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Bill· SS. 1717 (100th)reported

Uniform Regulatory Jurisdiction Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1987

Uniform Regulatory Jurisdiction Act of 1987 - Provides that the rates and charges for natural gas transportation shall be regulated by the State in which the gas is consumed if that is the election of the person transporting such gas, provided that such person: (1) transports the gas in a service area determined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and (2) transports gas solely on a retail basis using a pipeline of which the FERC certified portion was less than 30 miles long as of December 31, 1960.

Bill· SS. 1679 (100th)open

Child Care Services Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1987

Child Care Services Improvement Act of 1987 - Title I: Child Care Block Grant - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a child care services block grant program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for allotments to States to carry out specified child care services activities. Provides for State allotments on the basis of State population and State population weighted by relative per capita income. Provides for additional allotments under specified circumstances. Requires States to use allotment payments to make grants to eligible entities for specified projects. Includes among eligible entities: (1) local government units, including school districts; (2) nonprofit organizations; (3) professional or employee associations; (4) consortia of small businesses; (5) higher education institutions; (6) hospitals or health care facilities; (7) family care providers; or (8) entities that the State considers able and appropriate to carry out a project under this title. Includes among such projects: (1) voucher programs or scholarships to enable low income families to obtain adequate child care; (2) community or neighborhood child care centers, including renovation of public buildings for such purpose; (3) after-school child care programs; (4) grants or loans for start-up costs of employer-sponsored child care programs; (5) training programs for child care providers; (6) temporary care of sick children unable to attend child care programs in which they are enrolled; or (7) any project consistent with the purposes of this Act. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds and waivers of such limitations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to provide technical assistance to States in planning and operating activities under this title. Sets forth provisions for State administration of such funds. Requires States, in order to receive such funds, to certify that they will: (1) coordinate provision of child care services with other available child care services; (2) agree that such funds will be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds; (3) establish an advisory council on child care; and (4) adopt standards of accreditation or licensing for family-based and group child care providers, and methods of inspection and certification based on such standards. Requires annual State reports to the Secretary on the use of such funds. Sets forth grant application requirements for eligible entities. Requires assessment of proportional income-based fees, parental involvement, and the meeting of State quality standards. Requires grantees to fund between ten and 50 percent of the project cost with non-Federal funds. Requires States to give priority to projects that will continue to carry out the purposes of this Act without Federal funds. Requires the State Governor to establish an advisory council on child care. Requires each State to determine the age at which children shall become eligible to participate in programs established or benefited under this Act. Title II: Child Care Liability - Part A: Child Care Liability Reform - Applies the provisions of this part, with specified exceptions, to any civil action, in any State or Federal court, against any child care provider or in-home child care provider licensed or accredited pursuant to State or local law or standards, based on any cause of action, including negligence and professional malpractice, in which damages are sought for physical injury or for physical or mental pain or suffering or for property damage. Makes this part inapplicable to civil actions for intentional torts. Provides that this part shall preempt and supercede Federal or State law only to the extent such law is inconsistent. Sets forth certain defenses, rules, and rights which are not affected by this part. Makes joint and several liability inapplicable to any action subject to this title. Makes an exception for concerted actions. Provides for reduction of awards for damages in cases of collateral sources of compensation. Provides for a two-year statute of limitations for civil actions under this title. Makes the following entities which provide child care not liable for any such child care provider or facility which is a separate corporation or organization: (1) nonprofit organizations described under specified Internal Revenue Code provisions and which are tax-exempt; (2) corporations which are controlled by or closely identified with a religious organization which is tax-exempt and operates exclusively to provide child care services; or (3) day or residential schools which provide education. Encourages States to establish an expedited and simplified procedure whereby such entities will be able, inexpensively and quickly, to incorporate separately as a child care provider. Part B: Child Care Liability Insurance Pool - Authorizes any State to permit or provide for the establishment of a child care liability insurance pool whose members are child care providers licensed or accredited pursuant to State or local law or standards. Defines "child care liability insurance pool." Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 to carry out this title and to remain available for assistance to States for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to reserve specified portions of such funds for payments to specified U.S. territories and for administrative costs. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder to States on the basis of the number of children who have not attained the age of 12. Permits a portion of such allotments to be used for State administrative costs. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires State plans to: (1) identify the lead agency designated and responsible for the administration of funds under this part; (2) provide that all participants in the child care liability insurance pool are child care providers who are licensed or accredited pursuant to State or local law or standards; (3) provide that the State shall use at least the amount allotted to establish or maintain a liability insurance pool for child care providers; and (4) specify how any such liability insurance pool will continue to be financed after FY 1990, such as through contributions by the State or by members of such pool. Directs the Secretary to review and approve State plans and to monitor State compliance with requirements of this part. Provides for suspension of payments upon a finding of noncompliance. Sets forth provisions relating to entitlement, method, and State spending of allotment payments. Title III: Revolving Loan Funds - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 to carry out this title and to remain available for assistance to States for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to reserve specified portions of such funds for payments to specified U.S. territories and for administrative costs. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder to States on the basis of the number of children who have not attained the age of 12. Permits a portion of such allotments to be used for State administrative costs. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires State plans to set forth procedures and requirements whereby persons desiring to make capital improvements to their principal residence in order to become a licensed or accredited family-based child care facility may obtain a loan from the State revolving loan fund. Requires such fund to be administered by the State and to provide loans to qualified applicants, pursuant to terms and conditions the State establishes. Limits the amount of any such loan to $1,500. Requires the State plan to provide that the State establish a revolving loan fund with certain procedures.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 184 (100th)passed

