Rep. Barnes, Michael D. [D-MD-8]

An amendment to the Young (FL) amendment which would strike the language of the Young (FL) amendment and substitute a sense of the Congress that the Government of Nicaragua should enter into an agreement with the governments of the other countries in the region that Nicaragua will not support military or paramilitary operations by antigovernment forces in any country in Central America. Appropriate verification of compliance is required. Also Nicaragua should comply with agreements to move to free elections.

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An amendment to stipulate that funds may not be used to reduce taxpayer service programs below the 1982 levels. This is to include, but not be limited to, the toll free telephone tax law assistance and IRS walk in assistance available at IRS field offices.

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An amendment to bar release of any new funds for the contras until there has been a full accounting for the $27 million in contra humanitarian assistance released last year.

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An amendment to require the EPA Administrator to conduct a study on the impact prohibitions of the FIFRA Act on releasing information to foreign governments and international organizations have on the Administrators' ability to gather information from the countries and organizations in fulfilling its obligations in relation to pesticide safety in the U.S, and the development of pesticide research and regulations with such countries. The study is to be open to public comment and the results of the study and comments that the EPA comes up with are to be transmitted to Congress. The initial study for public comment is to be prepared within 300 days of enactment of this act.

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An amendment requiring a report on testing of chemical warfare agents. The report must be submitted within 90 days and include criteria and process used for selecting a site for testing diluted or undiluted chemical warfare agents, the extent of consultation with local officials in site selection, and other matters.

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A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to make a certain conveyance of real property.

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1986

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to sell (by competitive bidding) to private parties or to transfer to other government agencies the former Naval Training Center at Bainbridge, Maryland. Requires the Secretary, before any sale, to restore such property to meet all Federal and State environmental protection regulations.

A concurrent resolution expressing support for President Reagan in his October 11-12 meeting with General Secretary Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1986

States that: (1) the Congress supports President Reagan in his meeting with General Secretary Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland, and expresses the hope for progress in a number of areas; (2) the House of Representatives urges the President to insist that the Soviet Union fulfill its obligations under the Helsinki Final Act, particularly on human rights, and to purchase grain and wheat from the United States in accordance with the 1983 Long-Term Grain Agreement; and (3) the House of Representatives urges the President to insist that General Secretary Gorbachev come to the United States.

A joint resolution designating March 16, 1987, as "Freedom of Information Day".

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1986

Designates March 16, 1987, as Freedom of Information Day.

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that annuities under chapter 83 or 84 of such title be treated, for Federal income tax purposes, as if the 3-year basis recovery rule had never been repealed; and to require that the Office of Personnel Management conduct a study relating to the consequences which retroactively repealing such rule would have with respect to Federal personnel management, morale within the Federal civilian workforce, and individual retirement planning.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1986

Provides for the continuation of the three-year income tax basis recovery rule with respect to annuities of Federal employee contributions to Federal retirement systems. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to report to specified congressional committees on the effects of a retroactive repeal of such rule on the Federal workforce.

A concurrent resolution to urge the creation of a Washington Area Metropolitan Drug Authority.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be established, through a voluntary interstate compact in cooperation with the Federal Government, a Washington Area Metropolitan Drug Authority, including the District of Columbia and specified cities and counties in Virginia and Maryland, to bring about changes in drug enforcement in the Washington metropolitan area.

Willful Injury and Drunk Driving Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1986

Willful Injury and Drunk Driving Act of 1986 - Amends Federal bankruptcy provisions to except from discharge an individual's debt: (1) for willful and malicious injury to another entity or another entity's property; and (2) arising from the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

A joint resolution to designate the week commencing February 9, 1987 as "National Burn Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1986

Designates the week commencing February 9, 1987, as National Burn Awareness Week.

A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to create two divisions in the Judicial District of Maryland.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1986

Amends the Federal judicial code to create two divisions in the judicial District of Maryland. Lists the counties which comprise the Northern Division. States that court for the Northern Division shall be held at Baltimore, Cumberland, and Denton. Lists the counties which comprise the Southern division. States that court for the Southern Division shall be held in Montgomery County or Prince George's County.

