapon) against an object in space until the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted such a test after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that such prohibition shall be effective from the date of enactment of this Act until October 1, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe the bicentennial of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1987
Establishes the Commission on United States Trade in the 1990's. Specifies that such Commission shall be composed of 18 members, six of whom shall be appointed by the President, six by the President pro tempore of the Senate, and six by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Sets forth administrative provisions. Requires the Commission to study and make recommendations concerning U.S. international trade and export policies and practices. Requires the Commission, in conducting its study, to review and make recommendations concerning specified items, including: (1) likely impediments to exporting by U.S. industries in the 1990's; (2) the likely propensity of the United States to import goods and services in the 1990's; (3) the competitiveness of firms manufacturing products in the United States in the 1990's; (4) the likely relationships between trade and international monetary policy in the 1990's; (5) the likely state of vitality in the U.S. economy during the 1990's; (6) the role for international trade activities by State and local governments in the 1990's; and (7) the organizational structures under which other industrial nations carry out international trade activities. Requires the Commission to submit its report to the President and to the Congress by January 1, 1988. Terminates the Commission on such date. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1987
Product Liability Reform Act - Title I: States that this Act governs any civil action brought against a manufacturer or product seller for harm caused by a product. Supersedes any inconsistent State law regarding recovery in such actions. States that U.S. district courts shall not have jurisdiction over civil actions pursuant to this Act. Title II: Establishes procedures by which any party may serve upon any other party offers to settle claims. Holds any offeree who rejects a settlement offer and fails to substantially prevail in the action liable for the claimant's attorney's fees and costs. Allows the parties to pursue State established or recognized voluntary alternative dispute resolution procedures. Allows the court to assess reasonable attorney's fees and costs against any offeree who unreasonably refuses to proceed pursuant to such procedures. Title III: Allows any person seeking recovery for harm caused by a product to bring a civil action against the product's manufacturer or seller. Establishes uniform standards of product seller liability. Subjects a product seller to liability if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) the product seller did not exercise reasonable care with respect to the product; or (2) the product failed to conform to an express warranty made by the product seller. Treats a product seller as a manufacturer where: (1) the manufacturer is not subject to service of process under the laws of any State in which the action might be brought; or (2) the court determines that the claimant would be unable to enforce a judgment against the manufacturer. Allows punitive damages to be awarded, if permitted by applicable law, where the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting the manufacturer's or seller's conscious, flagrant indifference to the safety of those who might be harmed by the product. Provides that punitive damages may not be awarded where: (1) a drug or medical device was approved or is generally recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration; or (2) an aircraft was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Establishes uniform statutes of limitation and repose for product liability actions. Imposes penalties for the destruction or concealment of material relevant to product liability actions. Requires any damage award to be reduced by the amount of workers' compensation benefits paid. States that the liability of each defendant for noneconomic damages shall be several and not joint. Bars recovery where the claimant in a product liability action is under the influence of alcohol or any drug and more than 50 percent responsible for the harm. Title IV: Requires the Secretary of Commerce to provide the Congress with an annual report analyzing the impact of this Act on product liability insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the targeted jobs income tax credit. (Present law terminates such credit for employees who begin work after December 31, 1988.) Makes permanent the authorization of appropriations with respect to the certification requirements of such tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
English Proficiency Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish within the Office of Adult Education a program of grants for English literacy programs for individuals of limited English proficiency. Allows such grants to provide for the training of personnel to provide English language instruction and for support services including child care and transportation costs for program participants. Provides that such grants may be made to community-based organizations, local education agencies, tribally-controlled schools, institutions of higher education (including community colleges), public libraries, and prisons. Sets forth grant application requirements. Limits grants to not more than three years' duration. Requires that at least 50 percent of grant funds go to community-based organizations with the demonstrated capability to administer English proficiency programs. Requires grant recipients to report annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Adult Education, directly and through grants and contracts, to carry out demonstration programs to: (1) develop innovative approaches and methods of literacy education for individuals of limited English proficiency; and (2) establish a nationwide clearinghouse on literacy education for individuals of limited English proficiency. Requires the Secretary, directly and through grants and contracts, to evaluate and annually audit programs funded under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accept grants, gifts, or bequests of money for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Limits to five percent the portion of funds available under this Act which may be used for demonstration programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
