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100-hr-5581 100 hr 5581 Economic Set-Aside Act of 1988 Government Operations and Politics 1988-10-22 1988-10-22 Referred to House Committee on Government Operations. House Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] CA D D000592 0 Economic Set-Aside Act of 1988 - Title I: Economic Set-Aside Policy of United States Government - Requires each Federal agency to award not less than ten percent of its contract funds to: (1) business concerns owned and operated by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; and (2) historically Black colleges and universities, colleges and universities having a student body in which more than 40 percent of the students are Hispanic, and private and voluntary organizations controlled by individuals who are economically disadvantaged. Requires each Federal agency to award not less than ten percent of its contract funds to business concerns owned and operated by females. Requires Federal agencies to establish policies and procedures to implement such requirements. Title II: Commission on Economic Set-Asides - Establishes the Commission on Economic Set-Asides to enforce title I of this Act, assist Federal agencies in meeting title I requirements, and inform business concerns that may be eligible for the award of contracts under such Act of the benefits provided by title I. Requires the Commission to make annual reports to the Congress. 2025-08-28T20:06:24Z  
100-hr-5582 100 hr 5582 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 Crime and Law Enforcement 1988-10-22 1988-11-18 Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.5210. House Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5] WA D F000239 1 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 - Title I: Coordination of National Drug Policy - Subtitle A: National Drug Control Program - National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 - Establishes the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Executive Office of the President. Names as principals of this Office a Director of National Drug Control Policy (Director) and Deputy Directors for Demand Reduction and Supply Reduction, all to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes within the new Office a Bureau of State and Local Affairs, to be headed by an Associate Director for National Drug Control Policy, also to be appointed by the President. Sets forth responsibilities of the Director, including requirements that the Director: (1) transmit a consolidated National Drug Control Program (Program) budget proposal; and (2) submit to the Congress annual reports on a National Drug Control Strategy. Describes required report contents. Describes limitations in connection with Program agency budget reprogramming or transfer requests. Provides for coordination among executive branch departments and agencies, including a requirement that the head of a Program agency notify the Director in writing of any proposed policy changes relating to Program activities. Requires the Director to respond promptly as to whether the change is consistent with the National Drug Control Strategy. Terminates the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board and the White House Office of Drug Abuse Policy and repeals specified provisions of the National Narcotics Act of 1984 and of the Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act in connection with these entities. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for activities of the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System after 30 days following appointment of the Director. Instructs the Director to report to the President and to the Congress concerning the need for coordinating, consolidating, or otherwise reorganizing agencies and functions of the Federal Gover… 2025-08-28T20:05:25Z  
100-hr-5583 100 hr 5583 A bill for the relief of Alcee L. Hastings. Private Legislation 1988-10-22 1988-11-02 Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. House Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1] MI D C000714 0 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual for legal expenses incurred in the investigation and proceedings conducted by the House of Representatives with respect to the impeachment of such individual and with respect to any trial in the Senate based on such impeachment. 2021-06-10T21:46:35Z  
100-hr-5584 100 hr 5584 A bill for the relief of Haytham Jabi. Private Legislation 1988-10-22 1988-11-02 Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law. House Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-16] NY D R000053 0 Declares a named individual to have satisfied certain requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to periods of residence in the country of nationality. 2021-06-10T21:46:36Z  
100-hr-5585 100 hr 5585 A bill for the relief of Alejandro Aceves. Private Legislation 1988-10-22 1988-11-02 Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law. House Rep. Wortley, George C. [R-NY-27] NY R W000752 0 Declares a named individual to have satisfied certain requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to eligibility for naturalization. 2021-06-10T21:46:36Z  
100-hr-5560 100 hr 5560 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, and the Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988, to make technical corrections relating to the Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988. Health 1988-10-21 1988-11-25 Pocket Vetoed by President. House Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] CA D W000215 0 Title I: Technical and Conforming Amendments to Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 - Amends the Health Omnibus Programs Extention of 1988 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a uniform methodology for collection of, as well as to compile and analyze, certain data relating to health manpower shortages. Title II: Technical and Conforming Amendments to the Public Health Service Act - Amends title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to require each application for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement in an amount exceeding a specified sum of direct costs for the dissemination of research findings or the development of research agendas to be submitted to a standing peer review group. Prohibits such applications from being submitted to any peer review group established to review applications for research, evaluation, or demonstration projects. Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish in the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders the National Deafness and Other Communications Disorders Advisory Board. Requires the Advisory Board to be established not later than 90 days after the enactment of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and Health Research Extension Act of 1988. Authorizes the Secretary to establish the Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Interagency Coordinating Committee. Makes provisions limiting the amounts obligated in any fiscal year for administrative expenses of the National Institutes of Health applicable to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the National Deafness and Other Communications Disorders Act of 1988, to read as if similar amendments made by specified provisions of the Health Research Extension Act of 1988 and this Act had not been… 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z  
100-hr-5561 100 hr 5561 A bill to direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to take no action regarding the expansion of motor carrier commercial zones for a period of 12 months. Transportation and Public Works 1988-10-21 1988-10-21 Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. House Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] CA D A000189 2 Prohibits the Interstate Commerce Commission from taking any action to expand the size of commercial zones pursuant to a specified proceeding. 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z  
100-hr-5562 100 hr 5562 Acid Deposition Control Act of 1988 Environmental Protection 1988-10-21 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] WA D B000620 0 Acid Deposition Control Act of 1988 - Amends title I (Air Pollution Prevention and Control) of the Clean Air Act to allocate required reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions among powerplants and States. Requires States to set emission limitations for oxides of nitrogen from: (1) electric utility steam generating units using tangential and wall-fired boilers; and (2) other electric utility steam generating units if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that reductions at comparable cost-effectiveness are reasonably feasible. Directs each State which is required to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide or oxides of nitrogen pursuant to this Act to submit a revised State implementation plan to the Administrator which establishes enforceable emissions limitations, compliance schedules, conservation measures, and other enforceable measures necessary to achieve such emission reductions. Prohibits a State from allocating an emission reduction to a small utility powerplant whose costs of compliance would significantly exceed the Statewide average for all fossil-fuel fired powerplants and result in significant adverse competitive effects on the small utility. Requires the Administrator to issue guidelines, within nine months of this Act's enactment, for the development and implementation of emissions trading programs. Prohibits the Administrator from approving emission trading unless the electric utility: (1) demonstrates that the total aggregate tonnage of emissions reduction will be no less than would be achieved absent such trading; (2) agrees to install and operate continuous emission monitoring for sulfur dioxide; and (3) maintains, and makes available to the public, records of its operations and emissions. Directs the Administrator to impose fees on persons who generate or import electric energy which shall be credited to the Acid Deposition Control Fund out of which payments will be made to electric utilities to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. Makes the portion of costs covered depen… 2025-08-28T20:08:01Z  
100-hr-5563 100 hr 5563 A bill to authorize the establishment of a United States - Taiwan Free Trade Area. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1988-10-21 1988-10-22 Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] IL R C000873 0 Authorizes the President to initiate negotiations for a trade agreement with Taiwan establishing a U.S.-Taiwan free trade area. Sets forth the negotiating objectives of such agreement. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5564 100 hr 5564 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for farmers who realize capital gain on the transfer of property to satisfy an indebtedness, and for other purposes. Taxation 1988-10-21 1988-10-21 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] ND D D000432 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $350,000 (lifetime total) of capital gain from the transfer of property in complete or partial satisfaction of qualified farm indebtedness of a taxpayer: (1) whose modified gross income is below the relevant statewide median; (2) whose gross receipts for three of the preceding five years are at least 80 percent attributable to farming; and (3) whose equity in all property held after the transfer in question is less than either $25,000 or 150 percent of income tax liability. Applies a comparable exclusion with respect to the discharge of qualified farm indebtedness of solvent farmers: (1) who meet the first two criteria listed above; (2) whose indebtedness both before and after the transfer equals at least 70 percent or more of equity; and (3) whose equity in all property after the discharge equals less than $100,000. Permits both tax exclusions retroactively with respect to taxable years 1987 and thereafter. Treats the estate and not the individual as the taxpayer with respect to the reduction of tax attributes in cases of bankruptcy relating to adjustment of the debts of family farmers (chapter 12 cases). Treats the abandonment of property by a chapter 7 (liquidation) bankruptcy estate as a taxable transfer, thus placing any resulting tax liability with the estate rather than the individual debtor. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5565 100 hr 5565 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a $100 income tax credit to individuals who are volunteer firefighters. Taxation 1988-10-21 1988-10-21 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] NY D D000471 1 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a $100 nonrefundable income tax credit to any active member of a qualified volunteer fire department. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5566 100 hr 5566 A bill to permit the naturalization of certain Filipino war veterans. Immigration 1988-10-21 1988-10-21 Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary. House Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] CA D D000592 0 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the naturalization of certain Filipino World War II veterans. 2021-06-10T21:46:25Z  
100-hr-5567 100 hr 5567 A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act by increasing the minimum criminal penalties for any person employing or using persons under 18 years of age in drug operations. Crime and Law Enforcement 1988-10-21 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] NJ D F000215 0 Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) increase to three years (currently, one year) the minimum term of imprisonment for any person who employs a person under 18 years of age in violation of such Act and who has a prior conviction for the same offense; (2) add a minimum term of imprisonment of two years for any person who provides or distributes a controlled substance to an underage person; and (3) provide a minimum term of imprisonment of five years for any person who provides or distributes a controlled substance to an underage person after a prior conviction for the same offense has become final. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z  
100-hr-5568 100 hr 5568 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1988 Economics and Public Finance 1988-10-21 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance. House Rep. Gradison, Willis D., Jr. [R-OH-2] OH R G000349 7 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1988 - Establishes procedures for the budgetary treatment and financing of Federal direct loan and loan guarantee programs. Defines "subsidy" as: the difference in cost to the borrower between the direct loan or guaranteed loan and alternative private financing potentially available to the borrower for the same or similar purpose. Makes any direct loan obligation of a Federal agency an obligation of the Direct Loan Fund. Requires each agency to include in its budget proposal for a fiscal year: (1) the planned level of new direct loan obligations and new loan guarantee commitments; and (2) the estimated subsidies associated with each. Prohibits an agency from making a direct loan obligation or loan guarantee commitment unless: (1) funds have been appropriated or are available on a permanent indefinite basis for the subsidy; or (2) the use of funds otherwise available to the agency for the subsidy has been limited. Provides that the loan subsidy amount shall constitute the obligation of the agency and the difference between such amount and the face value of the loan shall constitute the obligation of the Direct Loan Fund. Requires the subsidy to be paid as the loan is disbursed. Makes any loan guarantee commitment of a Federal agency a commitment of the Guaranteed Loan Fund. Requires the relevant subsidy to be paid to the Guaranteed Loan Fund when the underlying loan agreement is executed. Establishes within the Department of the Treasury a Federal Credit Direct Loan Fund and a Federal Credit Guaranteed Loan Fund to serve as central revolving funds and financing mechanisms for all new Federal direct loans and loan guarantees respectively. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to receive into the respective Funds as appropriate: (1) subsidy payments from Federal agencies; (2) payments due the Government for direct loans; (3) proceeds from the sale of direct loans and from the sale of any collateral received as the result of defaults on direct or guaranteed loans; and (4) fees due … 2025-08-28T20:06:12Z  
