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Bill· SS. 2199 (100th)open

American Heritage Trust Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1988

American Heritage Trust Act of 1988 - Title I: American Heritage Trust - Establishes the American Heritage Trust, comprised of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Historic Preservation Fund, to provide funding for the preservation of America's natural, historical, cultural, and outdoor recreational areas. Title II: Land and Water Conservation Fund - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to invest a portion of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in public debt securities. Requires that the interest from such investments be used to provide for the preservation of the Nation's recreational areas. Sets forth a formula for the allocation of such interest income to the Federal Government and the States. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to the apportionment of such income to local and State governments. Repeals a specified section concerning publicity and signing provisions. Title III: Historic Preservation Fund - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to extend the Historic Preservation Fund through 2015. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to invest a portion of such Fund in public debt securities. Requires that the interest from such investments be used for the preservation of historic sites. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the owner of any site that benefits from moneys derived from the American Heritage Trust to install a sign indicating that fact.

Bill· SS. 2177 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide for use of the Nation's airports on a cost-recovery basis.

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1988

Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the imposition or increase of any airport landing fee or comparable facilities use charge if two or more State Governors request review of such fee or charge, unless the Secretary of Transportation has approved such imposition. Prescribes such a review procedure. Applies this Act to any airport at which facility construction or maintenance has been implemented in whole or in part with funds provided under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982.

Law· SS. 2167 (100th)enacted

National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1988

National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to include fluorescent lamp ballasts within the list of products covered by the Act. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prescribe by July 1, 1989, test procedures for such ballasts manufactured on or after January 1, 1990. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe labeling rules for such ballasts according to specified guidelines. Sets forth energy efficiency standards for such ballasts. Preempts State energy conservation standards for such ballasts unless such standards were prescribed or enacted before the date of enactment of this Act.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 103 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof, citizens of the United States who were killed in Afghanistan.

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1988

Declares that the President should: (1) posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof in honor of their efforts to document the Afghan struggle for freedom; and (2) present the award to those individuals' families on March 21, 1988, the start of the new year in Afghanistan.

Bill· SS. 2136 (100th)referred

A bill to deny discretionary project funds to States that voluntarily reduce the period of availability of interstate highway construction funds for any fiscal year.

United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1988

Amends Federal law relating to Interstate highway construction funds to provide that any State which voluntarily reduces the period of availability of apportioned funds for any fiscal year shall be ineligible to receive funds for the succeeding fiscal year.

Bill· SS. 2123 (100th)reported

Emergency Hunger Relief Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988

Emergency Hunger Relief Act of 1988 - Title I: Family Self Sufficiency Improvement - Subtitle A: Food Stamp Program - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the minimum food stamp program (program) allotments by one percent for the period January 1, 1989, through September 30, 1989, and by one percent during FY 1990. Amends the definition of "household" to repeal the provision providing separate household status for certain parents of minor children and for such children. Makes permanent categorical program eligibility based on eligibility for specified social security programs. Provides an additional excess shelter deduction. States that: (1) households not required to submit monthly income reports shall have their income calculated on a prospective basis; and (2) households required to submit monthly income reports shall have their income calculated on a retrospective basis, except under specified circumstances. Repeals the requirement of prior approval by the Secretary of Agriculture for less than monthly income reporting of certain households. Prohibits a state agency from requiring periodic reporting of households: (1) made up entirely of migrant or seasonal farm workers; (2) made up entirely of homeless persons; or (3) with no earned income and in which all adult members are elderly or disabled. Requires that households reporting monthly be provided with clear and understandable reporting forms. Adjusts the automobile asset limitation to reflect Consumer Price Index changes. Provides full program benefits for breaks in certification of 30 days or less. Permits households subject to benefit prorating to receive an aggregate benefit allotment. Extends the scope of program informational activities. Amends the Homeless Eligibility Clarification Act to make permanent the authority for homeless persons in shelters to receive food stamps. Subtitle B: Related Programs - Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, to extend the temporary emergency food assistance program (TEFAP) through FY 1990. Increases the amount of TEFAP funds for emergency feeding organizations. Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1993 for the community food and nutrition program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study (through the National Academy of Sciences) of the kinds of medical problems commonly suffered by program participants and the resulting special diets; and (2) report to the Congress. Title II: Child Nutrition Promotion - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude foster care and adoption assistance from program income determinations. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the school breakfast program reimbursement rate by three cents per meal as of July 1, 1989. Amends the National School Lunch Act to permit specified private nonprofit organizations to participate in the summer food program. Provides an additional meal or snack to children who attend day care centers which are open more than eight hours a day. Repeals the provision tying reduced price lunch eligibility to program eligibility. Title III: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.

Law· SS. 2117 (100th)enacted

Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988

Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act of 1988 - Extends the statute of limitations applicable to bringing civil actions in the Federal courts on certain claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 that were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Commission to send out notices regarding claims for which the statute of limitations has been extended. Directs the Commission to report to specified congressional committees on such claims, notices, alleged unlawful practices eliminated or attempted to be eliminated, and civil actions filed.

Bill· SS. 2120 (100th)open

To amend section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, to permit certain service-connected disabled veterans who are retired members of the Armed Forces to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988

Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either. Makes this Act inapplicable to disability compensation and retirement pay that has accrued before its enactment.

Bill· SS. 2122 (100th)referred

Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988

Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments of 1988 - Title I: Medicaid Coverage of Pregnant Women, Infants and Young Children - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to cover pregnant women and children under age four who were born after 1987 if their family income is below the Federal poverty level. Authorizes States to provide Medicaid coverage to children from the age of four through seven who were born after 1987. Prohibits States from: (1) imposing a resource eligibility test on pregnant women and children under age four which is more restrictive than a resource eligibility test imposed under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act; or (2) reducing payment levels under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act below the levels in effect on July 1, 1987. Requires that eligible pregnant women continue to receive Medicaid coverage through the month in which the 60th day following the end of pregnancy falls without regard to changes in family income. Title II: Promoting Medicaid Coverage of Pregnant Women, Infants and Young Children - Reimburses States, at the Federal Medicaid assistance percentage, for outreach services identifying Medicaid-eligible pregnant women and children and assisting them in applying for Medicaid coverage. Requires that States make ambulatory prenatal care available to pregnant women during a presumptive eligibility period. Alters the rules for determining when such period ends. Makes clarification amendments regarding the qualifications of providers of covered ambulatory prenatal care. Title III: Assuring Provison of Necessary Services for Pregnant Women and Infants - Requires States to submit information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, by April 1 of each year, pertaining to the supply of and demand for obstetrical services and proposed Medicaid payment rates for such services so that the Secretary may determine whether such rates are sufficient to ensure that obstetrical services will be at least as available to Medicaid beneficiaries as they are to the general population. Requires States to immediately revise rates determined to be insufficient. Directs States to: (1) establish exceptions to durational limits on Medicaid coverage of medically necessary inpatient hospital services furnished to infants in disproportionate share hospitals; and (2) adjust payments to such hospitals to take into account exceptionally costly and lengthy inpatient hospital services for infants. Title IV: Medicaid Relationship with Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) - Requires States to: (1) coordinate Medicaid services with WIC program services under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; and (2) notify Medicaid-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum women, and children under age five of WIC program benefits. Allows States to provide Medicaid coverage of supplemental foods furnished by the WIC program to Medicaid beneficiaries who are certified to participate in the WIC program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to permit States to cover Medicaid recipients under the WIC program without regard to WIC income eligibility standards.