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to establish certain restrictions relating to drug testing by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1986

Prohibits an agency from requesting or requiring that an employee submit to a drug test unless at least two individuals having supervisory or oversight authority with respect to such employee concur that: (1) the employee's performance is impaired; and (2) there is reason to believe the impairment is due to the employee's being under the influence of a controlled substance. Declares that an employee having a positive result in a drug test may be requested or required to submit to a confirmatory drug test. Authorizes an agency to take action against any employee who tests out positive in a confirmatory drug test, or who refuses to submit to a confirmatory drug test. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to establish general guidelines to carry out this Act. Authorizes persons aggrieved by a violation of this Act to bring a civil action in the appropriate U.S. district court. Declares that employees subject to collective bargaining agreements shall not be subject to drug tests: (1) if, or to the extent, such tests would violate such agreement; or (2) if drug tests are not covered by such agreement, unless or until there has been consultation in accordance with applicable law. Declares that this Act does not apply to employees of the Central Intelligency or the National Security Agency. Makes this Act applicable to an executive agency, a military department, a court of the United States, the Administrative Office of the United States, the Library of Congress, the Botanic Garden, and the Government Printing Office.

Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1986

Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Handicapped Infants and Toddlers - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act (the Act) to add a new part H, Handicapped Infants and Toddlers. Establishes a program to address the needs of handicapped infants and toddlers (from birth to age two, inclusive) and their families. Defines "handicapped infants and toddlers" and "early intervention services." Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States for development of statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency systems to provide early intervention services for handicapped infants and toddlers and their families. Requires a State, to be eligible for such a grant, to establish a State Interagency Coordinating Council which meets specified requirements. Sets forth other requirements for continuing eligibility for such grants. Sets forth the minimum components required for a statewide system. Requires that each handicapped infant or toddler and their family receive: (1) a multidisciplinary assessment of unique needs and the identification of services appropriate to meet such needs; and (2) a written individualized family service plan developed by a multidisciplinary team, including the parent or guardian. Sets forth State application requirements. Allows States to also use grant funds for: (1) direct services for handicapped infants and toddlers that are not otherwise provided by other sources; and (2) expansion and improvement of services that are otherwise available. Sets forth procedural safeguards required to be included in a statewide system. Prohibits funds under part H from being used to satisfy a financial commitment for services which would have been paid for from another source but for the enactment of part H, except that to prevent delay in the receipt of appropriate early intervention services such funds may be used to pay the provider of services pending reimbursement from the agency with ultimate responsibility. Prohibits the State from construing part H as permitting reducing assistance or altering eligibility under Social Security Act provisions relating to maternal and child health or Medicaid for handicapped infants and toddlers. Sets forth requirements for State Interagency Coordinating Councils. Sets forth provisions relating to Federal administration of part H. Sets forth provisions for per capita allocation of grant funds, including reservations of funds for specified U.S. territories and possessions and Department of the Interior Indian schools. Authorizes appropriations to carry out part H for FY 1987 through 1991. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a joint study of Federal funding sources and services for early intervention programs currently available and to act jointly to facilitate interagency coordination of Federal resources for such programs and to ensure that funding available for handicapped infants, toddlers, children, and youth from Federal programs other than those under the Act is not being withdrawn or reduced. Requires the Secretaries, within 18 months after the enactment of this Act, to submit a joint report to the Congress. Title II: Handicapped Children Aged 3 to 5 - Amends the Act to replace the incentive grant program with a pre-school grant program. Establishes maximum levels of assistance which a State may receive under the pre-school grant program. Sets forth provisions for apportionment of funds between the State educational agency and local educational agencies. Sets forth acceptable uses of pre-school grant funds. Sets forth circumstances under which a State may count handicapped children aged three through five for purposes of receiving basic State grant funds. Conditions eligibility for specified grants which relate exclusively to programs, projects, and activities pertaining to children aged three through five upon the State's eligibility to receive a pre-school grant. Provides that certain provisions placing ultimate responsibility on the State education agency for ensuring compliance with specified requirements should not be construed as limiting the responsibility of agencies other than educational agencies for providing or paying some or all of the costs of a free appropriate public education to be provided to handicapped children. Revises requirements that certain Federal funds supplement and not supplant other funds. Requires States to set forth policies and procedures for developing and implementing interagency agreements between the State educational agency and other appropriate State and local agencies. Provides that the Act shall not be construed to permit a State to reduce medical and other assistance under Social Security Act provisions for maternal and child health and Medicaid with respect to the provision of a free appropriate public education for handicapped children. Title III: Discretionary Programs - Amends the Act to permit regional resource centers to provide assistance with respect to early intervention services for handicapped infants and toddlers and their families. Requires that regional resource center services be consistent with the priority needs identified by the States served and with the Secretary's findings in monitoring reports. Includes among center functions information and training for submitting applications for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under specified provisions of the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish one coordinating technical assistance center focusing on national priorities to assist the regional resource centers in the delivery of technical assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements for the development and operation of extended school year demonstration programs for severely handicapped children