100-hr-5569 100 hr 5569 Child Care Services Improvement Act of 1988 Families 1988-10-21 1988-12-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] VT R J000072 0 Child Care Services Improvement Act of 1988 - Title I: Better Child Care Services - Makes eligible for services under this title children: (1) who are less than 13 years of age; (2) whose family income does not exceed 115 percent of the State median income for a family of the same size; and (3) who either reside with a parent or parents who are working, seeking employment, or enrolled in a job training or educational program, or reside with a parent or parents not thus described and receive or need to receive protective services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this title. Reserves specified amounts for certain U.S. territories and possessions and for certain programs for Indian children. Sets forth a formula for allotments to States based on numbers of children under age five, numbers of children eligible for free or reduced price lunches under the school lunch program, and per capita income. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to make grants to applicant Indian tribes or tribal organizations for programs and activities under this title for the benefit of Indian children. Directs the Secretary, in determining whether to approve a tribal grant application, to consider: (1) the tribe's codes, regulations, and cultural factors, as well as applicable State licensing and regulatory requirements, in establishing standards for such programs; and (2) the availability of child care services provided by the State in accordance with this title. Requires coordination between tribal and State programs under this title. Includes among lead agency duties the establishment of several local advisory councils that collectively represent the entire geographical area in the State. Sets forth requirements relating to such local advisory councils. Requires States to submit, in order to qualify for assistance under this title, an application and plan to the Secretary. Requires each plan to cover a five-year period and to meet specified requirements for providers of … 2025-08-28T20:05:04Z  
100-hr-5570 100 hr 5570 Child Care Tax Act of 1988 Taxation 1988-10-21 1988-10-21 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] CT D K000118 0 Child Care Tax Act of 1988 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 30 to 50 percent the percentage used to determine the dependent care income tax credit for employment-related expenses in connection with non-handicapped taxpayer dependents under age 15. Reduces the credit (but not below 20 percent) when adjusted gross income exceeds $10,000. Disallows government-subsidized child care expenses in credit calculations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe tables to permit credit payments by employers through payroll withholding mechanisms. Treats 70 percent of the 30 percent dependent care credit for taxpayers with adjusted gross income of $40,000 or less as a refundable credit, administered through the earned income credit. 2025-08-28T20:05:30Z  
100-hr-5571 100 hr 5571 Chesapeake Bay Medical Waste Control Act Environmental Protection 1988-10-21 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. McMillen, Thomas [D-MD-4] MD D M000573 0 Chesapeake Bay Medical Waste Control Act - Prohibits dumping, discharge, disposal, or transport for such purposes of medical waste into the waters or along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. Imposes penalties for violations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations governing the generation, transportation, and storage of medical waste in the Chesapeake Bay States and to review the adequacy of medical waste treatment and disposal methods. Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct a monitoring and research program under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of medical waste found in and along the Bay. Requires the issuance to all waste generators of guidance on methods to reduce medical waste in the Bay. 2025-08-28T20:07:54Z  
100-hr-5572 100 hr 5572 A bill to amend the Federal Unemployment Tax Act with respect to the provisions of State law required by such Act. Labor and Employment 1988-10-21 1988-10-22 Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation. House Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3] CT D M000992 2 Amends the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to condition the Secretary of Labor's approval of a State's unemployment compensation law on the law's inclusion of provisions that prohibit findings, judgments, conclusions, or final orders with respect to claims for unemployment compensation benefits under the State law from being used as evidence or from being considered as conclusive or binding in any separate or subsequent proceedings in another forum, even if the parties are the same or facts are the same as in the previous action. Excepts proceedings under the State's unemployment compensation law from these restrictions. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5573 100 hr 5573 A bill to require the President to submit a report to Congress under the War Powers Resolution whenever members of the Armed Forces are paid hostile fire pay in an area declared a hostile fire zone by the Secretary of Defense. Armed Forces and National Security 1988-10-21 1988-11-07 Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science. House Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] CA D P000047 0 Requires the President to submit a report to the Congress under the War Powers Resolution whenever members of the armed forces are paid hostile fire pay in an area declared a hostile zone by the Secretary of Defense. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
100-hr-5574 100 hr 5574 A bill to redesignate the Post Office located at 300 East Ninth Street in Austin, Texas, as the "Homer Thornberry Judicial Building". Government Operations and Politics 1988-10-21 1988-10-21 Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. House Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10] TX D P000328 0 Designates the Post Office at 300 East Ninth Street, Austin, Texas, as the Homer Thornberry Judicial Building. 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z  
100-hr-5575 100 hr 5575 First-Time Homebuyers Assistance Act of 1988 Housing and Community Development 1988-10-21 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. House Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2] RI R S000136 0 First-Time Homebuyers Assistance Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a demonstration program to insure mortgages with no downpayments for qualifying first-time buyers. Sets forth the following mortgagor eligibility criteria: (1) first-time homebuyer or certain divorced persons who previously had a home; (2) employment history for single-income or multiple-income mortgagors; (3) income-debt ratio; (4) rental history; and (5) income. Sets forth the following mortgage eligibility criteria: (1) one-family primary residence; (2) no downpayment; (3) cost of dwelling; (4) interest rates; (5) interest premium; (6) federally regulated mortgage; (7) payment terms; and (8) building and health codes. States that the United States shall be liable for such mortgages but not for any secondary or subsequent liens. Establishes in the Treasury the First-Time Homebuyers Mortgage Insurance Fund to carry out such program. Requires annual program reports to the Congress. Prohibits new mortgages from being insured under this program after FY 1993. Limits aggregate mortgage commitments to $10,000,000. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-28T20:07:17Z  
100-hr-5576 100 hr 5576 Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Amendments of 1988 Animals 1988-10-21 1988-10-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment. House Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] PA R S000146 0 Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Migratory Bird Act to alter the prohibitions of the Migratory Bird Treaty on the hunting, taking, capture, or killing of migratory birds by the use of live birds as decoys or the use of baiting. Increases the criminal penalties for violations. 2025-08-28T20:09:17Z  
100-hr-5577 100 hr 5577 A bill to authorize the issuance of prisoner-of-war medals to members of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo who were captured by North Korea. Armed Forces and National Security 1988-10-21 1988-10-21 Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2] KS D S000477 0 Provides that crew members of the U.S.S. Pueblo, who were taken prisoner and held captive by North Korea in January of 1968, shall be eligible for prisoner-of-war medals, notwithstanding specified limitations regarding the awarding of such medals. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
100-hr-5578 100 hr 5578 A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that a blind or disabled child otherwise qualified may be eligible for SSI benefits even though not a resident of the United States, if such child is accompanying a parent who is a member of the Armed Forces serving a tour of duty overseas. Social Welfare 1988-10-21 1988-10-22 Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation. House Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2] KS D S000477 3 Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to make the U.S. residency requirement for SSI eligibility inapplicable to a child accompanying a parent who is a member of the armed forces serving a tour of duty overseas. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5579 100 hr 5579 Indian Social Services Act of 1988 Native Americans 1988-10-21 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] AZ D U000001 0 Indian Social Services Act of 1988 - Title I: Social Services Block Grant Amendments - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States) of the Social Security Act to authorize appropriations for block grants for social services to Indian tribes. Sets forth an allocation formula for payments to Indian tribes. Makes technical amendments to appy provisions of such title to Indian tribes. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make direct grants to any tribe which operates a social service program under such title. Provides that Alaskan regional associations defined under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be eligible for funding under this title unless a village within such association's region: (1) applies separately for direct funding; or (2) notifies the Secretary that it does not want the association to apply for funding on its behalf. Title II: Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act Amendments - Amends part B of title IV (Child Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to include funding for Indian-controlled, off-reservation programs serving Indian children in the requisite features of State plans for child welfare services. Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary to make direct payments to Indian tribes which have child welfare service plans. Sets forth an allotment formula for direct payments to such tribes. Permits tribes to use Federal or State funds to match such payments. Directs the Secretary, in any case where a satisfactory plan has been submitted by an Indian tribe, to reduce the required tribal share for such programs if such a tribe shows that it has inadequate financial resources to provide the matching funds. Requires the Secretary to make payments to any Indian tribe which operates a plan for foster care and adoption assistance under such title. Provides that provisions regarding State plans for foster care and adoption assistance shall apply to Indian tribes, except that: (1) such tribes shall develop foster care licensing and placement, case plans, and cas… 2025-08-28T20:07:41Z  
100-hr-5580 100 hr 5580 Exclusive Economic Zone Revenue Raising Act of 1988 Public Lands and Natural Resources 1988-10-21 1988-10-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment. House Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-4] MI R U000031 0 Exclusive Economic Zone Revenue Raising Act of 1988 - Establishes in the Treasury a Marine Fishery Conservation Fund (Fund) to be made up of: (1) the net revenues from conservation fees, vessel emblems, and personal stamps; and (2) the gross revenues from ad valorem and other fees, including fines, penalties, and forfeitures, imposed by this Act. Imposes a marine fishery conservation fee (conservation fee) in a specified amount for each calendar year for each person between 16 and 65 years of age aboard a fishing vessel in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Requires each fishing vessel operating in the EEZ to display a currently valid marine fishery conservation emblem (emblem). Makes the emblem conclusive evidence that the conservation fee has been paid for that year for the number of persons aboard as indicated on the emblem or on an accompanying certificate. Requires each person aboard a fishing vessel in the EEZ who is between 16 and 65 years of age and is not covered by a vessel emblem to carry a marine fishery conservation license (personal stamp) issued for that year. Makes the license conclusive evidence that the conservation fee has been paid with respect to the person who has signed the form. Imposes a fee, in a specified percentage of the ex vessel value, on the first sale, or first delivery for commercial purposes (ad valorem fee), of all species of fish that are conserved and managed by the Secretary of Commerce under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act or other legislation. Directs the Secretary to publish, from time to time, a list of such species. Makes vessels required to display an emblem liable in rem for the payment of the ad valorem fees upon the sale of any listed species, or the delivery of any product composed in whole or in part of any listed species, irrespective of the location of harvest. Declares the ad valorem fee to be in addition to fees under any other State or Federal law. Authorizes the Secretary to take certain steps to provide for the collection of the ad … 2025-08-28T20:06:22Z  
100-hr-5550 100 hr 5550 Anti-Terrorism and National Security Amendments Act of 1988 International Affairs 1988-10-20 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on International Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy. House Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19] FL D F000041 1 Anti-Terrorism and National Security Amendments Act of 1988 - Title I: Antiterrorism and Arms Export Amendments Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the Government or U.S. persons from exporting or providing munitions items to, or facilitating (through loans, credits, guarantees, or other financial assistance) the acquisition of munitions by, any country, or any individual or group in a country, which, as determined by the Secretary of State, has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. Permits the rescission of a determination of the Secretary only after the President makes specified certifications concerning the country involved to the Congress. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition with respect to transactions determined to be vital to national security after consulting with, and reporting to, the Congress. Exempts from such prohibition transactions subject to reporting requirements of the National Security Act of 1947. Authorizes additional waivers pursuant to authority under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in exceptional circumstances where time is of the essence and the President consults with and submits a report to the Congress at least 24 hours prior to granting such a waiver. Sets forth criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, in making decisions concerning the issuance of export licenses, to consider whether the export of an article will support international terrorism. Requires the Director's evaluation of an arms sale submitted to the Congress to include an evaluation of whether the sale would support international terrorism. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to provide that a validated license shall be required for the export of goods or technology to a country if the Secretary determines that: (1) such country has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; and (2) such exports could contribute to the m… 2025-08-28T20:07:58Z  