Calls upon all levels of Government and the business and educational communities to cooperate in a concerted effort to improve the foreign language skills and international awareness of the American people in order to increase American international economic competitiveness.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Repeals provisions of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 relating to the civil liability of Government contractors for injuries, property losses, or deaths arising out of nuclear weapons testing programs. Makes the period during which such provisions were in effect inapplicable for purposes of the tolling of any statute of limitations for claims.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury 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 with tax forms sent by the IRS. 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. Prohibits the Inspector from reviewing: (1) monetary, fiscal, and tax policy; and (2) the exercise of legal judgment in the investigation and litigation of cases. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) withhold from the Inspector requested information that the Secretary determines will jeopardize the success of an ongoing investigation or litigation, confidential sources, or the national security; and (2) prohibit the Inspector from undertaking or continuing an audit or investigation under limited circumstances described in this Act. Requires the IRS, upon taxpayer request, to conduct any interview regarding a deficiency assessment 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 warn the taxpayer that: (1) he or she has a right to remain silent; (2) any statement the taxpayer makes may be used against him or her; and (3) he or she has the right to the presence of an attorney, certified public accountant, enrolled agent, or enrolled actuary. Permits a waiver of such rights if voluntarily and knowingly made. Amends Federal law to require the Comptroller General of the General Accounting Office to: (1) conduct audits of the IRS with respect to the efficiency, uniformity, and equity of the internal revenue laws (current law specifies no particular focus for such audits); and (2) conduct special audits or investigations of internal revenue law administration upon the request of any congressional committee or Member of Congress. Requires the Comptroller's annual report to the Congress to include specified findings concerning IRS management, efficiency, procedures, and structure. Divests of its finality a vote of the Joint Committee on Taxation to disapprove a Comptroller audit of the IRS. Designates such vote as a recommendation to disapprove an audit and makes such recommendation subject to congressional approval. Prohibits evaluations of IRS personnel based on revenue collected from taxpayers as a result of audits or investigations involving such personnel. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe criminal penalties for: (1) any investigation 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. Creates a civil cause of action in Federal court (regardless of the amount in controversy) for any taxpayer aggrieved by such prohibited investigation or recordkeeping. Authorizes both equitable remedies and awards of damages, including punitive damages, litigation costs, and reasonable attorney fees, in such cases. 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 carrying 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. 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. Authorizes the Secretary, in certain cases, to enter into a binding agreement with a taxpayer under which such taxpayer may pay tax liability in installments. Requires the Secretary to offer in writing to enter such an agreement with any individual: (1) whose tax liability is $20,000 or less; and (2) who has not been delinquent in installment tax payments under similar agreements during a specified period. Permits the Secretary, after proper notice and a hearing, to modify or annul such an agreement upon the finding that the financial condition of the affected taxpayer has significantly changed. Requires the Secretary to abate in full any deficiency, including penalty or interest, completely attributable to erroneous advice in writing given to a taxpayer by an IRS officer or employee in response to such taxpayer's specific inquiry. Directs IRS officers and employees, when giving oral advice to a person, to inform such person that the contents of such communication are not binding on the IRS. 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. Allows an administrative appeal of tax liens. Revises the criteria according to which the Secretary determines a minimum sale price for property seized by levy and subject to a tax sale. Prohibits the Secretary from authorizing a class audit of taxpayers in a particular business or trade until each group member is given proper notice and the opportunity either to file an amended return or to challenge the Secretary's findings at a hearing. Places upon the IRS the burden of proof on all issues in all administrative and judicial proceedings between the IRS and a taxpayer. Applies the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act to all IRS rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Medicaid Community Spouse Protection Act of 1987 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to set special income eligibility standards for institutionalized individuals so as to provide support and maintenance of their noninstitutionalized spouses.