Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1988

Summary

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1988 - Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1988 - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for activities of the Department of Commerce, including: (1) general administration; (2) the Bureau of the Census; (3) economic and statistical analysis; (4) the Economic Development Administration; (5) the International Trade Administration; (6) the Minority Development Agency; (7) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (including transfers of funds); (8) the Patent and Trademark Office; (9) the National Bureau of Standards; and (10) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Appropriates funds as necessary for FY 1988 for the provision of specified supplies and services for employees and dependents of Federal agencies in Alaska and other remote, non-foreign localities. Makes appropriations available for hiring passenger motor vehicles, uniforms, and other services. Prohibits the use of funds provided under this title for the sale to private interests of loans made under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 or the Trade Act of 1974, except with the borrower's consent. Authorizes the National Bureau of Standards to accept contributions of funds from any public or private source to construct a facility for cold neutron research on materials. Title II: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1988 - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for activities of the Department of Justice, including: (1) general administration; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities; (4) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (5) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (6) the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); (7) the Federal Prison System (FPS); and (8) Office of Justice programs. Authorizes limited expenditures by Federal Prison Industries, Inc., for program expenses, administrative expenses, and expenses of vocational training of prisoners. Makes a specified amount of funds appropriated in this title available for official reception and representation expenses in accordance with the distributions, procedures, and regulations established by the Attorney General. Permits material produced by convict labor to be used in the construction of any highways or portions of highway located on Federal-aid systems. Provides that appropriations for the following accounts shall be available for uniforms and allowances: (1) general administration; (2) the U.S. Marshals Service; (3) the FBI; (4) INS; and (5) FPS. Provides for the continuation of authorities contained in the Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980 until the earlier of the termination of this Act or the effective date of a Department of Justice Appropriation Act. Specifies authorization and auditing and reporting requirements with respect to undercover investigative operations conducted by the FBI and DEA during FY 1988. Prohibits the use of funds under this title to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape. Title III: Department of State - Department of State Appropriation Act, 1988 - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for the Department of State, including: (1) the administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) U.S. Bilateral Science and Technology Agreements; (5) a grant to the Asia Foundation; (6) Soviet-East European research and training; and (7) the Fishermen's Guaranty Fund. Provides that such State Department appropriations shall be available for: (1) uniform, quarters, overseas, and miscellaneous allowances; (2) expert and consultant services; and (3) the hire of passenger or freight transportation. Title IV: The Judiciary - Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1988 - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for activities of the Judiciary, including: (1) the Supreme Court; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) the Courts of Appeals, district courts, and judicial services; (5) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; (6) the Federal Judicial Center; and (7) the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Provides that appropriations and authorization for the judiciary which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for expert and consultant services. Makes appropriations under this title available for salaries and expenses of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals and the Special Court established under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973. Declares that the position of trustee coordinator in the Bankruptcy Courts of the United States shall not be limited to persons with formal legal training. Prohibits the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, or any other agency or instrumentality of the United States, from restricting solely to staff of the Clerks of the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts the issuance of notices to creditors and other interested parties. Requires the Administrative Office to permit and encourage the preparation and mailing of such notices at the expense of the debtors, trustees, or such other interested parties. Requires the Administrator of the U.S. Courts to make appropriate provisions for the use of and accounting for any postage required pursuant to such directives. Terminates such directives on October 1, 1988. Requires that fees collected for the preparation and mailing of notices in bankruptcy cases be used for salaries and other expenses incurred in providing such services. Declares that during FY 1988 justices and judges shall receive the same percentage increase in salary accorded to Federal employees under the General Schedule. Title V: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 to the Department of Transportation for the Maritime Administration. Authorizes the Administration to furnish utilities, services, and repairs to Government property it controls. Prohibits obligations from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act. Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for: (1) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; (2) the Board for International Broadcasting; (3) the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission; (4) the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution; (5) the Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development; (6) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (7) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (8) the Federal Communications Commission; (9) the Federal Maritime Commission; (10) the Federal Trade Commission; (11) the International Trade Commission; (12) the Japan-United States Friendship Commission; (13) the Legal Services Corporation (LSC); (14) the Marine Mammal Commission; (15) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; (16) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (17) the Small Business Administration (SBA) (including a transfer of funds); (18) the State Justice Institute; and (19) the United States Information Agency. Authorizes the SBA to make expenditures, within applicable limits, and to make contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal year limitations under the Government Corporation Control Act, as necessary to carry out programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for specified revolving funds. Title VI: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of any appropriation for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress. Prohibits any part of any appropriation from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act. Limits any expenditure for consulting services through a procurement contract to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection. Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated under this Act for any activity to alter the per se prohibition on resale price maintenance in effect under Federal antitrust laws (except for congressional testimony). Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated to LSC under this Act by LSC or any recipient to participate in any litigation concerning abortion. Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated under this Act to procure any item or service from a foreign country which supports or complies with a boycott imposed by another country against any country which is friendly to the United States and which is not the object of any boycott under U.S. law. Prohibits the use of funds made available by this or any other Act from being used by the Department of Transportation or the United States Maritime Administration to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule or regulation, or conduct any adjudicatory or other regulatory proceeding, execute or perform any contract or participate in any judicial action, with respect to the repayment of construction differential subsidy for the permanent release of vessels from certain restrictions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Authorizes the use of such funds to the extent expenditures relate to a rule which conforms to statutory standards hereafter enacted by the Congress.

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 15 October 1987

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 25 September 1987

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 1 July 1987

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 June 1987

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