A joint resolution designating October 15, 1987, as "National Safety Belt Use Day".

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987

Designates October 15, 1987, as National Safety Belt Use Day. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people to wear safety belts and have their children use child safety seats, and encouraging public safety and law enforcement agencies to promote these devices.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 69 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution to reaffirm support for the maritime policy of the United States and the laws implementing it, as set forth in the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and related laws; and to urge that any consideration of changes in that policy or laws be removed from the agenda of the United States-Canadian free trade negotiations.

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987

Declares that the Congress strongly urges that the Free Trade Area Agreement being negotiated by the United States and Canada not contain any changes in the maritime policy and laws of the United States.

Bill· SS. 1620 (100th)open

Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 1987 - Reauthorizes and revises Federal law relating to impact aid payments to local educational agencies affected by Federal activity. Revises the policy declaration to use the term "reimbursement" (rather than "assistance"). Extends the authorization of specified provisions under the Act through FY 1993. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993. Revises formulas for determining the amount of payments to local educational agencies. Provides that certain increases in such payments shall be sufficient to allow the school district to have an operating cost no greater than: (1) the average of comparable school districts in the State; or (2) if there are no comparable school districts, the State average operational cost. Provides that a reasonable tax effort has been made if the agency's tax effort is at least equal to 80 percent of the average taxes levied for operational purposes by not more than three comparable school districts for that year. Reduces certain payments to an agency by the percentage that the average operational tax rate of the comparable school districts (or, if none, the State average operational tax rate) exceeds the actual tax levied by the agency's school district. Provides that, for FY 1988 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the local contribution rate for agencies whose school district boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of a military installation shall be not less than 70 percent of the average per pupil expenditure in all States during the second preceding year prior to the current fiscal year. Provides that any agency eligible for an increase under certain provisions shall receive 100 percent of the amount to which it is entitled under other specified provisions. Provides for rounding of payments to the nearest whole dollar. Revises provisions for adjustments where necessitated by appropriations to change the formulas determining how the Secretary of Education shall allocate additional amounts among various categories of local educational agencies. Revises provisions relating to State treatment of Federal impact aid payments in determining a local educational agency's eligibility for, and the amount of, State aid. Requires that the State formula ensure that the local agency will have sufficient funds available to expand at or above the State average per pupil expenditure or the average per pupil expenditure for comparable districts, whichever is greater. Provides that specified types of impact aid shall not be taken into consideration as local resources by the State. Directs the Secretary, for any fiscal year after FY 1987, to allocate to any local educational agency which received a payment under specified provisions in FY 1987 an amount which is not less than the product of 100 percent of the per pupil amount paid to such agency in FY 1987 and the number of children in average daily attendance for the fiscal year for which the determination is made. Permits a local educational agency receiving impact aid funds also to receive funds under provisions for education of children where local agencies cannot supply facilities. Directs the Secretary to establish regional panels to review proposed regulations before their publication. Provides that such panels shall be composed of Federal, State, and local education administrators, parents of elementary and secondary students, elementary and secondary teachers, and members of local educational agencies involved with implementing programs under the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to issue emergency regulations without such review, but requires the Secretary to convene regional panels immediately thereafter to review such emergency regulations prior to issuing them in final form.

