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United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
Department of Justice Narcotics Control Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for: (1) additional assistant United States attorneys; and (2) the Drug Enforcement Administration for additional special agents and voice privacy radios.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
Department of Defense Narcotics Enforcement Assistance Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense for FY 1987 for enhancement of drug enforcement assistance activities for: (1) procurement; (2) operation and maintenance; and (3) intelligence collection activities. Directs the Secretary of Defense to make available to the U.S. Customs Service certain aircraft authorized to be purchased under this Act. Requires the transfer of a specified sum authorized to be appropriated under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to the Secretary of Transportation to be used for members of the Coast Guard assigned to drug interdiction assistance activities under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
National Oil Security Act of 1986 - Directs the President to establish a national oil import ceiling level beyond which foreign crude and oil product imports as a share of U.S. oil consumption shall not rise. Prohibits such ceiling level from exceeding 50 percent of U.S. crude and oil product consumption for any annual period. Requires the President to: (1) annually submit projections to the Congress regarding anticipated U.S. oil production, demand, and imports for the subsequent three years; (2) certify whether imports of crude oil and oil products will exceed domestic production; and (3) submit an Energy Production and Oil Security Policy to the Congress to prevent foreign oil dependence from exceeding the national oil import ceiling for any year in which foreign oil imports are projected to exceed such amount. Grants the Congress ten continuous session days to review such oil projections and to determine whether the ceiling level will be violated within three years. Authorizes the President's energy plan to include: (1) an oil import fee; (2) energy conservation actions; (3) expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves; and (4) production incentives for domestic oil and gas.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
Directs the President to submit recommendations to the Congress for legislation to reorganize the executive branch of the Government to more effectively combat international drug traffic and drug abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Enhancement Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations to the Coast Guard for the acquisition of secure radio equipment. Increases by 1,500 the strength level of active-duty military personnel of the Coast Guard for FY 1987. Authorizes additional appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1987 for operation and maintenance expenses related to such additional personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
Authorizes additional appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for FY 1987 for the drug enforcement activities of the Customs Service.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate December 1986 as Made in America Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Designer Drug Enforcement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish criminal penalties for the knowing or intentional manufacture, distribution, or possession of a controlled substance analog. (A controlled substance analog is a noncontrolled substance with a chemical structure or effect substantially similar to that of a controlled substance.)
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
War on Drug Smuggling Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Defense, upon request from the head of any specified special law enforcement agency, to make available to that agency such military equipment and personnel as necessary for the detection of the unlawful transport of any controlled substance across the international boundaries of the United States and the interdiction in the United States of such unlawful transport. Specifies the authority limits of any military personnel so assigned. Requires the heads of the special law enforcement agencies involved, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to meet with the Secretary of Defense and the National Guard Bureau to develop plans for the coordination of such controlled substance detection and interdiction activities. Directs the Secretary to invite the chief law enforcement official of each State to such meeting. Defines "special law enforcement agency" and "controlled substance" for purposes of this Act. Amends Federal criminal law concerning obstruction of justice to make unlawful the patrolling of a place with a firearm with the intent or purpose of enforcing U.S. immigration or customs laws without the permission of an officer of the United States. Requires the Attorney General to issue guidelines specifying the circumstances under which such permission might be granted. Outlines penalties for persons violating such provision.