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Amends the National Housing Act to limit the Government National Mortgage Association mortgage guarantee fee to six basis points. Sets administrative fees at September 1, 1985, levels, except that they may be increased to cover increased administrative costs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove durational limitations on the coverage of inpatient hospital services. Provides coverage of post-hospital extended care services for up to 100 days each year. (Currently such services are provided for up to 100 days during a "spell of illness.") Requires a beneficiary to pay a deductible for each of the first two inpatient hospital admissions in a year. (Currently an inpatient hospital deductible is required for each "spell of illness".) Eliminates the coinsurance requirement for inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital extended care services. Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program to cover the amount by which a part B enrollee's out-of-pocket expenses exceed $2,000 in 1988, adjusting such ceiling thereafter to reflect changes in total Medicare per capita expenses. Excludes from the computation of a beneficiary's out-of-pocket expenses amounts above the full part B payment to physicians and others who do not accept assignment. Includes in the computation of the part B premium an amount equal to the Secretary of Health and Human Services' estimate of a part B enrollee's share of the benefits and administrative costs which result from this Act's catastrophic care coverage and beneficiary expense ceiling. Provides for the transfer to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund of part B premium revenues which are attributable to the catastrophic care coverage this Act establishes under part A of the Medicare program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Acknowledges the magnanimity of the Marshall plan and the efforts of the Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia, to continue the values for which George C. Marshall stood, and asks all Americans to rededicate themselves to the ideals which George C. Marshall represented. Welcomes the publication on June 5, 1987, of the fourth volume of the official biography of George C. Marshall. Designates the month of June 1987 as George C. Marshall Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act - Title I: Dislocated Workers' Adjustment Services - Establishes a Dislocated Worker Unit in the Department of Labor to: (1) distribute funds to States under this title; (2) provide funds to exemplary, demonstration, and model programs on plant closings and worker dislocation; (3) allocate discretionary funds; (4) monitor performance and expenditures, and annually certify compliance with standards; (5) conduct research and serve as a national clearinghouse for gathering and disseminating information on plant closings and worker dislocation; and (6) provide technical assistance and staff training services to States, communities, businesses, and unions. Sets forth administrative provisions. Requires State Governors, in order to receive an allocation of funds under this title, to submit to the Secretary of Labor a biennial State plan describing the programs and activities that will be assisted with such funds. Sets forth requirements for State plans. Requires the designation or creation of an identifiable State dislocated worker unit or office with the capability to respond rapidly, on site, to mass layoffs and plant closings. Requires the establishment of a tripartite advisory committee composed equally of representatives of labor, management, and public agencies to advise the Governor and the State unit on the administration of programs under this title. Sets forth provisions for review and approval of plans, and for complaints, investigations, and penalties. Allows funds allocated to States to be used to: (1) provide plant-specific adjustment assistance; (2) deliver, coordinate, and integrate normal labor market services; (3) identify and correct the basic educational deficiencies of dislocated workers; (4) provide vocational and on-the-job training; (5) provide income support; and (6) continue for FY 1988 and 1989 to conduct any program or activity or provide any service that was provided with funds made available under title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), and to continue such program, activity, or service thereafter if it satisfies a standard set forth in clauses (1) through (5). Sets forth formulas for allocation of funds by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to promulgate standards for the conduct and evaluation of programs under this title, including encouragement to establish worker adjustment committees. Directs the Secretary, in the event that any State fails to qualify for an allocation, to use the amount of the allocation to provide in that State, directly or through contract, the programs and services authorized by this title. Authorizes up to 25 percent of the funds allocated to a State for any fiscal year to remain available for obligation and expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year. Provides for reimbursement of certain State funds from an allocation for a succeeding fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to ensure that each State unit has access to information collected and maintained under specified provisions of the JTPA to identify job skills that would improve the employment opportunities of eligible displaced workers. Provides that specified Federal and fiscal administrative provisions of the JTPA shall apply to funds, programs, and activities under this title. Limits to 15 percent that portion of this amount available for this title in any fiscal year which may be used for administrative expenses. Directs the Governor to appoint the tripartite advisory committee after consultation with labor organizations, business and other organizations affected by worker dislocation, and with local governments. Sets forth committee functions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and succeeding fiscal years to carry out this title. Terminates funding for title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of the JTPA. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for an annual evaluation of the program authorized by this title; and (2) prepare and submit to the Congress as part of the annual report of the Department of Labor a report on the activities of the Dislocated Worker Unit. Title II: Advance Notification and Consultation - Prohibits an employer from ordering a plant closing or mass layoff until the end of a specified period after the employer serves written notice of a proposal to issue such an order to: (1) the representative of the affected employees, or if there is no representative, to each affected employee; and (2) the State dislocated worker unit and the affected local government. Prohibits an employer from ordering a plant closing or mass layoff unless the employer has consulted with representatives of the affected employees and the local government about alternatives or modifications to such an order. Includes under the employer's duty to consult a duty to provide relevant information. Provides for protective orders to prevent disclosure of competitive information. Makes an employer who orders a plant closing or mass layoff in violation of this title liable to employees for back pay and benefits and subject to civil penalties. Creates a cause of action in the appropriate U.S. district court to enforce such liability. Authorizes the court in such cases to require the defendant to pay reasonable attorney fees, along with the costs of the action. Makes employees or representatives of affected employees who violate protective orders relating to competitive information liable to the employer for consequent financial loss. Creates a cause of action in any U.S. court of competent jurisdiction for an employer to recover such liability. Authorizes the court in such cases to require the defendant to pay reasonable attorney fees, along with the costs of the action. States that the rights and remedies provided to employees by this title are in addition to any other contractual, statutory, or other legal rights and remedies of the employees. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that any employer not subject to the notice requirements should, to the extent possible, notify its employees about a proposal to close a plant or permanently reduce its workforce. Title III: Dislocated Workers' Demonstration, Exemplary, and Discretionary Programs - Directs the Secretary, from certain reserved amounts, to carry out demonstration, exemplary, and discretionary programs under this title. Reserves certain portions of such funds for specified programs under this title and for the Secretary's discretionary and exemplary programs. Part A: Dislocated Workers Training Loan Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to: (1) allocate funds for this part among communities having the largest number of dislocated workers; (2) give priority to communities with the highest concentrations of dislocated workers; and (3) conduct or enter into agreements to conduct demonstration programs in at least five, but not more than ten, such communities. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with State dislocated worker units or State or local public agencies or nonprofit private organizations to provide for the establishment and maintenance of dislocated workers loan funds. Limits to $5,000 the aggregate amount of all direct loans made from such funds to each dislocated worker. Authorizes use of such loans for: (1) vocational and on-the-job training; (2) basic education and literacy instruction; (3) relocation expenses; and (4) child care services. Sets forth repayment provisions. Provides for evaluation of the direct loan approach. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on such evaluations by October 1, 1989. Part B: Self-Employment Opportunity Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements for self-employment demonstration programs with at least five, but not more than ten, States. Provides that eligible individuals shall be entitled to receive adjustment assistance in the form of self-employment allowances. Provides that such individuals shall not be eligible to receive, in addition to such assistance, extended or additional unemployment compensation or regular unemployment compensation if payment is made by the State in lieu of regular unemployment compensation. Provides that funds to begin a self-employment demonstration program may be spent only for: (1) business development assistance and entrepreneurial training; (2) seed capital for new small business enterprises; (3) financial or technical assistance for small business incubators; (4) program administration; and (5) other support services. Makes an individual eligible for such program if such individual: (1) is eligible to receive regular unemployment compensation under State law; (2) submits an application for such adjustment assistance to the State agency; and (3) meets applicable State requirements. Limits the number of those who may be considered eligible individuals for purposes of this part to five percent of those eligible to receive regular compensation in a State. Limits the aggregate amount of adjustment assistance in the form of a self-employment allowance to any individual to the maximum amount of regular compensation plus any extended or additional compensation payable to such individual. Makes State and Federal requirements relating to availability for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept suitable work inapplicable to an individual receiving a self-employment allowance as long as the individual is self-employed. Provides for payment to each State of an amount equal to the percentage of the extended or additional compensation for which the State would have been entitled to reimbursement if such additional compensation had been paid. Permits a State to make payments on account of adjustment assistance provided under this part from the State unemployment fund. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) grants for administrative expenses; and (2) fraud and overpayments. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for evaluation of the self-employment allowance system; and (2) report to the Congress on such evaluations by October 1, 1989. Part C: Public Works Employment Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to carry out public works employment demonstration programs, allocating funds under this part among cities and counties: (1) which are geographically diverse; (2) which represent urban and rural areas; and (3) for which the unemployment rate for the past six months exceeded the national average by at least two percent. Directs the Secretary to conduct or enter into agreements to conduct demonstration programs in no fewer than five nor more than ten cities and counties. Makes an individual eligible to participate in a demonstration project assisted under this part if the individual: (1) is an eligible dislocated worker who has been unemployed for at least 15 weeks; (2) has been unemployed or without steady employment for at least two years; or (3) is a recipient under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program for at least two years. Sets forth testing and education requirements for participants. Directs private industry councils to select job projects to be assisted under this part. Provides for objections to projects. Limits each participant to 32 hours per week on such project. Sets wages and benefits for such projects. Requires private industry councils to establish for the area in which the demonstration is conducted job clubs to assist participants with the preparation of resumes, the development of interviewing techniques, and evaluation of individual job search activities. Requires selection of projects which develop marketable skills and assist participants in finding private sector jobs. Sets forth labor standards applicable to job projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for evaluation of the employment demonstration program; and (2) report to the Congress on such evaluations by October 1, 1989. Part D: Secretary's Discretionary Fund - Authorizes the Secretary to support exemplary programs and projects designed to increase the employability of eligible dislocated workers. Directs the Secretary to disseminate information on the effectiveness of programs assisted under this part.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987 - Limits the 1987 imports of textiles and textile products classified under a category to an amount equal to 101 percent of the total 1986 imports classified under such category. Limits the 1987 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under a nonrubber footwear category to an amount equal to: (1) the total 1986 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under such category; and (2) in the case of low priced nonrubber footwear, the total 1986 imports of low priced nonrubber footwear classified under such category. Provides for a one percent annual growth in the amount of permitted imports of textiles and textile products after 1987. Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into trade agreements to grant new concessions as compensation, to the extent required under U.S. trade agreements for the import limits imposed by this Act; and (2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty on textiles and textile products and on nonrubber footwear as necessary to carry out such agreements. Prohibits the President from reducing any rate of duty by more than ten percent. Requires the President, before entering into such trade agreements, to consider whether such country has violated trade concessions of benefit to the United States and such violation has not been adequately offset by U.S. action or by the action of such country. Sets forth requirements governing staged rate reductions in the tariffs of articles affected by this Act. Prohibits the President, except as authorized by this paragraph, from entering into trade negotiations with any country with respect to duties on textiles, textile products, and nonrubber footwear. Prohibits the President, except as provided in this paragraph, from decreasing or proposing a decrease in any such duty by any means, including an implementing bill or a proclamation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the administration of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, ten years after enactment of this Act, to study and report to the Congress on the operation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Retiree Benefits Security Act of 1987 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to apply provisions governing the rejection of collective bargaining agreements in reorganization cases to collective bargaining agreement provisions relating to benefits for retired employees. Provides that bankruptcy claims for retiree benefits and claims arising under any collective bargaining agreement or rejection thereof shall