Bill· SS. 1595 (100th)reported

Federal Employees Leave Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1987

Federal Employees Leave Act of 1987 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management to establish a program under which the annual leave of a Federal employee may be transferred to the annual leave of any other Federal employee if such other employee requires additional leave because of a personal emergency. Describes the requirements for receiving and using transferred leave and for donating annual leave. Requires agencies to establish procedures to ensure that a leave recipient is not permitted to use or receive transferred leave after the personal emergency ceases to exist. Provides for restoring unused transferred leave to leave donors on a prorated basis. Prohibits an employee from being coerced into donating, receiving, or using annual leave under the voluntary leave transfer program. Makes postal employees eligible to participate in such program. Authorizes the exclusion from such program of employees working under negotiated contracts and agencies for which such program would cause substantial disruption. Requires such program to terminate five years after its commencement. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to report to the President and the Congress on the program not later than six months before its termination. Authorizes the Office to establish general guidelines for agencies to conduct experimental programs to determine the desirability and feasibility of providing additional leave as a means of recognizing outstanding performance or other achievements by Federal employees. Terminates such experimental programs five years after the date of enactment of this Act. Requires the Office to report to the President and the Congress on such programs not later than six months after their termination.

Bill· SS. 1548 (100th)referred

A bill to amend section 1886 of the Social Security Act to require that certain hospitals be classified as being located in an urban area for purposes of determining payments under the medicare program for inpatient hospital services furnished by such hospitals, and to require that certain hospitals be treated in the same manner as a hospital located within a particular geographic area for purposes of making such determination.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1987

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to consider the aggregate number of resident workers who commute from the county in which a hospital is located to contiguous metropolitan statistical areas, rather than only considering the number of workers commuting to a single metropolitan area, for the purpose of determining whether such hospital should be paid at urban rather than rural rates.

Law· SS. 1518 (100th)enacted

Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987

Methanol and Alternative Fuels Promotion Act of 1987 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to revise the dual fuel passenger automobile driving range for automobiles operating on certain ethanol or methanol mixtures. Provides that for any ten consecutive model years between 1993 and 2005, a dual fuel passenger automobile manufacturer shall receive an average fuel economy increase according to specified guidelines. Declares that if a manufacturer makes methanol- or ethanol-powered or dual fuel passenger automobiles, the fuel economy of an automobile shall be based on the fuel content of the methanol or ethanol mixture used to operate it. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding ethanol and methanol promotion. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare that the determination of tax to be imposed regarding methanol-, ethanol-, or natural gas-powered or dual fuel passenger automobiles shall be based on the fuel economy rating established under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 175 (100th)enacted

A joint resolution to recognize the efforts of the United States Soccer Federation in bringing the World Cup to the United States in 1994.

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987

Recognizes the efforts of the United States Soccer Federation to bring the World Cup to the United States in 1994. Authorizes the President to designate the Secretary of Commerce as the official U.S. representative in any discussions with the Federation Internationale de Football Association.

Bill· SS. 1489 (100th)referred

A bill to amend section 67 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain publicly offered regulated investment companies from the disallowance of indirect deductions through pass-thru entities.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the prohibition against indirect income tax deductions through pass-through entities shall not apply to any regulated investment company whose shares are: (1) continuously offered pursuant to a public offering; (2) regularly traded on an established securities market; or (3) held by or for at least 500 persons at all times during the taxable year.

