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Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]

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Bill· HRH.R. 4593 (99th)referred

A bill to permit the Government National Mortgage Association and the Federal Housing Administration to enter into additional commitments during fiscal year 1986 to guarantee mortgage-backed securities and insure loans under the National Housing Act.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986

Authorizes the Government National Mortgage Association and the Federal Housing Administration to enter into additional specified FY 1986 commitments to guarantee mortgage-backed securities and insure loans under the National Housing Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4567 (99th)open

Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 4539 (99th)open

Intellectual Property and Trade Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986

Intellectual Property and Trade Act - Title I: Patent and Trademark Amendments - Amends the patent laws to prohibit the sale or importation of products made through the unauthorized use of a patented process. Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 (the Lanham Act) to permit late fee payment as specified. Reduces the time an applicant has to correct a refused application and increases the time in which a person may protest the registration of a mark. Adds a Chairman of the Board to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Deletes the verification requirement for a cancellation petition. Adds a Chairman and Vice-Chairman to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Makes other administrative changes. Title II: Enforcement of Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Mask Works in International Trade - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that the unauthorized importation (or sale) of articles into the United States that infringe a valid U.S. patent, copyright, trademark, or mask work creates a rebuttable presumption of destroying or substantially injuring a U.S. industry or impairing the establishment of such industry. Permits any person to petition the International Trade Commission (ITC) for the issuance of an order to exclude such articles, during its investigation, from entry into the United States. Sets forth: (1) civil penalties for violations under this Act; and (2) procedures for the modification or recission of an ITC order under this Act. Provides for the confidentiality of certain information submitted to the ITC. Title III: Patent Cooperation Treaty Authorization - Amends the patent laws to authorize the Patent and Trademark Office to act as an International Preliminary Examining Authority with respect to international applications in accordance with terms and conditions prescribed by the International Bureau and the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks. Revises the time limit for commencement of the national stage of international applications to conform with the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Requires an English translation of any annexes to the international preliminary examination report made in another language. Requires the payment of a handling as well as an international fee. Permits the charging of a preliminary examination fee.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 407 (99th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should investigate identification procedures to be used in lieu of the hot-iron branding of animals' cheeks.

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should take immediate steps to investigate alternative animal identification procedures in lieu of hot-iron cheek branding.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 308 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the availability of universal telephone service in rural areas.

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal telecommunications policy should maintain universal telephone service, retain nationwide toll rate averaging for interstate long distance calls, and reduce regulatory and administrative burdens on small telephone systems. Provides that any Federal access charge plan should: (1) support rural telephone systems through a universal service fund designed to ensure affordable rural telephone rates; (2) allocate to interstate long distance service no less than the proportion of the local telephone system access costs currently allocated to such service; (3) retain the current arrangement for the pooling of such costs; and (4) avoid collecting all of such costs by means of flat rate access charges.

Bill· HRH.R. 4506 (99th)referred

Risk Retention Expansion Amendments of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986

Risk Retention Expansion Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981 to exempt risk retention groups and purchasing groups (businesses which organize to purchase personal risk and liability insurance on a group basis) from State laws which prohibit, regulate, or otherwise discriminate against such groups. Revises the definition of "organization" eligible to form risk retention and purchasing groups to include businesses, professional groups, hospitals, schools, churches, or other institutions, and State and local governmental entities. Retitles such Act the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986. Excludes from the coverage of this Act product liability risk retention groups formed on or after January 1, 1985, under the laws of Bermuda or the Cayman Islands. Subjects such groups to State no-fault automobile insurance requirements. Limits the authority to provide insurance under such Act to liability insurance.

Bill· HRH.R. 4483 (99th)referred

A bill concerning United States policy toward Nicaragua.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1986

Prohibits any U.S. agency from obligating or spending funds, except for specified humanitarian assistance, to support overtly or covertly military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua or against the Nicaraguan Government. Authorizes the President to transfer certain funds from the Department of Defense to the migration and refugee assistance account of the Department of State. Requires such transferred funds to be used to assist in the safe and orderly relocation and resettlement of Nicaraguans who are currenty in Honduras or Costa Rica (and to provide humanitarian assistance for those Nicaraguans until they are resettled). Authorizes providing such assistance only through the International Committee of the Red Cross or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and only upon its determination that such assistance is necessary.

Bill· HRH.R. 4455 (99th)referred

Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1986

Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to implement an emergency (livestock) feed assistance program in States (currently includes Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) threatened by natural disasters. (Current law authorizes but does not mandate such an assistance program.) Requires that requests for such assistance be made by the Governor of the affected State, after consultation with a special emergency board constituted in accordance with this Act. Requires at least a 30 percent feed loss in order to qualify for such assistance. Includes within program assistance (in addition to feed cost reimbursement): (1) transportation assistance; and (2) Commodity Credit Corporation feed donations and sales. Subjects a producer who sells such feed to civil and criminal penalties.

