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United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1986
Designates the week beginning on April 20, 1986, as National Reading is Fun Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1986
Commends Doctor William Moody for his creative use of professional skills and willingness to succeed in educating children.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1986
Summer Youth Employment, Training, and Education Act of 1986 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to require the addition of an education component to the summer youth employment and training programs under part B of title II (Training Services for the Disadvantaged) of JTPA. Requires that each service delivery area (SDA) be allotted an amount equal to at least 90 percent of the amount available to such area for the summer youth program in the preceding fiscal year. Requires ratable reductions in the allocation to each SDA if appropriations are not sufficient to provide such amount to each SDA. Requires that allotments to States and allocations to SDAs be: (1) made in accordance with provisions for prompt allocation of funds; and (2) available for planning purposes before the beginning of the summer months for which allotted and allocated. Requires that summer youth program funds be used so that participants spend a portion of their time on individualized, self-paced, remedial and basic academic and functional competency development and achieve specified types of performance standards established and developed in each SDA. Requires that the portion of a participant's time spent on such competency development be in addition to, and not in place of, regular employment under the summer youth program. Prohibits summer youth program funds from being used to provide employment to any individual who fails to comply with attendance standards established by the SDA with respect to such education components. Prohibits summer youth program funds from being used to compensate or reward participants for attendance at such education components, except under specified provisions which require that a portion of matching funds be used to provide bonuses to participants for achievement of academic and functional competence. Specifies that planning for summer youth programs does not have to be conducted during the summer months. Sets forth matching fund requirements for summer youth programs. Requires each private industry council (PIC), for each program year beginning after June 30, 1987, to make available from non-Federal sources an amount for use in such programs equal to at least one and one-half percent of the amount made available under JTPA for such programs in that SDA for the applicable program year. Limits, for any program year beginning after June 30, 1987, such matching amounts to not less than $20,000 and not more than $100,000 per SDA. Requires each PIC to notify the State of the PIC's matching amount by April 1 of the preceding program year. Requires each State, for program years beginning after June 30, 1987, to reserve three percent of its allotment under part A (Adult and Youth Programs) of title II of JTPA for allocation among PICs in proportion to the matching amounts made available by such PICS for such program years. Requires that such matching amounts be used to: (1) support the education and training components of the summer youth programs; (2) provide bonuses to participants for achievement of academic and functional competence; and (3) after complying with (1) and (2), create additional employment opportunities under the summer youth programs. Allows matching amounts to be in cash or in-kind, but requires that in-kind matching amounts be in the form of state-of-the-art basic and remedial education materials and equipment suitable for use for summer youth programs for the applicable program year. Requires each SDA to maintain complete records on the improvements in academic and functional competency attained by participants in the summer youth programs. Requires that such records be compiled by reference to State and locally determined general education diploma and basic education competency requirements. Requires each SDA to submit summaries of such records to the State. Requires States to submit annual reports on such summaries to the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary to include an analysis of such reports in the Secretary's annual report to the Congress on employment and training programs. Provides that a specified portion of the State allotment under JTPA which is currently available for State education programs shall also be available to carry out matching requirements for summer youth programs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1986
Expresses the opposition of the Congress to the Department of Transportation proposal to consolidate Federal highway aid and mass transit aid into a single urban mobility block grant. Urges that such highway and mass transit aid remain separate.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Whistleblower Protection Act of 1986 - Separates the Office of Special Counsel from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Empowers the Special Counsel to represent and act as legal counsel on behalf of employees alleging prohibited personnel practices, especially whistleblowers. Revises current law with respect to the Special Counsel to reflect its advocate status. Authorizes the Special Counsel to file a petition to the Board against an official for: (1) committing prohibited personnel practices; (2) violating a law within the jurisdiction of the Special Counsel; or (3) failing to comply with an order of the Board. Sets forth disciplinary actions for such officials. Requires the Special Counsel to report annually to the Congress on its activities. Authorizes employees who have been adversely affected by a prohibited personnel practice to bring an action before the Board (instead of or in addition to taking such action to the Special Counsel). Authorizes such employees to obtain judicial review of the Board's decision in the appropriate U.S. district court. Authorizes appropriations for the Merit Systems Protection Board for 1987 through 1991 and for the Office of Special Counsel for FY 1987 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Student Chemical Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies for demonstration projects designed to develop and expand drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs in public elementary and secondary schools. Sets forth demonstration program elements, application approval criteria, and reporting and evaluation requirements for such grants program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Amends the District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act of 1985 to add two Acts (the American University Revenue Bond Act of 1985 and the George Washington University Revenue Bond Act of 1985) to the list of District of Columbia Acts which authorize the issuance, sale, and delivery of revenue bonds by specified nonprofit organizations and for which the period of congressional review is waived.