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Bill· SS. 1776 (100th)referred

A bill to modernize United States circulating coin designs, of which one reverse will have a theme of the Bicentennial of the Constitution.

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987

Requires U.S. coins to be redesigned, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, over the next six years. Requires the reverse side of the first coin redesigned to commemorate the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution for a two-year period. Requires that any profits from the sale of uncirculated and proof sets of U.S. coins be deposited in the Treasury and used solely to reduce the national debt.

Bill· SS. 1774 (100th)referred

Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1987

Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to prepare a statement setting forth in nontechnical terms: (1) the rights and obligations of a taxpayer and of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during a tax audit; (2) the procedures by which a taxpayer may appeal adverse decisions, prosecute refund claims, and file complaints; and (3) the procedures that the IRS may use in enforcing revenue laws. Directs the Secretary to transmit drafts of such statement to specified congressional committees and to distribute the final statement to all taxpayers receiving annual tax filing forms from the IRS. Requires the IRS, upon taxpayer request, to conduct any interview regarding the determination or collection of any tax at a reasonable time and place convenient to the taxpayer and to the IRS, and to permit the taxpayer, at his or her own expense, to record the interview. Authorizes the IRS interviewer to record such interview if the taxpayer has been given prior notice and is provided, upon request and payment of reproduction costs, with a transcript of the recording. Requires the interviewer to explain to the taxpayer the audit process, including the taxpayer's rights with respect to the process. Requires the Secretary to abate any penalty or interest imposed on any deficiency attributable to erroneous advice in writing given to a taxpayer by an IRS officer or employee in response to such taxpayer's specific inquiry. Authorizes the IRS Ombudsman, upon application filed by a taxpayer, to issue a Taxpayer Assistance Order if, in the determination of the Ombudsman: (1) the taxpayer is suffering or is about to suffer from an unusual or irreparable loss as a result of the manner in which the internal revenue laws are being administered by the Secretary; and (2) the Secretary has failed to carry out any of his or her duties or has violated any provision of law. Allows the terms of a Taxpayer Assistance Order to require the Secretary to release property of the taxpayer levied upon or to cease or refrain from certain actions. Requires the Secretary to obey any Taxpayer Assistance Order issued by the Ombudsman. Directs the Secretary, within 90 days of this Act's enactment, to issue regulations with respect to Taxpayer Assistance Orders, including provisions to assure full, fair, and impartial due process for affected taxpayers. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 and other Federal law to establish within the Department of the Treasury an Office of Inspector General. Transfers to such Office the existing audit and investigation units of the Department. Sets forth criteria with respect to: (1) the authority of the Inspector General to conduct an investigation; and (2) the authority of the Secretary in cases of audits or investigations requiring access to information of a sensitive or confidential nature. Allows the Secretary to prohibit investigations under specified circumstances. Restricts disclosure by the Inspector General of tax returns and return information. Prohibits records of tax enforcement results from being used to evaluate certain IRS personnel or to impose or suggest production quotas. Requires district directors to certify compliance with this mandate on a monthly basis. Requires the Secretary to certify that a rule proposed by the IRS is substantially the only alternative that meets the mandate of the relevant statute in order for the rule to be considered an interpretative rule (and thereby not subject to analyses under the Regulatory Flexibility Act). Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act to require regulatory flexibility analyses to include consideration of both the direct and indirect beneficial and negative effects of a proposed or final rule. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary, with limited exceptions, to send a preliminary letter of deficiency to a taxpayer prior to the mailing of a deficiency notice. Specifies required contents for tax due notices and deficiency notices, including the basis of the deficiency and a breakdown of the total amount into tax, interest, and penalty. Directs the Secretary, within 90 days of this Act's enactment, to issue regulations requiring all IRS personnel to explain and support their position in assessing any penalties or additions to tax. Requires the Comptroller General to study IRS procedures with respect to such assessments and to present findings to specified congressional committees no later than December 31, 1988. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a binding agreement with a taxpayer under which the taxpayer may pay tax liability in installments if the Secretary determines that such an agreement will facilitate collection of the liability. Permits the Secretary, after proper notice and a hearing, to modify or annul the agreement upon the finding that the financial condition of the affected taxpayer has significantly changed. Renders such an agreement nonbinding if the taxpayer fails to pay any installment or any other tax liability when due. Extends from ten to 30 days the period between the required notice to a person who neglects or refuses to pay tax liability and a levy on such person's salary, wages, or other property. Specifies information that must be incorporated in such notice, including possible alternative actions and the appropriate appeals procedures. Adds to the circumstances triggering termination of such a levy: (1) an agreement between the taxpayer and the Secretary for payment of the liability; and (2) the Secretary's determination that the taxpayer's financial condition precludes enforceability of the liability. Revises the list of property exempt from levy to: (1) increase the exempt amount permitted for certain personal effects, the property of a business, and wages; (2) add an exemption for certain deposits in qualified institutions; and (3) provide an express exemption, except under limited circumstances specified in this Act, for the taxpayer's principal residence, a motor vehicle used by the taxpayer as the primary means of transportation to work, and any tangible personal property essential to the operation of the taxpayer's business in cases when a levy would prevent the taxpayer from carrrying on such business. Prohibits a levy on any property when levy and sales expenses would exceed either the liability for which the levy is made or the fair market value of the levied property. Permits the Secretary to demand surrender of bank accounts only after 21 days in escrow have passed since service of the notice of levy on the accounts. Sets forth situations in which the Secretary must release a levy. Applies to jeopardy levies the administrative and judicial review procedures currently applicable to jeopardy assessments. Permits a taxpayer to bring a civil action against the United States in the Tax Court for judicial review of jeopardy levies and assessments. (Under current law an action for judicial review of jeopardy assessments may be filed only in district court.) Increases the time during which a taxpayer may petition for such review. Describes the jurisdictional requirements to be applied to such actions. Allows an administrative appeal of tax liens. Grants to the Tax Court exclusive jurisdiction to enjoin premature assessments if the taxpayer has filed a timely petition for review. Provides for review of such injunctive orders by the U.S. Court of Appeals. Grants to the Tax Court jurisdiction to enforce payment by the Secretary of refunds of overpayment and interest to taxpayers. Places on the Secretary the burden of proof of justifying any failure to refund, credit, or offset relevant amounts with respect to a taxpayer. Entitles a prevailing taxpayer to: (1) an interest rate of 120 percent of the overpayment rate with respect to refunds; and (2) reasonable litigation costs. Grants to the Tax Court jurisdiction to: (1) review jeopardy assessment sales of assets; and (2) redetermine interest under certain circumstances when a taxpayer claims an overpayment of the interest. Vests in the Tax Court original jurisdiction over any civil action against the Secretary for the recovery of any tax, additions to tax, and penalties with respect to income, estate, gift, and certain excise taxes. Authorizes an award of reasonable litigation costs to the prevailing party in proceedings by taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. Permits a taxpayer to bring a civil action in district court for actual damages resulting from the failure of any Federal officer or employee to release a tax lien on the taxpayer's property. Permits a civil cause of action in district court for damages resulting from the careless, reckless, or intentional disregard of internal revenue laws by any Federal officer or employee. Denies damage awards in cases of contributory negligence. Authorizes a damage award, to a $10,000 maximum, to the United States in cases of frivolous or groundless claims by a taxpayer. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe criminal penalties for: (1) any investigation or surveillance authorized or conducted by an officer or employee of the United States in connection with Federal tax laws that inquires into the beliefs, associations, or activities of any individual or organization; or (2) the maintenance of any records containing information derived from such an investigation. Establishes in the Internal Revenue Service the Office for Taxpayers Services, under the supervision of an Assistant Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Directs this Assistant Commissioner to: (1) be responsible for telephone, walk-in, and educational services, and for the design and production of tax and information forms; and (2) prepare annually, for presentation to specified congressional committees, a joint report (with the Chief Problem Resolution Officer for the IRS) on the quality of taxpayer services.

