{"database": "openregs", "table": "legislation", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where bill_type = \"s\", congress = 100 and policy_area = \"Commerce\" sorted by introduced_date descending", "rows": [["100-s-2903", 100, "s", 2903, "Trademark Protection Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1988-10-14", "1988-10-14", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.", "Senate", "Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]", "UT", "R", "H000338", 3, "Trademark Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to prohibit the importation or sale within the United States of goods manufactured outside the United States and bearing a trademark that is identical to a trademark owned by a U.S. citizen, corporation, or other entity and registered under U.S. trademark laws unless such owner consents to the importation for sale. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to exclude such goods from entry into the United States upon the request of a U.S. trademark owner who has filed a trademark registered certificate with the Secretary. Authorizes the trademark owner to bring an action against importers in any Federal district court to enjoin such importation and to obtain money damages and lost profits for the wrongful use of a trademark. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations to enforce this Act.", "2025-08-28T20:07:47Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2903"], ["100-s-2881", 100, "s", 2881, "A bill to amend the copyright laws to permit the unlicensed viewing of videos under certain conditions.", "Commerce", "1988-10-12", "1988-10-12", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.", "Senate", "Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]", "DE", "R", "R000460", 0, "Amends Federal copyright law to provide that the performance or display of a work by means of a video cassette recorder and television set of a kind commonly used in private homes is not an infringement of copyright if:  (1) the display occurs in a health-care (or health-related) facility; (2) no charge is made for such display; and (3) the display is not further transmitted to the public.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2881"], ["100-s-2877", 100, "s", 2877, "Business Incubator Review Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1988-10-07", "1988-10-07", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.", "Senate", "Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]", "NM", "D", "B000468", 1, "Business Incubator Review Act of 1988 - Declares it to be U.S. policy that the Federal Government should encourage the development and operation of business incubators as an economic development tool. Directs the President to create a Business Incubator Review Group, including certain cabinet officers and other appropriate individuals, to review Federal policies and programs relating to business incubators and to report to appropriate congressional committees describing current programs and recommending improvements and changes.  Terminates the Group 30 days after submission of the required report. Directs Group members to review business development regulations promulgated by their respective agencies and to take action to assure that business incubators are eligible for relevant grants and loans. Instructs the Secretary of Commerce, through the Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, to study and report to appropriate congressional committees on business incubators, including descriptions of State and local programs. Authorizes appropriations for this undertaking. Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to assign to the Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation the duty to collect information on Federal programs supporting business incubators and to assist and advise State and local governments with respect to such programs.", "2025-08-28T20:06:45Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2877"], ["100-s-2842", 100, "s", 2842, "A bill to amend the Small Business Act to make non-profit organizations eligible for disaster loans at the same rate of interest as for-profit entities.", "Commerce", "1988-09-28", "1988-09-28", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.", "Senate", "Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]", "MN", "R", "B000647", 0, "Amends the Small Business Act to apply the same interest rate ceilings in connection with disaster loans to both non-profit and for-profit small business concerns unable to obtain credit elsewhere.", "2025-01-14T17:16:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2842"], ["100-s-2836", 100, "s", 2836, "Delta Development Act", "Commerce", "1988-09-27", "1988-09-27", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.", "Senate", "Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]", "AR", "D", "B001057", 16, "Delta Development Act - Establishes the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission to study and make recommendations concerning the economic needs and economic development of the Lower Mississippi Delta, defined to include areas in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Directs the Commission, among other things, to: (1) study the projected ten-year economic needs of the region; (2) review existing Federal, State, local, and private programs for business development and financing; (3) develop inventories of the region's business resources and natural resources; (4) study the role of small business in creating jobs in the region; and (5) make recommendations to the Congress regarding tax policies, business development programs, investment incentives, infrastructure development, and a number of other economic development issues. Requires the Commission to submit:  (1) an interim report on its activities to specified congressional leadership, the President, and the Governors of the affected States, within nine months of its first meeting; and (2) its final report of required findings and recommendations to these same parties, within 18 months of the same meeting. Terminates the Commission 120 days after submission of its final report. Authorizes FY 1989 and 1990 appropriations.", "2025-08-28T20:07:55Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2836"], ["100-s-2735", 100, "s", 2735, "Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1988-08-11", "1988-08-11", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.", "Senate", "Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]", "MD", "D", "M000702", 0, "Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 - Title I: Congressional Findings and Purposes - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes with respect to small businesses owned and controlled by women. Title II:  Demonstration Projects - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide financial assistance to private organizations to conduct demonstration projects giving financial, management, and marketing assistance to small businesses, including start-up businesses, owned and controlled by women. Describes application criteria.  Requires the SBA to report to the congressional Small Business Committees on the projects.  Terminates authority for this pilot program on October 1, 1991.  Authorizes appropriations. Title III:  Procurement Assistance - Amends the Small Business Act to include small business concerns owned and operated by women as a discrete group for purposes of Government contracts and subcontracts and procurement programs. (Current law governing these programs refers only to small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as groups targeted for assistance.) Instructs the Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of each Federal agency to designate a Women-in-Business Specialist to be responsible for programs designed to assist concerns owned and controlled by women. Directs Federal agencies, in their procurement activities, to engage in affirmative action to identify and solicit offers from small businesses owned and controlled by either women or socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Title IV: Access to Capital - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit the Federal Reserve Board, except under limited circumstances, from exempting from such Act's provisions any class of transactions that are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, or business or commercial loans made available by a financial institution. Limits to five years any exemption authorized under the circumstances specified in this Act, unless a subsequent determination is made that the exemption remains appropriate. Requires lenders to keep records relating to loans and to provide written notice to applicants of their right to receive notice of reasons for a loan denial. Authorizes the SBA to establish a certified loan program for lenders that display knowledge and proficiency with respect to SBA regulations and programs. Directs the SBA to encourage small business loans of $50,000 or less under both this new program and the preferred lenders program in FY 1989 through 1991 by permitting participating lenders to:  (1) use their own forms without regard to SBA paperwork; and (2) retain one-half of the loan guarantee fee. Requires SBA reporting to specified congressional committees in connection with the certified loan program. Directs the Federal Reserve Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Department of Commerce, and the SBA jointly to study levels of availability of and demand for debt and equity capital by small businesses, as well as innovative financing techniques to meet any unmet demand.  Requires reporting to the congressional Small Business Committees. Title V:  National Women's Business Council - Establishes the National Women's Business Council to review the status of women-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 VI: Statistical Data and Effect on Other Programs - Directs:  (1) the Bureau of Labor Statistics to include in its census reports on women-owned 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 women; (3) the SBA'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 to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy the number of first-time contract recipients that are small businesses owned and controlled either by women or by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Requires the President's annual Report on Small Business and Competition to include in separate detail information relevant to small businesses owned and controlled either by women or by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.", "2025-08-28T20:06:03Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2735"], ["100-s-2744", 100, "s", 2744, "A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to permit separate patent extensions for each product under a patent which is subject to full regulatory review and approval.", "Commerce", "1988-08-11", "1988-08-22", "Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.", "Senate", "Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]", "AZ", "D", "D000185", 1, "Amends Federal law regarding extensions of pharmaceutical patent terms to permit a separate extension for a product subject to a regulatory review period before it is put into commerce if the patent claim covers more than one:   (1) product; (2) method of product use; or (3) product manufacturing method. Precludes the use of such extensions for a product other than the one for which the extension is sought.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2744"], ["100-s-2727", 100, "s", 2727, "Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1988-08-10", "1988-08-22", "Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.", "Senate", "Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]", "UT", "R", "H000338", 0, "Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends Federal copyright law to prohibit the person in possession of a computer software program from renting, leasing, or lending it for direct or indirect commercial advantage unless authorized to do so by the copyright owner (or licensee). Subjects a violator of this Act to specified remedies as an infringer of copyright.", "2025-08-28T20:06:34Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2727"], ["100-s-2623", 100, "s", 2623, "A bill to amend the Small Business Act to clarify the Administrator's authority to make economic injury disaster loans in case of drought.", "Commerce", "1988-07-08", "1988-07-08", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.", "Senate", "Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]", "MN", "R", "B000647", 15, "Amends the Small Business Act to treat droughts as disasters for purposes of the economic injury disaster loan program.", "2025-01-14T17:16:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2623"], ["100-s-2624", 100, "s", 2624, "A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide simplification of forms to encourage certified and preferred lenders to provide loans of $50,000 or less, and for other purposes.", "Commerce", "1988-07-08", "1988-07-08", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.", "Senate", "Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]", "MN", "R", "B000647", 0, "Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a certified loan program for lenders that display knowledge and proficiency with respect to SBA regulations and programs. Directs the SBA to encourage small business loans of $50,000 or less under both this new program and the preferred lenders program in FY 1989 and 1990 by permitting participating lenders to use their own forms without regard to SBA paperwork.", "2025-01-14T17:16:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2624"], ["100-s-2619", 100, "s", 2619, "Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1988-07-07", "1988-07-14", "Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.", "Senate", "Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]", "AR", "D", "B001057", 0, "(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 4174 passed in lieu)  Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1988 - Title I:  General Reauthorization Provisions - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize FY 1989 Small Business Administration (SBA) program levels and appropriations for loans to finance small business plant acquisition, construction, conversion, or expansion.  Authorizes specific amounts for:  (1) handicapped persons and organizations for the handicapped; (2) small businesses either located in urban or rural areas with high unemployment and low income or owned by low-income individuals; and (3) disabled veterans and Vietnam veterans. Authorizes FY 1989 program levels and appropriations for deferred participation loans and debenture guarantees for small business development companies. Authorizes specific amounts for:  (1) handicapped persons and organizations for the handicapped; (2) small businesses either located in urban or rural areas with high unemployment and low income or owned by low-income individuals; (3) guarantees of debentures of State and local development companies; and (4) loans to finance the planning, design, or installation of pollution control facilities. Authorizes program levels for FY 1989 under specified provisions of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 for:  (1) direct purchases and guarantees of debentures and purchases of preferred securities of small business investment companies; and (2) surety bond guarantees. Authorizes FY 1989 appropriations for SBA salaries and expenses and for disaster loans to small businesses. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (SBIA) to subject small business investment companies to biennial rather than annual examination.  Provides for waiver of the examination for one year under specified circumstances. Directs the SBA to issue at least quarterly guarantees of small business investment company debentures and trust certificates. Amends the SBIA to permit a waiver of certain ownership requirements with respect to either the development company or the property involved in a development company loan in cases of close family relationship. Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the SBA to issue trust certificates in connection with loans to State and local development companies. Makes permanent the pilot program under which the SBA sells development company debentures to investors. (Under current law the program extends only through FY 1988.) Amends the SBIA to direct the SBA, during a limited time period, to promulgate quarterly regulations that establish a maximum permissible interest rate on any commercial loan that funds any part of a development company project cost that is not funded by that company's debenture. Eliminates the revolving funds for commercial or industrial lease guarantees and for pollution control guaranteed loans, transferring their remaining monies to the business loan and investment fund. Authorizes the SBA to provide loans to small businesses to finance the planning, design, or installation of pollution control facilities. Enacts into positive law title VIII (Small Business International Trade and Competitiveness Act) of H.R. 3 (Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988), as agreed to in conference. Amends the Small Business Act with respect to breakout procurement center representatives. Removes restrictions on the technical data and procurement records available to them, providing access to certain restricted and classified materials. Revises appeals procedures in connection with a representative's appeal of failure to act favorably on his or her recommendations. Revises the definition of \"major procurement center\" to include entities other than centers of the Department of Defense and to permit the SBA Administrator discretion in determining eligible centers. Amends the Small Business Computer Security and Education Act of 1984 to extend until October 1, 1990, provisions that permit the SBA to cooperate with profit-making organizations in providing management assistance to small businesses.  (Under current law, the provisions expire on October 1, 1988.)  Sets guidelines in connection with publicity relating to cosponsored activities in this context, whether with profit-making or nonprofit organizations. Directs the SBA to review its policies with respect to checking the criminal background of program applicants and to submit the results to the congressional Small Business Committees. Amends the Small Business Act to authorize public or private organizations for the blind and severely handicapped to bid on small business set-aside contracts in FY 1989 through 1993.  Provides for appeals by for-profit small businesses that experience severe economic injury as a result of a proposed award to such an organization for the handicapped.  Permits contract awards only if at least 75 percent of the direct labor under the contract is performed by handicapped individuals.  Requires the General Accounting Office to report to the Small Business Committees on the effects of such contract awards on for-profit businesses. Establishes within the SBA a task force on purchases from the blind and severely handicapped. Authorizes the SBA to:  (1) make disaster loans of $10,000 or less without requiring collateral; and (2) increase a disaster loan by up to 20 percent in order to take action to mitigate future disaster to the damaged property. Amends the Small Business Act to include droughts as disasters for purposes of the economic injury disaster loan program. Redesignates:  (1) the Deputy Associate Administrator for Management Assistance as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Business Development (Small Business Development Center Program); and (2) the Associate Administrator for Management Assistance as the Associate Administrator for Business Development. Authorizes the SBA to establish a certified loan program for lenders that display knowledge and proficiency with respect to SBA regulations and programs.  Directs the SBA to encourage small business loans of $50,000 or less under both this new program and the preferred lenders program in FY 1989 and 1990 by permitting participating lenders to use their own forms without regard to SBA paperwork. Title II: Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program - Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program Act of 1988 - Amends the SBIA to empower the SBA to:  (1) enter into surety bond guarantee commitments under terms that vary on the basis of SBA experience with the particular surety; and (2) engage in a pilot program under which it may authorize any surety meeting specified standards to issue, monitor, and service guarantee bonds (including making indemnification payments against losses in avoiding breach) without further SBA approval.  (Current law requires prior SBA approval of bond underwriting and administration decisions.) Revises SBA guarantee liability limits to equal not more than:  (1) 70 percent of any loss paid by a surety authorized to issue bonds without further SBA approval; and (2) 90 percent of both losses paid by sureties needing SBA approval for bond issuance and losses associated either with bonds issued to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or with contracts valued at $150,000 or less. Disclaims SBA indemnification liability if a surety breaches material provisions of the guarantee agreement or substantially violates relevant SBA regulations. Sets forth reporting, recordkeeping, and annual audit requirements with respect to sureties participating in the expanded surety guarantee program. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to specified congressional committees a report evaluating the effects during the program's first two fiscal years on both participation by standard surety firms and access to bonds by small business concerns, especially those owned and controlled by the economically disadvantaged. Terminates on September 30 of either 1991 or the third fiscal year following this title's enactment the program permitting sureties to issue bonds without prior SBA approval. Declares that appropriations to the revolving fund for surety bond guarantees shall be without fiscal year limitation. Sets small business size standards with respect to pilot program participation. Directs the SBA's Office of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to study:  (1) levels of availability of and demand for debt capital in connection with the service sector of the economy, as well as innovative financing techniques to meet any unmet demand; and (2) the most cost-effective and accurate means of gathering and presenting information on businesses owned by women. Requires both reports to be submitted to the congressional Small Business Committees. Directs the SBA, within 180 days of this Act's enactment, to have employed two procurement center representatives to work in States where representatives are not currently assigned. Title III:  White House Conference on Small Business - White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business at least every six years in order to, among other things:  (1) increase public awareness of the contributions made by small business; (2) identify small business problems and possible solutions; and (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners. Requires that a final report on each Conference be submitted to the President and to the Congress within six months of the convening date.  Directs the SBA to report annually to the Congress during the three years following each Conference report. Authorizes appropriations.", "2025-08-28T20:05:23Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2619"], ["100-s-2599", 100, "s", 2599, "All-Terrain Vehicle Consumer Protection Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1988-06-29", "1988-06-29", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]", "TN", "D", "G000321", 2, "All-Terrain Vehicle Consumer Protection Act of 1988 - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (the Commission) to complete rulemaking proceedings regarding all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in order to promote public safety. Directs the Commission, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to complete a rulemaking proceeding which prohibits the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the United States by any manufacturer, distributor, or retailer of any three-wheel ATV (the prohibition).  Requires the prohibition unless the Commission finds that the design and performance characteristics of such ATVs, without regard to any potential benefits to be derived from available notice and training, do not present an unreasonable risk of death and injury.  Directs the Commission, if it determines not to promulgate a final rule under these requirements, to terminate the rulemaking proceeding and publish the determination and relevant information. Establishes the prohibition, if the Commission does not complete the rulemaking proceeding within the required time period, until such proceeding is completed. Directs the Commission, within 120 days after the enactment of this Act, to promulgate a final rule under which any person may return, for a refund from the distributor, any three-wheel ATV or any ATV designated, marketed, or purchased for use by children under the age of 16.  Requires such refund rule unless the Commission finds that such a refund could not reduce the risk of death and injury associated with such ATVs.  Requires such refund rule to provide:  (1) procedures for notice of availability of the refund by distributors; (2) procedures for return at no expense to the purchase; (3) reasonable refund of purchase price, adjusted for vehicle age and condition; and (4) information required to demonstrate eligibility. Makes such returned ATVs subject to the prohibition. Directs the Commission, if it determines not to promulgate such final rule, to terminate the proceeding and publish the determination and relevant information. Directs the Commission, within 120 days after enactment of this Act, to promulgate a final rule to require the distributors of ATVs to provide hands-on training in such vehicle operation to all past and present purchasers and their immediate families at no cost to purchasers.  Requires such training rule unless the Commission finds that training could not reduce the risk of death and injury associated with such ATVs.  Requires such rule also to provide for incentives to induce purchasers to undertake such training, including a credit or other merchandise incentive. Directs the Commission, if it determines not to promulgate such final rule, to terminate the proceeding and publish the determination and relevant information. Directs the Commission, within one year after enactment of this Act, to promulgate a final rule which:  (1) ensures that ATVs do not present an unreasonable risk of death and injury; (2) prescribes appropriate performance standards and design characteristics for ATVs, together with specifications regarding the appropriate age for safely operating ATVs with various engine and frame sizes; and (3) identify each model type of ATV that complies with such standards and characteristics. Exempts complying ATVs from the prohibition. Provides that a specified draft proposed safety standard for ATVs be placed in effect, if the Commission does not publish such rule within the required period, from the end of such period until the rule takes effect. Directs the Commission to publish such draft standard's text and the notice that it has become effective. Makes Commission activities under this Act:  (1) not subject to Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) provisions for administrative procedure governing promulgation of consumer product safety rules; but (2) subject to other specified Federal law relating to the administrative procedure of rulemaking. Makes it unlawful, and a violation of specified CPSA provisions, for a distributor of ATVs to fail to comply with a rule promulgated under this Act. Encourages State and local governments to adopt appropriate laws, rules, and regulations to reduce the risk of death and injury from ATVs, particularly to individuals under age 16.", "2025-08-28T20:06:32Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2599"], ["100-s-2525", 100, "s", 2525, "A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to allow certain actions by State attorneys general.", "Commerce", "1988-06-16", "1988-06-16", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 2, "Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act (the Act) to authorize State attorneys general to enforce prohibitions against unfair or deceptive practices in commerce under the Act. Authorizes any State attorney general to bring a civil action in the name of the State, in any U.S. district court having jurisdiction of the defendant, to secure specified relief for any violation of any provision of the Act, or any order issued or rule promulgated under it, respecting unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce. Requires a State attorney general, in order to bring such action, to allege that such acts or practices affect or may affect the State or its residents. Requires that the Federal Trade commission (FTC) and attorneys general of other States be notified of the commencement of such action:  (1) at least 30 days before it is to be commenced; or (2) as early as practicable if the State attorney general commencing the action alleges that the harm to the public is ongoing or may recur, and petitions the court for temporary or preliminary relief from such harm. Authorizes the Commission by its own attorneys to intervene in any such action.  Authorizes the attorney general of any other State to intervene in such an action if the State or its residents are or may be affected by the acts or practices about which the action is brought. Authorizes the court in such an action to:  (1) impose a civil penalty as if the action were brought by the FTC or the U.S. Attorney General; (2) grant mandamus injunctions and further appropriate equitable relief; and (3) grant relief to redress injury to consumers or others resulting from such violations. Allows all such forms of penalties and relief to include:  (1) relief relating to persons outside the State; and (2) relief applicable to conduct outside the State of any attorney general who is a party to the action.  Authorizes a State attorney general to petition any court with jurisdiction of a person subject to such a court order to enforce it with respect to such person if the attorney general alleges that failure to comply with the order affects or may affect the State or its residents.", "2025-01-14T18:51:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2525"], ["100-s-2402", 100, "s", 2402, "A bill to amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to require manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to place warnings concerning the addictive nature of cigarettes on packages and in advertisements.", "Commerce", "1988-05-16", "1988-05-16", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]", "NJ", "D", "B001225", 7, "Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to require manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to place warnings concerning the addictive nature of cigarettes on packages and in advertisements.", "2025-01-14T18:51:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2402"], ["100-s-2347", 100, "s", 2347, "A bill to declare certain activities of manufacturers of soft drinks to be unfair acts or practices for purposes of the Federal Trade Commission Act.", "Commerce", "1988-04-28", "1988-09-28", "Committee on Commerce; Subcommittee on Consumer. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]", "HI", "D", "I000025", 0, "Declares certain activities of soft drink manufacturers or distributors which induce retailers to purchase soft drink syrup from such entities to the exclusion of soft drink syrup sold by others to be an unfair act or practice for the purpose of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Includes providing soft drink dispensing equipment, money, or credit at below fair market value (or furnishing such equipment or money without compensation) as unfair inducements.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2347"], ["100-s-2326", 100, "s", 2326, "Consumer Fraud Prevention Act", "Commerce", "1988-04-26", "1988-09-13", "Subcommittee on Consumer. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]", "AZ", "R", "M000303", 2, "Consumer Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make it unlawful to disseminate any false advertisement for the purpose of inducing the purchase of services.  (Current law addresses only dissemination of false advertisements regarding  products.)  Permits courts to join parties having common interests in false advertising suits brought under such Act. Modifies the procedures for the service of process by the Federal Trade Commission in cases involving temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions. Permits the FTC to use subpoenas to obtain physical evidence. Directs the United States Postal Service to amend its regulations concerning mail covers to permit the FTC the same access now permitted other law enforcement agencies. Allows the FTC to gain access to the financial records of consumer fraud suspects, after first obtaining a court order, upon a showing that the funds which are the subject of the records are likely to be dissipated, removed, or destroyed, and are subject to seizure by reason of having  been obtained in violation of law. Permits the FTC to appoint State attorneys general to enforce FTC rules. Requires the FTC to extend its mail order rule to telemarketing.  Requires the FTC to consider including in such final rule a requirement that telemarketers inform consumers of their rights under the rule. Directs the FTC to conduct a study of the life-care industry and, if appropriate, initiate a trade regulation rule proceeding.", "2025-08-28T20:07:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2326"], ["100-s-2246", 100, "s", 2246, "Lower Mississippi Delta Development Act", "Commerce", "1988-03-31", "1988-09-28", "Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1014.", "Senate", "Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]", "AR", "D", "B001057", 16, "(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Environment and Public Works with amendment, S. Rept. 100-557)  Lower Mississippi Delta Development Act - Establishes the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission to study and make recommendations concerning the economic needs and economic development of the Lower Mississippi Delta, defined to include areas in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Directs the Commission to:  (1) identify and study the economic development, infrastructure, employment, transportation, resource development, education, health care, housing and recreation needs of the Lower Mississippi region; and (2) develop a ten-year plan describing recommendations and priorities for alleviating these needs. Enumerates Commission duties in connection with plan development, including:  (1) to review existing Federal, State, local, and private programs for business development and financing; (2) to develop inventories of the region's business resources and natural resources; (3) to study the role of small business in creating jobs in the region; (4) to evaluate the proper roles of the public and private sectors in fostering the economic development of the region; and (5) to assess the area's health, educational, job training, housing, and poverty relief needs. Requires the Commission, no later than one year after its first meeting, to present an interim report to specified congressional leadership and committees, the President, and the Governors of the affected States.  Requires a final report of required findings and recommendations within 18 months of the first meeting.  Terminates the Commission within 180 days after submission of its final report. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1990 appropriations. Requires member States to contribute to Commission costs.", "2025-01-14T17:12:38Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2246"], ["100-s-2259", 100, "s", 2259, "Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1988-03-31", "1988-04-12", "Committee on Small Business. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-692.", "Senate", "Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA]", "GA", "D", "N000171", 3, "Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program Act of 1988 - Title I:  Amendments to the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to empower the Small Business Administration to:  (1) enter into surety bond guarantee commitments under terms that vary on the basis of SBA experience with the particular surety; and (2) engage in a pilot program under which it may authorize any surety meeting specified standards to issue, monitor, and service guarantee bonds (including making indemnification payments against losses in avoiding breach) without further SBA approval.  (Current law requires prior SBA approval of bond underwriting and administration decisions.) Revises SBA guarantee liability limits to equal not more than:  (1) 70 percent of any loss paid by a surety authorized to issue bonds without further SBA approval; and (2) 90 percent of both losses paid by sureties needing SBA approval for bond issuance and losses associated with bonds issued to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Disclaims SBA indemnification liability if a surety breaches material provisions of the guarantee agreement or substantially violates relevant SBA regulations. Title II:  Administration, Evaluation, and Termination of the Pilot Program - Sets forth reporting, recordkeeping, and annual audit requirements with respect to sureties participating in the expanded surety guarantee program. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to specified congressional committees a report evaluating the effects during the program's first two fiscal years on both participation by standard surety firms and access to bonds by small business concerns, especially those owned and controlled by the economically disadvantaged. Terminates on September 30 of either 1991 or the third fiscal year following this Act's enactment the program permitting sureties to issue bonds without prior SBA approval. Title III:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for the deobligation, upon SBA receipt of a surety's notice of release, of amounts obligated from the revolving fund for surety bond guarantees. Sets small business size standards with respect to pilot program participation. Title IV:  Effective Date - Makes this Act effective 180 days after enactment.", "2025-08-28T20:09:14Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2259"], ["100-s-2201", 100, "s", 2201, "A bill to make certain record rental provisions in title 17, United States Code, the Copyright Act, permanent.", "Commerce", "1988-03-21", "1988-11-05", "Became Public Law No: 100-617.", "Senate", "Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]", "AZ", "D", "D000185", 6, "(Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Record Rental Amendment of 1984 to extend for an additional eight years the proscription against the rental, leasing, or lending of phonorecords for profit-making purposes.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2201"], ["100-s-2130", 100, "s", 2130, "A bill to provide that the Consumer Product Safety Commission amend its regulations regarding lawn darts.", "Commerce", "1988-03-03", "1988-03-03", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA]", "CA", "R", "W000607", 2, "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.", "2025-01-14T18:51:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2130"], ["100-s-2111", 100, "s", 2111, "A bill to amend the patent law, title 35, United States Code, to prohibit the patenting of genetically altered or modified animals.", "Commerce", "1988-02-29", "1988-03-14", "Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.", "Senate", "Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]", "OR", "R", "H000343", 2, "Amends the patent laws to state that animals changed through engineering technology, including genetic engineering, are not patentable.  Revokes any patents previously granted for any such animals.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2111"], ["100-s-2016", 100, "s", 2016, "Emergency All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Act", "Commerce", "1988-01-28", "1988-01-28", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]", "NY", "R", "D000018", 0, "Emergency All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Act - Provides that three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and ATVs designed for use by children under 16 years of age shall be considered to be banned hazardous products under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a final emergency consumer product safety rule for ATVs.  States that such rule must require manufacturers and distributors of ATVs to provide:  (1) a reasonable refund of the purchase price for three-wheeled ATVs, ATVs purchased for use by children, and ATVs designed for use by children; (2) training in the operation of ATVs to all owners; and (3) a public notice campaign to warn existing and prospective ATV owners of the hazards presented by such vehicles.  States that any failure of a manufacturer or distributer to comply with such safety rules shall be considered an unlawful act under the Consumer Product Safety Act. States that the failure of the Commission to promulgate the required safety standards shall result in all ATVs being banned.", "2025-08-28T20:08:40Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2016"], ["100-s-1993", 100, "s", 1993, "Minority Business Development Program Reform Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1987-12-21", "1988-07-11", "Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.", "Senate", "Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]", "AR", "D", "B001057", 10, "(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate) Minority Business Development Program Reform Act of 1988 - Title I: Congressional Findings and Program Purposes - Expresses congressional findings and purposes with respect to improving the Small Business Administration's minority small business and capital ownership development program (Program). Title II:  Program Organization, Eligibility, and Participation - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Office of Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development a Division of Minority Small Business Certification to analyze and process applications and make on-site visits to determine eligibility. Authorizes the Associate Administrator for Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development to certify as Program participants eligible small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.  Provides that a certified Program participant shall not be eligible to participate in the Program for more than eight years. Sets forth eligibility and certification requirements, including ownership and personal net worth tests to determine whether a small business concern is socially and economically disadvantaged. Mandates that each Program participant annually certify its continuing eligibility. States that a Program participant shall be graduated:  (1) upon successful completion of the Program; (2) upon exceeding the applicable size standard established by the Small Business Administration (SBA); (3) if it is no longer owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; or (4) if it elects to graduate prior to the expiration of its Program participation term. Sets forth circumstances under which a participant is terminated from the Program and provisions for challenging a participant's eligibility. Provides a special rule permitting procurement assistance to more than one small business concern owned by a socially and economically disadvantaged Indian tribe if certain conditions are met. Title III:  Enhancing the Program's Business Development Aspects - Requires a Program participant to submit a business plan for review by its assigned Business Opportunity Specialist. Requires that the plan be approved by the SBA prior to the participant's being awarded a contract under the Program. Specifies provisions to be included in the plan.  Requires annual plan review and modifications as appropriate. Authorizes the SBA Administrator to make available to Program participants financial assistance to help defray the costs incurred in the preparation of offers necessary to compete for the award of Government and commercial contracts. Requires the Program to:  (1) establish a training program to be delivered at the regional level to instruct participants in preparing effective proposals to competitive solicitations issued by Federal agencies; and (2) provide assistance to public or private entities to conduct seminars to help participants to develop business plans that will enhance their potential for operating profitably upon graduation. Authorizes the SBA to make loans directly to small business concerns under the Program, or under the minority small business program, for the purchase of equipment, facilities, materials, supplies, or other necessary production or technical assets and for working capital.  Sets forth limitations in connection with such assistance. Title IV:  Business Development Through Federal Contracting Opportunities - Prohibits the SBA from awarding to a Program participant a contract under the minority small business concern provisions, unless the participant certifies that the aggregate dollar amount of all contracts awarded to it by the SBA does not exceed a specified schedule of its new sales.  Directs the Administrator to take measures to assure that not more than 25 percent of a participant's new sales are from noncompetitively awarded contracts in the final year of Program participation. Sets forth the circumstances under which the SBA may award such contracts notwithstanding such schedule. Requires certain Federal agencies to prepare a forecast of expected contracting opportunities or classes of contracting opportunities for the next and succeeding fiscal years considered to be suitable for award to minority small business concerns.  Mandates that the forecasts be available to small business concerns. Requires each Program participant annually to forecast its needs for contract awards for the next Program year and the succeeding Program year during the review of its business plan. Requires the SBA to award contracts to the minority business concern recommended by the procuring agency offering the contract opportunity if:  (1) the Program participant is determined to be a responsible contractor; (2) the award of contract would be consistent with the participant's business plan; and (3) the award of the contract would not result in the participant's exceeding the requirements of the schedule of new sales. Requires that awards be made to participants selected through a competition restricted to eligible candidates. Authorizes the Administrator to consider the geographical distribution of contracts and to direct the award of any contract to achieve an equitable distribution among the various regions and among Program participants.  Sets forth conditions to govern the competition for awards, as well as administrative provisions and limitations, including protest procedures. Describes conditions under which an agency is authorized to conduct a competition conforming to methods used prior to the effective date of this Act. Requires a small business concern that is awarded a contract under the Program to complete performance of the contract, even if the period of contract performance extends beyond the firm's graduation from the Program. Requires the Government contracting officer to limit contract modifications to those necessary to attain contract performance when the contract is being performed by a contractor who either has been terminated for cause from the Program or is unable to meet Program requirements.  