United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1986
Anti-Apartheid Petroleum Sanctions Act - Provides for divestiture of U.S. investments in the oil industry in South Africa and for a ban on oil exports to South Africa unless the following conditions are met within 12-months of enactment of this Act: (1) certification by the President to the Congress that South Africa has freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system or has totally dismantled apartheid; and (2) enactment of a joint resolution approving such certification. Provides for expedited consideration of such joint resolution. Requires the divestiture of U.S. investments in the oil industry in South Africa to be effective six months after such 12-month period. Makes the prohibition on U.S. exports of oil to South Africa effective at the end of such 12-month period. Prohibits any Federal agency from issuing a lease or permit for the exploration, development, or production of coal, gas, or oil to anyone who violates the divestiture provision or the export prohibition of this Act. Provides for enforcement of this Act. Sets forth additional penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1986
Declares that the House of Representatives joins Lorain, Ohio, in commemorating the deaths of Captain Fernando Ribas-Dominicci and Captain Paul F. Lorence during the April 15, 1986, air raid on Libya.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of FY 1986 and 1987 Department of Defense funds for the procurement or production of binary chemical weapons. Expresses the support of the Congress for necessary research and development to assure an adequate chemical weapons deterrent policy. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should seek the cooperation of the Soviet Union in achieving a mutual and verifiable ban on the use, production, and stockpiling of lethal chemical weapons; (2) the Secretary of Defense should improve the capabilities of U.S. armed forces to detect, and protect themselves against, the use of lethal chemical weapons; and (3) such weapons must be stockpiled and available in those areas of Europe where chemical attacks would most likely occur. Provides that the Congress will consider the repeal of its prohibition against chemical weapons funding if members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) accept the peacetime deployment of chemical weapons in their territory.
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 · 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
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 · 5 June 1986
Requires the President, by the later of 60 days after enactment of this Act or August 1, 1986, to report to the Congress on: (1) the status of implementation of the recommendations of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness; and (2) future plans for implementation of such recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1986
Declares that: (1) the U.S. people should honor, on the 10th anniversary of the Soweto demonstration, the memory of the children of Soweto who sacrificed their lives in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa; and (2) the House of Representatives is concerned about the continued acts of oppression by the South African Government against black South Africans.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1986
Limits the obligation of funds for the deployment and maintenance of launchers for U.S. nuclear weapons. Waives such limitations if: (1) the President so requests in writing to the Congress, citing national security reasons for such waiver; and (2) each House of the Congress votes to authorize such waiver by bill or joint resolution within 60 days.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 - Prohibits U.S. persons from: (1) making loans to South Africa or any organization owned or controlled by South Africa; (2) making any investment in South Africa; (3) contributing technology or technological services to the exploration for, or the research, development, or production of, energy sources in or for South Africa; or (4) making deposits in a foreign bank which is organized under South African law or owned or controlled by South Africans or a branch bank located in South Africa. Prohibits foreign banks organized under South African law or owned or controlled by South Africans from establishing or operating branches in the United States. Excludes from such prohibitions those loans, investments, and technology contracts entered into before May 21, 1986. Prohibits importing uranium ore, uranium oxide, coal, and steel from South Africa. Prohibits: (1) U.S. persons from making or holding any investment in South Africa in a business that sells computers, computer software, or computer services; and (2) exporting computers, computer software, or computer services to South Africa. Provides that such computer investment and export prohibitions shall not apply if, within 12 months of enactment of this Act: (1) the President certifies to the Congress that South Africa has freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system or has totally dismantled the apartheid system; and (2) a joint resolution is enacted approving such certification. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Authorizes using additional funds for aid for South Africa under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962. Earmarks such funds for refugee assistance programs and community development projects. Requires the President to give quarterly reports to specified congressional committees on the assistance provided with such funds. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the takeoff and landing in the United States of aircraft owned by South Africa or South African nationals except in emergencies. Provides for the enforcement of this Act and for penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the President to try, through negotiations, to persuade other countries to adopt restrictions on activities with respect to South Africa consistent with this Act. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the status of such negotiations. Sets forth information to be included in such reports. Requires the President, during June of 1988, to report to the Congress on whether South Africa has: (1) freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system; or (2) has totally dismantled the apartheid system. Requires the President, if such conditions have not been met, to include in such report recommendations on whether U.S. persons should be required to divest themselves of their South African investments. Terminates all the provisions of this Act upon enactment of a joint resolution approving a presidential determination that such conditions have been met.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1986