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 · 23 July 1986
Urges the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative stamp on May 2, 1987, in honor of the 150th anniversary of General Henry Martyn Robert's birth.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1986
Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish money laundering as a Federal offense. Sets forth fines and penalties for anyone who knowingly: (1) engages in a financial transaction in criminally derived property (inapplicable to bona fide attorney fees); (2) engages in a commercial transaction which is part of a scheme to conceal criminally derived property, or to disguise the source or ownership of criminally derived property; or (3) transports or attempts to transport a monetary instrument or funds from a place in the United States to or through a place outside the United States, or vice versa, as part of a scheme to conceal criminally derived property, or to disguise the source or ownership of criminally derived property. Provides for a fine of not more than $1,000,000 ($5,000,000 if the offender is a person other than an individual), or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. Authorizes components of the Department of the Treasury to investigate such offenses. Establishes criminal and civil forfeiture procedures for the offense of money laundering. Authorizes the use of wiretaps in money laundering investigations. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to make certain changes regarding: (1) monetary transaction reporting requirements; and (2) the disclosure of information by financial institutions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) examine books, papers, and records of domestic financial transactions; and (2) summon an officer or employee having possession or custody of reports or records to appear and give testimony under oath. Sets certain limits on the Secretary's summons power. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to change the scienter requirement: (1) from "willfully" to "knowingly or with reckless disregard for a duty imposed by this subchapter" for civil violations; and (2) from "willfully" to "knowingly" for criminal violations. Increases the criminal penalties for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1986
Designates October 1986 as Crack/Cocaine Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Voluntarism Protection Act of 1986 - Applies this Act to State liability laws which are applicable to any civil action brought during FY 1988 and thereafter. Prescribes circumstances under which volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities shall be immune from personal civil liability in State court actions. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reduce by one percent a State's fiscal year award to implement the Social Services Block Grant Program under title XX of the Social Security Act if such State fails to enact such immunity for volunteers as of FY 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Designates the week beginning March 29, 1987, as American Physiologists Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Designates October 6, 1986, as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1986
Designates 1987 as the Year of the Reader.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1986
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Reporting Act of 1986 - Requires each Federal entity, in the 90-day period beginning on October 1 of every fiscal year, to send the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission a written report pertaining to each of the five previous fiscal years with respect to job applications, hiring, training, and promoting of employees. Requires such report to detail data for each separate component and installation of the entity and for the entity as a whole. Prescribes the contents of such reports, including data on white males and minority groups and their representation, mobility patterns, disciplinary actions, and recruitment. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register by January 31 of each fiscal year the identity of each Federal entity which fails to file such a report. Requires the head of any Federal entity which fails to file such a report to submit a statement of reasons for the failure to the Commission by December 31, together with a request for an informal hearing to state such reasons orally. Authorizes the Commission to summon witnesses and compel the production of evidence in the course of investigating such failure. Requires the Commission to issue an order mandating the submission of such report by March 31. Directs the Commission to commence a civil action to compel submission of such report if the entity has not complied with the order by April 30. Authorizes any employee of or applicant for employment with such entity, or a labor organization recognized by such entity, to commence a civil action in an appropriate district court to compel the head of the entity to submit such report if the Commission has failed to commence such an action within two years after the appropriate April 30 deadline. Requires the Commission to make an on-site verification of such reports at one component or installation of each Federal entity at least once every three years.
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
Mail Management Improvement Act of 1986 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to issue a directive which requires each agency to: (1) evaluate mail operations to eliminate practices resulting in excessive mailing costs; (2) designate an official with the responsibility for the development and implementation of mail management programs; (3) establish mail management objectives and responsibilities; and (4) develop and submit to the Director a mail management plan in accordance with provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Federal Credit Management and Debt Collection Improvements Act of 1986 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury an Under Secretary of the Treasury for Debt Collection and Credit Management, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Under Secretary with respect to establishing and implementing a comprehensive Federal debt collection and credit management plan. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress an analysis of such plan, together with comments. Requires executive agency proposals for new credit programs to contain an explicit statement of any subsidies involved. Requires interest rates in new direct loan programs to be related to market rates for comparable private sector loan programs. Requires the assessment of loan origination and application fees to defray administrative costs and costs of defaulted loans. Prohibits loans to persons who are delinquent in debt payments to the United States. Sets forth the circumstances under which a person who has defaulted on a prior loan may be allowed another loan. Requires loan contracts to contain default and acceleration clauses. Requires each loan applicant to be provided with a written notice specifying Federal debt collection policies and practices. Directs the President to provide for a study of private sector alternatives to Federal loan programs. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish Federal credit management policies and promulgate regulations to implement this Act. Requires each executive agency to report to the Congress, within one year of enactment of this Act, on its delinquency and default standards. Directs the Comptroller General, within two years of enactment of this Act, to audit agency credit programs. Requires agencies to conform to regulations under this Act and the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (as amended by the Debt Collection Act of 1982) within one year of enactment of this Act. Establishes a collection target amount of $15 billion during the period beginning October 1, 1986, and ending September 30, 1989. Increases an agency's funding when it exceeds its debt collection target, and decreases such funding for not meeting its target. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate regulations to assist agencies in developing proposals for debt collection targets. Requires the use of credit bureaus and private collection agencies to recover indebtedness owed the Federal Government. Provides for routine adjustments of Federal pay for non-controversial overpayments. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize agencies to use Internal Revenue Service information in debt collection. Requires the inclusion of debt collection data in the budget process. Directs each agency head to investigate the feasibility and cost effectiveness of selling debts to the private sector. Makes State laws inapplicable with respect to time limitations for bringing legal actions on debts owed to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Expresses the support of the Congress for the programs regarding the understanding of slavery of the National Council for Education and Economic Development, Incorporated, and for the program to raise an endowment to assure the permanent location of a commemorative structure within the National Park System dedicated to understanding, knowledge, opportunity, and equality for all people.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1986
Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986 - Grants the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts authority to contract with public and private agencies for the detection and treatment of alcohol-dependent and drug-dependent offenders. Amends the Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Authorization Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations for contracts for the supervision of released drug offenders.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Permits certain public utility holding companies registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to: (1) acquire interests in cogeneration facilities; and (2) be exempt from utility rate regulation under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Opportunities for Employment Preparation Act of 1986 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (the Act) to establish a program of targeted assistance for severely economically disadvantaged individuals. Defines "severely economically disadvantaged" as individuals who have received benefits under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) provisions of the Social Security Act for a specified period and who have been unemployed or without city employment for a specified period. Requires the job training program in each service delivery area to establish a feeder system using community based organizations to conduct outreach and provide preemployment services to severely economically disadvantaged individuals. Requires such outreach and feeder system to include: (1) skills assessment; (2) registration with the Bureau of Employment Security; (3) preemployment training, including an eight-week internship with a private or public agency; (4) employment training, including vocational, adult, and community college and other postsecondary programs; and (5) on-the-job and other employment preparation activities available under the Act. Requires preemployment services to include: (1) educational preparation and basic skills development to increase literacy and computational skills; (2) programs to strengthen attitude and motivation for work; (3) guidance and counseling to assist with occupational choices and selection of employment preparation programs; (4) counseling and information and referral for those experiencing personal or family problems; and (5) parenting and home and family living skills, including nutrition and health education, targeted to teenage parents. Requires supportive services, including child care and transportation assistance, to be given to program participants. Provides that program participants will not lose any other Federal benefits because of program participation. Requires State plans to include descriptions of coordination of other programs with such targeted assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to prohibit the head of a defense agency from contracting with a firm in which a foreign government (or an agent or instrumentality of such foreign government) owns or controls a significant interest, if such foreign government: (1) is an enemy of the United States; or (2) has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. Authorizes the head of a defense agency to enter into a contract with such a firm: (1) at the end of the 30-day period after such agency head submits a report to the Congress describing such contract; and (2) if the Secretary of Defense has determined that entering into such a contract would not be inconsistent with the foreign policy or national security objectives of the United States. Directs the head of an agency to require any firm submitting a bid or proposal to disclose any significant interest owned or controlled by a foreign government. Makes this Act inapplicable to: (1) contracts for less than $100,000; or (2) the Coast Guard or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Directs the Secretary, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating or expending any amount appropriated to the Department of Defense for FY 1986 or 1987 for certain engineering equipment acquisition contracts to any firm in which the Libyan Government owns or controls a significant interest.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Broadcast Ownership Stability Act of 1986 - Requires the Federal Communications Commission to repromulgate its rules requiring a broadcast license to be held for at least three years before any transfer.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Aid to Families and Employment Transition Act of 1986 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide that AFDC beneficiaries making the transition to unsubsidized employment by participating in employment preparation programs established pursuant to the Employment Preparation Act of 1986 shall have their salary excluded from the AFDC eligibility determination for one year following the initial placement. Continues Medicaid (title XIX of the Act) coverage of individuals making such a transition to unsubsidized employment until the individual either becomes eligible for an employer health plan, or 15 months elapse since his or her placement in unsubsidized employment. Provides AFDC benefits to two-parent families if at least one parent participates in an employment preparation program.