Permits the SBA to approve a contract modification within 30 days after a participant's graduation if the modification was recommended for approval by the procuring agency prior to the graduation date. Sets forth the circumstances under which a socially and economically disadvantaged small business concern may transfer a contract to another business concern. Provides for appeals of agency decisions regarding minority small business contract opportunities. Directs the SBA to study and report to the House and Senate Small Business Committees on the geographic distribution of contract awards under the minority small business program, including recommendations for effecting a more equitable distribution of contracting opportunities in States with significant minority business populations. Instructs the SBA to make sustained and substantial efforts to solicit applications for Program certification from concerns in areas of high unemployment or underemployment, in labor surplus areas, and in States having few participants. Title V:  Improved Program Management and Congressional Oversight - Requires that the Associate Administrator for Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development be a career appointee in the competitive service or in the Senior Executive Service. Designates in each SBA field office a position of Business Opportunity Specialist to assist Program participants and carry out various responsibilities in connection with small business procurement. Sets forth conflict of interest provisions for former employees engaged in activities with respect to Program participants for one year after the end of such employment. Increases monetary penalties for misrepresentation as a small business or minority concern. Adds other sanctions for such misrepresentation, including administrative remedies, suspension and debarment, and ineligibility for SBA procurement programs. Requires a Program participant to report annually to its assigned Business Opportunity Specialist:  (1) a listing of parties receiving compensation to assist in obtaining a Federal contract for the participant; and (2) the amount of compensation received by such persons during the relevant reporting period and a description of the activities performed for such compensation. Directs the Administrator to appoint a Task Force on Small Business Development to assess the developmental cycles and financing problems of various industries and recommend solutions.  Requires the Task Force to file a written report with the Administrator no later than April 15, 1990, and directs the SBA to make the report available immediately to the House and Senate Small Business Committees. Directs the Administrator to develop and implement a process for the systematic collection of data on the benefits derived by the U.S. economy and by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as a result of the operation of the Program.  Requires the Administrator to report annually to the congressional Small Business Committees, beginning on April 30, 1989, on the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program.  Prescribes report contents. Revises definitions relating to the minority small business procurement program to include Native Hawaiian community service organizations as Indian tribes. Title VI:  Annual Contract Participation Goals; Report; Authorizations - Amends the Small Business Act to require the President annually to establish specified goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.  Prescribes minimum participation goals. Requires the SBA to report to the President annually on the attainment of goals for participation by small business concerns. Directs the President to include the information in the annual report to the Congress on the State of Small Business. Requires Federal prime contracts that contain subcontracting goals for small businesses and disadvantaged small businesses to provide for liquidated damages if the prime contractor fails to make a good faith effort to comply with the goals. Requires agencies to ensure that the implementation of contract goals for minority small business concerns does not alter or change the procurement process used to implement other procurement programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII:  Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program - Part A:  Short Title and Findings - Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988 - Sets forth congressional findings relating  to small business participation in the Federal procurement process. Part B:  Demonstration Program - Establishes a Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program for 1989 through 1992, to provide for the testing of innovative procurement methods and procedures in connection with the following industry groups: (1) construction; (2) refuse systems and related services; and (3) architectural and engineering services. Requires participating agencies to establish annual small business participation goals, for each designated industry, of 30 percent of the dollar value of the contract awards worth $25,000 or more Requires semi-annual monitoring for each designated industry, of goal attainment. Mandates modifications of agency solicitation practices if goals are not reached. Directs participating agency heads to implement a program to increase small business participation in specified categories historically low in such participation. Provides for competitive awarding of procurement contracts, but authorizes restricted competition if small business participation goals are not met. Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to:  (1) implement a data collection, reporting, and reviewing system in connection with subcontract awards to small businesses in general and disadvantaged small businesses in particular; and (2) report results to specified congressional committees, including a section prepared by the SBA Administrator on the effects of the intensive goaling and management program to expand small business participation in certain procurement activities. Part C:  Amendments to the Small Business Act - Amends the Small Business Act to disregard procurements of $25,000 or less in establishing goals for small business and disadvantaged small business participation.  (Such a provision exists in current law but is effective only until September 30, 1988.) Eliminates the SBA program for the review of size standards for eligibility for special procurement programs of business concerns in the following categories: (1) construction; (2) architectural and engineering services; (3) shipbuilding and ship repair; and (4) refuse systems and related services. Part D:  Other Amendments - Revises the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act definition of \"architectural and engineering services.\" Title VIII:  Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program - Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program Act of 1988 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to empower the Small Business Administration to: (1) enter into surety bond guarantee commitments under terms that vary on the basis of SBA experience with the particular surety; and (2) engage in a pilot program under which it may authorize any surety meeting specified standards to issue, monitor, and service guarantee bonds (including making indemnification payments against losses in avoiding breach) without further SBA approval.  (Current law requires prior SBA approval of bond underwriting and administration decisions.) Revises SBA guarantee liability limits to equal not more than:  (1) 70 percent of any loss paid by a surety authorized to issue bonds without further SBA approval; and (2) 90 percent of both losses paid by sureties needing SBA approval for bond issuance and losses associated either with bonds issued to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or with contracts valued at $150,000 or less. Disclaims SBA indemnification liability if a surety breaches material provisions of the guarantee agreement or substantially violates relevant SBA regulations. Sets forth reporting, recordkeeping, and annual audit requirements with respect to sureties participating in the expanded surety guarantee program. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to specified congressional committees a report evaluating the effects during the program's first two fiscal years on both participation by standard surety firms and access to bonds by small business concerns, especially those owned and controlled by the economically disadvantaged. Terminates on September 30 of either 1991 or the third fiscal year following this title's enactment the program permitting sureties to issue bonds without prior SBA approval. Declares that appropriations to the revolving fund for surety bond guarantees shall be without fiscal year limitation.  Authorizes FY 1989 guarantees to a $1,600,000,000 limit. Sets small business size standards with respect to pilot program participation. Title IX:  Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates in connection with various provisions of this Act.", "2025-01-14T17:16:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1993"], ["100-s-1962", 100, "s", 1962, "Consumer Remedies Improvement Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-12-18", "1988-01-25", "Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 4, "Consumer Remedies Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to allow a claim for damages to be based on:  (1) indirect purchases, in civil actions alleging a boycott or contract, combination, or conspiracy to fix prices or allocate markets; or (2) indirect sales, in addition to any other claim allowed, in the case of a civil action on behalf of producers of agricultural products. Entitles the defendant to an action by the United States or a State attorney general based on indirect purchases or sales to allege, as a partial or complete defense to a claim by a direct purchaser or seller based on the same conduct, that some or all of what would otherwise constitute the direct purchaser's or seller's damages were passed on to indirect purchasers or sellers. Requires that the award for a claim based on indirect purchases or sales be treble the damages shown, in addition to costs and attorneys' fees.  Provides that where no claim by a direct purchaser or seller is pending, the defendant shall bear the burden of establishing that the total overcharge or underpayment was not passed on to the indirect purchaser or seller. Prohibits duplicative awards based on direct or indirect purchases or sales for the same overcharge or underpayment. Allows an indirect purchaser or seller to intervene in an action by a direct purchaser or seller based on the same conduct, if a request for such intervention is made within six months of the date of filing of the initial action. Makes failure to request intervention within such time a bar to such claim.  Allows a direct purchaser or seller to intervene in an action by an indirect purchaser or seller. Directs the court, upon the defendant's request, to order the consolidation of actions based on the same conduct. Requires the United States or State attorney general, upon the initiation of any action based on indirect purchases or sales, to provide reasonable public notice of the allegations of the suit and a general description of any direct purchasers who may be entitled to maintain an action. Requires the plaintiff, upon the initiation of any action based on direct purchases or sales, to provide reasonable notice of the allegations of the suit to the United States and the State attorneys general.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1962"], ["100-s-1971", 100, "s", 1971, "Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-12-18", "1988-04-13", "Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Incorporated provisions of this measure into S. 1301 which was approved for full committee consideration.", "Senate", "Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]", "UT", "R", "H000338", 1, "Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1987 - Amends the copyright law to implement the Berne Convention, the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed at Berne on September 9, 1886. Extends copyright protection to architectural works in conformance with such Convention.  Extends comparable copyright protection to protectable works of nationals of Berne Union members. Revises provisions concerning the licensing of coin-operated phonorecord players (jukeboxes).  Permits copyright owners and operators of jukeboxes to directly negotiate the terms and royalty rates for performing copyrighted works if the Copyright Royalty Tribunal certifies that, over a one-year period after this Act's enactment, such process has resulted in authorizing the use of a not substantially smaller quantity of work.  Suspends the ratemaking activities of the Tribunal while such conditions are being met. Limits the protection of architectural works to artistic character and design, not materials. Permits pictorial representations of the work when the work is erected in a publicly accessible location. States that the owner of a copyright in an architectural work is not entitled to restrain the construction or use of an infringing building if construction has substantially begun or to require the demolition or seizure of an infringing building. Permits building owners to modify an architectural work to enhance utility without the copyright holder's or author's consent. Permits the use of a notice of copyright on publicly distributed copies of protected works, including phonorecords of sound recordings (current law requires such notice).  Requires the continued use of a copyright notice identifying works of the U.S. Government. Eliminates notice provisions for contributions to collective works.  Retains deposit requirements. Makes this Act effective the day the Berne Convention enters into force with respect to the United States.", "2025-08-28T20:07:04Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1971"], ["100-s-1957", 100, "s", 1957, "A bill to re-establish the authority of the Small Business Administration to make disaster assistance loans in the case of economic injury resulting from currency devaluation.", "Commerce", "1987-12-17", "1987-12-17", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.", "Senate", "Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]", "AZ", "R", "M000303", 3, "Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make direct low interest disaster loans to assist, or refinance all or part of the existing indebtedness (including any direct loans which were made to small businesses affected by currency fluctuations and exchange freezes) of, any small business located in an area of economic dislocation that is the result of the drastic fluctuation in the value of the currency of a country contiguous to the United States and adjustments in the regulation of its monetary system, if such business is unable to obtain credit elsewhere and can demonstrate its ability to repay such loan. Authorizes the Governor of a State to certify to the SBA that:  (1) small business concerns within the State have suffered substantial economic injury as a result of such economic dislocation; and (2) such concerns are in need of financial assistance which is not available on reasonable terms. Limits the amount of and interest rate on such loans.  Prohibits loan proceeds from being used to reduce the exposure of any other lender.  Authorizes the SBA to defer payment of the principal and interest for one year on such loans.", "2025-01-14T17:16:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1957"], ["100-s-1929", 100, "s", 1929, "Corporation for Small Business Investment Charter Act", "Commerce", "1987-12-08", "1988-03-31", "Committee on Small Business. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed:  S.Hrg. 100-638.", "Senate", "Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]", "AR", "D", "B001057", 20, "Corporation for Small Business Investment Charter Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to give a licensee in good standing three months from the date the Small Business Administration receives notice that it is ready to conduct business to qualify for conducting business with the Corporation for Small Business Investment and a special-purpose trust established by this Act. Requires the Administration, within six months after receiving notice that a licensee is ready to conduct business, to promulgate regulations to effect the termination of operations of any licensee which has not qualified for conducting business with the Corporation for Small Business Investment and the Trust.  Sets forth the requirements for the final regulations for termination of the operations of any licensee and directs the Administration to furnish to the Corporation all books and records necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Establishes the Corporation for Small Business Investment and requires it to maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia. Requires the President to appoint an interim board of directors for the Corporation.  Sets forth procedures for selecting the Corporation's permanent board of directors.  Requires the board to determine the Corporation's general policies and to select persons to fill the offices provided for in the bylaws. Describes the Corporation's stock structure. Authorizes any depository institution to:  (1) make payments to the Corporation of capital contributions; (2) receive the Corporation's stock as evidence of capital contributions; and (3) dispose of such stock.  Authorizes the Corporation to issue nonvoting preferred stock. Sets forth limitations on obligations and securities issued by the Corporation.  Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase obligations issued by the Corporation.  Sets forth limitations on the amount and yield of such purchases and requires advance approval of the Congress. Makes all obligations issued by the Corporation acceptable as security for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds controlled by the United States. Authorizes the Corporation to issue commitments or otherwise deal in small business investment securities after the permanent board has been duly constituted. Sets forth the procedure for perfecting a security or ownership interest in small business investment securities created by the Corporation.  Authorizes the Corporation to guarantee specified securities. Sets forth criteria for the qualifications of small business investment companies to conduct business with the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to enter into agreements with small business investment companies. Authorizes such companies to provide equity capital and loans to small-business concerns.  Limits small business investment companies to activities contemplated by this Act and sets forth procedures for eliminating conflicts of interest. Requires the Corporation to adopt a rule prohibiting small business investment companies from assuming control over small-business concerns except on a temporary basis.  Sets forth restrictions on the financing of small business investment companies, including a limitation on the aggregate amount of obligations and securities acquired for such companies and a prohibition on providing financing for relending and purchasing or guaranteeing securities that would exceed a specified percentage of the Corporation's assets. Provides that loans from small business investment companies to small business concerns are exempt from the provisions of the Constitution or State laws that limit the terms of such loan, unless the exemption is overriden by a State. Requires the Corporation to adopt criteria for making investments in disadvantaged small business concerns. Establishes a special-purpose trust which shall operate in accordance with a trust agreement between the trust and the Corporation.  Sets forth procedures for appointing the trustees.  Requires the trust to establish separate accounting for all preferred securities, debentures, loss reserves, and other funds acquired and to make an annual accounting of the trust's operations to the Secretary of the Treasury.  Sets forth the powers of the trustees. Requires the Administration, within 30 days after receiving notice from the Corporation that it is prepared to conduct business, to convey to the Corporation all of the right, title, and interest to all securities and outstanding debentures issued by small business investment companies which are not in liquidation. Requires the trust to apply all of the funds held in trust and income to:  (1) cover any losses realized on debentures purchased or guaranteed by the Corporation; (2) reduce the interest rate on debentures issued by special small business investment companies; (3) purchase preferred securities issued by special small business investment companies; and (4) cover the operating costs of administering the trust. Authorizes the trustees of the trust to purchase preferred securities and the Corporation to purchase or guarantee the payment of principal and interest on debentures issued by special small business investment companies.  Sets forth the terms and conditions for small purchases. Authorizes a special small business investment company to request the Corporation to purchase or guarantee debentures issued by such company.  Provides that such debentures shall be subordinate to any other obligations of such companies.  Provides that if the Corporation purchases or guarantees debentures issued by special small business investment companies, in addition to such debentures acquired in lieu of the trust purchasing nonvoting stock, they shall be subordinate to any other obligations unless the Corporation determines otherwise.  Sets forth restrictions on the interest rate on and total amount of such debentures. Provides that all outstanding preferred securities purchased by the trust from special small business investment companies shall be redeemed and transferred to the U.S. Treasury 50 years after the effective date of this Act. Gives the Administration review authority over the Corporation.  Authorizes the Administration to examine the Corporation's books and records.  Requires that the corporation's books be audited annually and that a report of each such audit be made by the Secretary of the Treasury to the President and to the Congress' small business committees.  Provides that the Corporation's books and records shall be subject to audit by the General Accounting Office at the request of either of the Congress' small business committees and by the Administration's Office of Inspector General while specified debentures remain outstanding.  Requires the Corporation to transmit to the President and the Congress' small business committees an annual report. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to sell to the Corporation on September 30, 1988, its interest in small business investment company securities guaranteed by the Administration and held by the Federal Financing Bank, providing such securities are due in FY 1989 or any subsequent year and are not in default.  Sets an upper limit on the purchase price. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, within ten days of receiving notice that the Corporation is ready to conduct business, to propose the sale price for the securities which the Corporation is to purchase.  Sets forth procedures for determining the purchase price if the board finds the Secretary's proposal unacceptable. Requires the Corporation to submit a report, within 30 days of the completion of the purchase of the securities, to the Committee on Small Business of the House and of the Senate setting forth the activities of the Secretary, the Corporation, and their representatives under this Act. Prohibits the Administration from making any payments to the Department of the Treasury on debentures guaranteed under the Small Business Investment Act after they are sold to the Corporation.  Prohibits the Administration from selling or encumbering loans or debentures it has made or issued, except as specified in this Act. Requires the General Accounting Office, by January 1, 1993, to prepare a report for the House and Senate Small Business Committees on the Corporation's impact in achieving the purposes of this Act.", "2025-08-28T20:06:13Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1929"], ["100-s-1882", 100, "s", 1882, "Consumer Product Safety Commission Authorization Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-11-19", "1987-12-21", "Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517.", "Senate", "Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]", "TN", "D", "G000321", 3, "(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation with amendment, S. Rept. 100-273)  Consumer Product Safety Commission Authorization Act of 1987 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the President, when making appointments to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, to consider individuals with consumer product safety backgrounds. States that, at any time during FY 1988 through 1990 when there are two vacancies on the Commission, two Commission members shall constitute a quorum. Lists additional Commission personnel which must be appointed by the Commission Chairman with the approval of the Commission. Requires Commission approval for the removal of such personnel. Requires the Commission to establish an agenda and priorities for Commission actions at least 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year. Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and the Flammable Fabrics Act to permit any \"interested party\" to petition the Commission for review of any voluntary safety standard based upon a showing that: (1) the voluntary standard is inadequate to address a risk of injury associated with the product, substance, or material; or (2) the development of the voluntary standard is not proceeding in a timely manner. Makes certain procedural changes with respect to Commission reliance upon voluntary consumer product safety standards. Requires the Commission to issue proposed consumer product safety rules within 12 months after the publication of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (unless the Commission determines that the proposed rule is not likely to eliminate or reduce the risk associated with the product). Directs the Commission to devise procedures to monitor compliance with any voluntary standards. Permits the disclosure of Commission-held information to Commission contractors. Repeals the Cellulose Insulation Safety Standards. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Repeals the safety standard for swimming pool slides issued by the Commission. Directs the Commission to enter into discussions with distributors of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) regarding corrective actions to reduce the risk of injury and death associated with ATVs. Directs the Commission, if an agreement is reached within 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to file an action in U.S. district court, together with the proposed agreement in settlement of the action. Requires the court to file an \"imminent hazards\" action in such court if agreement is not reached within such time. Directs the Commission to promulgate a final rule regarding ATVs within one year after enactment of this Act, addressing: (1) uniform user controls; (2) education and training of users; (3) warning labels; and (4) performance requirements. Requires the Commission to review its activities (to determine whether additional action or requirements are necessary) regarding: (1) indoor air pollutants; (2) sleepwear flammability; and (3) the sale of articles which present a choking, aspiration, or ingestion hazard to children. Directs the Commission to report the results of each review to the Congress. Directs the Commission to revoke the current exemption which permits the sale of lawn darts for adult use, unless the Commission finds that such products do not have the potential for causing puncture wound injury.", "2025-01-14T18:51:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1882"], ["100-s-1883", 100, "s", 1883, "Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1987-11-19", "1988-11-16", "Became Public Law No: 100-667.", "Senate", "Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]", "AZ", "D", "D000185", 3, "(Measure passed House, amended) Title I:  Trademark Law Revision - Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988 - Amends the Lanham Act to permit a person who has a bona fide intention to use a trademark in commerce to apply to register the trademark. (Current law provides only for registration of a trademark already in use in commerce.)  Requires that such trademark actually be used in commerce before it becomes a registered trademark. States that an application on an intent-to-use basis constitutes constructive use of the mark which must be resolved either through ultimate registration or other disposition before a later application for the same mark may be registered.  Sets forth a filing schedule under which applicants must submit a verified statement of use regarding the mark's initial use in commerce and the goods or services with which it shall be connected. Provides for the examination of applications for registration submitted  on the basis of intent-to-use.  Sets forth procedures for such applications. Permits concurrent registrations by consent regardless of filing dates.  Modifies the time period within which proof of a mark's distinctiveness may be offered. Eliminates the separate register for service marks.  Eliminates the separate register for collective and certification marks, permitting the use of the former to indicate that their owners perform the connected service or sell the goods associated with such marks. States that when the first use of a mark is made by a related company (a licensee), then that use will inure to the benefit of the applicant or registrant. Provides that the filing of an application to register a mark on the principal register constitutes constructive use of such mark (thus conferring a nationwide right of priority subject to certain exceptions). Halves the terms of registration and renewal to ten years each.  Requires the deletion of marks where in the sixth year of registration the registrant does not file the required affidavit of use. Prohibits the assignment of an intent-to-use application prior to registration unless such application is assigned to the applicant's successor in business. Modifies conditions under which a mark becomes subject to cancellation because it has become a generic name (formerly called \"common descriptive name\"). Grants the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board authority to limit or modify the goods or services identified in a registration or application to avoid the likelihood of confusion and to determine trademark ownership rights when they are at variance with the register.  Limits when final judgments in administrative proceedings may be entered in intent-to-use cases to the time such mark is registered if the applicant cannot prevail without establishing constructive use. Eliminates the one year use requirement for applying to register a mark on the supplemental register and states that the use of such register does not constitute an admission that the mark has not acquired distinctiveness. States that an injunction against future transmission of electronic communication is the only remedy available to persons injured by innocent infringement or misrepresentation committed by persons engaged solely in the business of disseminating electronic communications.  Makes any person who makes misrepresentations in commercial advertising or promotion liable in a civil action to any plaintiff who believes she or he has been damaged by such misrepresentation. Requires applicants for registration of marks in the United States based on foreign registration to state a bona fide intention to use such mark in commerce. Modifies definitions under such Act to reflect the creation of the intent-to-use system.  Amends the definition of use in commerce to require bona fide use in the ordinary course of trade, and not merely to reserve a right to a mark. Provides that registration certificates based on applications pending in the Patent and Trademark Office on the effective date of this Act shall remain in force for a ten-year period. Title II:  Satellite Home Viewer Act - Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1988 - Amends the copyright law to require statutory licensing of secondary transmissions of a primary transmission made by a superstation or a network station if such secondary transmission is made by a satellite carrier to the public (or to a distributor to the public) for private viewing for a charge. Limits such network station statutory licensing requirement to secondary transmissions to unserved households. Requires a satellite carrier that makes secondary transmissions of a primary transmission by a network station to submit to such network (or its affiliate) a subscriber information list for purposes of monitoring compliance by the satellite carrier.  Declares that noncompliance with such reporting and payment requirements is actionable as an act of infringement, as is the secondary transmission by a satellite carrier of a primary transmission made by a network station to a subscriber who does not reside in an unserved household. Prohibits the carrier from altering such transmission or discriminating against a distributor. Requires the satellite carrier to deposit semiannually with the Register of Copyrights both royalty fees and a statement of account. Requires distribution of such fees to a copyright owner according to the accounting and specified procedures.  Requires the Copyright Royalty Tribunal to conduct a proceeding to determine distribution if a controversy exists. Requires voluntary negotiation of fees or fees set by compulsory arbitration if no voluntary agreement is filed with the Copyright Office. Authorizes judicial review of decisions of the Tribunal concerning the adoption or rejection of the arbitration. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission, within 120 days after the effective date of this Act, to initiate a combined inquiry and rulemaking proceeding to determine the feasibility of imposing syndicated exclusivity rules about the delivery of syndicated programming for private viewing similar to certain other Commission rules about syndicated exclusivity and cable television.  Requires adoption of such rules if feasible.  Subjects violators of such rules to specified penalties. Requires the Commission to report to the Congress, within one year after the effective date of this Act, about any existing discrimination of the sort addressed by this Act. Requires the Commission to initiate an inquiry concerning the need for a universal encryption standard that permits decryption of satellite cable programming intended for private viewing.  Prescribes inquiry guidelines.  Doubles the fines and maximum imprisonment terms for willful violations, and raises from $250 to $1,000 the minimum statutory damages which a court may award an aggrieved party. Establishes maximum fines and imprisonment terms for persons knowingly engaged in transactions involving devices used primarily to assist in the unauthorized decryption of satellite cable programming (or any other proscribed activity). Terminates this Act on December 31, 1994.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1883"], ["100-s-1848", 100, "s", 1848, "Minority Business Development Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-11-04", "1988-03-03", "Committee on Commerce. Hearings held. Hearings printed:  S.Hrg. 100-615.", "Senate", "Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]", "MA", "D", "K000148", 10, "Minority Business Development Act of 1987 - Redesignates the Minority Business Development Agency in the Department of Commerce as the Minority Business Development Administration.  Requires the President to appoint an Administrator to head the Administration.  Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to the Congress on the organizational structure within the Administration and its organizational position in the Department of Commerce. Title I:  Market Development - Empowers the Administration to:  (1) assist disadvantaged businesses in penetrating domestic and foreign markets by making available to such businesses management and technological assistance, a skilled labor pool, and financial and marketing services; and (2) encourage disadvantaged firms to establish joint ventures and projects to increase their share of the market. Authorizes the Administration to provide financial assistance to public and private sector organizations to carry out this Act. Requires the Administration to consult with State and local governments for the purpose of leveraging local resources, and recommending local administrative and legislative initiatives, to promote the position of disadvantaged businesses.  Authorizes the Administration to provide financial assistance to States and cities and to allocate such assistance on the basis of relative populations of disadvantaged individuals, numbers of disadvantaged businesses, and unemployment rates of disadvantaged individuals. Requires the Administration, at least 120 days before the beginning of each fiscal year, to publish in the Federal Register the actual or anticipated amount of financial assistance that will or may be available in the immediately succeeding fiscal year.  Requires the Administrator, at least 60 days before the beginning of each fiscal year, to publish its response to comments received and any change in the allocation methodology. Title II:  Capital Formation - Authorizes the Administration to defray all or part of the costs of pilot projects which are conducted by public or private organizations and designed to assist disadvantaged businesses in obtaining equity capital. Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to cooperate with the Administration to promote access to securities markets for disadvantaged businesses. Establishes within the Treasury a revolving fund to be available to the Administration to provide financial assistance to qualified disadvantaged businesses through the purchase of equity investments in such businesses. Permits the Administration to provide such assistance to qualified businesses only after determining that:  (1) such assistance is unavailable on reasonable terms from other sources; (2) the assistance will permit a concern to operate profitably in a reasonable period of time; (3) the proceeds will be used in a reasonable period of time for plant construction, to finance the acquisition of equipment, or to supply working capital; (4) the terms under which the assistance is provided will not be breached by the business; and (5) salaries paid by the business are reasonable.  Limits the amount of equity investments that may be purchased by the Administration and be outstanding at any one time. Title III:  Management Educational Development - Requires the Administration to:  (1) encourage universities, business leaders, and other public and private entities, to offer scholarships, sponsor seminars, and provide internships for the benefit of disadvantaged individuals; and (2) accelerate curriculum design in support of disadvantaged business development. Title IV:  Research and Information - Requires the Administration to submit to the Congress a report describing the  resources needed to advance and represent disadvantaged businesses in all levels of the economic system in numbers that would have existed were it not for past discrimination. Authorizes the Administration to:  (1) provide financial assistance to public and private organizations to assist the Administration in collecting data on the causes for success and failure of disadvantaged businesses and in conducting research on how economic conditions affect the development of such businesses; (2) develop and maintain a data bank on disadvantaged businesses; and (3) establish an information clearinghouse for data pertinent to disadvantaged business. Title V:  Administrative and Miscellaneous Powers of the Administration - Sets forth the administrative powers of the Administration. Permits the Administrator, the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce, and the Comptroller General to examine records of each recipient of assistance. Requires the Comptroller General to review and report to the Congress on programs authorized by this Act not later than July 1, 1988.  Requires the Administrator to submit an annual report on the Administration's activities to the President and specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations.", "2025-08-28T20:07:47Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1848"], ["100-s-1785", 100, "s", 1785, "A bill to amend section 601 of title 17 of the United States Code, the Copyright Act.", "Commerce", "1987-10-13", "1987-11-10", "Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.", "Senate", "Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]", "IL", "D", "D000366", 15, "Amends the copyright law to extend the manufacturing clause, which prohibits the importation of certain English language books by American authors not manufactured in the United States or Canada.  Suspends such clause unless the percentage of imports reaches or exceeds four times domestic printing production during calendar year 1986 in which case such clause will be imposed for one year or until the Secretary of Commerce certifies the percentage of imports has fallen below the requisite level.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1785"], ["100-s-1773", 100, "s", 1773, "A bill to amend the Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act to prohibit certain unfair competition by manufacturers of soft drinks.", "Commerce", "1987-10-08", "1987-10-20", "Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.", "Senate", "Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]", "HI", "D", "I000025", 0, "Amends the Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act to make it an unfair act under the Federal Trade Commission Act for any person engaged in manufacturing, selling, or distributing post-mixed soft drink dispensing equipment or soft drink syrup to induce (by specified means) any soft drink retailer to purchase any soft drink syrup exclusively from such person, if:  (1) such inducement is made in the course of interstate or foreign commerce; (2) such person engaged in such practice to the extent that it restrains or prevents transactions in soft drink syrup in commerce; (3) a direct effect of such inducement is to prevent, deter, hinder, or restrict other persons from furnishing, leasing, selling, or servicing any post-mixed soft drink dispensing equipment or systems to such retailer in commerce; or (4) a direct effect of such inducement is to prevent, defer, hinder, or restrict other persons from selling or offering for sale any soft drink syrup to such retailer in commerce.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1773"], ["100-s-1671", 100, "s", 1671, "Trademark Protection Act of 1986", "Commerce", "1987-09-09", "1987-10-20", "Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.", "Senate", "Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]", "UT", "R", "H000338", 0, "Trademark Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to authorize the owner of a trademark to request that goods not labeled with any trademark, or labeled with the owner's trademark but not intended for sale in the United States, be excluded from import.", "2025-08-28T20:07:09Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1671"], ["100-s-1619", 100, "s", 1619, "Visual Artists Rights Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1987-08-06", "1988-10-05", "Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1071.", "Senate", "Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]", "MA", "D", "K000105", 1, "(Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment (without written report))  Visual Artists Rights Act of 1988 - Amends the copyright law to define a \"work of visual art\" and a \"work of recognized stature.\"  Grants the author of a work of visual art the right to claim authorship of such work when publicly displayed, independent of his or her copyright, and to disclaim such authorship of such work because of substantial distortion or alteration that harms the reputation of such author.  Grants the author who is not a copyright owner the exclusive right during his or her lifetime to assert copyright infringement if a publicly displayed work of visual art (or a work of recognized stature) has been altered or multilated by an intentional act or gross negligence. Waives artists' rights when a work cannot be removed from a building without distortion, mutilation, or alteration, unless such rights are expressly reserved by an instrument in writing. Directs the Register of Copyrights to establish a recordation system for authors of works of recognized stature that have been incorporated into a building. Stipulates when a claim accrues for purposes of an action for copyright infringement of an author of a work of visual art. Directs the Register of Copyrights and the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts to report to the Congress the results of a jointly conducted feasibility study regarding new initiatives enabling authors of works of visual art to participate in the commercial exploitation of their work after its first sale. Requires submission of such report within 12 months after enactment of this Act.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1619"], ["100-s-1559", 100, "s", 1559, "Small Business Federal Contracting Restoration Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-07-28", "1988-04-14", "Committee on Small Business. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-651.", "Senate", "Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL]", "IL", "D", "D000366", 2, "Small Business Federal Contracting Restoration Act of 1987 - Amends the Small Business Act to delete the existing requirement that set-aside programs be established in industry categories.  Requires the program to be based on a fair proportion of government contracts related to the total awards within the Federal Procurement Data System. Prohibits the award of a contract under such program if it would result in a cost to the awarding agency which exceeds a fair and reasonable price (currently, a fair market price). Increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the value of procurement contracts for which Federal agencies must establish goals for participation by small businesses. Requires a small business, in order to receive a contract under the set-aside program, to agree to make its best efforts to use its own personnel to perform at least 50 percent of the cost of any contract for services and 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing the supplies in a contract for the procurement of supplies.  (Current law requires the business to satisfy such personnel-level goal.) Authorizes contracting officers to allow higher percentages of permissible subcontracting in individual contract solicitations. Provides that the amendments to the small business procurement set-aside program included in the Defense Acquisition Improvement Act of 1986 shall apply to solicitations issued on or after October 1, 1987. Repeals the requirement for the heads of Federal agencies to disclose the names and addresses of small businesses expected to respond to set-aside procurements.", "2025-08-28T20:08:47Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1559"], ["100-s-1407", 100, "s", 1407, "Antitrust Remedies Improvement Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-06-23", "1988-03-31", "Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 0, "Antitrust Remedies Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to authorize the U.S. Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission, and State attorneys general to bring actions on behalf of consumers to recover damages sustained to a person as a result of a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.  (Current law permits only State attorneys general to bring such actions.) Requires the court to award the United States treble damages and court costs in such actions.  (Current law provides for the award of such damages and costs, including attorney's fees, to the State only.)  Permits the court to order a just and equitable distribution of the award in such an action to those persons on whose behalf the action is brought. Entitles the United States to recover treble (currently actual) damages in antitrust actions for injuries it sustains. Prohibits any corporate merger consent agreement, consent decree, or order involving divestiture from becoming final until the divestiture has been approved by the Commission or the court.  Provides that no divestiture has been approved by the Commission or the court. Provides that no divestiture shall be deemed an acceptable remedy for a merger which substantially lessens competition, unless:  (1) the divestiture fully restores competition lost as a result of such merger; and (2) the buyer of divested assets will be a viable competitor for the foreseeable future.  Directs the U.S. Attorney General, the Commission, and the court to consider employees' interests in approving divestitures, consistent with the full restoration of competition. Permits the State attorney general to intervene as a matter of right in cases where mergers providing for the divestiture of one or more enterprises employing more than 100 employees in such State are proposed by the Department of Justice or the Commission.  