not be limited to one year's compensation. Designates the labor organization which is the recognized exclusive collective bargaining representative in a collective bargaining agreement as the authorized representative of persons receiving retirement benefits under such agreement in bankruptcy proceedings. Directs the court to appoint a committee of retirees to serve as such representative if the labor organization elects not to serve or if the recipients of retiree benefits are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Requires the debtor in possession or trustee in a reorganization case to pay and not modify any retiree benefits under any program established or maintained by the debtor prior to filing a bankruptcy petition. Allows modification of such benefits: (1) by court order; or (2) as agreed to by the trustee and the authorized representative of benefit recipients. Treats such payments as administrative expenses. Permits the court to order a modification in retiree benefit payments only if: (1) with respect to benefits covered by a collective bargaining agreement, such agreement is rejected in bankruptcy; and (2) with respect to benefits whether covered or not, the court finds that modifications are necessary to permit the reorganization of the debtor and to assure that all creditors, the debtor, and all affected parties are treated fairly and equitably and that the balance of equities clearly favors the modification sought by the trustee. Permits the court, before issuing a final order, to authorize the trustee to implement interim changes in benefits not provided by a collective bargaining agreement, if essential to the continuation of the debtor's business, or in order to avoid irreparable damage to the estate. Provides that any retiree benefits paid between the filing of a petition and confirmation of a plan shall not be deducted from amounts calculated for claims for unpaid future retiree benefits or for any benefits not provided due to modifications, unless otherwise agreed by the debtor and the authorized representative. Requires a reorganization plan to place all claimants for retiree benefits in a separate class consisting only of such claimants. Requires that a plan, to be fair and equitable with respect to such claimants: (1) provide that each claim holder of such class receive property of a value equal to the allowed amount of such claim; or (2) provide that each claim holder of such class receive such value as found by the court to represent the minimum reduction in retiree benefits consistent with the ability of the debtor to provide such benefits after plan confirmation. Provides for the retroactive application of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 - Amends title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Education Amendments of 1972 to define the phrase "program or activity" and the term "program" to mean all of the operations of the following entities, any part of which is extended Federal financial assistance: (1) a department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or local government; (2) a State or local government agency which distributes such assistance and the agency or department to which such assistance is extended; (3) a college, university, or other postsecondary institution, or public system of higher education; (4) a local educational agency, system of vocational education, or other school system; and (5) a corporation, partnership, or other private organization. States that such terms do not include any operation of an entity which is controlled by a religious organization. Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to define the phrase "program or activity" to mean all of the activities of the aforementioned entities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Federal Employee Compensation Equity Act of 1987 - Establishes the Commission on Compensation Equity to provide for a consultant to study the classification, grading, and pay-setting processes within and between the position classification system and the job-grading system. Requires the study to determine whether these processes result in the payment of rates of basic pay for positions: (1) in which either sex is numerically predominant or any race or ethnic group is disproportionately represented; and (2) where such differences in pay are not in proportion to the duties, difficulty, responsibility, or qualification requirements of the work performed. Provides a timetable for: (1) the Commission to report to appropriate congressional committees and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management with advisory recommendations; (2) the Director to report to the committees and the Commission with a plan to carry out any of the recommendations; and (3) additional comments from the Commission and its termination.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that no antitrust law shall prohibit the importer, brewer, or trademark licensee of a trademarked malt beverage, when such beverage has substantial competition from other malt beverages in an area, from: (1) entering into an agreement granting a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to sell such beverage within any defined geographic area within a State; or (2) limiting such distributor to the sale of such beverage for ultimate resale to consumers in such area. Declares that this Act shall not affect any provision of any State law.