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Designates July 3, 1986, as Let Freedom Ring Day. Requests the President to encourage people to ring bells immediately following the relighting of the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Amends generally Federal law relating to veterans and veterans' benefits to eliminate gender-based references currently contained in such provisions, and to make other technical corrections to such provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Social Security Administrative and Investment Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Establishment of the Social Security Administration - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to establish as an independent executive agency a Social Security Administration, headed by a Social Security Board. Provides that it shall be the duty of the Administration to administer the programs established by titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Board to study and make recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy. Establishes in the Administration: (1) a Commissioner of Social Security; (2) a Deputy Commissioner of Social Security; (3) a General Counsel; (4) an Inspector General; and (5) an Office of the Beneficiary Ombudsman, to be headed by a Beneficiary Ombudsman who shall represent the interests of beneficiaries under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income Program within the Administration. Requires the annual report of the Board to include a description of the activities of the Beneficiary Ombudsman. Requires the Board to make annual budgetary recommendations relating to the Administration. Requires that appropriations requests by the Administration for staffing and personnel be based upon a comprehensive workforce plan as established by the Board. Provides for the apportionment of administrative costs. Requires the annual report of the Board to include a section reflecting the use of budget authority provided to the Administration. Requires that authority for automated data processing procurement and facilities construction be provided in the form of contract authority covering the total cost of such acquisitions. Makes amounts needed for the liquidation of contract authority so provided available from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to the extent that such amounts are not needed to meet current obligations for benefit payments. Requires the Board and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement demonstration projects relating to personnel matters. Directs the Board and the Administrator of General Services to implement such projects relating to delegations from the Administrator. Specifies the authorities which are to be delegated to the Board from the Administrator and the Director. Requires the Comptroller General to report to specified congressional committees concerning such projects, including an evaluation of the Board's readiness to assume full and permanent authority. Requires the Board to cause a seal of office to be made and judicial notice taken thereof. Provides for the transfer to the Administration of all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to the programs and activities to be carried out by the Administration under this Act. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security in the Department of Health and Human Services. Sets forth effective date and transitional rule provisions. Title II: Conforming Amendments and Rules of Construction - Requires the Secretary and the Board to report to the Congress within 120 days after the beginning of each regular session on their administration under this Act. Requires the Secretary to study and make recommendations on the most effective methods of providing economic security and on the administrative policy for the programs. Directs the Board to appoint, quadrennially, an Advisory Council on the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and an Advisory Council on Health and Supplementary Medical Insurance to review the relation of the trust funds supporting the OASDI program and the Medicare program and the long-term commitments of those programs. Requires each council to submit a report to the Board for transmittal to the Congress and the Board of Trustees of each Trust Fund. Title III: Management of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund - Amends the OASDI program to direct the Managing Trustee of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (OASDI trust funds) to immediately invest that portion of the OASDI trust funds which is not required for current withdrawals. Requires the investment to be made in accordance with policies established by the Social Security Board. Prohibits the sale and redemption of OASDI trust fund assets or the expenditure of OASDI trust fund amounts for purposes other than those specified in title II of the Act. Requires members of such trust funds' Board of Trustees to faithfully execute their duties, but does not impose a fiduciary duty. Requires that, in consideration of the public debt limit, required investment of trust fund amounts occur prior to the issuance of other obligations. Directs that tax receipts earmarked for the OASDI program be immediately transferred (currently, monthly transfers are made) from the general fund of the Treasury to the OASDI trust funds. Requires the Board of Trustees of the OASDI trust funds to meet at least twice each year. Sets forth provisions requiring reports by the Board of Trustees and the Managing Trustees to the Congress regarding the operation and status of the OASDI trust funds. Title IV: Additional Matters - Amends the OASDI program to prohibit the payment of OASDI benefits to individuals who have been deported pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act because of activities conducted under the direction of or in association with the Nazi government of Germany or its allies. Requires individuals to be paid interim benefits in cases where an administrative law judge has determined their entitlement to certain OASDI or SSI (Supplementary Security Income) benefits, but the Secretary's final decision has not been issued within 90 days of the judge's decision. Excludes any representative of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, any other agency of such department, or an involved State agency from appearing as a party at an OASDI or SSI benefit hearing or participating in the development of the record of such hearing, unless, in the latter case, the presiding officer requests such participation.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Nuclear Winter Research Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretaries of Defense and of Energy to obligate specified amounts out of appropriated funds for FY 1987 through 1991 for nuclear winter research activities. Requires the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Nuclear Agency, to distribute certain allocations to government and nongovernment entities for nuclear winter research activities. Allocates a specified amount for the Nuclear Winter Study Commission established by this Act. Directs such Commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the consequences of nuclear explosions and exchanges, including the implications of such consequences upon U.S. military and civil defense policies. Requires the Commission to report to the President and the Congress regarding the conduct of such study.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1986
