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United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1987
Designates December 7, 1987, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 - Provides that the United States asserts title to any abandoned shipwreck that is: (1) embedded in submerged lands of a State; (2) embedded in coralline formations protected by a State on its submerged lands; or (3) on submerged lands of a State when such shipwreck is included or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. Declares that any title to abandoned shipwrecks asserted under such conditions is transferred to the State in or on whose submerged lands the shipwreck is located. States that any abandoned shipwreck in or on the public lands of the United States (except the Outer Continental Shelf) is the property of the United States. Directs the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to publish, within six months after enactment of this Act, advisory guidelines for the protection of shipwrecks and properties.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Truck and Bus Safety Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) include within the ambit of Federal motor carrier safety regulations motor carriers and drivers operating wholly within a municipality or commercial zone (with specified exceptions); and (2) initiate rulemaking proceedings on the need to adopt specified methods for safety improvement and for braking performance standards for trucks and truck trailers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1987
Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act to add to the statement of policy the declaration that, regardless of the method of instruction, programs which serve children of limited English proficiency have the equally important goals of developing both academic achievement and English proficiency. Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve 25 percent of certain funds appropriated under such Act for special alternative instruction programs and related activities. (Current law requires that up to four percent of such funds be reserved for such activities.) Directs the Secretary to reserve 60 percent of funds appropriated under part A (Financial Assistance for Bilingual Education Programs) of such Act for transitional bilingual education programs. (Current law requires that 75 percent of such funds be reserved for such programs.) States that no student may be enrolled in a bilingual program for more than three school years. Declares that a grant application may receive priority if it is made on behalf of small school districts or on behalf of local educational agencies having schools in which many languages are represented.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Grants a Federal charter to the 82nd Airborne Division Association, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide that the amount of financial protection required of licensees of facilities having a rated capacity of 100,000 electrical kilowatts or more shall be the maximum amount available at reasonable cost. Increases from $5,000,000 to $63,000,000 the maximum aggregate standard deferred premium amount which may be charged following any nuclear incident. Limits such amount to $10,000,000 in any one year. Eliminates the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) authority to: (1) establish a maximum amount of deferred premiums that may be charged for all nuclear incidents in any one year; and (2) charge some utilities smaller deferred premiums than others. Authorizes the NRC, on a case by case basis, to assess annual deferred premium amounts less than the standard annual deferred premium for: (1) any facility, if more than one nuclear incident occurs in any one calendar year; or (2) any licensee licensed to operate more than one facility if the NRC determines that the financial impact of assessing the standard annual deferred premium would result in undue financial hardship to such licensee or to the ratepayers of such licensee. Establishes procedures to be followed by the NRC in borrowing funds from the Treasury to compensate victims of a nuclear incident. Extends the NRC's authority to enter into indemnification agreements with its licensees for an additional ten years (from 1987 to 1997). Makes the Department of Energy's indemnification authority mandatory for all contracts involving the risk of public liability (currently such authority is discretionary). Extends such authority for an additional ten years (from 1987 to 1997). Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into indemnification agreements covering all activities undertaken under contract for the Department, including nuclear waste activities. Makes applicable to such indemnification agreements certain provisions relating to the waiver of any issue or defense as to charitable or governmental immunity. Provides for payment from the Nuclear Waste Fund of claims arising out of nuclear waste activities funded by it. Requires the Secretary to indemnify certain contractors to the full extent of the aggregate public liability, including the reasonable costs of investigating and settling claims and defending suits for damage. Limits to $100,000,000 the indemnity amount in nuclear incidents occurring outside the United States. Makes an indemnified contractor who is engaged in underground nuclear detonation activities liable for injuries or damage resulting from such activities. States that in the event the Secretary implements nuclear waste activities that involve the risk of public liability, including the handling of spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or transuranic waste, such Secretary shall be considered a contractor indemnified under an indemnification agreement. Revises the definition of "public liability" to include the costs of precautionary evacuations ordered by State or local officials. Precludes a court from awarding the costs of a precautionary evacuation unless such costs constitute a public liability. Sets guidelines for the maximum aggregate liability of indemnified persons for a single nuclear incident, which includes liability for the costs of investigating and settling claims and defending suits for damages. Provides for congressional review of any nuclear incident likely to exceed the statutory