Sets forth the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1987 and the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1988 and 1989. Specifies levels and amounts of Federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, and deficits for FY 1987 through 1989 for purposes of determining whether the maximum deficit amounts set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) have been exceeded. Recommends levels of Federal revenues of $643,850,000,000 for FY 1987, $700,550,000,000 for FY 1988, and $750,750,000,000 for FY 1989. Sets the amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $10,700,000,000 for FY 1987, $17,400,000,000 for FY 1988, and $17,700,000,000 for FY 1988 and the portions of such amounts to be used to reduce the deficits below the maximum deficit amounts at $4,700,000,000 for FY 1987, $11,200,000,000 for FY 1988, and $10,500,000,000 for FY 1989. Designates the following amounts of Federal revenues for Federal Insurance Contributions Act revenues: (1) $55,700,000,000 for FY 1987; (2) $60,150,000,000 for FY 1988; and (3) $64,250,000,000 for FY 1989. Sets the appropriate levels of total new budget authority at $873,000,000,000 for FY 1987, $918,950,000,000 for FY 1988, and $944,050,000,000 for FY 1989. States that the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are $798,200,000,000 for FY 1987, $840,150,000,000 for FY 1988, and $857,650,000,000 for FY 1989. Sets the amounts of the deficits in the budget which are appropriate in light of economic conditions and all other relevant factors at $154,350,000,000 for FY 1987, $139,600,000,000 for FY 1988, and $106,900,000,000 for FY 1989. States that appropriate levels of the public debt are $2,319,600,000,000 for FY 1987. $2,516,900,000,000 for FY 1988, and $2,685,100,000,000 for FY 1989. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity as follows: (1) $34,250,000,000 for new direct loan obligations and $85,400,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1987; (2) $32,250,000,000 for new direct loan obligations and $87,300,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1988; and (3) $30,600,000,000 for new direct loan obligations and $87,650,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1989. Sets forth the levels of budget authority, budget outlays, new direct loan obligations, and new primary loan guarantee commitments for each major functional category for FY 1987 through 1989. Requires certain congressional committees to report changes in laws within their jurisdictions sufficient to reduce or achieve savings in budget authority and outlays, reduce direct loan obligations, reduce primary loan guarantees, or increase primary loan guarantees by certain amounts, as specified, in FY 1987 through 1989. Requires the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance to report changes sufficient to reduce the budget deficit by $4,200,000,000 in FY 1987, $3,695,000,000 in FY 1988, and $3,740,000,000 in FY 1989. Directs all such committees, by June 5, 1986, to submit their recommendations to the Committees on the Budget of their respective Houses. Directs the Budget Committees to report a reconciliation bill or resolution carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision. Requires revenues increased through legislative action above specified amounts in FY 1987 through 1989 to be: (1) used solely to reduce the Federal deficit; (2) set forth separately in the congressional budget; and (3) deposited into a separate account to be established in the Treasury by the President. Directs the President to report to the Congress annually on the financial condition and use of the fund. Reserves from allocation to the Committee on Appropriations a specified amount of the FY 1987 budget authority set forth for National Defense. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate a complete accounting of all moneys appropriated to the Department of Defense for FY 1986 in excess of sums needed to cover inflation. Requires such report to be submitted to the General Accounting Office (GAO) which shall report its findings thereon to the Congress within 14 days. Directs each Budget Committee, within five legislative days after receiving the GAO report, to report to its respective House a revised allocation of new budget authority to the Committee on Appropriations reflecting the full amount of budget authority for National Defense. Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 90 days after the close of FY 1988 and 1989, to issue to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate a report accounting for any moneys appropriated but not obligated during the prior fiscal year to cover inflation. Requires the Committees on Armed Services of the House and Senate to report legislation prohibiting the Department of Defense from using an arbitrary deflator (one not based on historical or factual data) which would provide funding for major weapons systems inflation in excess of the GNP deflator. Provides that: (1) funding for a shuttle orbiter to replace the lost shuttle Challenger would be appropriate if an authorization is enacted, notwithstanding spending levels set forth earlier in this Act; and (2) such spending levels do not preclude funding for an extension of the general revenue sharing program through FY 1989 if an authorization is enacted. Reaffirms congressional policy to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to 750 million barrels. Recommends that the Government purchase oil for the Reserve in a way designed to help domestic stripper oil well producers so as to minimize the shutting-in of stripper production. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal funds for the Cooperative Extension Service should be maintained at a level sufficient to carry out fully the vital services, including specified programs, it is providing to rural America. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the use of foreign aid funds to finance the foreign production for export of agricultural commodities already in surplus on world markets is a counter-productive use of American tax dollars as well as devastating to the American farmer.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Stationary Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to require States to develop and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an emissions limitation compliance schedule for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from fossil-fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units. Requires a two-phase reduction in such emissions, the first to be achieved by 1993, the second by 1997. Requires each State to develop and submit to the Administrator a plan to achieve emissions reductions from other fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units by 1977. Directs the Administrator to conduct and update a comprehensive annual inventory of emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from stationary sources, identifying achievable reductions which could be made by 1997. Requires States to submit to the Administrator for approval a plan for achieving such reductions. Grants States discretion in their choice of compliance measures. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress by July 1, 1993, on phase I reductions and the feasibility of meeting phase II reductions. States that phase II reductions will not take effect if the Congress enacts legislation to that effect. Sets forth emissions rates a State without an approved reductions plan must follow. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a fee on the generation and importation of electric energy between December 31, 1988, and December 31, 1996, to subsidize the interest on qualified pollution control debt incurred by the utility. Establishes civil penalties for fee violations. Establishes in the Treasury the Acid Deposition Control Fund to receive such fees and provide interest subsidy payments for pollution control systems meeting specified standards. Revises the standards for nitrogen oxides emissions for new electric utility steam generating units which burn bituminous or subbituminous coal and for certain fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units. Requires certain smelters to be in compliance with the applicable emissions reduction standard by January 2, 1988, without extension or delay. Title II: Control of Emission from Mobile Sources - Sets oxides of nitrogen emission standards for motor vehicles for model years 1988, 1989, and beyond. Modifies hydrocarbon standards for trucks after model year 1989. Directs the Administrator to regulate sulfur in diesel fuel for 1989 and beyond. Requires either the use of onboard hydrocarbon control technology or the use of gasoline vapor recovery of hydrocarbon emissions emanating from fueling motor vehicles. Title III: International Cooperation - Expresses the concern of the Congress over transboundary pollution between the United States and Mexico and directs the Secretary of State and the Administrator to conclude an agreement within three months of enactment. Requires such an agreement to cover specified copper smelters. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to report to the Congress within six months on negotiating such agreement. Requires EPA to perform atmospheric field experiments to determine the effects of sulfur dioxide emissions, before and after pollution controls, of the Nacozaria smelter, Mexico, on specified western States. Directs the Secretary to establish an international agency, or utilize an existing agency, to report on the effects of transboundary air pollution from copper smelters on public health and welfare in the United States and in Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Designates May 21, 1986, as National Andrei Sakharov Day. Authorizes and requests the President to urge the Soviet Union to permit Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner to freely choose their place of residence.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should examine all available evidence regarding the activities of Kurt Waldheim during the Second World War to determine whether he is ineligible to receive a visa and must be excluded from admission into the United States under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Farm Credit Administration and its associated agencies and institutions should take additional actions to alleviate the agricultural financial situation, including restructuring, rather than foreclosing, loans.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1986
Sets forth the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1987 and the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1988 and 1989. Recommends levels of Federal revenues of $636,100,000,000 for FY 1987, $690,400,000,000 for FY 1988, and $732,500,000,000 for FY 1989. Sets the amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $6,000,000,000 for FY 1987, $5,700,000,000 for FY 1988, and $6,100,000,000 for FY 1989. Sets the appropriate levels of total new budget authority at $887,700,000,000 for FY 1987, $923,100,000,000 for FY 1988, and $954,400,000,000 for FY 1989. States that the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are $795,400,000,000 for FY 1987, $817,100,000,000 for FY 1988, and $843,800,000,000 for FY 1989. Sets the amounts of the deficits in the budget which are appropriate in light of economic conditions and all other relevant factors at $159,300,000,000 for FY 1987, $126,700,000,000 for FY 1988, and $111,300,000,000 for FY 1989. Specifies the appropriate levels of total new budget authority, budget outlays, Federal revenues, and deficits, including receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1989, for purposes of the maximum deficit amount mandated by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 only. States that the appropriate levels of the public debt are $2,317,350,000,000 for FY 1987, $2,506,500,000,000 for FY 1988, and $2,681,900,000,000 for FY 1989. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity as follows: (1) $30,600,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $79,800,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $55,350,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1987; (2) $28,000,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $81,700,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $51,900,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1988; and (3) $24,800,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $83,300,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $52,650,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1989. Sets forth the levels of budget authority, budget outlays, new direct loan obligations, and new loan guarantee commitments for each major functional category for FY 1987 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1986
Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986 - Title I: General Requirements for Parental and Medical Leave - Entitles employees to parental leave for specified periods in cases involving the birth, adoption, or serious health condition of a child. Entitles employees to temporary medical leave for specified periods in cases involving inability to work because of a serious health condition. Sets forth conditions for certification for such types of leave. Provides that such leave may be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave to cover part of such leave period. Sets forth employment and benefits protections relating to such leave. Provides for administrative enforcement of this title by the Secretary of Labor, as well as enforcement by civil action. Sets forth provisions for injunctive relief, monetary relief, and attorneys' fees. Requires employers to post notice of the pertinent provisions of this title. Title II: Parental Leave and Temporary Medical Leave for Civil Service Employees - Amends specified Federal law to entitle civil service employees to parental leave and temporary medical leave for specified periods. Provides that such leave will be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave for part of such leave. Sets forth protection for job position and health insurance benefits of employees using such leave. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for administration of this title which are consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under title I of this Act. Title III: Commission on Paid Parental and Medical Leave - Establishes the Commission on Paid Parental and Medical Leave. Requires the Commission to report on its study of paid parental and medical leave to the Congress within two years after the Commission first meets. Terminates the Commission within 30 days after its final report. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth the effect of this Act on existing laws and existing employment benefits. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations to carry out title I of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1986
Declares that the House of Representatives calls upon the President to urge: (1) Jean-Claude Duvalier to return to the Haitian people the wealth he has taken illegally; and (2) other countries to deny him asylum until he returns such funds.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1986
Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide that any deferral of budget authority proposed by the President shall not take effect unless the Congress, within 45 legislative days after receiving the President's proposal, completes action on a bill making such deferral.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the manufacture and importation of any firearm that is not readily detectable as a firearm by standard airport security equipment and readily identifiable as a firearm. Exempts specified firearms from such manufacturing prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, gold medals to Anatoly and Avital Shcharansky in recognition of their supreme dedication and total commitment to human rights and freedoms. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the design of the medals. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to sell bronze duplicates of the medals.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit exporting any item on the U.S. Munitions List to any country which the Secretary of State determines engages in or provides support or sanctuary for international terrorism. Prohibits exporting to such a country: (1) goods, technology, or other information that could make a significant contribution to the military potential of that country or that could enhance the ability of such country to support international terrorism; and (2) any aircraft. Prohibits rescinding a determination that a country supports international terrorism, unless the Secretary of State, at least 60 days before the rescission would take effect, certifies to the Congress that: (1) the country has not provided support for international terrorism for the preceding 12 months; and (2) the country has made explicit assurances that it will not support international terrorism in the future. Directs the President to try to secure international cooperation in prohibiting such exports to such countries. Directs the Secretary of State, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to compile a list of countries providing support to international terrorism and a list of the goods, technology, and other information which shall not be exported to such countries.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) not provide any new food, development, or other economic assistance for Haiti; (2) suspend trade benefits to Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act; (3) call upon other donor countries to suspend direct assistance, including military assistance; and (4) impose economic sanctions against Haiti (excluding restrictions on U.S. food exports). Declares that all such sanctions should be continued until the Haitian Government takes steps to hold free elections, implement political reforms, establish political parties, and end human rights abuses. States that the United States should provide new food and other economic assistance only if the Haitian Government cooperates to implement such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States, in cooperation with other members of the international donor community, should call upon the Ethiopian Government to recognize that resources donated for famine relief should be used for that purpose and not diverted to resettlement efforts; (2) such forced resettlements by the Ethiopian Government should be halted and monitored by the United Nations (U.N.); (3) the Ethiopian Government should commit sufficient resources to move food and relief goods to meet the needs of its people; and (4) the U.N. should insist on free access to resettlement sites for international observers and the news media and report on conditions in the resettlement camps.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1986
Requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to install a plaque on the first permanent manned space station in honor of the space shuttle Challenger's crew.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should urge the Government of South Africa to indicate its willingness to negotiate with the black majority by: (1) granting unconditional freedom to Nelson Mandela; (2) recognizing the African National Congress; and (3) establishing a framework for political talks.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1986
Procurement Safeguard Act of 1986 - Establishes an alternative procurement protest system under which an interested party can file an action with the board of contract appeals of the General Services Administration, in lieu of the Comptroller General of the General Accounting Office. Authorizes the board to suspend a protested procurement on an interim basis until the board can decide the protest. Specifies procedures and standards in protest proceedings. Directs the board to suspend, revoke, or revise the authority for any procurement found to violate a statute, regulation, or other provision of law. Authorizes the appeal of a board decision as set forth in the Contract Disputes Act of 1978. Authorizes the board to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and participate in court proceedings. Directs the board to adopt and issue rules and procedures as necessary to carry out this Act.
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