Bill· SS. 1464 (100th)open

Veterans' Administration Beneficiary Travel, Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel Reimbursement Restoration Act of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions relating to the payment of travel expenses for veterans traveling to a Veterans Administration (VA) health care center for treatment to direct the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, in exercising the authority to make such payments, to make such payments to the following persons: (1) a person receiving veterans' benefits for or in connection with a service-connected disability; (2) a veteran receiving veterans' pension benefits; (3) a veteran whose annual income does not exceed the annual veterans' pension rate or who is unable to defray the expenses of such travel; (4) a person whose travel to a VA facility was incident to a scheduled compensation and pension examination; and (5) a veteran whose travel to a VA facility was required to be performed by a special mode of travel which was either authorized beforehand by the Administrator, or was in connection with a medical emergency. Authorizes the Administrator to deduct from the amount otherwise payable an amount equal to $3.75 for each trip to or from a VA facility. Provides a maximum amount authorized to be so deducted from the reimbursed expenses of veterans making six or more one-way trips during the following calendar month or months. Authorizes the Administrator to increase proportionately the amount permitted to be deducted whenever the amount of the reimbursement itself is increased. Directs the Administrator, with respect to any fiscal year in which he or she exercises the authority to make such payments, to make an allocation to each VA facility, before October 1 of each year, to enable the head of such facility to make such payments to veterans using such facility and authorized to receive such payments. Directs the head of each such facility to use such funds solely for such payments. Directs the Chief Medical Director of the VA's Department of Medicine and Surgery, when it is determined that insufficient payments have been made at any such facility, to authorize payments to be made for the proper amounts, unless the Chief Medical Director determines that making such payments at such lesser level would be in the best interests of furnishing care and services to eligible veterans at such facility. Permits any funds authorized for the making of such payments, but unexpended, to be used by the head of any such facility for support of other authorized direct-health care purposes. Directs the Administrator to take all appropriate steps to facilitate the establishment and maintenance of a program under which organizations or individuals who are volunteering their services to the VA would take responsibility for the transportation of such veterans, without reimbursement from the VA, primarily those residing in those areas which are geographically accessible to such facilities, who seek services or benefits from such VA facilities. Directs the Administrator, no later than six months after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committee on the implementation of this Act.

Bill· SS. 1463 (100th)open

New Zealand Military Preference Elimination Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987

New Zealand Military Preference Elimination Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to eliminate certain security assistance and arms export preferences for New Zealand.

Bill· SS. 1460 (100th)referred

A bill to designate certain national forest areas in the State of Virginia as wilderness areas, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1987

Designates the following lands in Virginia as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Rough Mountain Wilderness Area in the George Washington National Forest; (2) the Rich Hole Wilderness Area in the George Washington National Forest; (3) the Barbours Creek Wilderness Area in the Jefferson and George Washington National Forests; (4) the Shawvers Run Wilderness Area in the Jefferson National Forest; and (5) the Lewis Fork Wilderness Area in the Jefferson National Forest.

Bill· SS. 1451 (100th)open

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve veterans' benefits for former prisoners of war.

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1987

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to establish a presumption of service-connection (for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits) for former prisoners of war suffering from the following conditions after active service: (1) peripheral neuropathy; (2) spastic colon; and (3) peptic or duodenal ulcers. Decreases from six months to 90 days the amount of time a former prisoner of war must have been incarcerated in order to be eligible for outpatient dental services.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 239 (100th)passed

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning support for respect for human rights and evolution to genuine democracy in Panama, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987

Declares that the American people reaffirm their commitment to promoting the development of democracy in all the Americas. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of Panama should respond to the points contained in the communique issued on June 17, 1987, by the Panamanian Episcopal Conference; (2) the vital interests of the United States in securing authentic democracy in Panama would be best served by the peaceful establishment of genuine democratic institutions in accordance with the Panamanian constitution; (3) compliance with internationally recognized human rights and the lifting of the suspension of constitutional guarantees are essential preconditions to the restoration of democracy in Panama; (4) an independent investigation into allegations against senior Panamanian civilian and military officials should be conducted by an objective group of Panamanians with authority to publish their findings without delay or fear of reprisal; and (5) the Government of Panama should direct the current commander of the Panama Defense Forces and any other implicated officials to relinquish their duties pending the outcome of the independent investigation.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 62 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the insistence of the Congress on the extradition of Mohammed Hamadei to the United States for trial in connection with the murder of Navy diver Robert Stethem and the opposition of Congress to any trade of Mohammed Hamadei for West German nationals being held hostage.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1987

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should express to West Germany that the United States expects it to comply with its treaty obligations by extraditing terrorist Mohammed Hamadei to the United States; and (2) any action by West Germany that involves the exchange of Hamadei for German nationals being held hostage by terrorists will have extremely serious consequences for the relationship between the two countries.