liability limitation. Requires the Secretary of Energy or the NRC to survey the causes and extent of damage of any nuclear incident involving damages likely to exceed the statutory aggregate liability and to report the results of such survey to the Congress, the Representatives and Senators of the affected districts and States, and the public. Requires the President to report to the Congress: (1) an estimate of the aggregate dollar value of damages exceeding the statutory limit; (2) a recommendation for additional sources of funds for such compensation; and (3) specific proposals for disbursing compensation to the public. Extends from August 1, 1987, to August 1, 1997, the NRC's authority to indemnify certain nonprofit educational institutions licensed to operate nuclear research reactors. Directs the President to establish a commission to study means of fully compensating victims of a catastrophic nuclear accident that exceeds the aggregate statutory liability. Establishes guidelines for such commission. Requires the commission to report and recommend to the Congress: (1) changes in civil procedures needed for prompt claim disposition; (2) standards for establishing priorities among claims; and (3) provisions for addressing latent injury claims. Repeals the condition that a State statute of limitations be waived only if suit is filed within 20 years after a nuclear incident. (Thus, conditions the waiving of a statute of limitations only upon institution of a suit within three years of the date the claimant knew or reasonably could have known of the injury.) Revises the application of the waiver-of-defenses to include extraordinary nuclear occurrences involving radioactive wastes or nuclear materials licensees indemnified by the NRC. Makes applicable to all nuclear incidents (rather than just extraordinary nuclear occurrences) the consolidation of claims in a legal action. Permits the consolidation and removal of public liability actions pending on the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth conditions under which the chief judge of the Federal district court in which claims are consolidated is authorized to establish a special case load management panel for the coordination of cases arising out of a nuclear incident. Extends from August 1, 1983, to August 1, 1993, the deadline by which the Department and the NRC must report to the Congress on the need for continuation or modification of the Price-Anderson Act. Absolves lessors of a large commercial reactor from any public liability which might arise from a nuclear incident relating to such facility unless the lessor is in actual possession and control of the facility at the time of the nuclear incident. Directs the NRC to adjust, at least once every five years, the aggregate standard deferred premium so as to reflect the aggregate percentage change in the consumer price index since the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Student Loan Bankruptcy Prevention Act - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to exempt student loans made, insured, or guaranteed by a governmental unit from the debts which may be discharged in a chapter 13 (adjustment of debts of individuals with regular income) bankruptcy claim.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1987
Rural Area Revitalization Act of 1987 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize FY 1988 through 1992 appropriations for Rural Development Loan Fund intermediate borrowers. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make 1988 through 1992 grants for: (1) rural business, employment, and infrastructure development; and (2) stimulation of growth and diversification in rural communities affected by chronic underemployment in basic economic sectors, such as agriculture. Limits: (1) Federal cost sharing to 75 percent, unless waived by the Secretary; and (2) grant eligibility to projects serving communities with populations of not more than 20,000 people. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize grants for rural drinking water projects. Directs the Secretary to establish an office in the Farmers Home Administration of the Department of Agriculture whose primary purpose shall be to encourage different approaches to economic and community development in rural areas.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1987
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1987 - Imposes civil liability on anyone who, under actual or apparent authority of a foreign nation, subjects any person to torture or extrajudicial killing.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987
Indochinese Refugee Resettlement and Protection Act of 1987 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a specific time period in which the President must consult with the Congress regarding emergency refugee admissions. States that the Secretary of State shall have sole authority to admit certain South Asian refugees. Prohibits denial of refugee status to aliens who are otherwise eligible for immigrant classification. Allocates a specified number of FY 1988 through 1990 refugee admissions for: (1) East Asians; and (2) the Orderly Departure Program (from Vietnam). Expresses the sense of the Congress that under the leadership of the United States renewed efforts should be made to settle Indochinese refugees who have lived in camps for at least three years. Allocates specified numbers of FY 1988 through 1990 East Asian entries for: (1) persons who have lived in refugee camps for at least three years; and (2) other camp residents. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to allocate specified amounts from FY 1988 and 1989 authorizations for education, economic, and military training border projects in Thailand. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the international community should increase efforts to protect Indochinese refugee camps in Thailand from cross-border attacks, and that international personnel should be present on a 24-hour-a-day basis at camp "Site 2" in Thailand.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1987
Designates the month of October 1987 as Computer Learning Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