Amends the National Housing Act to provide the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family dwellings.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1986
Designates October 23, 1986, as National Hungarian Freedom Fighters Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1986
Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority through FY 1987 for: (1) title I financial institution insurance for housing renovation and modernization; (2) general mortgage insurance; (3) low and moderate income and displaced families mortgage insurance; (4) homeownership for lower income families including mortgage insurance authority and housing stimulus authority; (5) mortgage co-insurance, including rental rehabilitation and development projects; (6) graduated payment and indexed mortgage insurance; (7) the demonstration mortgage reinsurance program; (8) mortgage insurance for armed forces' civilian employees and defense housing for impacted areas; (9) mortgage insurance for land development; and (10) mortgage insurance for medical and dental group practice facilities. Sets forth specified limits on FY 1986 and 1987 insured housing loans and on FY 1987 guaranteed mortgage-backed securities. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend urban rehabilitation loan authority through FY 1987. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend Farmers Home Administration authority through FY 1987 for: (1) insured loans for rental and cooperative housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families in rural areas; (2) rural communities with 10,000 to 20,000 population to participate in rural housing programs; and (3) mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authority. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend authority for national flood insurance, including emergency implementation and flood-risk zones through FY 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to extend authorities for the national crime insurance program and existing contracts through FY 1987. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend community development block grant entitlement authority for certain metropolitan city and urban county areas through FY 1987. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to extend for 30 days the maximum interest rate limitation on loans for housing and related facilities for elderly or handicapped families through FY 1987. Extends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act through FY 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1986
Commission on the 100th Congress Act - Establishes the Commission for the Bicentennial of the Congress to: (1) organize and coordinate the activities of private individuals and organizations in the commemoration of the bicentennial of the Congress; (2) provide guidance and materials about the Congress to further the celebration; (3) cooperate with the Historians of the Senate and of the House of Representatives in their programs; and (4) prepare materials necessary to enhance public knowledge of the history and accomplishments of the Congress. Requires the Commission to report annually to the Congress with a final report within 90 days after March 4, 1989, containing a detailed statement of its activities and financial operations. Terminates the Commission on June 30, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to annually furnish, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually publish, statistical data on adoptions finalized in the States during the preceding calendar year. Requires that such data include: (1) the number of adoptions finalized; (2) information pertaining to the adopted children as well as their biological mothers and adoptive parents; and (3) the manner in which such children were placed for adoption.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide that during any fiscal year in which automatic cost-of-living increases for certain Federal programs are suspended or modified by a presidential sequestration order, the full amount of such increases shall be deemed to have taken effect for purposes of determining the amount of benefits involved for the succeeding fiscal year. Provides a formula for reducing such benefits, if required, during such succeeding fiscal year. Subjects the following program benefits to provisions of this Act: (1) black lung benefits; (2) Central Intelligence Agency retirement and disability system; (3) civil service retirement and disability system; (4) Comptroller General retirement system; (5) foreign service retirement and disability system; (6) judicial survivors' annuities system; (7) longshoremen's and harbor workers' compensation system; (8) military retirement system; (9) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration retirement system; (10) pensions for former Presidents; (11) railroad retirement; (12) Coast Guard retirement system; (13) Public Health Service commissioned officers retirement system; (14) disabled coal miners' benefits; and (15) Tax Court Judges survivors' retirement system.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Foreign Assistance Accountability Act - Prohibits using U.S. foreign aid funds in any way that would result in corrupt personal financial gain for any person or for any purpose other than the purpose for which the assistance was provided. Directs the President to establish strict accounting procedures for U.S. foreign aid funds and to establish sanctions for misuse of such funds. Imposes criminal sanctions for misuse of such funds. Requires all foreign assistance agreements entered into more than 90 days after enactment of this Act to incorporate the procedures and sanctions established by this Act. Requires the President to report to the Congress on the steps taken to establish such procedures and sanctions.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Designates the month of October 1986 as National Spina Bifida Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Designates the week of September 15 through September 21, 1986, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives the deductibility of contributions to individual retirement accounts should be maintained for all citizens as part of any tax reform legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the threshold for itemized deductions for medical and dental expenses for Federal income tax purposes should not be greater than five percent of adjusted gross income.