100-hr-5551 100 hr 5551 International Peacekeeping Activities Authorization Act of 1988 International Affairs 1988-10-20 1988-10-22 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1148. House Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19] FL D F000041 30 International Peacekeeping Activities Authorization Act of 1988 - Authorizes the President to transfer specified funds during FY 1989 to the Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities Account or the Peacekeeping Operations Account of the Department of State in order to meet requests for contributions or other assistance for new international peacekeeping activities. Provides that such transferred funds shall be deemed to be authorized to be appropriated for such accounts. Subjects any transfer or obligation of such funds to the regular reprogramming procedures of the relevant committees of the Congress. 2025-08-28T20:07:52Z  
100-hr-5552 100 hr 5552 A bill to provide that the Consumer Product Safety Commission amend its regulations regarding lawn darts. Commerce 1988-10-20 1988-11-05 Became Public Law No: 100-613. House Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] MI D D000355 3 Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to revoke the exemption from classification as a banned toy for use by children granted for lawn darts and other similar sharp-pointed toys, unless the Commission finds that such products do not have the potential for causing puncture wound injury. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z  
100-hr-5553 100 hr 5553 A bill to designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 301 West Main Street in Benton, Illinois, as the "Kenneth J. Gray Federal Building and United States Courthouse". Government Operations and Politics 1988-10-20 1988-10-21 Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. House Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19] IL D B000971 17 Designates the Federal Building and United States Courthouse at 301 West Main Street, Benton, Illinois, as the Kenneth J. Gray Federal Building and United States Courthouse. 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z  
100-hr-5554 100 hr 5554 A bill to establish a Congressional Award for Federal Paperwork Reduction. Economics and Public Finance 1988-10-20 1988-10-20 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] TX R D000217 0 Establishes the Congressional Award for Federal Paperwork Reduction for eligible Federal employees who have made the most significant contribution to the reduction of the paperwork burden imposed on individuals, small businesses, State and local governments, and other persons by the Federal Government. Establishes the Congressional Award for Federal Paperwork Reduction Fund for the disbursement of cash awards and other costs of administering this Act. Declares the proceeds of any award to be nontaxable. Authorizes appropriations. 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z  
100-hr-5555 100 hr 5555 A bill to amend the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare participating physician and Maximum Allowable Actual Charge (MAAC) programs, and to eliminate carrier actions to require physicians to refund amounts collected for services deemed not reasonable and necessary. Social Welfare 1988-10-20 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Derrick, Butler C. [D-SC-3] SC D D000267 0 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal Medicare participating physician and Maximum Allowable Actual Charge programs. Eliminates carrier actions to require physicians to refund amounts collected for services deemed not reasonable and necessary. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5556 100 hr 5556 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to control hazardous air pollutants. Environmental Protection 1988-10-20 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] MI D D000355 0 Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a list, within one month of this Act's enactment, of all categories and subcategories of major sources of listed air pollutants and simultaneously designate 50 percent of such the categories for emission regulation. Requires that the remaining major stationary sources which present risks warranting regulation be designated for regulation within five years of this Act's enactment. Permits the Administrator to designate other stationary sources as warranting regulation. Establishes a schedule for the promulgation of emission standards applicable to designated categories or subcategories of pollutant sources. Requires the Administrator, within seven years of promulgating emission standards for a source category, to evaluate public health risks remaining after application of such standards and make such standards more stringent if risks remain significant. Provides for variances from, and extensions of, the implementation of such standards. Prohibits the construction of a new source or modification of an existing source, or emissions from a major source which is subject to emission standards unless such activity is conducted in compliance with a permit issued by the Administrator or an approved State permit program. Requires that such permits be for a fixed term not exceeding ten years. Directs the Administrator to establish and maintain an air toxics clearinghouse, control technology center, and risk information center to assist States in reducing air pollutant emissions. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to a State for the development and implementation of a permit program. Authorizes the President to exempt a source from compliance with emission standards if the means of complying with such standards are unavailable and the source is required for national security purposes. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z  
100-hr-5557 100 hr 5557 A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish programs to assist the Food and Drug Administration in recruiting distinguished scientists and individuals in health professions as employees, and for other purposes. Health 1988-10-20 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-5] IA R L000305 0 Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a Senior Biomedical Scientific Service Corps within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), whose members: (1) shall be appointed based solely on the basis of distinction and achievement in the field of biomedical, clinical, or behavioral research; and (2) shall not be a part of the competitive service. Specifies the duties and compensation of members of the Corps. Treats continuous employment in the Corps immediately upon termination of service as a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service (PHS) Corps as service in the PHS Corps for purposes of retirement or separation for physical disability. Specifies that such employment shall not be considered as service under any other Federal retirement system. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, any public or nonprofit academic institution, including schools of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and pharmacy, to enable such institutions to develop programs that will be used to train individuals in the field of regulatory review medicine and to provide financial aid to participants in such programs. Sets requirements for the award of grants and the use of grant funds. Requires each individual who receives grant funds to serve a specified obligated period of time as an FDA employee. States that if any such individual fails to comply within a reasonable period of time after the completion of training (as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation), the United States shall be entitled to recover from such individual an amount determined in accordance with a formula to be prescribed through regulations issued by the Secretary. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary for FY 1989 through 1991 for such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a Science Training Loan Repayment Program to repay the educational loans of students and graduates who agree to accep… 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z  
100-hr-5558 100 hr 5558 Veterans Entrepreneurship Promotion Act of 1988 Commerce 1988-10-20 1988-12-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10] PA R M000399 50 Veterans Entrepreneurship Promotion Act of 1988 - Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Definitions - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes with respect to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans. Amends the Small Business Act to add veteran-related definitions used in this Act. Title II: Procurement Assistance - Amends the Small Business Act to include small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans as a discrete group with respect to which the head of each Federal agency must establish goals for participation in procurement contracts. Requires annual reports to the Congress on the extent of participation by such businesses in agency procurement contracts. Includes veteran-owned businesses as a targeted group for purposes of Government contracts and subcontracts. Directs Federal agencies, in their procurement activities, to engage in affirmative action to identify and solicit offers from small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and by veterans with service-connected disabilities. Title III: National Veterans Business Council - Establishes the National Veterans' Business Council to review the status of veteran-owned businesses nationwide and to develop detailed multiyear plans in connection with both private and public sector actions to assist and promote such businesses. Requires annual reporting to both the President and the Congress. Title IV: Statistical Data - Directs: (1) the Bureau of Labor Statistics to include in its census reports on veterans businesses specified information on sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations; (2) the Bureau of the Census to include in its Business Census data the number of corporations that are 51 percent or more owned by veterans; (3) the Small Business Administration's Office of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to report on the most cost-effective and accurate ways to gather and present the statistics required in these census reports; and (4) Federal agencies to report … 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z  
100-hr-5559 100 hr 5559 A bill to enhance the prospects for economic development in rural areas by allowing municipal corporations to acquire through eminent domain utility facilities of rural water supply or sewer service corporations. Agriculture and Food 1988-10-20 1988-10-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. House Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] TX D O000107 0 Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit a municipal corporation or utility to use eminent domain to acquire rural water or sewer associations under specified conditions. 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z  
100-hr-5534 100 hr 5534 A bill to establish a moratorium period during which all genetic research involving the human immunodeficiency virus which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome will cease. Science, Technology, Communications 1988-10-19 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] TX D G000272 0 Mandates that, for one year from the date of enactment of this Act, there shall be no experimental efforts to manipulate genes involving the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Requires the Office of Technology Assessment to conduct a study of the need for and safety of genetic research involving the HIV which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z  
100-hr-5535 100 hr 5535 Secondary School Community Services Act Education 1988-10-19 1988-12-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. House Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26] CA D B000410 0 Secondary School Community Services Act - Establishes a secondary school youth community volunteer services program. Directs the Secretary of Education to enter into a contract with a public agency or nonprofit entity (the contractor) which has: (1) demonstrated effective management of school-based community service projects for youth for at least five years; and (2) the experience and capacity to disseminate information and provide technical assistance necessary to create such projects throughout secondary schools on the United States. Requires the contractor to: (1) use research findings to identify the characteristics of effective secondary school-based service programs to be used as the criteria for providing assistance under this Act; and (2) recommend individuals to serve as members of an advisory committee appointed by the Secretary. Requires that such committee: (1) consist of at least four individuals representing State and local educational agencies (SEAs and LEAs) and at least five individuals with demonstrated success implementing community service programs; and (2) develop model program activity, select and award LEA subcontracts, and advise on program activities. Requires the contractor to enter into subcontracts with ten SEAs to fund State activities under this Act, including: (1) participation by not more than four LEA youth community service programs under each such SEA; and (2) monitoring activities and disseminating information on each agency's efforts to implement youth community service programs. Requires the contractor (after consultation with the advisory committee) to enter into subcontracts with not more than 40 LEAs during each fiscal year beginning on or after the enactment of this Act, to provide (either directly or through SEAs) 75 percent of the cost of creating and coordinating partnerships between communities and secondary schools to prepare students and identify and provide service opportunities for school-based youth volunteers. Allows subcontracts to be renegotiated for a m… 2025-08-28T20:07:07Z  
100-hr-5536 100 hr 5536 A bill to authorize the exchange of certain Federal public lands. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1988-10-19 1988-11-03 Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. House Rep. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [D-CO-3] CO D C000077 1 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in Routt County, Colorado, in exchange for certain lands in Pennington County, South Dakota, which shall become part of the Black Hills National Forest. Provides that if the values of such lands are not equal, they shall be equalized by the payment of cash as provided in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, without regard to the provision in such Act which limits such payments to 25 percent of the total value of the lands transferred out of Federal ownership. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, if the United States owes cash equalization moneys, to convey lands adjacent to the Colorado property to satisfy the U.S. obligation in such exchange. 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  