Infrastructure Fairness Act of 1987 - Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Highway Trust Fund and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund which are allocable to the transportation-related operations of such Fund from being included in either the Federal budget as submitted by the President, or in the congressional budget. Exempts such Trust Funds from any general statutory budget limitation.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
Designates June 19, 1987, as American Gospel Arts Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1987
WIC Food for Life Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) should receive increasing appropriations until all eligible persons are being served; and (2) an outreach program should be conducted to identify persons eligible for WIC assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Star Schools Program Assistance Act - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to add a title establishing a star schools program. Cites the new title as the Star Schools Program Act. Empowers the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants of up to a fiscal year maximum of $20,000,000 per grant to eligible telecommunications partnerships for the development, construction, and acquisition of telecommunications facilities and equipment and for technical assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992, subject to fiscal year limitations. Sets forth eligibility criteria to identify eligible telecommunications partnerships, which must be organized on a statewide or multistate regional basis and be either: (1) a public agency or corporation established to provide education-related telecommunications networks to certain educational or health institutions or to industries; or (2) a partnership that will provide a telecommunications network and whose membership includes specified educational entities or public or private nonprofit organizations experienced with telecommunications. Authorizes eligible partnerships to submit a grant application: (1) describing the telecommunications facilities, equipment, and technical assistance for which assistance is being sought; (2) providing assurances that the services offered will increase the availability of courses of instruction in mathematics, science, and foreign languages; and (3) containing other assurances and information as required by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, in approving applications, to give priority to certain applicants, including those partnerships that: (1) have the capacity to serve the broadest range of targeted institutions; (2) have substantial academic and teaching capabilities; (3) will serve a multistate area; and (4) demonstrate strength in mathematics, science, and foreign language resources which by distribution through the partnership will offer new educational opportunities. Requires each grantee to report to the Secretary concerning courses and materials to be transmitted by satellite to educational institutions and teacher training centers and to specify the locus and time of such transmissions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) compile and prepare for dissemination a listing and description of the courses and materials submitted by each grantee; and (2) distribute such list to all State educational agencies. Requires the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to conduct a thorough investigation of the use of the telecommunications systems supported by the grants awarded under this Act and to submit quarterly reports to the Congress. Directs the OTA to: (1) carry out, by September 30, 1991, a study and evaluation of the cost of designing, building, and launching a satellite for educational purposes, including an analysis of potential users' ability to repay such costs; and (2) study the demand for the use of such a satellite to find out whether potential users would be able to repay such costs within ten years. States that, if potential users can repay costs within ten years, the Congress should appropriate the funds necessary to launch a satellite for use in a space-based satellite education system.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1987
Designates the week of November 29 through December 5, 1987, as National Home Care Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize additional appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for the Child Survival Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Voluntary National Service and Education Demonstration Program Act - Title I: Voluntary National Service and Education Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a voluntary national service and education demonstration program. Requires participants in such program to: (1) have attained 16 years of age but not 25 years of age; (2) have a certificate of graduation from a secondary school or equivalent; (3) enter into appropriate agreements with State higher education agencies; and (4) be a citizen or lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Requires each participant to perform at least two years of community service or military service. Requires State higher education agencies to apply for participation in the demonstration program through the Secretary. Provides monthly stipends and educational benefits for community service participants and educational benefits for military service participants. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993. Title II: Peace Corps Training and Educational Benefits Demonstration Program - Authorizes the Director of the Peace Corps to carry out a training and educational benefits demonstration program. Provides that eligible students must: (1) have completed two years of study at an institution of higher education; (2) agree to enter the Peace Corps for a period of two years; and (3) be selected pursuant to a competitive process. Describes the selection process, training, and educational benefits. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Designates October 1987 as National Down Syndrome Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Designates November 17, 1987, as National Community Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Designates the week of November 15 through November 21, 1987, as Geography Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Designates the week beginning August 2 and ending August 8, 1987, as International Special Olympics Week and designates August 3, 1987, as International Special Olympics Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 26 through May 2, 1987, as National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Designates April 3, 1987, as Interstate Commerce Commission Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that volunteer work should be listed on employment application forms and taken into account by employers when hiring.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987
