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United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1986
Designates the week beginning November 30, 1986, as National Home Health Care Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a western regional office with the authority to issue export licenses.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Medicaid Nursing Home Quality Care Amendments of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a single set of requirements for skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities (other than facilities for the mentally retarded), and to refer to such facilities as "nursing facilities." Sets forth requirements for nursing facilities, including requirements that such facilities: (1) primarily engage in providing inpatients with nursing care or rehabilitation services directed toward inpatients' mental, psychosocial, and physical well-being; (2) create and revise written plans for patient care after assessing, upon the patient's admission and periodically thereafter, the patient's ability to perform daily life functions; (3) protect specified patient rights; (4) provide care to patients regardless of the source of payment for such care; (5) safeguard a patient's funds upon the patient's authorization; (6) require a physician's supervision of each patient's care, the maintenance of clinical records on all patients, and 24-hour nursing services; (7) adopt certain measures to preserve facility safety and sanitation; and (8) meet such other conditions which the Secretary of Health and Human Services deems necessary for patient health and safety. Directs the Secretary to: (1) designate an instrument(s) for nursing facilities to use in assessing a patient's ability to perform daily life functions; and (2) make appropriate modifications to and periodically report to the Congress regarding the assessment process. Makes the Secretary responsible for certifying that State nursing facilities comply, and States responsible for certifying that other nursing facilities comply with Medicaid nursing facility requirements. Bases such certification on surveys to be conducted upon any change in the ownership of such a facility and, on an unannounced basis, at nine-to 15-month intervals. Subjects facilities with poor compliance records to extended surveys. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and test a protocol for conducting surveys; (2) train surveyors in the use of patient assessment instruments; and (3) conduct sample surveys of nursing facilities to test the adequacy of State surveys and reduce Federal payments for State Medicaid administrative costs if such State surveys prove inadequate. Requires States to maintain a process for investigating complaints regarding nursing facilities. Requires that survey results and facility cost report information be available to the public. Sets the Federal matching percentage for nursing facility certification activities at 100 percent for FY 1990 through 1992 and at 75 percent thereafter. Eliminates current penalties applied to a State when its control over the utilization of skilled nursing or intermediate care facility services is deemed inadequate. Requires that when the Secretary or a State determines that a nursing facility's deficiencies immediately jeopardize residents' health and safety, such facility's participation in Medicaid be terminated. Directs States to establish certain other remedies which might be applied where the health and safety of facility residents is not immediately jeopardized.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Financial Fraud Detection and Disclosure Act of 1986 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require every issuer of a registered security to: (1) maintain a system of internal administrative controls to ensure that it operates in accordance with applicable law; (2) evaluate such system and its system of internal accounting controls periodically; and (3) include in its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an evaluation indicating whether such systems ensure that receipts and expenditures comply with applicable law and identifying any material weaknesses in such systems and the plans for, and progress made in, correcting such weaknesses. Prescribes auditing standards for the detection and disclosure of financial illegalities or irregulaties in documents and records required under the securities laws. Directs an auditor to: (1) inform an issuer's management of a suspected illegality or irregularity; (2) review the issuer's response; and (3) report such illegality or irregularity to appropriate regulatory and law enforcement authorities, unless satisfied that the issuer has established that the suspected illegality or irregularity has not occurred or has taken steps to correct or prevent the recurrence or continuance of the illegality or irregularity and to report the illegality or irregularity to such authorities. Directs the SEC to report to the Attorney General or other appropriate Federal, State, or local enforcement and regulatory authorities any illegality of which it is informed.