Bill· SS. 1391 (100th)open

A bill to amend the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1987

Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to define the terms "reasonable access" and "terminals" (thus providing a uniform statutory standard for commercial motor vehicle operation on the Interstate Highway system and the primary highway system). Sets forth circumstances under which a State or local government may impose commercial motor vehicle restrictions upon such highways.

Bill· SS. 1393 (100th)referred

Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1987

Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act of 1987 - Designates as nonmailable matter any private solicitation which is offered in terms expressing or implying that the offeror of the solicitation is, or is affiliated with, one of the following agencies: the Social Security Administration, the Health Care Financing Administration, the Office of Family Assistance of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Veterans Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, the Federal Retirement Thrift Board, or the Thrift Investment Management System, or any program carried out by such entities. Allows the mailing of such matter if it contains a conspicuous disclaimer that it is not affiliated with the Federal Government and that it is a private solicitation. Establishes penalties for violations of this Act.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 165 (100th)referred

A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Senate and the House of Representatives that the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation declaring June 27, 1987, as "National Sokol Day in the United States".

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1987

Authorizes and requests the President to declare June 27, 1987, as National Sokol Day in the United States, commemorating the Sokol, an association of Americans of Czech ancestry dedicated to gymnastics and democracy.

Bill· SS. 1381 (100th)referred

Cash Management Improvement Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1987

Cash Management Improvement Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to collect a charge from each executive agency that does not comply with regulations regarding the timely disbursement of Federal funds through cash, checks, electronic funds transfer, or any other means prescribed by the Secretary. Requires the deposit of such charges in the Cash Management Improvements Fund. Requires States and Federal agencies to minimize the time elapsing between transfer of funds from the Treasury and the issuance or redemption of checks, warrants, or payments by other means. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations requiring a State to pay interest on funds from the time of deposit until disbursement. Requires the Government to pay interest to a State that disburses its own funds under a Federal program. Requires the budget submitted by the President to include a statement of such interest payments. Requires States that receive refunds of grant funds to return such refunds to the executive agency administering the grant program or apply such funds to reduce the amount of funds owed to the State under the grant program. Requires States to account for grant money made available to them as U.S. Government grant money in the accounts of the State. Provides for periodic audits of the implementation of this Act. Directs the Secretary to study and make recommendations concerning standards for the establishment of lockbox systems for executive agencies. Defines such a system as the use of locked post office boxes for the receipt of payments. Sets forth a schedule for the implementation of such a system.

Bill· SS. 1330 (100th)referred

A bill to authorize the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on James River, Virginia, and to conduct flood control study of the James River Basin.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987

Directs the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on the James River, Virginia, submitted during the 87th Congress, to determine whether the existing navigation project should be modified. Directs the Chief of Engineers to conduct a flood control study of the James River Basin, Virginia and West Virginia.