Sets forth revised procedures for the dismissal or modification of consent judgments proposed by the United States and other judgments rendered by the court in an antitrust action. Grants standing to any person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in commerce to sue any other entity engaged in the same line of commerce for enjoinment of any acquisition prohibited by the antitrust laws.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1407"], ["100-s-1411", 100, "s", 1411, "Consumer Product Safety Commission Reorganization Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-06-23", "1987-06-23", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.", "Senate", "Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]", "IA", "R", "G000386", 0, "Consumer Product Safety Commission Reorganization Act of 1987 - Establishes the Consumer Product Safety Agency as an independent Federal agency.  States that the Agency shall be administered by the Administrator of the Consumer Product Safety Agency, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers the functions, appropriations, and personnel of the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the Agency.  Grants the Director of the Office of Management and Budget authority to make incidental transfers of personnel and funds to carry out the provisions of this Act. Grants the Administrator certain administrative powers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Terminates the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Authorizes appropriations.", "2025-08-28T20:05:49Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1411"], ["100-s-1396", 100, "s", 1396, "A bill to amend the Unfair Competition Act of 1916 and Clayton Act to provide for private enforcement of the Unfair Competition statute in the event of unfair foreign competition, and to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for private enforcement of the Customs fraud statute.", "Commerce", "1987-06-19", "1987-06-30", "Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.", "Senate", "Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]", "PA", "R", "S000709", 0, "Amends the Clayton Act to include a specified antidumping provision among U.S. antitrust laws. Amends such antidumping provision of the Unfair Competition Act of 1916 to allow any person who is injured in her or his property or business by the sale or importation of an article made in a foreign country to bring a civil action against the manufacturer, exporter, or related importer of such article if: (1) the article is imported or sold in the United States at less than its foreign market or constructed value; or (2) the foreign country or person or organization of such country is providing (directly or indirectly) a subsidy with respect to the manufacture, production, or exportation of such article; and (3) the sale or importation causes or threatens material injury to U.S.  industry or labor or prevents the establishment or modernization of U.S.  industry. (Currently, the cause of such an action is predicated on the intent of the importer to injure or prevent the establishment of U.S.  industry or to monopolize trade.) Restricts the court jurisdiction of such an action to the District Court of the District of Columbia or the Court of International Trade.  Entitles a prevailing plaintiff in such an action to appropriate equitable relief or, if such relief is inadequate, to compensatory damages and legal expenses (currently, treble damages and legal expenses). Declares that the standard of proof in such an action is a preponderance of the evidence.  Places the burden of proof on the defendent upon a prima facie showing, or a determination by the administering authority and the International Trade Commission (ITC), that dumping exists. Authorizes the court to:  (1) issue subpoenas to be enforced in any judicial district; (2) enjoin importation of articles allegedly dumped pending the defendant's compliance with any court order; (3) review, in camera, confidential or privileged material; (4) accept material under seal; and (5) disclose such material.  Requires expedited treatment of such actions. Sets a four-year statute of limitations for actions under this Act. Requires the foreign market value or constructed value of an article to include the amount of any subsidy provided to the manufacturer, producer, or exporter of the article. Allows any person who is injured in his or her business or property by the fraudulent, grossly negligent, or negligent entry or introduction of merchandise into U.S. commerce to bring a civil action in the District Court of the District of Columbia or the Court of International Trade, without respect to the amount in controversy.  Entitles a person prevailing in such an action to appropriate equitable relief or, if such relief is inadequate, compensatory damages and legal expenses. Permits the United States to intervene in an action under this Act as a matter of right.  Subjects any court order under this Act to nullification by the President pursuant to authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that this Act is consistent with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1396"], ["100-s-1344", 100, "s", 1344, "Small Business International Trade and Competition Enhancement Act", "Commerce", "1987-06-09", "1987-07-22", "Senate incorporated this measure into S. 1420.", "Senate", "Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]", "TN", "D", "S000068", 5, "(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Small Business with amendment, S. Rept. 100-84)  Small Business International Trade and Competition Enhancement Act - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Office of International Trade to work with relevant Federal agencies and others to:  (1) assist in developing a distribution network for existing trade promotion, trade finance, trade adjustment, and trade data collection programs; (2) assist in the aggressive marketing of such programs and the dissemination of marketing information to the small business community; (3) develop mechanisms for identifying subsectors of the small business community with strong export potential, identifying areas of demand in foreign markets and assisting in increasing international marketing by disseminating relevant information and linking potential sellers and buyers; (4) assist small businesses in the formation and utilization of export trading companies, export management companies, and research and development pools; (5) identify foreign language translation services; (6) disseminate data regarding the small business share of U.S. exports and the nature of State exports; (7) recommend revisions of the SIC code to encompass industries currently overlooked and to create codes for export trading companies and export management companies; (8) improve the utility of export promotion programs for small businesses; (9) improve the accessibility of the Export Trading Company contract facilitation service; (10) provide to the small business community information on conferences on exporting and international trade; (11) develop a program through which Small Business Administration (SBA) and Small Business Export Assistance Center (SBEAC) personnel can facilitate the access of small businesses to relevant export financing programs; (12) counsel small businesses regarding the administration of U.S. trade laws; and (13) increase access to trade remedy proceedings for small businesses. Requires the Office to report annually to the House and Senate Committees on Small Business on the implementation of such requirements. Authorizes appropriations to the SBA to carry out the provisions of the Act concerning the Office. Requires the Office to study and report to the House and Senate Committees on Small Business on:  (1) the viability and cost of establishing an annual, competitive export incentive program for small business; (2) methods of expediting trade remedy proceedings to assist smaller firms; and (3) methods of expediting export licensing procedures to assist smaller firms seeking such licenses. Authorizes the SBA to:  (1) provide extensions and revolving  lines of credit for export purposes and pre-export financing to allow small businesses to develop foreign markets; and (2) give weight to export-related benefits in considering loan or loan guarantee applications. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990 for SBEAC funding agreements. Expands the SBA's authority to make grants to include grants for management and technical assistance regarding small business participation in international markets, export promotion, and technology transfer. Requires Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) to work with the SBA's regional and local offices, the Department of Commerce, and other Federal, State and local agencies to serve as a service delivery clearinghouse for existing trade promotion, trade finance, trade adjustment, and trade data collection programs for small businesses. Provides that any applicant eligible to be funded by the SBA as an SBDC may apply for additional funding for new or increased activities to assist in: (1) small business participation in international trade; (2) technology transfer; and (3) information dissemination and service delivery. Authorizes the SBA to enter into funding agreements to establish SBEACs. Requires applicants to emphasize encouraging small businesses to participate in international trade, providing technology transfers which will promote productivity, and providing assistance to small businesses in marketing goods in foreign markets.  Requires applicants to provide matching funds from outside sources. Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory committee, consisting of three SBA representatives and two SBDC representatives, to recommend and publish guidelines for the evaluation of SBEAC proposals, and to conduct an annual review of programs established with funding agreements. Provides that in States where no application for an SBEAC is funded, the SBA shall use its regional and local offices to carry out SBEAC activities. Requires the SBA, in consultation with the SBEACs, to develop an information sharing system to:  (1) allow participating SBEACs to exchange information; and (2) provide information central to technology transfer. Requires the SBA to present its proposal for implementing such system to the Congress within six months of the enactment of this Act. Increases the limits on the SBA loan guarantees and economic development loans to $750,000 (currently, $500,000).  Allows funding under these programs to be combined for a single project. Requires the SBA Administrator, within six months after the enactment of this Act, to report to the House and Senate Small Business Committees on the advisability of amending the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIRP) to:  (1) increase each agency's share of research and development expenditures by a specified amount per year until it reaches three percent of the total extramural research and development funds; (2) make the SBIRP permanent with a formal congressional review every ten years; (3) allocate a share of each agency's SBIR fund for administrative purposes; (4) determine annually that each agency complies with the law and that SBIRP funding is not being accompanied by parallel reductions in other small business programs; and (5) include within the SBIRP all agencies expending specified amounts on extramural research and development. Requires the SBA to conduct a National Conference on Small Business Exports within one year of the enactment of this Act to develop recommendations designed to stimulate exports from small companies. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such Conference and the SBA shall make recommendations on the desirability of an international conference on small business and international trade. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the interests of the small business community have not been adequately represented in trade policy formulation and in trade negotiations, that the SBA's Administrator should be appointed as a member of the Trade Policy Committee, and that the United States Trade Representative should consult with the SBA and its Office of Advocacy in trade policy formation and should appoint a special trade assistant for small business.", "2025-01-14T17:16:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1344"], ["100-s-1319", 100, "s", 1319, "Federal Industrial Extension Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-06-03", "1987-06-03", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]", "WV", "D", "R000361", 1, "Federal Industrial Extension Act of 1987 - Establishes an Office of Extension Services within the National Bureau of Standards to inform State Industrial Extension Services of Federal research and development programs and to provide a contact point for such Services. Establishes a three-year Industrial Extension Service Grant Program in the Department of Commerce to demonstrate methods of Federal assistance to States for the development of State Industrial Extension Services designed to help business enhance competitiveness through the application of the latest science and technology.  Limits participants to not more than 15 States, with preference given on the basis of need and regional distribution.  Makes grants available for FY 1988 through 1990.  Requires that such funds be used to expand the number of businesses served or the quality of services provided.  Requires that participating States provide at least 20 percent of the costs of such Program. Authorizes States to provide services directly or through other State agencies or through universities or nonprofit organizations.  Permits the charging of fees.  Requires such States to report annually to the Secretary.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress at the end of FY 1990 on the operation of the Program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.", "2025-08-28T20:07:52Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1319"], ["100-s-1299", 100, "s", 1299, "Insurance Competition Improvement Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-05-29", "1987-06-02", "Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-918.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 3, "Insurance Competition Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that the continued exemption of the business of insurance from the Federal antitrust laws is not in the public interest.  Provides that the antitrust laws shall apply to the business of insurance with certain exceptions.  Specifies limited activities that may be subject to an exempt agreement, understanding, or concert of action between or among insurers, members of an advisory organization, or other persons.  Permits insurers or other persons participating in joint underwriting, pools, or residual market mechanisms to cooperate with each other in the making of rates, rating systems, policy forms, underwriting rules, surveys, inspections, and investigations if the residual market mechanism is required by law or approved by a State regulatory agency, or if the joint underwriting or pools do not unreasonably restrain trade.  Permits any State to:  (1) establish or approve a residual market mechanism; and (2) require a workers' compensation and employers' liability insurer to adhere to the uniform classification system and uniform rating plan applicable to such types of insurance in such State, provided that no such insurer shall agree with any other insurer or with an advisory organization to use any rate. States that treble damages and criminal penalties for alleged violations of Federal antitrust law may not result from conduct (which would have been lawful under the McCarran-Ferguson Act) occurring within two years of enactment of this Act. Provides that no relief shall be granted against any person for conduct occurring within two years of enactment of this Act if the defendant relied in good faith on an advisory opinion issued by the Department of Justice.", "2025-08-28T20:05:49Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1299"], ["100-s-1301", 100, "s", 1301, "Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1987-05-29", "1988-10-06", "Message on Senate action sent to the House.", "Senate", "Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]", "VT", "D", "L000174", 8, "(Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #350 (90-0)) Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 - Amends the copyright law to implement the Berne Convention, the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed at Berne on September 9, 1886. Extends copyright protection to architectural works in conformance with such Convention.  Extends comparable copyright protection to protectable works of nationals of Berne Union members. Revises provisions concerning the licensing of coin-operated phonorecord players (jukeboxes).  Permits copyright owners and operators of jukeboxes to directly negotiate the terms and royalty rates for performing copyrighted works if the Copyright Royalty Tribunal certifies that, over a one year period after this Act's enactment, such process has resulted in authorizing the use of a not substantially smaller quantity of work.  Suspends the ratemaking activities of the Tribunal while such conditions are being met. Provides that the scope of Federal preemption remains unaffected by U.S. adherence to the Berne Convention. Makes discretionary instead of mandatory the use of a notice of copyright on publicly distributed copies of protected works, including phonorecords of sound recordings (thus bringing U.S. law into conformance with the Berne Convention). States that such a notice is a bar to a defense of innocent infringement if the defendant had access to copies with such notice. Declares that the copyright notice requirements do not apply to publications incorporating U.S. Government works unless the notice of copyright on such works identifies those sections which are not U.S. Government works. Removes the copyright notice requirements with respect to all publicly distributed copies of works. Makes registration a prerequisite to a copyright infringement action except for actions regarding Berne Convention works whose country of origin is not the United States (thus exempting only non-domestic Berne Convention members from the formality of registration as a prerequisite to initiating a lawsuit for copyright infringement). Increases statutory damages. Authorizes the Tribunal to set jukebox interim rates, as specified. States that works in the public domain remain unprotected. Makes this Act effective the same day the Berne Convention enters into force with respect to the United States.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1301"], ["100-s-1251", 100, "s", 1251, "National Quality Improvement Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-05-21", "1987-05-21", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]", "FL", "D", "G000352", 26, "National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish a National Quality Award, to be evidenced by a medal. Directs the President (on the basis of recommendations received from the Secretary of Commerce) or the Secretary of Commerce to periodically make the award to companies and other organizations which have substantially benefited the economic or social well-being of the United States through improvements in the quality of their goods and services resulting from the effective practice of quality management. Sets forth categories in which the award may be given and qualification criteria. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board of overseers to make suggestions for improvements in the award process. Directs the Director of the National Bureau of Standards to provide information about the awards and about the successful quality improvement strategies and programs of the award winners to all participants and to other appropriate groups. Provides that funding for the award program shall be through gifts from public and private sources and fees imposed upon organizations applying for the award. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a report on the progress, findings, and conclusions of activities conducted with respect to the award, along with recommendations for possible modifications.", "2025-08-28T20:07:48Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1251"], ["100-s-1264", 100, "s", 1264, "Hostile Foreign Takeover Moratorium Act", "Commerce", "1987-05-21", "1987-06-25", "Committee on Banking. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-183.", "Senate", "Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC]", "NC", "D", "S000055", 5, "Hostile Foreign Takeover Moratorium Act - Makes congressional findings concerning the financing of corporate takeovers and the resulting loss of jobs and dislocations to local and regional economies and to the national economy. Amends the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to place a six-month moratorium on tender offers for any equity securities by any foreign person if any part of the consideration to be paid: (1) is cash, unless the person has cash or cash equivalents equal to the aggregate amount of such cash consideration; or (2) is to be financed by means of a loan, borrowing, or the issuance of debt securities. Provides that such moratorium shall not apply if the acceptance of such offer has been recommended and approved by the directors of the person to be acquired. Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission to enforce the provisions of this Act.", "2025-08-28T20:08:36Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1264"], ["100-s-1267", 100, "s", 1267, "A bill to provide authorization of appropriations for the United States Travel and Tourism Administration, and for other purposes.", "Commerce", "1987-05-21", "1987-08-03", "Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.", "Senate", "Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]", "WV", "D", "R000361", 15, "Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for 1988 through 1990 for the United States Travel and Tourism Administration.", "2025-01-14T18:51:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1267"], ["100-s-1223", 100, "s", 1223, "A bill to amend the copyright law regarding work made for hire.", "Commerce", "1987-05-19", "1987-06-10", "Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.", "Senate", "Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]", "MS", "R", "C000567", 0, "Amends the copyright law concerning works made for hire to limit the determination of the employer-employee relationship to relationships where the employee receives all employment benefits due under State and Federal law and the employer withholds and remits Federal taxes.  Limits work-for-hire to work specifically ordered for use as part of a motion picture through a written agreement made prior to the commencement of the work. Requires a prior written agreement before a work may be considered a joint work. Provides that each separate contribution to a collective work or compilation, any supplementary work, any instructional text, and any part of an audiovisual work, other than a motion picture, shall be treated as distinct from the larger or revised work as a whole and will be subject to the copyright law's provisions for limited rights transfer.  Reserves rights in any material object unless specifically conveyed. Provides that the rights acquired under such an agreement which are not exercised within three years of the first publication shall become nonexclusive.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1223"], ["100-s-1200", 100, "s", 1200, "Process Patent Amendments Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-05-14", "1987-07-22", "Senate incorporated this measure into S. 1420.", "Senate", "Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]", "AZ", "D", "D000185", 4, "(Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment (without written report))  Process Patent Amendments Act of 1987 - Title I: Process Patent Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a process patented in the United States.  Excludes products materially changed by subsequent processes or products which become a trivial and nonessential component of another product. States that no modification of remedies is available to any person who practiced the patented process, is controlled by or controls the person who practiced the process, or who had knowledge before the infringement that a patented process was being used in violation of this Act. Requires an infringer to have actual knowledge of infringement or sufficient information as to the likelihood of infringement before remedies are available to the patent holder.  Makes remedies contingent upon the good faith practiced by both parties, as well as the need to restore exclusive patent rights. Requires a party to show good faith by requesting or responding to a request for disclosure by a manufacturer of all process patents owned or licensed to such manufacturer at the time of the request which could reasonably be believed to be infringed if imported, used, or sold in the United States by an unauthorized party.  Limits requests to persons regularly engaged or about to be regularly engaged in the business. Requires requests to be made before a notice of infringement and to include a representation that the requester will submit identified patents to the manufacturer or supplier to obtain a written statement that these patents are not being violated. Requires notices of infringement to specify the patent allegedly infringed and the reasons why such infringement is suspected. Places the burden of proof in an infringement action to show that product was not produced by the patented process on the defendant. Makes this provision effective prospectively only, except where a specific product is already in substantial and continuous sale or use by a person in the United States on May 15, 1987, or for which substantial preparation has been made by such date, to the extent equitable. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report annually to the Congress for five years on the effect of this provision on the importation of manufacturing ingredients in certain domestic industries. Title II:  Patent Misuse Doctrine Reform - States that a patent owner's licensing practices cannot constitute patent misuse unless such practices violate the antitrust laws. Title III:  Licensee Challenges to Patent Validity - States that a patentee cannot be estopped from challenging the validity of a patent to which it is licensed. Title IV:  Pharmaceutical Patent Term Restoration Act Amendments - Extends the term of a patent on new drugs for five years, under certain circumstances. Terminates a patent extension if such patent is extended because the Federal Food and Drug Administration has not made a final determination regarding the approvability of the supplemental new drug application prior to 90 days before the patent expires if the Administration subsequently makes a final determination disapproving such new drug application. Requires the holder of the rights to the patent of a qualifying drug to inform the Commissioner of Patents of the number of the patent covering the composition.  Requires the Commissioner to issue a certificate of extension upon receipt of such notification. Requires the Commissioner to issue a certificate of termination of extension upon receipt of notification that such new drug application has been disapproved.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1200"], ["100-s-1201", 100, "s", 1201, "A bill to prevent consumer abuses by credit repair organizations.", "Commerce", "1987-05-14", "1987-05-14", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.", "Senate", "Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI]", "WI", "D", "P000553", 6, "Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to set forth the Credit Reporting Reform Act as revised title IV.  Prohibits any credit services organization (any person who provides a service for the purpose of improving a buyer's credit record or obtaining an extension of credit for a buyer) from: (1) charging or receiving money prior to the completion of its services (unless it has obtained a $10,000 surety bond); (2) charging or receiving money solely for the referral of a buyer to a retailer if the credit which may be extended is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (3) advising any client to make an untrue or misleading statement; and (4) using any untrue or misleading statement in the offer or sale of its services. Requires the organization to provide the buyer with a written statement which includes a description of: (1) the buyer's rights; (2) the approximate price the buyer will be charged for the service; and (3) the services to be performed by the organization.  Sets forth contract requirements and the rights of the buyer with regard to cancellation of such contract. Subjects any organization which fails to comply with any provision of this Act to civil liability. Grants any appropriate U.S. district court jurisdiction in such actions (without regard to the amount in controversy).  Provides a two-year statute of limitations for such actions (unless the defendant has materially and willfully misrepresented any information required under this Act). Provides for the administrative enforcement of this Act by the Federal Trade Commission, as provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act.", "2025-01-14T18:20:21Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1201"], ["100-s-1068", 100, "s", 1068, "A bill to amend the Clayton Act regarding interlocking directorates and officers.", "Commerce", "1987-04-22", "1987-08-06", "Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 1, "(Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any person from serving as a director or officer (currently, director only) of any two corporations if each (currently, any) of such corporations has capital, surplus, and undivided profits aggregating more than $10,000,000 (currently, $1,000,000).  Establishes exceptions to such interlocking directorate and officer prohibition where: (1) the aggregate competitive sales of either corporation are less than $1,000,000; (2) the aggregate competitive sales of either corporation are less than one percent of that corporation's total sales; or (3) the aggregate competitive sales of each corporation are less than four percent of that corporation's total sales.  Increases or decreases the $10,000,000 and $1,000,000 threshold amounts by the percentage increase or decrease in the gross national product for the preceding fiscal year.  Provides that a director or officer shall not be deemed ineligible under the provisions of this Act until the expiration of one year from the date the ineligibility occurred, or, if practical, the next election of directors, whichever occurs first. Includes, for purposes of determining the applicability of premerger notification and waiting period requirements, in the annual net sales and total assets of a partnership the annual net sales or total assets of any general partner and any partner having the right to 50 percent or more of the profits of the partnership, or having the right in the event of dissolution to 50 percent or more of the assets of the partnership. Revises the premerger notification and waiting period requirements under the Act. Applies such requirements to proposed mergers where the total assets or annual net sales of the smaller of the acquiring party or the target party equal or exceed $15,000,000 (currently, $10,000,000) and the aggregate amount of voting securities and assets of the target party that the acquiring party would hold exceeds $20,000,000 (currently, $15,000,000). Increases to 20 days (currently, 15 days) the waiting period following notification of a proposed merger in the case of a cash tender offer.  Eliminates the ten-day extension on such waiting period (and thus permits a 20-day extension) with respect to proposed mergers involving cash tender offers. Permits the U.S. district court to extend such waiting period up to an additional 25 days if, due to the complexity or scope of the information to be evaluated, the Federal Trade Commission or the Assistant Attorney General requires such additional time to determine whether the proposed merger may violate the antitrust laws.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1068"], ["100-s-930", 100, "s", 930, "Competitiveness Enhancement Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-04-07", "1987-04-07", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]", "AR", "D", "B001057", 5, "Competitiveness Enhancement Act of 1987 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish in the Office of Productivity, Technology and Innovation of the Department of Commerce a Center on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation.  States that such Center shall be headed by a Director and serve as a clearinghouse on State and local initiatives to enhance the competitiveness of American businesses. Requires the Director to:  (1) establish relations with State and local governments and organizations; (2) evaluate the effectiveness of State and local initiatives; and (3) collect and disseminate information.  Permits the Director to contract out such evaluations as specified. Requires the Director to evaluate Federal programs, provide technical assistance to State or local governments upon request, and support generic research on stimulating productivity, technology, and innovation and evaluating such initiatives. Requires the Director to report to the Congress annually on such initiatives. Requires the Director to establish an advisory board to advise the Assistant Secretary and the Director on the activities of the Center. Authorizes appropriations.", "2025-08-28T20:08:17Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/930"], ["100-s-941", 100, "s", 941, "A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.", "Commerce", "1987-04-07", "1987-07-16", "Committee on Small Business requested executive comment from OMB, SBA.", "Senate", "Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]", "NY", "R", "D000018", 0, "Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow equity contributions by State and local governments to small business investment companies to be counted in meeting the minimum paid-in capital requirements.", "2025-01-14T17:16:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/941"], ["100-s-844", 100, "s", 844, "Television Violence Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1987-03-25", "1988-06-14", "Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.", "Senate", "Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL]", "IL", "D", "S000423", 6, "(Measure passed Senate, amended) Television Violence Act of 1988 - Exempts from the antitrust laws any joint discussion, consideration, review, action, or agreement by or among persons in the television industry for the purpose of, and limited to, developing and disseminating voluntary guidelines designed to alleviate the negative impact of violence in telecast material, provided such joint endeavor does not result in a boycott of any person. Applies such exemption to activities conducted within 36 months after enactment of this Act.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/844"], ["100-s-818", 100, "s", 818, "White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act", "Commerce", "1987-03-24", "1987-09-17", "Committee on Small Business. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]", "NM", "R", "D000407", 45, "White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business once every four years to:  (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the preceding Conferences. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such Conferences. Requires a final report of each Conference, within six months from the date a Conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.", "2025-08-28T20:05:52Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/818"], ["100-s-804", 100, "s", 804, "Insurance Competition Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-03-20", "1987-04-06", "Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.", "Senate", "Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL]", "IL", "D", "S000423", 0, "Insurance Competition Act of 1987 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to revise the applicability of the Federal antitrust laws to the insurance industry. Specifies limited activities that may be subject to an exempt agreement, understanding, or concert of action between or among insurers, members of an advisory organization, or other persons.  Permits insurers in joint underwriting, pools, or residual market mechanisms to cooperate with each other in the following activities if the residual market mechanism is required by law or approved by a government agency, or if the joint underwriting pools do not unreasonably restrain trade:  (1) making rates, rating systems, policy forms, underwriting rules, surveys, inspections, and investigations; (2) furnishing loss statistics; and (3) carrying on research on causes or the prevention of losses.  Permits any State to: (1) establish or approve a residual market mechanism; and (2) require a workers' compensation and employers' liability insurer to adhere to the uniform classification system and uniform rating plan applicable to such types of insurance in such State, provided that no such insurer shall agree with any other insurer or with an advisory organization to use any rate.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/804"], ["100-s-806", 100, "s", 806, "Airline Competition Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-03-20", "1987-10-30", "Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Subjects on the Table.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 1, "(Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 100-61)  Airline Competition Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to terminate on October 1, 1987 (currently, January 1, 1989) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to approve and exempt from the antitrust law airline agreements relating to interstate and overseas air transportation.  Prohibits conduct pursuant to orders and exemptions granted under such authority prior to October 1, 1987, from being subject to the antitrust laws. Terminates, upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary's authority to exempt from the antitrust laws transactions relating to airline mergers and acquisitions and interlocking directorates among airlines.  (Current law terminates such authority on January 1, 1989.)  Provides that rights, duties, and obligations arising pursuant to proceedings commenced before the Department of Transportation prior to April 1, 1987 or final orders adopted prior to enactment of this Act by the Secretary or the Civil Aeronautics Board with regard to such transactions, shall be adjudicated and administered as if such authority had not been terminated. Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any air carrier or foreign air carrier that is subject to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, any person controlling such carriers, any other common carrier, or any person substantially engaged in the aeronautics business from acquiring the stocks or assets of one or more persons engaged in commerce where the effect of such acquisition may substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to enforce the antitrust provisions of the Clayton Act with respect to air carriers and foreign air carriers who are subject to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Excludes such carriers from the antitrust authority of the Federal Trade Commission.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/806"], ["100-s-808", 100, "s", 808, "Antitrust Damages Clarification Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-03-20", "1987-04-06", "Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.", "Senate", "Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID]", "ID", "R", "M000346", 11, "Antitrust Damages Clarification Act of 1987 - Provides that no damages, costs, or attorney's fees shall be awarded under an antitrust suit with respect to the establishment or use of any rate, charge, or premium filed by a title insurance company with a State insurance department or authorized, approved, or permitted to become effective pursuant to State insurance laws.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/808"], ["100-s-791", 100, "s", 791, "Industrial Innovation and Technology Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-03-19", "1987-04-06", "Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.", "Senate", "Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]", "AZ", "D", "D000185", 1, "Industrial Innovation and Technology Act of 1987 - Amends the copyright law to provide for the protection of industrial designs of useful articles, except designs that are:  (1) not original; (2) staple or commonplace; (3) different from commonplace or staple designs in insignificant ways; (4) determined solely by a utilitarian function; (5) composed of three-dimensional features of shape and surface in wearing apparel; (6) a semiconductor chip product already protected under another provision; or (7) embodying a process or idea or system.  States that protection for a design shall be available for subject matter usually excluded if the design is a substantial revision, adaptation, or rearrangement of such subject matter. Sets the term of protection at ten years. Requires the design to be marked with a design notice when it is made public.  States that omission of such notice shall not cause loss of protection or prevent recovery for infringement against any person who receives written notice of the protection. Specifies the criteria for determination of infringement of a protected design. Provides that protection of a design shall be lost if application for registration is not made within one year after the date on which the design is first made public.  Provides procedures for application for the protection of a design through a certificate of registration. Sets a fee schedule for such process. Specifies the ownership and transfer rights of designs subject to protection. Provides remedies for infringement of a registered design, including injunctive relief and damages. Allows judicial review of a final refusal of the Administrator (Register of Copyrights) to register a design. Prescribes penalties for fraudulent registration, false marking, and false representation of any design. Provides that this Act shall take effect one year after the date of enactment.  States that no design made public prior to the effective date shall be protected. Provides protection of a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work in which copyright subsists if such work is utilized in an original design of a useful article.", "2025-08-28T20:07:06Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/791"], ["100-s-772", 100, "s", 772, "A bill to amend the Clayton Act regarding consent judgements.", "Commerce", "1987-03-18", "1987-04-06", "Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.", "Senate", "Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "G000236", 0, "Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any Federal Trade Commission consent agreement, any consent decree proposed to a court by the Commission or the Attorney General, or any Commission or court order which provides for divestiture by a party to any acquisition from becoming final before the divestiture has been approved by the Commission or the court.  Permits the consent decree, agreement, or order to be rescinded and the Commission or the Attorney General to petition the court for further relief, if the divestiture is not approved. Provides that no divestiture shall be deemed an acceptable remedy for an acquisition which substantially lessens competition unless the divestiture fully restores competition lost as a result of the acquisition and there is a substantial likelihood that any buyer of divested assets will be a viable competitor for the foreseeable future.  Directs the Attorney General, the Commission, and the court, in approving divestitures, to insure that reasonable steps are taken to protect the interests of affected employees and to preserve employment consistent with the full restoration of competition. Entitles a State's attorney general to intervene in a court proceeding to determine whether a proposed merger providing for the divestiture of enterprises or facilities which collectively employ more than 100 persons full-time in such State is in the public interest.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/772"], ["100-s-711", 100, "s", 711, "Product Liability Reform Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-03-11", "1987-03-11", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]", "WI", "R", "K000019", 0, "Product Liability Reform Act of 1987 - Title I: Product Liability Reform Act of 1987 - Preempts inconsistent state law within limitations contained in this Act.  States that this Act shall not apply to liability relating to certain nuclear incidents governed by the Price-Anderson Act and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Limits liability for damages in a product liability action to instances in which:  (1) a person was negligent in the design, production, distribution, or sale of the product; or (2) the product was defective in such a way as to make it unreasonably dangerous, and the technology at the time the product was produced would have permitted discovery and elimination of such defect. Denies liability in instances when the injury is related to:  (1) an unreasonable or unforeseeable use or alteration of the product; or (2) the failure to warn or instruct concerning danger associated with the product if that danger is apparent to a reasonable person or is a matter of common knowledge, or if the product is used in an unreasonable or unforeseeable way. Prohibits application of the doctrine of joint and several liability to product liability actions, except in cases when persons acting in concert are the proximate cause of the injury. Limits to $200,000 the amount of noneconomic damages that can be recovered. Permits structured settlements and periodic payment of damages awarded for future economic losses exceeding $100,000. Requires that damage awards be offset by amounts received as compensation for the same injury from specified collateral sources. Establishes a contingency fee schedule to govern compensation for plaintiffs' attorneys. Directs the Attorney General to provide to the Congress recommendations to encourage the creation, adoption, and use of alternative dispute resolution techniques in civil disputes filed in Federal courts. Title II:  Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act of 1987 - Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act of 1987 - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to terminate, as of October 1, 1987, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) as an independent executive agency of the U.S. Government. Transfers to the Secretary of Transportation the functions, powers, and duties of the ICC relating to the regulation of rail transportation and to certain other surface transportation regulation. Prohibits any State or its political subdivision or any interstate or other political agency of two or more States from enacting or enforcing any law, rule, or standard relating to interstate or intrastate rates, routes, or services of motor carriers, motor private carriers, water carriers, freight forwarders, or transportation brokers. Authorizes the President to take certain action upon a determination that the government of a contiguous foreign country has engaged in unfair, discriminatory, or restrictive practices having a substantial adverse competitive impact upon certain U.S. transportation companies. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit to the Congress, two years from the effective date of this Act, a status report and evaluation concerning the implementation of the National Governors' Association Consensus Agenda on standards for uniform State regulation of interstate motor carriers. Transfers to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jurisdiction over certain regulation of motor carriers, water carriers, freight forwarders, and railroad passenger carriers.  Grants to the FTC the exclusive power to enforce certain regulations governing the transport of household goods.  Requires the FTC, within 120 days of this Act's enactment, to review and revise such regulations to eliminate unnecessary regulation and to ensure that shippers of household goods receive adequate protection in their dealings with carriers. Identifies the administrative procedure to govern such FTC rulemaking, including provisions for judicial review.  