Bill· SS. 1767 (100th)referred

Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1987

Agriculture Nitrogen Management Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Agricultural Nitrogen Best Management Practices Task Force to: (1) develop agricultural best management practices to minimize nitrogen losses from all potential uses of agricultural nitrogen; (2) develop and disseminate to American farmers educational and training materials with respect to such practices; and (3) report to the Congress in one year on the progress of its efforts. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) to require that any State assessment report or management report be developed in consultation with the task force. Directs the Administrator to consult with the task force in preparing annual reports and final reports to the Congress.

Bill· SS. 1757 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that employer subsidies for mass transit and van pooling be treated as working condition fringe benefits which are not included in gross income.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include as a tax-excludible fringe benefit qualified employer-provided commuter services between an employee's residence and workplace. Includes as qualified services: (1) transportation furnished in a commuter highway vehicle (such as a van); and (2) transportation paid for or reimbursed by the employer on public buses, trains, or subways that run along regular routes according to a schedule.

Bill· SS. 1751 (100th)open

Shore Protection Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1987

Shore Protection Act of 1987 - Title I: Vessel Identification - Requires vessels carrying municipal or commercial waste within U.S. waters to obtain a vessel identification number (permit) from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sets the permit term at a renewable five years and authorizes EPA to collect administrative costs from a vessel owner/operator. Title II: Waste Tracking System - Requires that a manifest be completed for municipal or commercial wastes transported by vessel and a copy returned to the EPA regional office. Title III: Waste Handling Practices - Requires that owners/operators of waste source facilities make sure that waste material is properly loaded, secured, and offloaded. Title IV: Enforcement - Requires other Federal agencies to assist in the administration of this Act. Establishes civil penalties for violations, authorizing doubling for second violations. Authorizes the Administrator of EPA to revoke vessel identification numbers for egregious or multiple violations. Establishes criminal penalties for the willful and knowing violation of this Act. Title V: EPA Responsibilities - Requires the Administrator to make manifest and vessel identification number forms available and to establish a recordkeeping system for such applications. Title VI: Tracking Study - Directs the Administrator to study the effectiveness of additional tracking systems for vessels to ensure that nonhazardous municipal and commercial waste is not disposed of at sea or in coastal waters. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to study the effectiveness and costs of tracking systems that might be applicable to vessels carrying nonhazardous municipal or commercial waste. Title VII: Coast Guard Responsibilities - Directs the Secretary to make periodic checks for vessel permits and compliance with the applicable Federal environmental laws, including the installation of tracking devices if required. Title VIII: Relation to Other Laws - States that other Federal and State laws remain unaffected by this Act. Title IX: Authorization - Authorizes appropriations. Title X: Savings Clause - Authorizes actions by other than Federal entities for violations of this Act.

Bill· SS. 1731 (100th)open

Youth Employment Services Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1987

Youth Employment Services Act of 1987 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a demonstration program for employment opportunities for severely disadvantaged youth. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to carry out such programs with specified funds. Defines an eligible severely disadvantaged youth as one who: (1) is between 16 and 20 years old; (2) is economically disadvantaged; (3) has dropped out of elementary or secondary school, or has received a secondary school degree but has both reading and mathematics skills below the eighth grade level; (4) has not participated in an education or training program in the nine months preceding the month in which he or she enrolls in the program under this Act; and (5) has less than 150 hours work experience in a specified nine-month period. Requires program grant applicants to form eligible partnerships, which shall include a public agency or private nonprofit organization and a business concern or association. Allows program funds to be used for: (1) individual assessment; (2) intensive basic skills training combined with vocational training and/or work experience; (3) support services; (4) job development and placement services; (5) a monitoring period after program completion, with support services to assist in retaining employment or advancing toward an educational degree; and (6) other appropriate services to further job placement. Sets forth provisions relating to the allocation and number of demonstration grants. Set forth program agreement requirements. Sets forth provisions for program payments and the Federal share of program costs. Directs the Secretary to evaluate services provided by eligible partnerships funded under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on such evaluation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 to carry out this Act.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 79 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing support for United Nations' efforts to end the Iran-Iraq War and to bring an end to human rights abuses in Iran.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1987

Declares that the Congress: (1) expresses its solidarity with the citizens of Iran and extends its wish that the people of Iran will soon enjoy an end to the Iran-Iraq war and to internal repression; (2) supports an official U. S. policy of completely halting the shipment of arms to the Government of Iran; (3) urges the President to cooperate with the United Nations to bring about an end to government-sponsored torture in Iranian prisons and to pressure Iran to permit inspection of Iranian prisons by an international delegation; and (4) expresses support for all efforts made through the U.N. Security Council to pressure the Khomeini Government to end the Iran-Iraq war.

Bill· SS. 1711 (100th)open

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish a National Commission on Children.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1987

Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to establish a National Commission on Children which is to serve as a forum on behalf of children and report to the Congress and the President by September 30, 1988, regarding questions relating to: (1) the health of children; (2) social and support services for children and their parents; (3) education; and (4) poverty among children.

