United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are not greater than total receipts. Permits the Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote. Requires the President and the Congress to ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in such statement. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the increase in national income in the last calendar year, unless a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts is enacted. Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed statement of receipts and outlays for that year consistent with the provisions of this article. Permits the Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing, and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States, except those for repayment of debt principal. Declares that the amount of Federal public debt as of the first day of the second fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this article shall become the permanent debt limit. Prohibits any increase in such limit unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House of the Congress pass a bill approving such increase and such bill becomes law.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Establishes the Joint Committee on Intelligence. Declares that such committee has exclusive legislative jurisdiction with respect to any intelligence activity of the Federal Government and authorizations for appropriations for specified agencies and intelligence-related activities. Directs the joint committee to classify its information and records and to establish guidelines for their maintenance, use, and availability. Sets forth procedures for the disclosure of such information. Directs the joint committee to establish and carry out rules and procedures necessary to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information. Makes conforming amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 and the Rules of the House of Representatives, including abolishing the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from testing or deploying an antiballistic missile system which is sea based, air based, space based, or mobile land based unless the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has tested or deployed such a system.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the President an item veto of appropriations bills. Requires the President, in signing such a bill, to designate the provisions disapproved and return the bill to the House in which it originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceedings as other bills disapproved by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Amends rule XV of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the House from passing or adopting any bill or joint resolution making appropriations or providing revenue except by a rollcall vote.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
States that the Congress: (1) commends the Czechoslovak human rights organization Charter 77, on the tenth anniversary of its establishment of the aims of the Helsinki Final Act; (2) calls upon the Government of Czechoslovakia to cease its persecution of those involved in Charter 77 and other human rights activities; and (3) commends the U.S. representatives to the Vienna Review Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe for raising the persecution issue with Czechoslovakian representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Declares that the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services should immediately study and report to the Congress on ways to correct the benefit disparity caused by the 1977 changes in the social security benefit formula.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should approve the emigration applications of Abe Stolar, his wife, Gita, their son, Michael, his wife, Julia, and Michael and Julia's daughter, Sara.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President's FY 1988 budget request for activities related to acquired immune deficiency syndrome should not be reduced.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the rate reductions contained in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 for the years 1987, 1988, and thereafter should take effect as scheduled in such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1986
Amends the Reclamation Projects Act of 1939 to require the Secretary of the Interior to charge full cost for the delivery of water used in the production of any surplus agricultural commodity.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business once every four years to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the Conferences. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such Conferences. Requires a final report of the Conference, within six months from the date a Conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Declares that the Congress: (1) calls upon the Soviet Union to cease interference with radio broadcasting, particularly the Voice of America; (2) urges the President to enter into discussions with the Soviet Union with respect to such interference; and (3) calls upon the people of the world to lend their support in this effort.
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1986
Requests the entertainment industry to: (1) refrain from producing material which glamorizes or encourages the use of illegal drugs; and (2) develop material which encourages the rejection of illegal drug usage.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Declares that each standing committee of the House of Representatives may, not later than September 12, 1986, submit to the House Budget Committee alternatives to the joint report of the Directors of the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), insofar as such order affects laws within the jurisdiction of the committee. Requires the Budget Committee, not later than September 19, 1986, to report a resolution containing instructions to committees sufficient to achieve the total level of deficit reduction contained in the Director's report for FY 1987. Provides that such instructions shall require that each committee (and each subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations) achieve the same level of deficit reduction with respect to programs under its jurisdiction as would have been saved under the Director's report. Requires committees to submit recommendations to the Budget Committee by September 26, 1986, sufficient to meet deficit reductions. Requires the Budget Committee to promptly report a reconciliation bill carrying out such recommendations. Authorizes the Budget Committee to include legislative language within the jurisdiction of any noncomplying committee. Requires such reconciliation bill to include a provision which states that if it is enacted on or before October 15, 1986, then the President's sequestration order for FY 1987 is null and void. Establishes procedures for floor consideration of such reconciliation bill, including limitation on debates and amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman- Hollings Act) to revise sequestration procedures. Directs the Comptroller General to submit the General Accounting Office's (GAO) initial and revised sequestration reports for a fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). (Current law requires such reports to be submitted to the President.) Requires the Director to issue to the President and the Congress: (1) by September 1 preceding the fiscal year, an initial sequestration report based on the initial GAO report, providing the same items of information and explaining any differences in such reports; and (2) by October 15, a revised version as necessary in light of the revised GAO report. Requires the President to issue any necessary initial sequestration order on September 3 (currently, September 1) and the final order on October 17 (currently, October 15). Requires the President's initial and final orders to be in accordance with the initial and revised OMB (currently, GAO) reports. Terminates procedures providing for sequestration from national defense accounts through the termination or modification of existing contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1986
Federal Hospital System Sharing Act of 1986 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to allow, under a health care sharing agreement, an individual who is eligible to receive direct health care in a facility of one agency (either the Veterans Administration or the Department of Defense) to be furnished such care at the facility of the other agency. Revises the definition of the term "beneficiary" for purposes of eligibility for such benefits.