100-hr-5537 100 hr 5537 A bill to authorize prohibitions of imports from and exports to Yugoslavia. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1988-10-19 1988-11-07 Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. House Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] IL R C000873 0 Authorizes the President to prohibit: (1) the importation of all Yugoslavian products into the United States; and (2) the exportation of any U.S. goods for use by Yugoslavia. Requires the President, if such actions to prohibit trade have not been taken within 45 days after enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress the reasons why such actions have not been taken. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5538 100 hr 5538 A bill to establish an emergency forest fire fund, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1988-10-19 1988-11-03 Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. House Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] OR D D000191 0 Establishes the Emergency Forest Fire Fund to provide for emergency resource protection and rehabilitation of National Forests System lands damaged by wildfire. Deposits into the Fund receipts received in the National Forest Fund and other specified unused excess trust fund collections. Allows Fund amounts to be available without further appropriation for emergency firefighting purposes and rehabilitation for fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, and the timber resources damaged by wildfire. Provides, after the first year, for the deposit of unexpended Fund amounts into miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to retain 20 percent of unexpended Fund yearly deposits to be used for expenses of National Forest System programs, including trail construction, habitat management, reforestation, timber sales, and other programs. 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  
100-hr-5539 100 hr 5539 Fair Share Rural Development Act of 1988 Economics and Public Finance 1988-10-19 1988-11-03 Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. House Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] ND D D000432 0 Fair Share Rural Development Act of 1988 - Title I: Proportionate Distribution of Federal Contracts and Grants - Directs the Office of Management and Budget to develop a plan by 1995 for the proportionate istribution of Federal contracts and Federal grants among the regions and States of the United States. Title II: Reorganization of the Department of Agriculture - Renames the Department of Agriculture the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Establishes within such Department the Rural Development. Establishes with such Department the Rural Development and Fiance Administration, headed by an Undersecretary of Rural Development and Finance who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Title III: Rural Development and Finance Administration - Directs the Undersecretary to coordinate and administer all activities of the Federal Government relating to rural development. Directs the Undersecretary to provide matching grants to States for: (1) rural development planning and promotion; (2) rural technology development; and (3) rural finance and venture capital activities. Transfers from within the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to the Rural Development tand Finance Administration the offices, functions, and personnel of: (1) the Farmers Home Administration; (2) the Soil Conservation Service; (3) the Rural Electrification Administration; (4) the Rural Telephone Bank; and (5) the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Establishes within the Rural Development and Finance Administration the Rural Advocacy Office to: (1) represent the views and interests of rural areas in search of Federal contracts; and (2) act as an advocate for rural economic development, regulatory relief for rural areas, and fair treatment for such areas in the awarding of Federal grants. Title IV: Increase in Federal payments in Lieu of Taxes to Units of General Local Government - Amends Federal law to revise the formula used, in conne… 2025-08-28T20:07:17Z  
100-hr-5540 100 hr 5540 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that employees of the Department of Defense who are captured and held captive during military operations shall be eligible to receive the prisoner-of-war medal. Armed Forces and National Security 1988-10-19 1988-10-19 Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-38] CA R D000435 0 Provides that Department of Defense employees who are held captive during certain military operations shall be eligible to receive the prisoner-of-war medal. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
100-hr-5541 100 hr 5541 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Establishment Act Law 1988-10-19 1988-10-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education. House Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] CA D D000592 2 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Establishment Act - Amends the District of Columbia Code to establish the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (Court) consisting of a chief justice and four associate justices with jurisdiction over appeals from final orders and judgments of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that meet specified criteria. Allows the Court, at its discretion, to certify a case for review before it has been determined by the D.C. Court of Appeals, but only under limited circumstances described in this Act. Allows the Court to answer questions of law certified to it by the U.S. Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals of the United States, or the highest court of any State, if a question of D.C. law may be determinative of the cause pending in the certifying court. Requires the Court to conduct business in accordance with the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure unless it elects to modify such rules. Directs the chief justice of the Court to annually summon the active judges of the D.C. courts to a Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia for the purpose of advising as to means of improving the administration of justice within the District of Columbia. Allows the chief justice to temporarily assign justices to and from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and the Court when necessary. Sets out procedures to govern the transition period. Establishes a transition committee for the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the District of Columbia Code and the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act. Sets forth qualifications and appointment procedures for justices and judges of a D.C. court. Describes administrative features of the new court. 2025-08-28T20:07:01Z  
100-hr-5542 100 hr 5542 A bill to repeal Section 1123 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, 26 U.S.C. 72(t), which calls for an additional tax on early distribution from qualified retirement plan. Taxation 1988-10-19 1988-10-19 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] TX D G000272 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the additional tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans, including individual retirement accounts and annuities. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5543 100 hr 5543 A bill to exempt certain ruling requests with respect to employee benefit plans from the user fees required under section 10511 of the Revenue Act of 1987. Taxation 1988-10-19 1988-10-19 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] CO R H000444 2 Amends the Revenue Act of 1987 to exempt from user fees in connection with various requests to the Internal Revenue Service: (1) any application for a favorable determination (other than for an initial determination letter) on behalf of a tax-deferred compensation plan, unless it involves an amendment to conform the plan to subsequently-enacted Federal law, regulation, or other administrative announcement; and (2) any request for a private letter ruling with respect to such a plan, unless it relates to changes in Federal law or regulations since the plan's adoption. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5544 100 hr 5544 Worker Health Benefits Protection Act of 1988 Labor and Employment 1988-10-19 1988-10-19 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] PA R S000146 0 Worker Health Benefits Protection Act of 1988 - Title I: Federal Guarantee of Loans to Fund Certain Benefits - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee principal and interest payments on corporate loans, to be paid over a period not to exceed 20 years, whose proceeds are transferred to a qualified retiree health trust. Requires that the terms of the loan direct that any tax benefits the corporation realizes from using net operating loss carryovers be placed in a separate account to pay loan principal. Title II: Bankruptcy Situations - Requires that any tax benefits that any corporation that has filed for bankruptcy realizes from using net operating loss carryovers accrue to the benefit of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), to the extent of the corporation's liability to the PBGC. Title III: Treatment of Certain Pension Plan Reversions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to exclude from an employer's gross income any reversion from a qualified pension plan when more than half of it is transferred to a qualified retiree health trust. Exempts such amounts from the tax on reversions of qualified plan assets to the employer. Describes requirements governing qualified retiree health trusts, created as part of a plan providing post-retirement medical benefits. Exempts such trusts from income taxation. Increases from ten percent to 20 percent the excise tax on employer reversions from qualified plans. Amends the IRC and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to set out conditions under which an employer may transfer or withdraw excess assets from a single employer defined benefit plan without triggering plan termination. Describes procedures to be followed in connection with such withdrawals, including required notice to employees and to the Secretary of the Treasury. Exempts qualifying withdrawals from the excise tax on prohibited transactions. Title IV: Increase in Full-Funding Limitation - Increases the full-funding limitation from 150 percent to 200 percent of plan li… 2025-08-28T20:05:44Z  
100-hr-5545 100 hr 5545 Drug Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 1988 Social Welfare 1988-10-19 1988-10-22 Referred to Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] CA D S000810 0 Drug Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 1988 - Adds a new title XXI to the Social Security Act: Addiction Treatment Services. States that each U.S. citizen and permanent resident is entitled to have payment made for addiction treatment services designed to reduce or eliminate physical or psychological dependence on controlled substances. Bases payment amounts on the individual's ability to pay. Describes the addiction services covered, including detoxification, drug maintenance therapy, and vocational skills training. Lists entities eligible for payment and establishes a prospective payment system for services. Creates the Addiction Treatment Services Trust Fund and appropriates to it amounts which are attributable to the increase in the contribution and benefit base under the Social Security Act resulting from amendments made by this Act. Requires an annual estimate of the fund's surplus or deficit. Provides for the use of copayment and reductions in payment limits and the use of the annual or cumulative surpluses to eliminate any deficits. Establishes in the fund a separate cumulative account of surpluses and deficits. Provides for confidentiality of records of patients under this title. Prohibits the use of records for criminal investigative or prosecutorial purposes except under court order. Makes special provision for coordination of regulations regarding records of veterans suffering from alcohol abuse or alcoholism. Requires providers of services to submit annual reports on the effectiveness of treatment programs. Provides for an increase in the contribution and benefit base for purposes of determining the amount of wages or self-employment income subject to certain taxes under the Social Security Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the clinical and cost effectiveness of various drug addiction treatment methods and services. Requires a study and report to the Congress on the costs and benefits of expanding … 2025-08-28T20:07:27Z  
100-hr-5546 100 hr 5546 Integrity in Post Employment Act of 1988 Government Operations and Politics 1988-10-19 1988-11-14 See H.R.5043. House Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] NJ D F000215 0 Integrity in Post Employment Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal criminal code to revise provisions regarding former Federal employees attempting to influence the Government. Makes it unlawful, within one year after employment or service has ceased, for: (1) former senior officials to lobby their former employing agency; (2) former top level officials (Cabinet Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries) to lobby any executive or independent agency or any Member of Congress; and (3) former Members of Congress to lobby any entity of the legislative branch or any top level official of the executive branch. Prohibits any senior or top level official, within 18 months after employment has ceased, from being employed by, representing, or advising a foreign entity for compensation, financial gain, or other remuneration. Prohibits any person from acting as an agent and communicating on behalf of such former officials and Members of Congress. Includes as exceptions to such prohibitions: (1) any person who is engaging solely in the solicitation or collection of funds and contributions within the United States to be used only for medical assistance, food, or clothing to relieve human suffering; or (2) any person who is providing a statement based on that person's special knowledge, provided that no compensation is received for such statement other than that regularly provided by law for witnesses. Increases the criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act. Prohibits the partner of a Member, officer, or employee of the legislative branch in a partnership for the provision of professional services from acting as an agent or attorney for, or otherwise representing, any other person other than the United States in lobbying activities in either House of Congress. Provides for the imposition of penalties upon any Member of Congress who: (1) affiliates with a firm, partnership, association, or corporation for the purpose of providing professional services for compensation; (2) permits the use of the Member's name by such firm, … 2025-08-28T20:05:48Z  
100-hr-5547 100 hr 5547 A bill for the relief of David C. Funk. Private Legislation 1988-10-19 1988-11-02 Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. House Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] CA D B000918 0 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States arising out of expenses incurred by such individual in storing personal effects while a civilian employee with the Department of the Air Force. 2021-06-10T21:46:17Z  
100-hr-5548 100 hr 5548 A bill for the relief of Clive G. Medland. Private Legislation 1988-10-19 1988-11-02 Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law. House Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] NJ D H000930 0 Declares a named individual to have satisfied certain requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to eligibility for naturalization. 2021-06-10T21:46:17Z  