Bill· SS. 1673 (100th)open

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1987

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act of 1987 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to provide Medicaid coverage of community and family support services for severely disabled individuals who became disabled before age 22 and are living in a family home, foster family home, or community living facility. Requires that such services be provided in accordance with a written habilitation plan developed by an interdisciplinary team on the basis of a comprehensive assessment of the individual's strengths and the services and support necessary to: (1) enable such individual to attain or retain capabilities for independence or self-care; (2) promote interaction between disabled and nondisabled individuals within the community; and (3) enable disabled individuals who are over age 18 to engage in paid employment. Increases the age at which newly disabled individuals will be eligible for this Act's coverage so that eventually individuals who become disabled between age 22 and 50 will be covered. Lists the services which may comprise community and family support services, requiring that such services include at a minimum: (1) case management services; (2) individual and family support services; (3) specialized vocational services; and (4) protective intervention services. Excludes from such services: (1) room and board, other than room and board provided for less than six consecutive weeks and less than 12 weeks per year; (2) cash payments as a service; (3) aversive behavior intervention, management, or therapies; (4) services provided to a disabled individual living in a hospital, or skilled nursing or intermediate care facility; (5) educational services which the State makes generally available to its residents without cost and without regard to their income; and (6) services for which payment is made under title XVIII (Medicare), or part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) or B (Child Welfare Services) of title IV of the Act. Requires each State to make certain assurances regarding their provision of community and family support services and submit an implementation strategy to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires that such implementation strategies: (1) describe the extent and scope of community and family support services provided to the severely disabled and the extent and scope of services provided to the severely disabled who are institutionalized; (2) set forth the objectives and a five-year strategy for expanding community and family support services for the severely disabled; (3) include certain procedures for transferring severely disabled, institutionalized individuals to family homes, foster family homes, or community living facilities; (4) set forth standards for the provision of community and family support services and a program for licensing and certifying all facilities and programs providing such services; (5) provide for assessments of the provision and affect of community and family support services and the correction of service deficiencies; (6) provide the public with an adequate opportunity to comment on the strategies; (7) set forth methods ensuring that the personnel providing community and family support services receive adequate training and are competent to provide such services; (8) provide that the State has in effect a management information system capable of collecting, storing, and retrieving data on the severely disabled who receive community and family support services; (9) provide an opportunity for an appeal and hearing before a hearing officer to individuals who believe themselves to be inappropriately served or denied an appropriate service, or who are being scheduled for an involuntary transfer from one living arrangement to another; (10) describe the methods to be used in administering community and family support services; and (11) set forth procedures to protect the interests of public employees who will be affected by the transfer of the severely disabled from public institutions. Allows States to provide any new community and family support service for up to three years without meeting the Medicaid requirements that it provide a service on a statewide basis and that the service be comparable in all parts of the State. Requires that intermediate care facility services for the mentally retarded include the ascertainment of the individual needs of each newly admitted individual by an interdisciplinary team within 30 days and the development of a written habilitation plan for each individual. Limits Medicaid payments to States for skilled nursing and intermediate care facility services furnished to individuals under age 65 who became disabled before age 22 to the amount payable for such services in the fiscal year ending after the enactment of this Act, increased if and by the extent to which the percentage increase in the consumer price index exceeds six percent. Makes such limitation inapplicable to facilities which have less than 16 beds or meet the size and location requirements for a community living facility. Requires States to have in effect a system to protect and advocate those rights of the severely disabled who are eligible for medical assistance which relate to the provision of such assistance. Provides Federal Medicaid matching funds for such system. Gives individuals who are adversely affected by a violation of this Act's requirements the right to bring an action to enjoin such violation. Allows States to set payment rates for community and family support services for the severely disabled. Authorizes States to treat severely disabled individuals under age 19 who are not in a medical institution as receiving benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Act for Medicaid eligibility purposes if they would be eligible for SSI benefits if institutionalized. Requires States to establish a uniform income standard for the severely disabled regardless of whether or not they are in a medical institution. Authorizes States to provide Medicaid coverage of disabled spouses and children who, except for the resources deemed to them, would be eligible for SSI benefits. Removes certain limitations on the Secretary's approval of reduction and correction plans for deficient intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded. Makes individuals who are severely disabled and receiving or deemed to be receiving SSI benefits eligible for Medicaid as long as such qualifications continue to be satisfied. Directs the Secretary to establish, within the Health Care Financing Administration, a Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services responsible for administering Medicaid programs for the severely disabled. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop standards and a program for training Federal and State personnel who perform surveys of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to determine whether such facilities meet Medicaid participation requirements; and (2) periodically conduct studies of the reliability of such surveys and make the changes necessary to improve such reliability. Directs the Secretary to support the development of: (1) instruments to assess outcomes in the provision of this Act's services; and (2) competency-based personnel standards for agencies and organizations providing services to the severely disabled pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct an annual assessment of each State's compliance with this Act's requirements; and (2) issue final regulations regarding this Act's amendments prior to the first fiscal year beginning after this Act's enactment. Sets forth reporting requirements.

Bill· SS. 1663 (100th)open

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1987

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Reauthorization of 1987 - Title I: National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (the Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires that the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect be headed by a Director with experience in child abuse and neglect, and be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to require that professional staff of the Center have experience relating to child abuse and neglect. Requires that the Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect include not less than 15 members or any greater number necessary to represent a majority from the general public who are individuals knowledgeable in child abuse prevention, treatment, or research, including the fields of social services, law (including the judiciary) and medicine, or who are representatives of adolescents, parent self-help organizations, and voluntary organizations. Makes the Advisory Board responsible for advising and consulting with the Director on proposed research studies and long-range planning for the Center. Directs the Secretary, through the Center and as part of research activities, to establish a national data collection and analysis program with respect to State child abuse and neglect reports. Requires the program to include: (1) standardized data on false, unfounded, or unsubstantiated reports; and (2) information on the number of deaths due to child abuse and neglect. Requires the Director to submit an annual summary and analysis of the data collected to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to ensure that a majority share of assistance for discretionary research and demonstration grants under the Act be available for activities related to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Permits up to five-year (currently three-year) grants for model training materials. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a portion of assistance is available for national resource centers addressing issues of child abuse and neglect. Provides, under specified conditions, for extensions of waivers of requirements for grants to States for demonstration or service programs and projects. Requires the Director to conduct a study of: (1) how individual legal representation of children in cases of child abuse or neglect has been provided in each State; and (2) the effectiveness of legal representation of children in cases of abuse or neglect through the use of guardian-ad-litem and court appointed special advocates. Requires the Director, within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, to report on such study, with recommendations, to the appropriate congressional committees. Eliminates provisions for discretionary grants or contracts with public agencies or nonprofit private organizations for centers for child abuse prevention and treatment. Establishes a mandatory grant for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to provide, directly or through grants or contracts with public or private nonprofit organizations, for the establishment and maintenance of resource centers: (1) serving defined geographic areas; (2) staffed by multidisciplinary teams of personnel trained in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and (3) providing advice and consultation to individuals, agencies, and organizations which request such services. Limits the amount of funds which may be used for such purposes. Requires the Director to conduct a study of: (1) the incidence of child abuse among children with handicaps and the relationship between child abuse and children's handicapping conditions; and (2) the incidence of children who have developed handicapping conditions as a result of child abuse or neglect. Requires the Director, within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, to report on such study, with recommendations, to the appropriate congressional committees. Provides for grants and contracts for interagency demonstration training programs, including programs for treating and preventing abuse of children with handicaps. Provides for grants and contracts for innovative programs and projects relating to alcohol-related child abuse, home health visitor programs, and a national parent self-help program. Directs the Secretary to establish demonstration priorities for making grants or contracts for model training materials. Establishes a National Commission on Child and Youth Deaths. Directs the Commission to study and evaluate comprehensively Federal, State, and local public and private resources which affect child and youth deaths. Directs the Commission to make recommendations with respect to: (1) a national policy designed to reduce and prevent child and youth deaths, including more accurate reporting systems and appropriate roles for the Federal Government, States, and local governments and the private sector; (2) changes needed within Federal laws and programs to achieve an effective Federal role in preventing such deaths; and (3) changes needed to improve national data collection with respect to deaths. Directs the Commission, within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, to report to the President and the appropriate congressional committees on information gathered, evaluations, and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission 90 days after the date on which it transmits its report. Title II: Adoption Opportunities - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide, directly or by grants or contracts, for programs aimed at increasing the number of minority children placed in adoptive families, with a special emphasis on recruitment of and placement with minority families. Directs the Secretary to provide, directly or by grants or contracts, for post-legal adoption services for families who have adopted special needs children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations for such period for the minority placement and post-legal adoption services programs. Title III: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, Reauthorization - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to remove a three-year limit on grants for shelters. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991.