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Public Housing Resident Management Act of 1986 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to public housing resident management. Grants comprehensive improvement assistance priority to public housing projects managed by resident management corporations. Provides, with regard to such projects, for: (1) waiver of specified Federal housing requirements; (2) retention of excess revenues; and (3) resident management technical assistance and training.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Amends Federal law to exempt from the prohibition on certain political activities any individual employed by the District of Columbia government. Authorizes the District of Columbia Council to enact legislation regarding the political activity of such individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Designates the week beginning on March 2, 1986, as Women's History Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1986
Repeals the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), except for specified provisions concerning: (1) the budget treatment of, and restoration of funds to, social security trust funds; and (2) the restoration of funds to other Government trust funds.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union has taken a step in allowing Elena Bonner to travel to the United States for medical purposes, and should follow up by restoring to her and Andrei Sakharov their right to travel and freedom of expression. Urges the President to protest the repeated violations of the Sakharovs' rights by the Soviet authorities and to call upon other signatory nations of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to join in such protests.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1985
Permits the reappointment of a specified number of air traffic controllers who were separated from service for participation in a strike initiated on August 3, 1981. Requires such reappointments to be made in FY 1986 and 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1985
Designates the week beginning on June 1, 1986, as National Neighborhood Housing Services Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should grant pardons to Rabbis Leonard Cahan, David Oler, Bruce Kahn, Mark Levine, and H. Steven Bayar, who were sentenced to prison for demonstrating at the Embassy of the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1985
States that the Congress declares that the primary purpose of U.S. assistance to the Republic of Korea shall be to promote the return to democracy in that country and to that end it places the highest priority on: (1) the replacement of the current climate of intimidation and abuses of human rights with dialog between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the democratic opposition; (2) restoration of the political rights of Kim Dae Jung and others; and (3) the peaceful democratic transfer of the Presidency of the Republic of Korea in 1988 elections that will be open to all who are committed to democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1985
Youth Camp Safety Awareness Act - Requires the Center for Environmental Health of the Centers for Disease Control to evaluate State laws and regulations governing youth camp operations and to compile and disseminate the results of such evaluations through an annual outreach program.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1985
Designates the month of April 1986 as Youth Camp Safety Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1985
Designates the week of February 9 through February 15, 1986, as National Burn Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1985
Designates the week beginning April 13, 1986, as National Medical Laboratory Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1985
Designates the first Friday of May of each year, commencing with May 2, 1986, as National Teachers Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1985
Designates the month of May 1986 as Better Hearing and Speech Month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1985
Calls upon the President to direct the Agency for International Development to work in a global effort to provide universal access to childhood immunization by 1990 by: (1) assisting in the delivery, distribution, and use of vaccines; and (2) performing and supporting research and development activities that will be targeted at developing new vaccines and at modifying existing vaccines to make them more appropriate for use in developing countries. Declares that the President should appeal to the public to provide the necessary resources to achieve universal access to childhood immunization by 1990. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the authorization of appropriations for FY 1987 for the Child Survival Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take measures to encourage the Government of Indonesia to: (1) allow and maintain access into East Timor for humanitarian organizations, journalists, church delegations, and human rights groups; (2) guarantee freedom of expression for the Roman Catholic Church in East Timor; (3) allow an impartial international examination of population limitation measures and the conditions that exist in areas where East Timorese have been resettled by Indonesian authorities; (4) allow qualified international observers to be present at the trials of East Timorese political prisoners; and (5) work with the U.S. and Portuguese governments to develop peace initiatives for East Timor.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Republic of South Africa should: (1) immediately release Nelson Mandela from prison and revoke Winnie Mandela's banning order; and (2) negotiate with Nelson Mandela and other black leaders of South Africa to bring a peaceful end to apartheid and achieve political equality for all the people of that country.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1985
Designates the week of April 27 through May 3, 1986, as National Arts in the Schools Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1985
Commends the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the 40th anniversary of publication.