Requires such rule review and revision to be completed within one year following its initiation. Requires that all U.S. departments and agencies conform their rules to those finally promulgated by the FTC within one year after such promulgation. Repeals statutory limitations on purchases by common carriers in cases of interlocking directorates. Title III:  Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1987 - Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1987 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1987 to repeal, with specified exemptions, the average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles. Mandates that fuel economy for any model type shall be measured according to procedures (established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)) which produce results that simulate conditions of actual use.  Mandates that such procedures require that fuel economy be conducted in conjunction with specified emission tests conducted under the Clean Air Act. Directs the EPA Administrator to determine by rule that quantity of diesel oil which is the equivalent of one gallon of gasoline. Sets forth guidelines under which any manufacturer is authorized to file a petition for judicial review of certain fuel economy or record-keeping rules promulgated by the Administrator. Repeals the requirement that manufacturers submit certain reports to the Secretary of Transportation. Requires every manufacturer to maintain records and submit reports. Amends automobile labeling requirements to provide that each automobile manufactured in any model year after the enactment of this Act shall bear a label in a prominent place stating that written information regarding fuel economy comparison among automobiles shall be made available by the EPA Administrator. Directs the EPA Administrator to compile fuel economy data to be included on such labels.  Treats violations of such labeling requirements as violations of:  (1) the Automobile Information Disclosure Act; and (2) the Federal Trade Commission Act regarding unfair or deceptive business practices. Repeals specified sections of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act. Directs the EPA Administrator to determine average fuel economy for any manufacturer that has a need to determine carryback credits.", "2025-08-28T20:07:07Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/711"], ["100-s-698", 100, "s", 698, "Syndicated Television Music Copyright Reform Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-03-10", "1987-11-10", "Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]", "SC", "R", "T000254", 13, "Syndicated Television Music Copyright Reform Act of 1987 - Amends the copyright law to require that any conveyance of performance rights in an audiovisual work to nonnetwork commercial television include the right to perform in synchronization any accompanying copyrighted music. Entitles the music copyright holder to an interest in any compensation received for the audiovisual work performance rights.", "2025-08-28T20:09:06Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/698"], ["100-s-666", 100, "s", 666, "Product Liability Reform Act", "Commerce", "1987-03-06", "1987-03-06", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.", "Senate", "Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]", "WI", "R", "K000019", 8, "Product Liability Reform Act - Title I:  States that this Act governs any civil action brought against a manufacturer or product seller for harm caused by a product.  Supersedes any inconsistent State law regarding recovery in such actions. States that U.S. district courts shall not have jurisdiction over civil actions pursuant to this Act. Title II:  Establishes procedures by which any party may serve upon any other party offers to settle claims. Holds any offeree who rejects a settlement offer and fails to substantially prevail in the action liable for the claimant's attorney's fees and costs. Allows the parties to pursue State established or recognized voluntary alternative dispute resolution procedures.  Allows the court to assess reasonable attorney's fees and costs against any offeree who unreasonably refuses to proceed pursuant to such procedures. Title III:  Allows any person seeking recovery for harm caused by a product to bring a civil action against the product's manufacturer or seller. Establishes uniform standards of product seller liability. Subjects a product seller to liability if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that:  (1) the product seller did not exercise reasonable care with respect to the product; or (2) the product failed to conform to an express warranty made by the product seller.  Treats a product seller as a manufacturer where:  (1) the manufacturer is not subject to service of process under the laws of any State in which the action might be brought; or (2) the court determines that the claimant would be unable to enforce a judgment against the manufacturer. Allows punitive damages to be awarded, if permitted by applicable law, where the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting the manufacturer's or seller's conscious, flagrant indifference to the safety of those who might be harmed by the product.  Provides that punitive damages may not be awarded where:  (1) a drug or medical device was approved or is generally recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration; or (2) an aircraft was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Establishes uniform statutes of limitation and repose for product liability actions. Imposes penalties for the destruction or concealment of material relevant to product liability actions. Requires any damage award to be reduced by the amount of workers' compensation benefits paid. States that the liability of each defendant for noneconomic damages shall be several and not joint. Bars recovery where the claimant in a product liability action is under the influence of alcohol or any drug and more than 50 percent responsible for the harm. Title IV:  Requires the Secretary of Commerce to provide the Congress with an annual report analyzing the impact of this Act on product liability insurance.", "2025-08-28T20:07:27Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/666"], ["100-s-677", 100, "s", 677, "Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-03-06", "1987-12-14", "Message on Senate action sent to the House.", "Senate", "Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]", "TN", "D", "G000321", 6, "(Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 2897) Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to deny authority to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to find a method of competition unfair (in any action under the Sherman Act) if such method of competition would be held to constitute State action. Prohibits the FTC from instituting a civil action, in cases involving consent orders, to obtain civil penalties for unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Permits a district court to review certain FTC determinations of law which found an act or practice unfair or deceptive. Revises the effective dates for cease and desist orders issued by the FTC. Applies FTC civil investigative demand procedures only to acts, practices, or methods of competition declared unlawful by a law. Denies the FTC authority to:  (1) study, investigate, or prosecute agricultural cooperatives for any action not in violation of antitrust Acts; or (2) study or investigate agricultural marketing orders. Provides for congressional review and veto of final rules promulgated by the FTC.  Makes any such rule effective unless a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted into law within 90 days of the rule's submission. Prohibits the FTC from intervening in the proceedings of any Federal or State agency except where required by Federal law:  (1) unless requested by a Member of Congress or a Federal, State, or local official; or (2) without first notifying specified congressional committees. Excludes Federal credit unions from the FTC's unfair acts and practices regulatory authority.  Directs the National Credit Union Administration Board to promulgate and enforce regulations concerning unfair acts and practices by credit unions. Authorizes appropriations for the FTC for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the FTC to conduct a study of advertising which uses the offering of the opportunity to receive something of value as an inducement to purchase that which is being advertised.  Requires the FTC to submit the results of such study to specified congressional committees within one year of the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the FTC to submit semiannual reports in FY 1988 through 1990 to specified congressional committees on instances in which:  (1) resale price maintenance has been suspected or alleged; and (2) predatory pricing practices have been suspected or alleged. Directs the FTC to study and report to the Congress on:  (1) the use of potentially unfair, deceptive, or misleading practices in the marketing, sale, cost, and coverage of health insurance for the elderly; (2) the increase in property and casualty insurance rates to small business owners, local governments, physicians, dentists, and child care centers; and (3) unfair and deceptive practices in the life care home industry. Directs the FTC to monitor complaints concerning the marketing of imported imitation Native American arts, craft, and jewelry in order to determine the extent to which such imports contain the English name of their country of origin. Requires the FTC to distribute a consumer information brochure to assist consumers in filing complaints with the FTC with respect to such imports. Directs the FTC:  (1) to study and report to the Congress on deceptive mail practices used in conjunction with the sale of products or services related to governmental functions and the severity of the injury to consumers from such practices; and (2) if necessary, to initiate a trade regulation rule proceeding respecting such practices.", "2025-01-14T18:51:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/677"], ["100-s-687", 100, "s", 687, "Product Liability Reform Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-03-06", "1987-03-13", "Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.", "Senate", "Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]", "MO", "R", "D000030", 1, "Product Liability Reform Act of 1987 - Title I - States that this Act governs any civil action brought against a manufacturer or product seller for harm caused by a product.  Supersedes any inconsistent State law applicable to recovery in such actions. States that U.S. district courts shall not have jurisdiction over civil actions pursuant to this Act. Title II - Establishes the National Commission on Product Liability Awards to:  (1) compile, evaluate, and publish information on current product liability awards; and (2) provide guidance in developing jury instructions and in modifying jury awards.  Authorizes appropriations. Title III - Allows any person seeking recovery for harm caused by a product to bring a civil action against the product's manufacturer or seller. Establishes uniform standards for punitive damages awards and liability for noneconomic losses. Allows punitive damages to be awarded, if permitted by applicable law, where the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting the manufacturer's or seller's intentional or conscious disregard for the safety of persons who might be harmed by the product. States that the liability of each defendant for noneconomic loss shall be joint and several (unless any defendant's liability for such loss is substantially disproportionate to the liability for the entire loss, in which case such defendant's liability shall be several only). Allows the court, in a civil action brought under this Act, to: (1) set aside the verdict where the amount of compensatory damages is found to be excessive or inadequate, unless the affected parties agree to modification; and (2) set aside that portion of a verdict attributable to punitive damages found to be excessive, unless the affected parties agree to modification.", "2025-08-28T20:08:00Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/687"], ["100-s-688", 100, "s", 688, "A bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product liability law, and for other purposes.", "Commerce", "1987-03-06", "1987-03-13", "Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.", "Senate", "Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]", "MO", "R", "D000030", 0, "Establishes expedited product liability settlement procedures. Establishes procedures by which any party may serve upon any other party offers to settle claims. Precludes a claimant or defendant from bringing or maintaining a civil action once an offer of settlement has been accepted. Holds a defendant who rejects a settlement offer and fails to substantially prevail in the action liable for the claimant's attorney's fees and costs. Limits the recovery of a claimant who has rejected a defendant's settlement offer:  (1) for economic loss, to the claimant's net economic loss; and (2) for noneconomic loss, other than punitive damages, to $250,000 (if the court finds that recovery for dignitary loss is appropriate; otherwise two times the economic loss or $50,000, whichever is less). Allows payment for economic loss to be made by periodic payment or according to a settlement agreement.  Requires the court to approve a settlement agreement if the value of the economic loss is $10,000 or more. Permits any defendant who has entered into a settlement agreement to seek reimbursement, contribution, or subrogation on the basis of comparative responsibility.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/688"], ["100-s-635", 100, "s", 635, "A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to protect intellectual property rights, and for other purposes.", "Commerce", "1987-03-03", "1988-03-31", "Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Hearings held on sections 201-217.", "Senate", "Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]", "SC", "R", "T000254", 1, "Title I:  Omnibus Intellectual Property Rights Improvement Act of 1987 - Subtitle A:  Intellectual Property Reform Act of 1987 - States that licensing a patent, trade secret, or copyright is not illegal per se under the antitrust laws. Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a process patented in the United States.  Requires the infringer to know or be on notice that the product was made by a process patented in the United States before a process patent holder may recover damages. Places the burden of proof in an infringement action to show that product was not produced by the patented process on the defendant. Amends the patent laws to extend the terms of patents which encompass specified products or methods for using a product, including methods of manufacturing, any of which are subject to certain nonpatent regulatory review periods.  Sets forth the terms and conditions of such extension, including a five-year limitation on the extension and a 25-year maximum patent term from the earliest filing. Directs the Commissioner of Patents to notify the appropriate Federal agency upon receipt from a product sponsor of a notice of extension.  Requires the notified agency to determine the applicable regulatory review period. Permits the appropriate Secretary or Administrator to establish fees to cover review costs. Directs the Commissioner, upon a final determination of the applicable regulatory review period, to issue the owner of record of a patent a certificate of extension stating the fact and length of the extension and identifying the product and the use and the claim to which such extension is applicable.  Makes such certificate a part of the original patent. Restricts the disclosure of any data submitted during the regulatory review period which is designated as a trade secret or confidential. Limits the application of such patent term extension to patents for:  (1) any new animal drug or antibiotic subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (2) any veterinary biological product subject to regulation under the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act; (3) any pesticide subject to regulation under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and (4) any chemical substance or mixture subject to regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt from investigative reporting requirements certain new animal drugs which are bioequivalent to animal drugs already approved. Amends the patent laws to specify conduct which does not interfere with a patent owner's entitlement to relief for patent infringement, including refusal to license, excessive or inconsistent royalty fees, and other anticompetitive activities. States that a licensee shall not be estopped from asserting in a judicial action the invalidity of any patent for which the licensee has obtained a license. Requires that certain district court actions on the validity of a patent relying upon an unconsidered patent or publication as prior art be considered by the Commissioner for reexamination. Subtitle B: Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt from agency disclosure requirements:  (1) trade secrets or commercial or financial information which is privileged or the disclosure of which would impair the agency's ability to obtain such information in the future, cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the source, or harm an identifiable governmental interest; and (2) technical data that may not be exported without an approval, authorization, or license under Federal export laws. Subtitle C:  Regulation of Commerce in Digital Audio Recording Devices Act of 1987 - Requires digital audio recording devices in commerce to contain a copy-code scanner.  Prohibits the deactivation or bypassing of such scanners. Entitles an aggrieved party to damages which can include actual or statutory damages and impoundment, destruction, or modification of the violating device. Permits the Secretary of Commerce to exempt certain devices used exclusively for legitimate business purposes. Establishes criminal penalties and subjects imports in violation of this Act to seizure and forfeit. Subtitle D:  Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates of this title. Title II:  Antitrust Amendments Act of 1987 - Subtitle A:  Antitrust Equal Enforcement Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to direct the court, in an antitrust action, to reduce the claim of any claimant who releases any person from liability by the greatest of:  (1) a stipulated amount; (2) the consideration paid for release; or (3) the actual damages fairly allocable to the released person (or treble such damages where the claim is for treble damages) and interest thereon. Requires the court, in an action based on a contract, combination, or conspiracy among competitors, to conclusively presume that a person has been released from liability if: (1) such person has not been joined as a defendant; and (2) the defendant has established that such person is legally or practically available as a party to the action. Requires damages based on a price-fixing agreement between competitors to be allocated on the basis of:  (1) each competitor's proportionate share of the total competitors' overcharges or underpayments where the claim is based on damages sustained by reason of overcharges or payments resulting from a price-fixing agreement; or (2) each party's relative responsibility for the origination or perpetration of the antitrust violation, whichever method the court determines to be more equitable. Subtitle B:  Antitrust Remedies Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to reduce the amount recoverable in a private antitrust action from treble to actual damages sustained, except when the damages are sustained by reason of the plaintiff being overcharged or underpaid by the liable party.  Requires payment to the prevailing plaintiff in an actual damage case, or a treble damage case under specified circumstances, of interest on actual damages for the period beginning on the date of injury and ending on the date of judgment (prejudgment interest). Entitles the United States to recover treble damages when it is injured by being overcharged or underpaid by an antitrust violation.  Provides for the payment of prejudgment interest on the actual damages recovered by the United States in an antitrust action. Provides for the payment of prejudgment interest on the total damage recovered in antitrust actions commenced by State attorneys general. Directs the Court to award the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee, to a substantially prevailing defendant in a private antitrust action or a private action for injunctive relief against an antitrust violation if the court finds that the plaintiff's conduct was frivolous, unreasonable, without foundation, or in bad faith. Subtitle C:  Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends the Sherman Act to require the court in an antitrust action involving commerce with foreign nations, except for good cause shown, to hear and determine a motion to dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction before conducting or permitting the parties to conduct further proceedings. Amends the Clayton Act to require a court to dismiss any antitrust action involving foreign commerce whenever it determines that the exercise of jurisdiction would be unreasonable primarily on the basis of the following factors:  (1) the relative significance of conduct within the United States compared to conduct abroad; (2) the nationality of the parties; (3) the presence of a purpose to affect United States consumers or competitors; (4) the relative significance and foreseeability of the effects of the conduct on the United States compared to the effects abroad; (5) the existence of reasonable expectations that would be furthered or defeated by the action; and (6) the degree of conflict with foreign law or foreign economic policies.  Directs the court to hear and determine any motion to dismiss on such basis before conducting further proceedings.  Provides that nothing in this Act authorizes the court to consider the effect of an action sought to be dismissed on the foreign political relations of the United States. Declares that the doctrine of forum non conveniens (providing that a court dismiss a case that should be tried in another more convenient and appropriate forum) shall be applicable in any antitrust action involving foreign commerce. Subtitle D:  Interlocking Directorate Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any person from serving as a director in two or more corporations if each (currently, any) of such corporations has capital, surplus, and undivided profits aggregating more than $10,000,000 (currently, $1,000,000).  Establishes exceptions to such interlocking directorate prohibition where the sales of each corporation of each product or service sold in competition with the other corporation's:  (1) are less than five percent of such corporation's total sales, unless such corporation's sales of all such products or services exceed 25 percent of its total sales; (2) added to such corporation's sales of all other such products or services are less than $1,000,000; or (3) are less than three percent of the total sales in each line of commerce in each section of the country in which such corporations compete. Increases the $10,000,000 and $1,000,000 threshold amounts by the percentage increase in the gross national product for the preceding fiscal year. Subtitle E:  Merger Modernization Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to revise the standard of anticompetitive effects required to prohibit a merger. Prohibits a merger if there is a significant probability that the merger will substantially increase the ability to exercise market power.  Defines \"the ability to exercise market power\" as the ability of one or more firms to maintain prices above competitive levels profitably for a significant period of time. Directs the courts, in determining whether a merger will substantially increase the ability of a firm to exercise market power, to consider all economic factors relevant to the affected markets, including:  (1) the difficulty of entry by foreign or domestic firms into the market; (2) efficiencies derived from the merger; and (3) any other evidence indicating whether the merger will increase the ability to exercise market power. Title III:  Worker Readjustment Act - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this subtitle for FY 1988 and succeeding fiscal years.  Reserves specified amounts of such funds for use under specified parts of this subtitle. Part 1:  Service Delivery System and Basic Program Requirements - Subpart A:  Service Delivery System - Sets forth provisions for agreements between the Secretary of Labor and State Governors to carry out this subtitle. Requires each State to ensure the establishment of a rapid response capability to respond to significant dislocation events.  Provides that such capability shall assess the need for and initially provide early readjustment assistance, including activities associated with the formation of joint labor-management committees. States that such capability may also include:  (1) incentives to encourage employers to give early notification of dislocation events; (2) emergency assistance centers geared to individual plant closings; (3) the development of direct delivery teams; and (4) the development of a system for early identification of prospective dislocation events. Requires each State to establish linkages between the unemployment compensation system and the worker readjustment program system. Sets forth provisions for designation of substate areas, substate grantees, and substate plans. Sets forth the responsibilities of State training and employment councils and private industry councils. Designates as eligible for services individuals who:  (1) have been terminated or laid off or have received a notice of termination or layoff from employment, are eligible for or have exhausted their entitlement to unemployment compensation, and are unlikely to return to their previous industry or occupation; (2) have been terminated or have received notice of termination of employment, as a result of any permanent closure of a plant or facility; (3) are long-term unemployed (at least 15 weeks) and have limited opportunities for employment or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area in which they reside, including any older individuals; or (4) were self-employed (including farmers and ranchers) and are unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community in which they reside or because of natural disasters. Provides that participation by any individual in programs authorized under this subtitle shall be deemed to be acceptance of training with the approval of the State within the meaning of any other provision of Federal law relating to unemployment benefits. Sets forth provisions relating to the authority of the State legislature and interstate agreements. Subtitle B:  Additional Program Requirements - Sets forth general program provisions, labor standards, labor consultation requirements, grievance procedures, and nondiscrimination provisions. Subpart C:  Federal Fiscal and Administrative Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to fund obligation, monitoring, fiscal controls, sanctions, reports, recordkeeping, investigations, administrative adjudication, judicial review, administrative provisions, utilization of services and facilities, and appeals. Part 2:  Basic Readjustment Services - Directs the Secretary to allot funds for part 1 and this part among States according to relative numbers of:  (1) unemployed individuals; (2) excess unemployed individuals; and (3) individuals who have been unemployed for 15 weeks or more.  Authorizes the Governor to retain:  (1) up to ten percent of the State allotment, or a minimum amount established by the Secretary, for overall State-level administration, technical assistance, coordination, and early notification and rapid response activities; and (2) an additional amount up to ten percent of the State allotment, or a minimum amount established by the Secretary, to be allotted at the discretion of the Governor for activities allowable under parts 1, 2, or 3.  Directs the Governor to allocate the remainder of the State allotment to all substate areas for basic readjustment services, based on an allocation formula which utilizes the most appropriate information to distribute amounts to address the State's worker readjustment assistance needs. Sets forth provisions for selection of service providers. Provides that basic readjustment services and activities may include:  (1) development of individual readjustment plans for participants; (2) implementation of voluntary early notification procedures; (3) rapid response capability which may include rapid response contingency grants for planning and administrative expenses involved in developing effective programmatic responses to dislocation events; (4) early readjustment assistance; (5) counseling; (6) testing; (7) orientation; (8) assessment, including evaluation of educational attainment and participant interests and aptitudes; (9) determination of occupational skills; (10) provision of future world-of-work and occupational information; (11) job placement assistance; (12) labor market information; (13) job clubs; (14) local job search; (15) job development; (16) self-directed job search; and (17) retraining services. Authorizes the substate grantee to provide appropriate supportive services. Sets forth cost limitations and reallotment and reallocation provisions. Part 3:  Worker Readjustment Training Program - Directs the Secretary to allot funds for this part according to an annual availability target for each State. Sets forth cost limitations. Authorizes substate grantees to provide appropriate supportive services. Provides that training services may include:  (1) entrepreneurial training; (2) classroom training; (3) occupational skill training; (4) on-the-job training; (5) out-of-area job search; (6) relocation; (7) basic and remedial education; (8) literacy and English for non-English speakers training; and (9) other appropriate training activities directly related to appropriate employment opportunities.  Prohibits use of funds for public services employment or work experience. Sets forth requirements for readjustment training plans. Provides that eligible readjustment training participants shall receive retraining services, a voucher, or a certificate of continuing eligibility. Part 4:  National Reserve Program - Provides that funds under this part may be used to provide services of the type described in parts 2 and 3 in the following circumstances:  (1) mass layoffs caused by natural disasters, when the workers are not expected to return to their previous occupations; (2) other mass layoffs; (3) industrywide projects; and (4) multistate projects.  Provides that such funds may also be used to provide such services whenever the Secretary, with the agreement of the Governor, determines that an emergency exists with respect to any particular distressed industry or area.  Provides that up to five percent of such funds may be used to provide staff training and technical assistance services to States, communities, businesses, and labor organizations, and other entities involved in providing adjustment assistance to workers. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such services under proposals for financial assistance. Directs the Secretary to establish a Federal Worker Readjustment Advisory Council to review information on worker dislocation and the performance of programs operated under this subtitle. Part 5:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to change the name of the State job training coordinating council to the State Training and Employment Council.  Revises provisions for membership on private industry councils and the State Training and Employment Council to provide that in making appointment of private sector members recognition should be given to council responsibilities under the Wagner-Peyser Act and consideration given to appointing members of the business community who have served in an advisory capacity in providing employment services.  Revises the formula for membership on the State Training and Employment Council. Authorizes the Secretary to implement appropriate procedures to terminate activities under title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of JTPA and to provide for an orderly transition to the activities authorized under this subtitle.  Ends funding for title III of JTPA at the end of FY 1987. Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to require the private industry council to review and evaluate the provision of public employment services in a service delivery area and to provide policy guidance with respect to local labor market conditions and needs.  Requires the State Training and Employment Council to review, monitor, and evaluate the activities of the State in providing public employment services. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for Federal unemployment tax credits for employers who give advance notice of plant closings or mass layoffs. Allows States to give similar credits. Sets criminal penalties for embezzlement from employment and training funds, for improper inducement, and for obstructing investigations. Repeals title III of JTPA on October 1, 1988, or one year following the date of enactment of this subtitle, whichever is later. Title IV:  Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations - Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute to provide that civil actions may not be brought by an individual under such Act unless the defendant has been convicted of a RICO violation or of two acts of racketeering activity included in the pattern of racketeering activity alleged in the complaint.  States that no damages may be recovered for pain and suffering. Requires such action to be commenced within two years after the date of the latest criminal conviction.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/635"], ["100-s-636", 100, "s", 636, "A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide greater opportunity for individuals to achieve self-sufficiency, to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize trade negotiations, and for other purposes.", "Commerce", "1987-03-03", "1987-04-08", "Committee on Finance. Hearings held on Title II. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-419, pt. 2.", "Senate", "Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]", "KS", "R", "D000401", 0, "Title I:  Investment in Human and Intellectual Capital Act of 1987 - Subtitle A:  Greater Opportunities Through Work Act of 1987 - Greater Opportunities Through Work Act of 1987 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to implement a coordinated program of activities designed to afford greater opportunities for individuals to achieve self-sufficiency through employment. Requires, with certain exceptions, that each AFDC recipient and each individual whose needs are included in making AFDC eligibility determinations be required to participate in all employment-related activities to which he or she is referred by the State. Authorizes States to require AFDC applicants to participate in an employment search program. Directs States to refer AFDC recipients to one or more employment-related activities, including:  (1) employment search programs; (2) employment-related activities established under title IV of the Act or other Federal law; (3) employment in which the recipient is able to engage in training designed to conclude in such employment; and (4) education for individuals who have not obtained a high school diploma or equivalent degree or certificate.  Requires States to make education available to AFDC recipients who have not yet reached age 19 or obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent.  Requires States to provide participants in employment-related activities with child care and transportation services. Excludes an individual's needs from consideration in AFDC eligibility determinations if such individual has failed or refused without good cause to participate actively in employment-related activities to which he or she has been referred. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations specifying the length of sanctions imposed for nonparticipation as well as what constitutes good cause for such nonparticipation. Reduces the Federal share of AFDC expenditures in States which fail to place a specified percentage of eligible individuals in employment-related activities. Repeals part C (Work Incentive Programs) of title IV of the Social Security Act. Amends the AFDC program to require that U.S. territories, to the maximum extent feasible, implement a coordinated program of activities designed to afford greater opportunities for individuals to achieve self-sufficiency through employment.  Authorizes appropriations for such programs without imposing financial participation requirements on the territories. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of State AFDC employment programs in assisting AFDC recipients to attain economic independence from public benefit programs.  Requires the Secretary, within six months of completing such evaluation, to issue outcome-based performance standards applicable to AFDC employment programs. Subtitle B:  Employment Security Administrative Financing Act of 1987 - Employment Security Administrative Financing Act of 1987 - Part 1: Financing Administrative Costs of State Unemployment Compensation Programs - Repeals title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act, effective July 1, 1990. Authorizes expenditures from the Federal administrative account for FY 1991 (and the transition quarter beginning on July 1, 1990, and ending on September 30, 1990), and for each fiscal year thereafter, in such amounts as the Congress may deem appropriate for the purpose of assisting the States in:  (1) the administration by the States of functions under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, or any Federal unemployment compensation law; (2) carrying out veterans' employment representative duties; and (3) the administration of the extended unemployment compensation program.  Authorizes such expenditures also for the necessary expenses of the Department of Labor under:  (1) specified titles of the Social Security Act; (2) the Federal Unemployment Tax Act; (3) the Wagner-Peyser Act; (4) job counseling, training, and placement services for veterans; and (5) any Federal unemployment compensation law. Directs the Secretary of Labor from time to time to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State which has an unemployment compensation law approved under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act amounts necessary for the administration of specified activities. Revises the formula for transfers between the Federal Unemployment Account and the Employment Security Administration Account. Adds references to a Federal administrative account and to State administrative fund accounts. Revises the formula for transfers to the extended unemployment compensation account. Part 2:  Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise formulas relating to credits against the Federal unemployment tax. Revises provisions relating to requirements for State unemployment compensation laws.  Requires methods of administration reasonably calculated to insure full payment of compensation when due. Requires that all individuals whose claims for compensation are denied shall have an opportunity for a fair hearing before an impartial tribunal.  Requires the State or State agency to make reports required by the Secretary of Labor. Requires that all money received by the State for administration of the State law and the State employment services be paid over to the Secretary of the Treasury to the credit of the administrative fund account of such State in the Unemployment Trust Fund.  Allows deducting an amount from unemployment compensation otherwise payable to an individual and using the amount so deducted to pay for health insurance if the individual elected to have such deduction made and such deduction was made under a program approved by the Secretary of Labor.  Provides that all money withdrawn from the administrative account of the State shall be used solely in the payment of expenses of administration of the State law and public employment services, and for refunds payable under State law.  Requires the States to provide public employment services pursuant to the Wagner-Peyser Act. Sets forth new compliance requirements for States and State agencies to disclose information about unemployment compensation recipients to State food stamp agencies and to State and local child support enforcement agencies.  Provides for recovery of overpayments to unemployment compensation recipients. Revises certification requirements. Provides for collection of the Federal unemployment tax by the States. Part 3:  Amendments to Other Statutes - Amends provisions of Federal law relating to unemployment compensation for Federal employees.  Authorizes expenditures from the Federal administrative account to assist States in meeting the cost of administration of agreements. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise specified references. Part 4:  Technical and Conforming Amendments - Amends the Social Security Act to change references to the Employment Security Administration Account to the Federal Administrative Account. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code, Federal Unemployment Tax Act provisions, and to the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Title II:  International Economic Environment Improvement Act of 1987 - International Economic Environment Improvement Act of 1987 - Subtitle A: Trade Competitiveness Act of 1987 - Trade Competitiveness Act of 1987 - Sets forth congressional findings regarding:  (1) the international competitive environment; (2) trade policy and competitiveness; and (3) domestic policy and competitiveness in the international environment.  Declares that the overall objectives of this Act are to enhance U.S. competitiveness and to strengthen the ability of the United States to shape the international economic environment. Declares that the overall U.S. negotiating objective with respect to trade agreements is to obtain more open and equitable market access and the harmonization, reduction, or elimination of trade barriers.  Sets forth the U.S. policy and negotiating objectives for the Uruguay Round of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations. Sets forth U.S. negotiating objectives with respect to:  (1) agricultural trade; (2) trade in services; (3) trade in intellectual property; (4) foreign direct investment; (5) dispute settlement; (6) safeguard measures; (7) unfair trade practices; (8) improvement of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations agreements; and (9) worker's rights.  Requires U.S. negotiators to take into account legitimate domestic objectives and to consult with State authorities on the negotiations in trade in services. Grants the President the authority to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries to harmonize, reduce, or eliminate trade barriers or distortions or to ameliorate or prohibit the imposition of such barriers if the President determines that such barriers unduly burden or restrict U.S. commerce or adversely affect the U.S. economy or that the imposition of such barriers is likely to result in a burden, restriction, or adverse effect.  Requires the President, before entering into any such trade agreement, to consult with specified congressional committees.  Sets forth the procedure for entering into a trade agreement to reduce trade barriers or to prohibit the imposition of such barriers. Grants the President the authority, whenever the President determines that any existing duties or import restrictions of the United States or of any foreign country are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States, to:  (1) enter into trade agreements with foreign countries during the ten years after enactment of this Act; and (2) proclaim any modification or continuance of duties, continuance of duty-free treatment, or imposition of additional duties, as appropriate. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President, in connection with any proposed trade agreements under specified provisions of this Act or the Trade Act of 1974, to publish and furnish the International Trade Commission (ITC) with lists of articles which may be considered for modification or continuance of duties, continuance of duty-free or excise treatment, or additional duties.  Authorizes the President in connection with non-tariff trade agreements, to publish and furnish the ITC with lists of non-tariff matters which may be considered for modification. Requires the ITC, with respect to each article or non-tariff matter, to advise the President of the probable economic effects of such modifications on:  (1) industries producing like or directly competitive articles; and (2) U.S. manufacturing, agriculture, mining, fishing, services, intellectual property, investment, labor, and consumers.  Requires the ITC, in order to assist the President with respect to entering proposed trade agreements and developing U.S. trade policy, to investigate and report to the President as to the effects of modification of any barrier or other distortion to international trade on domestic workers, industries or sectors, purchasers, prices, and quantities of articles in the United States.  Sets forth specified actions the ITC must take in preparing advice on trade matters to the President. Requires the President, before entering into certain trade agreements, to:  (1) seek information and advice with regard to such an agreement from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Interior, Labor, State, and Treasury and from the United States Trade Representative (USTR); and (2) hold public hearings for comments. Permits the President, when seeking certain trade agreements, to make a formal offer for the modification or continuance of any U.S. duty, import restrictions, barriers or distortions to international trade, the continuance of U.S. duty-free or excise treatment, or the imposition of additional duties, import restrictions, or other barriers to international trade, including trade in services, foreign direct investment, and intellectual property, with respect to any article or matter only after receiving a summary of the public hearings on such actions and advice from the International Trade Commission.  Requires the President to seek information and advice from the private and public sectors with respect to negotiating objectives of and operations under proposed trade agreements under this subtitle and with respect to the development of U.S. trade policy. Directs the President to establish an Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations.  Permits the President to establish other advisory committees for industry, labor, agriculture, or service interests to provide general trade advice.  Requires the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and appropriate advisory committees to meet and report to the President, the Congress, and the USTR on trade agreement negotiations entered pursuant to this subtitle. Requires the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to apply to such committees. Restricts the disclosure of trade secrets and commercial and financial information submitted in confidence to U.S. officers or employees in connection with trade agreement negotiations. Sets forth procedures relating to:  (1) consultations of executive departments with trade advisory committees; and (2) the submission of information, and the exclusion from participation, of private organizations in trade agreement negotiations.  Provides that specified provisions of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 relating to agricultural advisory committees shall not apply to the advisory committees established herein for industry, labor, agriculture, or service interests. Defines \"non-Federal Government\" to mean:  (1) any State, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or any political subdivision thereof; or (2) any agency or instrumentality of such entities. Directs, at the beginning of each regular session of the Congress, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to designate congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations to provide advice on the development of trade policy.  Permits the USTR to accredit additional advisers for specific policy matters or negotiations.  