Bill· SS. 1326 (100th)referred

Federal Campaign Reform Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1987

Federal Campaign Reform Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase the limit a person is allowed to contribute to any candidate and the candidate's authorized political committees with respect to any election to Federal office from $1,000 to $1,500. Decreases the amount a multicandidate political committee is allowed to make to a candidate and the candidate's authorized political committees from $5,000 to $2,500. Requires corporations, labor organizations, and each national committee of a political party to file a report with the Commission if such entities have engaged in any otherwise exempt activity during the period for which the report is filed. Describes "otherwise exempt activities" as those activities which are exempt from disclosure requirements and which include any act of furnishing or making available services, payments, or other benefits excluded from the definition of contribution or expenditure. Declares that any nonprofit corporation receiving reduced postal rates which uses the mails to engage in any otherwise exempt activity during the 90-day period prior to a general or special election shall be subject to a civil penalty. Establishes reporting requirements for persons making independent expenditures in U.S. Senate elections totaling more than $10,000, and thereafter each time such persons make independent expenditures totaling more than $5,000. Subjects to such reporting requirements the exempt activities of corporations and labor organizations. Sets forth disclosure requirements for independent expenditures through broadcast communications on any radio or television station. Provides that an expenditure is not an independent expenditure where the person making an expenditure is in coordination, consultation, or concert with a candidate. Requires a candidate, within 15 days of qualifying for a primary election ballot, to file with the Commission and each other qualifying candidate a declaration stating whether or not such candidate intends to expend funds and incur personal loans for the primary and general election in the aggregate of $250,000 or more from the following sources: (1) personal funds; (2) family funds; and (3) personal loans incurred in connection with the campaign for office. Allows the opponents of such candidate to accept larger contribution amounts from individuals. Requires a candidate who files a declaration of intent not to expend more than $250,000 and who subsequently does exceed such amount, to file an amended declaration within 24 hours after exceeding such amount. Allows a candidate to repay a personal loan in connection with the candidate's campaign from contributions made to such candidate or any authorized committee of such candidate. Prohibits the repayment of any interest on the principal amount of such loan. Prohibits a candidate from making expenditures from personal funds, family funds, or from incurring personal loans in connection with the election campaign at any time within 60 days before such election. Requires that solicited or accepted contributions made through a check or money order be made payable to a specific payee by the original drawer of the check or money order when such amounts will be combined and contributed to a candidate for Federal office. Requires semiannual reports by a party political committee with respect to payments to such committee to defray establishment, administration, and solicitation costs. Requires the national committee of a political party to include in specified reports all funds received and disbursements made for purposes other than to influence a Federal election (soft money). Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be established a bipartisan commission on campaign financing to develop a means of campaign financing which: (1) promotes the availability of qualified candidates for congressional office; (2) permits candidates, irrespective of their personal financial resources, the opportunity to communicate effectively with the electorate; (3) protects the integrity of the legislative process; (4) promotes participation of political parties in the electoral and legislative process; and (5) promotes public confidence in both the electoral and legislative processes. Declares that such commission should consider and study Federal laws and regulations and public commentary relating to financing congressional election campaigns.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 151 (100th)enacted

A joint resolution to designate August 1, 1987, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1987

Designates August 1, 1987, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Requests the President to: (1) reassert the American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania; (3) convey to all signatories of such Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is vital to progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; (4) convey to U.S. allies the necessity of unity regarding such Accords; (5) continue his efforts to achieve the release of political prisoners of the Soviet Union, an increase in Soviet emigration, resolution of family reunification cases, and cessation of radio transmission jamming; (6) seek the inclusion, in any concluding document agreed to in Vienna, of a mechanism to sustain human rights progress after the Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and (7) convey to signatory states the desire of the United States for a result at Vienna that will not favor military security at the expense of human rights.

Bill· SS. 1278 (100th)open

A bill to permit certain payments under the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) based on incorrect determinations under section 2(a)(1)(C) of that Act.

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1987

Ratifies certain payments made prior to FY 1986 to certain local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activities even though the payments were based on incorrect determinations related to the assessed valuation of real property within the relevant school district.

Bill· SS. 1264 (100th)open

Hostile Foreign Takeover Moratorium Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987

Hostile Foreign Takeover Moratorium Act - Makes congressional findings concerning the financing of corporate takeovers and the resulting loss of jobs and dislocations to local and regional economies and to the national economy. Amends the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to place a six-month moratorium on tender offers for any equity securities by any foreign person if any part of the consideration to be paid: (1) is cash, unless the person has cash or cash equivalents equal to the aggregate amount of such cash consideration; or (2) is to be financed by means of a loan, borrowing, or the issuance of debt securities. Provides that such moratorium shall not apply if the acceptance of such offer has been recommended and approved by the directors of the person to be acquired. Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission to enforce the provisions of this Act.

Bill· SS. 1270 (100th)referred

Federal Credit Management and Debt Collection Improvements Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987