Bill· SS. 1616 (100th)referred

Medicare Long-Term Home Care Family Protection Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1987

Medicare Long-Term Home Care Family Protection Act of 1987 - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide part A coverage of long-term home care furnished through home health agencies to chronically ill individuals who are under a physician's care. Requires physicians to establish and periodically review a written plan of long-term home care for each of their patients who receive such coverage. Lists the services which comprise long-term home care. Defines a "chronically ill individual" as an individual who requires assistance with at least two daily living activities or has a similar level of dependency due to cognitive impairment. Holds monthly payments for long-term home care to 75 percent of the average monthly payment under the Medicaid program (title XIX of the Act) for skilled nursing facility services. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of such Act to cover, under part A of the Medicare program, long-term home care provided to children who: (1) are chronically ill and require assistance with at least two daily living activities; or (2) require a medical device to compensate for the loss of a vital body function and substantial and ongoing nursing care to avert death or further disability. Holds monthly payments for the latter category of children to the amount which would be payable under the Medicaid program if such children were institutionalized. Adds a new title XXI to the Social Security Act entitled "Home Care Quality Assurance." Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate a home care consumers' bill of rights which includes rights: (1) facilitating consumer participation in the planning and delivery of services; (2) requiring consumer notification regarding services, charges for services, and the termination or reduction of services; (3) protecting consumer dignity, privacy, and property; and (4) ensuring service from properly trained and competent individuals. Requires home health agencies to: (1) satisfy Medicare home care agency requirements; (2) provide consumers with copies of the home care bill of rights; (3) implement grievance review procedures and provide copies of such procedures to consumers; (4) provide consumers with schedules of the services to be provided; (5) have methods for identifying and reviewing a home care consumer's needs and coordinating the provision of services with other home health agencies; (6) ensure that each home care provider whom they employ or have under contract receives training; and (7) evaluate annually and supervise each home care provider whom they employ or have under contract. Conditions coverage of durable medical equipment services on providers: (1) issuing written instructions to and training the home care consumer and staff in the operation of such equipment; and (2) formulating an emergency plan for providing services to the consumer. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for conducting an equal number of announced and unannounced surveys of a home health agency's compliance with title XXI participation conditions, with more frequent surveys required for agencies with poor compliance records. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with States having survey procedures equivalent to those the Secretary would otherwise apply to conduct such compliance surveys and transmit their results to the Secretary annually. Directs the Secretary to develop procedures for reviewing State surveys, with more frequent review required if peer review organizations (PROs) find at least ten percent of State-surveyed agencies to have serious or chronic quality of care problems. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations, within one year of this Act's enactment, pursuant to which PROs shall monitor the provision of home health services, devoting at least 75 percent of their efforts to quality assurance. Requires the inclusion of: (1) both documentary review and personal interviews of home care consumers and providers in the PRO review process; and (2) representatives of home care providers and consumers in PRO membership. Requires the Secretary to establish a Consumer Board to oversee the review activities of PROs. Directs the Board to report to the Secretary and the State's chief executive on October 1 of each year regarding such review activities. Requires the Secretary to develop methods for monitoring continuity in the provision of health care and outcome-orientated criteria for monitoring the quality of home care. Requires that PROs: (1) establish and operate statewide toll-free hotlines for receiving home care questions and complaints; and (2) assist consumers in resolving home care quality problems. Directs Consumer Boards and PROs to cooperate with State and local officials in educating consumers regarding quality assurance programs and the assistance available for consumers with quality assurance problems. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations which impose sanctions against agencies and providers failing to comply with this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on January 1 of each year regarding the availability, adequacy, and use of sanctions. Requires the Secretary to develop incentives to contractor compliance with title XXI participation conditions, including an annual directory of home care agencies having a consistent record of compliance with such conditions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage States to develop home care provider licensing and certification policies; and (2) issue a biennial report on State implementation of such policies. Establishes a Home Care Quality Assurance Council with which the Secretary must consult in implementing and administering title XXI of the Social Security Act. Directs the Secretary to award grants for home care agency and provider training programs and to furnish States and home health agencies and providers with training materials. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct, and issue a report regarding, studies on home care quality assurance measures; and (2) report to the Congress on January 1 of each year regarding the nature and performance during the preceding fiscal year of the home care quality assurance system. Authorizes appropriations from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to carry out title XXI. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations by 1988 for implementing title XXI. Permits disabled individuals to purchase part A (Hospital Insurance) Medicare coverage during the 24-month waiting period preceding their entitlement to such coverage. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject all of an individual's wages and self-employment income to the Hospital Insurance tax.