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1986
Designates the week beginning October 6, 1986, as National Children's Television Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1986
Designates the year beginning October 1, 1986, as the National Institutes of Health Centennial Year.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Designates the week of October 26 through November 1, 1986, as National Adult Immunization Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Designates October 6, 1986, as National Drug Abuse Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 - Title I: Financial Assistance to States and Communities - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make allotments to States for: (1) treatment and rehabilitation services for persons suffering from drug abuse; (2) substance abuse prevention education programs; (3) community-based substance abuse prevention activities for school-aged children; and (4) education programs relating to the risks of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) among individuals who use drugs. Authorizes appropriations for such allotments. Title II: Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention - Establishes in the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by a Director who shall: (1) sponsor regional workshops on the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse; (2) coordinate research findings; (3) develop effective drug and alcohol abuse prevention literature; (4) create public service announcements for radio and television broadcasting; (5) support programs of clinical training of substance abuse counselors and other health professionals; (6) in cooperation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, develop educational materials to reduce the risks of AIDS among intravenous drug abusers; and (7) administer the allotment program established by this Act. Title III: White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking Control - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking Control to develop recommendations to prevent drug abuse and make treatment services available to drug abusers and to control the illicit trafficking of controlled substances. Directs the Conference to review: (1) the impact of recently enacted laws on efforts to control trafficking in controlled substances and to prevent drug abuse and treat drug abusers; (2) the recommendations of the President's Commission on Organized Crime as they relate to drug abuse and control of trafficking in controlled substances; (3) the extent to which specified sanctions have been, or should be, used in encouraging foreign states to comply with their international responsibilities respecting controlled substances; and (4) the circumstances contributing to the initiation of illicit drug usage. Requires the Conference to report its findings to the President and the Congress. Title IV: Designer Drugs - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to include controlled substance analogs (designer drugs) as a schedule I substance. Title V: Substance Abuse Among Indians - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to coordinate the efforts of their Departments related to alcohol and drug abuse among Indian juveniles. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Indian Health Services, to develop and implement a program of comprehensive alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment services for Indian youth. Requires the Director to report to the Congress on the progress of such program. Directs the Secretary to utilize existing federally owned structures suitable as residential alcohol and substance abuse treatment centers for Indian youth. Directs the Secretary to make grants to the Navajo tribe to establish a demonstration program in Gallup, New Mexico, to rehabilitate adult Navajo Indians suffering from alcoholism or alcohol abuse. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Advisory Commission on the Comprehensive Education of Intercollegiate Athletes - Establishes the Advisory Commission on the Comprehensive Education of Intercollegiate Athletes to investigate and advise Congress regarding issues related to athletic programs at colleges and universities in the United States, including: (1) the use of drugs by athletes; (2) the impact of television on athletics; and (3) the balance between athletics and academics. Requires the Commission to report its findings to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Alkyl Nitrites - States that alkyl nitrites and their isomers shall be treated as a drug for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Education Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program of grants to the States for drug and alcohol abuse education in elementary and secondary schools. Sets forth authorized uses of such funds by State and local educational agencies. Sets forth formulas for allotment of such funds to States and allocation to local educational agencies. Sets forth provisions for State and local applications. Sets forth provisions for participation of children enrolled in private schools. Directs the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain drug education information and technical assistance to State and local educational agencies. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1992 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1986
Designates the week beginning November 16, 1986, as National Arts Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Honors the United Way on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Encourages the United Way to continue its fine work and achieve its goal of doubling its resources by 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Designates August 12, 1986, as National Civil Rights Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to extend best wishes to the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County, California, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration and rededication of the San Diego County Administration Center on August 20, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1986
Congressional Advisory Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Act - Establishes the Congressional Advisory Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to investigate and advise the Congress on issues related to athletic programs at colleges and universities, including: (1) the balance between athletics and academics; (2) the impact of television on athletics; (3) the use of drugs by athletes; and (4) the extent of Federal and State government involvement in intercollegiate athletics. Requires the Commission to report to the Congress on its findings not later than one year after its organizational meeting and terminates the Commission 60 days after the date of submission of such report.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1986
Designates the week beginning August 31, 1986, as National Pedestrian Safety Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Designates August 1, 1986, the 11th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Accords, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with the U.S.S.R. and the Warsaw Pact nations; and (3) convey to U.S. allies the necessity of unity on these points.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1986
