United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1987
Rural Letter Carriers Automobile Expense Act - Provides that, for taxable years beginning after 1986, rural mail carriers are permitted to compute the amount of the income tax deduction for use of their automobiles in performance of mail services: (1) by using a standard mileage rate for all miles of such use equal to 150 percent of the basic standard rate; or (2) without applying the limitation on deductions generally applicable in cases when the business use of the automobile accounts for 50 percent, or less, of its use. Prohibits the use of 150 percent of the basic standard mileage rate in determining the allowable deduction if the taxpayer claims an investment tax credit or depreciation deduction for such automobile.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1987
Designates the week beginning October 18, 1987, as Financial Independence Week. Urges all citizens to pursue financial independence through sound planning and management of their individual resources.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1987
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with any physician owing a past-due obligation because of a breach of contract by the physician under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program. Requires the agreement to provide that: (1) deductions will be made from amounts owed the physician under the Medicare or Medicaid (title XIX of the Act) program until the past-due obligation has been repaid; (2) Medicare payments for services provided by such physician shall only be made on the basis of an assignment; and (3) if the physician does not provide services for which payment may be made under Medicare or Medicaid or if the physician breaches any provision of the agreement then the Attorney General shall sue the physician to recover the amount owed and the physician shall be barred from Medicare and Medicaid participation until the obligation has been repaid. Prohibits barring a physician if such physician is the sole community physician. Requires a State's Medicaid program to make such deductions from amounts otherwise payable. Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for the collection of such past-due amounts through Medicare and Medicaid deductions.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1987
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the Congress to establish reasonable limitations on expenditures for elections to Federal offices. Authorizes States to establish reasonable limitations on expenditures for elections within their jurisdictions.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1987
Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 - Expresses the determination of the Congress that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): (1) is a terrorist organization; (2) is a threat to the interests of the United States, its allies, and to international law; and (3) should not benefit from operating in the United States. Prohibits, if the purpose is to further the interests of the PLO: (1) the receipt of anything of value except informational material from the PLO; (2) the expenditure of funds from the PLO; (3) the establishment or maintenance of a PLO office within the jurisdiction of the United States. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall cease to have effect if the President certifies to the Congress that the PLO no longer practices or supports terrorist actions.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress commending the Department of Agriculture on its 125th anniversary. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating such event.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987
Marine Science, Technology, and Resource Development Act of 1987 - Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to declare the need for a national ocean policy and to revise definitions under such Act. Expands coverage of such Act to include Great Lakes resources. (Current law covers ocean and coastal resources.) Requires the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Administrator) to develop and publish every three years the Sea Grant Strategic Research Plan (Plan) identifying and describing a limited number of priority areas for strategic marine research. Requires the Plan to be submitted to specified congressional committees. Describes the priority area on which the Plan shall concentrate, including: (1) critical resource and environmental areas of national or global scope where adequate funding is otherwise precluded under other provisions of the National Sea Grant College Program Act; and (2) areas where sustained programmatic research and technology transfer can be utilized. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to make grants to carry out such strategic marine research to sea grant colleges, programs, regional consortia, and individuals meeting certain criteria. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1988 through 1992. Describes the academic, congressional, Federal, and postdoctoral fellowships which may be awarded. Adds to the duties of the sea grant review panel the responsibility of giving advice with respect to applications, proposals, performance, grants, and contracts awarded under the Sea Grant Strategic Research Plan. Authorizes appropriations for the National Sea Grant College Program for FY 1988 through 1992. Amends provisions of the Sea Grant Program Improvement Act of 1976 relating to the purposes of the Sea Grant International program to authorize grants and contracts to enhance international research, promote marine activities with foreign universities, encourage technology transfer, and promote foreign data exchanges. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1988 through 1992. Allows additional funding to be provided through other Federal program elements with a marine science or technology transfer component, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1987