and youth, including deaf-blind children and youth. Specifies that funds for early education of handicapped children may be used for pre-school and early intervention demonstration and outreach programs, as well as experimental programs. Directs the Secretary to arrange for the establishment of a technical assistance development system to assist entities operating experimental, demonstration, and outreach programs and to assist State agencies to expand and improve services for handicapped children. Directs the Secretary to arrange for the establishment of early childhood research institutes to generate and disseminate new information on preschool and early intervention for handicapped children and their families. Revises provisions for research, innovation, training, and dissemination activities to focus on funding such programs for severely handicapped children. Revises provisions for postsecondary education programs to require program operators to coordinate with and disseminate information about their activities to the clearinghouse on postsecondary programs. Specifies that secondary and transitional services programs can also serve handicapped youth who recently left school. Adds to the list of authorized projects specifically designed physical education and therapeutic recreation programs to increase the potential of handicapped youths for community participation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 for: (1) regional resources and Federal centers; (2) services for deaf-blind children and youth; (3) early education for handicapped children; (4) programs for severely handicapped children; (5) postsecondary education programs; and (6) secondary education and transitional services for handicapped youth. Revises provisions for grants for personnel training to include training for careers in early intervention. Requires the Secretary, in making such grants, to base the determination on information relating to the present and projected need for the personnel to be trained based on identified State, regional, or national shortages, and the capacity of the institution or agency to train qualified personnel, and other appropriate information. Includes the application of new technology among new approaches for training. Revises provisions relating to parent training centers. Requires the Secretary to give priority to grants which involve unserved areas. Provides that parent training and information programs may, at a grant recipient's discretion, include State or local educational personnel where such participation will further a program objective. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State education agencies, and authorizes the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education, to assist in establishing and maintaining preservice and inservice programs to prepare personnel to meet the needs of handicapped infants, toddlers, children, and youth. Directs the Secretary to arrange for a national clearinghouse designed to encourage students to seek careers and professional personnel to seek employment in the various fields relating to the education of handicapped children and youth. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 to carry out provisions for training personnel for the education of the handicapped and provisions for clearinghouses. Reserves specified portions of such funds for specified activities. Revises provisions for research and demonstration projects in education of handicapped children to include issues related to early intervention for handicapped infants and toddlers. Adds to authorized uses of project funds the development of instruments, including tests, inventories, and scales, for measuring progress of handicapped infants, toddlers, children, and youth across a number of developmental domains. Revises provisions for the convening of panels of experts. Requires such panels to include a majority of non-Federal members. Requires such panels to be convened when a grant application exceeds a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 for research in the education of the handicapped. Revises provisions for captioned films and education media for handicapped persons to include the purpose of addressing problems of illiteracy among the handicapped. Specifies that public libraries may be used for the distribution of captioned films and other educational media and equipment. Authorizes grants and contracts for education media and materials for the deaf. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with the National Theatre of the Deaf. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 for instructional media for the handicapped. Adds a new part G, Technology, Education Media, and Materials for the Handicapped. (Replaces certain provisions of part F.) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to advance the use of new technology, media, and materials in the education of handicapped students and the provision of early intervention to handicapped infants and toddlers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 to carry out such part G. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Specifies that the Secretary may make grants to and cooperative agreements with the Secretary of the Interior to remove architectural barriers in schools serving Indians on reservations. Specifies that community colleges receiving funding from the Secretary of the Interior are to be considered as institutions of higher education for purposes of grants under the Act. Provides that the term "public or private nonprofit agency or organization" includes an Indian tribe. Revises a formula for allocation of basic State grants. Revises provisions relating to State administrative costs of monitoring and complaint investigation. Increases the amount reserved for use by the Secretary of the Interior for the education of handicapped children on reservations served by schools operated by the Department of the Interior. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to assure: (1) that all handicapped children aged three through five receive a free appropriate public education by or before the 1987-1988 school year; and (2) that there are public hearings with adequate notice and opportunity for comment afforded to members of tribes, tribal governing bodies, and designated local school boards before adoption of specified policies, programs, and procedures. Requires States to include in their plans policies and procedures relating to the establishment and maintenance of standards to ensure that necessary personnel are appropriately and adequately prepared and trained. Revises evaluation provisions to add language relating to early intervention for handicapped infants and toddlers. Provides that data collected shall be for the age group as a whole in the case of infants and toddlers birth through age two and handicapped children age three through five. Requires the Secretary, in the annual report for FY 1988 which is published in 1989, to include special sections addressing the provision of free appropriate public education to handicapped infants, toddlers, children, and youth in rural areas and to handicapped migrants, handicapped Indians, handicapped Native Hawaiian and other native Pacific basin children and youth, and handicapped infants, toddlers, children, and youth of limited English proficiency. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 to carry out evaluation provisions. Repeals provisions relating to the National Advisory Committee on the Education of Handicapped Children and Youth.

