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United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Emergency Avian Influenza and Citrus Canker Response Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer specified Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to control outbreaks of avian influenza or citrus canker. Authorizes appropriations to the CCC in the amount of any such transfers.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Prohibits Federal restrictions requiring the hunting of migratory birds using steel shot unless a State adopts such restrictions itself.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Designates May 8, 1986, as Naval Aviation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1986
Community Services Programs Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Head Start Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to carry out the Head Start program. Amends the Follow Through Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to carry out the Follow Through program. Amends the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 to: (1) rename specified provisions as the "Dependent Care Programs Act"; and (2) authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to make allotments to States for such dependent care programs. Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act (the Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for grants to States to ameliorate poverty. Requires compliance evaluations to include identification of the impact the use of such funds has on children, homeless families, and the elderly poor. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for use of community services block grants under the Act for specified programs of the Community Economic Development Act of 1981. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for community food and nutrition programs under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1986
Designates the month of October 1986 as National Down Syndrome Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1986
Terrorist Prosecution Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it an offense to commit or attempt to commit murder or manslaughter against any U.S. national abroad, or conspire to do so. (Murder is punishable by capital punishment, a life sentence, or for any term of years and voluntary manslaughter is punishable by imprisonment up to ten years and involuntary manslaughter by imprisonment up to three years and/or a fine up to $1,000.) Makes it an offense to (or to attempt to) assault, wound, strike, imprison, endanger, or make any other violent attack upon the person or liberty of any U.S. national in any foreign country (or make violent attack on his or her business premises, private accommodation or means of transport). Provides for a fine of not more than $5,000 and/or imprisonment for not more than three years. Increases the fine to $10,000 and/or imprisonment to ten years if a deadly or dangerous weapon is used. Makes it an offense to conspire, outside the United States, to murder any U.S. national within the United States. Prohibits an indictment under this Act without the written approval of the Attorney General or his designee.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1986
Designates the month of May 1986 as National Child Safety Month.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1986
Designates the month of April 1986 as Fair Housing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1986
Provides that the Internal Revenue Service may not, before July 1, 1987, enforce its regulations relating to substantiation requirements for the deductions attributable to the business use of vehicles. Requires the Internal Revenue Service to follow the regulations in effect prior to the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1984. Prohibits the issuance of any regulations with respect to the substantiation requirements before July 1, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Establishes a presumption of service-connection for disability purposes for former prisoners of war suffering from the following conditions after active service: (1) organic residuals of hypothermia; (2) spastic colon; and (3) arthritis due to trauma. Decreases from six months to 90 days the amount of time a former prisoner of war must have been incarcerated to be eligible for outpatient dental services.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Truth in Packaging Act of 1986 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the typeface of the English name of the country of origin that is required on goods imported into the United States to be no smaller in size and no less bold than the typeface of the largest type that otherwise appears on such goods. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations relating to a person who requests a modification to exceptions to such requirements. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for the sale of unmarked goods. Increases the fine from $5,000 to $100,000 for alteration of such markings.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Designates the week beginning November 24, 1986, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 11 through May 18, 1986, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986
Transport Regulatory Reform Act of 1986 - Establishes within the legislative branch of the Government the Transportation Regulatory Commissions Nominating Commission. Requires the President to notify the Chair of such Commission immediately if any vacancy occurs on the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Maritime Commission, or the National Transportation Safety Board. Directs the Commission to: (1) submit to the President a list of qualified individuals to fill such vacancy; (2) certify to the President pro tempore of the Senate the first name on the Commission's list of nominees if the President has failed to nominate an individual to fill such vacancy within 60 days after submission of the list; (3) submit to the President of the Senate a report containing the list of nominees within 30 days after its submission to the President; and (4) report biannually to each House of the Congress on the efficiency of the nomination process and any recommendations for change.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986
Designates August 1986 as Polish American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986
Designates the week beginning on October 5, 1986, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 1986 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1986
Provides that any requirement to substantiate a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the business use of a vehicle must be based on regulations in effect before the Tax Reform Act of 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1986
Designates the month of May 1986 as National Birds of Prey Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986
Amends Federal law relating to competition requirements in defense contracts to direct the head of a defense agency to require any firm that submits a bid or proposal in response to a solicitation to disclose in such bid or proposal any significant interest in that firm that is owned or controlled by a foreign government or a foreign national. Requires the head of an agency to exclude from consideration for a contract exceeding $100,000 a firm in which a hostile foreign government or covered foreign national owns or controls a significant interest. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations listing hostile foreign governments. Makes this Act inapplicable to the Coast Guard or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986
Anti-Terrorism Tax Act of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the foreign tax credit for taxes paid to any country identified as repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism. Requires the Secretary of State to identify foreign countries which repeatedly provide support for acts of international terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986