100-hr-5549 100 hr 5549 A bill for the relief of Graham N. Brown and Barbara Brown (wife). Private Legislation 1988-10-19 1988-11-02 Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law. House Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] MS D M000865 0 Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 2021-06-10T21:46:17Z  
100-hr-5531 100 hr 5531 School Completion and Incentives Act Education 1988-10-18 1988-12-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. House Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18] FL D P000218 0 School Completion and Incentives Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to each State to plan and carry out a program to increase the high school completion rate. Sets forth formulas for allotments to States, based on numbers of individuals who have not completed high school. Sets forth a State matching requirement. Sets forth requirements for State plans and applications. Requires States to assure that, under such program, requirements for obtaining a high school diploma or its equivalent will not be lowered. Limits the portion of a State's grant funds that may be used for: (1) administrative costs, to not more than five percent; and (2) a statewide program, to not more than 15 percent. Requires that at least 40 percent of a State's grant funds be used for grants to individual schools that have: (1) a dropout rate above the State average; (2) an aggregate achievement rate below the State average; or (3) a student enrollment of which 30 percent of the students come from families below the official poverty line. Directs the Secretary to publish an application notice for such grants by January 1, 1991. Sets forth required contents of such notice. Requires grant recipient annual reports by local educational agencies and individual schools to the State, and by the States to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, at least once every three years, to publish the high school completion rate for each State, with the first such publication to be made by January 1, 1995. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) making planning grants for such programs, for FY 1991 and 1992; and (2) carrying out such programs, for FY 1993 through 1999. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise provisions relating to secondary school programs for basic skills improvement and dropout prevention and reentry. Requires each State educational agency and local educational agency that conducts a specified evaluation pursuant to such provisions to report the evaluation results to the National Diffusio… 2025-08-28T20:07:15Z  
100-hr-5532 100 hr 5532 A bill to authorize the exchange of certain public lands in California and Nevada. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1988-10-18 1988-11-03 Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. House Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26] CA D B000410 3 Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to authorize the exchange of certain Federal lands in California and Nevada for lands owned by the city of Los Angeles, California. Establishes a right-of-way corridor along the existing Navajo-McCullough electrical transmission line, to be designated and administered by the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary to grant rights-of-way for non-Federal electric transmission lines. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to immediately complete negotiations for the exchange of lands, execute the exchange, and report to specified congressional committees. Declares that such exchange shall not be subject to the preliminary injunction entered by the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, on December 4, 1985, as amended. Provides for the filing of legal descriptions and maps of lands exchanged and the right-of-way corridor by the city of Los Angeles with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall file such information with the designated congressional committees. Makes such legal descriptions and maps available for public inspection. Declares that the Sunrise Wilderness Study Area has been adequately studied for wilderness designation and is no longer subject to the requirement that the Secretary of the Interior manage such Area in a manner so as not to impair the suitability of such area for preservation as wilderness. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain lands to the National Park System as an addition to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Withdraws such lands, subject to valid existing rights, from: (1) disposition under the public land laws; (2) entry or appropriation under U.S. mining laws; (3) the operation of U.S. mineral leasing laws; and (4) the operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Requires the city of Los Angeles and the Secretary of Agriculture to immediately establish a trust fund for the purpose of acquiring lands for addition to or enh… 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  
100-hr-5533 100 hr 5533 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation, under the Strategic Highway Research Program, to expend $5,000,000 for an asphalt research program. Transportation and Public Works 1988-10-18 1988-10-18 Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. House Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] NM R L000506 0 Directs the Secretary of Transportation to expend a specified amount of funds appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund in order to implement an asphalt research program by the Western Research Institute at an existing pilot plant capable of processing bitumen-bearing ore using a methodology that provides environmentally acceptable clean tailings. 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z  
100-hr-5530 100 hr 5530 A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude, from paticipation in the medicare program and State health care programs, physicians who have been found to have violated regulations governing the investigational use of new drugs. Social Welfare 1988-10-14 1988-11-17 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] CA D S000810 0 Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exclude physicians who violate Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regulations governing the investigational use of new drugs from participation in the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) and State health care programs. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5521 100 hr 5521 Federal Asset Disposition Association Dissolution Act Finance and Financial Sector 1988-10-13 1988-10-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance. House Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1] RI D S000762 3 Federal Asset Disposition Association Dissolution Act - Amends the National Housing Act to specify that the purpose of the establishment of a new savings and loan association in connection with a liquidation is for such association to operate as an issuer of savings accounts and a lender and investor and not as an institution having the special purpose of managing or disposing of assets acquired from insured institutions in default. Specifies that provisions of the National Housing Act shall not be construed as authorizing the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) to organize a new Federal association for the purpose of managing or disposing of any assets: (1) of an insured institution for which the FSLIC has been appointed receiver; or (2) acquired by the FSLIC in order to prevent a default. Authorizes the FSLIC to delegate such liquidation functions to an appropriate regional office. Prohibits the Federal Asset Disposition Association (FADA) from engaging in any new activities after the date of the enactment of this Act. Directs the FSLIC to require FADA to assign all its rights and obligations under any contract to the FSLIC. Requires the FSLIC, within 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to revoke the charter of FADA and assume its assets and liabilities. Prohibits the FSLIC from paying any severance pay to employees of the FADA in excess of specified civil service amounts. Prohibits the FSLIC from taking any action which results in the sale of FADA as a going concern or the reconstitution of the FADA as a private corporation. Specifies that this Act shall not be construed as any recognition or ratification by the Congress of: (1) any authority of the FSLIC to charter FADA; or (2) any authority of FADA to act on behalf of the FSLIC. Requires the FSLIC to prepare and submit to the Congress a report describing: (1) the manner in which the dissolution of FADA was implemented; (2) the results of such dissolution; and (3) FSLIC's actions as the receiver of FADA. Specifies certain inform… 2025-08-28T20:06:19Z  
100-hr-5522 100 hr 5522 Energy Security Incentive Act of 1988 Taxation 1988-10-13 1988-10-13 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25] TX D A000209 0 Energy Security Incentive Act of 1988 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat certain geological and geophysical costs and surface casing costs as intangible drilling and development costs that a taxpayer may elect to capitalize or to deduct for income tax purposes. Exempts oil and gas wells from the application of the net income limitation on percentage depletion. Revises the percentage depletion allowance applicable to oil and gas wells, retaining a 15 percent minimum, but increasing the percentage incrementally (to a maximum of 30 percent) as the average annual removal price falls below $20. Permits a percentage depletion income tax deduction for proven oil and gas wells that have been transferred to a new owner. (Current law disallows the deduction after such a transfer.) Repeals provisions that tax as ordinary income any gains from dispositions of oil, gas, or geothermal wells. Establishes a marginal production income tax credit for producers who maintain economically unproductive oil wells. Applies the credit to domestic crude that is: (1) from stripper well property; (2) heavy oil; or (3) oil recovered through a tertiary recovery method. Fixes the credit at ten percent of the qualified cost (determined in accordance with a formula set forth in this Act) of each barrel produced by the producer during the tax year. Provides for the carryback and carryforward of unused credits. Creates a crude oil and natural gas exploration and development tax credit as a component of the general business credit. Allows a five percent credit for qualified investments exceeding $10,000,000, ten percent for those of $10,000,000 or less. Permits the credit as an offset against the taxpayer's minimum tax liability. Terminates both credits three years after this Act's enactment. Directs the President to: (1) establish a National Oil Import Ceiling, that level (not to exceed 50 percent) above which foreign crude oil and petroleum products as a share of U.S. oil consumption shall not rise; and (2) prepare and submit to the… 2025-08-28T20:07:04Z  
100-hr-5523 100 hr 5523 Alternative Fuels Incentive Act of 1988 Taxation 1988-10-13 1988-10-13 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25] TX D A000209 0 Alternative Fuels Incentive Act of 1988 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a 20 percent income tax credit for investments in qualified clean-burning (natural gas or alcohol) motor vehicle fuel property. Applies the credit to depreciable property that is: (1) equipment designed either to modify a motor vehicle so that it will be propelled only by a clean-burning fuel or to assist in delivering such fuel into such vehicles; or (2) a motor vehicle propelled by clean-burning fuel. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make credit-equivalent payments to States and to local governments in connection with qualified property. Provides for the recapture of credit amounts if the relevant property ceases to be eligible for the credit. Earmarks at least 25 percent of amounts transferred or credited to the Mass Transit Account in the Highway Trust Fund for grants to State and to local governments for clean-burning motor vehicle fuel property. 2025-08-28T20:08:27Z  
100-hr-5524 100 hr 5524 A bill to provide for the issuance of wage certificates to producers in the insular possessions of the United States of watches and watch movements. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1988-10-13 1988-10-18 Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. House Del. Blaz, Ben G. [R-GU-At Large] GU R B000551 0 Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to require the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to producers of watches in the insular possessions of the United States who are wage certificate holders, to pay to such a holder, at his election, the face value of such certificates less the value of: (1) any duty refunds claimed by the holder under the certificate; and (2) any duty refunds under such certificate that are sold by such holder. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5525 100 hr 5525 Affordable Family Home Mortgage Act of 1988 Housing and Community Development 1988-10-13 1988-10-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 0 Affordable Family Home Mortgage Act of 1988 - Permits eligible first-time homebuyers to enter into an agreement with a qualified lending institution to transfer their mortgage interest tax benefits to such lender for the first five years of the mortgage. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a five-year transfer of the amount of mortgage interest deduction from an eligible first-time homebuyer to a qualifying lending institution. 2025-08-28T20:08:44Z  
100-hr-5526 100 hr 5526 Quality Child Care Demonstration Act of 1988 Families 1988-10-13 1988-12-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19] CA R L000020 1 Quality Child Care Demonstration Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to not more than 25 eligible public agencies and private entities, in urban and rural areas, to administer child development models to increase the quality and availability of child care services. Defines "child development model" to mean, with respect to child care services, an entity capable of providing training and on-going assistance to satellites that provide child care services to such children or exceptional children, and which is either: (1) a child care development center that provides child care services at a single site (or at multiple sites in reasonably close proximity) to infants, toddlers, preschool children, and school-age children; or (2) a high quality child care program capable of recruiting, training, supporting, and monitoring family child care providers. Sets forth grant application and program requirements. Sets forth evaluation and reporting requirements for grant recipients. Directs the Secretary to report by April 1, 1991, to the Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 to carry out this Act. 2025-08-28T20:07:37Z  
100-hr-5527 100 hr 5527 A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to classify electronic or electromechanical facsimiles of certain games of chance as class II gaming. Native Americans 1988-10-13 1988-10-13 Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] MN D O000006 6 Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to classify as Class II gaming electronic or electromechanical facsimiles of games of chance operated by Indian tribes in Minnesota on or before enactment of this Act. 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  
100-hr-5528 100 hr 5528 Fair Credit Reporting Amendments of 1988 Commerce 1988-10-13 1988-10-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-15] FL R S000303 0 Fair Credit Reporting Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require prompt disclosure by any consumer reporting agency to any consumer of adverse information about such consumer the agency receives. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to prescribe regulations defining the term "adverse information" for purposes of such Act. 2025-08-28T20:06:12Z  
