United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1986
Amends the Steel Import Stabilization Act to provide that any steel product that is manufactured in a country that is not party to a bilateral arrangement (a non-arrangement country) from steel which is melted and poured in a country that is an arrangement country will be treated for purposes of the quantitative restrictions under that arrangement as if it were a product of an arrangement country. Requires the Customs Service, if provided with documentation that a steel product was exported by an arrangement country to a non-arrangement country where the product was transformed for export to the United States, to treat such documented product as if it were a product of the arrangement country for purposes of quantitative restrictions. Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to consult with Canada, Sweden, and Taiwan for the purpose of negotiating bilateral steel arrangements with such countries. Restricts imports of steel from such countries if such consultations do not result in the successful negotiation of arrangements within 90 days of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1986
Authorizes the Attorney General to make contracts retaining private counsel to furnish legal services in the case of any claim of indebtedness owed the United States. Requires the Attorney General, in making such a contract in any judicial district, to make his best efforts to retain more than one private counsel from among attorneys regularly engaged in private practice in such district. Prohibits the legal fee payable for such services from exceeding the fee typically charged in the area for the collection of claims of indebtednesss. Requires the Attorney General to enter into contracts with law firms owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Permits the head of an executive or legislative agency, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, to refer to a private counsel any claims of indebtedness owed the United States arising out of such agency's activities. Declares that, for the purposes of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a private counsel performing collection services under this Act shall be considered a debt collector. Requires the Attorney General to transmit to the Congress an annual report on the activities of the Department of Justice to recover indebtedness owed the United States. Requires the Attorney General, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to transmit to the Congress a report on the actions taken under this Act. Requires the Attorney General to carry out this Act through a pilot program in at least five and not more than ten judicial districts. Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations to carry out this Act and to submit such regulations to the Congress at least 60 days before they become effective. Declares this Act to be effective for a period of three years, beginning on the date on which the regulations become effective.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1986
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that it shall not be in order for either House of Congress to consider any legislation which would impose any requirement on State or local governments which is likely to result in an annual cost to such governments of $50,000,000 or more for any particular program, project, or activity, except for legislation which complies with any sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires the report of the Committee on the Budget of each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget to identify changes in federal aid programs for State and local governments on a program-by-program basis.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1986
Deems all U.S. passports to be restricted for travel to and use in the Soviet Union until the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has dropped all charges against Nicholas Daniloff and has allowed him to leave the Soviet Union. Exempts from such restriction government personnel, U.S. business people living in the Soviet Union, professional reporters, American Red Cross representatives, and persons whose trips to the Soviet Union are justified by compelling humanitarian consideration or by the U.S. national interest. Invalidates the passport of any individual who violates the restriction contained in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1986
Prompt Payment Amendments of 1986 - Revises Federal law to deem the head of an agency to receive an invoice on the fifth day after the date on which a property is actually delivered, or final performance of a service is actually completed, unless the contract specifies otherwise. Makes Federal prompt payment provisions applicable to the United States Postal Service. Reduces the 15-day grace period for payment of interest penalties to eight days for solicitations issued before October 1, 1988. Requires an agency to pay a double interest penalty if it fails to meet such grace period and the business concern makes a written demand that the agency pay such penalty. Makes the interest penalty provisions applicable to construction contracts for progress payments and retained amounts. Specifies the calculation of time for interest penalties on discount payments. Revises agency reporting requirements on interest penalty payments to include a description of agency payment practices. Requires the modification of Government-wide procurement regulations to implement Federal prompt payment provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1986
Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act of 1986 - States that it is the policy of the Congress that Farm Credit System (System) institutions should take steps to establish competitive interest rates based on the marginal cost of funds. Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to repeal provisions for Farm Credit Administration (FCA) approval of interest rates charged by Federal land banks, Federal intermediate credit banks, and banks for cooperatives. Prohibits the FCA from requiring System institutions to maintain capital levels by charging interest rates in excess of commercial rates.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1986
Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Committee on Foreign Affairs - International Narcotics Control Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: International Narcotics Control Assistance Programs - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the FY 1987 authorization for aid for international narcotics control. Permits certain additional funds to be appropriated for FY 1987 only if the President has submitted to the Congress: (1) a budget request for such funds; and (2) a plan showing how such funds will be used. Requires that a specified amount of the FY 1987 military assistance authorization be available to provide aircraft to countries receiving such assistance for narcotics control eradication and interdiction efforts. Earmarks at least half of such funds for aircraft based in Latin America. Requires such aircraft to be made available to foreign countries only on a lease or loan basis. Requires the Secretary of State to maintain detailed records on the use of such aircraft. Requires that a specified amount of the FY 1987 military assistance authorization shall be available for education and training in the operation and maintenance of aircraft used in narcotics control interdiction and eradication efforts. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1987 international narcotics control assistance for research, development, and testing of safe and effective herbicides for use in aerial eradication of coca. Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the international narcotics control assistance program. Subtitle B: Improving Law Enforcement and Other Narcotics Control Activities Abroad - Requires the President's annual report to the Congress on the international strategy to prevent cultivation and trafficking in narcotics to include a discussion of the extent to which each source country has cooperated with U.S. narcotics control efforts through the extradition or prosecution of drug traffickers and a description of the state of negotiations on updated extradition treaties. Commends the decision of the Secretary of State to issue diplomatic passports to officials and employees of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress before changing such policy. Prohibits participation by any U.S. officer or employee in direct narcotics arrest actions in foreign countries. Allows the Secretary to designate countries where a limited exemption from such prohibition may apply. Permits such direct action to protect life or safety. Requires the executive branch to establish expeditiously the information sharing system that will list all drug arrests of foreign nationals in the States as required by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987. Requires the executive branch to report to the Congress when the system is established. Urges the President to require that greater priority be given to the collection and sharing of information concerning narcotics related activities abroad. Requires the President to order the preparation of an updated threat assessment of narcotics trafficking from Africa. Requires the President to take steps to improve the capability of the executive branch to: (1) collect information concerning links between narcotic traffickers and acts of terrorism abroad; and (2) develop means to respond to the threat which those links pose. Requires the President to report to the Congress on such steps. Requires that a specified amount of the FY 1987 administration of justice program authorization be used to provide Colombia (and other countries in the region) assistance to protect judicial or other officials who are targets of narcoterrorist attacks. Urges the Secretary to increase efforts to negotiate with relevant countries procedures to facilitate the interdiction of vessels suspected of carrying illicit narcotics. Directs the President to take appropriate actions, including denial of access to U.S. ports, if a country refuses to negotiate interdiction procedures. Requires the Secretary to submit semiannual reports to the Congress identifying countries that fail to negotiate such procedures. Provides that the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State shall jointly determine when armed forces personnel are needed to provide law enforcement assistance (in enforcing specified customs and drug laws and the Immigration and Nationality Act) activities abroad. Subtitle C: Development and Illicit Narcotics Production and Trafficking - Requires the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Secretary of Agriculture, to consult with authorities of the Government of Mexico on the development and implementation of a program to assist agricultural producers in Mexico to substitute the production of narcotic crops with other selected crops. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research to identify substitute crops. Requires the annual report on foreign aid programs to contain a description of the development programs (other than narcotics control programs) dealing with illicit narcotics production. Subtitle D: Drug Education Programs Abroad - Authorizes additional appropriations for the U.S. Information Agency for FY 1987 which shall be available only for increasing drug education programs abroad. Authorizes additional appropriations for development assistance programs for FY 1987 which shall be used for additional activities aimed at increasing awareness of the effects of production and trafficking of illicit narcotics on sources and transit countries. Requires the Director of the U.S. Information Agency and the Director of the Agency for International Development to include in their annual reports to the Congress a description of the drug education programs carried out by their respective agencies. Subtitle E: United Nations Activities Relating to Drug Narcotics Control - Declares congressional support for the United Nations General Assembly decision to convene in 1987 an International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Calls upon the President to appoint the head of the U.S. delegation well in advance of the conference and ensure that necessary resources are available for U.S. preparation and participation. Requires the President to report to the Congress by April 30, 1987, on the status of U.S. preparation for the conference. Calls for the conduct of a study of the effectiveness of the United Nations drug-related declarations, conventions, and entities. Requires the President to report any recommendations which result from such study to the Congress. Urges the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to complete work as soon as possible on a new draft convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Calls for more effective implementation of existing conventions relating to narcotics. Subtitle F: Provisions Relating to Specific Countries - Requires a specified amount of the narcotics control assistance for Mexico for FY 1987 to be withheld until the President reports to the Congress that Mexico has investigated the 1985 murders of a Drug Enforcement Agency agent and his pilot and has brought to trial and is effectively prosecuting those responsible. Requires the Secretary of State to submit monthly reports to the Congress on the illicit drug eradication program in Mexico. Urges the President to direct the Secretary to enter into negotiations with the Government of Mexico to create a Mexico-United States Intergovernmental Commission on Narcotics and Psychotropic Drug Use and Abuse. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within 90 days of enactment of this Act on progress in establishing such a commission. Urges Pakistan to adopt and implement a comprehensive narcotics control program. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act on the adoption and implementation of such a program. Calls upon the President to instruct the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to request that the problem of illict drug production in Iran, Afghanistan, and Laos be raised at the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Title II: Committee on Armed Services - Defense Narcotics Act of 1986 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) apply the full measure of executive power against the introduction of controlled substances into the United States; and (2) expand the role of the armed forces in the war on illegal drugs. Directs the Secretary of Defense to acquire, for drug enforcement activities, aircraft (including Blackhawk helicopters), and seven radar aerostats. Directs the Secretary to make such aircraft and radar aerostats available to U.S. agencies designated by the Chairman of the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board. Requires that a specified amount of the FY 1987 Navy authorization be transferred to the Secretary of Transportation to be made available for Coast Guard personnel assigned to duty on naval vessels. Increases such personnel by 500. Allows the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to assign specially trained members of the Coast Guard to duty on naval vessels for drug enforcement purposes. Allows the Secretary of Defense to assign Defense Department personnel, upon request, to provide enforcement assistance to officials of foreign nations. Directs the President to submit a report to the Congress describing the appropriate role of the armed forces in interdicting illegal drugs and participating in the national effort to control and reduce drug abuse. Increases the strength of the Coast Guard Reserve. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish: (1) a comprehensive anti-drug abuse programs for members of the armed forces and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense; and (2) a drug abuse education curriculum and program for elementary and secondary schools. Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to include driving under the influence of drugs as an offense. Title III: Committee on Ways and Means - Drug Smuggling Enforcement Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: Amendments of the Tariff Act of 1930 - Part I: General Provisions - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the importation into the United States of any drug paraphernalia (except paraphernalia intended for medical or scientific needs imported under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General). Requires the master of any vessel arriving at any U.S. or Virgin Island port to report such arrival at the nearest customs facility if such vessel is: (1) from a foreign port or place; (2) a foreign vessel from a domestic port; or (3) a U.S. vessel carrying bonded merchandise or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made. Requires vehicles arriving in the United States to enter only at designated border crossing points. Requires the person in charge of such vehicle to report the arrival of such vehicle, and present the vehicle and all persons and merchandise on board for inspection, to the customs officer. Requires the pilot of any aircraft arriving in the United States or the Virgin Islands from any foreign airport or place to comply with the advance notification, arrival reporting, and landing requirements prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation. Prohibits the departure of such vessels or aircraft from U.S. or Virgin Island ports or airports or of such vehicles from the United States, or the discharge of passengers or merchandise, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Imposes penalties for violations of the arrival, reporting, or entry requirements. Increases the fine for the unauthorized unloading of passengers. Sets forth reporting requirements for individuals arriving in the United States. Prohibits the departure of such individuals until authorized by a customs official. Imposes penalties for violations of such reporting requirements. Repeals the current penalties for failure to report or file a manifest upon arrival in the United States. Authorizes the issuance of summonses for records pertaining to merchandise the importation of which into the United States is prohibited. Increases the penalties for: (1) filing a false manifest; (2) failing to file a complete manifest; or (3) carrying illegal drugs. Repeals the prepenalty procedures in such cases. Increases the penalties for illegal unloading and transshipment. Makes aviation smuggling unlawful. Prohibits the at sea transfer of prohibited merchandise between U.S. owned aircraft and vessels. Prohibits the at sea transfer of prohibited merchandise between aircraft and vessels, regardless of the nationality of either, where the intent is to smuggle the merchandise into the United States. Imposes penalties, including seizure of the aircraft or vessel, for violations of such anti-smuggling provisions. Specifies certain acts that, if engaged in within 250 miles of the U.S. territorial seas, shall be: (1) presumed to indicate intent to smuggle; and (2) deemed prima facie evidence that the aircraft or vessel was used in aiding or facilitating such smuggling. Changes the procedures for the seizure and forfeiture of conveyances used in smuggling to require that a common carrier be seized and forfeited under certain circumstances. Authorizes the issuance of search warrants for places suspected of containing: (1) merchandise brought into the United States unlawfully; (2) property which is subject to forfeiture under the customs laws; or (3) articles which are evidence of a customs violation. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of smuggled merchandise. Requires that any deposit made in lieu of forfeiture of property seized under customs laws be treated in the same manner as the proceeds of a sale of any forfeited item. Provides that the expenses of a forfeiture proceeding shall be a priority claim in the same manner as court costs. Provides that compensation for informers shall not exceed 25 percent of the amount recovered. (Current law requires such compensation to equal 25 percent of such amount.) Declares that an action to recover a pecuniary penalty is considered to have been commenced when the penalty notice is issued. Authorizes the Secretary to require the production of foreign landing certificates to comply with international obligations. Permits the Secretary to authorize customs officials to exchange information or documents with foreign customs or law enforcement agencies under certain circumstances. Allows the Secretary, when authorized by treaty or executive agreement, to station customs officers in foreign countries to examine persons or merchandise prior to their arrival in the United States. Provides that merchandise seized at a foreign station may be transported to the United States for customs proceedings. Permits the stationing of foreign customs officers in the United States (if similar privileges are extended to the United States). Imposes penalties for making fraudulent statements to such foreign officials. Grants the Secretary certain investigatory powers in relation to: (1) certain reporting requirements on monetary instruments transactions; and (2) the enforcement of the Bank Secrecy Act. Sets forth certain requirements concerning the undercover investigative requirements of the Customs Service. Part II: Customs Forfeiture Fund - Extends the authority of the Customs Forfeiture Fund through FY 1991. Makes such Fund available for: (1) purchases by the Customs Service of evidence of smuggling controlled substances; (2) the equipping for law enforcement functions of any (currently only forfeited) vessel, vehicle, or aircraft available for use by the Customs Service; (3) the reimbursement of private citizens for expenses incurred in cooperating with the Customs Service; and (4) publicizing the availability of rewards. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Customs Service Authorizations, Miscellaneous Customs Provisions, and Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act - Part I: Customs Service Authorizations - Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize FY 1987 appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for the U.S. Customs Service. Part II: Miscellaneous Customs Amendments - Treats any vessel which has received merchandise while in the customs waters beyond the territorial sea or while on the high seas as being from a foreign port for the purposes of certain provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930. Allows any customs official needing assistance in making an arrest, search, or seizure, to demand such assistance from any person. Subjects any person who refuses such assistance without reasonable excuse to criminal penalties. Exempts any person who renders such assistance from liability for civil damages. Part III: Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a schedule I or III controlled substance intending or knowing that such substance will be imported into the United States. Makes it unlawful for any United States citizen on board any aircraft, or any person on board any aircraft owned by a U.S. citizen or registered in the United States, to manufacture or distribute or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance. Subtitle C: Denial of Trade Benefits to Uncooperative Drug Source Nations - Narcotics Control Trade Act - Directs the President to designate a country an uncooperative drug source nation if during any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1986, such country: (1) was a source of any illicit narcotic and psychotropic drugs or other controlled substances that are significantly affecting the United States; and (2) did not cooperate with the United States in preventing such drugs and substances from affecting the United States by taking specified actions. Directs the President to report to the Congress the the name of each such country. Denies the products of each such country most-favored-nation treatment until the President notifies the Congress that such country has made significant progress and will continue to make progress in remedying those policies on which an uncooperative drug source nation designation was based. Title IV: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - Coast Guard Drug Interdiction and Law Enforcement Act of 1986 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Coast Guard: (1) should be given the resources to increase its ability to interdict the illegal transportation of drugs; and (2) is the best qualified Federal agency to carry out drug interdiction on the high seas and U.S. waters. Amends Federal law to provide that the Coast Guard may detect, track, and assist in the seizure of aircraft being used in drug trafficking. Authorizes additional appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1987 and 1988 for additional personnel, equipment, and related capital improvements. Title V: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs - Subtitle A: Money Laundering - Comprehensive Money Laundering Prevention Act - Amends Federal law to prohibit any person from: (1) causing or attempting to cause a domestic financial institution to file a required coin or currency transaction report containing a material omission or misstatement of fact or to fail to file a required report; or (2) structuring or assisting in structuring a transaction with one or more institutions for the purpose of evading reporting requirements. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture to the United States of: (1) any transported monetary instrument or any interest in other property (including any deposit in a financial institution) traceable to such instrument when a required report on such instrument has not been filed or contains a material omission or misstatement; and (2) any U.S. coin or currency or any interest in other property traceable to such coin or currency involved in a transaction for which a required report has not been filed, except where the property owner is a bona fide purchaser for value who took without notice of the violation, a depository institution, or a financial institution regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Requires a financial institution to hold property in its possession for 15 days upon receipt of notice of the Secretary of the Treasury's intent to seize such property. Authorizes the appropriate U.S. district court to issue an order authorizing the Secretary to seize such property upon a showing by the Secretary that there is probable cause to believe that such property is subject to forfeiture. Exempts the United States, any financial institution, and any employee of either from liability in connection with such a hold being placed on any property. Provides that a financial institution which fails to hold property after receiving notice shall be liable to the United States for the value of the property the institution failed to hold. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the enforcement of such seizure and forfeiture authority by internal revenue enforcement officers. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty on a person who knowingly or recklessly violates a coin or currency transaction reporting requirement. Limits the penalty to the amount of the coin or currency involved, reduced by any amount already forfeited. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, the National Housing Act, and the Federal Credit Union Act to require each Federal banking regulatory agency to: (1) require insured banks, institutions, savings and loan associations, and credit unions (insured entities) to establish and maintain procedures to assure compliance with monetary transactions recordkeeping and reporting requirements; (2) include in each examination of an insured entity a review of such procedures identifying any problem; and (3) order any entity which has failed to maintain such procedures or correct any reported problem to cease and desist from violating this Act. Prescribes civil penalties for such violations. Amends provisions concerning monetary transactions recordkeeping and reporting requirements to: (1) include within the definition of a "financial institution" any foreign subsidiary or affiliate of such an institution and the U.S. Postal Service when it is carrying out a duty or power of such an institution; and (2) include as a "monetary instrument" any transfer of funds, as the Secretary may prescribe. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act to authorize the appropriate regulatory agency to extend the period provided for the review and disapproval of a proposed change in control of an insured bank or savings and loan association two additional times for up to 45 days each time if: (1) the agency determines that the acquiring party has not furnished all required information; (2) the information submitted is substantially inaccurate; (3) the agency has been unable to complete the investigation because of delay caused by the acquiring party; or (4) the agency needs more time to determine that no acquiring party has a record of failing to comply with monetary transaction reporting requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to order any domestic financial institution to obtain certain information, maintain a record, and file a report concerning any transaction involving $3,000 or more in domestic coin or currency. Requires any domestic institution which issues a bank check, cashier's check, traveler's check, or money order in a transaction involving $3,000 or more in domestic coin or currency to: (1) obtain the signature of the person to whom the check or money order is issued; and (2) maintain a record of such transaction which shall include information concerning such person, the check or order, the method of payment, the payee of the check or order, and the aggregate amount of checks or money orders issued to such person on the same day to the extent such amount exceeds $10,000. Institutes other reporting requirements when such aggregate amount exceeds $10,000 or when the person receiving the check or money order refuses to provide information necessary to determine such amount. Requires any information required to be provided to a financial institution to be complete and accurate. Subjects to prescribed civil and criminal penalties any domestic financial institution or any employee, officer, or director thereof who knowingly or recklessly (currently, willfully) violates monetary transaction recordkeeping or reporting requirements. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to limit the information a financial institution may provide to a Government authority as relevant to a violation of Federal law or regulations to: (1) the names, addresses, and account numbers of persons; (2) information concerning the persons and acts involved (excluding financial records); and (3) the nature and a description of the violation. Preempts any State or local law that would prohibit such disclosure. Permits any financial institution or supervisory agency to disclose to the U.S. Attorney General, a State law enforcement agency, or the Secretary any financial record of any institution officer, director, employee, or controlling shareholder which is relevant to a possible violation of monetary transactions recordkeeping or reporting requirements or to a possible crime against the institution or supervisory agency by such individual. Grants the Secretary subpoena power in connection with investigations to enforce monetary transactions recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after any change in management or control of a financial institution, to review each outstanding exemption to such requirements granted by such institution. Prohibits a person from qualifying for such an exemption unless the relevant financial institution: (1) maintains a statement which contains such person's signature and describes why such person qualifies; and (2) certifies to the Secretary that such person qualifies. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act to prescribe civil and criminal penalties for violations of certain recordkeeping requirements imposed on insured banks and institutions. Sets forth time limitations for: (1) the assessment of civil penalties for violations of monetary transactions recordkeeping and reporting requirements; and (2) commencement of civil actions to recover assessed penalties. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act to direct the appropriate banking agency, upon receiving notice of a proposed acquisition of an insured bank or savings and loan association, to: (1) investigate the competence, experience, integrity, and financial ability of each person by or for whom the acquisition is to be made; (2) determine the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in such notice; (3) prepare and retain a report of its findings; and (4) publish the name of the bank or association to be acquired and the name of each person for or by whom the acquisition is to be made and solicit public comment on the proposed acquisition, unless such disclosure or solicitation would seriously threaten the safety or soundness of such bank or association. Authorizes any such agency, upon determining that a person has filed inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information, or has violated other requirements of the Change in Bank Control Act or the Change in Savings in Loan Control Act, to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in the appropriate U.S. district court. Directs the Secretary to: (1) initiate discussions with the central banks or other appropriate governmental authorities of other countries on establishment of an information exchange system to assist the efforts of each country to reduce the international flow of money derived from illicit drug operations and other criminal activities; and (2) report to specified congressional committees within nine months on the results of such discussions. Increases the maximum criminal fine for Bank Secrecy Act violations from $500,000 to $1,000,000 for individuals and not more than $5,000,000 in other cases. Permits the Secretary to issue regulations defining the term "at one time" for purposes of reporting requirements on exporting and importing monetary instruments so that closely related events may be collectively considered to occur at one time. Subtitle B: Multilateral Development Banks - Drug Eradication Act of 1986 - Directs the United States to promote, through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank, the development and implementation of national drug eradication programs in developing countries. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. Executive Directors of the multinational development banks to propose that assistance be provided to such countries in developing and implementing such programs. Authorizes the Secretary of State to certify the adequacy of such programs and annually review such programs. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks to: (1) vote against loans to major drug producing countries that have no certified program within one year of enactment of this Act; and (2) propose that their respective banks increase lending for crop substitution programs. Requires the Secretary to include an accounting of the manner and extent of compliance with this Subtitle in its annual report to the Congress. Requires the Secretary to instruct the United States Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks to vote against any loan for the benefit of any major illicit drug producing country when such action is required by: (1) the Drug Eradication Act of 1986; or (2) certain provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Title VI: Committee on the Judiciary - Subtitle A: Money Laundering - Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish money laundering as a Federal offense. Sets forth fines and penalties for anyone who knowingly: (1) engages in a financial transaction in criminally derived property (inapplicable to bona fide attorney fees); (2) engages in a commercial transaction which is part of a scheme to conceal criminally derived property, or disguise the source or ownership of criminally derived property; or (3) transports or attempts to transport a monetary instrument or funds from a place in the United States to or through a place outside the United States, or vice versa, as part of a scheme to conceal criminally derived property, or disguise the source or ownership of criminally derived property. Provides for a fine of not more than $1,000,000 ($5,000,000 if the offender is a person other than an individual), or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. Authorizes components of the Department of the Treasury to investigate such offenses. Establishes criminal and civil forfeiture procedures for the offense of money laundering. Authorizes the use of wiretaps in money laundering investigations. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act to make certain changes regarding the disclosure of information by financial institutions. Subtitle B: Designer Drugs - Designer Drug Enforcement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to include controlled substance analogs (designer drugs) as a schedule I controlled substance. Subtitle C: More Effective Criminal Penalties - Narcotics Penalties and Enforcement Act of 1986 - Part I: Controlled Substances Penalties - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the threshold quantity and kinds of controlled substances (adding cocaine freebase, controlled substance analogs, and fentanyl analogs) which trigger enhanced penalties. Imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years imprisonment (20 for subsequent offenses) for violations involving a specified large quantity of such substances. Increases the maximum sentence for such violations to 30 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $2,000,000 (life imprisonment and a fine of up to $4,000,000 for subsequent violations). Provides for a fine of up to $5,000,000 ($10,000,000 for subsequent violations) for violations involving a person other than an individual (organization). Specifies lesser penalties for smaller quantities of the same substance. Modifies the penalties for violations involving non-narcotic schedule I or II controlled substances, schedule III and IV and V controlled substances, and certain other substances (including marihuana). Increases the fines for certain Controlled Substances Act violations. Imposes criminal penalties (imprisonment for up to one year and a fine of up to $5,000, up to two years and $10,000 for subsequent violations) for possession of a controlled substance in a special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States. Provides increased criminal penalties (a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years imprisonment, maximum term of life) for certain Controlled Substances Act violations which result in death or a serious bodily injury. Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to modify the threshold quantity and kinds of controlled substances which trigger revised enhanced penalties. (Modifies the quantities and kinds of substances to reflect those in the Controlled Substances Act.) Increases the fines for certain Controlled Substances Import and Export Act violations. Provides increased criminal penalties (a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years imprisonment, maximum term of life) for certain Controlled Substances Import and Export Act violations which result in death or serious bodily injury. Part II: Controlled Substance Offenses Relating to Children and Schools; Precursor and Essential Chemical Review - Imposes enhanced penalties for the manufacture of a controlled substance in or near an elementary or secondary school. (Current law imposes such enhanced penalties only for the distribution of a controlled substance in or near such schools.) Imposes increased penalties for employing persons under 18 years of age to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance. Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study on the need for legislation, regulation, or alternative methods to control the diversion of legitimate precursor and essential chemicals to the illegal production of drugs. Requires the Attorney General to report his findings to the Congress within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Part III: Controlled Substances Technical Amendments - Grants the Attorney General authority to enter into contracts with State and local law enforcement agencies to provide cooperative controlled substances enforcement. Subtitle D: White House Conference - White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Control Act of 1986 - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Control to develop recommendations to prevent drug abuse and make treatment services available to drug abusers and to control the illicit trafficking of controlled substances. Directs the Conference to review: (1) the impact of recently enacted laws on efforts to control trafficking in controlled substances and to prevent drug abuse and treat drug abusers; (2) the recommedations of the President's Commission on Organized Crime as they relate to drug abuse and control of trafficking in controlled substances; (3) the extent to which specified sanctions have been, or should be, used in encouraging foreign states to comply with their international responsibilities respecting controlled substances; and (4) the circumstances contributing to the initiation of illicit drug usage. Requires the Conference to report its findings to the President and the Congress. Subtitle E: Career Criminals - Career Criminal Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide increased mandatory penalties for any person who transports firearms or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce if such person has multiple convictions for serious drug offenses and violent felonies. (Current law provides increased penalties where such person had multiple convictions for robbery and burglary.) Subtitle F: Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment - Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986 - Grants the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts authority to contract with public and private agencies for the detection and treatment of alcohol-dependent and drug-dependent offenders. Amends the Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Authorization Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations for contracts for the supervision of released drug offenders through FY 1989. Subtitle G: Drug Enforcement Enhancement - Drug Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to the Department of Justice for: (1) the Drug Enforcement Administration; (2) assistant U.S. attorneys; and (3) U.S. marshals. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1987 through 1989 for the construction of Federal penal and correctional institutions; and (2) FY 1987 and 1989 for the Federal Prison System. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for the enforcement of State and local drug laws. Provides that the Federal portion of such programs shall be 50 percent (100 percent if such funds are distributed to Indian tribes which perform law enforcement functions). Sets forth eligibility and application requirements. Sets forth guidelines for the allocation and distribution of appropriated funds. Requires the Governor of each participating State to designate a State office to: (1) prepare the grant application; and (2) administer the funds received. Allows the Administrator of the DEA to make grants to State and local governments for the enforcement of State and local drug laws. Provides that such grants may cover up to 100 percent of the costs of such programs. Sets forth grant application requirements. States that such grants shall not be used for land acquisition or construction projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988. Permits the use of funds in the Department of Justice Drug Assets Forfeiture Fund for necessary program-related expenses and for equipping any vessels, vehicles, and aircraft available for official use by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Authorizes appropriations for such Fund through FY 1988. Allows $10,000,000 (currently $5,000,000) in fund assets to be carried forward and available for appropriations in the next fiscal year. Title VII: Committee on Public Works and Transportation - Transportation Drug Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to permit the States to establish criminal penalties (including forfeiture of aircraft) for certain fraudulent activities regarding aircraft registration. Makes it mandatory for an aircraft operator to make an aircraft's certificate (or registration) available for inspection upon request by any law enforcement officer. Imposes criminal penalties (a fine of up to $25,000, and/or imprisonment for up to five years) for certain violations in connection with the air transportation of controlled substances. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study to determine the relationship between the use of controlled substances and highway safety. Requires the Secretary to transmit the results of such study to the Congress. Title VIII: Committee on Education and Labor - Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: Establishment of Programs to Improve Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Establishes a National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Education and Prevention to: (1) attract and focus national attention on drug-related problems; (2) support and publicize programs of drug abuse education; and (3) advise the Secretary of Education. Directs the Secretary to establish Federal financial assistance programs for drug abuse education and prevention in elementary and secondary schools. Subtitle B: State and Local Programs of Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Part I: General - Provides for: (1) State allocation of program grant funds; and (2) the allocation of such funds to local and intermediate educational agencies and consortia. Part II: State Programs of Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Lists the State educational agency uses of such funds. Restricts the amount States may use for administrative costs. Sets forth the grant application requirements. Directs the Governor of each State, from specified reserved funds, to make grants to and enter into contracts with community-based organizations for drug abuse education and prevention programs for school dropouts (and for after school and vacation periods). Part III: Local Programs of Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Lists the local or intermediate educational agency or consortium uses of such funds. Restricts the amount States may use for administrative costs. Sets forth the local educational agency, intermediate educational agency, or consortium grant application requirements. Subtitle C: Federal Programs of Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Directs the Secretary to establish a national education and prevention program on drug abuse. Directs the Secretary to provide information on drug abuse education and prevention to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for dissemination by the clearinghouse for alcohol and drug abuse information (established under this Act). Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a study of the nature and effectiveness of existing Federal, State, and local programs of drug abuse education and prevention. Requires the Secretary to report such findings to the President and the Congress. Directs the Secretary, from specified reserved funds, to make grants to or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education for drug abuse education and prevention programs. Requires that at least half of such funds be used for programs for students, with the remainder to be used for training grants and curricula development programs. Directs the Secretary, from specified reserved funds, to make payments and grants and enter into other financial arrangements for Indian programs of drug abuse education and prevention. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs to provide technical assistance and coordination for such programs. Subtitle D: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions for program participation of children and teachers from nonprofit private schools. Directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study on the incidence, severity, and impact of drug abuse at the workplace. Requires the Secretary to report such findings to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for such report. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Title IX: Committee on Energy and Commerce - Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: Financial Assistance to States and Communities - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make allotments to States for: (1) treatment and rehabilitation services for persons suffering from drug abuse; and (2) community-based substance abuse prevention activities for school-aged children. Authorizes appropriations for such allotments. Subtitle B: Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention; Study - Establishes in the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by a Director who shall: (1) sponsor regional workshops on the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse; (2) coordinate research findings; (3) develop effective drug and alcohol abuse prevention literature; (4) create public service announcements for radio and television broadcasting; (5) support programs of clinical training of substance abuse counselors and other health professionals; (6) in cooperation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, develop educational materials to reduce the risks of AIDS among intravenous drug abusers; and (7) administer the allotment program established by this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a clearinghouse for alcohol and drug abuse information. Establishes an advisory board to advise the Director of the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention. Directs the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of: (1) the extent to which coverage of drug abuse treatment is provided by private insurance, public programs, and other sources of payment; and (2) the adequacy of such coverage. Subtitle C: Advisory Commission on the Comprehensive Education of Intercollegiate Athletes - Establishes the Advisory Commission on the Comprehensive Education of Intercollegiate Athletes to investigate and advise the Congress regarding issues related to athletic programs at colleges and universities in the United States, including: (1) the use of drugs by athletes; (2) the impact of television on athletics; and (3) the balance between athletics and academics. Requires the Commission to report its findings to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Alkyl Nitrites - States that alkyl nitrites and their isomers shall be treated as a drug for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Title X: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - Federal Employee Substance Abuse Education and Treatment Act of 1986 - Requires the Office of Personnel Management to be responsible for appropriate prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs and services for drug and alcohol abuse among Federal employees. Requires the Office to report to the Congress regarding: (1) the drug and alcohol abuse programs being provided; (2) levels of participation in such programs; (3) the training and qualification requirements of personnel providing such programs and services; (4) training given to supervisory personnel; and (5) recommendations for legislative or administrative action. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a Government-wide education program for Federal employees regarding drug and alcohol abuse. Requires the head of each executive agency to establish employee assistance programs and services for drug and alcohol abuse for the employees in such agencies. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to prepare guidelines for such programs and services. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a demonstration project to provide a basis for determining the feasibility and desirability of including certain benefits relating to the treatment of drug and alcohol abuse among those received under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit specified reports to specified congressional committees evaluating such projects. Title XI: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - Subtitle A: Indians and Alaska Natives - Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 - Part I: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings, definitions, and purpose of this Act. Part II: Coordination of Resources and Programs - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement which shall: (1) define the scope of the problem alcohol and substance abuse for Indian tribes and assess its financial and human costs; (2) assess the resources available to combat alcohol and drug abuse among Indian people; (3) establish appropriate standards for each agency's program responsibility; (4) coordinate the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service alcohol and substance abuse programs; (5) delineate the responsibilities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service to coordinate services; (6) direct the Bureau of Indian Affairs agency and education superintendents and the Indian Health Service unit directors to cooperate; and (7) provide for an annual review of such agreement by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the agreement to be submitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register. Allows the governing body of any Indian tribe to establish a Tribal Action Plan to coordinate available resources and programs in an effort to combat alcohol and substance abuse among its members. Requires the Bureau of Indian Affairs agency and education superintendents and the Indian Health Service service unit director to cooperate, if requested, in developing such plans. Provides for the development of such plans by Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service personnel if an Indian tribe fails to adopt such a plan. Establishes within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs an Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse to: (1) monitor the performance and compliance of programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in meeting the goals and purposes of such agreement and this Act; and (2) serving as a point of contact within the Bureau of Indian Affairs for Indian tribes and the Tribal Coordinating Committees. Establishes within the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse the position of Indian Youth Programs Officer. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available for community use, in the furtherance of the purposes and goals of this Act, local Federal facilities, property, and equipment. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish summer recreation, employment, and counseling programs for Indian youth; (2) keep open schools which are necessary to provide facilities for the programs established under this Act; and (3) provide coordinators, as needed, for such programs. Part III: Indian Youth Programs - Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review: (1) Federal programs providing specified services or benefits to Indian children and families; and (2) tribal, State, local, and private resources, benefits, and programs providing specified services. Requires the results of such review to be provided to each Indian tribe. Directs the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs to develop and implement a pilot program in selected schools to determine the effectiveness of summer youth programs in furthering the purposes and goals of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to publish an alcohol and substance abuse newsletter. Requires the Tribal Action Plans to make provisions for the establishment, funding, licensing, and operation of emergency shelters or half-way houses for Indian youth who are alcohol or substance abusers. Urges States to require their law enforcement officers to place any youth arrested for any offense related to alcohol or substance abuse in such shelter or half-way house. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 for the construction, renovation, and operation of such shelters and half-way houses. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to require the compilation of data relating to the number and types of child abuse and neglect cases seen and the type of assistance provided. Part IV: Law Enforcement and Judicial Services - Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review: (1) Federal programs providing law enforcement or judicial services to Indian tribes; and (2) tribal and State and local law enforcement and judicial programs and systems. Requires the results of such review to be provided to each Indian tribe. Part V: Bureau of Indian Affairs Law Enforcement - Increases the maximum sentence (from six months to one year) and fine (from $500 to $5,000) which a tribal court can impose for any offense. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that all Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal law enforcement and judicial personnel have training available in the investigation and prosecution of offenses relating to illegal narcotics and in alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Requires the Memorandum of Agreement to include a provision for the development and implementation of a procedure for the emergency medical assessment and treatment of Indian youth arrested or detained by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or tribal law enforcement personnel for offenses relating to or involving alcohol or substance abuse. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish and implement a program for the eradication of marijuana cultivation within Indian country; (2) provide assistance to the Papago Indian Tribe of Arizona for the investigation and control of illegal narcotics traffic on the Papago Reservation; (3) develop and implement a plan for the construction or renovation and staffing of tribal juvenile detention and rehabilitation centers; (4) provide for the development of a Model Indian Juvenile Code; and (5) collect data regarding calls and encounters, and arrests and detentions, and the disposition of cases involving Indians where alcohol or drug abuse is a contributing factor. Part VI: Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation - Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review: (1) Federal programs providing health services and benefits to Indians; (2) tribal, State, local, and private health resources and programs; (3) where facilities that provide such treatment are or should be located; and (4) the effectiveness of private and public alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs. Requires the Memorandum of Agreement to include provisions pursuant to which the Indian Health Service shall assume responsibility for: (1) determining the scope of the alcohol and substance abuse problem among Indians; (2) assessing the existing and needed resources to support an alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment program for Indians; and (3) estimate the funding necessary to support such a program. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide a comprehensive alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment program for members of Indian tribes; (2) develop and implement a program for acute detoxification and treatment for Indian youth who are alcohol and substance abusers; (2) begin the construction of 11 regional treatment centers serving Indian tribes; (3) develop and implement within each Indian Health Service service unit community-based rehabilitation and follow up services for Indian youth who are alcohol or substance abusers; (4) develop and implement within each service unit a program of community education and involvement; (5) require that the existing health staff of the Indian Health Service receive training in alcohol and substance abuse; (6) develop and implement a program of alcohol and substance abuse prevention through education intervention; (7) identify and use existing federally owned structures as residential alcohol and substance abuse treatment centers for Indian youths; (8) make grants to the Navajo tribe to establish a demonstration program in Gallup, New Mexico, to rehabilitate adult Navajo Indians suffering from alcoholism or alcohol abuse; and (9) compile data on the number of incidents where Indian Health Service personnel or services were involved in matters related to alcohol or substance abuse. Subtitle B: National Park Service Program - National Park Police Drug Enforcement Supplemental Authority Act - Authorizes additional appropriations for National Park Police for personnel, training, and equipment. Subtitle C: Programs in United States Insular Areas - U.S. Insular Areas Drug Abuse Act of 1986 - Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the efforts of Federal agencies in preventing the illegal entry of controlled substances into the United States. Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Governments of American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands to: (1) execute and serve warrants, subpoenas, and summons issued under the authority of the United States; (2) make arrests without warrants; and (3) make seizures of property to carry out the purposes of this Act, the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, and any other applicable Federal narcotics laws. Authorizes the Attorney General to train such law enforcement officers and provide certain law enforcement equipment. Requires the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Coast Guard, the Customs Service, and the Postal Service to assign and maintain a specified number of agents, officers, and vessels in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Requires the Attorney General to provide technical assistance and equipment to such Governments. Authorizes appropriations. Title XII: Committee on Government Operations - National Antidrug Reorganization and Coordination Act - Requires the President to submit recommendations to the Congress for legislation to reorganize the executive branch to more effectively combat international drug traffic and drug abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Satellite Television Security and Fair Marketing Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to subject any person who willfully or maliciously interferes with the operation of any satellite or the transmission of any satellite communication to up to a $250,000 fine and ten years' imprisonment. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to commence an inquiry into equipment, methods, and systems for detecting and preventing such violations and other satellite communication signal interferences. Requires any person who encrypts any satellite cable programming for private viewing: (1) to make such programming available for private viewing by home satellite antenna users; (2) if such person uses cable systems to distribute such programming to home satellite antenna users, to not restrict such systems from selling outside of their franchised areas, to not discriminate in price, terms, or conditions based on whether sale of such programming is for cable subscribers or home satellite antenna users, to establish reasonable financial and character criteria under which noncable distributors may qualify to distribute such programming to home satellite antenna users, and to not discriminate among different distributors offering similar distribution services; and (3) to conduct such encryption according to FCC- approved standards designed to comply with specified criteria. Authorizes aggrieved persons to commence civil actions to enforce this Act. Defines "home satellite antenna user" and "reasonable financial and character criteria" for purposes of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1986 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to add to the list of products covered under the Act: (1) freezers which can be operated by alternating current electricity (with specified exceptions); (2) central air conditioning heat pumps; (3) direct heating equipment; and (4) pool heaters. Deletes from specific coverage: (1) television sets; (2) humidifiers; and (3) dehumidifiers. Excludes from such coverage consumer products designed solely for use in recreational vehicles and other mobile equipment. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to amend Federal energy efficiency test procedures for appliances under specified guidelines. Prohibits manufacturers from making any representations regarding the energy efficiency of appliances covered by this Act unless such appliances have been tested in accordance with the Federal test procedures, and the manufacturer's representations fairly disclose the results of such testing. Sets forth specific Federal energy conservation standards for products covered by this Act and manufactured after certain dates. Establishes deadlines by which the Secretary must issue rules regarding such standards. Details the criteria to be applied if such standards are revised. Revises the information requirements with which manufacturers must comply to provide that the Secretary shall exercise authority in a manner designed to minimize unnecessary burdens on manufacturers of covered products. Revises the rules under which State regulations are superseded by the Federal regulations for testing and labeling requirements and energy conservation standards. Permits the waiver of Federal preemption if the Secretary finds that such waiver is needed to meet compelling and unusual local energy conditions. Prescribes procedural guidelines for such a waiver. Details conditions under which State and local building code requirements regarding energy conservation standards are not superseded by the standards promulgated under this Act. Permits the commencement of a citizen's suit against the Secretary for failure to comply with a nondiscretionary duty to issue rules according to prescribed schedules. Directs the courts to expedite the disposition of such suits. Vests jurisdiction in the Federal district courts over actions brought by any adversely affected person to determine whether a State or local government is complying with the requirements of this Act. Declares that the required submission by the Secretary of an annual report regarding Federal energy efficiency standards does not constitute a defense or justification for a failure by such Secretary to comply with the nondiscretionary duty provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Great Lakes Emergency Shoreline Protection Act - Establishes a federally guaranteed loan program for the protection from shoreline erosion of improvements to residential real property contiguous with the Great Lakes. Sets forth conditions for eligibility for such loans and conditions under which States may subsidize such loans. Sets forth authorities of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development regarding such loans, including authority to establish limitations on interest rates on eligible loans, to make foreclosures, and transfer guarantees. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to develop minimum standards with respect to protection from shoreline erosion. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to report to the Congress on damage from subsurface water seepage. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of the Army to submit to the Congress a single report on the effectiveness of the shoreline protection program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require that loans by a bank or other financial institutions to a political committee or other person subject to such Act be fully collateralized and not be treated as contributions. Directs the Federal Election Commission to prescribe regulations to assure compliance with such Act. Requires that details of loans and collateral be included in required reports of political committees.