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1985
Requires each State to: (1) establish parking privileges for handicapped persons (whether drivers or passengers); (2) grant handicapped non-residents the same parking privileges as handicapped residents; (3) establish the international access symbol as the exclusive identifier for handicapped parking and vehicles; and (4) certify to the Secretary of Transportation by a specified date that parking privileges for the handicapped are being enforced. Prohibits the Secretary from approving the State highway department project plans of any State which has failed to establish handicapped parking privileges under this Act. Requires the Secretary to withhold certain Federal-aid highway funds from a non-compliant State.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1985
Commission to Investigate Federal Involvement with the Immigration of Nazi Collaborators Act - Establishes the Commission to Investigate Federal Involvement with the Immigration of Nazi Collaborators to: (1) investigate any efforts made by the Government or Federal officials to assist Nazi war criminals and Axis collaborators in entering the United States; and (2) report to the President and the Congress within 18 months of the Commission's first meeting. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1985
Establishes the American Slavery Memorial Council whose duty it will be to plan, construct, and oversee the operation of a museum memorializing the victims of American slavery. Specifies the number, method of appointment, and terms of Council members. Authorizes the Council to purchase real property within the District of Columbia, accept gifts of real and personal property, and enter into contracts in pursuit of its duties under this Act. Subjects the museum's design, and any Federal agency's transfer of real property in the District of Columbia to the Council, to the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission. Sets the pay and allowances to be provided to Council members. Directs the President to appoint an executive director of the Council upon the recommendation of the Council chairperson. Sets forth miscellaneous provisions regarding Council powers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988, but prohibits their use for museum construction. Terminates the Council's authority to construct the museum if such construction is not commenced within five years with funds sufficient to ensure its completion.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1985
Designates the week of June 1 to June 8, 1986, as National Theatre Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1985
Declares that the Congress supports expanded cultural exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union and pledges to work with the President to strengthen such exchange.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1985
Telecommunications Equipment and Information Services Act of 1985 - Authorizes the Bell operating companies to provide information services (excluding electronic publishing) and to manufacture telecommunications equipment, subject to such regulations as the Federal Communications Commission may prescribe. Conditions such authority on the Commission's determination that no Bell operating company could impede competition in the information services or telecommunications equipment manufacturing businesses. Requires the Commission to include in its annual report to the Congress an assessment, providing for public comment, of the impact of this Act on employment in such businesses.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1985
Amends Federal law to exempt from the prohibition on certain political activities any individual employed by the District of Columbia government. Authorizes the District of Columbia Council to enact legislation regarding the political activity of such individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1985
Designates May 25, 1986, as Hands Across America Day. Authorizes and requests the President to commend: (1) United Support of Artists for Africa for their Hands Across America project; and (2) the American people for their commitment to helping people help themselves.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1985
Small Contribution Tax Credit Reform Act of 1985 - Amends the the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the income tax credit for contributions to presidential, state, and local candidates, political action committees, and newsletter fund contributions. Allows an income tax credit for congressional candidate contributions. Limits the amount of such credit to $100 for a taxable year ($200 in the case of a joint return).
