The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (or OBRA-87) was federal law that was enacted by the 100th United States Congress

100th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Senate :* President: George H.W. Bush * President pro tempore: John Stennis - Majority leadership :* Majority Leader, Democratic Conference Chairman, and Democratic Policy Committee Chairman: Robert Byrd...

 and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

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Title I: Agriculture and Related Programs

• Subtitle A: Adjustments to Agricultural Commodity Programs
• Subtitle B: Optional Acreage Diversion
• Subtitle C: Farm Program Payments
• Subtitle D: Rural Electrification Administration Programs
• Subtitle E: Miscellaneous

Title III: Education Programs

• Subtitle A: Guaranteed Student Loan Program Savings
• Subtitle B: Sale of College Facilities and Housing Loans

Title IV: Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Health-Related Programs

• Subtitle A: Medicare
• Subtitle B: Medicaid
• Subtitle C: Nursing Home Reform
• Subtitle D: Vaccine Compensation
• Subtitle E: Rural Health

Title V:Energy and Environment Programs

• Subtitle A: Nuclear Waste Amendments
• Subtitle B: Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987
• Subtitle C: Land and Water Conservation Fund and Tongass Timber Supply Fund
• Subtitle D: Reclamation
• Subtitle E: Panama Canal
• Subtitle F: Abandoned Mine Funds in Wyoming
• Subtitle G: Nuclear Regulatory Commission User Fees

Legislative history

The bill was introduced in the House on October 26, 1987. It was passed in the House on October 29, 1987, and passed in the Senate on December 11, 1987. President Reagan signed the bill into public law on December 22, 1987.