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
Defense Select Consolidations Act of 1986 - Title I: Consolidation and Administration of Depot Level Maintenance - Defines "depot level maintenance facility" as a Department of Defense (DOD) facility in which certain maintenance functions are performed and for which there is an extensive capital investment for the performance of such functions. Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to designate a single manager in DOD to be responsible for the administration of depot level maintenance facilities. Requires the manager, no later than two years after the enactment of this Act, to develop and implement a plan for the consolidation of: (1) depot level maintenance facilities; and (2) the performance of management functions related to such facilities. Requires such plans to be submitted to both the Secretary of Defense and the Inspector General of DOD. Requires the Inspector General to review such plan and make appropriate comments and recommendations to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, no later than 90 days before the implementation of the plan commences, to submit the plan, together with the Inspector General's comments, to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Outlines the management functions and control to be exercised by the manager. Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to consult with and make budget requests through the manager for the performance of depot level maintenance functions. Title II: Consolidation of Wholesale Depot Facilities - Defines "wholesale depot facility" as a DOD facility that receives, stores, and issues bulk quantities of materials to the ultimate user of the material. Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to designate a single manager in DOD to be responsible for the administration and operation of wholesale depot facilities. Requires the manager, no later than two years after the enactment of this Act, to develop and implement a plan for the consolidation of: (1) wholesale depot facilities; and (2) the performance of management functions related to such facilities. Requires such plan to be submitted to both the Secretary of Defense and the Inspector General of DOD. Requires the Inspector General to review such plan and make appropriate comments and recommendations to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, no later than 90 days before the implementation of the plan commences, to submit the plan, together with the Inspector General's comments, to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Title III: Consolidation of Base Support Operations - Defines "base support operations" as various services provided in connection with military bases and installations. Directs the military departments to participate in the Defense Retail Interservice Support Program of the Department of Defense (the Program). Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) encourage consolidation of base support operations under the Program in all geographic areas in which there are two or more military installations located within 50 miles of each other; (2) utilize the Program to develop other specified consolidation of base support operations; and (3) submit to the Congress each year, at the same time the President's budget is submitted, the cost of base support operations performed under contract and a summary of planned actions to consolidate and reduce the cost of such operations. Title IV: Unification of Traffic Management - Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than one year after the enactment of this Act, to establish a unified traffic management command to assume all traffic management functions assigned to the Military Traffic Command, the Military Sealift Command, and the Military Airlift Command. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to develop and transmit to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a plan to establish the unified traffic management command. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983 which prohibits the consolidation of the military transportation commands.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Omnibus Family Decency Protection Act of 1986 - Title I: Criminal Penalties and Related Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for the distribution of obscene matter. Subjects such obscene material, and any property derived from such material, to forfeiture. Permits the Postal Service to carry out such forfeitures if the violation involves the mails. Provides criminal penalties for obscene television broadcasts. Requires any person who produces, distributes, or sells any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct to maintain records containing proof of ages of the persons depicted. Provides criminal penalties for violations of such recordkeeping requirements. Provides criminal penalties for producing a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct using performers between the ages of 18 and 21. Provides criminal penalties for using a computer network to exchange information concerning visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide criminal penalties for making an obscene or indecent communication for commercial purposes to any person without his or her consent. (Current law provides such criminal penalties if made to minors without their consent.) Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make the employment of any person to participate in a commercial sexual performance an unfair labor practice. Amends the Mann Act to make certain offenses gender neutral. Title II: Children's Justice Provisions - Children's Justice Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to assist in developing, establishing, operating, or implementing programs for: (1) handling child abuse cases; and (2) improving procedures for protecting children from abuse. Requires each State requesting such a grant to establish a multidisciplinary task force on children's justice. Lists certain procedures a State might implement to: (1) reduce trauma to the child victim in child abuse cases; (2) improve the chances of suscessfully prosecuting child abuse cases; and (3) protect children from abuse. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prepare a summary of the approaches to improve the investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse cases in a manner which reduces the trauma to the child victim; (2) develop model training materials to ensure that law enforcement, legal, judicial, and child welfare personnel are trained to deal with child sexual abuse victims; and (3) support research projects to assist in identifying effective approaches to achieving the objectives of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1988. Requires the Attorney General, the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and of Education, and other department and agency heads designated by the President to meet every six months to coordinate Federal programs dealing with child abuse. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress annually on such activities. Directs the Attorney General to modify the classification systems used by the National Crime Information Center, the Identification System used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Uniform Crime Reporting System, 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 child. Amends the Public Health Service Act regarding the confidentiality of certain alcohol and drug abuse treatment records to state that such confidentiality requirements do not supersede State or local requirements for the reporting of incidents of suspected child abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Federal Health Care Auditing and Quality Control Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1967 to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to test and measure the cost effectiveness of having audits and medical reviews under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act performed by contractors other than the fiscal intermediaries and carriers which process claims under the Medicare program. Requires the Secretary, within one year of this Act's enactment, to recommend to the Congress the optimum level and type of Medicare audit expenditures. Directs the Secretary to review the quality control program under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act and, within one year of this Act's enactment, develop procedures and guidelines for such program which require States to implement corrective action plans and management information systems to prevent errors in the provision of services.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Federal Performance of Commercial Activities Improvement Act of 1986 - Requires Federal agencies to procure supplies and services from private sector sources, unless: (1) the supplies or services are required to be provided by an agency under a law which specifically supersedes this Act; (2) the provision of such supplies or services is a government function; or (3) the head of an agency certifies to the Congress that the Government should provide such supplies or services in the interest of national security or cost effectiveness. Requires agencies to report to the Congress annually on cost savings resulting from provisions of this Act. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to report to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act on: (1) the implementation of such Act identifying cases where agencies can be, cannot be, or are engaged in the procurement of services from the private sector; and (2) a five-year schedule for the completion of required cost comparisons between private sector sources and agency sources. Requires the Director annually to review agency compliance under such schedule and report results to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Defense Transportation Bill Audit Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends Federal law relating to claims against the Government to require the Administrator of General Services to delegate to the Secretary of Defense the authority to audit bills for the transportation of individuals and property of the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary of Defense, whenever practicable and economically desirable, to enter into contracts with private firms for the auditing of such transportation bills.
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
Defense Technology Data Exchange Improvement Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to promote, monitor, and evaluate programs for the communication and exchange of technological data among all Department of Defense research facilities and other Departmental components. Directs the Secretary to take other specified actions to ensure the efficient operation of various defense research facilities within the Department of Defense and to promote increased consideration of technological issues early in the defense systems development process. Directs the Secretary, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to submit a written report to the Congress concerning actions taken to implement this Act and to improve the management and utilization of defense research facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Defense Industrial Reserve Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Defense Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 to direct the Secretary of Defense to transfer excess industrial property from the Defense Industrial Reserve to other Government agencies, with reimbursement from such agencies for the use of such property. Directs the Secretary to prescribe general policies and fee schedules for reimbursement of the Department of Defense by Government agencies for the use of such defense industrial reserve equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Paralegal Coordination and Activities Act of 1986 - Establishes within the Department of Justice an Office of Paralegal Coordination and Activities to: (1) coordinate efforts to increase utilization of paralegals; (2) coordinate paralegal training programs within the Department; and (3) study the possibility of increasing the use of paralegals within the Department. Requires the Office to report to the Congress and the President on: (1) the current utilization of paralegals; (2) the nonlitigative functions and responsibilities which could be performed by trained paralegals; (3) an evaluation of the optimal ratio of paralegals to attorneys; and (4) an evaluation of the benefits and problems associated with the current methods used to fill paralegal positions within the Department.