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends specified Acts to rename them the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the Fair Housing Act. Amends the Fair Housing Act to make it unlawful to: (1) refuse to sell or rent a dwelling to an individual because that individual, or someone associated with that individual, is handicapped; (2) discriminate against a handicapped individual in the conditions of sale or rental, or in the provision of a related service or facility; (3) refuse to permit reasonable modifications, at the expense of the handicapped person, to permit access to the premises; or (4) refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, or services to afford handicapped individuals equal use and enjoyment of a dwelling. Makes it unlawful for anyone engaged in residential real estate-related transactions to discriminate in the provision or terms of a transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. States that nothing in this Act limits the applicability of any reasonable local, State, or Federal restrictions on the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy a dwelling unit. States that nothing in this Act regarding familial status applies to any State or Federal program aimed at assisting the elderly. Establishes new administrative enforcement authority in addition to existing enforcement provisions. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to transmit an annual report to the Congress on the progress made in eliminating discriminatory housing practices. Allows an aggrieved person to file a complaint with the Secretary alleging a discriminatory housing practice. Allows the Secretary to file such a complaint on his own initiative or investigate a housing practice to determine whether such a complaint should be brought. Requires the Secretary to attempt to correct the discriminatory practice by informal methods of conciliation. Requires the Secretary to refer matters to the Attorney General, recommending that civil actions be filed, where a respondent has failed to comply with conciliation agreements. Allows the Secretary to refer matters to the Attorney General for prompt judicial action when necessary. Makes certain changes in the current requirements for referring charges to State or local agencies for investigation and enforcement. Specifies the elements of "substantial equivalency" which permit certification and referrals of discrimination charges. Permits the Secretary to file an administrative complaint or refer the matter to the Attorney General for civil action if the investigation supports a finding of reasonable cause, except with respect to matters involving land use control, which must be referred. Specifies the hearing procedures to be utilized if an administrative complaint is issued. Permits criminal penalties of up to a $100,000 fine and/or imprisonment for not more than one year for noncompliance with subpoenas or other lawful orders. Permits the administrative law judge to award appropriate relief, including punitive damages. Permits the filing of a petition for review of a final order in an appropriate court of appeals within 30 days of service of such order. Permits any prevailing party to be awarded reasonable attorney's fees. Makes certain revisions in the private right of action for aggrieved persons. Extends the statute of limitations from 180 days to two years. Disallows simultaneous administrative and judicial proceedings involving the same charge. Allows the Attorney General to intervene upon certification that the civil action is of general public importance. Continues the authority of the Attorney General to initiate civil actions where there is reasonable cause to believe that a pattern or practice of resistance to fair housing rights has occurred. Permits the Attorney General to commence a civil action for appropriate temporary or preliminary relief pending final disposition of the complaint. Describes the types of relief which may be granted in civil actions under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Prohibits any investments in South Africa by U.S. persons. Prohibits the importation into the United States of any article from South Africa, except for strategic minerals which the President certifies to the Congress are essential for military uses, are not sufficiently available from domestic supplies, and for which no substitutes are available. Prohibits the exportation to South Africa of any goods, technology, or other information subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Prohibits any such exportation by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Exempts from the prohibition against exports to South Africa certain medical supplies and food. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the takeoff and landing of any aircraft except for emergencies by a foreign air carrier owned by South Africa or South African nationals. Prohibits the importation into the United States of any South African gold coin. Prohibits any U.S. depository institution from accepting, receiving, or holding a deposit account from South Africa. Prohibits the United States from engaging in any military or intelligence activities in cooperation with South Africa. Provides for the enforcement of this Act. Repeals the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 and the amendments made by that Act to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Extends adverse action provisions of Federal law regarding Federal employees (concerning removal, suspension for more than 14 days, reduction in grade or pay, or furlough for 30 days or less) to Postal Service employees who: (1) are preference eligibles; (2) are supervisors or employees engaged in confidential personnel work; and (3) have completed one year of continuous service in the same or similar positions. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to obtain judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit if: (1) the Director determines that the Board of Governors of the Postal Service erred in interpreting a civil service law, rule, or regulation affecting personnel management, and that the Board's decision will have a substantial impact on a civil service law, rule, regulation, or policy directive; or (2) the Postal Service makes such determination regarding postal personnel management.