100-hr-5529 100 hr 5529 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payments for inpatient hospital discharges under part A of such title shall be based upon the diagnosis-related group applicable at the time of admission or a diagnosis-related group determined subsequent to admission, whichever would result in the greater payment. Social Welfare 1988-10-13 1988-10-18 Referred to Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2] KS D S000477 0 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to base payments for inpatient hospital discharges under part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program upon the diagnosis-related group (DRG) into which the patient was placed upon admission or the DRG into which the patient was placed after a subsequent diagnosis, whichever would result in the greater payment. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5500 100 hr 5500 Age Discrimination in Employment Waiver Protection Act of 1988 Labor and Employment 1988-10-12 1988-12-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. House Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] CA D H000367 4 Age Discrimination in Employment Waiver Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the Act) to prohibit an individual from waiving any right under the Act without the supervision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or a court, except in settlement of a bona fide claim alleging a certain kind of prohibited age discrimination. Allows an individual who makes a bona fide claim arising from an early retirement incentive or other employment termination program that involves an offer of enhanced benefits to a group or class of individuals to settle the claim in accordance with specified conditions, but only if represented by counsel and the consideration received for settlement is additional to the enhanced benefit. Allows a settlement of a bona fide claim to occur only if the settlement is knowing and voluntary and only if: (1) a settlement agreement applicable to such claim is in writing and specifically refers to rights or claims arising under the Act; (2) the agreement does not waive rights or claims that may arise after the date the agreement is entered into; (3) the rights or claims are waived in exchange for consideration other than benefits to which the individual already is entitled; (4) the individual is given a reasonable period of time which to consider the agreement; and (5) the individual is advised in writing to consult an attorney prior to entering into the agreement. Defines "bona fide claim," for such purposes, as: (1) a charge of age discrimination filed with the EEOC; or (2) a specific allegation of age discrimination communicated in writing by the individual or the individual's representative directly to the employer, employment agency, or their representatives. Directs the EEOC, on January 1, 1990, to issue a rule or interpretative regulation relating to the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of age in early retirement incentive or other employment termination programs that involve an offer of enhanced benefits to a group or cla… 2025-08-28T20:06:48Z  
100-hr-5501 100 hr 5501 Emergency Nurse Shortage Relief Act of 1988 Health 1988-10-12 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7] NY D A000022 0 Emergency Nurse Shortage Relief Act of 1988 - Amends title VIII (Nurse Education) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and contracts for programs to: (1) promote nursing as a career, including promotion in public secondary schools; (2) identify and provide internships to students in such schools who show an interest in health care; and (3) recruit nursing students from groups not traditionally well represented in the profession. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts for programs to: (1) encourage and assist non-practicing nurses to reenter the profession; (2) train nurses as nurse practitioners or nurse midwives or in areas of needed specialized nursing skills; and (3) provide tuition assistance to students in educational programs designed to facilitate reentry. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts for programs to: (1) increase the attractiveness of nursing as a career through changes in wage structures, employment options and benefits, and the role of nurses in health care facilities; and (2) demonstrate innovative methods of providing for career advancement and encourage nurses and nurse assistants to continue nursing education. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program to insure educational loans to individuals with a degree as a registered nurse for educational expenses related to training nurses as nurse practitioners or nurse midwives or in areas of needed specialized nursing skills. Makes provisions of the Federal Program of Insured Loans to Graduate Students in Health Professions Schools, established by current law in the Public Health Service Act, apply to this program except as inconsistent. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with eligible individuals to assist in repaying specified amounts of their eligible educational loans. Sets forth criteria for an individual to be e… 2025-08-28T20:05:45Z  
100-hr-5502 100 hr 5502 A bill to authorize the establishment of a United States-Japan Free Trade Area. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1988-10-12 1988-10-18 Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12] IL R C000873 1 Authorizes the President, pursuant to provisions of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 relating to bilateral agreements that eliminate tariff and nontariff trade barriers, to initiate negotiations for a trade agreement with Japan that creates a free trade area between it and the United States. Sets forth the negotiating objectives of such agreement. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5503 100 hr 5503 A bill to require the coloring of certain gasolines in order to enable the public to better identify the octane of gasoline purchased. Energy 1988-10-12 1988-11-01 Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and Power. House Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] TX R D000217 0 Requires the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations requiring refiners to implement a procedure for the coloring of unleaded gasoline to enable a retail purchaser to identify its octane. 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z  
100-hr-5504 100 hr 5504 A bill to increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes to units of general local government, and for other purposes. Taxation 1988-10-12 1988-11-03 Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. House Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] ND D D000432 0 Amends Federal law to revise the formula used, in connection with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holdings, to determine the amount of payments the Secretary of the Interior must make to local governments in lieu of taxes, permitting a payment option equal to three-fourths of one percent of the fair market value of the entitlement land, up to the amount that would be due if the land were subject to local property tax. Directs the Secretary, not later than July 1, 1990, and at least every five years thereafter, to appraise all entitlement lands to determine fair market value. Requires indexing of per acre formulas used to determine payments in lieu of taxes with respect to both BLM and National Wildlife Refuge System lands. Amends the Refuge Revenue Sharing Act to appropriate rather than authorize the appropriation of funds to the Refuge Revenue Sharing Fund whenever receipts are less than aggregate required payments. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reduce payments (based on fair market value) in lieu of taxes in connection with National Wildlife Refuge System lands that exceed amounts that would be due if the land were subject to local property tax. 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  
100-hr-5505 100 hr 5505 Waste End Revenue Act Taxation 1988-10-12 1988-10-12 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] NY D D000471 0 Waste End Revenue Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a per ton tax on: (1) the exportation of hazardous waste from the United States (liability for the tax is on the exporter); and (2) the receipt of hazardous waste at a qualified hazardous waste management unit (liability is on the owner or operator of the unit) or for transport from the United States for ocean disposal (liability is on permittee). Sets the initial (1989) rate of the tax at $27.00 for land disposal (increasing annually to a maximum of $43.00 for 1993 and thereafter), and $2.70 ($3.00 in 1993) for any other taxable event. Establishes exceptions to the tax, including hazardous waste received at a U.S.-owned facility or at any waste treatment unit, unless the unit requires corrective action that has not been completed. Provides for reduced tax liability when the waste has already been subjected to the waste management tax or to the tax on waste generation. Permits as a credit or refund any waste management tax paid in connection with: (1) hazardous waste incinerated on land or a battery recycled within 90 days after receipt at the waste management site; or (2) waste used by a producer of a qualified chemical fuel or solvent to be sold for industrial or commercial use. Imposes a per ton waste generation tax on hazardous waste that has been neither received for proper disposal nor exported within 270 days of being generated. Applies the same rates as those of the hazardous waste management tax. Places liability for the tax on the producer of the waste. Permits some of the same exemptions established in connection with the waste management tax, as well as exemptions for generators of small amounts of waste and waste legally disposed of in publicly owned treatment works. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for other exemptions. Describes reporting requirements with respect to the hazardous waste management tax. Imposes penalties on persons who fail to report or who underpay environmental excise taxes because of neg… 2025-08-28T20:08:52Z  
100-hr-5506 100 hr 5506 A bill to restore income averaging for farmers. Taxation 1988-10-12 1988-10-12 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8] MO R E000174 0 Repeals specified provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 that eliminated income averaging. Provides that the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) be applied and administered as if such provisions had not been enacted. Amends the IRC to restore income averaging for a person: (1) actively engaged in the trade or business of farming, including aquaculture; and (2) whose average annual gross income for the three preceding taxable years is at least 50 percent attributable to farming. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5507 100 hr 5507 A bill to establish minimum standards for health insurance coverage of drug and alcohol abuse treatment. Health 1988-10-12 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness. House Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] NJ D F000215 0 Mandates that each State, by January 1, 1990, have in effect laws and regulations requiring any health insurance policy issued within the State to provide certain minimum coverage for drug and alcohol abuse treatment. Requires such rules and regulations to meet minimum Federal standards established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary: (1) within 90 days after enactment of this Act, to establish such standards; and (2) within 90 days after establishment of such standards, to review the laws and regulations of each State. Makes the Federal standards effective in any State which does not have in effect such laws and regulations by January 1, 1990. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z  
100-hr-5508 100 hr 5508 Child Care Services Improvement Act of 1988 Families 1988-10-12 1988-12-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] VT R J000072 0 Child Care Services Improvement Act of 1988 - Title I: Better Child Care Services - Makes eligible for services under this title children: (1) who are less than 13 years of age; (2) whose family income does not exceed 115 percent of the State median income for a family of the same size; and (3) who either reside with a parent or parents who are working, seeking employment, or enrolled in a job training or educational program, or reside with a parent or parents not thus described and receive or need to receive protective services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 to carry out this title. Reserves specified amounts for certain U.S. territories and possessions and for certain programs for Indian children. Sets forth a formula for allotments to States based on numbers of children under age five, numbers of children eligible for free or reduced price lunches under the school lunch program, and per capita income. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to make grants to applicant Indian tribes or tribal organizations for programs and activities under this title for the benefit of Indian children. Directs the Secretary, in determining whether to approve a tribal grant application, to consider: (1) the tribe's codes, regulations, and cultural factors, as well as applicable State licensing and regulatory requirements, in establishing standards for such programs; and (2) the availability of child care services provided by the State in accordance with this title. Requires coordination between tribal and State programs under this title. Includes among lead agency duties the establishment of several local advisory councils that collectively represent the entire geographical area in the State. Sets forth requirements relating to such local advisory councils. Requires States to submit, in order to qualify for assistance under this title, an application and plan to the Secretary. Requires each plan to cover a five-year period and to meet specified requirements for providers of … 2025-08-28T20:06:17Z  
100-hr-5509 100 hr 5509 Critical Languages and Area Studies Program Assistance Act Education 1988-10-12 1988-12-09 Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. House Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] VT R J000072 2 Critical Languages and Area Studies Program Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to eligible consortia to operate critical languages and area studies programs, to develop, construct, and acquire educational equipment, materials, and facilities, and to develop teacher training programs, texts, curricula, and other activities designed to improve and expand the instruction of foreign languages at elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1990 and 1991. Limits the maximum amount of such a demonstration grant to an eligible critical languages and area studies partnership in any single fiscal year. Requires that a consortium eligible for such demonstration grants consist of: (1) a not-for-profit corporation with extensive experience in administrating both cultural exchange programs and language and culture training programs in the United States and abroad; and (2) public or private (or both) elementary and secondary schools committed to provided quality language and area studies programs to their students and students in the surrounding area. Sets forth a special rule that the Critical Languages and Area Studies Consortium, Inc., shall not receive less than a specified amount in grants from appropriations provided for this Act. 2025-08-28T20:07:52Z  