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. 1586 (100th)open

Technology To Educate Children With Handicaps Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987

Technology to Educate Children With Handicaps Act - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to add provisions for assistive device resource centers. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing assistive device resources centers. Directs the Secretary to make State allotments based on the number of handicapped children. Sets forth a minimum State allotment. Requires that each center serve: (1) severely handicapped infants and toddlers; (2) severely handicapped children and youth; and (3) severely handicapped individuals who have attained 21 years of age if the State plan prescribes a targeted population of such individuals. Requires each center to: (1) train and assist specialists in local educational agencies and nonprofit community organizations to evaluate a handicapped student's potential to benefit from assistive devices; (2) instruct teachers, therapists, paraprofessionals, parents, and handicapped students in the appropriate use of assistive devices; (3) provide follow-up services and collect data to determine the effectiveness of the services provided; (4) develop a statewide service delivery system for severely handicapped children; (5) be able to assist in the development of assistive devices to meet the needs of handicapped individuals; (6) disseminate information to local educational agencies and nonprofit community organizations; and (7) provide in-service training to specialists, teachers, parents, and others on the benefits of assistive devices to promote improved educational performance and increased interaction between handicapped and nonhandicapped individuals. Requires each State to assure priority of services for handicapped children from birth through age 21. States that nothing in this Act precludes the provision of center services to handicapped individuals who are no longer eligible for services under the Education of the Handicapped Act. Requires each center to establish an Advisory Committee. Prohibits Federal funds from being used for the operations of such Committee. Sets forth required contents of State allotment applications. Allows any public agency or private nonprofit organization or institution to apply to a State for a grant to establish a center. Makes the Federal share of the cost 70 percent in FY 1988, 65 percent in FY 1989, and 60 percent in FY 1990. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.

Bill· SS. 1581 (100th)open

A bill to prohibit the importation of objects from the R.M.S. Titanic.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1987

Prohibits the importation of objects from the R.M.S. Titanic for purposes of commercial gain. Terminates the prohibition upon the entry into force of an international agreement to which the United States is a party governing salvage of the R.M.S. Titanic.

Bill· SS. 1575 (100th)open

AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1987

AIDS Federal Policy Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants for counseling and testing regarding the etiologic agent for AIDS. Specifies eligibility requirements for grants. Directs the Secretary, in making the grants, to give preference to applicants who will provide the counseling and testing in any geographic area with a significant incidence of AIDS. Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant unless the applicant submits an application containing agreements in accordance with specified provisions of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant unless the applicant agrees to: (1) ensure the confidentiality of information and records; (2) test individuals only after obtaining informed consent; (3) provide counseling regarding certain matters before testing any individual; (4) provide counseling both for individuals testing negative and for individuals testing positive; (5) offer, to the extent permitted under State law, opportunities for an individual to undergo counseling and testing without the individual being required either to provide information regarding the individual's identity or using a pseudonym; (6) not require the individual to undergo testing as a condition of receiving health services, unless the testing is medically necessary in the provision of the health services; (7) use funds from the grant to significantly increase the availability of counseling and testing above the level previously provided by the applicant; (8) provide the counseling and testing without regard to the ability of the individual to pay charges imposed by the applicant, if any; (9) establish fiscal control and fund accounting regarding the grant; and (10) expend not more than ten percent of the amounts received for administering the grant. Authorizes the Secretary, on request of a grantee, to provide supplies and services in lieu of grant funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Prohibits, except as provided in this Act, disclosure of identifying information with respect to a protected individual or a contact of such individual. Describes persons subject to such prohibition. Provides for civil and criminal penalties for violation of the prohibition, and for injunctive relief. Authorizes disclosure of identifying information regarding a protected individual and a contact of the individual with consent of the protected individual. Authorizes certain persons subject to prohibition of disclosure to disclose identifying information without consent of the protected individual, in certain circumstances and for certain purposes, to: (1) health care professionals and providers; (2) the protected individual; (3) State public health officers; (4) medical facilities receiving blood, semen, breast milk, or an organ from the individual; and (5) others, as medically necessary. Authorizes redisclosure by recipients of information disclosed under the same terms and conditions as the original disclosure. Authorizes a court of competent jurisdiction to order disclosure of identifying information if the court determines, after due process, that the disclosure is necessary to prevent a clear and imminent danger of transmission of the etiologic agent for AIDS. Provides for confidentiality of court records. Authorizes physicians or professional counselors to disclose identifying information with respect to a protected individual to the individual's spouse or sexual partner, if the physician or counselor believes the disclosure is medically appropriate and that the protected individual will not inform the spouse of sexual contact with regard to the identifying information involved. Requires any person who discloses identifying information permitted by this Act, subject to exception, to: (1) accompany disclosure with a statement declaring that subsequent disclosure of the information may be prohibited by law; and (2) notify a living protected individual of the disclosure. Prohibits discrimination against an otherwise qualified individual, solely by reason of the fact that the individual is, or is regarded as being, infected with the etiologic agent for AIDS: (1) in employment, housing, public accommodations, or governmental services; and (2) in the provision of benefits under any program or activity that receives or benefits from Federal financial assistance. Provides guidelines for the construction of the term "otherwise qualified individual." Provides for civil penalties for violation of the prohibition against discrimination, and for injunctive relief. States that the prohibition of discrimination shall not be construed to prohibit life or health insurance organizations from requiring applicants for insurance to undergo testing for the purpose of determining whether the applicant is infected with such etiologic agent.

Bill· SS. 1567 (100th)reported

Regulatory Fairness Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1987

Regulatory Fairness Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order a public utility to refund those amounts determined by the Commission to be in excess of just and reasonable rates or charges.

Bill· SS. 1559 (100th)open

Small Business Federal Contracting Restoration Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1987

Small Business Federal Contracting Restoration Act of 1987 - Amends the Small Business Act to delete the existing requirement that set-aside programs be established in industry categories. Requires the program to be based on a fair proportion of government contracts related to the total awards within the Federal Procurement Data System. Prohibits the award of a contract under such program if it would result in a cost to the awarding agency which exceeds a fair and reasonable price (currently, a fair market price). Increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the value of procurement contracts for which Federal agencies must establish goals for participation by small businesses. Requires a small business, in order to receive a contract under the set-aside program, to agree to make its best efforts to use its own personnel to perform at least 50 percent of the cost of any contract for services and 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing the supplies in a contract for the procurement of supplies. (Current law requires the business to satisfy such personnel-level goal.) Authorizes contracting officers to allow higher percentages of permissible subcontracting in individual contract solicitations. Provides that the amendments to the small business procurement set-aside program included in the Defense Acquisition Improvement Act of 1986 shall apply to solicitations issued on or after October 1, 1987. Repeals the requirement for the heads of Federal agencies to disclose the names and addresses of small businesses expected to respond to set-aside procurements.

Bill· SS. 1540 (100th)referred

Protection for Institutionalized Disabled Individuals Amendments Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1987

Protection for Institutionalized Disabled Individuals Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act to establish a role for State "protection and advocacy systems" (protection and advocacy supported with allotments under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act or the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act) in actions taken by the Attorney General under such Act with respect to institutions for the mentally ill, disabled, retarded, handicapped, or chronically ill.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 254 (100th)referred

A resolution to state the guiding principles of United States policy toward South Africa's illegal occupation of Namibia.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1987

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) recognize the legitimacy of the plight of the Namibian people; (2) urge the Government of South Africa to take actions to end its illegal occupation of that country and to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 435; (3) take a role in pursuing resumption of negotiations between South Africa and the leaders of the Namibian people; (4) reject any policy which links the implementation of Resolution 435 to the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola; and (5) call for the termination of U.S. business in Namibia until South Africa complies with Resolution 435.