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Export Administration Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to exclude China from the definition of "controlled country" for purposes of such Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to grant a general license for exports to qualified foreign parties that the Secretary has certified as having a high expectation of being reliable end users. Defines qualified foreign parties to include Government entities from countries that have agreed to maintain export controls. Prohibits any fee from being charged in connection with the submission or processing of an export license application. Declares that no permission to reexport any goods, technologies, or services subject to U.S. jurisdiction may be required: (1) for shipment to an end user in any country which maintains export controls pursuant to a specified international agreement (except for certain highly critical goods, technologies, or services that are unilaterally controllable by the United States); or (2) from any country when the goods, technologies, or services to be reexported are incorporated in other products and no license is required for the export of either the incorporated material or the products into which they are incorporated, the value of the U.S. content of such products is 35 percent or less, or the goods are normal and usual replacements for U.S. origin components in a legally exported foreign made product and do not exceed the value of the U.S. content in the product. Prohibits requiring permission to export to any country other than a controlled country (under the national security export control provisions) of any goods or technology which, were it made in China on March 1, 1987, would require only notification of participating governments of the group known as the Coordinating Committee. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to require notification of the Department of Commerce of such exports. Requires the Secretary to issue an export license for the export to China of any good on the Commodity Control List for exhibition at a trade show if the exhibitor adheres to specified conditions. Imposes a timetable for responses by the Secretary to allegations of foreign availability by export license applicants. Requires the Secretary to publish any assessment of such foreign availability. Requires the Secretary to conduct regular reviews of the performance level of goods or technology below which exports to China require only notification of participating governments. Prohibits entering into international agreements under which export restrictions do not apply equally to goods or technology both of U.S. origin and of non-U.S. origin. Sets forth the conditions under which national security export controls may be imposed on goods containing embedded or incorporated microprocessors. Adds provisions covering West-West foreign availability of controlled goods or technology. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a validated export license for the export of goods or technology that the Secretary has determined are available in fact from sources outside the United States if the goods or technology do not exceed the technical parameters of those available from sources outside the United States to any country to which the source country does not place controls on such exports. Sets forth the procedures for obtaining a license for the export of such goods or technology. Imposes a timetable for responses by the Secretary to allegations of West-West foreign availability. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees whenever the Secretary determines that such foreign availability does not exist. Provides for interagency cooperation in determinations of foreign availability. Declares that the President, before imposing export controls for foreign policy reasons, should choose diplomatic alternatives to export controls which offer opportunities of distinguishing the United States from, and expressing U.S. displeasure with, specific actions of foreign nations. Authorizes (current law requires) forfeiture of certain property by persons convicted of violating a national security export control. Sets forth factors the Secretary shall consider in determining whether to impose a civil penalty for such violations. Provides for judicial review of civil penalties imposed by the Secretary and of orders by the Secretary that temporarily deny a person export privileges. Amends the International Economic Powers Act to require the President, in exercising emergency powers, to take only those actions which will have an adverse impact on the country or countries that are the source of the threat which precipitated the declaration of national emergency. Requires the President to try to avoid taking actions whose primary impact is on U.S. citizens or their property. Authorizes the President, in exercising emergency powers, only to prohibit or control the export of U.S. goods or technology in accordance with procedures contained in a specified section of the Export Administration Act of 1979. Deletes "foreign policy" as a basis for declaring a national emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to implement changes in the tariff treatment of the following products pursuant to the United States-European Communities Agreement on Citrus and Pasta: (1) anchovies; (2) certain cheeses; (3) satsuma oranges (mandarin); (4) olives; (5) capers; (6) paprika; (7) cider; (8) olive oil; and (9) certain pastas. Directs the President to increase the amount of the limitation imposed upon imported cheeses produced in the European Communities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the proposed rescission of budget authority for community development block grants (R87-46) should be disapproved.
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