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 · 15 August 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the member nations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) should: (1) negotiate further reductions in tariffs and strengthen the rules governing nontariff barriers; (2) establish rules governing the use of safeguard actions (including voluntary restraint agreements and marketing arrangements) to ensure that such actions contribute to trade adjustment without shifting the burden to other trading countries; (3) develop rules governing agricultural trade (including the elimination of export subsidies and barriers to agricultural markets) and foreign investment; (4) establish enforceable mechanisms for the protection of intellectual property; and (5) strengthen and streamline the GATT dispute settlement procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to make wheat and feed grain producers eligible for producer reserve program storage loans as soon as they receive price support loans.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1986
Prohibits the trustee in a bankruptcy case from rejecting any contract, executory or not, that provides for hospitalization or health benefits for current or former employees of the debtor.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1986
Textile and Apparel Import Licensing Act - Prohibits the importation of textiles or textile products during a quota year (the calendar year or a specified 12-month period depending upon U.S. agreements with the country that is the source of the textiles) unless: (1) an import license is issued; and (2) a copy of the import license is presented to the appropriate customs official. Sets forth the method for determining the amount of textiles each importer is allowed to import during a quota year and the method for obtaining an import license. Requires the Commissioner of Customs (the Commissioner) to ensure that textiles that are entered under an import license conform to the specifications set forth in the license. Requires the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to provide the Commissioner with copies of import authorizations and licenses. Directs the Commissioner to provide copies of import licenses to appropriate customs officials so that such officials can conduct pre-entry verification and screening procedures of such imports. Directs the Commissioner to prohibit the entry of articles covered by an import license if a foreign manufacturer of such articles refuses to cooperate in the making of such verifications. Requires the Commissioner to notify the Secretary of: (1) all entries made or denied under such import licenses; (2) the basis for each denial; and (3) any final administrative or judicial disposition regarding any such denial and any citation or indictment for customs violations involving a license or any textile shipment subject to this Act. Directs the Secretary to impose and collect a fee for import authorizations and licenses issued under this Act. Prohibits any person that is issued an import authorization under this Act regarding a limited category of textiles from importing less than 90 percent of the quantity authorized. Sets forth penalties and enforcement procedures. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing an import authorization under this Act to any person who is classified as a multiple customs law offender. Provides that such prohibition shall apply to such person for five years.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1986
Fairness in Competition Act of 1986 - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit the importation or sale in the United States of any article produced in a foreign country if: (1) the production, exportation, or sale of such article is subsidized by a foreign country, citizen, or organization; and (2) the importation or sale of that article causes or threatens material injury to U.S. industry or labor, prevents the establishment or modernization of any U.S. industry, or would result in a monopoly or restraint of trade. Permits an antitrust action for injunctive relief and treble damages to be brought against any foreign state or other relevant defendant that subsidizes such an article. Declares that: (1) providing a subsidy shall be a "commercial activity" for purposes of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976; and (2) "subsidy" shall include any rebate, repayment, offset of, or credit against any tax or tax liability levied or assessed on the value of articles if it is made by reason of the exportation of such articles. Subjects any court order in such an action to nullification by the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
Directs the President to submit recommendations to the Congress for legislation to reorganize the executive branch of the Government to more effectively combat international drug traffic and drug abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 24 July 1986
Honors the United Way on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Encourages the United Way to continue its fine work and achieve its goal of doubling its resources by 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Anti-Cocaine Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to impose criminal penalties for dealing in: (1) five grams or more of cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers, or a substance chemically identical thereto; and (2) 100 or more grams of other schedule I or II narcotic drugs. (Current law imposes such increased penalties on a kilogram or more of some schedule I or II narcotic drugs.)
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Rural Enterprise Zone Act of 1986 - Title I: Designation of Rural Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of enterprise zones by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Specifies that States and local governments shall nominate areas for such designation. Limits to 45 the total number of areas which may be designated as enterprise zones. Limits the period during which such designations shall remain in effect to a maximum of 15 years. Specifies that the Secretary may designate such zones only if: (1) the area is within the jurisdiction of the nominating local government; (2) the boundary of the area is continuous; (3) the area has a population of at least 1,000 or is entirely within an Indian reservation; and (4) the area meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action which may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, and providing job training to residents of the area. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to designate rural enterprise zones on January 1, 1987, or three years after the publication of regulations pertaining to such zones. Describes areas to which preference shall be given in deciding to designate enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress every three years on the effects of such enterprise zones' designation in accomplishing the purposes of this Act. Requires that any property tax reduction effected by a local government under the terms of this Act be disregarded for purposes of determining the eligibility of a State or local government for Federal assistance or benefits. States that the designation of an enterprise zone shall not give displaced persons from such an area any rights or benefits under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Provides that the designation of a rural enterprise zone shall not constitute a Federal action for purposes of applying the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act or other provisions of Federal law relating to the protection of the environment. Title II: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Subtitle A: Credits for Employers - Allows employers located in rural enterprise zones an income tax credit for increased employment expenditures. Sets the amount of such credit at ten percent of the increase in payroll. Limits the dollar amount of wages taken into account with respect to any employee to an amount equal to the lower living standard for a family of four as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Disallows an income tax deduction for the portion of wages taken into account for such credit. Subtitle B: Deferrals of Gain or Loss With Respect to Investment in Tangible Property in Rural Enterprise Zones - Allows the nonrecognition of gain or loss on the sale or exchange of rural enterprise zone property if the proceeds realized from such sale or exchange are used by the taxpayer to acquire rural enterprise zone property within one year. Subtitle C: Rules Relating to Industrial Development Bonds - Exempts rural enterprise zone property from the limitation of the accelerated cost recovery deduction on property financed with tax-exempt bonds. Provides that the termination of the small issue exemption shall not apply to industrial development bonds the proceeds of which are used to finance facilities in such enterprise zones. Modifies certain small issue volume limitations with respect to rural enterprise zone facilities. Requires that five percent of the industrial development bond volume cap for a State which has one or more rural enterprise zones shall be set aside for use only in such rural enterprise zones in such State. Subtitle D: Sense of the Congress With Respect to Tax Simplification - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should simplify the administration and enforcement of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code affected by this Act. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Revises the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions to include qualified business, government, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterpise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon request by a designating government, to waive or modify rules and regulations which pertain to the carrying out of projects or activities within an enterprise zone. Requires agencies to approve such request if the resulting benefits of job creation, community development, or economic revitalization outweigh the public interest in continuation of the rule unchanged. Disallows waiver or modification of a rule that would directly violate a statutory requirement (including the Fair Labor Standards Act) or which would present a danger to the public health and safety. Provides that such waivers or modifications of a rule shall remain in effect as long as the zone designations. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to promote the coordination of all enterprise zone programs and consolidate all periodic reports required under such programs into one summary report. Title IV: Establishment of Foreign-Trade Zones in Rural Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Board to consider on a priority basis and expedite the processing of applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to, and expedite applications for, the establishment of ports of entry necessary to establish such zones. States that, to the maximum extent practicable, foreign-trade zones should be established within enterprise zones.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1986
Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the forfeiture of media royalties (profits from depiction of a crime in a movie, book, newspaper, magazine, radio or television production, or live entertainment) by those convicted of any offense involving national security.
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
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
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the interest on certain governmental obligations issued by an issuer who is in arrears with respect to another obligation issued by the issuer, or guaranteed by a guarantor who is in arrears with respect to another obligation guaranteed by the guarantor, is not exempt from tax.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to deny treatment as a beneficiary country under the Generalized System of Preferences to any country that helps any other country to circumvent any U.S. import quota.