Bill· SS. 1520 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain entities to elect not to make changes in their taxable years required by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a partnership, S corporation, or personal service corporation, unless it is part of a tiered structure, to elect to have a taxable year other than the required one, but generally only if the deferral period of the taxable year elected is three months or less. (Current law requires partnerships, S corporations, and personal service corporations, in most cases, to conform their taxable years to the calendar years used by their owners.) Subjects the principals of a partnership or S corporation electing to change taxable years to additional estimated tax requirements to offset any tax deferral resulting from such election. Imposes deduction limitations on a personal service corporation that changes taxable years. Provides that an election with respect to taxable year shall be made by the partnership, S corporation, or personal service corporation and shall be binding on all partners and shareholders. Sets forth the formula for determining the additional tax requirement when a taxpayer: (1) is a partner or shareholder in at least one such entity during any applicable election years of the entity that end within the taxpayer's taxable year; and (2) has an aggregate deferred tax exceeding $200 with respect to the entity. Describes payment procedures. Requires the inclusion of specified information on returns filed by partnerships and S corporations that elect to use a non-required taxable year. Limits the tax deduction permitted to a personal service corporation for amounts paid or incurred with respect to employee-owners when such a corporation: (1) elects to have a taxable year other than the required one; and (2) fails to meet certain minimum distribution requirements regarding non-dividend amounts paid to owners.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 174 (100th)enacted

A joint resolution designating the week beginning November 15, 1987, as "African American Education Week".

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1987

Designates the week beginning November 15, 1987, as African American Education Week. Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling upon: (1) the Department of Education and State and local governments to support activities observing such week; (2) schools and communities with African Americans to demonstrate their commitment to the education of African Americans; and (3) community organizations to intensify their support of academic excellence by African Americans.

Bill· SS. 1488 (100th)referred

Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1987

Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Act of 1987 - Amends part B (Federal-State Cooperation) of title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services 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 information for the public on the prevention of, and responses to, such emergencies. Directs the Secretary 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. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Repeals a provision of the Public Health Service Act relating to emergency medical services for children.

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.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 247 (100th)passed

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate concerning support for a change in United States Golf Association rules on the use of carts by disabled individuals in the sanctioned tournaments play of that organization.

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1987

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States Golf Association be encouraged to consider nondiscriminatory flexibility in its rules to allow qualified disabled individuals to compete in tournaments.

Bill· SS. 1474 (100th)open

A bill to require that any United States Government support for military or paramilitary operations in Angola be openly acknowledged and publicly debated.

United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1987

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. Government should not provide any support for military or paramilitary operations in Angola until the President has informed the Congress and the public that such support is important to the national security and the Congress has approved such support. Authorizes any U.S. agency, during FY 1987 and 1988, to use its funds to conduct military or paramilitary operations in Angola or to provide aid to any group engaged in such operations only if such use of such funds is the openly acknowledged U.S. policy. Provides that such policy is considered openly acknowledged only if: (1) the President determines that U.S. support for such operations is important to national security and requests the Congress to approve support for such operations; and (2) the Congress enacts a joint resolution approving support for such operations.

Bill· SS. 1441 (100th)referred

Public Health Service Act Infant Mortality Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987

Public Health Service Act Infant Mortality Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the FY 1988 authorization of appropriations for health centers providing services to migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families. Increases the FY 1988 authorization of appropriations for community health centers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), in making grants to community health centers, to give special consideration to the needs of frontier areas. Requires that, if amounts appropriated for community health centers for FY 1988 exceed a specified amount, the excess shall be available for grants to community health centers for prenatal services to decrease infant mortality and perinatal coordination projects to develop and coordinate referral arrangements between community health centers and other agencies. Directs the Secretary to give priority to community health centers in areas in which there is a high or increased incidence of infant mortality. Directs the Secretary to contract with schools of medicine and osteopathy for area health education center programs which include training of personnel to offer maternal and child health services in underserved areas, giving priority to programs which train personnel to provide service in areas along the border between the United States and Mexico, in frontier areas, and in areas in which the rate of infant mortality and low birthweight are disproportionately higher than for the State in which such area is located. Requires participating schools to provide for participation by administrative personnel in each of the departments of pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and family medicine. Exempts schools participating in such programs from existing requirements that no less than ten percent of undergraduate medical or osteopathic clinical education be conducted in an area health education center and locations under the sponsorship of such center. Requires programs to conduct a medical residency program in obstetrics and gynecology enrolling at least six individuals in first year positions. Requires area health education centers to involve nurse midwives in their interdisciplinary training. (Current provisions require involvement of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.) Increases the authorization of appropriations for FY 1988. Requires a specified amount to be available for contracts for area health education center programs under this Act. Amends part A (Special Projects) of title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit private schools of nursing for fellowship programs for the education of nurse midwives and pediatric, family, obstetric, and gynecologic nurse practitioners. Directs the Secretary, after consultation with educational, nursing, and medical organizations, to prescribe guidelines for the fellowship programs. Specifies minimum requirements to be included in the guidelines. Requires the fellowships to cover 100 percent of costs of tuition, books, living, moving, and transportation expenses. Requires individuals receiving fellowships to be registered nurses. Requires schools of nursing, in awarding fellowships, to give priority to applicants employed in and recommended by a facility serving underserved populations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988.

Bill· SS. 1440 (100th)referred

Quality Control Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1987

Quality Control Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend the moratorium on the reduction of payments to States for high erroneous payment rates under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act through FY 1988. (Currently, such moratorium is set to expire at the close of June 1988.) Includes payments to States under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act within such moratorium. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to place a moratorium on penalties for high erroneous payment rates under the Food Stamp program through FY 1988.

Bill· SS. 1424 (100th)referred

Polish Permanent Resident Adjustment Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1987

Polish Permanent Resident Adjustment Act of 1987 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the adjustment of status to permanent resident for certain Polish nationals who have continuously resided in the United States since July 21, 1984. Requires such aliens to apply for status adjustment within two years of enactment of this Act.