Defense Savings Act - Establishes the Bipartisan Commission on the Consolidation of Military Bases (the Commission) to: (1) review the military importance of all major military installations; and (2) identify which such installations can be closed or realigned without impairing the security of the United States. Outlines administrative procedures concerning membership, staff, meetings, and powers of the Commission. Directs the Commission, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and each House of the Congress a final report on the findings and conclusions of the Commission. Terminates the Commission 30 days after the submission of such report. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to take certain specified action with respect to the implementation of the Commission's recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1987
Prohibits the percentage of aliens employed by any U.S. diplomatic mission and consular post in a Warsaw Pact country from exceeding the percentage of American nationals employed by the diplomatic mission and consular posts of such country in the United States. Permits exceptions to such prohibition if the Secretary of State determines and certifies that the admission of additional foreign nationals in any U.S. diplomatic or consular post is essential to its operation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1987
Nuclear Protections and Safety Act of 1987 - Title I: Independent Nuclear Safety Board Oversight Over Department of Energy Facilities - Department of Energy Nuclear Safety Board Oversight Act of 1987 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish a Department of Energy Nuclear Safety Board to: (1) annually evaluate health and safety standards and Department of Energy Orders at each Department of Energy nuclear facility; (2) recommend necessary changes; (3) investigate events at such facilities which might adversely affect the public health or safety; (4) recommend specific measures to the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to minimize the likelihood of such events; and (5) issue periodic reports for congressional and governmental agencies regarding health and safety issues at Department of Energy nuclear facilities. Requires the Secretary to implement the Board recommendations, with provision for exemptions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to provide assistance as requested by the Independent Nuclear Safety Board. Authorizes the Committee to expand its membership in order to provide such assistance. Directs the Secretary to reimburse the Committee for the costs incurred in providing such assistance. Authorizes the Director of the Naval Propulsion Program to assist and advise the Board from time to time. Title II: Application of OSHA and NIOSH to DOE Nuclear Facilities - Applies the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA), with specified exceptions, to: (1) a production or utilization facility under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary; (2) a facility subject to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary; and (3) a waste storage facility under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary. Requires the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations to govern application of OSHA to such facilities. Specifies the content of such regulations. Requires the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (and its Director) to perform its statutory functions at such facilities. Directs the Secretary and each contractor operating such facility to cooperate with either the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the conduct of facility inspections or investigations (including granting access and providing information). Title III: Mixed Hazardous Waste - Mixed Hazardous Waste Amendment Act of 1987 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to redefine the term "solid waste" to exclude: (1) source, special nuclear, or byproduct materials (as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954) unless such materials are a part of any mixture or combination, if the other constituent part of such mixture or combination is a solid waste; and (2) wastes at the time they are emplaced at a nuclear waste repository. Title IV: Radiation Study Advisory Board Act of 1987 - Radiation Study Advisory Board Act of 1987 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Radiation Research Review Board to advise and assist the Secretary of Energy in conducting epidemiological studies of radiation effects. Requires the Secretary of Energy to provide the Board with all requests for proposals concerning epidemiological studies of radiation health effects if such studies call for an expenditure (or authorization) of funds greater than $100,000. Requires the Board to review such proposals and make written recommendations if it believes such proposals should be modified or not funded. Requires the Secretary of Energy to: (1) implement Board recommendations prior to the authorization or expenditure of funds; or (2) inform the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Congress of his intention not to implement such recommendations. Requires the Board to review epidemiological studies annually and to advise the Secretary of Energy as to the scope and direction of future studies. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) insure that all such studies shall be subject to peer review; and (2) promulgate guidelines regarding data dissemination of such studies to researchers who are not associated with the Department of Energy. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide the Board with necessary funds, facilities, and staff.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Nation make a major commitment of resources for health care, research, and education relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and that a presidential commission be created to assist the President and the Congress in establishing priorities and a comprehensive plan to deal with all domestic and international aspects of AIDS. Recommends that support services and technical assistance be provided to the commission by the Department of Health and Human Services. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the commission should be established within 90 days, issue a preliminary report within nine months, issue another report one year later, and issue further reports as determined by the commission.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Overseas Facilities Security Act of 1987 - Requires every current or prospective Government employee (including members of the Foreign Service and the Armed Forces of the United States) to take a polygraph examination prior to entering on duty in any position directly involving the security of any Government facility in a foreign country. Limits the scope of such an examination to determining the possible vulnerability of the employee to recruitment or manipulation by a foreign intelligence service for the purpose of engaging in espionage against the United States. Prohibits an employee from continuing in such a position if the results of such an examination indicate possible vulnerability to such recruitment or manipulation. Requires that each such employee have at least one such examination every 12 months. Requires each employee for whom such an examination indicates possible vulnerability to such recruitment or manipulation to be placed on administrative leave pending completion of a security investigation. Requires that a determination be made by the appropriate supervisory official regarding the fitness of such employee to continue in a security-related position. Provides that if such investigation or determination is undertaken in a foreign country, the full details must be reported to the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security. Requires the Ambassadors to certain Communist-controlled countries to submit an annual report to the Under Secretary of State for Management concerning: (1) the security of U.S. diplomatic facilities in such countries and the integrity of personnel attached to such facilities; (2) any efforts by a foreign government to penetrate or compromise the security of U.S. diplomatic facilities or to recruit or manipulate U.S. Government employees; and (3) the security program at such facilities. Requires the Under Secretary to transmit such reports to the Congress together with an evaluation of the security programs and recommendations regarding the security of U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel. Limits to 18 months the tour of duty of any Government employee providing physical security to U.S. diplomatic facilities in specified Communist-controlled countries, unless the Under Secretary certifies in writing to the Congress that such a tour of duty is required to protect the national security interests of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Comprehensive Anti-Espionage Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose a 20 year minimum term of imprisonment for espionage. Allows the death sentence to be imposed during peacetime if the offense is found to involve: (1) nuclear weaponry, military spacecraft, warning systems, or other means of defense against large-scale attack; (2) war plans; (3) communications intelligence or cryptographic information; (4) methods of intelligence or counterintelligence operations; or (5) any other major element of defense strategy. Establishes criteria for the imposition of the death penalty. Requires the Government, for such offense, to serve a notice upon the defendant a reasonable time before trial or acceptance of a plea stating that it intends to seek the death penalty and setting forth the aggravating factors upon which it will rely. Requires a separate sentencing hearing before a jury, or the court upon motion by the defendant, when the defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty to an offense punishable by death. Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing, without regard to the rules of evidence, but permits information to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading of the jury. Specifies mitigating factors which the defendant must establish by a preponderance of the information and aggravating factors which the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Directs the court, or the jury by unanimous vote, to impose the death penalty upon a finding that such sentence is justified based on consideration of both the aggravating and mitigating factors. Makes any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment under this Act ineligible for probation or parole. Establishes procedures for the appeal of a death sentence. Requires the court of appeals, upon consideration of the record, to affirm the decision if: (1) the sentence was not imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or arbitrariness; and (2) the information supports the finding of an aggravating factor. Requires the court to provide a written explanation of its determination. Sets forth procedures for the implementation of the death sentence. States that the death sentence shall not be carried out upon a woman while she is pregnant. Amends the Foreign Missions Act to require the Secretary of State to apply the same terms, limitations, restrictions, and conditions which are applied to the foreign mission of the Soviet Union to the foreign missions in the United States of the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Cuba. Allows the President to waive such restrictions. Requires the Secretary to transmit a report on the implementation of this section to specified congressional committees. States that none of the funds appropriated for the "International organizations and programs account" of the Department of State may be available for the U.S. proportionate share of the United Nations expenses in operating the United Nations Office of Research and Information Collection. States that no funds shall be made available for undertaking any additional construction activity in any Communist country until certain security related issues and problems have been addressed. Prohibits the Secretary of State from allowing the Soviet Union to occupy facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area which were constructed after the date of entry into force of the agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union on Embassy sites signed on May 16, 1969, unless the President certifies to the Congress that an agreement has been reached: (1) establishing a new location for the U.S. diplomatic mission in Moscow and that the terms and conditions of construction ensure suitable security protection for that mission; or (2) providing that the Soviet Union will compensate the United States for all costs associated with establishing suitable security protection at the current U.S. diplomatic mission site in Moscow. Provides that if such certification is either disapproved or not submitted to the Congress by October 31, 1987, the Secretary of State shall require the Soviet Union to vacate, no later than December 31, 1987, all buildings and facilities at the Mount Alto site in Washington, D.C. Vests overall management authority and responsibility for State Department-managed construction projects undertaken in any foreign country in the Under Secretary of State for Management. Transfers direct administrative authority and responsibility over the Foreign Buildings Office of the Department of State to the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security. Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports to the Congress covering Government construction projects planned or underway in foreign countries. Establishes an interagency board to review and approve such reports. Overseas Facilities Security Act of 1987 - Requires current and prospective Government employees, prior to entering duty in any position directly involving the security of any Government facility in a foreign country, to take a polygraph examination. Subjects such employees to periodic reexamination. Requires the American Ambassador to the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Cuba, China, Laos, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, and Yugoslavia to submit annual reports to the Under Secretary on the security of the U.S. diplomatic facilities in such countries. Directs the Under Secretary to transmit such reports, together with an evaluation of the security programs in such countries, to the Congress. Limits the tour of duty of Government employees providing physical security to U.S. diplomatic facilities in such countries.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Provides that the Under Secretary of State for Management shall have overall management authority and responsibility for all offices and personnel of the State Department involved in the planning and implementation of State Department-managed construction projects undertaken in any foreign country, including: (1) the Bureau for Diplomatic Security; (2) the Foreign Buildings Office; and (3) the Office of Foreign Missions. Transfers direct administrative authority and responsibility over the Foreign Building Office of the Department of State from the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration to the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security. Requires the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to the Congress concerning security-related factors and the contracting and construction plans for each Government construction project planned or underway in a foreign country. Establishes an interagency board to review and approve all such reports. Specifies that the board shall consist of representatives of the Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and National Security Agency and shall be headed by the Under Secretary of State for Management. Requires the Secretary to consider utilizing the Army Corps of Engineers, in lieu of other Government or private contractors, to manage the construction of any Government project in any Communist-controlled country.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Prohibits the use of any Federal funds for any additional construction activity on any project planned or underway in any Communist-controlled country until 30 days after the receipt by the Congress of: (1) a report submitted by the Secretary of State and approved by the directors of the Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and National Security Agency concerning security related factors on any such project; and (2) a certification made by the President that adequate steps have been taken to ensure that the project may proceed without undue risk that American security interests will be compromised.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Requires any sales organization recruiting door-to-door sales agents to disclose in writing to such prospective agents specified information, including: (1) the nature of the employment being offered; (2) a description of the consumer goods to be sold; (3) the compensation to be paid; (4) the responsibilities and expected conduct of the sales agent; (5) the financial, including tax, liabilities of both the organization and the agent; and (6) a declaration that the prospective sales agent has a specified period within which to consider an offer to become associated with the sales company. Describes certain records and information that a sales organization must prepare and retain with respect to each of its sales agents. Prohibits a sales organization, in its dealings with any sales agent, from: (1) violating the terms of its written disclosure statement; (2) engaging in threats or acts of reprisal, intimidation, or violence; or (3) refusing to disburse remuneration as due. Vests in the Federal Trade Commission the power to enforce this Act. States that an organization's violation of this Act shall be deemed an unfair and deceptive practice. Establishes a civil cause of action for any sales agent aggrieved by a violation under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1987
Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for inducing persons to travel in interstate commerce in the execution of a scheme to defraud such persons of money or property having a total value of $5,000 or more. (Current law provides for the imposition of such penalties where the value of the money or property defrauded from one person totals $5,000 or more.)