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 · 26 June 1986
Designates August 1, 1986, the 11th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Accords, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with the U.S.S.R. and the Warsaw Pact nations; and (3) convey to U.S. allies the necessity of unity on these points.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1986
Federal Accounting Practices Review Commission Act of 1986 - Title I: Title, Statement of Findings, Purpose and Limitations - Declares the reasons for, and purposes of, this Act. Title II: Establishment, Duties, and Membership - Establishes the Federal Accounting Practices Review Commission to: (1) examine and describe the financial management practices of the Federal Government; (2) formulate a financial accounting and management system for Federal agencies; (3) prepare a plan for implementation of such system; and (4) recommend an ongoing method for determining and updating generally accepted accounting principles for the Government. Title III: Administration - Sets forth the administrative staffing, procedures, and powers of the Commission. Requires the Commission to submit a final report to the President and the Congress not later than 18 months after the date of completion of appointments of members to the Commission. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1986
Job Training Amendments to the IRA - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that no additional tax will be imposed on the first $4,000 of payments or distributions from an individual retirement account used by the taxpayer solely to obtain job training or retraining for the taxpayer. Requires that the payments or distributions must be made in reasonable anticipation of the unemployment of the taxpayer or within two years after the taxpayer has become unemployed. Requires all distributions or payments to be made within two years after the first payment or distribution.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that during the official ceremony of the lighting of the torch of the Statue of Liberty, a moment of silence be held for the return of the American captives in Lebanon.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Assimilative Crimes Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that the criminal penalty for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a drug or alcohol in a special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States shall be the punishment provided under the law of that State, Territory, or District. States that whoever operates a motor vehicle in such a jurisdiction consents to certain tests if arrested for driving under the influence of a drug or alcohol. States that any person refusing to submit to such tests shall be denied the privilege of driving for one year.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Long-Term Care Patient Advocacy Act of 1986 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize ombudsmen to designate agents to perform ombudsman functions. Directs the State agency administering the programs under such Act to establish a mandatory training program for ombudsmen and their agents, providing instruction on investigative techniques and the laws and regulations pertaining to long-term care facilities. Protects ombudsmen and their agents from liability if they exercise reasonable care in pursuit of their duties. Directs the State agency to establish: (1) a statewide register which lists information relating to reported incidents of abuse in skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities; and (2) a procedure by which an employee of such facilities or an ombudsman may enter a report in the statewide register detailing alleged incidents of abuse. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require ombudsmen access to patient records in skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities upon the patient's consent and the establishment of reasonable cause. Imposes civil fines and other sanctions upon skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities failing to satisfy Medicare skilled nursing facility requirements. Grants skilled nursing facilities a hearing before the imposition of sanctions. Prohibits the reinstatement of skilled nursing or intermediate care facility participation in the Medicare or Medicaid program earlier than two years from the termination of their participation by reason of their failure to satisfy program requirements. Requires the administrative staff of skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities to clear a criminal background check. Prohibits such facilities from employing individuals within 12 months of their having been dismissed from a facility and cited in a report to the statewide register as suspected abusers of patients in such a facility. Requires skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to consider only the severity of an applicant's illness and the application date in deciding admissions, unless at least 80 percent of the facility's population are Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries. Sets forth reporting requirements regarding the quality of care and conditions at long-term and intermediate care facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Designates July 3, 1986, as Let Freedom Ring Day. Requests the President to encourage people to ring bells immediately following the relighting of the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Social Security Administrative and Investment Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Establishment of the Social Security Administration - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to establish as an independent executive agency a Social Security Administration, headed by a Social Security Board. Provides that it shall be the duty of the Administration to administer the programs established by titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Board to study and make recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy. Establishes in the Administration: (1) a Commissioner of Social Security; (2) a Deputy Commissioner of Social Security; (3) a General Counsel; (4) an Inspector General; and (5) an Office of the Beneficiary Ombudsman, to be headed by a Beneficiary Ombudsman who shall represent the interests of beneficiaries under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income Program within the Administration. Requires the annual report of the Board to include a description of the activities of the Beneficiary Ombudsman. Requires the Board to make annual budgetary recommendations relating to the Administration. Requires that appropriations requests by the Administration for staffing and personnel be based upon a comprehensive workforce plan as established by the Board. Provides for the apportionment of administrative costs. Requires the annual report of the Board to include a section reflecting the use of budget authority provided to the Administration. Requires that authority for automated data processing procurement and facilities construction be provided in the form of contract authority covering the total cost of such acquisitions. Makes amounts needed for the liquidation of contract authority so provided available from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to the extent that such amounts are not needed to meet current obligations for benefit payments. Requires the Board and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement demonstration projects relating to personnel matters. Directs the Board and the Administrator of General Services to implement such projects relating to delegations from the Administrator. Specifies the authorities which are to be delegated to the Board from the Administrator and the Director. Requires the Comptroller General to report to specified congressional committees concerning such projects, including an evaluation of the Board's readiness to assume full and permanent authority. Requires the Board to cause a seal of office to be made and judicial notice taken thereof. Provides for the transfer to the Administration of all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to the programs and activities to be carried out by the Administration under this Act. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security in the Department of Health and Human Services. Sets forth effective date and transitional rule provisions. Title II: Conforming Amendments and Rules of Construction - Requires the Secretary and the Board to report to the Congress within 120 days after the beginning of each regular session on their administration under this Act. Requires the Secretary to study and make recommendations on the most effective methods of providing economic security and on the administrative policy for the programs. Directs the Board to appoint, quadrennially, an Advisory Council on the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and an Advisory Council on Health and Supplementary Medical Insurance to review the relation of the trust funds supporting the OASDI program and the Medicare program and the long-term commitments of those programs. Requires each council to submit a report to the Board for transmittal to the Congress and the Board of Trustees of each Trust Fund. Title III: Management of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund - Amends the OASDI program to direct the Managing Trustee of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (OASDI trust funds) to immediately invest that portion of the OASDI trust funds which is not required for current withdrawals. Requires the investment to be made in accordance with policies established by the Social Security Board. Prohibits the sale and redemption of OASDI trust fund assets or the expenditure of OASDI trust fund amounts for purposes other than those specified in title II of the Act. Requires members of such trust funds' Board of Trustees to faithfully execute their duties, but does not impose a fiduciary duty. Requires that, in consideration of the public debt limit, required investment of trust fund amounts occur prior to the issuance of other obligations. Directs that tax receipts earmarked for the OASDI program be immediately transferred (currently, monthly transfers are made) from the general fund of the Treasury to the OASDI trust funds. Requires the Board of Trustees of the OASDI trust funds to meet at least twice each year. Sets forth provisions requiring reports by the Board of Trustees and the Managing Trustees to the Congress regarding the operation and status of the OASDI trust funds. Title IV: Additional Matters - Amends the OASDI program to prohibit the payment of OASDI benefits to individuals who have been deported pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act because of activities conducted under the direction of or in association with the Nazi government of Germany or its allies. Requires individuals to be paid interim benefits in cases where an administrative law judge has determined their entitlement to certain OASDI or SSI (Supplementary Security Income) benefits, but the Secretary's final decision has not been issued within 90 days of the judge's decision. Excludes any representative of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, any other agency of such department, or an involved State agency from appearing as a party at an OASDI or SSI benefit hearing or participating in the development of the record of such hearing, unless, in the latter case, the presiding officer requests such participation.
United States · United States Congress · 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
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.
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