Federal Credit Management and Debt Collection Improvements Act of 1987 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury an Under Secretary of the Treasury for Debt Collection and Credit Management, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Under Secretary with respect to establishing and implementing a comprehensive Federal debt collection and credit management plan. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress an analysis of such plan, together with comments. Requires executive agency proposals for new credit programs to contain an explicit statement of any subsidies involved. Requires interest rates in new direct loan programs to be related to market rates for comparable private sector loan programs. Requires the assessment of loan origination and application fees to defray administrative costs and costs of defaulted loans. Prohibits loans to persons who are delinquent in debt payments to the United States. Sets forth the circumstances under which a person who has defaulted on a prior loan may be allowed another loan. Requires loan contracts to contain default and acceleration clauses. Requires each loan applicant to be provided with a written notice specifying Federal debt collection policies and practices. Directs the President to provide for a study of private sector alternatives to Federal loan programs. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish Federal credit management policies and promulgate regulations to implement this Act. Requires each executive agency to report to the Congress, within one year of enactment of this Act, on its delinquency and default standards. Directs the Comptroller General, within two years of enactment of this Act, to audit agency credit programs. Requires agencies to conform to regulations under this Act within one year of enactment of this Act. Establishes a collection target amount of $15,000,000,000 during the period beginning October 1, 1987, and ending September 30, 1990. Increases an agency's funding when it exceeds its debt collection target, and decreases such funding for not meeting its target. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate regulations to assist agencies in developing proposals for debt collection targets. Requires the use of credit bureaus and private collection agencies to recover indebtedness owed the Federal Government. Provides for routine adjustments of Federal pay for non-controversial overpayments. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize agencies to use Internal Revenue Service information in debt collection. Requires the inclusion of debt collection data in the budget process. Directs each agency head to investigate the feasibility and cost effectiveness of selling debts to the private sector. Makes State laws inapplicable with respect to time limitations for bringing legal actions on debts owed to the United States.

Bill· SS. 1251 (100th)referred

National Quality Improvement Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1987

National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish a National Quality Award, to be evidenced by a medal. Directs the President (on the basis of recommendations received from the Secretary of Commerce) or the Secretary of Commerce to periodically make the award to companies and other organizations which have substantially benefited the economic or social well-being of the United States through improvements in the quality of their goods and services resulting from the effective practice of quality management. Sets forth categories in which the award may be given and qualification criteria. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board of overseers to make suggestions for improvements in the award process. Directs the Director of the National Bureau of Standards to provide information about the awards and about the successful quality improvement strategies and programs of the award winners to all participants and to other appropriate groups. Provides that funding for the award program shall be through gifts from public and private sources and fees imposed upon organizations applying for the award. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a report on the progress, findings, and conclusions of activities conducted with respect to the award, along with recommendations for possible modifications.

Bill· SS. 1203 (100th)referred

Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1987

Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 - Expresses the determination of the Congress that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): (1) is a terrorist organization; (2) is a threat to the interests of the United States, its allies, and to international law; and (3) should not benefit from operating in the United States. Prohibits, if the purpose is to further the interests of the PLO: (1) the receipt of anything of value except informational material from the PLO; (2) the expenditure of funds from the PLO; (3) the establishment or maintenance of a PLO office within the jurisdiction of the United States. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall cease to have effect if the President certifies to the Congress that the PLO no longer practices or supports terrorist actions.

Bill· SS. 1196 (100th)open

Marine Science, Technology, and Resource Development Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1987

Marine Science, Technology, and Resource Development Act of 1987 - Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to declare the need for a national ocean policy and to revise definitions under such Act. Expands coverage of such Act to include Great Lakes resources. (Current law covers ocean and coastal resources.) Requires the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Administrator) to develop and publish every three years the Sea Grant Strategic Research Plan (Plan) identifying and describing a limited number of priority areas for strategic marine research. Requires the Plan to be submitted to specified congressional committees. Describes the priority area on which the Plan shall concentrate, including: (1) critical resource and environmental areas of national or global scope where adequate funding is otherwise precluded under other provisions of the National Sea Grant College Program Act; and (2) areas where sustained programmatic research and technology transfer can be utilized. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to make grants to carry out such strategic marine research to sea grant colleges, programs, regional consortia, and individuals meeting certain criteria. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1988 through 1992. Describes the academic, congressional, Federal, and postdoctoral fellowships which may be awarded. Adds to the duties of the sea grant review panel the responsibility of giving advice with respect to applications, proposals, performance, grants, and contracts awarded under the Sea Grant Strategic Research Plan. Authorizes appropriations for the National Sea Grant College Program for FY 1988 through 1992. Amends provisions of the Sea Grant Program Improvement Act of 1976 relating to the purposes of the Sea Grant International program to authorize grants and contracts to enhance international research, promote marine activities with foreign universities, encourage technology transfer, and promote foreign data exchanges. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1988 through 1992. Allows additional funding to be provided through other Federal program elements with a marine science or technology transfer component, or both.