A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1988, and for other purposes.

Summary

Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1988 for programs, projects, or activities as provided for in the following Acts as passed by the House of Representatives: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1988; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1988; (4) the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988; (5) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988; (6) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988; (7) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988; (8) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1988; (9) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988; and (10) the Department of Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1988. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1988 for programs, projects, or activities as provided for in the following Acts as reported to the House: (1) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988; (2) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988; and (3) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988. Makes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the following activities, not otherwise provided for in this joint resolution, which were conducted in FY 1987, under the terms and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts for FY 1987, at the current rate: (1) activities authorized by the Older Americans Act; (2) dislocated worker assistance programs authorized by the Job Training Partnership Act; (3) activities authorized by the Public Health Service Act and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986; (4) Work Incentives activities authorized under the Social Security Act; (5) child abuse and adoption opportunities activities authorized by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and other specified Acts; (6) activities authorized by the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act; (7) activities authorized by the Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act; (8) activities authorized by the Native American Programs Act; (9) activities of the United States Mint in the Department of the Treasury; and (10) activities of the White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Control in the Executive Office of the President. Makes appropriations and grants authority under this joint resolution from November 20, 1987, until: (1) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) September 30, 1988, whichever first occurs. Allows appropriations required to be apportioned to be apportioned on a basis that indicates the need for a deficiency or supplemental appropriation to the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay increases as may be granted pursuant to law to civilian officers and employees and to retired and active military personnel. Makes appropriations to the U.S. Information Agency's Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs for exchange-related activities associated with the 1990 Goodwill Games. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prohibit the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from using status adjustment application fees to offset the costs of the special agricultural worker legalization program as long as, during the application period, the INS: (1) excludes from entry or deports aliens and fails to grant admission to the United States, work authorization, and an "employment authorized" endorsement or other appropriate work permit to any alien who presents a nonfrivolous application for adjustment of status; or (2) fails to permit any alien who presents a nonfrivolous application for adjustment of status to file such an application. Defines "nonfrivolous" application. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated in this or any other Act to deport or otherwise require departure from the United States of an alien who either is the spouse of a legalized person through a marriage entered into before November 6, 1986, or was the child of a legalized person as of that date. Appropriates funds in addition to any sums provided under this resolution, to the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution for a grant to the We The People 200 Committee. Prohibits the use of FY 1988 funds for the Small Business Administration for the implementation of the small business set-aside provisions of: (1) the National Defense Authorization Act of 1987; or (2) the Defense Acquisition Improvement Act of 1986. Directs the Secretary of the Army to continue with planning, design, engineering, and construction of the Des Moines Recreational River and Greenbelt project. Modifies the project for flood protection on the Lower San Joaquin River, California, authorized by the Flood Control Act, to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Army to perform specified actions in connection with clearing and snagging on such river from Stockton, California, to the Friant Dam; and (2) increase the estimated cost of such operations. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this or any other Act by the Department of the Interior to implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Reclamation. Directs that the McGee Creek Project of the Bureau of Reclamation not be deemed completed until all authorized components of the project are completed. Prohibits the Bureau from transfering title of the project to any other entity, requiring repayment of the project, or permitting refinancing of the project until the project is completed. Earmarks funds available for Energy, Supply, Research and Development Activities for grants for the Loma Linda University Medical Center Proton-Beam Demonstration Cancer Treatment Center and the Center for Physical and Environmental Science at East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma. Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend the time period required for commencement of Construction Project No. 4506 for an additional two years upon application by the licensee if FERC determines that an additional extension is warranted under the Federal Power Act. Rescinds specified funds made available in FY 1985 and 1986 for expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out credit sale provisions of the Arms Export Control Act for the Republic of Korea. Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988, to provide that, notwithstanding specified restrictions and numerical limitations specified in the INA, the Attorney General may admit qualified aliens if they are admissible as immigrants and they are issued an immigrant visa and depart from Vietnam during the two-year period beginning 90 days after the enactment of this Act. Permits the Attorney General to waive specified restrictions with respect to such aliens for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest. Makes immigrant visas issued to such aliens valid for a period of eight months. Includes as a qualified alien an alien who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is residing in Vietnam and establishes, to the satisfaction of a consular or INS officer after a face-to-face interview, that the alien: (1) was born between January 1, 1962, and January 1, 1976, and was fathered by a U.S. citizen (a principal alien); (2) is the spouse or child of a principal alien and is accompanying, or following to join, the principal alien; or (3) subject to restrictions, is the principal alien's natural mother (or the spouse or child of such mother), or has acted in effect as the principal alien's mother, father, or next-of-kin (or is the spouse or child of such an alien), and is accompanying, or following to join, the principal alien. Requires the Attorney General to report to the Congress each of the next three years on the number of aliens granted visas and admitted and the number of waivers granted under this Act. Amends the Housing Act of 1937 to extend the period in which grantee rehabilitation activities must commence for purposes of rental rehabilitation and development grants from 36 to 48 months. Directs that any cooperative bank established under the law of any State which was directed by the State banking authority to obtain Federal deposit insurance between January 1, 1985, and January 1, 1987, be deemed an insured institution within the meaning of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. Prohibits the use of funds for preparing necessary documentation for and issuance of a special use authorization permitting land use and occupancy and surface disturbing activities for any project to be constructed on Lewis Fork Creek in Madera County, California, at the site above, and adjacent to, Corlieu Falls bordering the Lewis Fork Creek National Recreation Trail, until a study is completed and submitted to the Congress: (1) by the U.S. Forest Service and the California Department of Parks and Recreation regarding the project's impact on the aesthetics of Corlieu Falls, together with a finding that the Lewis Fork Creek project will not substantially impact the flow at Corlieu Falls; and (2) by the U.S. Forest Service concerning the project's impact on the Chukchansi Indian Tribe, together with a finding that there will be no impact on the tribe's adjacent sacred hot springs. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct activities, except for urban rodent control, and to enter into agreements with States, local jurisdictions, individuals, and public and private organizations in the control of nuisance mammals and birds, and those that are reservoirs for zoonotic diseases, and to deposit any money collected under such agreements into the appropriation accounts, to be expended for Animal Damage Control activities. Excludes the Virginia Street Bridge in Charleston, West Virginia, from provisions requiring the apportionment of Federal highway funds for bridge rehabilitation or replacement. Authorizes appropriations and appropriates funds for a highway bypass project in the vicinity of Petoskey, Michigan. Earmarks funds to continue full postal service to the people of Holly Springs, including remodeling of a U.S. Post Office building in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Prohibits using funds made available under this Act to make a contract for the manufacture of distinctive paper for U.S. currency or securities, or to procure paper for passports, if such paper is manufactured outside of the United States or its possessions, or is procured from any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by non-U.S. citizens. (Makes an exception where no domestic manufacturer for such paper exists). Provides for interest on back pay awarded to Federal employees. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to initiate the planning process necessary to design and construct a facility for the Social Security Administration in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Increases the pay for Federal employees for FY 1988 by three percent, effective January 1, 1988. Limits amounts appropriated to provide for such adjustment to 35 percent of the increase in total pay for FY 1988.