State Radon Program Development Act of 1987 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and implement activities to assist State radon programs such as: (1) establishing an information clearinghouse; (2) designing and implementing training seminars for government officials; (3) demonstrating radon mitigation methods; and (4) establishing a national data base on the location and amounts of radon. Authorizes the Administrator to provide a State with technical assistance in developing or implementing programs addressing radon, including: (1) surveys of radon location and occurrence; (2) public information programs; and (3) controlling radon in existing or new structures. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress annually on a plan to implement this assistance program. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States on an annual basis for radon assessment and mitigation, covering the same activities the Administrator may provide directly through technical assistance. Grants priority to State projects which involve serious radon contamination or potential for reduction, including the development of innovative techniques. Limits the Federal share of costs to 75 percent. Limits per State grants to 15 percent of the total funds available. Places other limitations on the uses of grant money. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1987
Radon Detection in School Buildings Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study the extent of radon contamination in the Nation's school buildings, including a statistical survey of radon levels and a list of school districts where radon levels probably exceed target levels for remedial action. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance, information, and equipment to States for conducting radon tests. Authorizes the Administrator to undertake diagnostic and remedial efforts at high radon level school buildings to develop the necessary technology. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress annually for two years on activities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the promotion of unrestricted family visits between related people of the United States and the Soviet Union is an essential part of American policy toward the Soviet Union; and (2) the President, the Secretary of State, and other administration members should raise the issue of family visitation at all appropriate opportunities in discussions with leaders of the Communist Party and the Government of the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1987
Africa Famine Recovery and Development Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to add a chapter dealing with Africa Famine Recovery and Development. Authorizes the President to provide project and program assistance for long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the purpose of such assistance to be to help the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in a process of long-term development through economic growth that is equitable, participatory, environmentally sustainable, and self-reliant. Declares that the general authorities and policies of the development assistance provisions of such Act apply to this Act. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs to: (1) take into account the local-level perspectives of the rural and urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa during the planning and review of annual country planning documents for project assistance under this Act; (2) make available funds for a substantial expansion of development efforts by private and voluntary organizations which have demonstrated effectiveness in or commitment to the promotion of local grass-roots activities on behalf of long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa; and (3) establish simplified procedures for the development and evaluation of projects to be carried out by private and voluntary organizations. Requires that local people shall be closely involved in projects that have a local focus. Requires that the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs shall ensure the participation of African women in development projects assisted by this Act. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs to use the program assistance provided by this Act to: (1) help overcome shorter-term constraints to long-term development; and (2) promote reform of national economic policies to support these priorities. Requires such assistance programs to take account of the need for adjustments should recurrence of drought make it impossible to achieve the goals of the reform. Designates as the critical sectoral priorities for long-term development: (1) agricultural production and natural resources; (2) health; (3) voluntary family planning services; (4) education; and (5) income generating opportunities. Imposes minimum levels of assistance for certain critical sectors. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance to formulate coherent country development assistance strategies. Sets forth information such strategies must analyze and address. Requires the assistance provided under this Act to be concentrated in countries that will make the most effective use of such assistance. Exempts the assistance authorized by this Act from specified limitations on the procurement of goods and services. Earmarks the uses to which local currencies generated by assistance provided under this Act and other Acts may be put. Provides that funds made available under this Act may be used to assist the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to increase their capacity to participate in donor coordination mechanisms at the country, regional, and sector levels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for long-term development assistance for sub-Saharan Africa and for funding activities of certain international