A bill to require implementation of a marketing loan program for agricultural commodities if negotiations fail to produce an international agreement on agricultural trade.
1987-05-05: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to temporarily suspend the duty on triallate.
1987-05-05: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A bill to extend the suspension of duties on certain small toys.
1987-04-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Rural Enterprise Zone Act of 1987
1987-11-13: Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management. Hearings held.
A bill to suspend for a 9-month period the duty on certain mixtures of cross-linked sodium polyacrylate polymers.
1987-04-03: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Truck and Bus Safety Act of 1987
1988-03-08: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to suspend the application of minimum planting requirements to agricultural producers whose acreage is subject to flooding in the 1987 crop year as a result of damage to levees from flooding that occurred in 1986.
1987-03-10: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product liability law, and for other purposes.
1987-03-13: Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.
A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to exempt shipment of all agricultural commodities and products thereof from cargo preference requirements.
1987-03-11: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Aviation Safety and Improvement Act of 1987
1987-03-06: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Telecommunications Trade Act of 1987
1987-02-26: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow the deduction of personal interest for yachts, boats, and other similar vessels used as a second residence.
1987-03-03: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Product Liability Reform Act of 1987
1987-03-13: Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.
A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to change the tariff treatment of certain television apparatus and parts.
1987-02-05: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A bill to extend for 3 years the existing suspension of duty on triphenyl phosphate.
1987-02-05: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Highway Safety Act of 1987
1987-02-05: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill to require the President to make available for obligation certain funds appropriated for the temporary emergency food assistance program.
1987-01-29: Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Appropriations; Budget pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986.
A bill to promote safety in the operation of railroads and aircraft through testing for the use, without lawful authorization, of alcohol and controlled substances by the operators of railroads and aircraft, and for other purposes.
1987-02-20: Committee on Commerce. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-13.
Research and Development Incentive Act of 1987
1987-04-03: Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-156.
A joint resolution designating October 16, 1988, as "World Food Day".
1988-09-28: Became Public Law No: 100-451.