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Tax Collection and Enforcement Improvement Act of 1986 - Title I: Collections and Enforcement Staff Enhancement - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, within five fiscal years of the enactment of this Act, to reduce the level of delinquent debt by at least $5,000,000, through the strengthening of the collection activities of the Internal Revenue Service. Requires the Secretary to increase the collection staff by 1,500 employees in FY 1987. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, to submit a plan to the Congress to reduce the growth of backlogged collections and increase collection of taxes. Provides that the plan is to detail the allocation of staff in all aspects of the collection process, based on projected workload and to include an estimate of future staffing needs. Authorizes appropriations to the Internal Revenue Service as necessary to carry out these requirements. Directs the Secretary to increase by 1,000 in FY 1987 the Internal Revenue Service staff allocated to the information returns (document matching) program. Requires the Secretary to submit, within 180 days, a plan to strengthen the Information Returns Program, which shall include an estimate of staffing needs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the program to strengthen the Information Returns Program. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to increase by 2,500 the Internal Revenue Service staff positions in the tax return examination and enforcement function area in each of FY 1987, 1988, and 1989. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days of enactment, to submit a plan to increase the number of returns audited to at least two percent and to raise taxpayer compliance to 90 percent within the next five years. Provides that the plan shall recommend any additional staffing needs. Requires the Secretary, within 60 days after the end of FY 1987, and each year following, to submit a report to the Congress on the status of tax collections and the level of delinquent debt. Title II: Improvement of Collection Practices - Requires the Secretary to classify all delinquent accounts based on stage of collection, value, type of taxpayer, type of tax, source of delinquency, taxpayer collection history, and other such criteria as the Secretary deems necessary to better provide the Internal Revenue Service with information with which to manage the collection process. Requires levy source information to be included with closing agreements or any such document that concludes an examination where the entire tax is not paid. Authorizes the Secretary to use electronic funds transfers or payroll deductions to collect taxes when payments under installment agreements are delinquent. Title III: Collection of Alcoholic Occupational Tax - Prohibits wholesale dealers in beer, wine, and distilled spirits from selling beer, wine, and distilled spirits to any retail dealer unless that retailer has paid the alcoholic occupational tax. Requires each wholesaler to keep records of the retailer's compliance with the alcoholic occupational tax. Requires the Secretary to match information on income tax returns to identify noncompliant retailers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Housing Eligibility Verification Improvement Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in order to strengthen eligibility verification and the proper determination of benefits for housing programs, to: (1) require an applicant or participant to disclose his or her social security or employee identification number; and (2) obtain access to wage and other information from State employment records maintained under the Social Security Act.
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 · 11 June 1986
Education for Economic Security Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to replace the current title II, Education for Economic Security program, with a new title II, Teacher Training and Improvement Program. Provides that such title may be cited as the "Teacher Training and Improvement Act." Authorizes appropriations to carry out such program for FY 1987 through 1991. Provides for allotment of funds to States for State and local projects, and for reservations of funds for national programs, Department of the Interior schools for Indian children, and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires that funds for State and local projects be used for: (1) inservice education for teachers to improve subject matter and teaching skills, including those needed to maintain an orderly classroom environment; (2) inservice education for school administrators to improve leadership skills, including those needed to maintain an orderly school environment; (3) retraining teachers who wish to teach different subjects; (4) support, including scholarships and internships, for qualified persons in other professions who wish to become teachers or school administrators; (5) improved preservice education of teachers and school administrators; (6) improved teacher education programs; (7) recognition of excellent performance by teachers or school administrators by awarding fellowships for further study or research and writing opportunities; (8) personnel exchange programs between education and other fields; and (9) other activities consistent with the purposes of this Act. Sets forth requirements for equitable program participation by private nonprofit school teachers and administrators. Sets forth provisions for national programs, including: (1) summer institutes and centers; (2) scholarships and fellowships; (3) exchange programs; (4) awards for development and testing of teacher education programs; (5) presidential teacher internships; (6) awards for individual research projects; (7) information collection and dissemination; (8) research on teaching and improving preservice and inservice education; and (9) developing model programs for providing skills to maintain an orderly classroom environment. Provides that Federal funds to State or local educational agencies under this Act must be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds. Bars use of Federal funds under this Act to benefit teachers or school administrators in private, for-profit schools. Repeals provisions of the Education Amendments of 1978 relating to territorial teacher training assistance. Repeals the Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984.