Law· SS. 2100 (100th)enacted

Water Resources Development Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1988

Water Resources Development Act of 1988 - Title I: Project Authorizations - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out specified public works projects at the following locations: (1) navigation, Ft. Pierce Harbor, Florida; (2) beach erosion control, Nassau County (Amelia Island), Florida; (3) navigation, Lower Ohio River, Illinois and Kentucky; (4) flood control, Hazard, Kentucky; (5) environmental enhancement, Mississippi and Louisiana Estuarine Areas, Mississippi and Louisiana; (6) navigation, Wolf and Jordan Rivers and Bayou Portage, Mississippi; (7) flood control, Truckee Meadows, Nevada; (8) flood control, Scioto River, West Columbus, Ohio; (9) navigation, Delaware River, Philadelphia to Wilmington, Pennsylvania and Delaware; (10) flood control, Cypress Creek, Texas; and (11) navigation, Guadalupe River to Victoria, Texas. Makes such projects subject to current law with respect to the maximum costs of projects and project deauthorizations. Modifies the project for flood control at Redwood River, Marshall, Minnesota, to authorize the Secretary to construct the project in accordance with a specified memorandum and at increased costs. Title II: General Provisions - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to provide for crediting utility relocation costs of harbor construction borne by non-Federal interests toward the additional ten percent payment they are assessed for the cost of general navigation features of a project over 30 years. Revises provisions implementing the transfer of land near the Garrison Dam and Reservoir Project in North Dakota to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Allows a Federal Project Repayment District to use any cost-recovery approach that is consistent with State law to satisfy cost-recovery requirements. (Currently, such districts are restricted to cost-recovery through property transfer fees.) Requires non-Federal interests to agree to comply with applicable Federal flood plain management and flood insurance programs before construction of any project for shoreline protection. Requires the Secretary, when feasible, to promote long- and short-term cost savings, increased efficiency, reliability, safety, and improved environmental results through the use of innovative technology in water resources development projects. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within two years of enactment of this Act on the use of such technologies. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of a non-Federal sponsor of a water resources development project, to provide such sponsor with periodic statements of project expenditures. Requires the Federal Government to bear the proportionate share of the costs of any project for harbor development that provides direct, quantifiable benefits to an installation, facility, or vessel of the U.S. armed forces or the Coast Guard. Directs the Comptroller General of the General Accounting Office to report to the Congress on a review of the Civil Works Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Title III: Programs and Studies - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to establish an annual program ceiling cost for the New York Harbor project for the collection and removal of drift. Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary to establish a Technical Resource Service for the Red River Basin in Minnesota and North Dakota, for the purpose of providing technical services for the development and implementation of State and local water and related land resources initiatives. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to report to the Congress on a study of the water quality effects of hydroelectric facilities owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers.

Bill· SS. 2101 (100th)open

Water Resources Development Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1988

Water Resources Development Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out specified public works projects at the following locations: (1) navigation, Lower Ohio River, Locks and Dams 52 and 53, Illinois and Kentucky; (2) flood control, Hazard, Kentucky; (3) navigation, Delaware River, Philadelphia to Wilmington, Pennsylvania and Delaware; and (4) flood control, Truckee Meadows, Nevada. Modifies the project for flood control at Redwood River, Marshall, Minnesota, to authorize the Secretary to construct the project in accordance with a specified memorandum and at increased costs. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to provide for crediting utility relocation costs of harbor construction borne by non-Federal interests to the amount such interests must pay back to the Federal Government over 30 years. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to collect recreation user fees at water resources development areas that are used in whole or in part for recreation purposes. Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1970 to authorize the Secretary to continue to deposit dredged materials into a contained spoil disposal facility until the Secretary determines that such facility is no longer needed or that it is completely full. Declares that the authority to construct such new facilities expires on the date of enactment of this Act, except for those projects for which there is an executed agreement. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer funds to another Federal agency or a non-Federal public agency to carry out intensified wildlife management on areas under the jurisdiction of the transferee agency for mitigating fish and wildlife impacts attributable to projects under the Secretary's jurisdiction. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake a demonstration program for a two-year period to provide technical assistance, on a nonexclusive basis, to any U.S. firm which is competing for, or has been awarded, a contract for the planning, design, or construction of a project outside the United States. Requires the firm to: (1) provide funds, in advance, to cover the costs of such assistance; (2) certify that such assistance is not otherwise available; and (3) agree to hold and save the United States free from damages due to the planning, design, construction, operation, or maintenance of the project. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary with respect to an invention made by a Federal employee while providing such assistance. Requires the firm to protect any confidential information which may be provided. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the results of the demonstration program. Authorizes the Secretary to provide services to the non-Federal project sponsor in the design and the construction of upstream and downstream non-Federal extensions to the Federal project for flood control, Brush Creek and Tributaries, Missouri and Kansas, if the non-Federal sponsor provides funds, in advance, to cover all costs of such services. Provides that such extensions shall not be considered a part of the Federal project. Authorizes the construction of a new laboratory for the U.S. Army Engineer Division, Ohio River. Authorizes the Secretary to pay tuition expenses of English-taught primary and secondary education in Puerto Rico for the children of any Federal employee when such expenses are incurred after the date of enactment of this Act and while the employee is temporarily residing and employed in Puerto Rico for the construction of the Portuguese and Bucana Rivers, Puerto Rico, project.

Bill· SS. 2095 (100th)open

Uniform Health and Safety Whistleblowers Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1988

Uniform Health and Safety Whistleblowers Protection Act - Sets forth uniform procedures to protect employees who engage in whistleblowing with respect to employer activities which endanger employee or public health and safety. Prohibits employers from discharging or discriminating against any employee who: (1) discloses (or demonstrates an intent to disclose) an employer activity, policy, or practice that the employee reasonably believes is a violation of Federal law that creates a danger to the health or safety of the employee, other employees, or the public; (2) assists or participates (or demonstrates an intent to do so) in a proceeding with respect to an employee activity, policy, or practice that the employee reasonably believes creates a danger to the health or safety of the employee, other employees, or the public, or with respect to administration of this Act; or (3) refuses to participate in an employer activity, policy, or practice that the employee reasonably believes poses an imminent and substantial danger to the health or safety of the employee, other employees, or the public. Voids as contrary to public policy any waiver or modification of employee rights under this Act, except under certain settlements or dispute resolutions. Makes this Act inapplicable to employees who, acting without direction from the employer, deliberately cause a violation of Federal law. Sets forth procedures for remedy of violations under this Act. Provides for filing complaints with the Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards Administration in the Department of Labor (the Assistant Secretary). Directs the Assistant Secretary to investigate such complaints and to issue orders providing relief where appropriate. Provides for administrative law hearings upon request when such orders are not issued, or are questioned. Allows the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to determine whether or not to intervene on behalf of the complainant in such hearings. Provides for an administrative appeal procedure. Makes the decision of the administrative law judge the final order of the Secretary unless there is a petition or order for review by the Secretary within a specified period. Directs the Secretary to issue a final order after such review within a specified period. Sets forth provisions for damages. Provides for orders of abatement, reinstatement, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, other equitable relief, and legal cost payments. Sets forth a private right of action when no final administrative order is issued within a specified period. Allows complainants, under such circumstances, to file civil actions for damages and equitable relief in U.S. district court. Directs the Secretary to notify complainants of the opportunity to file such civil actions on expiration of such period. Directs the court to assess legal costs against violators. Provides for judicial review of orders. Provides for settlements or alternative dispute resolutions. Requires employers to post specified information about this Act. Sets forth provisions for enforcement of orders under this Act by the Secretary and by the parties in U.S. district court. Provides for complaint referral by directing the Secretary to send copies of final orders (including settlement orders) to each Federal agency with jurisdiction over the activity, policy, or practice alleged in the complaint. Directs such agency to take appropriate action and report on such action to the Secretary, the parties, and the relevant congressional committees. Provides that such provisions do not limit any Federal agency authority under any other law. Declares that rights and remedies under this Act: (1) are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided under a contract or State law; and (2) supersede applicable Federal laws only insofar as such laws provide rights and remedies inconsistent with those provided by this Act. Makes the enforcement and administrative procedures under this Act the exclusive ones, superseding those in applicable Federal laws.