Requires the USTR to keep such advisers informed on matters affecting U.S. trade policy through consultations to be held not less than four times per year. Requires the USTR (currently, the President), on behalf of the President, to submit to the Congress and to each Member a copy of any trade agreement entered into, along with reasons for entering into it, in the light of the advice, if any, of the ITC and any other relevant considerations. Requires the President, before entering into a new trade agreement to grant new concessions or compensation to a foreign country that has an existing trade agreement with the United States, or proclaiming modification or continuance of existing duties or duty-free treatment with respect to such agreement, to determine that such country is likely to retaliate against the United States for any increase or imposition of a duty affecting the commerce of such country. Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to redefine \"export trading company\" for purposes of such Act. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to exempt from affiliate-loan restrictions covered under such Act transactions with an affiliate which is an export trading company as defined above. Prohibits the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) from disapproving a proposed investment solely because of the proposed assets-to-equity ratio of an export trading company unless such ratio is greater than 25 to one.  Prohibits the Board from imposing a dollar limit on the amount of goods an export trading company may maintain in inventory, unless such limit is necessary to prevent risks likely to adversely affect any subsidiary bank of an investor bank holding company. Amends the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 to require an applicant for a certificate of review (authorizing the applicant to engage in export trade activities) to specify in such application the members seeking export trade protection with such applicant under the certificate.  Defines \"applicant\" for purposes of the issuance of such certificates.  Requires a certificate of review to be issued to any applicant that establishes that its specific export trade activities and methods of operation will not result in a substantial lessening of competition or restraint of trade within the United States.  Revises provisions relating to the admissibility of evidence in a proceeding requested because the Secretary of Commerce has denied an application to issue a certificate of review. Protects any member named in an issued certificate of review from a civil or criminal action brought under the antitrust laws. Revises the definition of \"export trade\" and defines the term \"member\" under the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 to mean any entity or person that is seeking protection under the certificate application. Expresses findings of the Congress concerning the need for an export promotion data system.  Directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop and maintain an export promotion data system to monitor, organize, and disseminate through the Department of Commerce specified information concerning U.S. exports of goods and services and information on foreign countries involved in such exports.  Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within six months after the enactment of this Act concerning the implementation of these provisions.  Directs the Secretary to undertake a study concerning the collection of trade-related data by the United States and whether such information can be effectively disseminated to public and private entities.  Directs the Secretary to consult with specified sources and departments in conducting such study.  Specifies various types of data which are to be considered \"trade-related data\" by the Secretary in conducting such study.  Requires each Federal department to cooperate fully with the Secretary in providing requested information.  Requires a report of findings and recommendations resulting from such study to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to provide that the ITC, when determining whether an increase in imports is a substantial cause or threat of serious injury to a domestic industry, should consider the condition of the industry over the course of the business cycle and shall not aggregate the causes of declining demand associated with a recession or economic downturn into a single cause of serious injury.  Repeals provisions directing the ITC to recommend adjustment assistance as a remedy for such injury.  Requires the ITC, in cases where it finds that specified import relief (for a period not to exceed five years) is necessary to prevent or remedy such injury, to determine whether a domestic industry (or segment thereof) would be competitive without further import relief.  Sets forth specified economic factors the ITC shall consider in making such competitiveness assessment.  Requires the ITC to recommend import relief of a scope and amount designed to assist a segment of an industry to become competitive if it finds that such industry can reasonably be expected to become competitive by the end of an appropriate period of import relief. Requires that the President receive from the ITC an affirmative finding under the competitiveness assessment test in order to provide appropriate import relief.  Deletes provisions relating to presidential action on adjustment assistance petitions.  Adds to the factors to be considered by the President when making a determination to provide import relief:  (1) the likelihood that such relief would lead an industry to be competitive without further import relief upon the expiration of an appropriate period of such relief; and (2) any actions proposed by a trade association, firm, certified union, or group of workers to improve an industry's international competitive position. Deletes, with respect to the granting of such relief by the President, consideration of information relating to the extent to which workers in an industry have applied for adjustment assistance. Allows import relief to be reduced or terminated by the President upon a determination that the continuation of such relief:  (1) in its present form can no longer reasonably be expected to lead to an industry (or segment thereof) that would be competitive after the expiration of an appropriate period of such relief; or (2) is no longer necessary to ensure a competitive industry. Requires the ITC, upon the request of the President or upon its own motion, to advise the President of its judgment as to the probable economic effect on the competitiveness of an industry (currently, on the industry) of the extension, reduction, or termination of such import relief.  Adds to the possible actions the President shall undertake if providing import relief: (1) the initiation of multilateral negotiations with foreign governments to address or otherwise alleviate the injury or threat of serious injury to such industry; and (2) the provision of Federal regulatory relief.  Directs the President, upon deciding to provide regulatory relief:  (1) to order an expedited review of any Federal regulatory requirement; and (2) upon completion of such review, to take appropriate action within his authority or direct the head of an Executive department or agency to take action to alter, ease, or eliminate such Federal requirement or, if such action is not within his authority or that of the Executive department or agency, to request that the Congress enact legislation to amend, ease, or eliminate such Federal regulatory requirement.  Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act information and documentary material filed pursuant to such regulatory relief provisions.  Prohibits such information or material from being made public except as may be relevant to administrative or judicial proceedings.  Permits disclosure to the Congress. Requires the President, upon request from an industry producing a perishable agricultural product and upon a finding that there is a reasonable indication that such industry is vulnerable to serious and irreparable injury as a result of surges in imports of a like or directly competitive product, to request the ITC to investigate and monitor such imports for a period not be exceed two years. Permits a person who has filed a petition with the ITC alleging serious injury substantially caused by imports that are, on the date of filing, subject to investigation and monitoring by the ITC, to request that emergency action be taken with respect to such imports. Requires the ITC, if a request for emergency action has been made, to promptly make an investigation to determine whether:  (1) an increase in such imports of a perishable agricultural product is a substantial cause or threat of serious injury to an industry producing a like or directly competitive product; (2) the serious injury is likely to be difficult to repair by reason of the perishability of the like or directly competitive agricultural product of an industry; and (3) the serious injury cannot otherwise be prevented by an ITC investigation under normal time periods.  Requires the ITC, if it finds that such criteria have been met, to: (1) find that amount a duty or import restriction on such article which is necessary to prevent or remedy such injury; and (2) give preference to an increase in or imposition of a duty on such imports, if such relief is feasible and would prevent or remedy such injury.  Directs the ITC to report its findings to the President not later than 21 days after such a petition is filed. Requires the President, upon receiving an affirmative finding from the ITC, to provide emergency import relief for such industry, unless within seven days he determines that provision of such relief is not in the U.S. national economic interest.  Requires the President, if he determines to provide such relief and in order to prevent the serious and irreparable injury or threat thereof, to:  (1) proclaim specified import relief; and/or (2) order the suspension of the liquidation of articles subject to such an affirmative finding that are entered or withdrawn from the warehouse after the date of such finding, and order the posting of a cash band for the entry of such articles.  Provides for the termination of such emergency relief. Requires petitions alleging serious injury from imports that are subject to ITC investigation and monitoring to indicate whether emergency action is requested. Prohibits such request from being made 90 days after the ITC initiates such investigation and monitoring. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the payment of trade adjustment assistance or the acceptance of petitions for such assistance by the Secretary of Labor after September 30, 1987.  Provides for the termination of the trade adjustment assistance program.  Repeals specified provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to petitions for such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to take necessary actions to administer or liquidate grants, contracts, agreements, loans, or other obligations made by the Secretary. Sets forth provisions relating to the repayment of such loans and other obligations arising in connection with the payment of adjustment assistance prior to the effective date of this Act.  Authorizes appropriations for the termination of such assistance. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the determination of whether an act, policy, or practice by a foreign country is \"unreasonable\" to take into account reciprocal opportunities in the United States for foreign nations and firms. Changes the deadline by which the United States Trade Representative (USTR) must make a recommendation to the President as to action that should be taken with respect to enforcement of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, specified trade agreements under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, or unfair trade practices of foreign countries to the earlier of 30 days after the agreement's dispute settlement procedure is concluded or two years after the date the USTR investigation is initiated.  Allows waiver of time limits by the petitioner requesting relief.  Requires the USTR to submit semiannually a report to the Congress describing the commercial effects of actions to enforce such agreements or to respond to such unfair practices.  Allows the President to take action on his own motion to enforce U.S. rights under trade agreements or respond to foreign trade practices. Requires the President to publish notice of his determination, including the reasons for it, in the Federal Register.  Requires the President, unless he determines that expeditious action is required, to provide a public hearing (if requested) before taking action. Requires the USTR, upon  written request, to make available to any person information concerning the nature of a specific trade policy or practice of a foreign government with respect to particular goods, services, investments, or intellectual property rights. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to change the method of dealing with dumping by nonmarket economy countries.  Requires the administering authority, if it cannot determine the foreign market value of goods exported from a country with a State-controlled economy, to determine the foreign market value of such goods on the basis of the price at which comparable goods are sold at arm's length in the United States by the eligible market economy country with the lowest import price into the United States. Permits the administering authority, if the volume of imports from such eligible market economy country is insufficient to determine the foreign market value of such goods, to include additional eligible market economy countries in its determination of foreign market value.  Permits the administering authority, if it determines that the prices of the eligible market economy country with the lowest import price do not accurately reflect fair value, if such prices cannot be adequately ascertained or adjusted, or if there is no eligible market economy country, to determine foreign market value of goods on the basis of either another eligible market economy country or the constructed value of comparable goods in any country or countries other than a nonmarket economy country.  Sets forth provisions relating to the administering authority's access to public information with respect to determining import prices. Defines \"eligible market economy country\" to mean a foreign country which is not a nonmarket economy country, in which comparable merchandise is produced for export to the United States, and which the administering authority determines is appropriate for use in calculating foreign market value, taking into account specified factors.  Defines \"lowest import price\" to mean the lowest average price of comparable merchandise that is sold to the United States from an eligible market economy country over the applicable period of an import investigation.  Defines \"comparable merchandise\" to mean merchandise contained in the same applicable numbers of the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Allows the administering authority to suspend an investigation in which foreign market value is determined upon acceptance of an agreement with a nonmarket economy country to restrict the volume of imports of merchandise which is the subject of an investigation.  Provides that the countervailing duty laws shall not apply to merchandise from nonmarket economy countries. Provides that component products introduced into U.S. commerce that are covered by an antidumping finding or an antidumping or countervailing duty order and that are assembled in the United States shall be covered by such orders, provided that:  (1) such components are imported from the country covered by such finding or order; (2) the value added in the United States is small in relation to the total value of the merchandise entered into the United States; and (3) such components were exported by a company related to the company performing the assembly in the United States.  Provides similar provisions with respect to merchandise that is assembled in third world countries and merchandise that has been slightly altered in form or appearance. Revises the method of calculating foreign market value by adding that where taxes imposed in the country of exportation on exported merchandise are rebated or not collected, such value shall be decreased by the amount of such taxes imposed on such merchandise sold for home consumption. Requires the ITC, within 180 days after the administering authority notifies the ITC that a countervailing duty order applies to merchandise for which there was no injury determination and that international obligations of the United States, as determined by the USTR, require such determination to be made, to make a determination of whether:  (1) an industry would be materially injured or threatened with material injury; or (2) the establishment of an industry would be materially retarded, if the outstanding countervailing duty order on imports of duty-free merchandise were revoked.  Suspends, pending receipt of the ITC's injury determination, the liquidation of entries covered by such order which are entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the date of the injury determination.  Requires the outstanding countervailing duty order, including any cash deposits, to remain in effect.  Requires the administering authority, pending receipt of the ITC's injury determination, to suspend any administrative review of such order which covers such merchandise  on or after the effective date of the injury requirement. Requires the administering authority, upon an affirmative determination of injury by the ITC, to liquidate entries of merchandise that were suspended and to continue the suspension of liquidation and the collection of duties required to be deposited.  Requires the countervailing duty order to remain in effect until revoked. Requires the administering authority, upon a negative determination of injury by the Commission, to revoke such order, publish notice of such revocation in the Federal Register, and refund, without interest, any countervailing duties collected during the period of suspension of liquidation. Requires the ITC, if the administering authority notifies the ITC that U.S. obligations require an injury determination and if a preliminary determination of whether a subsidy is being paid with respect to imported merchandise has not been  made, to commence an investigation of injury as if it had been informed by the administering authority that a countervailing duty investigation was being instituted.  Requires the ITC, if the administering authority has made a preliminary determination as to whether a subsidy is being paid, to commence an investigation of injury as if such preliminary determination was made on the effective date of the injury requirement.  Requires the ITC to make:  (1) its preliminary determination of injury not later than 45 days after it receives notification from the administering authority that U.S. obligations require such determination; and (2) its final determination not later than 120 days after such notification. Declares that the lawfulness of acts of importation into, or sale in, the United States of articles that infringe a valid U.S. patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or trade secret shall be determined without regard to whether such acts have the effect of destroying, substantially injuring, or preventing the establishment of a U.S. industry.  Permits any person to petition the ITC for the issuance of an order to exclude such articles, during its investigation, from entry into the United States.  Sets forth:  (1) increased civil penalties for unfair practices in foreign trade; and (2) procedures for the modification or rescission of an ITC order with respect to such a practice.  Sets forth provisions relating to:  (1) default for persons who fail to appear or answer a complaint; and (2) confidentiality of information submitted to the ITC in connection with such complaint. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1987 - Declares that it is the purpose of this subtitle to: (1) provide for the implementation of the Nairobi Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials (the Florence Agreement); (2) modify the duty-free treatment accorded under the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1982 (the 1982 Act), under the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966, and under another Act; and (3) continue the safeguard provisions concerning certain imported articles provided for in the 1982 Act. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for:  (1) catalogs of visual and auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character; (2) architectural, engineering, industrial, or commercial drawings and plans; (3) loose illustrations, reproduction proofs or reproduction films used for the production of books; (4) certain other articles in microfilm, microfiche, and similar film media; and (5) crossword puzzle books.  Provides for duty-free treatment of certain other articles whether or not in the form of microfilm, microfiches, or similar film media. Prohibits granting duty-free treatment to developed photographic film unless either: (1) a Federal agency determines that such article is visual or auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character within the meaning of the Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific, or Cultural Character; or (2) such article is imported by, or for the use of, an educational, scientific or cultural institution and is certified to be visual or auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character or to have been produced by the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies.  Provides duty-free treatment for articles determined to be visual or auditory materials in accordance with specified provisions. Provides duty-free treatment for: (1) tools specially designed to maintain or repair certain scientific instruments or apparatus; and (2) articles specially designed or adapted for the use or benefit of the blind or other physically or mentally handicapped persons. Authorizes the President to proclaim changes in the Tariff Schedules to narrow the scope of, place conditions on, or otherwise eliminate the duty-free treatment accorded the tools for scientific instruments and the articles for the blind or other handicapped persons under this Act if such duty-free treatment has significant adverse impact on a domestic industry.  Authorizes the President to resume duty-free treatment of such articles under certain circumstances. Authorizes the President to proclaim changes to the Tariff Schedules to remove or modify any conditions and restrictions imposed by this Act on the importation of certain visual and auditory material in order to implement certain provisions of the Nairobi Protocol. Amends the Tariff Schedules to change the headnote relating to the method of applying for permission to import certain scientific instruments and apparatus. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in conjunction with the Secretary of Commerce, to obtain adequate statistical information on duty-free imports of articles for the blind and for other handicapped persons. Sets forth provisions relating to:  (1) congressional approval of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System; (2) acceptance of the final legal text of the convention by the President; (3) implementation of amendments made by the Convention with respect to the Tariff Schedules of the United States; (4) the repeal of the current Schedules and adoption of and transition to new Schedules; and (5) the provision that the Convention shall be treated as a trade agreement obligation of the United States.  Provides that a specified provision of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to termination of trade agreements shall not apply to the Convention. Amends the Tariff Schedules to repeal the prohibition against the importation into the United States of certain furskins from the Soviet Union. Amends the International Coffee Agreement Act of 1980 to extend the effective period of such Act until October 1, 1989. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to collect fees for the provision of customs service performed in connection with the processing of merchandise that is entered, admitted into a foreign trade zone, or withdrawn from a warehouse, foreign trade zone, or other bonded status, to be paid by the importer of record of such merchandise.  Directs the Secretary to establish fees sufficient to reimburse the Government for all direct and indirect costs of such commercial activities.  Permits the Secretary to provide exemptions for such fees where he determines that collection of such fees is administratively impractical or inconsistent with a U.S. treaty or agreement.  Requires such fees to be deposited in the Customs User Fee Account to be made available for the salaries and expenses of the Customs Service.  Repeals specified provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 relating to fees for certain customs services. Subtitle B:  Business Practices and Records Act of 1987 - Business Practices and Records Act of 1987 - Amends the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to rename such Act the Business Practices and Records Act. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the imposition of criminal liability on securities issuers who fail to maintain an internal accounting system under such Act.  Prohibits imposing civil injunctive relief with respect to:  (1) an issuer who fails to maintain the required accounting system if the issuer tried in good faith to meet the requirements; or (2) any person other than an issuer in connection with an issuer's failure to comply with such requirements, unless such person knowingly caused the issuer to fail to comply. Prohibits anyone from knowingly circumventing such accounting system for a purpose inconsistent with the accountability and accuracy goals of such system.  Requires only good faith efforts at ensuring compliance by issuers who hold 50 percent or less of the equity of domestic or foreign firms. Defines \"reasonable assurances\" and \"reasonable detail.\" Repeals a provision of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to the unlawful use of the mails by a securities broker or dealer to affect a foreign exchange and amends the Business Practices and Records Act to revise the prohibition against domestic concerns using the mails or any means of interstate commerce to further payments to obtain business with a foreign official. States that such a payment made directly or indirectly to a foreign official is illegal. Prohibits such payments that are made to:  (1) influence a foreign official's act or induce such an official to violate a legal duty; or (2) induce a foreign official to affect a foreign government's act.  Prohibits domestic concerns from using interstate commerce to direct or authorize an agent to further such a payment to a foreign official. Exempts from such prohibitions:  (1) payments to foreign officials to expedite or to secure the performance of routine governmental action; (2) payments which constitute tokens of regard or esteem; (3) expenditures associated with selling, purchasing, or demonstrating goods; or (4) ordinary expenditures associated with performing a contract with a foreign government. Revises the fines and criminal penalties for violations of such Act.  Empowers the Attorney General to undertake all civil investigations necessary to enforce the Act.", "2025-01-14T18:59:41Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/636"], ["100-s-647", 100, "s", 647, "Credit Card Account Holder Protection Act", "Commerce", "1987-03-03", "1987-04-21", "Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed:  S.Hrg. 100-119.", "Senate", "Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]", "TN", "D", "S000068", 0, "Credit Card Account Holder Protection Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to limit credit card interest rates to not more than six percentage points above the average Federal Reserve discount rate during the six months preceding the date of determination.  Requires credit card issuers to disclose certain information regarding interest rates and fees in applications and solicitations.", "2025-08-28T20:08:32Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/647"], ["100-s-616", 100, "s", 616, "Full Credit Card Cost Disclosure Act", "Commerce", "1987-02-26", "1987-12-02", "Committee on Banking. Ordered favorably reported H.R. 515 in lieu of this measure.", "Senate", "Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]", "CT", "D", "D000388", 4, "Full Credit Card Cost Disclosure Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require that all credit and charge card applications and solicitations include information regarding the annual interest rate, finance charge conditions, and other related charges and fees. Requires such information, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to be prominently displayed in table form.", "2025-08-28T20:08:59Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/616"], ["100-s-539", 100, "s", 539, "Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-02-19", "1987-07-22", "Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Subjects on the Table.", "Senate", "Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]", "KS", "R", "D000401", 2, "Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act of 1987 - Title I:  Investment in Human and Intellectual Capital Act of 1987 - Investment in Human and Intellectual Capital Act of 1987 - Subtitle A: Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Amendments of 1987 - Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Amendments of 1987 - Part I:  Programs to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children - Amends Chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for:  (1) basic grants and concentration grants for local educational agencies (LEAs); (2) State programs for migratory children; (3) State programs for neglected and delinquent children; (4) State administration of Chapter 1 programs; and (5) demonstration projects, evaluations, technical assistance, and other activities. Requires each State wishing to receive a Chapter 1 grant to submit, through its State educational agency (SEA), an application for up to three years for each Chapter 1 program for which it seeks assistance.  Requires such application to describe criteria, policies, and procedures to:  (1) assess the educational effectiveness of LEA Chapter 1 programs; (2) direct a LEA to take corrective measures if it is failing to provide effective Chapter 1 services; (3) permit LEAs that conduct highly successful Chapter 1 programs to implement schoolwide improvement programs in attendance areas in which at least 40 percent of the children are from low-income families; and (4) award incentive grants.  Sets forth factors upon which assessments of educational effectiveness may be based. Requires each SEA, at least once every three years, to evaluate the educational effectiveness of services, including those for private school children, provided under Chapter 1 by each participating State agency and local educational agency.  Requires such evaluations to be made available to the public. Amends title I (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Children) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise provisions governing the allocation of funds for basic and concentration grants under Chapter 1 of ECIA.  Directs the Secretary of Education to set aside not more than one percent of such funds for:  (1) specified U.S. territories and possessions according to their respective needs; and (2) Department of the Interior Indian schools. Provides that Puerto Rico's share of such funds would be the same as its share for FY 1987.  Directs the Secretary to use 95 percent of such funds for basic grants and five percent for concentration grants. Provides that allocation of basic grants to LEAs shall be on the basis of the number of poor children in excess of two percent of the total number of children in the school district. Revises requirements relating to the selection of school attendance areas for Chapter 1 programs. Requires LEAs to conduct Chapter 1 programs only in attendance areas that are among the poorest one-third of all areas in the district, in rank order of their poverty as measured by the number or percentage of poor children.  Requires LEAs to provide services only to those children in greatest need of special assistance. Allows an LEA to serve attendance areas in rank order but beyond the poorest one-third if more than 25 percent of the children are from low-income families. Allows projects in attendance areas beyond the poorest one-third and without regard for the ordering requirement if the percentage of poor children in each attendance area in the district is within five percent of the district-wide percentage of poor children.  Limits to one year the period during which previously eligible attendance areas and children may continue to be served under Chapter 1 programs. Revises Chapter 1 requirements relating to parental involvement in local programs.  Requires each LEA to develop written policies to ensure that parents have adequate opportunity to participate in the design and implementation of its Chapter 1 project.  Requires each LEA, at an annual meeting, to: (1) inform parents of their right to be consulted in such design and implementation; (2) request their comments and recommendations; and (3) inform parents of their right to establish procedures for discussing among themselves, with teachers, and with appropriate LEA officials the LEA's Chapter 1 program. Includes among resources and activities which may be provided to parents:  (1) space and materials for meetings; (2) information on statutes and regulations applicable to Chapter 1 programs; and (3) training. Requires the SEA to approve LEA applications for basic and concentration grants that comply with Chapter 1 requirements.  Directs the SEA to take corrective action when it finds that an LEA has substantially failed to carry out a Chapter 1 requirement.  Provides that such corrective action may include withholding of funds or directing the LEA to issue compensatory education certificates.  Provides for reallocation of withheld funds. Revises ECIA and ESEA provisions under which LEAs may conduct Chapter 1 projects on a schoolwide basis. Lowers from 75 percent to 60 percent the minimum percentage of poor children which a school must have in order to conduct schoolwide improvement. Eliminates a fiscal matching requirement for schoolwide improvement.  Requires that local evaluations of Chapter 1 programs include an assessment of the impact that schoolwide projects have on the educational progress of educationally deprived children. Authorizes LEAs to provide compensatory education certificates to parents of educationally deprived children if such provision:  (1) would be more effective in meeting the needs of eligible children than direct services provided by the LEA; or (2) is needed to provide services required under Chapter 1, including services to private school children.  Allows each LEA to provide such certificates on the basis of individual grade levels, schools, attendance areas, or any combination thereof.  Requires the LEA to apply the same criteria to public and private school children in determining the extent to which there is a need to provide such certificates.  Sets the value of each certificate at an amount determined by the LEA to be equitable to all children selected to participate in the LEA's Chapter 1 program.  Prohibits the amount of funds paid to parents from exceeding their actual cost of purchasing compensatory services.  Requires use of certificate proceeds only to purchase supplementary compensatory education services that meet the identified special educational needs of the eligible child.  Provides that such services may be purchased from any elementary or secondary school that the LEA determines is able to provide appropriate services.  Authorizes the LEA also to specify other types of public and private organizations, such as institutions of higher education, from which parents may purchase such services.  Permits each LEA to use Chapter 1 funds for the additional transportation costs of a child using such a certificate. Provides that certificate funds are not income for Federal income tax purposes.  Requires LEAs to include information and assurances relating to certificates in their Chapter 1 applications.  Provides that parents of educationally deprived children in private schools would be provided compensatory education certificates on the same basis as parents of public school children.  Provides that use of certificate funds by parents at private schools or at LEAs outside the school district where the child resides would not subject those schools to specified maintenance of effort, supplement-not-supplant, or comparability requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to carry out, directly or or through grants, activities consistent with Chapter 1 purposes, including: (1) testing and demonstrating innovative methods for educating educationally deprived students, including projects that focus on parental involvement; (2) evaluating Chapter 1 programs and projects; (3) identifying and disseminating information about outstanding local Chapter 1 programs; (4) providing technical assistance to Chapter 1 grantees. Directs SEAs to set aside one percent of Chapter 1 funds for incentive grants to LEAs.  Requires an LEA to treat such an incentive grant as part of its regular Chapter 1 grant and use it to:  (1) extend its program to additional students or schools or otherwise improve its programs; or (2) disseminate information on its program to other schools or LEAs. Revises ECIA and ESEA provisions relating to programs for migrant children.  Gives declining weights to the numbers of formerly migrant children. Requires coordination of Chapter 1 migrant projects with other State and local programs for migrants.  Gives priority for participation: first, to all currently migratory children from kindergarten through grade 12; second, to all currently migratory preschool children; and third, to formerly migrant children from kindergarten through grade 12.  Repeals specified requirements relating to the Migrant Student Records Transfer System.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to operate the records system and coordinate migrant services.  Eliminates a minimum requirement for spending on coordination of migrant education activities. Revises ESEA provisions relating to transition services for neglected and delinquent children. Authorizes each State to set aside up to ten percent of funds for neglected and delinquent children to support projects that facilitate the transition of such children from State-operated institutions to locally-operated programs. Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) to transfer funding of the Chapter 1 program for handicapped children to the EHA.  Allows States, in establishing their EHA entitlement, to count children who are, or used to be, in State-operated or State-supported programs for handicapped children.  Sets forth hold-harmless provisions for purposes of such transfer of funding. Revises ECIA and ESEA provisions that authorize payments to States for administrative costs of Chapter 1 programs.  Provides for such payments to each State based on its share of the overall Chapter 1 appropriation.  Sets a required minimum payment. Makes applicable only to compensatory education programs and not to other types of special programs for educationally disadvantaged children a provision excluding certain State and local funds from the supplement-not-supplant and comparability requirements of Chapter 1.  Makes such exemption available to SEAs as well as LEAs.  Repeals a provision allowing States to make certain allocations to LEAs rather than counties under specified conditions. Eliminates a requirement that State agency programs be fully funded and basic grant awards be ratably reduced where appropriations are not sufficient to fully fund all Chapter 1 programs. Revises certain ESEA definitions applicable to Chapter 1 of the ECIA.  Amends the definition of \"average per pupil expenditure\" to provide for the use of the most recent satisfactory data. Makes technical amendments to Chapter 1 of the ECIA and to the ESEA. Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to direct the Secretary, with specified exceptions, to return to the Treasury any funds recovered by the Department of Education from a recipient after those funds are no longer available for obligation. Repeals specified provisions of the ESEA. Part II:  Educational Reform and Improvement - Changes the heading of Chapter 2 of the ECIA from \"Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education\" to \"Educational Reform and Improvement.\" Revises Chapter 2 State block grant program purposes.  Provides that Chapter 2 funds are to assist State and local efforts to achieve excellence in elementary and secondary education (including preschool) through the implementation of educational reform and improvement programs for children attending both public and private schools.  Provides for Chapter 2 assistance to SEAs and LEAs:  (1) in accordance with those agencies' own determinations of their needs and priorities; and (2) in a manner that imposes minimal administrative and paperwork burdens upon schools and increases their ability to educate children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 to carry out Chapter 2. Changes the amount reserved for Chapter 2 payments to the Outlying Areas from a mandated one percent to no more than one percent of the Chapter 2 appropriation. Revises provisions relating to local allocations. Provides that relative enrollments shall be calculated on the basis of the total of the number of children enrolled in public schools and the number of children enrolled in private, nonprofit schools that desire their children to participate in Chapter 2 programs or projects. Provides that SEAs shall use funds not distributed to LEAs to support State programs and activities. Revises the list of authorized Chapter 2 projects and activities.  Focuses such list upon educational reform and improvement.  Includes among authorized projects: (1) projects designed to improve instruction in the basic skills of reading, mathematics, and written and oral communications, including projects designed to provide parents with the literacy skills needed to help their children learn to read; (2) projects designed to enhance educational opportunities for economically or academically disadvantaged children, including children who attend schools undergoing desegregation; (3) projects designed to identify and meet special educational needs of children who demonstrate extraordinary intellectual, academic, creative, artistic, or leadership capabilities; (4) the development of plans and policies to measure the academic proficiency of students, to assist students to achieve existing standards, and to raise those standards; (5) projects designed to achieve and maintain in schools an orderly environment conducive to learning, including activities to promote safety, reduce crime, drug use, and vandalism, and otherwise maintain school discipline; (6) projects designed to encourage students to stay in school or to encourage dropouts to resume their education; (7) projects designed to teach the principles and values of good citizenship and to increase students' understanding of government; (8) pre-school and in-school partnership projects in which parents participate in their children's education; (9) projects that provide parents with greater choice in the selection of their children's schools; (10) the development of merit pay, career ladder, and master teacher programs; (11) inservice training and retraining of teachers in academic subjects; (12) the development of more rigorous graduation requirements and plans to increase instructional time; (13) the recognition and dissemination of effective educational practices; (14) school partnerships with business, industry, government, and higher education; (15) the acquisition of textbooks, school library resources, and other instructional equipment and materials; and (16) any other project consistent with the purpose of Chapter 2. Provides that projects and activities may be conducted at the elementary or secondary level (including preschool). Authorizes an SEA to use Chapter 2 funds that are not distributed to LEAs to:  (1) develop procedures or take other corrective actions to provide a high quality education for students who are attending public elementary and secondary schools that the SEA determines are either unable or unwilling to meet that responsibility themselves; (2) pay the additional cost of participating in the National Cooperative Education Statistics System; and (3) pay administrative costs for Chapter 2, up to five percent of the State's grant. Establishes a single list of authorized activities under subchapter A by repealing subchapters B and C. Eliminates, as outdated, provisions which repealed a number of antecedent categorical programs that were consolidated by Chapter 2. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified discretionary programs.  Removes a limitation that required such funding to first be allocated to certain programs. Authorizes the Secretary in certain circumstances to grant a temporary waiver of the requirement that Chapter 2 funds may not be used to support funds from non-Federal sources. Part III:  National Cooperative Education Statistics System - Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to establish within the Center for Education Statistics a National Cooperative Education Statistics System to produce and maintain, with the cooperation of the States, comparable and uniform educational information and data that are useful for policy-making at the Federal, State, and local levels. Subtitle B:  Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1987 - Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act to remove a requirement that restricts the amount of funds available for special alternative instructional programs.  Removes a requirement that reserves a specified amount for transitional bilingual education programs. Subtitle C:  Worker Readjustment Act - Worker Readjustment Act - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this subtitle for FY 1988 and succeeding fiscal years.  Reserves specified amounts of such funds for use under specified parts of this subtitle. Part 1:  Service Delivery System and Basic Program Requirements - Subpart A: Service Delivery System - Sets forth provisions for agreements between the Secretary of Labor and State Governors to carry out this subtitle. Requires each State to ensure the establishment of a rapid response capability to respond to significant dislocation events.  Provides that such capability shall assess the need for and initially provide early readjustment assistance, including activities associated with the formation of joint labor-management committees.  Permits, in addition, the inclusion of:  (1) incentives to encourage employees to give early notification of dislocation events; (2) emergency assistance centers geared to individual plant closings; (3) the development of direct delivery teams; and (4) the development of a system for early identification of prospective dislocation events. Requires each State to establish linkages between the unemployment compensation system and the worker readjustment program system. Sets forth provisions for designation of substate areas, substate grantees, and substate plans. Sets forth the responsibilities of State training and employment councils and private industry councils. Designates as eligible for services individuals who: (1) have been terminated or laid off or have received a notice of termination or layoff from employment, are eligible for or have exhausted their entitlement to unemployment compensation, and are unlikely to return to their previous industry or occupation; (2) have been terminated or have received notice of termination of employment, as a result of any permanent closure of a plant or facility; (3) are long-term unemployed (at least 15 weeks) and have limited opportunities for employment or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area in which they reside, including any older individuals; or (4) were self-employed (including farmers and ranchers) and are unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community in which they reside or because of natural disasters. Provides that participation by any individual in programs authorized under this subtitle shall be deemed to be acceptance of training with the approval of the State within the meaning of any other provision of Federal law relating to unemployment benefits. Sets forth provisions relating to the authority of the State legislature and interstate agreements. Subpart B:  Additional Program Requirements - Sets forth general program provisions, labor standards, labor consultation requirements, and nondiscrimination provisions. Subpart C:  Federal Fiscal and Administrative Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to fund obligation, monitoring, fiscal controls, sanctions, reports, recordkeeping, investigations, administrative adjudication, judicial review, administrative provisions, utilization of services and facilities, and appeals. Part 2:  Basic Readjustment Services - Directs the Secretary to allot funds for part 1 and this part among States according to relative numbers of:  (1) unemployed individuals; (2) excess unemployed individuals; and (3) individuals who have been unemployed for 15 weeks or more.  