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Timeline

1. 29 October 1987

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 268.

   Source: Calendars

2. 29 October 1987

   Reported

   House Committee on Appropriations Reported an Original Measure. Report No: 100-415.

   Source: Committee

3. 29 October 1987

   Reported

   House Committee on Appropriations Reported an Original Measure. Report No: 100-415.

   Source: Committee

4. 29 October 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 2 December 1987

   Reported

   Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.321 Reported to House.

   Source: Floor

6. 2 December 1987

   Floor

   Committee on Rules Granted a Modified Closed Rule Providing One Hour of General Debate; Waiving All Points of Order.

   Source: Floor

7. 3 December 1987

   Vote

   Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 248 - 170 (Record Vote No: 458).

   Source: Floor

8. 3 December 1987

   Vote

   Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 248 - 170 (Record Vote No: 458).

   Source: Floor

9. 3 December 1987

   Passed

   House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

   Source: Floor

10. 3 December 1987

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

11. 8 December 1987

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 465.

    Source: Calendars

12. 8 December 1987

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.

    Source: Committee

13. 8 December 1987

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Stennis with amendments. With written report No. 100-238.

    Source: Committee

14. 8 December 1987

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

    Source: IntroReferral

15. 11 December 1987

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate.

    Source: Floor

16. 12 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Stennis; Byrd; Proxmire; Inouye; Hollings; Chiles; Johnston; Burdick; Leahy; Sasser; DeConcini; Bumpers; Lautenberg; Harkin; Mikulski; Reid; Hatfield; Stevens; Weicker; McClure; Garn; Cochran; Kasten; D'Amato; Rudman; Specter; Domenici; Grassley; Nickles.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

17. 12 December 1987

    Floor

    Considered by Senate.

    Source: Floor

18. 12 December 1987

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 72-21. Record Vote No: 414.

    Source: Floor

19. 14 December 1987

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

20. 14 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

21. 14 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference committee actions: Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

22. 14 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Speaker Appointed Additional Conferees: Alexander, Early, Dwyer, Carr, Mollohan, Rogers, Kolbe, Murtha, Dicks, Wilson, Aucoin, Sabo, Livingston.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

23. 14 December 1987

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

24. 14 December 1987

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

25. 15 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

26. 15 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference committee actions: Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

27. 17 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

28. 17 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference committee actions: Conference held.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

29. 21 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference Report 100-498 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

30. 21 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference Report 100-498 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

31. 21 December 1987

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.342 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

32. 21 December 1987

    Floor

    Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Providing for Consideration of the Conference Report; Waiving All Points of Order.

    Source: Floor

33. 22 December 1987

    Vote

    House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 209 - 208 (Record Vote No: 510).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

34. 22 December 1987

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 100-202.

    Source: President

35. 22 December 1987

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

36. 22 December 1987

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

37. 22 December 1987

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

38. 22 December 1987

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

39. 22 December 1987

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

40. 22 December 1987

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report considered in Senate.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

41. 22 December 1987

    Vote

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 59-30. Record Vote No: 420.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

42. 22 December 1987

    Vote

    Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 209 - 208 (Record Vote No: 510).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

Votes

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 23 December 1987

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  summary · EN · 21 December 1987

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 29 October 1987

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Sponsors

• Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] · D · Sponsor
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