organizations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the funding authorization should be extended whenever appropriate. Limits transfers between accounts funded by this Act. Requires the Administrator of AID to develop a plan for organizational changes within AID in order to carry out the long-term development assistance program for sub-Saharan Africa with maximum effectiveness. Sets forth changes the Administrator shall consider. Requires the Administrator to consult with specified congressional committees about such changes. Authorizes the Administrator to transfer certain funds in order to increase the AID resources for development assistance activities for sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the Administrator to develop a plan for evaluating the agency's progress in achieving the purposes of this Act. Requires the plan to provide for: (1) the establishment of specific criteria for measuring the performance of U.S. development assistance for the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa; (2) the collection and monitoring of base-line data for future measurement of the effectiveness of such assistance; and (3) the measures by which the evaluations will be used to institutionalize learning within the agency. Requires the plan to be developed in consultation with specified congressional committees. Requires that assistance from other assistance and development programs shall be used to provide assistance fo the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa. Authorizes the President to make available such amounts from the funds authorized by this Act as the President deems appropriate to support long-term development assistance for activities of international organizations which are consistent with the purpose of providing assistance for the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa and are undertaken in coordination with AID. Encourages the President to use the authorities provided in this Act in coordination with activities of the multilateral development banks in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors to the International Monetary Fund and to the relevant multilateral development banks to pursue means by which those institutions could reschedule the payments due them by the low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the President to ensure that the funds made available by this Act are not used by a country to repay loans. Requires the annual report by the President to the Congress on foreign assistance programs to included a report on the progress made in carrying out this Act. Provides that reprogramming notification requirements do not apply to funds used to carry out this Act. Makes conforming amendments to various Acts. Declares that, where appropriate, African famine relief activities should serve as the foundation for long-term development activities undertaken pursuant to this Act. Provides for the transfer of certain funds so that they may be used for management support activities associated with long-term development assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the purposes of the African Development Foundation are consistent with the purposes of this Act. Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1988. Expresses the sense of the Congress that special efforts should be undertaken to reduce trade barriers and promote economic interchange between the United States and developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the Comptroller General to study, and report to the Congress on, the restrictions which affect the importation of products of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1987
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of Department of Defense funds to carry out a test of the Space Defense System (anti-satellite weapon) against an object in space until the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted such a test after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that such prohibition shall be effective from the date of enactment of this Act until October 1, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1987
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1987
Animal Feed Protection Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, or oxytetracycline in animal feed.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1987
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to make permanent the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to offset tax refunds against defaulted Federal student loans.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
Allows any State, or political subdivision thereof, to impose a sales or use tax on: (1) any interstate sale of tangible personal property by a person located outside such State or political subdivision; or (2) the use of tangible personal property in such State or political subdivision acquired through any interstate sale by a resident of such State or political subdivision. Defines "interstate sale" as a sale in which tangible personal property sold is shipped or delivered by common carrier or the United States Postal Service to the purchaser in a State from a point outside such State.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
Plastic Pollution Control Act of 1987 - Title I: Plastic Pollution Control Measures - Prohibits the disposal of plastic products into waters under the jurisdiction of the United States, except as necessary for safety, through unavoidable accidents, or pursuant to a permit under the Marine Protection Research Sanctuaries Act or Clean Water Act. Requires the President to ensure the compliance of public vessels with this requirement to the extent practicable. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act, based upon several factors, including the circumstances, extent of the violation, and the resulting economic benefit. Makes all Federal agencies responsible for enforcing this Act. Authorizes citizen suits against violators or public officials for failure to act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study methods to reduce or eliminate the disposal of plastics in U.S. waters, requiring a report to the Congress within six months. Directs the Administrator, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a public outreach program to educate the public about the harms caused by the improper disposal of plastics, including penalties under this Act. Title II: Implementation of Annex V - Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to administer and enforce the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (Annex V) which prohibits the disposal of any material from a ship. Title III: Relation to Other Law - States that this Act does not preempt or supersede other Federal or State laws. Title IV: Authorization - Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