Bill· SS. 2091 (100th)referred

Ground Water Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1988

Ground Water Protection Act - Part A: Policy - States that it is the purpose of this Act to protect and enhance the physical, chemical, and biological integrity of the Nation's groundwater resources and ensure that such resources are not degraded in any way. Part B: Detection - Provides that when it is not feasible or reliable to monitor the soils and waters in an unsaturated zone where the hazard from a source of contaminants is substantial the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Administrator) shall require leachate collection systems for such source. Directs the Geological Survey to establish and conduct an ongoing program to identify, assess, monitor, and project changes in the quantity and quality of national groundwater resources. Authorizes the Geological Survey to undertake other groundwater research and appraisal programs, including programs involving: (1) Federal-State cooperative research projects; (2) the analysis of regional aquifer systems; and (3) the investigation of processes which control the movement, fate, and alteration of groundwater contaminants. Requires each State to develop a report, within two years of this Act's enactment, characterizing the groundwater resources of such State and including comprehensive mapping of all aquifer systems in the State and identification of the principal sources of contaminants and groundwater withdrawals. Requires that such report be updated annually. Directs each State to establish a water well drilling program which, at a minimum, requires that: (1) water well drillers be licensed; (2) waters from new or altered wells be analyzed for contaminants; (3) drinking groundwater wells be isolated from sources of contamination and other wells not be located or constructed in a manner which spreads contamination; and (4) information concerning completed or abandoned wells be recorded. Requires that before real property is transferred, wells used for drinking or household needs be analyzed for contaminants and the results of such analysis be provided to prospective buyers. Prohibits transfer of such property until abandoned wells are plugged. Directs the Administrator to conduct a survey and report to the Congress by July 1, 1990, on abandoned water supply and other production and injection wells, including recommendations for the prevention of water contamination from abandoned water supply and other wells. Directs the Administrator to conduct national groundwater quality surveys to determine the effect various contaminant sources have on groundwater quality and the measures that may be effective in preventing contamination. Authorizes the Governor of any State to petition the Administrator to initiate a nationwide survey of additional sources. Requires the Administrator to notify: (1) public water systems and private households of the presence of contaminants in their water; and (2) government officals of the need for corrective action. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes the Administrator to require the owner or operator of a source or potential source of contaminants, or a source of contaminants abandoned within the previous ten years to notify a designated State or local agency of such source and the effects of contaminants from such source. Subjects owners and operators who knowingly fail to submit accurate information to a civil monetary penalty. Requires each State to undertake a continuing program to compile, publish, and submit to the Administrator an inventory describing the location of each drinking water well within such State which has been closed or restricted for use because the groundwater is nonpotable. Requires the owners and operators of such wells to provide the State with specified information regarding such wells. Subjects owners and operators who knowingly fail to submit accurate information to a civil monetary penalty. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) conduct programs and provide technical assistance to other governmental or nonprofit programs monitoring contaminants and other parameters in groundwater and soil, water, and vapors in the unsaturated zone; and (2) establish protocols for, and train and certify persons who will engage in groundwater sampling, analysis, and data management. Provides that where the discharge from a source or potential source of contaminants has the potential to contaminate ground within the vicinity, the source owner or operator must monitor groundwater, and, where appropriate, soils and water in the unsaturated zone. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) issue rules and guidelines for such site-specific monitoring; (2) require owners and operators of sources or potential sources of contaminants to install conduct monitoring of soil, water, and vapors in the unsaturated zone whenever such monitoring is practicable and reliable and discharges present a substantial threat of groundwater contamination; and (3) require manufacturers or importers of substances which contaminate or have the potential to contaminate the groundwater to monitor groundwater and soil, water, and vapor in the unsaturated zone at a representative number of substance sites and conduct a national exposure assessment to determine the public health risks of groundwater contamination when such substances may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health. Authorizes the Administrator to issue an order requiring the owner or operator of a contaminant source which is presenting or may present a threat of injury or damage to human health, welfare, or the environment, or exceeds this Act's groundwater protection standards to assess the nature and extent of contamination. Requires the owner or operator to submit a source monitoring plan to the Administrator within 15 days of issuance of the order. Provides that where the contaminant source is the application of a pesticide in accordance with label instructions or widespread and usual practice, the Administrator may require the registrant of the pesticide to conduct the contamination assessment. Subjects owners and operators who fail to comply with an order of the Administrator to a civil monetary penalty. Part C: Prevention - Directs the Administrator to publish guidance, within 30 months of this Act's enactment, for the establishment of State Control Programs applicable to categories of sources or potential sources of contaminants. Provides that such guidance may include requirements: (1) relating to source location, design, installation, operations, operator training, maintenance, leak detection, groundwater monitoring, record-keeping, corrective action, closure, and financial responsibility; and (2) varying among source types, different regions of the country, and new and existing sources. Requires the Governor of each State to prepare and submit to the Administrator for approval State Control Programs for the prevention of groundwater contamination. Requires that contaminant sources be in compliance with all requirements of a State Control Program within two years of the Program's approval unless the owner or operator has been granted a variance which will not result in unreasonable risk to human health or the environment. Provides for the waiver of Program requirements with respect to a particular source in certain cases where a waiver will not pose an unreasonable risk to human health or lead to adverse economic consequences which are not significantly outweighed by resulting social and economic benefits. Requires each Program to monitor the compliance of sources with Program requirements, enforce such requirements, and describe the authorities and resources available to the State to take corrective action when a discharge or threatened discharge from a source may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment. Requires that Programs be evaluated at least quadrennially to ensure that they are of sufficient stringency and effectiveness to prevent the violation of this Act's primary groundwater protection standards. Authorizes the Administrator to withdraw approval of a Program when the State is not administering and enforcing it in accordance with the guidance of the Administrator and does not take appropriate action to bring the Program into compliance within 90 days after notification of noncompliance. Waives this Act's discharge permit requirement for source owners or operators who are in compliance with Program requirements. Subjects new contaminant sources to a second set of requirements written by the Administrator calling for use of the best practicable technology in controlling discharges. Authorizes States to develop and submit to the Administrator a program for enforcing such requirements. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations, within 30 months of this Act's enactment, which reflect the greatest degree of control economically achievable through the application of the best available technology or management practice for sources or potential sources of contaminants. Requires that the Administrator, in establishing performance requirements, give priority to measures which reduce the volume and toxicity of contaminants handled or discharged over processes which merely contain, capture, or treat contaminants prior to discharge. Requires the Administrator to review and revise such regulations at least once every five years. Makes it unlawful for any person to install, operate, or close a source or potential source of contaminants in a wellhead protection or primary aquifer protection area without employing the best available technology and management practices. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations, within one year of this Act's enactment, for State identification of wellhead protection areas in such a manner that any source of contaminants the discharge from which may reach a drinking water well or wellfield is encompassed within such an area. Requires each State to identify wellhead protection areas, within two years of this Act's enactment, and compile an inventory of the sources and potential sources of contaminants within such areas, within 36 months of this Act's enactment, for subsequent transmittal to the Administrator. Requires States to notify owners and operators of contaminant sources located within a wellhead protection area of the boundaries of such area and the requirements such location entails. Prohibits the location and requires the closure of injection wells, or sources or potential sources of contaminants which are not in compliance with best available technology and management practices, and facilities for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous or nuclear wastes within wellhead protection areas. Directs the Administrator to establish criteria for the establishment of boundaries for areas which may be designated as primary aquifer protection areas. Authorizes the Governor of each State or, if the Governor fails to act, the chief elected local government officials within the area to designate the boundaries of a primary aquifer protection area and designate a management agency for such area. Requires each State or consortium of local governments to submit to the Administrator for approval or disapproval the designations of primary aquifer protection areas. Requires the management agency of an approved primary aquifer protection area to: (1) conduct a comprehensive hydrogeological assessment of the area; and (2) within two years of the Administrator's approval of the area, compile