Law· HRH.R. 4421 (99th)enacted

Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 4397 (99th)referred

National Space Grant College Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1986

National Space Grant College Act - Establishes, within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a national space grant college program to provide financial and other assistance for space-related projects administered by a space grant college, consortium, institute, laboratory, or State or local agency. Provides for: (1) a NASA Director of such programs; (2) grants and contracts to assist space grant programs or projects, programs or projects addressing national needs or problems relating to space, and programs or projects promoting international cooperation relating to space; (3) designation of space grant colleges and space grant regional consortia; (4) space grant fellowships; (5) a space grant review panel; (6) interagency cooperation; and (7) a biennial report and evaluation to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1989.

Bill· HRH.R. 4338 (99th)open

Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Benefits Protection Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986

Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Benefits Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to: (1) provide that certain cost of living increases in railroad retirement annuities shall not be prevented from taking effect by any provision of law other than such Act; (2) prohibit the sequestration of any amounts appropriated to the Dual Benefits Payment Account other than by such Act; and (3) prohibit the sequestration of administrative expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board other than by such Act. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to prohibit any: (1) legislative limitation from being placed upon the availability of railroad unemployment insurance benefit payments other than by such Act; and (2) sequestration of railroad unemployment insurance administration funds other than by such Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4342 (99th)open

International Arbitration Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986

International Arbitration Act of 1986 - Deems an agreement to arbitrate pursuant to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards to constitute consent to proceedings to recognize, confirm, or enforce any arbitral award made pursuant to such agreement. Declares that neither the Federal act of state doctrine nor the doctrine of sovereign immunity shall constitute grounds for refusal or deferral of recognition, confirmation, or enforcement of any such arbitral award against a foreign state or an agency of a foreign state.

Bill· HRH.R. 4341 (99th)open

Court-Annexed Arbitration Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986

Court-Annexed Arbitration Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to empower (on an experimental basis) specified U.S. district courts to authorize the use of arbitration. Permits such courts to: (1) allow arbitration where the parties consent; and (2) require arbitration under certain limited circumstances. Disallows referrals to arbitration where: (1) the action is based on an alleged violation of a right secured by the Constitution; (2) the action is brought against an official of the United States for an act performed within the outer perimeters of his or her official duties; and (3) the action is brought by the United States to recover money or property from an employee or former employee, or is based on fraud. Provides that the arbitration award shall be filed with the clerk of the district court and (after 30 days) entered as the judgment of the court. States that such judgment shall not: (1) be subject to review in any other court of appeal; or (2) preclude any issues from being raised in any action seeking redress from a violation of any rights. Allows any party, within 30 days after the filing of an arbitration award, to demand a trial de novo in the district court. Requires the specified district courts to establish standards for the certification of arbitrators and to certify arbitrators. Requires the Federal Judicial Center to report to the Congress on the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4316 (99th)referred

A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, and the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, with respect to the use of inventions in outer space.

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986

Amends the patent laws and the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to provide that any invention made or used in outer space on an aeronautical and space vehicle under the jurisdiction or control of the United States shall be considered made or used within the United States, except as provided for by an international agreement. Applies this provision to all patents granted before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, with certain exceptions.

Bill· HRH.R. 4315 (99th)referred

Jurisdiction Reform Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986

Jurisdiction Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the judicial code to increase from $10,000 to $25,000 the amount in controversy required as a basis for Federal district court jurisdiction. Grants Federal district courts jurisdiction over civil actions arising out of an event which results in injury to 25 or more persons, provided: (1) the value of the alleged injuries exceeds $10,000 per person; and (2) diversity of citizenship exists between adverse parties. Sets forth certain requirements regarding the determination of liability, damages, and substantive law when such actions are transferred to multidistrict panels.

Bill· HRH.R. 4311 (99th)open

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, abate, and analyze asbestos problems. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for the certification of school asbestos inspection and abatement programs and for asbestos management plans, all to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Requires warning labels on any asbestos still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Makes any local educational agency which fails to comply with this Act liable for civil penalties, including injunctive action. Requires the Administrator or appropriate Governor to investigate citizen complaints Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Sets forth the relationship of pollution liability insurance risk retention groups to State law, including securities law. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990.

Bill· HRH.R. 4314 (99th)referred

Diversity Jurisdiction Reform Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986

Diversity Jurisdiction Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the judicial code to eliminate diversity of State citizenship as a basis for Federal district court jurisdiction. Increases the amount in controversy required as a basis for Federal district court jurisdiction from $10,000 to $50,000. Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to report to the Congress on the effects of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4321 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that individuals who provide adult family foster care may elect to exclude amounts received for such care from gross income.

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that individuals who provide adult family foster care may elect to exclude from gross income any amounts received for such care. Limits such exclusion to amounts received for the care of up to ten qualified adults. Defines a "qualified adult" as any individual who: (1) has attained age 18; and (2) has been placed in an adult family home by a State or local agency or by a tax-exempt organization licensed as an adult family care-placing agency.