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools. Requires each local educational agency to develop an asbestos management plan which provides for inspections, removal, reinspections, and the use of accredited consultants involved in developing the plan or in the response actions concerning friable asbestos-containing material. Requires warning labels on any friable asbestos-containing material and asbestos-containing material still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Requires local educational agencies to respond to asbestos according to EPA's most current guidance document, if the Administrator fails to promulgate regulations within the prescribed period. Requires such agencies to develop and implement operation and maintenance and management plans for friable asbestos-containing material in school buildings, including inspections and State approval. Sets forth standards for ambient interior concentrations of asbestos after completion of response actions under the current guidance document. Requires that the public be informed and protected during the phases of the management plan, including transportation and disposal. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for reviewing school asbestos management plans to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, and respond to friable asbestos problems in schools. Requires EPA training courses or trained personnel to meet such standards. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Makes any local educational agency which fails to comply with this Act liable for civil penalties, including injunctive action. Requires the Administrator or appropriate Governor to investigate citizen complaints. Permits citizen suits to compel the Administrator to meet deadlines for promulgating regulations. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where the presence of airborne asbestos or the condition of friable asbestos-containing material in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Sets forth notification requirements and cost recovery entitlements when such actions are taken. Provides that State law is not preempted from imposing additional liability or more stringent requirements with respect to asbestos in schools. Limits the liability of asbestos contractors or local educational agencies performing activities under this Act to damages caused by negligent actions or intentional misconduct. Prohibits discrimination by a State or local educational agency against a whistle-blower. Directs the Administrator to appoint an Asbestos Ombudsman to answer complaints and inquiries concerning aspects of this Act. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress within one year on the need for a similar program for public and commercial buildings. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program. States that such Fund shall consist of amounts repayed under loans under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Directs the Administrator to make grants to States during FY 1988 for grants to local educational agencies to inspect for asbestos in school buildings and develop management plans.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should not take more than 60 days to review and act upon charges filed under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by 2,000 or more employees against an employer with which they are engaged in a labor dispute affecting commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1986
English Proficiency Act - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to establish within the Office of Adult Education a program of grants for English literacy programs for individuals of limited English proficiency. Allows such grants to provide for support services including child care and transportation costs for program participants. Provides that such grants may be made to community-based organizations, local education agencies, tribally-controlled schools, institutions of higher education (including community colleges), public libraries, and prisons. Sets forth grant application requirements. Limits grants to not more than three years' duration. Requires that at least 50 percent of grant funds go to community-based organizations with the demonstrated capability to administer English proficiency programs. Requires grant recipients to report annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Adult Education, directly and through grants and contracts, to carry out demonstration programs to: (1) develop innovative approaches and methods of literacy education for individuals of limited English proficiency; and (2) establish a nationwide clearinghouse on literacy education for individuals of limited English proficiency. Requires the Secretary, directly and through grants and contracts, to evaluate and annually audit programs funded under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to accept grants, gifts, or bequests of money for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Limits to ten percent the portion of funds available under this Act which may be used for demonstration programs and evaluation.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into leases for the development of real property located within the Broadway Complex of the Department of the Navy, San Diego, California. Outlines the terms and conditions for such leases, including the condition that the Secretary may not enter into such a lease until 21 days after the Secretary has submitted to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a plan and justification for the development of the real property so leased.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Director of the National Institutes of Health should transfer the Silver Spring Monkeys to the Primarily Primates, Inc., animal sanctuary in San Antonio, Texas.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1986
United States House of Representatives Election Recount Act of 1986 - Declares that any recount of ballots for the office of Representative shall be completed: (1) in a general election by December 31 of the year of the election; and (2) in a special election by the end of six weeks after the election.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1986
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on passenger aircraft if: (1) the flight is scheduled for two hours or less; or (2) seating is not assigned on such flight.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1986
Emergency Aid to Homeless Families Act - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to permit States to provide emergency assistance to needy families by purchasing, constructing, renovating, or renting emergency shelter for such families.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1986
Limits the obligation of funds for the deployment and maintenance of launchers for U.S. nuclear weapons. Waives such limitations if: (1) the President so requests in writing to the Congress, citing national security reasons for such waiver; and (2) each House of the Congress votes to authorize such waiver by bill or joint resolution within 60 days.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1986