100-hr-5510 100 hr 5510 Local Television Service Act of 1988 Government Operations and Politics 1988-10-12 1988-11-01 Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. House Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] NY R L000243 10 Local Television Service Act of 1988 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to mandate a policy under which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocates VHF (very high frequency) commercial television broadcasting channels in ways that assure no fewer than one such channel to each Principal Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA) of more than 1,000,000 persons, if technically feasible. Directs the FCC to: (1) order reallocation of a channel or the hyphenation of a community of license within such a PMSA if a VHF commercial television broadcast station licensee notifies the FCC that it wishes such action; (2) issue a license to the licensee under the changed conditions for a term equal to the term remaining on the existing license; and (3) permit the license to be renewed for another term without considering other applications for the same channel, if certain findings are made. Requires the FCC to initiate rulemaking to ensure primary program service from at least one VHF commercial television station to any PMSA in question that is not receiving such service. Directs the FCC to report to the Congress on these proceedings and on recommendations to achieve the expressed policy. 2025-08-28T20:09:14Z  
100-hr-5511 100 hr 5511 Commission on the Importation of Japanese Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits Establishment Act of 1988 Foreign Trade and International Finance 1988-10-12 1988-10-19 Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] PA D M001088 0 Commission on the Importation of Japanese Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits Establishment Act of 1988 - Establishes the Commission on the Importation of Japanese Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits. Directs the Commission to: (1) determine whether any Japanese act, policy, or practice with respect to the export of semiconductors and integrated circuits to the United States is unreasonable; and (2) transmit a report to the Congress and the President. Requires the Commission further to determine whether such act, policy, or practice burdens or restricts U.S. commerce if it is determined to be unreasonable. Terminates the Commission in the event its determinations are negative. Directs the Commission, if its determinations are affirmative, to impose an additional duty on imported Japanese electronic products. Establishes in the Treasury the National Manufacture of Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits Trust Fund. Sets forth the purposes of the Fund. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress with regard to such fund. Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration to make direct loans to assist small businesses in financing plant construction, conversion, expansion, including acquisition of land for such plant, or startup, and the acquisition of equipment to enable such business to manufacture semiconductors or integrated circuits. 2025-08-28T20:06:47Z  
100-hr-5512 100 hr 5512 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the extension of time for payment of the estate tax on property valued under section 2032A of such Code shall not be terminiated by reason of a disposition of the property to a member of the qualified heir's family. Taxation 1988-10-12 1988-10-12 Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] CA D P000047 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude dispositions of land valued under use value principles and transferred to a member of the qualified heir's family from provisions requiring accelerated payment of deferred estate tax liability in qualified instances in which the estate consists largely of interest in a closely held business. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5513 100 hr 5513 Used Oil Recycling Act of 1988 Environmental Protection 1988-10-12 1988-11-01 Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] MO D S000465 1 Used Oil Recycling Act of 1988 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from listing or identifying recycled used oil as a hazardous waste under such Act. Directs the Administrator to propose management standards, within 180 days of this Act's enactment, governing the storage, transportation, and processing of recycled used oil. 2025-08-28T20:08:55Z  
100-hr-5514 100 hr 5514 A bill to transfer certain lands to the South Carolina Commission of Forestry, an agency of the State of South Carolina. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1988-10-12 1988-10-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment. House Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] SC D S000749 0 Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain lands designated as the Carolina Sandhills Wildlife Management Area to the South Carolina Commission of Forestry. Conditions such transfer upon the Commission: (1) managing such lands for the benefit of endangered species of plants or animals in accordance with the recovery plan for the red cockaded woodpecker; (2) consulting with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the impact of its management practices on such endangered species; and (3) entering into an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide to such lands basic forest fire protection and certain burning and reforestation services for specified periods of time after the date of such transfer. Provides that such lands shall revert to the United States if: (1) the Secretary determines that the Commission is not in compliance with the terms of such transfer; (2) the lands cease to be used for public purposes; or (3) the Commission no longer desires to operate such lands. Authorizes the Commission to acquire lands within or adjacent to the transferred lands by exchange or sale of such land. Provides that the Commission, prior to such acquisition, shall: (1) notify the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and (2) determine that the acquisition is in the best interest of the public purposes of South Carolina and is necessary for efficient management administration of the transferred lands. Repeals a certain executive order concerning the Sand Hills State Forest. 2021-06-10T21:46:02Z  
100-hr-5515 100 hr 5515 End Stage Renal Disease Patient Protection and Quality Assurance Act of 1988 Social Welfare 1988-10-12 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] CA D S000810 0 End Stage Renal Disease Patient Protection and Quality Assurance Act of 1988 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require providers of end stage renal disease services to adopt and make available to patients, patient representative, and the public written policies regarding the rights and responsibilities of patients and procedures for implementing such policies. Lists required patient rights. Requires providers to have a registered professional nurse experienced in dialytic therapy available during dialysis treatment to direct any technicians providing such treatment. Makes States responsible for certifying the compliance of end stage renal disease facilities with Medicare requirements on the basis of surveys conducted by a multidisciplinary team of professionals. Requires that an unannounced standard survey be conducted with respect to each facility at at least 15 month intervals (though the Statewide average interval may not exceed one year) and within two months of any change of ownership, administration, or management of the facility. Subjects facilities which perform poorly on such surveys to an extended survey. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to perform a special survey when there is reason to question a facility's compliance with Medicare requirements. Requires the disclosure of survey results. Subjects end stage renal disease facilities to the same enforcement process as skilled nursing facilities are subject to when found out of compliance with Medicare requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a board of experts and patients to advise the Secretary in establishing end stage renal disease service providers quality standards and survey protocols. Requires suppliers to cooperate with renal disease network plans and goals. Requires renal disease networks to inform renal disease patients of their rights and conduct surveys to ensure that service providers protect, promote, and inform patients of such rights. 2025-08-28T20:05:54Z  
100-hr-5516 100 hr 5516 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require that the President award the Legion of Merit to any member of the Armed Forces who has received three or more Purple Hearts. Armed Forces and National Security 1988-10-12 1988-10-18 Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation. House Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] NJ D T000317 0 Requires the President to award the Legion of Merit to any member of the armed forces who has received three or more Purple Hearts. Directs the President, within two years of enactment of this Act, to award the Legion of Merit to any person who, between September 8, 1939, and the date of enactment of this Act, has received three or more Purple Hearts. Provides that if any such person dies before the award of the Legion of Merit, such award may be presented to the representative of such person, as designated by the President. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
100-hr-5517 100 hr 5517 A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require nursing facilities participating in the medicaid program to pay nursing personnel at a rate at least equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed outside nursing facilities. Social Welfare 1988-10-12 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] PA D W000044 0 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require nursing facilities to pay nursing personnel at a rate at least equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed outside such facilities. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z  
100-hr-5518 100 hr 5518 Congressional Scholarships for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Act Education 1988-10-12 1988-10-18 Referred to Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology. House Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] PA D W000044 0 Congressional Scholarships for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Act - Instructs the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish and implement a merit-based competitive program for awarding a four-year Congressional Scholarship for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering to one female and one male from each U.S. congressional district. Requires the Director: (1) annually to notify secondary schools and colleges of the program; and (2) to establish nominating committees for each congressional district. Prescribes eligibility, nomination, and selection criteria, as well as conditions to be met by recipients in order to maintain eligibility. Limits each scholarship to $5,000 per year, to be used solely for tuition, fees, and room and board expenses. Requires the NSF Director to ensure that both students and nominating committees are selected on a nondiscriminatory basis. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1992 appropriations. 2025-08-28T20:08:27Z  
100-hr-5519 100 hr 5519 Joint Manufacturing Commodity Credit Corporation Opportunities Act of 1988 Commerce 1988-10-12 1988-10-19 Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. House Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] OR D W000779 6 Joint Manufacturing Commodity Credit Corporation Opportunities Act of 1988 - Declares that the conduct of any individual in making or performing a contract to carry out a flexible manufacturing network shall not be deemed illegal per se under the antitrust laws, but rather shall be judged on its reasonableness considering all relevant factors affecting competition. Defines "flexible manufacturing network" (FMN) as any group of activities, including attempting to make, making, or performing a contract, carried out by two or more persons for the purpose of: (1) purchasing raw materials, services, or facilities to jointly manufacture and distribute a product; (2) collecting and sharing information on production costs and manufacturing capacity necessary to prepare a bid to sell a product jointly manufactured by such persons, or information applicable to the marketing of such product; or (3) sharing information on manufacturing and distribution capacity for the purpose of jointly manufacturing and distributing such product. Excludes activites not reasonably required to carry out a flexible manufacturing network. Limits recovery under the Clayton Act to actual damages (for private suits), the total damage sustained (in suits by States), interest calculated at a specified rate, and costs, including a reasonable attorney's fee, if such claim results from conduct that is within the scope of a notification that has been filed under this Act for an FMN and is filed after such notification becomes effective. Specifies that interest shall be awarded on the damages involved for the period between the date of injury and the date of judgment, unless the court finds that such award is unjust under the circumstances. Limits recovery under this Act if the challenged conduct of a person defending against a claim is not in violation of any decree or order entered or issued after the effective date of this Act. Provides for the award of costs and attorney's fees. Establishes procedures for the filing of a notice with the Attorney G… 2025-08-28T20:07:47Z  
100-hr-5520 100 hr 5520 Emergency Permit Extension Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 1988-10-12 1988-10-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 Emergency Permit Extension Act - Extends until December 31, 1989, notwithstanding any provision of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (the Act), any permit, issued under provisions of the Act for the incidental taking of marine mammals in the course of commercial fishing, which was in effect on January 1, 1988. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue such a permit before December 31, 1989, to applicants meeting stated criteria. Provides for the expiration of permits extended or issued under this Act on December 31, 1989. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, and the Marine Mammal Commission for carrying out the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. 2025-08-28T20:05:05Z  
100-hr-5496 100 hr 5496 National Water Conservation Act of 1988 Water Resources Development 1988-10-11 1988-11-03 Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources. House Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5] MA D A000226 0 National Water Conservation Act of 1988 - Title I: Federal Water Conservation Policies - Declares that the following Federal agencies substantially affect the supply, management, or use of water resources: (1) the Department of Agriculture, primarily the Farmers Home Administration and the Soil Conservation Service; (2) the Department of the Army, primarily the Army Corps of Engineers; (3) the Department of Commerce, primarily the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (4) the Environmental Protection Agency; (5) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (6) the Department of the Interior, primarily the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Geological Survey; and (7) the Tennessee Valley Authority. Requires the top official of each agency to study that agency's policies with respect to water conservation, including the interactions of such policies with other Federal or State agencies. Requires each study specifically to examine the mechanisms by which such policies promote or discourage the economically and environmentally efficient and sustainable use of water. Requires a report to the Congress by January 1, 1990, on each study. Requires such agencies, by January 1, 1990, to implement a plan of action for administratively bringing the agency's policies into conformance with the national policy of water conservation for sustainable use. Title II: Federal Consideration of Water Conservation - Directs the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture, jointly and separately, to consider specified water conservation activities and programs whenever they are involved in water supply studies. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to study the management of water levels in those federally managed reservoirs experiencing more than 1,000,000 estimated visitor-days of recreation use in any of the last five years. Requires a report to the Cong… 2025-08-28T20:08:42Z  