Authorizes the Governor to retain:  (1) up to ten percent of the State allotment, or a minimum amount established by the Secretary, for overall State level administration, technical assistance, coordination, and early notification and rapid response activities; and (2) an additional amount up to ten percent of the State allotment, or a minimum amount established by the Secretary, to be allotted at the discretion of the Governor for activities allowable under parts 1, 2, or 3.  Directs the Governor to allocate the remainder of the State allotment to all substate areas for basic readjustment services, based on an allocation formula which utilizes the most appropriate information to distribute amounts to address the State's worker readjustment assistance needs. Sets forth provisions for selection of service providers. Provides that basic readjustment services and activities may include: (1) development of individual readjustment plans for participants; (2) implementation of voluntary early notification procedures; (3) rapid response capability, which may include rapid response contingency grants for planning and administrative expenses involved in developing effective programmatic responses to dislocation events; (4) early readjustment assistance; (5) counseling; (6) testing; (7) orientation; (8) assessment, including evaluation of educational attainment and participant interests and aptitudes; (9) determination of occupational skills; (10) provision of future world-of-work and occupational information; (11) job placement assistance; (12) labor market information; (13) job clubs; (14) local job search; (15) job development; (16) self-directed job search; and (17) retraining services. Authorizes the substate grantee to provide appropriate supportive services. Sets forth cost limitations and reallotment and reallocation provisions. Part 3:  Worker Readjustment Training Program - Directs the Secretary to allot funds for this part according to an annual availability target for each State.  Sets forth cost limitations. Authorizes substate grantees to provide appropriate supportive services. Provides that training services may include:  (1) entrepreneurial training; (2) classroom training; (3) occupational skill training; (4) on-the-job training; (5) out-of-area job search; (6) relocation; (7) basic and remedial education; (8) literacy and English for non-English speakers training; and (9) other appropriate training activities directly related to appropriate employment opportunities.  Prohibits use of funds for public service employment or work experience. Sets forth requirements for readjustment training plans.  Provides that eligible readjustment training participants shall receive retraining services, a voucher, or a certificate of continuing eligibility. Part 4:  National Reserve System - Provides that funds under this part may be used to provide services of the type described in parts 2 and 3 in the following circumstances: (1) mass layoffs caused by natural disasters, when the workers are not expected to return to their previous occupations; (2) other mass layoffs; (3) industrywide projects; and (4) multistate projects.  Provides that such funds may also be used to provide such services whenever the Secretary, with the agreement of the Governor, determines that an emergency exists with respect to any particular distressed industry or area.  Provides that up to five percent of such funds may be used to provide staff training and technical assistance services to States, communities, businesses, labor organizations, and other entities involved in providing adjustment assistance to workers.  Authorizes the Secretary to provide such services under proposals for financial assistance. Directs the Secretary to establish a Federal Worker Readjustment Advisory Council to review information on worker dislocation and the performance of programs operated under this subtitle. Part 5:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to change the name of the State job training coordinating council to the State Training and Employment Council.  Revises provisions for membership on private industry councils and the State Training and Employment Council to provide that in making appointment of private sector members, recognition should be given to Council responsibilities under the Wagner-Peyser Act and consideration given to appointing members of the business community who have served in an advisory capacity in providing employment services.  Revises the formula for membership on the State Training and Employment Council. Authorizes the Secretary to implement appropriate procedures to terminate activities under title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of JTPA and to provide for an orderly transition to the activities authorized under this subtitle.  Ends funding for title III of JTPA at the end of FY 1987. Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to require the private industry council to review and evaluate the provision of public employment services in a service delivery area and to provide policy guidance with respect to local labor market conditions and needs. Requires the State Training and Employment Council to review, monitor, and evaluate the activities of the State in providing public employment services. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for Federal unemployment tax credits for employers who give advance notice of plant closings or mass layoffs. Allows States to give similar credits. Sets criminal penalties for embezzlement from employment and training funds, for improper inducement, and for obstructing investigations. Repeals title III of the JTPA on October 1, 1988, or one year following the date of enactment of this subtitle, whichever is later. Subtitle D:  AFDC and Summer Youth Employment and Training Amendments of 1987 - AFDC and Summer Youth Employment and Training Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to add provisions for an AFDC Youth Employment and Training Program.  Allows each service delivery area to elect to use specified funds for such program in addition to or in lieu of services for youth available under the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program.  Provides that the AFDC Youth Program may be conducted on a year-round basis. Makes an individual eligible to participate in the AFDC Youth program if such individual:  (1) is aged 16 through 21, or 14 through 21 if appropriate and set forth in the job training plan; (2) is receiving payments, or whose needs are considered in determining payments, made under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program (AFDC) (under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act); and (3) is at risk of becoming a long-term welfare recipient or long-term unemployed.  Provides for the following services:  (1) basic and remedial education; (2) drug and alcohol abuse counseling; (3) pregnancy and pregnancy prevention counseling; (4) child care classes; (5) life skills planning classes; (6) classroom training, on-the-job training, work experience, job search assistance, employment counseling, world-of-work orientation, and any other educational, employment, or job training activity designed to prepare participants for, or place them in, employment; and (7) supportive services necessary to enable such individuals to participate in the program. Subtitle E:  Greater Opportunities Through Work Act of 1987 - Greater Opportunities Through Work Act of 1987 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require State plans to provide that the State agency will implement a coordinated program of activities designed to afford greater opportunities for individuals to achieve self-sufficiency through employment. Requires the State plan to provide that each recipient of aid under the plan, and each individual whose needs are included in making the determination, will be required to participate in all employment-related activities, including educational programs, to which the State agency may refer him or her.  Sets forth exemptions from such requirement.  Lists as employment-related activities: (1) an employment search program; (2) a community work experience program or other work experience activities; (3) an alternative employment directed program; (4) work supplementation; (5) activities under the Job Training Partnership Act; (6) courses of training continuing for only a prescribed period of time that are designed to result in immediate employment at the close of such period; (7) employment in which the individual is able to engage; and (8) in the case of an individual who has not obtained a high school diploma or equivalent degree or certificate, educational programs at the successful completion of which participants receive a high school diploma or an equivalent degree or certificate, or programs of elementary, remedial, or other special education, without which the individual is not able to participate successfully in secondary education programs.  Requires the State plan to require educational activities for dependent children and teenage relatives. Requires the State plan to provide for the furnishing of child care, transportation, and other supportive services necessary for an individual's participation in employment-related activities. Sets forth sanctions for nonparticipation in employment-related activities. Requires States to reach certain participation rates in employment-related activities in order to receive full payments. Repeals the work incentives (WIN) program under part C of title IV of the Social Security Act. Sets forth special rules for territories. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out research and evaluation with respect to the program established under this subtitle.  Directs the Secretary to promulgate performance standards applicable to State programs.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for research and evaluation. Subtitle F:  Employment Security Administrative Financing Act of 1987 - Employment Security Administrative Financing Act of 1987 - Part 1: Financing Administrative Costs of State Unemployment Compensation Programs - Repeals title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act, effective July 1, 1990. Authorizes expenditures from the Federal administrative account for FY 1991 (and the transition quarter beginning on July 1, 1990, and ending on September 30, 1990), and for each fiscal year thereafter, in such amounts as the Congress may deem appropriate for the purpose of assisting the States in:  (1) their administration of functions under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, or any Federal unemployment compensation law; (2) carrying out veterans' employment representative duties; and (3) the administration of the extended unemployment compensation program.  Authorizes such expenditures also for the necessary expenses of the Department of Labor under:  (1) specified titles of the Social Security Act; (2) the Federal Unemployment Tax Act; (3) the Wagner-Peyser Act; (4) programs providing job counseling, training, and placement services for veterans; and (5) any Federal unemployment compensation law. Directs the Secretary of Labor from time to time to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State which has an unemployment compensation law approved under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act amounts necessary for the administration of specified activities. Revises the formula for transfers between the Federal Unemployment Account and the Employment Security Administration Account. Adds references to a Federal administrative account and to State administrative fund accounts. Revises the formula for transfers to the extended unemployment compensation account. Part 2:  Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise formulas relating to credits against the Federal unemployment tax. Revises provisions relating to requirements for State unemployment compensation laws.  Requires methods of administration reasonably calculated to insure full payment of compensation when due. Requires that all individuals whose claims for compensation are denied have an opportunity for a fair hearing before an impartial tribunal.  Requires the State or State agency to make reports required by the Secretary of Labor. Requires that all money received by the State for administration of the State law and of State employment services be paid over the Secretary of the Treasury to the credit of the administrative fund account of such State in the Unemployment Trust Fund.  Allows a deduction from unemployment compensation otherwise payable to an individual and using the amount so deducted to pay for health insurance if the individual elected to have such deduction made and such deduction was made under a program approved by the Secretary of Labor.  Provides that all money withdrawn from the administrative account of the State shall be used solely for the payment of expenses of administration of the State law and public employment services, and for refunds payable under State law.  Requires the State to provide public employment services pursuant to the Wagner-Peyser Act. Sets forth new compliance requirements for States and State agencies to disclose information about unemployment compensation recipients to State food stamp agencies and to State and local child support enforcement agencies. Provides for recovery of overpayments to unemployment compensation recipients. Revises certification requirements. Provides for collection of the Federal unemployment tax by the States. Part 3:  Amendments to Other Statutes - Amends provisions of Federal law relating to unemployment compensation for Federal employees.  Authorizes expenditures from the Federal administrative account to assist States in meeting the cost of administration of agreements. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise specified references. Part 4:  Technical and Conforming Amendments - Amends the Social Security Act to change references to the Employment Security Administration Account to the Federal Administrative Account. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Subtitle G:  Employment Services Act of 1987 - Employment Services Act of 1987 - Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to eliminate reference to the United States Employment Service.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to disseminate information that may be of assistance to States in the provision of public employment services.  Authorizes the Secretary to undertake such research, analysis, job classification programs, test development, statistical studies, automation design and other activities, including technical assistance, as will further this objective.  Directs the Secretary to maintain a system for clearing labor between the States. Authorizes the Secretary to provide guidance to the States with respect to their provision of public employment services, with particular attention toward promoting State review of the need for specified activities and in the implementation of national priorities. Grants the Secretary discretionary authority to enter into agreements with State Governors whereby: (1) the State carries out any authority vested in the Secretary by this or any other Act, when the Secretary determines that such activities are consistent with the provision of State public employment services, for such reimbursement as may be agreed upon and consistent with applicable law; or (2) the Secretary carries out authorized activities specifically requested by a State and for which reimbursement from the State to the Department of Labor is provided. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Governor of Guam under which Guam will provide public employment services after July 1, 1990.  Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Requires State Governors to enter into agreements with the Secretary in order to receive financial assistance for public employment services. Authorizes appropriations to support public employment services in the States, but provides that no such appropriations are authorized for any program year that commences on or after July 1, 1990. Requires States in providing public employment services to give particular attention to specified needs. Allows States to charge a reasonable fee for a particular service if not otherwise prohibited by law, rule, or regulation. Allows States to make referrals of workers to agencies which may charge for their employment assistance services. Requires State Governors to provide annual plans for provision of public employment services. Requires the private industry council for a service delivery area to review and evaluate the provision of public employment services in such area. Directs the State Training and Employment Council to review, monitor, and evaluate the activities of the State in providing public employment services.  Makes conforming amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act. Title II:  National Science Foundation Authorization Act - National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 through 1992 - Expresses the finding of the Congress that the programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF) should be doubled in size over the next five years. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for the NSF.  Sets forth categories for which the FY 1988 and 1989 funds are to be available. Sets limits on NSF consultation and representation expenses. Sets forth conditions for transfer of funds among categories. Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to allow portions of National Science Board meetings to be closed to the public when the Board considers possible NSF budgets for a particular fiscal year, or other legislative proposals that might be submitted to the Congress, if the President's budget for that fiscal year or the legislative proposal in question has not yet been submitted to the Congress. States that the Director is the head of the NSF. Repeals provisions which required certain oaths and statements before acceptance of NSF scholarships or fellowships and which made members of Communist organizations ineligible for such scholarships or fellowships. Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization and Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act to revise provisions for membership on the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering.  Requires such Committee to report biennially rather than annually. Title III:  Omnibus Intellectual Property Rights Improvement Act of 1987 - Subtitle A:  Intellectual Property Reform Act of 1987 - States that licensing a patent, trade secret, or copyright is not illegal per se under the antitrust laws. Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a process patented in the United States.  Requires the infringer to know or be on notice that the product was made by a process patented in the United States before a process patent holder may recover damages. Places on the defendant the burden of proof in an infringement action to show that a product was not produced by the patented process. Amends the patent laws to extend the terms of patents which encompass specified products or methods for using a product, including methods of manufacturing, any of which are subject to certain nonpatent regulatory review periods.  Sets forth the terms and conditions of such extension, including a five-year limitation on the extension and a 25-year maximum patent term from the earliest filing. Directs the Commissioner of Patents to notify the appropriate Federal agency upon receipt from a product sponsor of a notice of extension.  Requires the notified agency to determine the applicable regulatory review period.  Permits the appropriate Secretary or Administrator to establish fees to cover review costs. Directs the Commissioner, upon a final determination of the applicable regulatory review period, to issue to the owner of record of a patent a certificate of extension stating the fact and length of the extension and identifying the product, the use, and the claim to which such extension is applicable.  Makes such certificates a part of the original patent. Restricts the disclosure of any data submitted during the regulatory review period which are designated as trade secrets or as confidential. Limits the application of such patent term extension to patents for: (1) any new animal drug or antibiotic subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (2) any veterinary biological product subject to regulation under the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act; (3) any pesticide subject to regulation under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and (4) any chemical substance or mixture subject to regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt from investigative reporting requirements certain new animal drugs which are bioequivalent to animal drugs already approved. Amends the patent laws to specify conduct which does not interfere with a patent owner's entitlement to relief for patent infringement, including refusal to license, excessive or inconsistent royalty fees, and other anticompetitive activities. States that a licensee shall not be estopped from asserting in a judicial action the invalidity of any patent to which it is licensed. Requires that certain district court actions on the validity of a patent be first considered by the Commissioner for reexamination if the party asserting invalidity relies on a patent or publication as prior art when such patent or publication has not previously been considered by the Patent and Trademark Office. Subtitle B: Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1987 - Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt from agency disclosure requirements:  (1) trade secrets or commercial or financial information which is privileged or the disclosure of which would impair the agency's ability to obtain such information in the future, cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the source, or harm an identifiable governmental interest; and (2) technical data that may not be exported without an approval, authorization, or license under Federal export laws. Subtitle C:  Regulation of Commerce in Digital Audio Recording Devices Act of 1987 - Requires digital audio recording devices in commerce to contain a copy-code scanner.  Prohibits the deactivation or bypassing of such scanners. Entitles an aggrieved party to damages which can include actual or statutory damages and impoundment, destruction, or modification of the violating device. Permits the Secretary of Commerce to exempt certain devices used exclusively for legitimate business purposes. Subtitle D:  Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for provisions of this title. Title IV:  Legal and Regulatory Reforms Act of 1987 - Legal and Regulatory Reforms Act of 1987 - Subtitle A:  Product Liability Reform Act of 1987 - Product Liability Reform Act of 1987 - Preempts inconsistent State law, within limitations contained in this Act.  States that this Act shall not apply to liability relating to certain nuclear incidents governed by the Price-Anderson Act and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Limits liability for damages in a product liability action to instances in which:  (1) a person was negligent in the design, production, distribution, or sale of the product; or (2) the product was defective in such a way as to make it unreasonably dangerous, and the technology at the time the product was produced would have permitted discovery and elimination of such defect. Denies liability in instances when the injury is related to: (1) an unreasonable or unforeseeable use or alteration of the product; or (2) the failure to warn or instruct concerning danger associated with the product if that danger is apparent to a reasonable person or is a matter of common knowledge or if the product is used in an unreasonable or unforeseeable way. Prohibits application of the doctrine of joint and several liability to product liability actions, except in cases when persons acting in concert are the proximate cause of the injury. Limits to $200,000 the amount of noneconomic damages that can be recovered. Permits structured settlements and periodic payment of damages awarded for future economic losses exceeding $100,000.  Requires that damage awards be offset by amounts received as compensation for the same injury from specified collateral sources. Establishes a contingency fee schedule to govern compensation for plaintiffs' attorneys. Directs the Attorney General to provide to the Congress recommendations to encourage the creation, adoption, and use of alternative dispute resolution techniques in civil disputes filed in Federal courts. Subtitle B:  Antitrust Amendments Act of 1987 - Antitrust Amendments Act of 1987 - Part I: Antitrust Equal Enforcement Act of 1987 - Antitrust Equal Enforcement Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to direct the court, in an antitrust action, to reduce the claim of any claimant who releases any person from liability by the greatest of: (1) a stipulated amount; (2) the consideration paid for release; or (3) the actual damages fairly allocable to the released person (or treble such damages where the claim is for treble damages) and interest thereon.  Requires the court, in an action based on a contract, combination, or conspiracy among competitors, to conclusively presume that a person has been released from liability if:  (1) such person has not been joined as a defendant; and (2) the defendant has established that such person is legally or practically available as a party to the action. Requires damages based on a price-fixing agreement between competitors to be allocated on the basis of: (1) each competitor's proportionate share of the total competitors' overcharges or underpayments where the claim is based on damages sustained by reason of overcharges or payments resulting from a price-fixing agreement; or (2) each party's relative responsibility for the origination or perpetration of the antitrust violation, whichever method the court determines to be more equitable. Part 2:  Antitrust Remedies Improvements Act of 1987 - Antitrust Remedies Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to reduce the amount recoverable in a private antitrust action from treble to actual damages sustained, except when the damages are sustained by reason of the plaintiff's being overcharged or underpaid by the liable party.  Requires payment to the prevailing plaintiff in an actual damage case, or a treble damage case under specified circumstances, of interest on actual damages for the period beginning on the date of injury and ending on the date of judgment (prejudgment interest). Entitles the United States to recover treble damages when it is injured by being overcharged or underpaid by an antitrust violation.  Provides for the payment of prejudgment interest on the actual damages recovered by the United States in an antitrust action. Provides for the payment of prejudgment interest on the total damage recovered in antitrust actions commenced by State attorneys general. Directs the court to award the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee, to a substantially prevailing defendant in a private antitrust action or a private action for injunctive relief against an antitrust violation if the court finds that the plaintiff's conduct was frivolous, unreasonable, without foundation, or in bad faith. Part 3:  Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1987 - Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends the Sherman Act to require the court in an antitrust action involving commerce with foreign nations, except for good cause shown, to hear and determine a motion to dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction before conducting or permitting the parties to conduct further proceedings. Amends the Clayton Act to require a court to dismiss any antitrust action involving foreign commerce whenever it determines that the exercise of jurisdiction would be unreasonable primarily on the basis of the following factors:  (1) the relative significance of conduct within the United States compared to conduct abroad; (2) the nationality of the parties; (3) the presence of a purpose to affect United States consumers or competitors; (4) the relative significance and foreseeability of the effects of the conduct on the United States compared to the effects abroad; (5) the existence of reasonable expectations that would be furthered or defeated by the action; and (6) the degree of conflict with foreign law or foreign economic policies.  Directs the court to hear and determine any motion to dismiss on such basis before conducting further proceedings. Provides that nothing in this Act authorizes the court to consider the effect of an action sought to be dismissed on the foreign political relations of the United States. Declares that the doctrine of forum non conveniens (providing that a court dismiss a case that should be tried in another more convenient and appropriate forum) shall be applicable in any antitrust action involving foreign commerce. Part 4:  Interlocking Directorate Act of 1987 - Interlocking Directorate Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any person from serving as a director in two or more corporations if each (currently, any) of such corporations has capital, surplus, and undivided profits aggregating more than $10,000,000 (currently, $1,000,000).  Establishes exceptions to such interlocking directorate prohibition where the sales of each corporation of each product or service sold in competition with the other corporations:  (1) are less than five percent of such corporation's total sales, unless such corporation's sales of all such products or services exceed 25 percent of its total sales; (2) added to such corporation's sales of all other such products or services are less than $1,000,000; or (3) are less than three percent of the total sales in each line of commerce in each section of the country in which such corporations compete.  Increases the $10,000,000 and $1,000,000 threshold amounts by the percentage increase in the gross national product for the preceding fiscal year. Part 5:  Merger Modernization Act of 1987 - Merger Modernization Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to revise the standard of anticompetitive effects required to prohibit a merger.  Prohibits a merger if there is a significant probability that the merger will substantially increase the ability to exercise market power.  Defines \"the ability to exercise market power\" as the ability of one or more firms to maintain prices above competitive levels profitably for a significant period of time. Directs the courts, in determining whether a merger will substantially increase the ability of a firm to exercise market power, to consider all economic factors relevant to the affected markets, including:  (1) the difficulty of entry by foreign or domestic firms into the market; (2) efficiencies derived from the merger; and (3) any other evidence indicating whether the merger will increase the ability to exercise market power. Subtitle C:  Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act of 1987 - Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act of 1987 - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to terminate, as of October 1, 1987, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) as an independent executive agency of the U.S. Government. Transfers to the Secretary of Transportation the functions, powers, and duties of the ICC relating to the regulation of rail transportation and to certain other surface transportation regulation. Prohibits any State or its political subdivison or any interstate or other political agency of two or more States from enacting or enforcing any law, rule, or standard relating to interstate or intrastate rates, routes, or services of motor carriers, motor private carriers, water carriers, freight forwarders, or transportation brokers. Authorizes the President to take certain action upon a determination that the government of a contiguous foreign country has engaged in unfair, discriminatory, or restrictive practices having a substantial adverse competitive impact upon certain U.S.  transportation companies. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit to the Congress, two years from the effective date of this Act, a status report and evaluation concerning the implementation of the National Governors' Association Consensus Agenda on standards for uniform State regulation of interstate motor carriers. Transfers to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jurisdiction over certain regulation of motor carriers, water carriers, freight forwarders, and railroad passenger carriers.  Grants to the FTC the exclusive power to enforce certain regulations governing the transport of household goods.  Requires the FTC, within 120 days of this Act's enactment, to review and revise such regulations to eliminate unnecessary regulation and to ensure that shippers of household goods receive adequate protection in their dealings with carriers. Identifies the administrative procedure to govern such FTC rulemaking, including provisions for judicial review.  Requires such rule review and revision to be completed within one year following its initiation.  Requires that all U.S. departments and agencies conform their rules to those finally promulgated by the FTC within one year after such promulgation. Repeals statutory limitations on purchases by common carriers in cases of interlocking directorates. Subtitle D:  Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1987 - Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1987 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize the Attorney General to petition the Secretary of Energy for an adjudication of whether continued regulation of an existing pipeline is in the public interest.  Directs the Secretary, upon receipt of such petition, to conduct such adjudication according to prescribed guidelines. Terminates Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulatory jurisdiction over an existing pipeline that is not the subject of such a petition 120 days after the effective date of this Act, unless before then a joint resolution is enacted directing the Secretary to conduct an adjudication of whether regulation of such pipeline is in the public interest. Prescribes adjudication guidelines under which the Secretary is directed to find that regulation of a pipeline is in the public interest only if it is demonstrated that such regulation is necessary to constrain the exercise of substantial market power in a significant portion of the markets in which the pipeline operates. Terminates Commission regulatory jurisdiction over an existing pipeline if the Secretary finds that regulation over such pipeline is not in the public interest. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary is authorized to conduct an adjudication of whether, as a direct result of changed circumstances, regulation of an existing pipeline not then subject to Commission regulatory jurisdiction is in the public interest. Subjects an existing pipeline to commission regulatory jurisdiction at a future time if regulation is found to be in the public interest, even though such pipeline is not currently subject to such jurisdiction. Declares that new pipelines shall not be subject to Commission regulatory jurisdiction.  States that the termination of Commission regulatory jurisdiction does not apply to its jurisdiction over crude oil or refined oil products transported prior to termination.  Precludes transfer of Commission regulatory jurisdiction in any manner to any Federal agency.  Declares the pipeline jurisdiction provisions inapplicable to the Trans-Alaska pipeline. Confers exclusive original jurisdiction over any petition for judicial review upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Precludes from such judicial review any action of the Attorney General under this Act, including adjudication petitions. Authorizes both the Secretary and the Attorney General to promulgate regulations under this Act. Retains the applicability of all antitrust laws to pipeline transportation of crude oil or refined oil products. Subtitle E:  Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments of 1987 - Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to:  (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such a pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Removes wellhead price controls over all natural gas first sales beginning April 1, 1988.  Removes such control with respect to certain gas sales contracts executed after the date of enactment of this Act. Removes Commission jurisdiction over first sales of natural gas committed or dedicated as of the day before enactment of this Act.  Repeals Commission authority to specify the minimum duration of certain natural gas contracts (thus removing all non-price regulation of first sales of natural gas). Declares that, with respect to ceiling prices of certain natural gas sales, the last price paid for such gas shall be considered a federally established rate for purposes of an area rate clause. Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to:  (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations with respect to the use of natural gas and petroleum as primary energy sources; and (3) repeal the guidelines for the emergency use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source by any person operating a peakload powerplant or a major fuel-burning installation. Revokes the authority of the Secretary of Energy to require any major fuel-burning installation to furnish certain information regarding the use of primary energy sources of fuel. Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to repeal the natural gas incremental pricing provisions. States that incremental pricing rules promulgated by the Commission shall continue in effect only with respect to the flow-through of costs incurred before enactment of this Act, including any surcharges based on such costs. Subtitle F:  Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1987 - Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1987 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1987 to repeal, with specified exemptions, the average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles. Mandates that fuel economy for any model type be measured according to procedures (established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)) which produce results that simulate conditions of actual use.  Mandates that such procedures require that fuel economy be conducted in conjunction with specified emission tests conducted under the Clean Air Act. Directs the EPA Administrator to determine by rule that quantity of diesel oil which is the equivalent of one gallon of gasoline. Sets forth guidelines under which any manufacturer is authorized to file a petition for judicial review of certain fuel economy or record-keeping rules promulgated by the Administrator. Repeals the requirement that manufacturers submit certain reports to the Secretary of Transportation. Requires every manufacturer to maintain records and submit reports. Amends automobile labeling requirements to provide that each automobile manufactured in any model year after the enactment of this Act shall bear a label in a prominent place stating that written information regarding fuel economy comparison among automobiles shall be made available by the EPA Administrator. Directs the EPA Administrator to compile fuel economy data to be included on such labels.  Treats violations of such labeling requirements as violations of:  (1) the Automobile Information Disclosure Act; and (2) the Federal Trade Commission Act regarding unfair or deceptive business practices. Repeals specified sections of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act. Directs the EPA Administrator to determine average fuel economy for any manufacturer that has a need to determine carryback credits. Subtitle G:  Export Administration Amendments Act of 1987 - Export Administration Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish a distribution license appropriate for cosignees in the People's Republic of China.  Excludes the People's Republic of China as an \"other than controlled country\" for purposes of export licenses authorizing U.S. exports and reexports of technology and related goods. Defines \"affiliate\" to include both governmental entities and commercial entities that are controlled in fact by controlled countries with respect to the prohibition or curtailment of exports of U.S. goods and technology to embassies and affiliates of controlled countries. Sets forth specified procedures for determining foreign availability of goods and technology from outside the United States to controlled countries. Defines \"foreign availability\" and \"non-United States origin.\" Requires the Secretary to review on a continuing basis the availability to countries, other than controlled countries, from sources outside the United States of goods or technology that require a validated license to export.  Requires the Secretary to designate such goods and technology as eligible for export to such countries upon the determination that such goods or technology from foreign sources are of similar quality and are available to such countries without effective restrictions.  Permits the Secretary to make such a foreign availability determination on his or her own initiative upon receipt of an allegation from an export license applicant that such availability exists or upon the submission of a certification by a Technical Advisory Committee of appropriate jurisdiction as to the goods or technology involved. Provides that export licenses shall become valid, unless there is a risk of diversion to proscribed countries, 20 working days after the date an application to export goods and technology is filed with the Secretary.  Extends to 35 days (currently 30 days) the time period that such licenses shall become effective in cases where the Secretary takes additional time to consider an application for such licenses. Sets forth provisions relating to:  (1) guidelines for the Coordinating Committee on Export Controls to negotiate agreements with governments outside the Committee to restrict the export of goods and technology on the International Control List (ICL); (2) enforcement measures with respect to such agreements; and (3) removal of items from the ICL if such items continue to be available to controlled countries or if such items no longer serve the objectives of the Committee. Provides that any person, firm, or business affiliated or otherwise connected to any party convicted of violating specified statutory criminal provisions shall not be eligible to apply for an export license for a period up to ten years after the conviction. Extends, in instances of public interest or to prevent imminent violations of this Act, the effective period of temporary orders denying export privileges to 180 days (currently 60 days).  Provides that the Secretary may extend such period for an additional 180 days. (Currently, the additional period is 60 days.) Subtitle H:  Financial Services Regulatory Efficiency Act of 1987 - Financial Services Regulatory Efficiency Act of 1987 - Part l: Functional Regulation of Financial Institutions - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to provide that no Federal association or institution insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) shall be subject to the supervision of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB) or the FSLIC upon the date such association or institution loses its status as a qualified thrift lender. Amends the National Housing Act to:  (1) require the payment of FSLIC insurance premiums semiannually; (2) authorize the FSLIC to assess premiums against institutions based on the risks that the institutions present to the insurance fund; (3) authorize the FSLIC to pay premium rebates to certain institutions; and (4) require premiums to be paid in advance. Provides that no funds of any institution paid to the FSLIC shall be subject to any legal process by creditors of such institution. Establishes a uniform definition of \"qualified thrift lender,\" including asset composition requirements, for purposes of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, and the National Housing Act.  Allows a gradual restructuring over ten years of the asset portfolios of State-chartered mutual savings banks included as qualified thrift lenders.  Authorizes the FSLIC to grant temporary exceptions to asset composition requirements when severe economic or financial conditions threaten the system of insured institutions.  Exempts certain small institutions from asset composition requirements.  Bars an institution that loses its status as a qualified thrift lender from regaining such status for five years. Directs the FHLBB to give prompt notification of the failure of an FSLIC-insured Federal institution to meet the asset composition requirements for a qualified thrift lender to the institution, the Federal Banking Agency (FBA), the Fedral Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).  Requires a disqualified institution, within a specified period, to either apply for and receive a State bank charter or receive a national bank charter.  Requires the FDIC to insure the institution upon the granting of such charter.  Provides for a two-year transition from regulation of a disqualified institution as a qualified thrift institution to regulation as a bank. Terminates FSLIC insurance and membership in, or eligibility for advances from, any Federal Home Loan Bank for such institution upon the granting of such charter.  Permits the FHLBB or the FSLIC to retain jurisdiction over a disqualified institution for purposes of completing any administrative or enforcement action against such institution. Requires each FDIC-insured Federal savings bank, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, to elect either:  (1) to be regulated as a bank, to retain FDIC insurance, and to receive a national bank charter; or (2) to be regulated as a qualified thrift lender and, if qualified, to be insured by the FSLIC. Amends the National Bank Act to require the Director of the FBA to grant a national bank charter to any Federal savings and loan association, Federal savings bank, or State-chartered savings and loan association, savings bank, building and loan association, homestead association, or cooperative bank that is disqualified as a qualified thrift lender and that fails to apply for, or receive, a State bank charter. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to require an institution which satisfies qualified thrift lender requirements to be granted a Federal association charter if, at the time it applies, it is a qualified thrift lender, has FDIC insured accounts, is not subject to any administrative or enforcement action, and is in compliance with specified banking laws and regulations. Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to exclude any qualified thrift lender that is FSLIC-insured or chartered as a Federal association from the definition of a \"bank\" for purposes of such Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, the National Housing Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Sets forth provisions governing the liability of the FSLIC and the FDIC to indemnify each other for costs incurred as a result of the failure of institutions which have converted from insurance by one corporation to insurance by the other pursuant to this Act. Part 2:  Reorganization of the Regulatory Responsibilities for Commercial Banking Organizations - Establishes the FBA within the Department of the Treasury, replacing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Directs the FBA to execute all Federal laws relating to the establishment, regulation, supervision, and examination of national banks and their holding companies.  