Law· SS. 1417 (100th)enacted

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1987

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of 1987 - Title I: General Provisions - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (the Act) to require additional topics to be covered in an annual report which current law requires the State Planning Council to prepare and transmit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary). Adds topics to an annual report which current law requires the Secretary to submit to the President, the Congress, and the National Council on the Handicapped. Title II: State Assistance Program - Amends the Act to revise requirements regarding State plans for the provision of services for persons with developmental disabilities. Requires such plan (plan) to designate one State agency (designated agency) to administer or supervise the administration of the plan. (Current law allows one or more agencies to be so designated.) Authorizes the Governor of a State in which the designated agency, on the date of enactment of this Act, provides or pays for services to determine not to change the designation of such agency. Requires such determination to be made after the Governor has considered the comments of the general public and the non-agency members of the State Planning Council. Broadens the requirements for areas which must be covered in the plan. Requires each State Planning Council to conduct a comprehensive review and analysis regarding services to persons with developmental disabilities. Mandates that the plan describe a process and timetable for completion of such comprehensive review. Requires each State Planning Council to conduct a review and analysis of effectiveness and consumer satisfaction regarding functions and services provided or paid for from Federal and State funds for persons with developmental disabilities. Requires each State Planning Council to convene public forums to present the findings of such reviews and analyses, obtain comments regarding unserved and underserved populations, and prepare recommendations on how to remove barriers to services. Requires each State Planning Council to prepare and transmit to the Governor and legislature of its State a final report regarding such reviews and analyses containing recommendations concerning specified matters. Directs the Governor of each State to submit to the Secretary a copy of such report. Directs the Secretary to submit a summary of such reports to the appropriate committees of the Congress. Revises the provisions of such Act regarding assurances which must be contained in or support the plan to require certain funds paid to a State be used to significantly enhance the independence, productivity, and integration into the community of persons with developmental disabilities. Requires the plan to provide for the examination, at least once every three years, of the provision of and the need for the provision of Federal and State priority areas. Specifies minimum contents of such examination. Eliminates certain provisions relating to required contents of the plan regarding: (1) a comprehensive plan to address unmet needs; (2) the use of priority service funds for specified additional services; and (3) consideration of certain data collected by the State education agency. Revises the provisions of such Act regarding: (1) requirements that a certain percentage of specified sums available to the State be expended in the priority areas; and (2) standards which must be required by the plans. Revises the requirements for the process of development and annual review of the habilitation plan for a person with developmental disabilities. Revises the provisions of such Act requiring States which receive assistance under this part to establish a State Planning Council and specifying the makeup of such Council, including having a representative of the State agency that administers funds provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Authorizes each State Planning Council to prepare and approve a budget using amounts paid to the State under this part to hire staff and obtain the services of personnel as necessary. Makes the staff and personnel of a State Planning Council responsible solely for assisting such Council and prohibits their assignment to duties by any other agency or office of the State. Revises the formula for allotment of funds appropriated under existing provisions of the Act. Allows amounts obligated but not expended by a State to be reobligated during the immediately succeeding two fiscal years. Adds failure to implement the State plan or applicable regulations of the Secretary to the reasons for withholding payments of such allotments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Title III: Protection and Advocacy - Revises the requirements regarding elements mandated as a part of the system to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities. Revises the formula for allotment of funds for such system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Title IV: University Affiliated Programs - Directs the Secretary to make grants to university affiliated programs receiving grants under specified provisions of the Act for training personnel in early intervention, programs for the elderly, community-based service programs, and other areas. Specifies the factors the Secretary shall consider in making grant determinations. Authorizes university affiliated programs to use such grants to assist in paying the costs of courses of training or study and to establish fellowships or traineeships providing stipends and allowances. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to university affiliated programs receiving grants under specified provisions of the Act for: (1) training of parents of persons with developmental disabilities, professionals, volunteers, and other personnel; and (2) conducting an applied research program. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to a university to study the feasibility of establishing a university affiliated program or a satellite center. Limits the amount of such grant. Sets forth additional assurances applications for such grants must contain or by which such applications must be supported. Revises the minimum amount limits for such grants. Directs the Secretary to consider applications for grants for four university affiliated programs or satellite centers more each fiscal year than the previous fiscal year for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires such programs and centers to be geographically distributed to serve States which are underserved. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1988 through 1990. Makes amounts appropriated for a fiscal year for the administration and operation of certain activities of a university affiliated program available for obligation and expenditure until the end of the succeeding fiscal year. Title V: Projects of National Significance - Expands the Secretary's authority to include entering into contracts for projects of national significance, technical assistance, and demonstration projects regarding persons with developmental disabilities. (Current law authorizes making grants for such purposes.) Directs the Secretary to publish annually proposed and final priorities for such grants and contracts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.

Bill· SS. 1402 (100th)referred

Nursing Shortage Reduction Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1987

Nursing Shortage Reduction Act of 1987 - Amends title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to add a new part on initiatives to reduce nursing shortages. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a special advisory committee to develop a comprehensive plan regarding long-term solutions to problems in recruiting and retaining nurses. Directs the Secretary to make a grant to a nonprofit private entity with a record in supporting innovative health initiatives for a project to demonstrate and evaluate innovative hospital nursing practice models. Requires models to include initiatives to: (1) restructure the role of the hospital nurse, through changes in the composition of hospital staffs; (2) test innovative wage structures for nurses; and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of providing benefits such as pensions, sabbaticals, and payment of educational expenses for nurses. Prohibits the Federal share of the costs of the project from exceeding 50 percent. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private collegiate schools of nursing for projects to demonstrate and evaluate innovative nursing practice models regarding long-term health care services in the home or in long-term care facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private entities to develop, establish, and operate at least one and not more than five regional model professional nurse recruitment centers to recruit individuals to enter programs to train nurses. Sets forth requirements for centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.

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. 1386 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to assure access to health insurance for self-employed individuals.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1987

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the income tax deduction for the amount of health insurance costs of a self-employed individual from 25 percent to 100 percent of such costs for the medical care of the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse and dependents. Permits an income tax deduction for self-employed individuals in the amount of their contributions to group health plans that are not self-insured and that provide medical benefits to employees. Requires: (1) an eligible plan to benefit all employees not covered by another group health plan: and (2) that at least half of the plan participants not be self-employed individuals or employee family members of such individuals.

Law· SS. 1382 (100th)enacted

Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1987

Federal Energy Management Improvement Act - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to revise the policies governing Federal energy management. Adds and defines new terms, including "energy conservation measures" and "performance contracting." Redescribes procedures involved in the establishment and use of life cycle cost methods. Requires the establishment by each agency of a program of incentives that uses internal resources to encourage energy conservation and efficiency by allowing the retention of a portion of the dollar savings resulting from the agency's energy conservation measures. Establishes an Interagency Energy Management Task Force to assess Federal energy savings, disseminate information on energy efficiency, including cogeneration and other technologies, and develop energy-saving options. Requires agencies to improve construction designs for Federal buildings so that the energy consumption per gross square foot in use during FY 1995 is at least ten percent less than that of FY 1985. Sets forth implementation steps to meet such goal. Requires agencies to similarly enhance the energy performance of Federal passenger automobiles by ten percent over the same ten-year period.