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 · 3 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that State and local governments and local educational agencies should require quality daily physical education programs for all children from kindergarten through grade 12.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986
Requests the President to establish a cooperative international research program concerning the greenhouse effect of increased concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Requires any such program established by the President to be started during or before 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Provides that employee benefit plans required to be amended to meet the requirements of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, the Tax Reform Act of 1984, and the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 shall be granted additional time to comply with requirements imposed by such legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986
Omnibus Debt Collection and Credit Management Act of 1986 - Title I: Establishment of Treasury Department Oversight - Requires the appointment of an Under Secretary of the Treasury for Debt Collection and Credit Management to: (1) supervise the development of, approve, and review the debt collection and credit management system of each Federal agency; (2) evaluate the effectiveness and value of disposing of the Government's loan and delinquent debt portfolio to private sources; (3) require each Federal agency to submit records on its debt status and collection efforts; and (4) provide an annual summary of the activities conducted under this Act to specified congressional committees. Requires the head of each Federal agency to submit for the Under Secretary's approval a comprehensive debt collection and credit management plan. Lists the contents of such a plan, including requirements for: (1) procedures for screening credit applicants; (2) loan origination and application fees to defray costs; and (3) payment schedules comparable to schedules used in private credit transactions. Title II: Improved Debt Collection Practices - Requires each executive and legislative agency to enter into a contract for the collection of indebtedness owed the United States that is delinquent by more than three months. Requires the contractor to report on its debt collection of indebtedness owed the United States that is delinquent by more than three months. Requires the contractor to report on its debt collection efforts at least biannually. Directs an agency to sell such debts which have not been collected within one year after being referred to a contractor, unless: (1) the contractor certifies that the debt is about to be collected; or (2) litigation to collect the debt has been initiated and not concluded. Requires an agency to disclose to consumer reporting agencies information concerning any debt exceeding $100 which is delinquent by more than 31 days. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require (current law authorizes) the Secretary of the Treasury, upon written request, to disclose the address of a taxpayer for use by a Federal agency in collecting a debt owed the Government. Authorizes the U.S. Attorney General to make contracts retaining private counsel to furnish legal services in U.S. debt collection cases. Directs the Attorney General to obtain at least four such contracts with private individuals or firms in each district in which such a contract is made. Lists contract provision requirements. Authorizes executive and legislative agencies to refer debt claims to such counsel who shall be considered to be a debt collector under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Provides that no counterclaim filed in any debt collection action brought on behalf of the United States by such counsel who shall be considered to be a counterclaim filed in any debt collection action brought on behalf of the United States by such counsel shall be valid unless served directly on the U.S. Attorney General or the U.S. attorney for the appropriate judicial district. Requires each executive agency, in accordance with standards prescribed by the Attorney General, to establish a unit for the conduct of litigation to collect delinquent debts owed to the United States. Directs the Attorney General to report to the Under Secretary quarterly on the status of litigation conducted by such units. Provides that no State law setting an earlier deadline than Federal law shall apply to the time limitation for filing suit for collection of a debt owed to the United States. Prohibits any legislative or executive agency from providing any Government funds to any person identified to be delinquent in the payment of the debt to the United States, unless: (1) the person demonstrates that the debt is no longer delinquent; or (2) satisfactory arrangements for payment of the debt have been made. Prohibits any court from granting any injunction against the collection of a debt owed to the United States pending final judgment on any review of such collection. Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) audit and report to each House of the Congress on the implementation of this title by executive and legislative agencies; and (2) report to each House annually on the status of debts owed to the United States. Title III: Budgetary Incentives for Improved Debt Collection and Credit Management - Expresses the intent and commitment of the Congress to promote implementation of this Act by: (1) conducting annual oversight hearings on such implementation and on the Under Secretary's report on activities under this Act; (2) permitting funds collected on delinquent debt as a result of such implementation to be returned to the program from which they are derived or used to offset reductions under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act); (3) requiring that each direct and guaranteed loan program obtain ten percent of its budget authority from debt collection; and (4) requiring each Federal agency to submit a report on such implementation with its annual appropriations request.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that a Children's Challenge Center for Space Science should be established in conjunction with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the Johnson Space Center as a memorial to the seven Challenger astronauts and others who gave their lives exploring space.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986
Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act (the Act) to add to the statement of policy the declaration that, regardless of the method of instruction, programs which serve children of limited English proficiency have the equally important goals of developing both academic achievement and English proficiency. Removes a requirement that the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) reserve limited portions of funds under the Act for special alternative instructional programs and related activities. Removes a requirement that the Secretary reserve at least 75 percent of funds under part A (Financial Assistance for Bilingual Education Programs) of the Act for transitional bilingual education programs.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Establishes the Insurance Availability Crisis Commission of 1986 to: (1) coordinate the intergovernmental examination of the tort law system and its relationship with insurance availability and cost; (2) bring representatives of industry, government, and consumers together to perform an examination of the issue of insurance availability; (3) make recommendations for reform of the tort system and insurance industry practices; and (4) raise funds to cover the costs of the Commission's activities. Directs the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the President, the Congress, and the executive officer of each State. Provides for the Commission's termination upon the transmission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1986
Non-Smokers' Protection Act of 1986 - Establishes the policy of the United States to provide an environment free from tobacco smoke to the maximum extent practicable in Government buildings. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Surgeon General, to promulgate regulations to carry out such policy. Requires such regulations, at a minimum, to provide that smoking be prohibited in buildings or building sections occupied by the Government. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt certain limited areas from such restriction and grants precedence to the rights of nonsmokers in any dispute. Requires the posting of signs where smoking is permitted in a building. Directs the Secretary to solicit comments from labor organizations prior to promulgating regulations. Prohibits such regulations from superseding those that provide more stringent restrictions on smoking. Declares that nothing in this Act prevents more stringent regulations from being promulgated.
![Official portrait of Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13]](https://www.congress.gov/img/member/7663b8ba61b7443f47452bfc59ff1299_200.jpg)