Replaces the Comptroller of the Currency and the Deputy Comptrollers with the Director of the FBA and Deputy Directors. Requires the salaries of FBA employees to be considered part of the expenses of bank examinations. Requires employee compensation to be paid from bank assessments. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to transfer FDIC supervisory authority over State nonmember insured banks (State-chartered, FDIC-insured banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System) to the FRB. Authorizes the FRB to examine State nonmember insured banks, applicants, and affiliates.  Requires FRB examiners and State supervisory authorities to share examination reports. Requires such banks to maintain adequate capital in relation to the character and condition of their assets, deposit liabilities, and other corporate responsibilities.  Prohibits such a bank from reducing or retiring its capital without FRB approval. Requires each Federal Reserve Bank to establish a State Advisory Council to advise such Bank on the coordination of State and Federal supervision and examination activities. Repeals provisions prohibiting ownership of competing corporations by corporations organized to engage in international or foreign banking. Part 3:  Bank Holding Company Amendments - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to define the \"appropriate regulatory agency\" of a bank holding company as: (1) the FBA when the principal bank subsidiary of the holding company is a national bank; and (2) the FRB when such principal subsidiary is a State bank or when the holding company is an international class holding company. Requires 60 days' prior notice to (currently, prior approval by) the appropriate regulatory agency of bank holding company formations and acquisitions. Authorizes consummation of such formation or acquisition unless, within such 60-day period, the appropriate regulatory agency has issued an order: (1) disapproving the transaction; or (2) suspending such period in order to obtain additional relevant information or to hold a hearing to determine whether to disapprove such transaction based on the recommendation of the FRB or the State supervisor with respect to an action by a State bank or of the FBA Director with respect to action by a national bank. Establishes a 30-day notice requirement for a company's acquisition of a bank through a reorganization in which persons exchange their shares of the bank for the same proportional share interest in a newly formed bank holding company, if:  (1) such bank and holding company do not conduct activities other than banking or managing and controlling banks; and (2) such holding company meets capital and financial standards prescribed by the appropriate regulatory agency. Requires the exchange of transaction notices and comments between appropriate regulatory agencies. Permits an appropriate regulatory agency to dispense with:  (1) interagency notice requirements and hearing requirements if immediate action is required to prevent the probable failure of a bank or holding company involved in the transaction; and (2) hearing requirements if an emergency exists requiring expeditious action. Requires any notificant not required to file a premerger notification under the Clayton Act to file lesser information as specified by the Attorney General, unless such a need for quick action exists, in which case the appropriate agency shall provide the Attorney General an opportunity to comment on the transaction. Bars judicial review of an agency failure to disapprove a transaction or an agency order not to disapprove a transaction unless such order contains restrictions.  Specifies circumstances under which a transaction may be consummated before the expiration of the 60-day notice period.  Directs an appropriate regulatory agency to consider the competitive effects of a proposed transaction only when transaction information is not submitted to the Attorney General for review because of aforementioned circumstances requiring quick action. Transfers the responsibility for determining permissible activities for bank holding companies from the FRB to the FBA.  Authorizes the FBA Director to designate permissible activities that are closely related to banking or managing or controlling banks and to prescribe any appropriate limitations to such activities.  Provides for the review and veto by the FRB of rules proposed by the FBA to designate such activities.  Permits a veto if the FRB determines that such a rule would impair the stability of the banking system or adversely affect safe and sound financial practices. Deems such a veto to be an order for purposes of judicial review. Requires a bank holding company to give the appropriate regulatory agency 60 days prior notice before engaging in any authorized activity for the first time.  Permits the holding company to commence such activity unless the agency issues an order disapproving it within such period.  Lists agency criteria for reviewing proposed activity.  Bars judicial review of an agency failure to disapprove a proposed activity or an agency order not to disapprove an activity, unless such order contains restrictions.  Provides for the suspension of the 60-day period if the appropriate agency determines that a proposed activity is not authorized in order for the FBA to determine whether such activity is permissible.  Authorizes the exchange of notices and comments on proposed activities between the FBA and the FRB.  Permits the appropriate regulatory agency to dispense with notice and comment requirements under emergency circumstances. Gives the rulemaking and administrative authority for bank holding companies to the appropriate regulatory agencies.  Requires each agency to provide the other with notice of any proposed change in rules, policy statements, or prudential standards for bank holding companies and subsidiaries and with a report on the basis for any decision to proceed with an action despite adverse comments from the other agency.  Prohibits either agency from changing capital adequacy requirements or other prudential standards without the consent of the other. Requires the FRB and the FBA to:  (1) coordinate bank holding company reporting requirements; (2) submit copies of reports on the condition of such a company to the FDIC; (3) accept in fulfillment of such reporting requirements for nonbank subsidiaries information required to be submitted pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (4) minimize examinations of such subsidiaries by using the reports of applicable regulatory agencies or public or private bodies and by focusing on activities adversely affecting the safety and soundness or financial condition of a bank holding company subsidiary bank. Requires a bank holding company to:  (1) notify the old and the new appropriate regulatory agency within ten days of a transaction or change in asset size which causes a change in the agency with regulatory jurisdiction over such company; and (2) register with the new appropriate regulatory agency within 30 days after such change.  Requires the FRB to publish annually the amount of assets sufficient to cause a bank holding company to qualify as an international class holding company. Part 4:  Deposit Insurance Amendments - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to direct the FDIC and the FHLBB to establish uniform minimum capital standards and accounting principles for FDIC and FSLIC-insured institutions to be phased in over seven years. Authorizes the FDIC and the FHLBB to vary such standards during periods of severe economic and financial conditions. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe such standards if the FDIC and the FHLBB fail to agree with two years. Permits each appropriate Federal banking agency to require higher levels of capital for institutions subject to its supervision. Authorizes the FDIC to:  (1) establish a formula for determining the annual assessment rates for insured banks, and set the assessments for insured banks, on the basis of risks that the banks present to the Permanent Insurance Fund; and (2) vary such rates from the minimum of one-twelfth of one percent to a maximum of one-half of one percent of the bank's average assessment base. Modifies the structure of the FDIC Board of Directors by increasing the number of Board members from three to five and adding the Chairman of the FRB and the FBA Director as nonvoting members.  Requires the President to designate the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board from among the voting members. Authorizes the FDIC:  (1) in conjunction with the appropriate regulatory agency, to examine insured institutions that are seriously troubled financially, as well as a limited sample of other insured banks; (2) to accompany the appropriate regulatory agency on other examinations of nontroubled insured banks; and (3) to conduct an independent examination of an insured bank in a condition likely to result in a loss to the FDIC. Authorizes the FDIC to request the appropriate regulatory agency to take enforcement action, or if such agency declines, to take such action independently against any FDIC-insured bank or its officers or employees about to violate statutory standards relating to unsafe or unsound banking practices. Deletes as factors to be considered by the FDIC Board when evaluating bank applications for deposit insurance:  (1) the convenience and needs of the community to be served by the bank; and (2) whether the bank's corporate powers are consistent with the purposes of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Designates the FRB (currently, the FDIC) as the \"appropriate Federal banking agency\" for State-chartered nonmember insured banks and foreign banks having insured branches for purposes of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.  Requires each insured State nonmember bank and each foreign bank having an insured branch which is not a Federal branch to make reports of condition to the Federal Reserve Bank in whose district such bank is located.  Transfers from the FDIC to the FRB the authority to consent to the acquisition of foreign banks by State nonmember insured banks and to consent to the conversion of insured banks into State nonmember insured banks. Authorizes the appropriate Federal agency (currently, the FDIC) to require banks to report on the identity of persons receiving federally-related mortgage loans and on the nature and amount of such loans. Subjects to disapproval by the appropriate Federal regulator or State supervisor the acquisition of a closed insured bank or the merger of a failing insured bank in mutual form.  (Current law requires approval of such an acquisition or merger by the primary Federal or State supervisor.) Directs the FDIC, before authorizing such an acquisition or merger, to: (1) provide the Attorney General with an opportunity to comment; and (2) consider the competitive effects of such transaction. Requires prior notice to (currently, prior approval by) the responsible agency before certain merger transactions among insured and noninsured banks may occur.  Applies to such merger transactions the notice requirements applicable to bank holding company formations and acquisitions. Amends the Clayton Act to exempt from premerger notification requirements certain bank transactions subject to agency disapproval under the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, the National Housing Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and the Bank Holding Company Act where the agency has found that it must act immediately to prevent probable failure of the bank involved. Part 5:  Expansion of State Supervision - State Depository Institutions Supervision Certification Act of 1987 - Directs the FRB, the FBA, and the FDIC to carry out this Act in a manner designed to transfer Federal supervisory and enforcement authority over State-chartered banks and holding companies to the States.  Requires the FHLBB to establish a program designed to do the same with respect to State-chartered insured institutions. Directs the FRB to solicit States' views in promulgating regulations to establish criteria for certifying State banking agencies to assume Federal supervisory and enforcement responsibilities over State banks and affiliates.  Sets forth requirements for State applications for certification.  Subjects a grant of certification to such conditions and limitations as the FRB deems appropriate and to the residual authority and oversight of the FRB. Authorizes the granting of various Federal responsibilities in accordance with the circumstances of each State.  Permits the FDIC to decline deposit insurance recommended by a certified State banking agency. Requires the FRB to submit copies of certification applications to the FBA and the FDIC for review and comments.  Empowers and directs the FDIC to disapprove an application upon finding it involves undue risks to the deposit insurance fund. Sets forth the authority and responsibility of the FRB to review the performance of certified State banking agencies.  Authorizes the FRB to disapprove a State agency action on an application, policy, or rule relating to bank holding companies.  Gives the FRB residual authority to take enforcement actions with respect to any institution for which the FRB is otherwise the appropriate regulatory agency. Requires certification renewal every five years. Authorizes the FRB to: (1) modify or terminate a State's certification if necessary to ensure compliance with this Act or with FRB regulations or if warranted because of changes in State supervisory programs; and (2) suspend or revoke a certification upon determining that a State agency's action is inconsistent with Federal law. Authorizes the FRB, the FDIC, the FBA, and the FHLBB to provide certification training assistance. Requires the FRB, the FDIC, and the FHLBB to cooperate with any cooperative interstate examination agency established by the States or the private sector to provide examination reports to agencies. Exempts any actions of the FRB, the FDIC, or the FHLBB with respect to certifications from judicial review. Part 6:  Simplification Amendments - Eliminates requirements for prior approval from, or notification to, a Federal agency for a national or State bank to establish branches (including electronic facilities only where such facilities are considered to be branches under State law) unless the FBA or the FRB determines that prior approval or notice is necessary because of adverse considerations relating to the financial or managerial resources of the bank involved.  Authorizes national banks to engage in interstate branching to the same extent that State-chartered banks are so authorized. Exempts depository institutions having total assets of less than $300,000,000 from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 (1985 dollars) and the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (1987 dollars). Repeals the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978, thus terminating the Financial Institutions Examination Council. Divides the expenses and assets of the Council equally among the FBA, the FRB, the FDIC, the FHLBB, and the National Credit Union Administration. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to include FSLIC-insured institutions as \"insured banks\" for purposes of provisions requiring prior approval of mergers. Continues the FDIC-insured status of a State member bank that becomes a State nonmember bank. Eliminates the requirement that insured State nonmember banks receive the FDIC's prior approval to reduce or retire capital notes and debentures. Amends the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978 to authorize regulatory agencies to exempt certain transactions from change in control application requirements in the public interest. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit any person who has been convicted of any criminal offense involving dishonesty or a breach of trust from serving as a director, officer, or employee of an insured bank or a bank holding company without the written consent of the FDIC.  Permits the FDIC to waive subsequent written consent requirements for such person with respect to the same offense. Exempts the FBA, the FDIC, the FRB, and the FHLBB from:  (1) National Historic Preservation Act requirements for consideration of the effects of any undertaking on any site or building included as a national historic building before approving Federal expenditures or granting any license; and (2) National Environmental Policy Act requirements for detailed environmental statements on proposed actions. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury authority for the engraving, printing, and delivery of Federal Reserve notes. Part 7:  Securities Simplification Act of 1987 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to delete provisions exempting any security issued or guaranteed by a bank from registration requirements.  Includes as \"exempt securities\":  (1) any interest in a depository instrument insured by the FSLIC and issued by a savings and loan association or similar institution that is supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority; (2) any security of a savings and loan association or savings bank issued in connection with a conversion of such entity from the mutual to stock form of ownership; (3) securities exchanged as part of a reorganization of a corporation into a holding company; and (4) a bank deposit account, a bank certificate or deposit, a banker's acceptance, a bank letter of credit, a bank debit account arising from a credit card, or any other bank deposit instrument when deemed to be a \"security.\"  Deletes provisions which excluded as \"exempt securities\" securities issued by a savings and loan association where the issuer took a fee from the purchaser exceeding three percent of the face value of the securities. Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exempt from registration requirements any person, security, or transaction if such exemption is necessary in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors. Designates as the \"appropriate regulatory agency\" for purposes of such Act: (1) the FBA for national banks, banks operating under the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, and bank holding companies where the principal bank subsidiary is a national or district bank; and (2) the FRB for all State banks, holding companies where the principal bank subsidiary is a State bank, and international class holding companies. Prohibits the FBA or the FRB from delegating to any State pursuant to the State Depository Institutions Supervision Certification Act of 1985 specified authority over the regulation of municipal securities or the national system for clearance and settlement of securities transactions. Repeals provisions requiring various bank regulatory agencies to administer and enforce disclosure requirements under such Act in lieu of the SEC. Requires the Attorney General, in performing identification and processing of fingerprints of officers and employees of members of national securities exchanges, brokers, dealers, registered transfer agents, and registered clearing agents, to provide the SEC and self-regulatory organizations with access to all criminal history record information. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to prohibit the purchase by a registered investment company of shares of a broker, dealer, or investment adviser only where such person is an investment adviser to, or principal underwriter or promoter of, such registered company.  Permits joint transactions between registered investment companies that have the same investment adviser or principal underwriter without prior SEC approval, if specified conditions are met. Provides that approval by an investment company's board of directors of the company's contract with, or compensation to, its investment adviser prevents any recovery in litigation brought by the SEC or by a shareholder of such company against such adviser for breach of fiduciary duty with respect to such compensation.  Imposes litigation costs on parties that knowingly bring unfounded actions. Permits the SEC to grant certain orders which present no significant legal issue without prior public notice and comment. Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to exempt from registration requirements any investment adviser who furnishes investment advice which is solely incidental to personal financial planning, without recommending specific securities or receiving any compensation in connection with a securities transaction. Amends the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to require an indenture trustee to file an annual report to indenture security holders concerning the trustee's eligibility and specified events only if a change in such eligibility, or if such an event, has occurred within the previous 12 months. Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act. Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization statute (RICO) provisions of the Federal criminal code to prohibit a civil action under RICO against any person who has not been convicted of a RICO violation, or of two acts of racketeering activity included in the pattern of racketeering activity, alleged in the complaint.  Prohibits any recovery of damages for pain and suffering.  Allows the Attorney General to sue on behalf of the Government where the United States is injured as a result of a RICO violation and to recover treble damages and legal fees.  Requires a plaintiff to commence an action within two years after the latest criminal conviction of the defendant. Part 8:  National Bank Reorganizations - National Bank Corporate Reorganization Act - Revises the procedures applicable to corporate restructuring of national banking associations.  Describes authorized types of reorganizations, including: (1) mergers with, or conversions into, State or Federal thrift institutions; and (2) restructuring under which a national bank becomes a subsidiary of a bank holding company or is acquired by a bank holding company. Sets forth reorganization procedures.  Provides that each reorganization plan must be approved by a majority of the entire board of directors and by shareholders owning at least two-thirds of the capital stock outstanding.  Requires a plan to specify the amount of cash or securities to be paid to the shareholders for their shares and the date and manner of the exchange.  Outlines a revised share valuation procedure which includes selection of an appraisal committee of three persons.  Provides for a limited court review of the committee's determination.  Requires that dissenting shareholders be promptly paid the value of their shares, including an interest allowance, upon consummation of the reorganization. Describes the corporate status of the institution resulting from such reorganization as the combined corporate existence of the institutions or companies involved.  Terminates the franchise of a national bank automatically upon its conversion into, or consolidation or merger with, another Federal or State depository institution under a Federal or State charter, other than a national bank charter. Exempts certain noncompetitive types of reorganizations from requirements for FBA approval and from notice, comment, and delayed consummation periods of the Bank Merger Act and the Bank Holding Company Act. Reduces from two-thirds to a majority the number of national bank directors who must reside in the State, territory, or district in which the bank is located throughout their terms of office.  Eliminates a prior residency requirement. Title V: International Economic Environment Improvement Act of 1987 - International Economic Environment Improvement Act of 1987 - Subtitle A: Trade Competitiveness Act of 1987 - Trade Competitiveness Act of 1987 - Sets forth congressional findings regarding: (1) the international competitive environment; (2) trade policy and competitiveness; and (3) domestic policy and competitiveness in the international environment. Declares that the overall objectives of this Act are to enhance U.S. competitiveness and to strengthen the ability of the United States to shape the international economic environment. Declares that the overall U.S. negotiating objective with respect to trade agreements shall be to obtain more open and equitable market access and the harmonization, reduction, or elimination of trade barriers.  Sets forth the U.S. policy and negotiating objectives for the Uruguay Round of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations. Sets forth U.S. negotiating objectives with respect to: (1) agricultural trade; (2) trade in services; (3) trade in intellectual property; (4) foreign direct investment; (5) dispute settlement; (6) safeguard measures; (7) unfair trade practices; (8) improvement of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations agreements; and (9) workers' rights.  Requires U.S. negotiators to take into account legitimate domestic objectives and to consult with State authorities on the negotiations in trade in services. Grants the President the authority to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries to harmonize, reduce, or eliminate trade barriers or distortions or to ameliorate or prohibit the imposition of such barriers if the President determines that such barriers unduly burden or restrict U.S. commerce or adversely affect the U.S. economy or that the imposition of such barriers is likely to result in a burden, restriction, or adverse effect.  Requires the President, before entering into any such trade agreement, to consult with specified congressional committees.  Sets forth the procedure for entering into a trade agreement to reduce trade barriers or to prohibit the imposition of such barriers. Grants the President the authority, whenever the President determines that any existing duties or import restrictions of the United States or of any foreign country are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States, to: (1) enter into trade agreements with foreign countries during the ten years after enactment of this Act; and (2) proclaim any modification or continuance of duties, continuance of duty-free treatment, or imposition of additional duties as appropriate. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President, in connection with any proposed trade agreements under specified provisions of this Act or the Trade Act of 1974, to publish and furnish the International Trade Commission (ITC) with lists of articles which may be considered for modification or continuance of duties, continuance of duty-free or excise treatment, or additional duties.  Authorizes the President in connection with non-tariff trade agreements, to publish and furnish the ITC with lists of non-tariff matters which may be considered for modification.  Requires the ITC, with respect to each article or non-tariff matter, to advise the President of the probable economic effects of such modifications on: (1) industries producing like or directly competitive articles; and (2) U.S. manufacturing, agriculture, mining, fishing, services, intellectual property, investment, labor, and consumers.  Requires the ITC, in order to assist the President with respect to entering proposed trade agreements and developing U.S. trade policy, to investigate and report to the President as to the effects of modification of any barrier or other distortion to international trade on domestic workers, industries or sectors, purchasers, prices, and quantities of articles in the United States.  Sets forth specified actions the ITC must take in preparing advice on trade matters to the President. Requires the President, before entering certain trade agreements, to: (1) seek information and advice with regard to such agreements from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Interior, Labor, State, and Treasury and from the United States Trade Representative (USTR); and (2) hold public hearings for comments. Permits the President, when seeking certain trade agreements, to make a formal offer for the modification or continuance of any U.S. duty, import restrictions, barriers or distortions to international trade, the continuance of U.S. duty-free or excise treatment, or the imposition of additional duties, import restrictions, or other barriers to international trade, including trade in services, foreign direct investment, and intellectual property, with respect to any article or matter only after receiving a summary of the public hearings on such actions and advice from the International Trade Commission.  Requires the President to seek information and advice from the private and public sectors with respect to negotiating objectives of and operations under proposed trade agreements under this subtitle and with respect to the development of U.S.  trade policy. Directs the President to establish an Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations.  Permits the President to establish other advisory committees for industry, labor, agriculture, or service interests to provide general advice on U.S. trade policy.  Requires the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and appropriate advisory committees to meet and report to the President, the Congress, and the USTR on trade agreement negotiations entered into pursuant to this subtitle.  Applies the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to such committees. Restricts the disclosure of trade secrets and commercial and financial information submitted in confidence to U.S. officers or employees in connection with trade agreement negotiations. Sets forth procedures relating to: (1) consultations of executive departments with trade advisory committees; and (2) the submission of information, and exclusion from participation of private organizations in trade agreement negotiations. Provides that specified provisions of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 relating to agricultural advisory committees shall not apply to the advisory committees established herein for industry, labor, agriculture, or service interests. Defines \"non-Federal Government\" to mean: (1) any State, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or any political subdivision thereof; or (2) any agency or instrumentality of such entities. Directs, at the beginning of each regular session of the Congress, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to designate congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations.  Declares that such advisers shall provide advice on the development of trade policy.  Permits the USTR to accredit additional advisers for specific policy matters or negotiations.  Requires the USTR to keep such advisers informed on matters affecting U.S. trade policy through consultations to be held not less than four times per year. Requires the USTR (currently, the President), on behalf of the President, to submit to the Congress and to each member a copy of any trade agreement entered into, along with the reasons for entering into it, in the light of the advice, if any, of the ITC and any other relevant considerations. Requires the President, before entering into a new trade agreement to grant new concessions or compensation to a foreign country that has an existing trade agreement with the United States or proclaiming modification or continuance of existing duties or duty-free treatment with respect to such agreement, to determine that such country is likely to retaliate against the United States for any increase or imposition of a duty affecting the commerce of such country. Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to redefine \"export trading company\" for purposes of such Act. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to exempt from affiliate-loan restrictions covered under such Act transactions with an affiliate which is an export trading company as defined above. Prohibits the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) from disapproving a proposed investment solely because of the proposed assets-to-equity ratio of an export trading company unless such ratio is greater than 25 to one.  Prohibits the Board from imposing a dollar limit on the amount of goods an export trading company may maintain in inventory, unless such limit is necessary to prevent risks likely to adversely affect any subsidiary bank of an investor bank holding company. Amends the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 to require an applicant for a certificate of review (authorizing the applicant to engage in export trade activities) to specify in such application the members seeking export trade protection with such applicant under the certificate.  Defines \"applicant\" for purposes of the issuance of such certificates.  Requires a certificate of review to be issued to any applicant that establishes that its specific export trade activities and methods of operation will not result in a substantial lessening of competition or restraint of trade within the United States.  Revises provisions relating to the admissibility of evidence in a proceeding requested because the Secretary of Commerce has denied an application to issue a certificate of review. Protects any member named in an issued certificate of review from a civil or criminal action brought under the antitrust laws. Revises the definition of \"export trade\" and defines the term \"member\" under the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 to mean any entity or person that is seeking protection under the certificate application. Expresses certain findings of the Congress concerning the need for an export promotion data system.  Directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop and maintain an export promotion data system to monitor, organize, and disseminate through the Department of Commerce specified information concerning U.S. exports of goods and services and information on foreign countries involved in such exports.  Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within six months after the enactment of this Act concerning the implementation of these provisions.  Directs the Secretary to undertake a study concerning the collection of trade-related data by the United States and whether such information can be effectively disseminated to public and private entities.  Directs the Secretary to consult with specified sources and departments in conducting such study.  Specifies various types of data which are to be considered \"trade-related data\" by the Secretary in conducting such study.  Requires each Federal department to cooperate fully with the Secretary in providing requested information concerning such study. Directs the Secretary, within 18 months after the enactment of this Act, to report the findings and recommendations resulting from such study to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to provide that the ITC, when determining whether an increase in imports is a substantial cause or threat of serious injury to a domestic industry, should consider the condition of the industry over the course of the business cycle and shall not aggregate the causes of declining demand associated with a recession or economic downturn into a single cause of serious injury.  Repeals provisions directing the ITC to recommend adjustment assistance as a remedy for such injury.  Requires the ITC, in cases where it finds that specified import relief (for a period not to exceed five years) is necessary to prevent or remedy such injury, to determine whether a domestic industry (or segment thereof) would be competitive without further import relief.  Sets forth specified economic factors the ITC shall consider in making such competitiveness assessment.  Requires the ITC to recommend import relief of a scope and amount designed to assist a segment of an industry to become competitive if it finds that such industry can reasonably be expected to become competitive by the end of an appropriate period of import relief. Requires that the President receive from the ITC an affirmative finding under the competitiveness assessment test in order to provide appropriate import relief.  Deletes provisions relating to presidential action on adjustment assistance petitions.  Adds to the factors to be considered by the President when making a determination to provide import relief: (1) the likelihood that such relief would lead an industry or segment thereof to be competitive without further import relief upon the expiration of an appropriate period of such relief; and (2) any actions proposed by a trade association, firm, certified union, or group of workers to improve an industry's international competitive position.  Deletes, with respect to the granting of such relief by the President, consideration of information relating to the extent to which workers in an industry have applied for adjustment assistance. Allows import relief to be reduced or terminated by the President upon the determination that the continuation of such relief: (1) in its present form can no longer reasonably be expected to lead to an industry (or segment thereof) that would be competitive after the expiration of an appropriate period of such relief; or (2) is no longer necessary to ensure a competitive industry. Requires the ITC, upon the request of the President or upon its own motion, to advise the President of its judgment as to the probable economic effect on the competitiveness of an industry (currently, on the industry) of the extension, reduction, or termination of such import relief.  Adds to the possible actions the President shall undertake if he provides import relief: (1) the initiation of multilateral negotiations with foreign governments to address or otherwise alleviate the injury or threat of serious injury to such industry; and (2) the provision of Federal regulatory relief.  Directs the President, if he decides to provide regulatory relief: (1) to order an expedited review of any Federal regulatory requirement; and (2) upon completion of such review, to take appropriate action within his authority or direct the head of an executive department or agency to take action to alter, ease, or eliminate such Federal requirement or, if such action is not within his authority or that of the executive department or agency, to request that the Congress enact legislation to amend, ease, or eliminate such Federal regulatory requirement. Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act information and documentary material filed pursuant to such regulatory relief provisions. Prohibits such information or material from being made public except as may be relevant to administrative or judicial proceedings. Permits disclosure of such information or material to the Congress. Requires the President, upon request from an industry producing a perishable agricultural product and upon a finding that there is a reasonable indication that such industry is vulnerable to serious and irreparable injury as a result of surges in imports of a like or directly competitive product, to request the ITC to investigate and monitor such imports for a period not to exceed two years.  Permits a person who has filed a petition with the ITC alleging serious injury substantially caused by imports that are, on the date of filing, subject to investigation and monitoring by the ITC, to request that emergency action be taken with respect to such imports.  Requires the ITC, if a request for emergency action has been made, to promptly make an investigation to determine whether: (1) an increase in such imports of a perishable agricultural product is a substantial cause or threat of serious injury to an industry producing a like or directly competitive product; (2) the serious injury is likely to be difficult to repair by reason of the perishability of the like or directly competitive agricultural product of an industry; and (3) the serious injury cannot otherwise be prevented by an ITC investigation under normal time periods.  Requires the ITC, if it finds that such criteria have been met, to: (1) find that amount a duty or import restriction on such article which is necessary to prevent or remedy such injury; and (2) give preference to an increase in or imposition of a duty on such imports, if such relief is feasible and would prevent or remedy such injury.  Directs the ITC to report its findings to the President not later than 21 days after such a petition is filed. Requires the President, upon receiving an affirmative finding from the ITC, to provide emergency import relief for such industry, unless within seven days it is determined that provision of such relief is not in the national economic interest of the United States.  Requires the President, if appropriate to provide such relief and in order to prevent the serious and irreparable injury or threat thereof, to: (1) proclaim specified import relief; and/or (2) order the suspension of the liquidation of articles subject to such an affirmative finding that are entered or withdrawn from the warehouse after the date of such finding, and order the posting of a cash bond for the entry of such articles.  Provides for the termination of such emergency relief.  Requires petitions alleging serious injury from imports that are subject to ITC investigation and monitoring to indicate whether emergency action is requested.  Prohibits such request from being made 90 days after the ITC initiates such investigation and monitoring. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the payment of trade adjustment assistance or the acceptance of petitions for such assistance by the Secretary of Labor after September 30, 1987.  Provides for the termination of the trade adjustment assistance program.  Repeals specified provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to petitions for such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to take such actions as may be necessary to administer or liquidate grants, contracts, agreements, loans, or other obligations made by the Secretary.  Sets forth provisions relating to the repayment of such loans and other obligations arising in connection with the payment of adjustment assistance prior to the effective date of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for the termination of such assistance. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the determination of whether an act, policy, or practice by a foreign country is \"unreasonable\" to take into account reciprocal opportunities in the United States for foreign nationals and firms. Changes the deadline by which the United States Trade Representative (USTR) must make a recommendation to the President as to action that should be taken with respect to enforcement of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, of specified trade agreements under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, or unfair trade practices of foreign countries to the earlier of 30 days after the agreement's dispute settlement procedure is concluded or two years after the date the USTR investigation is initiated. Provides that such time limits may be waived by the petitioner requesting relief.  Requires the USTR to submit semiannually a report to the Congress describing the commercial effects of actions to enforce such agreements or to respond to such unfair practices.  Allows the President to take action on his own motion to enforce U.S. rights under trade agreements or respond to foreign trade practices.  Requires the President to publish notice of his determination, including the reasons for it, in the Federal Register.  Requires the President, unless he determines that expeditious action is required, to provide a public hearing (if requested) before taking action. Requires the USTR, upon written request, to make available to any person information concerning the nature of a specific trade policy or practice of a foreign government with respect to particular goods, services, investments, or intellectural property rights. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to change the method of dealing with dumping by nonmarket economy countries.  Requires the administering authority, if it cannot determine the foreign market value of goods exported from a country with a State-controlled economy, to determine the foreign market value of such goods on the basis of the price at which comparable goods are sold at arm's length in the United States by the eligible market economy country with the lowest import price into the United States.  Permits the administering authority, if the volume of imports from such eligible market economy country is insufficient to determine the foreign market value of such goods, to include additional eligible market economy countries in its determination of foreign market vlaue.  Permits the administering authority, if it determines that the prices of the eligible market economy country with the lowest import price do not accurately reflect fair value, if such prices cannot be adequately ascertained or adjusted, or if there is no eligible market economy country, to determine foreign market value of goods on the basis of either another eligible market economy country, or the constructed value of comparable goods in any country or countries other than a nonmarket economy country. Sets forth provisions relating to the administering authority's access to public information with respect to determining import prices. Defines \"eligible market economy country\" to mean a foreign country which is not a nonmarket economy country, in which comparable merchandise is produced for export to the United States, and which the administering authority determines is appropriate for use in calculating foreign market value, taking into account specified factors.  Defines \"lowest import price\" to mean the lowest average price of comparable merchandise that is sold to the United States from an eligible market economy country over the applicable period of an import investigation.  Defines \"comparable merchandise\" to mean merchandise contained in the same applicable numbers of the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Allows the administering authority to suspend an investigation in which foreign market value is determined upon acceptance of an agreement with a nonmarket economy country to restrict the volume of imports of merchandise which is the subject of an investigation.  Provides that the countervailing duty laws shall not apply to merchandise from nonmarket economy countries. Provides that component products introduced into U.S. commerce that are covered by an antidumping finding or an antidumping or countervailing duty order and that are assembled in the United States shall be covered by such orders, provided that: (1) such components are imported from the country covered by such finding or order; (2) the value added in the United States is small in relation to the total value of the merchandise entered into the United States; and (3) such components were exported by a company related to the company performing the assembly in the United States.  Provides similar provisions with respect to merchandise that is assembled in third world countries and merchandise that has been slightly altered in form or appearance. Revises the method for calculating foreign market value by adding that where taxes imposed in the country of exportation on exported merchandise are rebated or not collected, such value shall be decreased by the amount of such taxes imposed on such merchandise sold for home consumption. Requires the ITC, within 180 days after the administering authority notifies the ITC that a countervailing duty order applies to merchandise for which there was no injury determination and that international obligations of the United States, as determined by the USTR require such determination to be made, to make a determination of whether: (1) an industry would be materially injured or threatened with material injury; or (2) the establishment of an industry would be materially retarded, if the outstanding countervailing duty order on imports of duty-free merchandise were revoked.  Suspends, pending receipt of the ITC's injury determination, the liquidation of entries covered by such order which are entered of withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the date of the injury determination.  Requires the outstanding countervailing duty order, including any cash deposits, to remain in effect.  Requires the administering authority, pending receipt of the ITC's injury determination, to suspend any administrative review of such order which covers such merchandise on or after the effective date of the injury requirement. Requires the administering authority, upon an affirmative determination of injury by the ITC, to liquidate entries of merchandise that were suspended and to continue the suspension of liquidation and the collection of duties required to be deposited.  