100-hr-5497 100 hr 5497 National Plumbing Fixtures Efficiency Act of 1988 Water Resources Development 1988-10-11 1988-11-01 Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5] MA D A000226 7 National Plumbing Fixtures Efficiency Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish water use performance standards for plumbing products classified as covered products. Requires such standards to be designed to achieve the maximum water efficiency which the Secretary determines is technologically feasible and economically justified. Sets forth maximum water use standards for the following products: (1) water closets; (2) urinals; (3) showerheads; and (4) faucets. Requires the Secretary to prescribe water use standards for the following products which are manufactured or sold on or after January 1, 1992: (1) drinking fountains; (2) lawn sprinklers; (3) clothes washers; (4) dishwashers; (5) water cooled air conditioning systems and associated cooling equipment; and (6) decorative water fountains. Directs the Secretary to prescribe water use standards for any product that is classified as a covered product and manufactured and sold on or after the date that is three years after such product receives its classification. Describes the procedure for prescribing water use standards. Directs the Secretary to reevaluate such standards at the end of each five-year period after the date of enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to prescribe test procedures for classified products. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe labeling and marking rules for each classified product. Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of determining coverage for additional consumer products. Establishes a procedure for testing plumbing products and for maintaining test data. Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to assist the Secretary as necessary. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe rules for any covered product offered for importation. Sets forth provisions for prohibited acts, enforcement procedures, and the commencement of civil actions under this Act. Declares that standards, procedures, or rules under this Act supersede State regulations. Directs the Secretary… 2025-08-28T20:06:37Z  
100-hr-5498 100 hr 5498 Anti-Corruption Act of 1988 Crime and Law Enforcement 1988-10-11 1988-10-11 Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary. House Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] PA R G000121 1 Anti-Corruption Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed upon anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State or political subdivision of: (1) the honest services of a government official or employee; or (2) a fair and impartially conducted election process through the use of fraudulent ballots or voter registration forms or the filing of fraudulent campaign reports. Imposes criminal penalties upon anyone who deprives or defrauds the inhabitants of the United States of the honest services of a public official. Imposes criminal penalties upon any official who, in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States or any State or political subdivision. Authorizes such an adversely affected employee or official to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice. Amends mail fraud provisions to: (1) include within the definition of a "scheme or artifice to defraud" any scheme or artifice to deprive an organization of the intangible rights of honest services in which the defendant received or attempted to receive anything of value or in which the defendant intended loss or harm to the organization; and (2) prohibit use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. 2025-08-28T20:07:17Z  
100-hr-5499 100 hr 5499 AM Radio Improvement Act of 1988 Government Operations and Politics 1988-10-11 1988-11-01 Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. House Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-7] NJ R R000262 1 AM Radio Improvement Act of 1988 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission, within 60 days after this Act's enactment, to initiate rulemaking to adopt a single AM radio stereophonic transmitting equipment standard (to be adopted within six months of this Act's enactment) that specifies the composition of the transmitted signal. 2025-08-28T20:06:34Z  
100-hr-5492 100 hr 5492 National Rural Health Care Act of 1988 Social Welfare 1988-10-07 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] CA D R000485 5 National Rural Health Care Act of 1988 - Title I: Medicare Provisions - Directs the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission to conduct studies and report to the Congress by January 1, 1990, on: (1) the relationship between costs for rural inpatient hospital services and Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) payments for such services; and (2) the Medicare program's role in paying for rural inpatient hospital services provided as a charity to persons who are not covered under the Medicare program. Provides funding for the development of medical care access facilities. Defines a "medical care access facility" as a facility which: (1) provides ambulatory, primary, emergency, urgent, and surgical care; (2) provides inpatient care for from one-to-ten inpatient beds for stays not exceeding 48 hours; and (3) is located in a medically underserved area or a county with a population of less than 20,000, or serves a frontier service area. Provides Medicare coverage of facility services. Authorizes such facilities to provide dietician, pharmacist, laboratory technician, medical technologist, and radiological services on a part-time, off-site basis, and remain open for less time than Medicare hospitals. Establishes physician, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner productivity standards to be used in determining Medicare payments for rural health clinic services. Requires rural health clinics to participate in the Medicaid program (title XIX of the Social Security Act) if their State provides Medicaid coverage for clinic services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Medicare rural health clinic demonstration program: (1) testing new payment methods; (2) covering early detection procedures, health education, and health risk reduction services; (3) not requiring clinics to have more than 40 percent of clinic time covered by physician assistants and nurse practitioners; and (4) reducing physician, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner productivity standards for low pop… 2025-08-28T20:07:17Z  
100-hr-5493 100 hr 5493 International Financial Cooperation and Security Act of 1988 Finance and Financial Sector 1988-10-07 1988-10-15 Referred to Subcommittee on International Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy. House Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-NY-18] NY D G000047 1 International Financial Cooperation and Security Act of 1988 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to the Congress all financial data on the convertible currency balance of payments profile of the Soviet Union, including: (1) data on loans made to the Soviet Union by member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or by banks or persons in such countries; and (2) all statistics published by the Bank for International Settlements on tied and untied loans to the Soviet Union and on bonds issued in Europe to investors outside the Soviet Union the proceeds of which accrue to the Soviet Union. Directs the Secretary to formulate the position of the United States with respect to establishing internationally acceptable standards for entering into and reporting financial transactions with the Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary to represent the United States in multilateral negotiations with OECD countries to establish such standards. Directs the Secretary to conduct such negotiations through a structure similar to the one provided in the Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits and to include representatives from the Bank for International Settlements in such negotiations. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on such negotiations. Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to hold discussions with member governments of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on the security implications of conducting financial transactions with the Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to report annually to the Congress on such discussions. 2025-08-28T20:05:39Z  
100-hr-5494 100 hr 5494 A bill to provide for the addition of certain parcels to the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in the State of Missouri. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1988-10-07 1988-11-03 Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. House Rep. Wheat, Alan [D-MO-5] MO D W000326 1 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain properties in Independence, Missouri, to add to the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site. Authorizes the owners of such property to retain the right of use and occupancy of the property for up to 25 years or until death, whichever is later. Requires the Secretary to pay the owners the fair market value for such property. Authorizes appropriations. 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  
100-hr-5495 100 hr 5495 A bill to clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States. Private Legislation 1988-10-07 1988-10-21 Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine. House Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29] NY R H000797 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation for a named vessel. 2021-06-10T21:45:58Z  
100-hr-5471 100 hr 5471 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Health 1988-10-06 1988-10-31 Became Public Law No: 100-578. House Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] MI D D000355 3 Clinical laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit soliciting or accepting materials from the human body for laboratory procedures without a certificate issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Makes certificates valid for a maximum of two years. Requires certain criteria to be met for issuance or renewal of a certificate, including that the laboratory makes agreements regarding: (1) inspections by the Secretary; and (2) treating proficiency testing samples in the same manner as other materials. Requires a laboratory which only performs simple examinations and procedures which have an insignificant risk of an erroneous result, and which complies with other requirements, to be issued a certificate of waiver which exempts it from complying with provisions of this Act relating to standards (including proficiency testing) and inspections. Authorizes a laboratory to be accredited for certification if it meets the standards of an approved accreditation body and if the laboratory authorizes that body to submit information to the Secretary as the Secretary requires. Allows the Secretary to approve an accreditation body if the body agrees to: (1) inspect the laboratories it accredits; (2) apply standards which are at least as stringent as the Secretary's (3) assure that the laboratory continues to meet standards; (4) notify the Secretary of any denial, suspension, withdrawal, or revocation of accreditation, or of changes in the body's standards, and (5) notify each laboratory if the body's approval is withdrawn by the Secretary. Provides for temporary continuation of a laboratory's license if the accreditation body's approval is withdrawn. Directs the Secretary to evaluate annually the performance of each accreditation body. Directs the Secretary to issue standards to assure consistent performance, including standards regarding: (1) quality assurance and quality control; (2) maintenance of records, equipment, and facilities; (3) qualifications of perso… 2026-01-07T17:27:33Z  
100-hr-5472 100 hr 5472 Department of Defense Contractual Equity Act Government Operations and Politics 1988-10-06 1988-10-20 Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. House Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] TX R D000217 0 Department of Defense Contractual Equity Act - Requires any Department of Defense contract for supplies or services, or for the construction or alteration of facilities owned or leased by the United States, to prohibit the contractor from entering into an arrangement with a labor union which requires that: (1) subcontractors who employ nonunion members shall be denied the right to work under such contract; (2) membership in such union is a condition of employment under any subcontract; (3) subcontractors must hire as their exclusive source of labor only persons belonging to such union; or (4) individuals not affiliated with such union shall be required to pay fees. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z  
100-hr-5473 100 hr 5473 A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow for coverage under the health benefits program of unmarried dependent children between ages 22 and 23 if they are full-time students. Government Operations and Politics 1988-10-06 1988-10-06 Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 1 Amends provisions of law relating to the Federal health insurance program to allow coverage under such program of an unmarried dependent child between 22 and 23 years of age who is a student regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training in residence in a junior college, college, university, or comparable recognized educational institution. 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z  
100-hr-5474 100 hr 5474 A bill to amend the country of origin marking law requiring that imported manhole rings or frames, covers, and assemblies thereof be marked on the top surface. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1988-10-06 1988-10-12 Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-15] NY R G000417 0 Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise the country of origin marking law requiring that imported manhole rings, frames, or covers be marked on the top surface. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
100-hr-5475 100 hr 5475 Nursing Shortage and Nurse Reimbursement Incentive Act of 1988 Social Welfare 1988-10-06 1988-11-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. House Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] CA D R000485 3 Nursing Shortage and Nurse Reimbursement Incentive Act of 1988 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide direct reimbursement for nursing services pursuant to a fee schedule which is to be established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and be based on the relative value of the resources required to furnish such services. Amends part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations to review nursing services. 2025-08-28T20:08:52Z  
100-hr-5476 100 hr 5476 Urban Development Action Grant Program Termination Act Housing and Community Development 1988-10-06 1988-10-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. House Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] CO R H000444 0 Urban Development Action Grant Program Termination Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to terminate the urban development action grant program. States that such Act shall not affect already approved grants or obligated funds. 2025-08-28T20:07:54Z  

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