Veterans' Administration Procurement Improvement Act of 1987 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, within three years after the enactment of this Act, to develop and implement a plan for the standardization of all medical and pharmaceutical supplies procured by the Veterans Administration (VA). Amends Federal law relating to procurement and supply within the VA to direct the VA to procure medical and pharmaceutical supplies only under national contracts awarded by the VA. Permits local contracts to be used for such procurement only in certain emergency situations and only for a specified maximum percentage of all such procurement. Requires the medical center director of each VA medical center, at the beginning of each fiscal year, to submit to the Administrator a list of all medical and pharmaceutical supplies procured by that medical center under a local contract during the preceding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
Designates the week beginning on October 4, 1987, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
Designates the month of May 1987 as National Cancer Institute Month.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1987
Calls upon all levels of Government and the business and educational communities to cooperate in a concerted effort to improve the foreign language skills and international awareness of the American people in order to increase American international economic competitiveness.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Amends Federal armed forces personnel provisions to increase the combat support assignments open to women in the armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Designates the week of October 11 through October 17, 1987, as National Job Skills Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Designates the month of May 1987 as National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Designates the week of April 20 through April 25, 1987, as World Population Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) no funds appropriated for vocational education for FY 1987 should be rescinded; and (2) the Federal Government should continue its funding commitment to vocational education for future years.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1987
Designates jazz as a national American treasure.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1987
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning on November 22 through November 28, 1987, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 - Amends title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Education Amendments of 1972 to define the phrase "program or activity" and the term "program" to mean all of the operations of the following entities, any part of which is extended Federal financial assistance: (1) a department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or local government; (2) a State or local government agency which distributes such assistance and the agency or department to which such assistance is extended; (3) a college, university, or other postsecondary institution, or public system of higher education; (4) a local educational agency, system of vocational education, or other school system; and (5) a corporation, partnership, or other private organization. States that such terms do not include any operation of an entity which is controlled by a religious organization. Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to define the phrase "program or activity" to mean all of the activities of the aforementioned entities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Federal Employee Compensation Equity Act of 1987 - Establishes the Commission on Compensation Equity to provide for a consultant to study the classification, grading, and pay-setting processes within and between the position classification system and the job-grading system. Requires the study to determine whether these processes result in the payment of rates of basic pay for positions: (1) in which either sex is numerically predominant or any race or ethnic group is disproportionately represented; and (2) where such differences in pay are not in proportion to the duties, difficulty, responsibility, or qualification requirements of the work performed. Provides a timetable for: (1) the Commission to report to appropriate congressional committees and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management with advisory recommendations; (2) the Director to report to the committees and the Commission with a plan to carry out any of the recommendations; and (3) additional comments from the Commission and its termination.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Prohibits the dumping of plastics, food wastes, or other garbage into the waters of the United States, except as specified. Establishes civil penalties for violations and authorizes the use of injunctive relief. Directs the President to ensure compliance of public vessels with Annex V of the International Convention of Pollution from Ships and with this Act. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to provide refuse disposal facilities at ports and terminals.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1987
Plastic Waste Reduction and Disposal Act of 1987 - Title I: Study of Plastic Pollution - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on how to mitigate the adverse effects on the environment, including fish and wildlife, of discarding and dumping plastics. Title II: Regulation to Control Plastic Pollution - Requires packaging containers, within 18 months of this Act's enactment, to be made of a naturally degradable material which decomposes within a specified period. Permits States or subdivisions to adopt more stringent standards. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.