Bill· HRH.R. 4300 (99th)reported

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1986

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 4276 (99th)open

A bill to require that any United States Government support for military or paramilitary operations in Angola be openly acknowledged and publicly debated.

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. Government should not provide any support for military or paramilitary operations in Angola until the President has informed the Congress and the public that such support is important to the national security and the Congress has approved such support. Authorizes any U.S. agency during FY 1986 and 1987 to use its funds to conduct military or paramilitary operations in Angola or to provide aid to any group engaged in such operations only if such use of such funds is the openly acknowledged U.S. policy. Provides that such policy is considered openly acknowledged only if: (1) the President determines that U.S. support for such operations is important to national security and requests the Congress to approve support for such operations; and (2) the Congress enacts a joint resolution approving support for such operations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4267 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide increased income to producers of wheat and feed grains for the 1986 through 1990 crops of such commodities, to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide by law for a debt adjustment program and to require the interest rate for buy-down loans to be not greater than the cost of money to the lending institution, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986

Title I: Wheat and Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, effective for the 1986 through 1990 wheat and feed grain crops, to establish voluntary marketing certificate programs for producers participating in annual acreage reduction programs. Determines the amount of such certificates by multiplying the individual farm program acreage by the farm's program yield (at a minimum of 1985 levels). States that such certificates are nontransferable. Makes such certificates available to importers. Requires wheat and feed grains sold for domestic consumption to be accompanied by a market certificate. Permits noncertificate wheat or feed grains to be sold for export or used on the producing farm. Provides that wheat or feed grains produced in excess of a farm's certificates may be used on that farm, sold for export, or carried over to the subsequent marketing year. Sets 1986 through 1990 loan rates at: (1) $5.00 per bushel for wheat; and (2) $3.50 per bushel for corn. Sets forth penalties for violations of such provisions. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide export incentives in cash or in kind to U.S. exporters selling certificate-accompanied grain abroad. Title II: Debt Adjustment - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary to provide a debt adjustment program of guaranteed farm ownership and operating loans. Includes provisions for debt write-offs and interest rate reductions in such program. Title III: Agricultural Loan Losses - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permit an agricultural bank to amortize the loss from a restructured agricultural loan over ten years.

Bill· HRH.R. 4256 (99th)open

Milk Production Termination Amendments of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986

Milk Production Termination Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish a 30-day period for producers to apply for the milk production termination program. Defines "marketing history" for purposes of such program.

Bill· HRH.R. 4261 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to define the term "marketing history" for purposes of the milk production termination program to be carried out under such Act and extend the period during which producers may submit bids to participate in such program.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish March 30, 1986, as the cutoff date for producers to apply for the milk production termination program. Defines "marketing history" for purposes of such program.

Bill· HRH.R. 4238 (99th)open

Intercircuit Tribunal of the United States Courts of Appeals Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986

Intercircuit Tribunal of the United States Courts of Appeals Act - Establishes an Intercircuit Tribunal of the United States Courts of Appeals composed of nine circuit judges and four alternate judges designated by the Supreme Court. Places the principal office of such Tribunal in the District of Columbia. Grants the Tribunal jurisdiction over cases referred to it by the Supreme Court. Declares that decisions of the Tribunal shall be binding on all U.S. courts unless modified or overruled by the Supreme Court. Directs the Tribunal, in consultation with the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, to submit to the Congress a report on its activities. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Tribunal on September 30, 1991.

Bill· HRH.R. 4188 (99th)failed

A bill to effect the reductions in net expenditures for milk price support activities as required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide that, notwithstanding the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and the sequestration order issued by the President (under such Act) on February 1, 1986, FY 1986 dairy expenditure reductions shall be implemented through a reduction in the price received by milk producers rather than through a reduction in Commodity Credit Corporation payments for dairy product purchases. States that such reductions shall be no greater than needed to equal the reduction in milk support expenditures required by such order.

Bill· HRH.R. 4149 (99th)open

Supreme Court Mandatory Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986

Supreme Court Mandatory Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 1984 - Repeals the provision of the judicial code authorizing any party (in a proceeding to which the United States is a party) to appeal directly to the Supreme Court from a Federal court order which declares an Act of Congress unconstitutional. Repeals Supreme Court mandatory jurisdiction to hear appeals from a Federal appellate court decision holding a State statute unconstitutional. Repeals Supreme Court mandatory jurisdiction to hear appeals from decisions of the highest court of a State (including Puerto Rico) which hold that: (1) a Federal treaty or statute is invalid; or (2) a State law is valid.

Bill· HRH.R. 4148 (99th)referred

Milk Marketing Control Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986

Milk Marketing Control Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a referendum among milk producers to determine whether to implement an alternative milk price support program through 1990 based on individual milk marketing bases and a 70 percent of parity support level.

Bill· HRH.R. 4153 (99th)referred

A bill to provide that a special gold medal be presented to Mary Lasker for her humanitarian contributions in the areas of medical research and education, urban beautification, and the fine arts.

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.