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1985
Authorizes statues of illustrious persons from the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa to be placed in National Statuary Hall in the Capitol.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1985
Humane Treatment of Immigrant Children Act of 1985 - Prohibits the Immigration and Nationality Service from holding an innocent minor dependent of an alien held for deportation in a place separate from such child's parents or in a criminal environment. Permits an injured person to sue or seek injunctive relief from the Government, and in the same action recover punitive damages from a person acting under governmental authority.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1985
Establishes a field sanitation occupational health and safety standard with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand-labor operations in the field. Provides that such standard shall be deemed to be an occupational health and safety standard promulgated, enforceable, and subject to penalties for violations under specified provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Prohibits modification, revocation, or challenge of such standard under specified provisions of OSHA. Provides that this Act shall not preempt any State occupational health and safety standard, or any provision thereof, which is more effective in providing sanitized potable drinking water and toilet and handwashing facilities for agricultural employees than the standard established under this Act. Specifies that such more effective State standards need not encompass other standards. Provides that, should there be any statutory restrictions on OSHA's ability to regulate certain agricultural employers, the States are not preempted from developing and enforcing field sanitation standards to apply to such employers.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1985
Provides for free travel on military aircraft for any former member of the armed forces who has a service-connected disability rated total by the Veterans Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1985
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury, in efforts to meet the public debt limit, from reducing the assets or earnings of, or delaying payments to, the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, Railroad Retirement Account, Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, and Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund below levels otherwise maintained by law or by established standard procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1985
Foreign Agents Compulsory Ethics in Trade Act of 1985 - Prohibits former high-level Federal civilian officers or employees or high-ranking officers of the uniformed services from representing or advising foreign principals during the ten-year period beginning on the last day of such a person's Federal employment or service. Authorizes the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce to jointly determine a longer prohibitive period in the interest of national security. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Defines and lists employee positions to which this Act applies.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1985
Designates September 19, 1986, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 20 through April 26, 1986, as National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1985
Designates the month of February 1986 as National Black (Afro-American) History Month.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1985
District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act of 1985 - Waives the period of congressional review for certain District of Columbia Acts authorizing the issuance, sale, and delivery of revenue bonds for nonprofit projects. Makes such Acts effective upon enactment of this Act or their certification as Acts of the District of Columbia, whichever occurs last.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1985
District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act of 1985 - Waives the period of congressional review for certain District of Columbia Acts authorizing the issuance, sale, and delivery of revenue bonds by specified nonprofit organizations. Makes such Acts effective upon enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1985
District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act of 1985 - Waives the period of congressional review for certain District of Columbia Acts authorizing the issuance, sale, and delivery of revenue bonds for nonprofit projects. Makes such Acts effective upon enactment of this Act or their certification as Acts of the District of Columbia, whichever occurs last.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1985
Prohibits providing any assistance for military or paramilitary operations in Angola.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1985
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue public debt obligations to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, Railroad Retirement Account, Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, and Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund identical to the terms of public debt obligations which: (1) were redeemed on or after September 1, 1985, and on or before the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) would not have been redeemed had the public debt limit been raised pursuant to a specified resolution of the House of Representatives. Directs the Secretary to pay to the funds the interest which would have accrued to the funds but for such non-investments, redemptions, and disinvestments. Authorizes the Secretary to disinvest such funds when necessary to prevent a shortfall in amounts available for benefit payments or to avoid violating the public debt limit, but, in the latter case, only if the Congress approves the Secretary's request for disinvestment within a specified period. Characterizes the required joint resolution of approval as an exercise of the constitutional rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Details the Congressional procedure to be followed upon the Secretary's submittal of a disinvestment request. Requires the Secretary, upon the extension of the public debt limit, to: (1) issue public debt obligations with terms identical to those redeemed in connection with such disinvestment; and (2) pay the interest which would otherwise have accrued to such funds.