Authorizes the Eleventh Airborne Division Association to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor such division. Requires the Association to be responsible for preparing the design and plans for the memorial, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Requires the Secretary to: (1) select a site for the memorial; (2) determine the sufficiency of funds before allowing site preparation to begin; and (3) be responsible for the maintenance of the memorial. Prohibits the United States from paying any expenses associated with the memorial. Requires the authority to establish the memorial to expire five years after the enactment of this Act unless site preparation has begun.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986
Directs the President to designate May 1986 as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986
Disapproves a proposed deferral (number D86-48) of $500,000,000 of budget authority for the community development block grant program, as set forth in the President's message to the Congress on February 5, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986
Designates the week of April 6 through April 12, 1986, as National Telecommunicators' Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1986
Designates April 28, 1986, as National Nursing Home Residents Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct facilities for the National Air and Space Museum at Washington Dulles International Airport for expansion of the Museum. Authorizes the Board of Regents to receive and use private donations for carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Designates the week of September 21 through September 27, 1986, as Emergency Medical Services Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1986
Designates December 7, 1986, the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
General Aviation Tort Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to provide uniform rules for negligence and products liability claims arising from general aviation accidents. Allows any person claiming damages from such an accident to bring a products liability action against the general aviation manufacturer if: (1) the product was defective when it left the control of the manufacturer; (2) the defective condition was the proximate cause of the harm; (3) the condition would not have been corrected by actions described in directives issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or the manufacturer; and (4) the aircraft was being used for a purpose and in a manner for which it was manufactured. Provides an alternative method to establish manufacturer liability where the manufacturer failed to provide reasonable warnings (unless such warnings would not have affected the conduct of the product user). Provides a third method to establish manufacturer liability where: (1) the manufacturer made an express warranty with respect to the product; (2) the warranty related to that aspect of the product which caused the harm; (3) the product failed to conform to the warranty; and (4) such failure was the proximate cause of the harm. States that all actions for damages arising from a general aviation accident shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Provides that defendants in such actions are severally but not jointly liable for damages (except that manufacturers of airframes and systems or components of aircraft may be jointly and severally liable under certain circumstances). Provides a 12-year limitation on liability of manufacturers. States that express warranties running for a longer period of time and the duty to provide additional warnings shall not be affected by such limitations. Allows awards of punitive damages. Prescribes a statute of limitations for such actions. Preempts State laws to the extent that this Act establishes applicable rules or procedures. Grants Federal district courts (concurrently with State courts) original jurisdiction (without regard to the amount in controversy) in all civil actions for damages arising out of a general aviation accident. Allows the removal of State actions to an appropriate Federal district court by any defendant. Prescribes venue restrictions. Expresses the intent of the Congress that orders to pay reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, be enforced.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the pensions received by retired judges who are assigned to active duty shall not be treated as wages for purposes of title II.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Mary Lasker in recognition of her humanitarian contributions in medical research and education, urban beautification, and the fine arts. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1986
Designates the month of November 1986 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1986
Designates the week of September 7 through September 13, 1986, as National Independent Retail Grocer Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1986
Designates February 28, 1986, as National TRIO Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1986
Designates the week of May 11 through May 17, 1986, as National Osteoporosis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Michael J. Smith, Francis R. Scobee, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, and Judith A. Resnik, all of whom died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1986
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt cost-of-living increases in Federal civil service retirement and disability programs, military retirement benefits, and certain railroad retirement benefits from reduction under the President's sequestration order.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1986
Authorizes the L-5 Society to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor America's astronauts, especially those astronauts who gave their lives in pursuit of knowledge for all mankind. Requires the L-5 Society to select, subject to the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, the site, design, and plans for the memorial. Terminates the authority to establish the memorial if its construction is not begun within five years with non-Federal funds sufficient to ensure its completion.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1986
Designates January 28 of each year as National Teacher Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1986
Prohibits any benefits payable from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, including cost-of-living increases, during calendar year 1987 from being subject to reduction or suspension by statute or presidential order.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1986
Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act of 1986 - Title I: Federal Employees Health Benefits - Changes from "employees" to "enrollees" those persons eligible for rebates from amounts held in contingency reserves under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Fund. Eliminates the requirement of three medical specialties for group-practice prepayment plans. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to waive certain health benefit plan election coverage requirements for individuals who fail to satisfy such requirements due to exceptional circumstances. Directs OPM to provide a three-week period during which enrollees in health benefits plans may change or cancel their enrollments before any contract term in which the rates or benefits of a plan will change, a new plan will be offered, or an existing plan will be terminated. Authorizes an enrollee to transfer such enrollment at other times and under conditions as prescribed by OPM. Amends current law relating to the Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan to establish contracting authority for clinical social workers. Authorizes Federal health plans to require a referral by a psychiatrist as a condition for reimbursement of clinical social workers. Prohibits such plans from requiring that services be performed under the supervision of a psychiatrist or other health practitioner. Reinstates contracting authority under the plan for health services for medically underserved populations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Federal health plan participants should receive adequate insurance coverage for treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, and drug addiction; and (2) the OPM should encourage participating plans to provide adequate benefits relating to such illnesses. Directs OPM to study and report to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and the Senate Committee on Government Affairs before April 1, 1986, on extending contracting authority under the Federal Health Benefit Plan to health practitioners not currently covered (such as nurse-midwives, nurse practitioners, chiropractors, and clinical social workers). Directs OPM to report, by June 1, 1986, to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on the adequacy of current sources in assisting individuals in making an informed choice for a health plan. Requires the Director of OPM, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to conduct at least one demonstration project to determine the most effective (including cost-effective) means of: (1) furnishing health protection, health promotion, disease prevention, and secondary prevention services to Federal employees; (2) encouraging employees to adopt good health habits; (3) reducing health risks and medical expenses; (4) enhancing employee productivity and reducing Federal health-related liability through an occupational health program; and (5) training employees to provide certain health services and utilizing such employees through interagency agreements. Requires such project to determine the cost effectiveness of organizational structures and of social and educational programs which may be useful to achieve the objectives of such project. Sets forth administrative requirements for such project and requires a report to the Congress 60 days after its termination. Authorizes OPM to approve mixed model prepayment plans, which are combinations of group-practice and individual-practice health plans. Requires that amounts refunded during FY 1986 and 1987 to the Employees Health Benefits Fund be used solely to pay the Government contribution for annuitants enrolled in health benefits plans. Title II: Civil Service Spouse and Former Spouse Equity Improvements - Amends the Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984 to make technical and clarifying changes with respect to the applicability of survivor benefits. Directs the OPM to prescribe regulations under which an employee or Member may designate a portion of such employee's annuity to be used as the base for the survivor annuity for a former spouse. Makes technical and clarifying amendments regarding annuities for former spouses. Title III: Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments - Authorizes OPM to incur reception and representation expenses subject to limitations prescribed by law. Exempts from notice requirements certain routine pay matters. Includes in pre-departure allowances for employees in a foreign area the costs incurred in U.S. territories or possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or areas available to the United States in the Republic of Panama. Authorizes routine dental care at Naval hospitals and dispensaries to Federal employees and their dependents, and Federal contractors and their dependents, outside the continental limits of the United States under specified circumstances. Repeals provisions relating to a minimum annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System. Declares that certain retirees who have received erroneous overpayments before enactment of this Act shall be deemed entitled to such overpayments. Provides for a lump-sum payment to certain retirees as an adjustment for certain reductions. Extends Government benefits regarding rates of pay on changes of position, annual leave, and reductions-in-force to former employees of county committees established under the soil conservation program. (Currently, such benefits are extended only to the former committee employees who are also employees of the Department of Agriculture.) Grants Federal retirees an 18-month period after their retirement date to elect a survivor annuity for their spouses or to increase such annuity. Declares such election ineffective unless the necessary amount to cover such election is deposited in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund prior to the expiration of the 18-month period. Declares that a survivor annuity election made under the provisions of this Act voids any such previous election. Directs OPM to annually inform each employee and Member of his or her right of election, including applicable procedures and deadlines.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1986
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt cost-of-living increases in Federal retirement and disability programs from reduction under the President's sequestration order for FY 1986. Provides for reducing the outlays of each agency to offset the increased costs.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1986
Designates the week beginning on April 20, 1986, as National Reading is Fun Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1986
Amends a specified Act of October 22, 1982, to add three surplus vessels to the list of vessels to be set aside by the Secretary of Transportation for the use of LIFE International (a nonprofit corporation) to provide health education and care, technical assistance, and humanitarian services in developing countries. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Transportation for such purpose, if certain conditions regarding such vessels are met. Extends the expiration date of the Act until September 30, 1990 (Currently, October 22, 1987).
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1986
Expresses disapproval of the refusal of the U.S.S.R. to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics. Designates the 14th day of June 1986 as Baltic Freedom Day. Authorizes and requests the President to submit the issue of Baltic self-determination to the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Designates the week beginning on March 2, 1986, as Women's History Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1986
Amends Federal law relating to the transportation of military personnel and supplies to prohibit the use of an aircraft chartered by the Department of Defense (DOD) for transporting members of the armed forces unless an inspection of the aircraft and check of its operators has taken place within 48 hours prior to its flight. Requires the Secretary of Defense to receive a report on each inspection performed by Federal Aviation Administration personnel on aircraft used by a firm that contracts with DOD to provide transportation for members by charter. Requires the Secretary to exclude from contracting with DOD firms found to be using unsafe aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1986
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt for FY 1986 and partially exempt for FY 1987 through 1991 certain portions of cost-of-living increases in Federal retirement and disability programs from reduction under the President's sequestration order.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1986
Directs the President to convene a domestic economic summit conference concerning the economic situation created by large Federal deficits. Requires the conference to report to the Congress a comprehensive plan to reduce projected deficits.