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the "International organizations and programs account" of the Department of State for the United States' proportionate share of the United Nations' expenses in operating the United Nations' Office of Research and Information Collection.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Amends the Federal criminal code to impose a 20 year minimum term of imprisonment for espionage. Allows for the sentence of death during peacetime if the offense is found to involve: (1) nuclear weaponry, military spacecraft, warning systems, or other means of defense against large-scale attack; (2) war plans; (3) communications intelligence or cryptographic information; (4) methods of intelligence or counterintelligence operations; or (5) any other major element of defense strategy. Establishes criteria for the imposition of the death penalty. Requires the Government, for such offense, to serve upon the defendant a reasonable time before trial or acceptance of a plea a notice stating that it intends to seek the death penalty and setting forth the aggravating factors upon which it will rely. Requires a separate sentencing hearing before a jury, or the court upon motion by the defendant, when the defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty to an offense punishable by death. Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing, without regard to the rules of evidence, but permits information to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading of the jury. Specifies mitigating factors which the defendant must establish by a preponderance of the information and aggravating factors which the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Directs the court, or the jury by unanimous vote, to impose the death penalty upon a finding that such sentence is justified based on consideration of both the aggravating and mitigating factors. Makes any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment under this Act ineligible for probation or parole. Establishes procedures for the appeal of a death sentence. Requires the court of appeals, upon consideration of the record, to affirm the decision if: (1) the sentence was not imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or arbitrariness; and (2) the information supports the finding of an aggravating factor. Requires the court to provide a written explanation of its determination. Sets forth procedures for the implementation of the death sentence. States that the death sentence shall not be carried out upon a woman while she is pregnant.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Prohibits the Secretary of State from allowing the Soviet Union to occupy facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area which were constructed after the date of entry into force of the agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union on Embassy sites signed on May 16, 1969, unless the President certifies to the Congress that an agreement has been reached: (1) establishing a new location for the U.S. diplomatic mission in Moscow and that the terms and conditions of construction ensure suitable security protection for that mission; or (2) providing that the Soviet Union will compensate the United States for all costs associated with establishing suitable security protection at the current U.S. diplomatic mission site in Moscow. Provides that if such certification is either disapproved or not submitted to the Congress by October 31, 1987, the Secretary of State shall require the Soviet Union to vacate, no later than December 31, 1987, all buildings and facilities at the Mount Alto site in Washington, D.C.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Amends the Foreign Missions Act to direct the Secretary of State to apply to each foreign mission of the following communist countries located in the United States the same conditions which are applied to the Soviet foreign mission in the United States unless waiver of this requirement is necessary for national security and foreign policy circumstances: (1) German Democratic Republic; (2) Hungary; (3) Czechoslovakia; (4) Poland; (5) Bulgaria; (6) Romania; and (7) Cuba. Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional intelligence committees on the implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1987
Permits persons who use an article in the production of a product or who distribute such an article to file with the International Trade Commission a petition requesting the President to issue a proclamation suspending all duties imposed by Federal law on such article. Permits domestic producers of articles for which duties are suspended or of like or directly competitive articles to petition the President to reinstate such duties. Directs the Commission to investigate petitions containing information sufficient to justify an investigation of the suspension or reinstatement of duties. Sets forth determinations to be made through such an investigation, including determinations as to: (1) whether domestic producers of affected articles will be adversely affected by a suspension of duty; and (2) the aggregate amount of Federal revenue derived from duties on such articles. Requires the Commission to: (1) provide any opportunity for any person to submit written and oral statements on the subject of such an investigation; and (2) submit reports on its investigation for publication in the Federal Register, to the petitioner, and to the President within specified time periods. Authorizes the President, within 30 days after the Commission submits a report on suspending duties, to suspend all duties on an article if he determines that; (1) domestic producers would not be adversely affected; (2) the aggregate values of such imports and Federal revenue derived therefrom do not exceed specified amounts; and (3) no foreign country which would benefit from such suspension refuses to provide reciprocal trade concessions. Requires