an inventory of the sources or potential sources of contaminants within such area for transmittal to the Administrator. Provides that before regulations shall apply to contaminant sources within such an area a State act or statute must confirm the area's boundaries. Requires States to notify owners and operators of contaminant sources located within a primary aquifer protection area of the boundaries of such area and the requirements such location entails. Prohibits the location and requires the closure of injection wells, sources or potential sources of contaminants which are not in compliance with best available technology and management practices, and facilities for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous or nuclear wastes within primary aquifer protection areas. Provides for the implementation of a discharge permit program by July 1, 1992, under which permits shall: (1) be issued for terms of up to five years; (2) include a requirement that the owner or operator of the source certify, at least annually, that there is a program in place to reduce the volume, quantity, or toxicity of the discharge to the maximum extent practicable; (3) include requirements assuring that no contaminants enter water in sufficient quantity so as to exceed this Act's primary or secondary groundwater protection standards; (4) include requirements for assessing the source, discharges from the source, and the soil and water within the vicinity of the source in addition to giving the Administrator's representatives certain investigatory powers; (5) include requirements for assuring that the source meets all performance requirements and utilizes appropriate control technologies and management practices; and (6) include requirements for reporting permit violations, and source modifications and closures. Prohibits the dilution or dispersion of a discharge in groundwater as a means satisfying this Act's primary or secondary groundwater protection standards. Sets forth the required content of discharge permit applications, including information regarding; (1) the source owner or operator and the nature of the source and its discharge; (2) the hydrogeology of the site; and (3) an assessment of the impact of the discharge that would be permitted. Lists contaminant sources which must obtain a discharge permit provided they are not subject to a deferral of such requirement or in compliance with State Control Program requirements. Gives the public and other affected States notice and the right to a hearing before the issurance, modification, revocation, or renewal of a discharge permit. Requires that contaminant sources be in compliance with all requirements of a permit by July 1, 1994, and on the date the permit is issued thereafter unless the source owner or operator has been granted a variance which will not pose an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment. Provides for the waiver of permit requirements with respect to a particular source in certain cases where a waiver will not pose an unreasonable risk to human health or lead to adverse economic consequences which are not significantly outweighed by resulting social and economic benefits. Exempts certain sources which have obtained a permit pursuant to other Federal law provisions. Authorizes the revocation of a discharge permit for cause, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, including a determination that a permitted discharge is presenting or may present a threat or damage to human health, welfare, or the environment. Authorizes the immediate suspension of a permit when danger to human health or the environment is imminent and substantial. Requires the Administrator to impose fees for permits to cover the costs of the permit program. Authorizes States to conduct their own discharge permit programs provided the programs furnish protection for human health, welfare, and the environment at least equal to the protection afforded by the Federal program and follow guidelines to be promulgated by the Administrator. Gives the Administrator 90 days after receipt of a permit proposed to be issued by the State to object to the permit as outside this Act's requirements. Requires the Governor of each State to submit, within two years of this Act's enactment, for the Administrator's approval a groundwater protection strategy which includes a schedule of activities for the succeeding four-year period. Sets forth the required elements of such strategy providing for the implementation and enforcement of requirements imposed elsewhere in the Act and requiring that States establish a schedule for developing a State Control Program for each of specified contaminant source categories and identify Federal financial assistance programs and development projects which will be reviewed for their effect on groundwater quality. Requires the Federal Government to accommodate the concerns of each State regarding the effect such programs and projects have on groundwater quality. Directs the Administrator, in making grants to States for water protection programs, to give priority to States with strategies which reduce the generation of waste and minimize the toxicity, mobility, and volume of wastes. Requires State strategies to identify the measures which will be taken to reduce on-land disposal of solid waste by 25 percent during the four-year period covered by the strategy. Requires the Governor of each State and the Administrator to jointly appoint a Commission, at least 12 months before an existing strategy expires, to review the adequacy of and recommend modifications to the State's comprehensive strategy. Directs the Administrator to give great weight to the Commission's recommendations when deciding on renewal of the State groundwater protection strategy. Requires the Administrator and each State to establish an annual work program, before a groundwater protection grant is made to the State, which sets forth the obligations the State incurs by accepting such assistance and reflects national priorities while accommodating State priorities. Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a groundwater protection reserve program during the 1990 through 1995 crop years under which the Secretary enters into ten to 15-year contracts with owners and operators of farms and ranches containing land in aquifer protection areas to place such land in the groundwater protection reserve. Provides an annual rental payment to such owners and operators to compensate them for converting land normally devoted to the production of an agricultural commodity to a less intensive use in accordance with a plan approved by the local groundwater management or conservation district. Part D: Correction - Directs the Administrator to promulgate primary groundwater protection standards for each contaminant which may have an adverse effect on a person's health and include in each standard a numerical value expressing the concentration of the contaminant in water. Requires that such numerical value be set at a level at which no known or anticipated adverse effect on a person's health will occur and which allows for a margin of safety, except that for carcinogens such level must reduce the risk of cancer for exposure to the contaminant to no more than one in one million. Directs the Administrator to promulgate secondary groundwater protection standards for each contaminant for which a secondary standard, which is more stringent than a primary standard, is necessary to prevent adverse effects on public welfare or the environment. Directs the Administrator to promulgate correction standards which include numerical values or a range of values expressing the concentration of the contaminant in groundwater or the percentage reduction in the contaminant from groundwater treatment achievable through application of best available treatment technology and remediation methods. Prohibits the Administrator from finalizing a standard before being advised by the Ground Water Protection Standards Board (Board) that an appropriate research program for the applicable contaminant has been completed and the data has been incorporated into the Board's recommendations. Requires the Board and the Administrator to review and, if appropriate, revise standards at least once every five years. Directs the Administrator to publish a list, within six months of this Act's enactment, of the contaminants which are known to occur in groundwater and which may have an adverse effect on a person's health or the environment. Provides for additions to such list. Requires the Board to: (1) develop and transmit to the Administrator interim and final standards for listed contaminants; (2) transmit to the Administrator a research program for each listed contaminant within 120 days of its listing; and (3) publish a document containing criteria for each contaminant, including an analysis of the risk posed by the contaminant at various concentrations in water and with respect to various uses of the water. Requires manufacturers and importers of listed chemical contaminants to register with the Administrator reporting the amount of such substance manufactured or processed in each of the previous five years and in each of the five succeeding years. Gives such manufacturers and importers notice of and the opportunity to undertake Board-recommended research programs which have been approved by the Administrator. Provides that the Administrator shall undertake such research and allocate its costs to appropriate manufacturers and importers if the latter do not undertake such research within 90 days of receiving notice of the research program's approval. Requires the Administrator to publish the Board's standard for a contaminant within 30 days after receiving it from the Board, but authorizes the Administrator to modify the Board's standard in promulgating a standard for the contaminant within 180 days thereafter. Provides that upon receipt of evidence that a source or potential source of contaminants is presenting or may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment and that State or local authorities have not acted to abate such sources, the Administrator may bring a civil action to effect such abatement or, if more prompt protection is required, issue necessary protective orders. Requires the Administrator to notify appropriate State and local government agencies and persons relying upon affected drinking water wells of imminent and substantial dangers from contaminant sources. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) require the owner or operator of a contaminant source, or the generator of contaminants, to promptly take the corrective action necessary to protect human health, welfare, or the environment or comply with this Act's groundwater protection standards; and (2) take corrective action when the owner or operator cannot be found, is incapable of taking prompt action, or refuses to take such action. Sets forth examples of such actions. Requires an owner or operator of a contaminant source who obtains information indicating that the source is contaminating groundwater to report to the Administrator on the concentration of the contaminant detected, its location, and such other information the Administrator requires to determine whether corrective action is required. Requires that such owners or operators also notify persons relying upon the groundwater for drinking or household needs of the contamination if it poses a threat to human health. Provides that when a contaminant is present in groundwater at a concentration that reaches or exceeds 50 percent of a primary groundwater protection standard, the owner or operator of the contaminant source must implement a plan to cease or modify operations so that the contaminant will not reach such standard. Directs the Administrator to issue an order prohibiting further operation of or discharges from a contaminant source which reaches and exceeds such standard and requiring that action be taken to prevent the spread of the contaminant. Provides that when a contaminant is present in groundwater at a concentration that substantially exceeds the correction standard for such contaminant or otherwise threatens human health and the environment, the Administrator shall order the source owner or operator to conduct a remedial investigation and feasibility study for the Administrator's use in selecting remedial measures. Requires the Administrator to order post-remedial care, after the successful implementation of remedial measures, which may include monitoring of soil and water within the vicinity of the source or maintenance of systems preventing contaminant discharge. Authorizes the imposition of corrective action requirements as part of the discharge permit pocess. Subjects owners and operators of contaminant sources to liability for: (1) corrective action costs incurred by Federal, State, or local governments or other persons; (2) all damages for economic loss or loss due to personal injury or loss of natural resources resulting from a discharge which contaminates groundwater resources. Sets forth defenses to such liability. Subjects persons who are liable for a release or threatened release of contaminants and fail without sufficient cause to take corrective measures upon the Administrator's order to punitive damages. Provides that, when it is not technically impractical, corrective measures shall be designed to prevent the concentration of a groundwater contaminant from reaching or exceeding the primary groundwater protection standard for such contaminant and if this is not possible, to prevent it from exceeding the correction standard for such contaminant. Authorizes the Administrator to select alternative corrective action measures when the preceding measures are technically impractical from an engineering perspective. Sets up an appeals process for individuals adversely affected by such alternative measures. Authorizes the Administrator to select corrective measures designed to prevent the exceeding of a secondary groundwater protection standard, but only where such measures would provide cost effective protection of groundwater. Requires that corrective measures incorporating treatment to permanently and significantly reduce the volume, toxicity, or mobility of contaminants be selected in preference to measures which merely contain such contaminants or remove them to other sites. Authorizes States to conduct their own corrective action programs provided the programs furnish protection for human health, welfare, and the environment at least equal to the protection afforded by the Federal program and follow guidelines to be promulgated by the Administrator. Gives the Administrator the authority to review and disapprove State corrective action orders prior to their implementation. Requires States which are conducting their own programs to bear 50 percent of the corrective action costs not borne by source owners or operators. Provides for public participation in the development of the administrative record on which the Administrator or State will base selection of corrective action measures. Authorizes appropriations to a revolving fund to be established in the Department of the Treasury to carry out the corrective action program. Subjects source operators who knowingly violate a primary groundwater protection standard, and owners or operators who fail to report information indicating that the source is contaminating groundwater, to civil monetary penalties. Establishes a Federal program, in partnership with the States, to compensate owners or lesses of property which is not served by a public water supply for the costs of testing, treating, or replacing contaminated wells supplying drinking water or water suitable for other household uses. Requires owners or lessees to pay 20 percent or $500 of such costs, whichever is lesser. Provides for the recovery of such costs from liable third parties. Part E: Management - Ground Water Recharge Research and Demonstration Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to conduct a program of research, development, and demonstration projects to determine the usefulness and economic viability of artificial groundwater recharge, and develop new and more efficient techniques for the transfer of surface water to water bearing underground strata. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding such program by May 30, 1993. Authorizes appropriations for such program. Amends the High Plains States Ground Water Recharge Demonstration Program Act of 1983 to double authorized appropriations for groundwater recharge demonstration project planning. Part F: Research - Directs the Administrator to establish a national research, development, and demonstration program for the protection, maintenance, and restoration of the groundwater resources of the United States. Requires such program to include, and promote the coordination and acceleration of, research, demonstrations, and surveys into causes, prevention, and correction of groundwater contamination. States that priority shall be given to projects which demonstrate the fate of contaminants in groundwater and develop methods and procedures for controlling contaminant sources, monitoring water quality, restoring contaminated groundwater, and reducing the contaminating effects of waste materials. Directs the Administrator to investigate the effects of contaminated groundwater on human health and the environment, and on the Nation's water supply needs. Requires peer review of all studies conducted under the national program. Authorizes the provision of facilities and equipment for research, development, and demonstration projects under such program, but limits the construction of facilities on non-Federal land. Vests in the United States any patent rights resulting from inventions created in the course of or under contract of the Administrator under the national groundwater research, development, and demonstration program. Authorizes the Administrator to waive such rights in the best interests of the public and the United States, based on the need to encourage participation and other factors. Authorizes a reserve of limited rights, such as a nonexclusive license, to a contractor or inventor. Permits the Administrator to grant exclusive licenses if to do so would bring an invention to the point of commercial or practical application, so long as competition is not substantially lessened. Retains to the United States certain rights even when a waiver of rights or grants of an exclusive license is made, including reports, foreign sublicensing, and termination rights. Direct the Administrator to establish a media-specific research committee for groundwater resources which shall develop, and submit to the Congress by January 15 of each year, a management plan for the groundwater research program that lists all pending or foreseeable major groundwater policy decisions, specifies the type and adequacy of information relevant to such decisions, and defines the research necessary to address deficiencies in available information. Requires the Administrator to appoint a Ground Water Research Manager in the Office of Research and Development to carry out such management plan. Directs the Administrator to establish a program of research to develop technologies for the control of groundwater contamination. Requires that such program be carried utilizing demonstration projects through contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants. Requires the Administrator to evaluate projects on the basis of the potential of the proposed method to effectively control sources of contaminants presenting the greatest risk to human health, the environment, or groundwater and such method's potential application in other locations and circumstances as well as the technical and financial capacities of the project's proposer. Requires the Administrator to supervise and monitor such projects. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of costs. Limits any State's share of available funds to 15 percent. Directs the Administrator to conduct a technology transfer program, including a central reference library. Requires such program to protect trade secrets from public disclosure. Requires the Administrator to make grants to universities or research institutions to establish and operate four groundwater research institutes to conduct research and training and disseminate information on the protection and restoration of groundwater. Bases selection on whether such institute would be located in a region making significant use of groundwater with significant contamination problems and the capacity of such institute to carry on and lead such research. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of costs. Designates the National Center for Ground Water Research as one of the institutes. Requires another to serve an area of primarily karstic topography and a third to serve an area of primarily intermountain glaciated geology. Earmarks funds for technology transfer. Requires the Administrator to approve and evaluate each institute's research. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Agricultural Research Service, to establish a national research, development, and demonstration program with respect to the impact of agricultural practices on groundwater quality, including the application of pesticides and nutrients, irrigation practices, and the operation of animal feedlots. Requires the Secretary to address: (1) chemical and biological interactions and processes, including the fate and transport of substances released by agricultural practices; (2) analytical models and testing methodology; and (3) management and control. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research and investigations and report to the Congress within two years of this Act's enactment on practices for improving the efficiency of fertilizer uses in agriculture, including timing and rate of applications. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the chemical constituents of commercial fertilizer products sold in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to study and report on the public health effects of nitrates, nitrosamines, and other metabolites of nutrients and nitrogen in drinking water supplies, including sources, levels of exposures, and methods and costs of control. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to conduct research and report to the Congress on developing a cost effective leak detection system for underground storage tanks containing petroleum. Requires the use of best available technology. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director of the Geological Survey to study and report to State and local governments on the existing and projected use of geothermal wells on groundwater. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on the impact of agricultural drainage wells on groundwater, including alternatives for drainage. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations to the Agricultural Research Board to study and report to the Congress on the impact of conservation tillage and other soil and water conservation practices on groundwater quality. Part G: Assistance - Directs the Administrator to: (1) provide technical assistance and training to States, local governments and planning agencies, and groundwater management districts to enable such entities to maintain and restore groundwater quality; and (2) establish a national groundwater information clearinghouse. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to support the development and implementation of State or local government programs and plans to detect, prevent, and correct groundwater contamination. Includes among acceptable grant activities; (1) the identification of groundwater resources and contaminant sources; (2) the research, development, and demonstration of methods effective in the prevention, detection, and correction of groundwater contamination; (3) groundwater monitoring; (4) data collection and management programs; (5) the assessment of State or legal authorities for groundwater protection and management; (6)the enforcement of permits, standards, and requirements related to groundwater protection; (7) public education programs; (8) groundwater personnel training programs; and (9) program planning and administration. Bases the amount of each State's allotment on the extent of groundwater contamination in such State or the number and nature of contaminant sources in such State. Limits a State's allotment to 50 percent of State groundwater protection program costs. Conditions a State's eligibility for such grants, after FY 1990, on its compliance with this Act's groundwater protection measures. Provides that, in addition to making general groundwater protection program grants, the Administrator is authorized to make grants to States for: (1) the supervision of the contaminant discharge permit program; (2) the identification of wellhead protection areas and inventories of contaminant sources; (3) compliance monitoring and enforcement activities; (4) the review of State groundwater protection strategies and Source Control Programs; (5) the administrative costs of corrective action programs; and (6) the sampling and analysis of drinking water. Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires States receiving such grants to encourage public participation in developing groundwater protection policies, programs, and plans and report annually to the Administrator on the use of grant funds. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants, from the Community Water Supply Mangement Trust Fund, to a groundwater management district designated by the Governor of the State in which it is located and headed by a popularly elected governing board. Prohibits the provision of a grant to such district unless as a part of its program there has been completed: (1) within 12 months of the district's designation, a detailed hydrogeologic assessment of the ground and surface water within the district; (2) within two years of this Act's enactment, an identification of all wellhead protection areas within the district; (3) within three years of this Act's enactment, an inventory of all contaminant sources within such wellhead protection areas; (4) within two years of the district's designation, a comprehensive groundwater management plan for the district which contains specific programs and policies that assure compliance with primary groundwater protection standards. Directs the Administrator to review comprehensive groundwater management plans prepared by each district to assure that district activities are consistent with this Act's objectives. Requires districts to coordinate their activities with other federally-assisted water protection programs. Allocates funds among districts in a manner which takes into account: (1) the number of residents residing in each district who use groundwater; (2) the number of contaminant sources in each district; (3) the number of wellhead protection areas in each district and the district's responsibility, if any, for implementing this Act's requirements regarding such areas; and (4) the vulnerability of district groundwater to contamination. Sets forth reporting requirements. Part H: Authorities - Sets forth the Administrator's authority to administer this Act's groundwater protection program. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a reasonable fee on persons applying for a contaminant discharge permit or seeking data collected and managed under this Act. Requires the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint an Assistant Administrator for Ground Water Protection of the Environmental Protection Agency to head the Office of Ground Water Protection which is to be established within the Agency by the Administrator. Directs the President to clarify and, where appropriate, reorganize agency responsibilities for Federal groundwater protection and management programs, and provide for interagency coordination of such programs. Requires the President to report to the Congress within 30 months of this Act's enactment on such activities. Establishes an Interagency Task Force on Ground Water Protection which is to convene at least four times each fiscal year and submit an annual report to the President and to the Congress detailing its activities in coordinating the groundwater protection policies, programs, and plans of the various member agencies of the Task Force. Directs the Administrator to establish, within 90 days of this Act's enactment, a Ground Water Protection Advisory Committee composed of the Administrator and 14 members appointed by the Administrator who are not Federal officers or employees. Establishes an independent regulatory board within the Environmental Protection Agency to be known as the Ground Water Protection Standards Board. Sets forth reporting requirements. Subjects the owner or operator of any contaminant source to liability for damages to natural resources and costs incurred by the Federal or State or local governments pursuant to this Act in: (1) monitoring, testing, and analyzing groundwater and its environs; (2) taking corrective action; and (3) testing, treating, or replacing water wells. Sets forth denses to such liability. Subjects persons who are liable for a release or threatened release of contaminants and fail without sufficient cause to take corrective action upon the Administrator's order to punitive damages. Authorizes individuals who are responsible for carrying out this Act's provisions to require owners or operators of contaminant sources to furnish and provide them with access to information and documents relating to: (1) the nature and quantity of contaminants and their discharge; (2) discharge monitoring; (3) corrective action taken; and (4) the ability of the owner or operator to take corrective action. Authorizes individuals acting pursuant to this Act to enter, at reasonable times, contaminant sources and inspect and obtain contaminant discharge samples. Authorizes the Administrator to issue compliance orders when requests for information or access are denied. Subjects individuals who fail to comply with such orders to civil monetary penalties. Provides for the confidentiality of certain information protected by Federal law. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) issue orders requiring persons to comply with this Act's requirements, after giving the State 30 days to obtain compliance; (2) commence a civil action for appropriate relief for any violation for which the Administrator is authorized to issue a compliance order; (3) impose an administrative civil penalty of not more than $10,000 per day for each violation, up to a maximum administrative penalty of $125,000. Subjects violators of this Act's requirements to civil monetary penalties of up to $25,000 per day for each violation. Subjects persons who negligently or knowingly violate this Act's requirements to criminal penalties. Permits citizen suits against violators of this Act's requirements and against the Administrator or Board for failing to perform nondiscretionary acts or duties under this Act. Prohibits a citizen suit if the Administrator or State is diligently prosecuting an action to require compliance with such requirement. Authorizes public water systems to bring actions against contaminators to recover costs incurred in treating drinking water so that it complies with Federal regulations or obtaining alternative water supplies by reason of such contamination. Authorizes the Federal Government, any State, or the owner of any well to bring an action against a contaminator to recover costs incurred in replacing such well, treating the water from such well, or obtaining alternative water supplies. Authorizes the court to award litigation costs to the prevailing party. Provides for judicial review of: (1) any final regulation, requirement, guideline, or standard promulgated pursuant to this Act; (2) the Administrator's denial of any petition for the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of such regulations, requirements, guidelines, or standards; (3) the Administrator's issuance, denial, modification, or revocation of a discharge permit; and (4) the Administrator's approval or disapproval of a State Control Program. Requires the Administrator to request the Attorney General to represent the United States in any civil or criminal action instituted under this Act. Provides for the separability of any provisions of this Act from a provision or the application of a provision which is held invalid. Sets forth audit and record-keeping requirements applicable this Act's assistance recipients. Requires officers and employees of the Agency and Board to disclose their financial interests annually to the Administrator. Prohibits individuals who have certain connections with contaminant sources from serving as members of the Agency or Board. Prohibits discrimination against or the firing of an employee representative participating in a proceeding which is part of this Act's administration or enforcement. Authorizes such individuals to apply to the Secretary of Labor for review and abatement of such firing or discrimination. Makes this Act's provisions applicable to contaminant sources which are under Federal jurisdiction, but permits the President to exempt such a source when it is in the paramount interest of the Nation to do so. Provides for public: (1) participation in the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of this Act's regulations, requirements, guidelines, and standards; and (2) review of discharge abatement and corrective actions. Sets forth administrative rule-making and risk assessment requirements. Provides for interstate agreements and Federal cooperation with State and local governments in implementing this Act's provisions. Directs the Administrator to treat Indian Tribes as States for the purposes of groundwater protection, except that Federal funding shall cover all tribal groundwater protection costs. Authorizes Indian Tribes and States to enter into cooperative agreements, subject to the Administrator's approval, for this Act's administration. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress within one year of this Act's enactment on a survey of tribal groundwater protection program needs. Requires that laborers and mechanics working on construction projects assisted under this Act be paid wages at rates which are no less than rates for similar work in the locality. Directs the Administrator to transmit to the Congress, beginning on January 15, 1990, and within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year thereafter, a comprehensive and detailed report on measures taken to implement this Act's goals and requirements.