Bill· SS. 1366 (100th)open

Family Planning Amendments of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1987

Family Planning Amendments of 1987 - Amends title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act to remove, from provisions relating to project grants and contracts for family planning services, provisions allowing the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), at the request of a grant recipient, to reduce the amount of the grant by the value of supplies or equipment furnished by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and contracts for FY 1988 through 1991. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for technical assistance and personnel training. States that such training shall include clinical training for obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners and training for educators and counselors. Repeals existing formula grant provisions. States that research grants and contracts may be made for evaluation as well as for development of contraceptives, and to improve clinical management and direct delivery of family planning services. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct, make grants, and enter into contracts for applied research into contraceptive development and evaluations of contraceptive devices, drugs, and methods. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. States that amounts appropriated under this provision are in addition to amounts allocated under a specified provision for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts for community-based information and education programs regarding sexuality, pregnancy, parenthood, and sexually transmitted diseases. Directs the Secretary to conduct, or make grants and enter into contracts for, training and technical assistance for such programs. Directs the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for the development, evaluation, and dissemination of educational and informational materials consistent with the objectives of such programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Requires not more than ten percent of amounts appropriated to be available for training and technical assistance and for educational and informational materials. Directs the Secretary to collect data annually on: (1) the number of low-income and marginal-income individuals and adolescents at risk of unintended pregnancies; (2) the sources of funding available for family planning services in the United States; (3) the numbers and age, gender, race, and family income of persons who receive family planning services; and (4) the types of services chosen by individuals receiving services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for such data collection. Requires the information to be made available to the public. Requires an annual report, currently required to be submitted by the Secretary to the Congress regarding family planning matters, to be based on the data collected.

Bill· SS. 1346 (100th)open

Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1987

Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exclude specified types of employers and performers in the performing arts from coverage under unfair labor practice provisions prohibiting specified contracts or agreements between employers and labor organizations and prohibiting specified actions of labor organizations to force or require cessation of dealings with others, joining of labor or employer organizations, or recognition of or negotiation with labor organizations not certified as representative. Permits such employers, excluding employers in the broadcasting or motion picture industries, to: (1) agree with a labor organization to make membership in such organization a condition of performing arts employment; and (2) make agreements with a labor organization covering performing artists even if the majority status of the organization has not yet been established. Defines "employer" to include purchasers of musical performance services. Defines "employee" to include independent contractors engaged to perform musical services.

Bill· SS. 1344 (100th)open

Small Business International Trade and Competition Enhancement Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1987

Small Business International Trade and Competition Enhancement Act - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Office of International Trade to work with other relevant Federal agencies to: (1) assist in developing a distribution network for existing trade promotion, trade finance, trade adjustment, and trade data collection programs; (2) assist in the aggressive marketing of such programs and the dissemination of marketing information to the small business community; (3) develop mechanisms for identifying subsectors of the small business community with strong export potential, identifying areas of demand in foreign markets, and assisting in increasing international marketing by disseminating relevant information and linking potential sellers and buyers; (4) assist small businesses in the formation and utilization of export trading companies, export management companies, and research and development pools; (5) identify foreign language translation services; (6) disseminate data regarding the small business share of U.S. exports and the nature of State exports; (7) recommend revisions of the SIC code to encompass industries currently overlooked and to create codes for export trading companies and export management companies; (8) improve the utility of export promotion programs for small businesses; (9) improve the accessibility of the Export Trading Company contact facilitation service; (10) provide to the small business community information on conferences on exporting and international trade; (11) develop a program through which Small Business Administration (SBA) and Small Business Export Assistance Center (SBEAC) personnel can facilitate the access of small businesses to relevant export financing programs; (12) counsel small businesses regarding the administration of U.S. trade laws; and (13) increase access to trade remedy proceedings for small business. Requires the Office to report to the House and Senate Committees on Small Business annually on the implementation of such requirements. Authorizes appropriations to the SBA to carry out the provisions of the Act concerning the Office. Requires the Office to study and report to the House and Senate Committees on Small Business on: (1) the viability and cost of establishing an annual, competitive export incentive for small business; (2) methods of expediting trade remedy proceedings to assist smaller firms; and (3) methods of expediting export licensing procedures to assist smaller firms seeking such licenses. Authorizes the SBA to: (1) provide extensions and revolving lines of credit for export purposes and pre-export financing to allow small businesses to develop foreign markets; and (2) give weight to export-related benefits in considering loan or loan guarantee applications. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989 for SBEAC funding agreements. Expands the SBA's authority to make grants to include grants for management and technical assistance regarding small business participation in international markets, export promotion, and technology transfer. Requires Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) to work with the SBA's regional and local offices, the Department of Commerce, and other Federal, State and local agencies to serve as a service delivery clearinghouse for existing trade promotion, trade finance, trade adjustment, and trade data collection programs for small businesses. Provides that any applicant eligible to be funded by the SBA as a SBDC may apply for additional funding for new or increased activities to assist in: (1) small business participation in international trade; (2) technology transfer; and (3) information dissemination and service delivery. Authorizes the SBA to enter into funding agreements to establish SBEACs. Requires applicants to emphasize encouraging small business to participate in international trade, providing technology transfers which will promote productivity, and providing assistance to small businesses in marketing goods in foreign markets. Requires applicants to provide matching funds from outside sources. Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee consisting of three SBA representatives and two SBDC representatives, to recommend and publish guidelines for the evaluation of SBEAC proposals, and to conduct an annual review of programs established with funding agreements. Provides that in States where no application for an SBEAC is funded, the SBA shall use its regional and local offices to carry out SBEAC activities. Requires the SBA, in consultation with the SBEACs, to develop an information sharing system to: (1) allow participating SBEACs to exchange information; and (2) provide information central to technology transfer. Requires the SBA to present its proposal for implementing such system to the Congress within six months of the enactment of this Act. Increases the limits on the SBA loan guarantees and economic development loans to $750,000 (currently, $500,000). Allows funding under these programs to be combined for a single project. Requires the SBA Administrator, within six months after the enactment of this Act, to report to the House and Senate Small Business Committees on the advisability of amending the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIRP) to: (1) increase each agency's share of research and development expenditures by a specified amount per year until it reaches three percent of the total extramural research and development funds; (2) make the SBIRP permanent with a formal congressional review every ten years; (3) allocate a share of each agency's SBIR fund for administrative purposes; (4) determine annually that each agency complies with the law and that SBIRP funding is not being accompanied by parallel reductions in other small business programs; and (5) include within the SBIRP all agencies expending specified amounts on extramural research and development. Requires the SBA to conduct a National Conference on Small Business Exports within one year of the enactment of this Act to develop recommendations designed to stimulate exports from small companies. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such Conference and the SBA shall make recommendations on the desirability of an international conference on small business and international trade. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the interests of the small business community have not been adequately represented in trade policy formulation and in trade negotiations, that the SBA's Administrator should be appointed as a member of the Trade Policy Committee, and that the United States Trade Representative should consult with the SBA and its Office of Advocacy in trade policy formation and should appoint a special trade assistant for small business.