A resolution expressing the intent of the House of Representatives with respect to the adoption of the Senate amendment to the bill H.R. 4868.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1986

Declares that in passing H.R. 4868 (sanctions against South Africa) it is not the House of Representatives' intent that such bill limit, preempt, or affect State or local authority to restrict or regulate financial or commercial activity with South Africa.

A concurrent resolution condemning the state of seige imposed by the Government of Chile and expressing the support of the Congress for a peaceful transition to democracy in Chile.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1986

Declares that the Congress: (1) condemns the attempted assassination of General Augusto Pinochet; (2) joins the Reagan administration in condemning the use by the Government of Chile of a state of seige as a means to detain political opponents, close down independent publications, and curtail individual freedoms; and (3) expresses its support for a peaceful transition to democracy in Chile.

A resolution commending the Peace Corps, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, for its dedication to the promotion of world peace and friendship.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1986

Commends the Peace Corps and the many Americans who are serving or have served as Peace Corps volunteers and staff on their contributions to international development and mutual understanding throughout the 25 years of the existence of the Peace Corps.

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should convene a summit meeting of world leaders to adopt a unified, effective program against international terrorism.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1986

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should convene a summit meeting of world leaders to adopt a program against international terrorism.

A resolution concerning the arrest, imprisonment, and indictment of Nicholas Daniloff by the Soviet Union.

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1986

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) condemns the Soviet Union for the arrest, imprisonment, and indictment of U.S. foreign correspondent Nicholas Daniloff and demands his unconditional release; (2) urges the Soviet Union to abide by its international obligations to allow journalists to pursue their profession without harassment; and (3) expresses its concern that Daniloff's detention will adversely affect U.S.-Soviet relations, particularly with respect to the upcoming summit between President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev.

A joint resolution to designate the week beginning November 30, 1986, as "National Home Health Care Week".

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1986

Designates the week beginning November 30, 1986, as National Home Health Care Week.

A joint resolution to designate July 2 and 3, 1987, as "The U.S.--Canada Days of Peace and Friendship".

United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986

Designates July 2 and July 3, 1987, as United States-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship.

A joint resolution to designate the week beginning October 6, 1986, as "National Children's Television Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1986

Designates the week beginning October 6, 1986, as National Children's Television Awareness Week.

President's Media Commission on Drug Abuse Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1986

President's Media Commission on Drug Abuse Act - Establishes the President's Media Commission on Drug Abuse to: (1) examine public education programs intended to prevent narcotic and psychotropic drug abuse; (2) act as an administrative and coordinating body to assist in the implementation of new programs and national strategies for the dissemination of information intended to prevent narcotic and psychotropic drug abuse; and (3) monitor the effectiveness of such programs and strategies. Requires the Commission to report annually to the President and the Congress.