the President, if he does not suspend all duties on an article, to publish a written explanation of that decision. Limits the length of such a suspension of duties to three years. Requires the President, within 30 days after the Commission submits a report on the reinstatement of duties on an article for which duties had been suspended, to either: (1) reinstate them if he determines that a domestic producer is being adversely affected; or (2) publish any negative determination. Makes the President's decisions on reinstating duties final and not subject to review in any court. Directs the United States Trade Representative to initiate negotiations with each foreign country benefiting from each suspension of duties for the purpose of obtaining reciprocal trade concessions from that country. Permits the President to establish schedules for filing petitions and for other actions under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Encourages State and local governments and local educational agencies to provide quality daily physical education programs for all children from kindergarten through grade 12.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1987
Declares that the Congress: (1) condemns the violations of human rights engaged in by the Castro Government in Cuba; (2) urges all appropriate international bodies to pressure that government to live up to internationally accepted human rights standards; (3) welcomes the fact that 18 members of the United Nations Human Rights Commission voted to put the question of Cuban human rights performance on the Commission's agenda; (4) regrets that the Commission, by a one vote margin, decided not to put the issue on its agenda; and (5) regrets that the democracies of the Western Hemisphere failed to vote unanimously to put the question on the agenda.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1987
Inspector General Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to include the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Railroad Retirement Board under such Act. Provides for uniform salaries for inspectors general at level IV of the Executive Schedule. Establishes an Office of Inspector General in the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Office of Personnel Management. Transfers existing functions. Sets forth provisions concerning the authorities and responsibilities of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's existing Office of Investigations. Declares that the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury shall have general oversight responsibility for internal investigations performed by specified agencies of the Department. Authorizes the Inspector General to investigate any Treasury officer or employee if: (1) the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of the Treasury directs such an investigation; (2) the investigation concerns senior personnel; or (3) the investigation involves alleged notorious conduct or any other sensitive matter of the Department. Restricts each Federal agency without a statutorily established inspector general to one internal audit unit. Requires the audit unit director to be appointed by, report to, and be under the general supervision of the head of each Federal entity governed by this Act. Requires the head of any Federal entity who removes an audit unit director from office to communicate the reasons for such removal to the Congress. Declares the Chief Postal Inspector of the United States Postal Service to be the internal audit unit director of the U.S. Postal Service and shall be appointed by, report to, and be under the general supervision of the Postmaster General. Declares that the Chief Postal Inspector may be removed or transferred from office if the Postmaster issues a written order to such effect and such order is ratified by two-thirds of the Governors of the Postal Service. Requires that the Congress be notified of the reasons for such removal or transfer. Expands the scope of information to be included in semiannual reports of each Inspector General. Requires semiannual reports listing audits that were not resolved within one year after the date on which an audit determination was made. Authorizes Inspectors General to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, or affidavit when necessary. Requires the President to include in the budget submission a separate appropriation account for appropriations for each Office of Inspector General.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that a presidential commission be created to assist the President and the Congress in establishing priorities in dealing with all domestic and international aspects of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1987
Recognizes the Disabled American Veterans Vietnam Veterans National Memorial near Eagle Nest, New Mexico, as a memorial of national significance. Requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating the occasion of this recognition.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1987
Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the encrypting of satellite programming from the Public Broadcasting Service and the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. Requires anyone who encrypts satellite delivered programming for private viewing to: (1) make it available for private viewing by home satellite antenna users; (2) establish reasonable character and financial criteria for distributors of satellite delivered programming and to not discriminate in price, terms, or conditions among distributors offering similar distribution services; and (3) conduct such encryption according to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-approved standards designed to comply with specified criteria. Requires the FCC-approved standards to provide the public interest benefits of a universal encryption system permitting decryption by cable television subscribers and home satellite users. Authorizes aggrieved persons to commence civil actions to enforce this Act. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct a study of pricing and distribution terms of satellite television programming to determine whether the programming market is developing competitively. Authorizes the FTC to establish remedies necessary to produce adequate competition. Requires the FCC to begin a rulemaking proceeding on improving access to network signals for rural Americans.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Student Loan Bankruptcy Prevention Act - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to exempt student loans made, insured, or guaranteed by a governmental unit from the debts which may be discharged in a chapter 13 (adjustment of debts of individuals with regular income) bankruptcy claim.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987