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Child Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Statute to extend its coverage to the sexual exploitation of children. Allows any person injured personally or in his business or property by such violations to bring a civil suit for treble damages. Amends the Federal criminal code to require a mandatory life sentence in kidnapping offenses involving the murder of a minor. Establishes mandatory minimum sentences for the sexual exploitation of minors. Provides that the period of any applicable limitation for the commencement of prosecution for certain offenses involving the sexual exploitation of children shall not begin until the child has reached the age of 18 years. Directs the Attorney General to submit a report to the Congress detailing possible changes in the Federal Rules of Evidence, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and other procedures which would facilitate the participation of child witnesses in cases involving child abuse and sexual exploitation. Directs the Attorney General to modify the classification system used by the National Crime Information System and the Federal Bureau of Investigation with respect to offenses involving the sexual exploitation of children by: (1) including the age of the victim and the relationship of the victim to the offender; and (2) using a uniform definition of a child. Grants the Postal Service certain authority with respect to the seizure and forfeiture of materials used in, or depicting, the sexual exploitation of children. States that amounts received from such forfeitures shall be deposited in the Postal Service Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986
Designates the week of November 23 through November 29, 1986, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986
Honors the late Portuguese diplomat, Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amarel e Abranches, for his extraordinary acts of mercy and justice during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1986
Designates the week of April 12 through April 18, 1987, as National Telecommunicators' Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1986
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 - Title I: Interception of Communications and Related Matters - Amends the Federal criminal code to extend the prohibition against the unauthorized interception of communications to include specific types of electronic communications. (Present law prohibits the interception of wire and oral communications only.) Specifies certain exceptions with respect to electronic communications. Extends such prohibition to the communications of any provider of wire or electronic communication services. (Present law extends only to communications common carriers.) Provides for reduced criminal penalties where the unauthorized access to the electronic communication is not for a tortious or illegal purpose or private commercial gain. States that the interception of certain satellite transmissions is not an offense unless it is for the purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage or private financial gain. Prohibits any person or entity providing an electronic communication service, with specified exceptions, from knowingly divulging the contents of any communication carried on that service. Allows any person whose wire, oral, or electronic communication is intercepted, disclosed, or willfully used to bring a civil action to recover damages. (Present law allows such a civil action only for the interception or use of wire or oral communications.) Revises the amount of damages which may be recovered in such actions. Specifies a two-year statute of limitations for the commencement of such actions. Specifies additional crimes for which the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications can be authorized in the course of the investigation of such crimes. Sets forth additional requirements for applications, court orders, and the implementation of court orders for the interception of such communications. Provides that certain intelligence activities approved by the Attorney General shall not be affected by certain provisions of Federal law. Allows a court-authorized mobile tracking device to be used outside the jurisdiction of that court. Makes it a criminal offense to warn a person that he or she is the subject of surveillance. Allows the Attorney General to initiate a civil action to obtain an injunction to prevent felony level illegal interceptions of communications. Title II: Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Access - Makes it a criminal offense to: (1) willfully access, without authorization, a facility through which an electronic communications service is provided; or (2) willfully exceed an authorized access to such facility. Prohibits the provider of an electronic communication service or remote computing service, except under certain circumstances, from divulging the contents of any communication stored, carried, or maintained by such service. Sets forth the procedural requirements for a governmental entity to obtain access to electronic communications in electronic storage, including court-ordered back-up copies of the contents of such communications. Allows any subscriber or customer of a communication service who is aggrieved by a willful or intentional violation of this Act to initiate a civil action to recover appropriate relief. Grants the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) access to telephone or communication service information and records relevant to any authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation. Prohibits any official or employee of a communications common carrier or service provider from disclosing to any person that the FBI has sought or obtained such access. Requires the Director to inform specified congressional committees of all such requests. Title III: Pen Registers - Prohibits the installation or use of a pen register or a tracking device without a court order pursuant to this Act or under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of such prohibition. Authorizes Government attorneys and State law enforcement officers to apply for a court order allowing the installation and use of a pen register or tracking device. Allows the issuance of such an order if the attorney or law enforcement officer certifies that information likely to be obtained by such installation is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation. Requires providers of wire communications, landlords, custodians, and other persons to furnish all information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the installation of a pen register if such assistance ordered by the court. Requires that anyone providing such assistance be compensated for any reasonable expenses incurred. Requires the Attorney General to report annually to the Congress on the number of pen register orders applied for by law enforcement agencies of the Department of Justice.