Financial Fraud Detection and Disclosure Act of 1986 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prescribe auditing standards for the detection and disclosure of financial irregularities. Requires auditors or examiners to report suspected illegal activity detected during an audit required by the securities laws to the Securities and Exchange Commission and to appropriate law enforcement authorities. Requires such Commission to report to the Attorney General and to appropriate law enforcement authorities the information received from auditors regarding suspected illegal activity.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1986
Sub-Saharan Africa Natural Resource and Environmental Management Training and Education Act of 1986 - Requires the President, in order to promote a long-term development program for sub-Saharan Africa, to establish and provide assistance for a training and education program to encourage the development and utilization of appropriate natural resources and environmental management techniques. Requires particular emphasis to be placed on local-level training in techniques using smaller, cost-saving, community-based technologies. Sets forth elements to be included in such program. Requires the training under this program to incorporate women's needs in appropriate proportions to their traditional participation in the targeted activity. Requires each Agency for International Development (AID) development strategy statement for each sub-Saharan African country to include a plan to assist that country in the development of an effective natural resource and environmental management training and education program. Requires program activities to include close consultation with, and involvement of, community and local organizations. Requires the objectives of this Act to be accomplished whenever practicable through private and voluntary organizations or national nongovernmental organizations. Requires AID to make available funds for training and education activities in sub-Saharan African countries in accordance with this Act for FY 1987. Urges AID to request technical assistance from other Federal agencies where appropriate. Requires AID to review and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of existing indigenous capabilities for natural resource and environmental management training.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1986
Designates the week beginning May 17, 1987, as National Tourism Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 - Prohibits U.S. persons from: (1) making loans to South Africa or any organization owned or controlled by South Africa; (2) making any investment in South Africa; (3) contributing technology or technological services to the exploration for, or the research, development, or production of, energy sources in or for South Africa; or (4) making deposits in a foreign bank which is organized under South African law or owned or controlled by South Africans or a branch bank located in South Africa. Prohibits foreign banks organized under South African law or owned or controlled by South Africans from establishing or operating branches in the United States. Excludes from such prohibitions those loans, investments, and technology contracts entered into before May 21, 1986. Prohibits importing uranium ore, uranium oxide, coal, and steel from South Africa. Prohibits: (1) U.S. persons from making or holding any investment in South Africa in a business that sells computers, computer software, or computer services; and (2) exporting computers, computer software, or computer services to South Africa. Provides that such computer investment and export prohibitions shall not apply if, within 12 months of enactment of this Act: (1) the President certifies to the Congress that South Africa has freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system or has totally dismantled the apartheid system; and (2) a joint resolution is enacted approving such certification. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Authorizes using additional funds for aid for South Africa under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962. Earmarks such funds for refugee assistance programs and community development projects. Requires the President to give quarterly reports to specified congressional committees on the assistance provided with such funds. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the takeoff and landing in the United States of aircraft owned by South Africa or South African nationals except in emergencies. Provides for the enforcement of this Act and for penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the President to try, through negotiations, to persuade other countries to adopt restrictions on activities with respect to South Africa consistent with this Act. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the status of such negotiations. Sets forth information to be included in such reports. Requires the President, during June of 1988, to report to the Congress on whether South Africa has: (1) freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system; or (2) has totally dismantled the apartheid system. Requires the President, if such conditions have not been met, to include in such report recommendations on whether U.S. persons should be required to divest themselves of their South African investments. Terminates all the provisions of this Act upon enactment of a joint resolution approving a presidential determination that such conditions have been met.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Low Income Elderly and Disabled Medicaid Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Optional Coverage of Elderly and Disabled Poor for All Medicaid Benefits - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of extending Medicaid coverage to elderly and disabled individuals whose income is too high for them to qualify for Medicaid under current income tests, but does not exceed a State maximum income level to be established at or below the Federal poverty level. Requires States providing coverage under this Act to provide Medicaid coverage, pursuant to the Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments of 1986, to pregnant women and infants whose income does not exceed the State maximum income level. Title II: Optional Coverage of Poor Medicare Beneficiaries for Medicare Cost-Sharing Expenses - Authorizes the States to provide Medicaid coverage for Medicare (title XVIII of the Act) premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance payments for which Medicare-eligible individuals whose income does not exceed the State maximum income level would otherwise be accountable.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Pet Protection Act of 1986 - Prohibits the acquisition of research animals from animal shelters with National Institutes of Health funds.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986
Prohibits any regulation which is issued under specified Executive Orders that impose sanctions on Libya from being effective if such regulation would allow U.S. persons to participate in production, marketing, or distribution activities with respect to crude oil produced in Libya.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986