Recognizes the Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the International Association of Fire Fighters National Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987
Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act - Title I: Interagency Council on the Homeless Act - Interagency Council on the Homeless Act - Establishes the Interagency Council on the Homeless as the successor to the Department of Health and Human Services' Federal Task Force on the Homeless. Transfers all Task Force functions to the Council and terminates the Task Force. Sets forth Council functions, including: (1) Federal homeless program review; (2) governmental and private programs evaluation; (3) information distribution; and (4) provision of professional and technical assistance. Requires each Federal agency to report annually (the first report due within 90 days of enactment of this Act) to the Congress and the Council regarding its programs for the homeless, any impediments including statutory or regulatory restrictions affecting such programs, and efforts made to increase food, shelter, and support opportunities for the homeless. Requires the Council to report annually to the President and to the Congress regarding: (1) the nature and extent of the homeless problem; (2) Council activities in cooperation with governmental and private entities; (3) Federal programs for the homeless, and an assessment of necessary levels of Federal assistance; and (4) appropriate recommendations. Authorizes FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations. Title II: Clarification of Use of Excess Property Under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 - Excess Property Identification Act of 1987 - Requires: (1) each Federal agency to identify excess property under its control that would be suitable for use as a shelter or to provide services to the homeless; and (2) the Administrator of General Services to report to the Council on the availability of such property. Title III: Shelter Program - Part A: General Provisions - Emergency Food and Shelter Act of 1987 - Establishes the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board, to be constituted by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Directs FEMA to act as Federal liaison and provide support services to the Board. States that each Board-designated locality shall establish a local board which shall determine fund distribution. Sets forth local board responsibilities, including: (1) coordination with other governmental assistance programs; (2) selection of grant recipients; and (3) program monitoring. Sets forth Board recordkeeping and audit provisions, including authority for access by the Comptroller General of the United States. Requires the Board to report annually to the Congress. Part B: Emergency Food and Shelter Grants - Requires the Director of FEMA, within 30 days of enactment of a law providing appropriations to carry out this part, to provide funds to the Board for grants to private nonprofit organizations and units of local government to: (1) provide shelter, food, and support services to the homeless, with attention given to homeless persons with mental and physical disabilities; (2) strengthen efforts to create more effective and innovative local programs; and (3) conduct limited rehabilitation of existing mass shelter or mass feeding facilities. Limits Board funding to only those programs carried out by nonprofit organizations and units of local government which are consistent with the purposes of this title. Prohibits the Board from carrying out programs directly. Limits administrative costs to not more than five percent of total appropriations. Requires the Board to establish written guidelines, including: (1) methods for identifying needy localities and determining allocations; (2) eligible program costs; and (3) guidelines specifying the responsibilities and reporting requirements of the Board, its recipients and service providers. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations, including any amount provided under Public Law 100-6. Part C: Case Management - Requires the Director of FEMA, within 30 days of enactment of a law providing appropriations to carry out this part, to provide grants to the Board to be given to recipient private nonprofit organizations and units of local government under part B of the Act to provide the homeless in shelters with case management services. Requires recipients to provide or arrange for such services. Sets forth required services. States that, if feasible in certain areas, the government or private entity operating a homeless shelter shall give preference to specified Community Services Block Grant programs in arranging for the provision of case management services. Authorizes FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
Establishes criminal penalties for damaging or destroying religious property or interfering with any person's free exercise of religious beliefs. Allows any person injured by such a violation to bring a civil action to recover damages.
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