Bill· SS. 2083 (100th)referred

A bill to ensure that certain Railroad Retirement benefits paid out of the Dual Benefits Payments Account are not reduced, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1988

States that the payment of certain annuities under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the appropriation of funds to the Dual Benefits Payments Account shall: (1) be considered a mandatory Federal obligation (rather than a discretionary activity); (2) not be subject to sequestration or reduction under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act); and (3) have the same status for Federal budgetary and accounting purposes as benefits paid under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (thus ensuring that certain railroad retirement benefits paid out of the Dual Benefits Payments Account are not reduced). Appropriates funds to the Dual Benefits Payments Account for FY 1988.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 249 (100th)enacted

A joint resolution designating June 14, 1988 "Baltic Freedom Day."

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1988

Expresses disapproval of the refusal of the U.S.S.R. to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics. Designates June 14, 1988, as Baltic Freedom Day. Authorizes and requests the President to submit the issue of the Baltic Republics to the United Nations.

Bill· SS. 2010 (100th)referred

A bill to establish a National Voluntary Reunion Registry Demonstration Program.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1988

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Voluntary Reunion Registry system to facilitate, on a voluntary mutual request basis, the reunion of biological parents and adoptees, biological siblings, or other biological relatives of adoptees through a centralized computer network. Authorizes the Secretary to establish such system by contract with public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on activities under this Act. Sets forth provisions for participation in the Registry and initiation of the matching process. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to protect the confidentiality and privacy rights and interests of all participants. Provides for the collection of reasonable fees for Registry services. Allows the Registry to include similar State systems under specified conditions. Allows the Registry to include referral to existing programs that provide counseling services. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1988 through 1990.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 97 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution to commend the President, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development on relief efforts that have been undertaken by the United States Government for the people in Ethiopia and other affected nations of sub-Saharan Africa, and encourage these officials to continue to extend all efforts deemed appropriate to preclude the onset of famine in these nations, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1988

Commends the President, Secretary of State, and Administrator of the Agency for International Development for their response to the drought and food emergency in Ethiopia and other nations of sub-Saharan Africa, and urges them to continue efforts to preclude the onset of famine and to ensure the timely delivery of medical and other emergency relief supplies. Declares that: (1) the Government response to these food emergencies should include initiatives to prevent the dislocation of large numbers of persons across national borders and/or into relief camps; and (2) the plight of the refugees or displaced should be addressed by emphasizing the provision of basic human needs, such as food, water, and shelter.

Bill· SS. 1990 (100th)referred

Global Environmental Protection Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1987

Global Environmental Protection Act of 1987 - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to add a new title III, the Atmosphere Protection Act of 1987, to require the Federal Government to make and implement policies and programs so as to minimize environmental contamination and modification of the atmosphere.

Bill· SS. 1962 (100th)referred

Consumer Remedies Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1987

Consumer Remedies Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to allow a claim for damages to be based on: (1) indirect purchases, in civil actions alleging a boycott or contract, combination, or conspiracy to fix prices or allocate markets; or (2) indirect sales, in addition to any other claim allowed, in the case of a civil action on behalf of producers of agricultural products. Entitles the defendant to an action by the United States or a State attorney general based on indirect purchases or sales to allege, as a partial or complete defense to a claim by a direct purchaser or seller based on the same conduct, that some or all of what would otherwise constitute the direct purchaser's or seller's damages were passed on to indirect purchasers or sellers. Requires that the award for a claim based on indirect purchases or sales be treble the damages shown, in addition to costs and attorneys' fees. Provides that where no claim by a direct purchaser or seller is pending, the defendant shall bear the burden of establishing that the total overcharge or underpayment was not passed on to the indirect purchaser or seller. Prohibits duplicative awards based on direct or indirect purchases or sales for the same overcharge or underpayment. Allows an indirect purchaser or seller to intervene in an action by a direct purchaser or seller based on the same conduct, if a request for such intervention is made within six months of the date of filing of the initial action. Makes failure to request intervention within such time a bar to such claim. Allows a direct purchaser or seller to intervene in an action by an indirect purchaser or seller. Directs the court, upon the defendant's request, to order the consolidation of actions based on the same conduct. Requires the United States or State attorney general, upon the initiation of any action based on indirect purchases or sales, to provide reasonable public notice of the allegations of the suit and a general description of any direct purchasers who may be entitled to maintain an action. Requires the plaintiff, upon the initiation of any action based on direct purchases or sales, to provide reasonable notice of the allegations of the suit to the United States and the State attorneys general.

Bill· SS. 1952 (100th)open

Public Health Service Amendments Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1987

Public Health Service Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to emergency medical services for children to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States, public and nonprofit private entities, and academic institutions for the development, establishment, and operation of regional centers for pediatric emergency medical services. Requires such centers to: (1) train health professionals; (2) provide for the appropriate use of bilingual personnel; (3) conduct research on prevention and treatment; and (4) conduct activities relating to prevention, including dissemination of information to the public. Directs the Secretary to make a grant for FY 1988 for a feasibility study on establishing and operating a National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services (National Center). Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to submit an application for the grant and, if the Institute submits an acceptable application, to make the grant to the Institute. Directs the Secretary, in the absence of an acceptable application from the Institute, to request an application from one or more nonprofit private entities and to make the grant to the entity submitting the best acceptable application. Directs the Secretary, after reviewing the report prepared under such grant and consulting with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians, if a National Center is feasible, to make grants for FY 1989 and each succeeding fiscal year for the establishment and operation of a National Center. Requires the National Center, with regard to pediatric medical emergencies, to: (1) develop and disseminate standards and quality assurance mechanisms; (2) facilitate training of health professionals; and (3) develop and disseminate to the public information on the prevention of, and responses to, such emergencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) remove certain restrictions on the authority of the Secretary to make grants to and contracts with health professions schools related to geriatric medicine and care; (2) expand the authority of the Secretary to make grants and contracts for geriatric medicine training projects to include podiatrists as well as physicians and dentists; (3) require that the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education include a representative of a school of clinical psychology; and (4) add graduate programs in clinical psychology to provisions relating to discrimination on the basis of sex.

Bill· SS. 1949 (100th)referred

Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Reimbursement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1987

Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Reimbursement Act of 1987 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require payments for reimbursement of costs for rehabilitation services under the OASDI program to be made for each fiscal year in advance, in the amount of the reasonable and necessary costs of vocational rehabilitation services furnished during the preceding fiscal year ending September 30 of the preceding calendar year, increased or decreased by underpayments or overpayments in the preceding fiscal year. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to require that payments for rehabilitation services for blind and disabled individuals under SSI to be made in the same manner and under the same requirements as OASDI payments.