Requires the countervailing duty order to remain in effect until revoked. Requires the administering authority, upon a negative determination of injury by the Commission, to revoke such order, publish notice of such revocation in the Federal Register, and refund, without interest, any countervailing duties collected during the period of suspension of liquidation. Requires the ITC, if the administering authority notifies the ITC that U.S. obligations require an injury determination and if a preliminary determination of whether a subsidy is being paid with respect to imported merchandise has not been made, to commence an investigation of injury as if it had been informed by the administering authority that a countervailing duty investigation was being instituted.  Requires the ITC, if the administering authority has made a preliminary determination as to whether a subsidy is being paid, to commence an investigation of injury as if such preliminary determination was made on the effective date of the injury requirement.  Requires the ITC to make: (1) its preliminary determination of injury not later than 45 days after it receives notification from the administering authority that U.S. obligations require such determination; and (2) its final determination not later than 120 days after such notification. Declares that the lawfulness of acts of importation into, or sale in, the United States of articles that infringe a valid U.S. patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or trade secret shall be determined without regard to whether such acts have the effect of destroying, substantially injuring, or preventing the establishment of a U.S. industry.  Permits any person to petition the ITC for the issuance of an order to exclude such articles, during its investigation, from entry into the United States. Sets forth: (1) increased civil penalties for unfair practices in foreign trade; and (2) procedures for the modification or rescission of an ITC order with respect to such a practice.  Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) default for persons who fail to appear or answer a complaint; and (2) confidentiality of information submitted to the ITC in connection with such complaint. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1987 - Declares that it is the purpose of this subtitle to: (1) provide for the implementation of the Nairobi Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials (the Florence Agreement); (2) modify the duty-free treatment accorded under the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1982 (the 1982 Act), under the Education, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966, and under another Act; and (3) continue the safeguard provisions concerning certain imported articles provided for in the 1982 Act. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for: (1) catalogs of visual and auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character; (2) architectural, engineering, industrial, or commercial drawings and plans; (3) loose illustrations, reproduction proofs or reproduction films used for the production of books; (4) certain other articles in microfilm, microfiche, and similar film media; and (5) crossword puzzle books.  Provides for duty-free treatment of certain other articles whether or not in the form of microfilm, microfiches, or similar film media. Prohibits granting duty-free treatment to developed photographic film unless either: (1) a Federal agency determines that such article is visual or auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character within the meaning of the Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific, or Cultural Character; or (2) such article is imported by, or for the use of, an educational, scientific or cultural institution and is certified to be visual or auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character or to have been produced by the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies.  Provides duty-free treatment for articles determined to be visual or auditory materials in accordance with specified provisions. Provides duty-free treatment for: (1) tools specially designed to maintain or repair certain scientific instruments or apparatus; and (2) articles specially designed or adapted for the use or benefit of the blind or other physically or mentally handicapped persons. Authorizes the President to proclaim changes in the Tariff Schedules to narrow the scope of, place conditions on, or otherwise eliminate the duty-free treatment accorded the tools for scientific instruments and the articles for the blind or other handicapped persons under this Act if such duty-free treatment has significant adverse impact on a domestic industry.  Authorizes the President to resume duty-free treatment of such articles under certain circumstances. Authorizes the President to proclaim changes to the Tariff Schedules to remove or modify any conditions and restrictions imposed by this Act on the importation of certain visual and auditory material in order to implement certain provisions of the Nairobi Protocol. Amends the Tariff Schedules to change the headnote relating to the method of applying for permission to import certain scientific instruments and apparatus. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in conjunction with the Secretary of Commerce, to obtain adequate statistical information on duty-free imports of articles for the blind and for other handicapped persons. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) congressional approval of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System; (2) acceptance of the final legal text of the Convention by the President; (3) implementation of amendments made by the Convention with respect to the Tariff Schedules of the United States; (4) the repeal of the current Schedules and adoption of and transition to new Schedules; and (5) the provision that the Convention shall be treated as a trade agreement obligation of the United States.  Provides that a specified provision of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to termination of trade agreements shall not apply to the Convention. Amends the Tariff Schedules to repeal the prohibition against the importation into the United States of certain furskins from the Soviet Union. Amends the International Coffee Agreement Act of 1980 to extend the effective period of such Act until October 1, 1989. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to collect fees for the provision of customs services performed in connection with the processing of merchandise that is entered, admitted into a foreign trade zone, or withdrawn from a warehouse, foreign trade zone, or other bonded status, to be paid by the importer of record of such merchandise.  Directs the Secretary to establish fees sufficient to reimburse the Government for all direct and indirect costs of such commercial activities.  Permits the Secretary to provide exemptions from such fees where he determines that collection of such fees is administratively impractical or inconsistent with a U.S. treaty or agreement.  Requires such fees to be deposited in the Customs User Fee Account to be made available for the salaries and expenses of the Customs Service.  Repeals specified provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 relating to fees for certain customs services. Subtitle B: Business Practices and Records Act of 1987 - Business Practices and Records Act of 1987 - Amends the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to rename such Act the Business Practices and Records Act. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the imposition of criminal liability on securities issuers who fail to maintain an internal accounting system under such Act.  Prohibits imposing civil injunctive relief with respect to: (1) an issuer who fails to maintain the required accounting system if the issuer tried in good faith to meet the requirement; or (2) any person other than an issuer in connection with an issuer's failure to comply with such requirements, unless such person knowingly caused the issuer to fail to comply. Prohibits anyone from knowingly circumventing such accounting system for a purpose inconsistent with the accountability and accuracy goals of such system.  Requires only good faith efforts at ensuring compliance by issuers who hold 50 percent or less of the equity of domestic or foreign firms.  Defines \"reasonable assurance\" and \"reasonable detail.\" Repeals a provision of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to foreign corrupt practices by a securities broker or dealer and amends the Business Practices and Records Act to revise the prohibition against domestic concerns using the mails or any means of interstate commerce to further payments to obtain business with a foreign official. States that such a payment made directly or indirectly to a foreign official is illegal.  Prohibits such payments that are made to: (1) influence a foreign official's act or induce such an official to violate a legal duty; or (2) induce a foreign official to affect a foreign government's act.  Prohibits domestic concerns from using interstate commerce to direct or authorize an agent to further such a payment to a foreign official. Exempts from such prohibitions: (1) payments to foreign officials to expedite or to secure the performance of routine governmental action; (2) payments which constitute tokens of regard or esteem; (3) expenditures associated with selling, purchasing, or demonstrating goods; or (4) ordinary expenditures associated with performing a contract with a foreign government. Revises the fines and criminal penalties for violations of such Act.  Empowers the Attorney General to undertake all civil investigations necessary to enforce the Act.", "2025-08-28T20:08:25Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/539"], ["100-s-567", 100, "s", 567, "Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act", "Commerce", "1987-02-19", "1987-11-18", "Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably.", "Senate", "Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]", "AZ", "D", "D000185", 26, "Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that no antitrust law shall prohibit the importer, brewer, or trademark licensee of a trademarked malt beverage, when such beverage has substantial competition from other malt beverages in an area, from:  (1) entering into an agreement granting a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to sell such beverage within any defined geographic area within a State; or (2) limiting such distributor to the sale of such beverage for ultimate resale to consumers in such area. Declares that this Act shall not affect any provision of any State law.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/567"], ["100-s-568", 100, "s", 568, "Process Patent Amendments Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-02-19", "1987-04-22", "Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held. Hearings printed:  S.Hrg. 100-148.", "Senate", "Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]", "UT", "R", "H000338", 2, "Process Patent Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a process patented in the United States.  Requires the infringer to know or be on notice that the product was made by a process patented in the United States before a process patent holder may recover damages.  Permits a retailer to continue to sell out an inventory of infringing products subject to specified conditions, including disclosure of the source of supply. Grants the patent holder a reasonable royalty from such sales.  Requires a manufacturer to disclose, upon request, the process patents owned or licensed to such manufacturer.  Limits such requests to parties engaged in the same business.  Conditions the remedy or limitation of remedy upon whether or not a party to an infringement action requested disclosure. Directs the Department of Commerce to report to the Congress annually for five years on the effect such restriction has on the importation of ingredients for U.S. manufacturing.", "2025-08-28T20:05:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/568"], ["100-s-572", 100, "s", 572, "A bill to amend the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act to modify the application of such Acts to international commerce.", "Commerce", "1987-02-19", "1987-02-20", "Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.", "Senate", "Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]", "AZ", "D", "D000185", 0, "Title I:  Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements - Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends the Sherman Act to require the court in an antitrust action involving commerce with foreign nations to hear and determine a motion to dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction before conducting any further proceedings. Amends the Clayton Act to require a court to dismiss any antitrust action involving foreign commerce whenever it determines that the exercise of jurisdiction would be unreasonable based on:  (1) the relative significance to the alleged violation of conduct with the United States as compared to conduct abroad; (2) the nationality of the persons involved in, or affected by, the conduct; (3) the presence or absence of a purpose to affect U.S. consumers or competitors; (4) the relative significance and foreseeability of the effects of the conduct on the United States as compared with the effects abroad; (5) the existence of reasonable expectations that would be furthered or defeated by the action; and (6) the degree of conflict with foreign law or articulated foreign economic policies.  Requires the court to hear and determine a motion to dismiss on such ground before conducting any further proceedings.  Prohibits the court from considering the effect on the foreign political relations of the United States of any action sought to be dismissed. Declares that the doctrine of forum non conveniens (providing that a court dismiss a case that should be tried in another more convenient and appropriate forum) shall be applicable in any antitrust action involving foreign commerce. Title II:  Javits Commission - Javits Commission on the Extraterritorial Application of United States Law Act - Establishes the Javits Commission on the Extraterritorial Application of United States Law. Designates the Attorney General of the United States as Commission Chairman. Directs the President to designate the Legal Adviser of the Department of State as Vice Chairman. Directs the Commission to:  (1) conduct a study of, and make recommendations concerning, the extraterritorial application of the laws of the United States, the applicable rules of court, related statutes, administrative procedures, and their applications, their consequences, and their interpretation by the courts and Federal agencies; (2) make periodic reports to the President and the Congress on its activities; and (3) submit to the President and the Congress within one year after its first meeting a final report containing its findings and its recommendations for any administrative, judicial, and legislative action. Terminates the Commission 60 days after it submits its final report.  Authorizes appropriations.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/572"], ["100-s-573", 100, "s", 573, "Process Patent Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-02-19", "1987-04-22", "Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held. Hearings printed:  S.Hrg. 100-148.", "Senate", "Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]", "NJ", "D", "L000123", 1, "Process Patent Act of 1987 - Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a process patented in the United States.  Requires the infringer to know or be on notice that the product was made by a process patented in the United States before a process patent holder may recover damages.  Authorizes the court to dispose of infringing products as specified. Makes this provision effective prospectively only. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report annually to the Congress for five years on the effect of this provision on the importation of manufacturing ingredients in certain domestic industries. Places on the defendant the burden of proof in an infringement action to show that a given product was not produced by the patented process.", "2025-08-28T20:07:35Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/573"], ["100-s-501", 100, "s", 501, "A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, and the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, with respect to the use of inventions in outer space.", "Commerce", "1987-02-05", "1987-02-13", "Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.", "Senate", "Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]", "MI", "D", "R000249", 6, "Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 and the Federal patent law to provide that any invention made, used, or sold in outer space on an aeronautical and space vehicle under the jurisdiction or control of the United States shall be considered made, used, or sold within the United States.  Applies this provision to all patents granted before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, with certain exceptions.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/501"], ["100-s-506", 100, "s", 506, "Digital Audio Recorder Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-02-05", "1987-05-15", "Subcommittee on Communications. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-178.", "Senate", "Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]", "TN", "D", "G000321", 5, "Digital Audio Recorder Act of 1987 - Requires digital audio recording devices in commerce to contain a copy-code scanner.  Prohibits the deactivation or bypassing of such scanners. Entitles an aggrieved party to damages which can include actual or statutory damages and impoundment, destruction, or modification of the violating device.  Permits the Secretary of Commerce to exempt certain devices used exclusively for legitimate business purposes. Terminates this requirement after three years.", "2025-08-28T20:07:04Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/506"], ["100-s-437", 100, "s", 437, "A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to permit prepayment of loans made to State and local development companies.", "Commerce", "1987-02-03", "1988-10-31", "Pocket Vetoed by President.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 8, "(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #386 (372-28))  Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (SBIA) to authorize the refinancing of certain small business debentures. Requires the issuer of a debenture purchased by the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the SBIA, at the election of the borrower, to repay such debenture by paying the Bank, prior to October 1, 1992, the unpaid principal balance and accrued interest due at the coupon rate on the debenture, provided that:  (1) the debenture is outstanding on the date of enactment, and neither it nor the loan that secures it is in default; (2) State or personal funds, including refinancing under specified development company debenture programs, are used to repay the debenture; (3) the issuer certifies that the benefits associated with prepayment of the debenture are entirely passed through to the borrower; and (4) the issuer pays to the Bank at the time of prepayment a penalty according to a specified formula. Prohibits imposition of prepayment fees or penalties not authorized under this Act.  Specifies fees that the issuer may impose on a borrower if a debenture is prepaid or refinanced.  Directs that any debenture refinanced pursuant to this Act have a term of years equal to the remaining term to maturity of the debenture being refinanced. Limits to $75,000,000 per year debentures refinanced under the pilot program involving the sale of development company debentures to investors. Subjects any new credit authority included in this Act to amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts.", "2025-01-14T17:16:56Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/437"], ["100-s-438", 100, "s", 438, "Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1988", "Commerce", "1987-02-03", "1988-10-07", "Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.", "Senate", "Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]", "VT", "D", "L000174", 5, "(Measure passed Senate, amended) Title I:  Intellectual Property - Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1988 - Provides that an intellectual property right shall not be presumed to define a market or to establish market power or monopoly power in any action in which the owner, licensor, licensee, or other holder of such right is alleged to have violated the antitrust laws in the marketing or distribution of a product or service protected by such a right. Title II:  Patent Misuse Doctrine Reform - Provides that no patent owner shall be denied relief or deemed guilty of misuse or illegal extension of the patent right by virtue of his or her licensing practices, actions, or inactions relating to the patent, unless such conduct violates the antitrust laws.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/438"], ["100-s-442", 100, "s", 442, "A bill to amend section 914 of title 17, United States Code, regarding certain protective orders.", "Commerce", "1987-02-03", "1987-11-09", "Became Public Law No: 100-159.", "Senate", "Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]", "VT", "D", "L000174", 3, "(Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 1951) Extends through July 1, 1991, the period during which the Secretary of Commerce may grant interim protective orders for mask works fixed in semiconductor chip products originating in foreign countries which are making good faith efforts and progress toward providing such protection to mask works of U.S. nationals. Authorizes the President to alter proclamations protecting such mask works. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report to the appropriate congressional committees by July 1, 1990, on such protection.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/442"], ["100-s-443", 100, "s", 443, "Clayton Act Amendments of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-02-03", "1987-05-13", "Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Hearings held.", "Senate", "Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]", "AZ", "D", "D000185", 1, "Clayton Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to provide that rail common carriers shall not be immune from private suits for damages or injunctive relief under the antitrust laws.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/443"], ["100-s-430", 100, "s", 430, "Retail Competition Enforcement Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-02-02", "1988-10-05", "Considered by Senate.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 28, "(Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 100-280)  Retail Competition Enforcement Act of 1987 - Amends the Sherman Act to set forth evidentiary standards for price-fixing actions. Requires the court to allow the issue of concerted action to fix prices to be decided by the trier of fact if there is sufficient evidence from which a trier of fact could reasonably conclude that:  (1) the supplier of a good or service received from a competitor of a reseller an express or implied suggestion, request, or demand that the supplier take steps to curtail or eliminate price competition; and (2) sales or supplies to the reseller were terminated by the supplier because of such communication.  Provides that the fact that a supplier and a reseller entered into an agreement to establish the resale price of a good or service shall be sufficient to constitute a price fixing violation.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/430"], ["100-s-431", 100, "s", 431, "A bill to amend the Clayton Act regarding partnerships.", "Commerce", "1987-02-02", "1987-07-31", "Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 2, "(Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 100-88)  Amends the Clayton Act (as amended by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976) to include, for purposes of determining the applicability of premerger notification and waiting period requirements, in the annual net sales and total assets of a partnership the annual net sales or total assets of any general partner and any partner having the right to 50 percent or more of the profits of the partnership, or having the right in the event of dissolution to 50 percent or more of the assets of the partnership.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/431"], ["100-s-432", 100, "s", 432, "A bill to amend the Clayton Act regarding mergers.", "Commerce", "1987-02-02", "1987-07-17", "Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 243.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 0, "(Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 100-115)  Amends the Clayton Act to revise premerger notification and waiting period requirements. Applies such requirements to proposed mergers where the total assets or annual net sales of the smaller of the acquiring party or the target party equal or exceed $15,000,000 (currently, $10,000,000) and the aggregate amount of voting securities and assets of the target party that the acquiring party would hold exceeds $20,000,000 (currently, $15,000,000). Increases to 20 days (currently, 15 days) the waiting period following notification of a proposed merger in the case of a cash tender offer. Eliminates the ten-day extension on such waiting period (and thus permits a 20-day extension) with respect to proposed mergers involving cash tender offers. Permits the U.S. district court to extend such waiting period up to an additional 25 days if, due to the complexity or scope of the information to be evaluated, the Federal Trade Commission or the Assistant Attorney General requires such additional time to determine whether the proposed merger may violate the antitrust laws.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/432"], ["100-s-374", 100, "s", 374, "America's Living Standard Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-01-22", "1987-01-22", "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.", "Senate", "Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]", "NM", "D", "B000468", 13, "America's Living Standard Act of 1987 - Title I: Establishment of an Office of Technology Assessment in Certain Foreign Nations  to Catalogue, Abstract, Translate, and Report on Scientific and Technological Developments - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to establish an Office of Technology Assessment within the U.S. Embassy in five foreign nations which maintain a high level of scientific and technological development.  Requires such offices to:  (1) participate in the scientific and technical community of the host nation and issue a monthly catalogue of activities; (2) monitor, select, abstract, and translate important articles from scientific and technical journals of the host nation; and (3) prepare an annual analysis of technological trends and a directory listing government and private sources of information about scientific and engineering developments of the host nation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988. Title II:  Office of Technology Assessment, Forecast and Outreach - Establishes within the Department of Commerce the Office of Technology Assessment, Forecast and Outreach, headed by a Director to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce.  Requires the Office to: (1) identify emerging areas of technology throughout the world; (2) analyze the sources of new technology; (3) develop and administer a program involving the identification of the ownership of U.S. patents, including by country and firm; (4) determine trends in patent behavior throughout the world; (5) assure regular reviews by relevant industry sector advisory committees; and (6) assure broad private sector knowledge of, and access to, findings, data, and other information made or acquired by the Office.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and subsequent fiscal years. Title III:  National Science Foundation Engineering Research Assistance - National Science Foundation Engineering Research Assistance Act - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 to the National Science Foundation for engineering research centers. Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to direct the National Science Foundation, in cooperation with participating institutions of higher education, to seek methods of excluding from participation in engineering research activities foreign corporations which do not allow reciprocal participation by U.S. corporations in similar research activities. Title IV:  Scientific Research Fellows Program - Scientific Research Fellows Program Act - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to direct the National Science Foundation to award up to 500 scientific leadership fellowships in each fiscal year to outstanding graduate students who pursue studies which give promise to contribute significantly to the efficiency, economic productivity, and international competitiveness of the United States.  Directs the Foundation to give special consideration to applicants who demonstrate competence in the foreign language of one of identified foreign countries and who intend to perform at least two years research in such foreign country.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992. Title V:  University Research Facilities Fund - University Research Facilities Act of 1987 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a University Facilities Division within the Directorate for Science and Engineering Education of the Foundation. Establishes a University Research Facilities Fund in the Treasury. Provides that awards from the Fund made under this title shall be used by institutions of higher education for the Federal share of the cost of acquiring, replacing, renovating, upgrading, or constructing facilities and equipment to be  principally used for scientific research or laboratory instruction. Sets forth provisions for applications for such awards and for review of such applications. Sets forth a matching requirement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1997 to be deposited in the Fund. Title VI:  Future Teacher Training Corps - Future Teacher Training Corps Act - Amends title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a new part G program of Future Teacher Training Corps Fellowships. Directs the Secretary of Education to allot program grant funds to each State on the basis of school-age population. Directs State Governors to appoint Selection Review Panels to select fellowship recipients. Requires that recipients be interested in teaching careers and agree to teach in areas of the State where there is a shortage of elementary or secondary school teachers or in fields of study where there is a shortage of such teachers. Sets forth guidelines for selection procedures. Sets forth program grant application requirements for States. Limits each such fellowship to not more than:  (1) $5,000 for each year of graduate education in preparation to become an elementary or secondary school teacher; and (2) two years of such graduate education. Sets forth fellowship conditions. Requires fellowship repayment in cases of noncompliance with fellowship agreements, with specified exceptions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 to carry out this Act.  Authorizes the Secretary to award up to 5,000 fellowships during  each of those fiscal years. Title VII:  Computer Software and Videotape Assistance - Computer Software and Videotape Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Education (through the National Institute of Education) and the National Science Foundation to provide advice and technical assistance to State and local educational agencies on expenditures for acquisition of suitable computer software and videotapes by performing specified evaluation, dissemination, and development activities.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Directs the National Science Foundation to foster research and experimentation on, and dissemination of, models of instruction in the operation and use of computers and videotapes.  Requires the Director of the Foundation to report annually to the Congress on the results of such research and experimentation.  Requires the Director, in conjunction with the National Institute of Education, to disseminate information concerning such results to local educational agencies.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Directs the National Science Foundation to arrange for specified entities to develop and operate institutes in the use of computers for computer education instruction and other educational programs in schools.  Provides that such institutes shall be for preservice or inservice training of teachers, supervisors, or trainers of teachers.  Provides for stipends for attendance at such institutes. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991. Title VIII:  Work Opportunities and Retraining Compact - Work Opportunities and Retraining Compact (WORC) of 1987 -  Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require AFDC applicants and recipients to register with a State agency for employment counseling, training, and assignment. Authorizes AFDC recipients to refuse employment which results in a net loss in their income. Directs an agency of each State to:  (1) establish a single intake and registration process for AFDC applicants and recipients; (2) determine whether training or education is needed to prepare registered applicants and recipients for employment and then provide counseling regarding prospects and needs; (3) arrange for their participation in one or more of the work-related programs established under title IV of the Act or other Federal law, while coordinating such programs to enhance the availability and efficiency of services provided; and (4) develop an employment plan for each AFDC applicant or recipient. Requires the State agency to provide AFDC applicants and recipients assigned to employment, training, or education programs with child care and transportation services. Sets the Federal contribution to education, training, and assignment costs at 70 percent and the Federal share of administrative and support service costs at 50 percent.  Increases to 75 percent for any fiscal year after FY 1987 the Federal share of education, training, and assignment costs, provided a State meets certain performance standards to be developed by the Office of Technology Assessment.  Provides that such standards shall measure a State's success in reducing welfare costs and helping AFDC recipients achieve self-sufficiency, while accounting for differing conditions among the States. Title IX:  State Job Bank Systems -  State Job Bank Assistance Act of 1987 -  Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to add provisions for State job bank systems.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to make funds available through the U.S. Employment Service for the development and implementation of job bank systems in each State.  Requires that such systems be designed to use computerized electronic data processing and telecommunications systems.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Labor, within six months after the enactment of this title, to commence a study:  (1) of  the feasibility of providing portability for pensions and health benefits of dislocated workers; and (2) evaluating the benefits of providing early retirement benefits without penalty for older dislocated workers. Requires a report of such study to be submitted to the Congress within 18 months after such enactment. Authorizes appropriations. Title X:  Council on Industrial Competitiveness - Council on Industrial Competitiveness Act - Establishes in the executive branch an independent agency to be known as the Council on Industrial Competitiveness.  Requires the Council to:  (1) gather and analyze information regarding the competitiveness of U.S. industries; (2) create an institutional forum where national leaders will identify economic problems inhibiting the competitiveness of industries, develop long-term strategies to address those problems, and create broad consensus in support of those strategies; and (3) make recommendations on issues crucial to the development of coordinated industrial strategies. Directs the Council to examine and make available to the public all international agreements on foreign trade that have been agreed to by the United States.  Directs the Council to monitor, and maintain public records regarding, the effect of imports on domestic industries. Requires the Council, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this title, to transmit a report to the Congress and the President containing recommendations for changes in any Federal policy necessary to implement effective industrial strategies. Requires the Council to make annual reports concerning the major industrial development priorities of the United States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988.", "2025-08-28T20:09:14Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/374"], ["100-s-361", 100, "s", 361, "Unfair Foreign Competition Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-01-21", "1987-02-09", "Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business.", "Senate", "Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]", "PA", "R", "S000709", 8, "Unfair Foreign Competition Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to include a specified antidumping provision among U.S. antitrust laws. Amends such antidumping provision of the Unfair Competition Act of 1916 to allow any person who is injured in her or his property or business by the sale or importation of an article made in a foreign country to bring a civil action against the manufacturer, exporter, or related importer of such article if: (1) the article is imported or sold in the United States at less than its foreign market or constructed value; and (2) such sale or importation causes or threatens material injury to U.S. industry or labor or prevents the establishment or modernization of U.S. industry. (Currently, the cause of such an action is predicated on the intent of the importer to injure or prevent the establishment of U.S. industry or to monopolize trade.) Restricts the court jurisdiction of such an action to the District Court of the District of Columbia or the Court of International Trade.  Entitles a prevailing plaintiff in such an action to appropriate equitable relief or, if such relief is inadequate, to compensatory damages and legal expenses (currently, treble damages and legal expenses). Declares that the standard of proof in such an action is a preponderance of the evidence.  Places the burden of proof for rebutting a prima facie case on the defendant.  Includes within the meaning of prima facie case a finding by the International Trade Commission (ITC) or Department of Commerce that dumping exists. Authorizes the court to: (1) issue subpoenas to be enforced in any judicial district; (2) enjoin importation of articles allegedly dumped pending the defendant's compliance with any court order; (3) review, in camera, confidential or privileged material; (4) accept material under seal; and (5) disclose such material.  Requires expedited treatment of such actions. Sets a four-year statute of limitations for actions under this Act. Requires the foreign market value or constructed value of an article to include the amount of any subsidy provided to the manufacturer, producer, or exporter of the article. Expresses the sense of the Congress that this Act is consistent with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Allows any person who is injured in his or her business or property by the fraudulent, grossly negligent, or negligent entry or introduction of merchandise into U.S. commerce to bring a civil action in the District Court of the District of Columbia or the Court of International Trade, without respect to the amount in controversy. Entitles a person prevailing in such an action to appropriate equitable relief or, if such relief is inadequate, compensatory damages and legal expenses. Permits the United States to intervene in an action under this Act as a matter of right.  Subjects any court order under this Act to nullification by the President pursuant to authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.", "2026-01-07T14:11:22Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/361"], ["100-s-241", 100, "s", 241, "Credit Card Disclosure Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-01-06", "1987-04-21", "Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed:  S.Hrg. 100-119.", "Senate", "Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]", "NY", "R", "D000018", 2, "Credit Card Disclosure Act of 1987 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require that credit card issuers disclose certain information regarding interest rates and fees on applications.  Requires credit card issuers to submit such information quarterly to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.", "2025-08-28T20:06:07Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/241"], ["100-s-242", 100, "s", 242, "Credit Cardholder Protection Act", "Commerce", "1987-01-06", "1987-04-21", "Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed:  S.Hrg. 100-119.", "Senate", "Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]", "NY", "R", "D000018", 0, "Credit Cardholder Protection Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to establish a ceiling on credit card interest rates.  Requires credit card issuers to disclose on the initial application for a credit card: (1) the annual interest rate or the means for determining such rate; and (2) any annual or other fees. Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the Consumer Advisory Council to transmit an annual report to the Congress describing: (1) the costs and risks involved in issuing credit cards; (2) the percentage of credit card holders that have their cards revoked; (3) revenues derived from interest rates, annual fees, and application fees; and (4) the impact of this Act.", "2025-08-28T20:08:45Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/242"], ["100-s-80", 100, "s", 80, "A bill to repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act, and for other purposes.", "Commerce", "1987-01-06", "1987-06-02", "Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-918.", "Senate", "Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]", "OH", "D", "M000678", 0, "Repeals the McCarran-Ferguson Act (relating to the regulation of the business of insurance), effective one year after enactment of this Act. States that treble damages and criminal penalties for alleged violations of Federal antitrust law may not result from conduct (which would have been lawful under the McCarran-Ferguson Act) occurring within two years of enactment of this Act. Provides that no relief shall be granted against any person for conduct occurring within two years of enactment of this Act if the defendant relied in good faith on an advisory opinion issued by the Department of Justice.", "2025-07-21T19:32:26Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/80"], ["100-s-83", 100, "s", 83, "National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987", "Commerce", "1987-01-06", "1987-03-17", "Became Public Law No: 100-12.", "Senate", "Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA]", "LA", "D", "J000189", 68, "(Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #28 (89-6)) National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to add to the list of products covered under the Act:  (1) freezers which can be operated by alternating current electricity (with specified exceptions); (2) central air conditioning heat pumps; (3) direct heating equipment; and (4) pool heaters. Deletes from specific coverage:  (1) humidifiers; and (2) dehumidifiers.  Excludes from such coverage consumer products designed solely for use in recreational vehicles and other mobile equipment. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to amend Federal energy efficiency test procedures for appliances under specified guidelines. Prohibits manufacturers from making any representations regarding the energy efficiency of appliances covered by this Act unless such appliances have been tested in accordance with the Federal test procedures, and the manufacturer's representations fairly disclose the results of such testing. Sets forth specific Federal energy conservation standards for products covered by this Act and manufactured after certain dates. Establishes deadlines by which the Secretary must issue rules regarding such standards.  Details the criteria to be applied if such standards are revised.  Provides that after the statutory deadlines have been met, the Secretary is authorized to publish further final rules to determine whether standards for a covered product should be amended. Authorizes any person to petition the Secretary to conduct a rulemaking to determine whether the standards established in previous rulemakings should be amended. Sets forth the criteria which the Secretary must meet in order to grant such a petition. Revises the information requirements with which manufacturers must comply to provide that the Secretary shall exercise authority in a manner designed to minimize unnecessary burdens on manufacturers of covered products. Revises the rules under which State regulations are superseded by the Federal regulations for testing and labeling requirements and energy conservation standards. Permits the waiver of Federal preemption if the Secretary finds that such waiver is needed to meet compelling and unusual local energy conditions. Prescribes procedural guidelines for such a waiver. Details conditions under which State and local building code requirements regarding energy conservation standards are not superseded by the standards promulgated under this Act. Permits the commencement of a citizen's suit against the Secretary for failure to comply with a nondiscretionary duty to issue rules according to prescribed schedules.  Directs the courts to expedite the disposition of such suits. Vests jurisdiction in the Federal district courts over actions brought by:  (1) any adversely affected person to determine whether a State or local government is complying with the requirements of this Act; and (2) any person who files a petition for an amended standard which has been denied by the Secretary. Declares that the required submission by the Secretary of an annual report regarding Federal energy efficiency standards does not constitute a defense or justification for a failure by the Secretary to comply with the nondiscretionary duty provided for in this Act.", "2025-04-23T11:41:33Z", "https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/83"]], "truncated": false, "filtered_table_rows_count": 88, "expanded_columns": [], "expandable_columns": [], "columns": ["bill_id", "congress", "bill_type", "bill_number", "title", "policy_area", "introduced_date", "latest_action_date", "latest_action_text", "origin_chamber", "sponsor_name", "sponsor_state", "sponsor_party", "sponsor_bioguide_id", "cosponsor_count", "summary_text", "update_date", "url"], "primary_keys": ["bill_id"], "units": {}, "query": {"sql": "select bill_id, congress, bill_type, bill_number, title, policy_area, introduced_date, latest_action_date, latest_action_text, origin_chamber, sponsor_name, sponsor_state, sponsor_party, sponsor_bioguide_id, cosponsor_count, summary_text, update_date, url from legislation where \"bill_type\" = :p0 and \"congress\" = :p1 and \"policy_area\" = :p2 order by introduced_date desc limit 101", "params": {"p0": "s", "p1": "100", "p2": "Commerce"}}, "facet_results": {"congress": {"name": "congress", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/openregs/legislation.json?bill_type=s&congress=100&policy_area=Commerce", "results": [{"value": 100, "label": 100, "count": 88, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?bill_type=s&policy_area=Commerce", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "bill_type": {"name": "bill_type", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/openregs/legislation.json?bill_type=s&congress=100&policy_area=Commerce", "results": [{"value": "s", "label": "s", "count": 88, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?congress=100&policy_area=Commerce", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "policy_area": {"name": "policy_area", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/openregs/legislation.json?bill_type=s&congress=100&policy_area=Commerce", "results": [{"value": "Commerce", "label": "Commerce", "count": 88, "toggle_url": "https://regs.datadawn.org/openregs/legislation.json?bill_type=s&congress=100", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}}, "suggested_facets": [], "next": null, "next_url": null, "private": false, "allow_execute_sql": true, "query_ms": 22.43280300172046, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}