Designates the week of December 1 through December 7, 1986, as National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot rental housing lease indemnity program under which the Secretary of each military department will guarantee to a lessor the lease payment of any member of such department, as well as any breach of the lease or damage to the rental unit. Requires such pilot program to be established within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, but not before October 1, 1986. Requires each Secretary to designate one military installation within the Secretary's jurisdiction for participation in such pilot program. Authorizes each Secretary to enter into agreements with rental unit lessors in order to carry out this Act. Outlines provisions to be included in such agreements. Authorizes any Secretary who compensates a lessor under this Act to garnish the wages of the member involved for an amount equal to the compensation paid to the lessor. Directs the Secretary of Defense, within 18 months following the establishment of such pilot program, to report to the Congress concerning the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of such program. Terminates the authority of any Secretary to enter into lease guarantee agreements with lessors under this Act 18 months after the establishment of the program.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Designates the week beginning November 9, 1986, as National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986
Directs the President to designate the week of May 18 through May 24, 1986, as Just Say No to Drugs Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to impose civil liability on anyone who, under actual or apparent authority of any foreign nation, subjects any person to torture or extrajudicial killing. Grants jurisdiction over such cases to U.S. district courts only after claimants have exhausted all available remedies in the place in which the conduct giving rise to the claim occurred.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate a calendar week in 1986 and each year thereafter as National Infection Control Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Designates the week of October 5 through October 11, 1986, as National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Declares that the House of Representatives urges: (1) the Soviet Union to share with the international scientific community information about the Chernobyl accident and to open the nuclear site for international inspection; (2) the establishment of an international emergency alert system; (3) the International Atomic Energy Agency to establish safety standards for nuclear power plants; and (4) the United States and other member nations of the Agency to implement standards by directing the Agency to establish an international emergency response force. Encourages the formation of an international commission to examine the causes of the Chernobyl accident.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1986
Ballistic Knife Prohibition Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, importation, and mailing of ballistic knives (knives with a detachable blade that is propelled by a spring-operated mechanism).
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1986
Public Rangelands Fee Act of 1986 - Sets forth a formula, beginning with grazing year 1986, for determining grazing fees on public rangelands.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1986
Designates the week beginning September 21, 1986, as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Prohibits U.S. persons from participating in production, marketing, or distribution activities with respect to Libyan oil.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Economic Diversification Promotion Act of 1986 - Amends title III (Special Programs) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (the Act) to add a new part F: Industry-Education Partnership for Training and Retraining in Defense-Dependent Communities. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to carry out industry-education partnership training programs in defense-dependent communities. Provides that such funds will be used solely for vocational education programs designed to train and retrain workers at defense or defense-related industries or facilities and other workers in defense-dependent communities to allow such workers to find employment in nondefense or defense-related businesses or industries. Requires coordination of part F programs with those under the Job Training Partnership Act and under title II (Basic State Grants for Vocational Education) of the Act. Requires active participation of State vocational education councils in developing part F programs. Requires at least 50 percent of program funds from non-Federal sources, and 50 percent of such non-Federal funds from participating business and industries (through cash or in-kind contributions). Provides that the Federal share of program costs shall be available equally from part F funds and from funds allotted to States under title II of the Act. Provides for State designation of specified funds for program use if an eligible recipient demonstrates that it is incapable of providing its share. Permits grant funds to be used solely for the part F programs already described and for: (1) limited administrative costs; (2) training and retraining of instructional and guidance personnel; (3) curriculum and materials development; and (4) other activities authorized under title III of the Act which may be essential to operating part F programs (including ensuring access of women, minorities, the handicapped, and the economically disadvantaged). Sets forth guidelines for State board approval of part F programs. Authorizes appropriations for part F programs for FY 1987 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Designates the week beginning September 7, 1986, as Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1986
Amends Federal armed forces provisions to direct the Secretary of the military department concerned to conduct an independent operational test and evaluation with respect to a major defense acquisition program under which a major system is to be acquired. Requires such test and evaluation to be conducted before the program may proceed into the production stage. Requires side-by-side testing as part of such test and evaluation. Requires the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to independently analyze the results of each such operational test and evaluation, and to report such analyses to the Secretary of Defense. Prohibits the operational testing to be conducted until the Director approves in writing the adequacy of the plans for such operational test and evaluation. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary concerned to contract for low-rate initial production of a program only for the purpose of acquiring items for use in operational tests and evaluations. Prohibits a final decision from being made to proceed with full production of a program until 30 days after the congressional defense committees have received the report of the Director. Authorizes the President to suspend any provision of this Act in time of a declared war.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1986
Provides that any cost-of-living adjustment in military retirement and survivor benefit programs provided by law to take effect during FY 1987 shall be made in accordance with such law and not subject to any reduction, suspension, or contrary presidential order. Defines "military retirement and survivor benefit programs."
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 11 through May 18, 1986, as Jewish Heritage Week.