Bill· SS. 1943 (100th)open

Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1987

Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments Act of 1987 - Title I: Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Block Grants - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for block grant allotments to States for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation projects with respect to alcohol and drug abuse and for mental health services. Changes the formula for determining the amount by which State allotments shall be reduced for failure to implement a State comprehensive mental health services plan. Sets forth requirements regarding a report by the Comptroller General of the General Accounting Office with respect to plan implementations. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to use not to exceed one percent of the amounts appropriated for the allotments in each of the FY 1988 through 1991 to conduct evaluations and prepare reports concerning the effectiveness of the block grant programs. Revises the formula for determination and distribution of the allotments. Sets forth requirements for allotment applications, including requirements that the chief executive officer of each State certify: (1) that the funds will be used for comprehensive mental health services and community mental health centers; (2) that the State will establish reasonable evaluation criteria; (3) the specific purposes for which the funds will be used; (4) that the State will use the funds for specified alcohol and drug abuse activities; (5) that the State will use certain funds to provide new mental health services and programs; and (6) other matters. Requires States, in order to receive allotment payments, to agree to coordinate among mental health services institutions the establishment of a State comprehensive community mental health system. Requires the chief executive officer of a State to establish a State mental health services planning council. Directs the Secretary to report annually to specified committees of the Congress regarding the new State mental health services. Amends title V of the Public Health Service Act to require the Directors of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in cooperation with State alcohol, drug, and mental health agencies and national organizations, to collect data on mental health and on alcohol and drug abuse treatment. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees every two years on drug and alcohol and mental health services. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to develop a model plan for a community-based system of care for seriously mentally ill individuals. Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to add a new subpart on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for grants for projects and programs that seek to reduce the transmission of AIDS in and by users of illegal intravenous drugs. Sets forth a formula for allotment to States of funds appropriated. Requires, in order to receive an allotment, an information and assurances section to be included with a State's application for an alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health block grant. Requires payments to be used to establish programs of treatment for users of illegal intravenous drugs, outreach services to such users, efforts to prevent transmission among such users, and necessary training and organizational efforts. Allows the Secretary, if in the Secretary's judgment a State is unlikely to use funds available to that State during a fiscal year for the specified purposes, to withhold the amount otherwise available to that State in the next fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 for special alcohol abuse and drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs as provided for in current law. Sets forth a formula for allotment to States of funds appropriated. Title II: National Institutes of Mental Health, On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and On Drug Abuse - Amends title V (Administration and Coordination of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse) of the Public Health Service Act to add the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention to the list of agencies of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (Administration). Changes requirements for reporting to the Congress with regard to prevention efforts of the Administration from annually to once every three years. Requires prompt and appropriate response to information respecting scientific misconduct. (Current law requires such response to information respecting scientific fraud.) Authorizes the Administrator of the Administration to: (1) accept voluntary and uncompensated services; and (2) conduct and support research training for which fellowship support is not provided by National Research Service Awards and which is not residency training of physicians or other health professionals. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (Director), to make grants for: (1) the planning, coordination, and improvement of community services for seriously mentally ill individuals, seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, elderly individuals, and homeless chronically mentally ill individuals, and for the conduct of research concerning such services; (2) prevention services demonstration projects regarding individuals who are at risk of developing mental illness; (3) planning, coordination, and improvement of community mental health services for rural residents and for the conduct of research concerning such services; (4) the provision of suicide prevention services, giving priority in making grants to applicants that provide assurances of cooperative planning by agencies and entities that are in contact with the youth in the community; (5) improving the recognition, assessment, treatment, and clinical management of depressive disorders through educational activities that focus on the general public, primary care providers, and mental health providers; (6) the provision of staff training to improve post-legal adoption services and for the conduct of research regarding the most effective models for providing and financing post-legal adoption services; and (7) demonstration projects to provide mental health services to elderly individuals, giving priority to areas with a high percentage of elderly individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires materials developed and published by the Director regarding causes and prevention of suicide to relate especially to suicide among individuals under the age of 24. (Current law requires such a focus on individuals under the age of 21.) Extends through 1989 a requirement that the Secretary of Health and Human Services make payments under allotments to States for community mental health services to homeless individuals who are chronically mentally ill. Extends through 1991 the authorization of appropriations for provisions relating to community mental health services for the homeless. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to develop and maintain an ongoing program of service research of community mental health programs and services. Authorizes the research and evaluation to be carried out through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for programs of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention and for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation model projects for youth at high risk for drug abuse and alcohol abuse. Requires the Director of the Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to establish and implement a public information program to educate the public on and reduce the incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for research and for demonstration projects related to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, including alcohol and drug abuse treatment services for homeless individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for drug abuse research and for drug abuse demonstration projects. Directs the Secretary, through the Directors of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to develop an ongoing program of research and evaluation of alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs with regard to the effectiveness of treatment methods and the cost-effectiveness of different methods. Authorizes the research and evaluation to be carried out through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for technical assistance related to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental health services. Authorizes appropriations for provisions of this Act relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome for FY 1988 through 1991. Title III: Institute of Medicine - Directs the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study concerning the effective and appropriate treatment, rehabilitation, and continuing care of persons suffering from severe and disabling mental illnesses. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Requires the Directors of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse to each designate, in their own Institute, an Associate Director for Special Populations. Directs the Secretary, through each Associate Director, to assure increased emphasis on the needs of women and minorities.

Law· SS. 1934 (100th)enacted

Judiciary Office Building Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1987

Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to enter into agreements with private entities for the design, development, and construction of a building in the District of Columbia, on the Capitol grounds, for use by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, and the United States Sentencing Commission, and with chambers for retired Justices of the Supreme Court, other related judicial offices, and nongovernmental tenants. Provides for the Federal Government to lease such building for not more than 30 years and at the end of such time for title to such building to revert to the Federal Government. Establishes the Commission for the Construction of a Judiciary Office Building to direct the Architect of the Capitol in the administration of this Act. Sets forth responsibilities, after occupancy of such building, with respect to structural and mechanical care, security, and leasing of space.

Bill· SS. 1910 (100th)referred

Class Size Demonstration Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1987

Class Size Demonstration Act of 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and thereafter to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants to local educational agencies having elementary and secondary schools with large classes in order to demonstrate the advantages of reducing the size of classes. Sets forth grant selection criteria, application requirements, and audit requirements. Sets forth provisions for the Federal share of program payments.

Bill· SS. 1904 (100th)open

Polygraph Protection Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1987

Polygraph Protection Act of 1987 - Prohibits any employer from: (1) requiring or suggesting that an employee or prospective employee take a lie detector test; (2) using lie detector test results; or (3) taking employment action against an employee or prospective employee who refuses to take a lie detector test or institutes a proceeding under or related to this Act. Requires the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to prepare notices setting forth such prohibitions. Requires employers to post such notices. Provides civil penalties for violations of this Act. Grants the Secretary authority to restrain violations of this Act. Allows employees and prospective employees to bring civil actions against any employer who violates the provisions of this Act. Imposes a three-year statute of limitations for such actions. Exempts from coverage under this Act: (1) Federal, State, and local governments; (2) certain Federal contractors; and (3) tests conducted pursuant to the performance of intelligence or counterintelligence functions. Provides a limited exemption under which an employer may request certain employees to submit to a polygraph test if the test is administered in connection with an ongoing investigation involving economic loss or injury to the employer's business, including theft, embezzlement, misappropriation, or an act of unlawful industrial espionage or sabotage. Specifies reporting requirements of the employer under such circumstances. Requires the employer to comply with applicable State and local laws and any negotiated collective bargaining agreement that limits or prohibits the use of lie detector tests on employees. Declares that such limited exemption does not apply if an employee is discharged, dismissed, disciplined, or discriminated against in any manner on the basis of the results of one or more polygraph tests or the refusal to take a polygraph test, without additional supporting evidence. Sets forth the right of an examinee during the pretest phase, the actual testing phase, and the post-test phase. Specifies the qualifications of an examiner and directs the Secretary to promulgate standards for such individuals. Prohibits the disclosure of information obtained from a polygraph test, except as provided by this Act.