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United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to remove the present exemption from certain Federal laws (including the antitrust laws) which would, without such exemptions, relate to regulating the business of insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to empower the Federal Trade Commission to determine whether State insurance regulations are entitled to exemptions from certain Federal antitrust laws.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to restrict the "business of insurance" subject to State regulation or taxation to only those matters directly affecting the solvency and reliability of insurers, and those activities directly related to the underwriting of any risk. Excludes from the purview of State regulation any other matter, including the advertising of any insurance product or service.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act - Establishes: (1) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the United States in the Executive Office of the President; (2) an Assistant Secretary for Financial Management in each executive department; and (3) a Controller in each executive agency. Requires officers to be appointed to such positions by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to: (1) provide central direction and monitoring of the executive agencies in the management of their financial activities; (2) ensure that the President and the Congress are fully informed of the Government's financial management condition; and (3) maintain the central accounting and reporting records of the Government. Requires each Assistant Secretary and Controller to: (1) maintain a strategic financial management plan for his or her department or agency; and (2) participate in the appointment, development, and evaluation of financial managers of such department or agency. Requires the budget of each department and agency to contain a line item for its Assistant Secretary or Controller based on its strategic financial management plan. Establishes in the executive branch the Federal Finance Council, which shall consist of the CFO and the Assistant Secretaries, as an advisory body on financial management objectives, information requirements, plans, operations, and activities. Directs the President to transfer to the Office of the CFO: (1) such functions of the executive agencies as the President determines are properly related to the functions of the Office; and (2) such personnel, property, and records of such agencies as are related to the transferred functions.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Designates the week beginning September 7, 1986, as National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Designates April 20, 1986, as Education Day, U.S.A.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Designates the week beginning May 18, 1986, as National Children's Accident Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1986
Non-Smokers' Protection Act of 1986 - Establishes the policy of the United States to provide an environment free from tobacco smoke to the maximum extent practicable in Government buildings. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Surgeon General, to promulgate regulations to carry out such policy. Requires such regulations, at a minimum, to provide that smoking be prohibited in buildings or building sections occupied by the Government. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt certain limited areas from such restriction and grants precedence to the rights of nonsmokers in any dispute. Requires the posting of signs where smoking is permitted in a building. Directs the Secretary to solicit comments from labor organizations prior to promulgating regulations. Prohibits such regulations from superseding those that provide more stringent restrictions on smoking. Declares that nothing in this Act prevents more stringent regulations from being promulgated.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1986
Nursing Home Resident Protection Act of 1986 - Title I: Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require intermediate care facilities (other than mental health institutions) to meet skilled nursing facility requirements established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act. Makes changes in the conditions placed upon skilled nursing facilities' Medicare participation relating to: (1) the quality and fairness of care; (2) patient participation in facility decision-making; and (3) the extent to which care approximates a patient's particular needs. Substantiates such objectives by providing a nonexclusive list of patients' rights at such facilities. Prohibits State agencies which have agreed to survey nursing facilities' compliance with Medicare participation conditions from providing such facilities with consultation services regarding such conditions. Requires that nursing facility survey results be posted in a place accessible to patients. Requires that nursing facility surveys be: (1) unannounced; (2) conducted by a multidisciplinary team of professionals trained and tested for their duties; (3) focused on the quality of care provided to patients; and (4) performed for each facility on a regular basis, the frequency of such surveys depending upon the facility's record. Directs State agencies to provide for the investigation of complaints against nursing facilities and to use specialized survey teams to survey and carry out enforcement action against chronically substandard facilities and other facilities threatening patients' well-being. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish criteria and procedures for evaluating an institution's plans for the correction of its violations of nursing facility standards. Directs the Secretary to conduct a random annual sample of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities in order to validate State determinations regarding provider compliance with Medicaid requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement intermediate sanctions applicable to Medicare nursing or Medicaid intermediate care facilities which do not substantially satisfy the requirements placed on such facilities, but which do not immediately jeopardize the health, safety, and well-being of their patients. Gives such facilities the right to a hearing after the determination regarding such deficiencies is made. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act to give an individual entitled to inpatient hospital services in a nursing or intermediate care facility the right to bring an action in an appropriate Federal district court when such facility's failure to meet the requirements of the Act adversely affects such individual. Title II: Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 - Amends the ombudsman program of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) authorize an ombudsman to designate a representative to perform ombudsman functions; (2) increase the minimum which must be allotted to the program from grants to States for the provision of social services for the aged; (3) immunize ombudsmen and their representatives from liability under State and Federal law in the performance of their duties, so long as such duties are performed with due care; and (4) provide technical assistance and training for ombudsmen and their representatives. Establishes the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Advisory Council in the Department of Health and Human Services to advise the Secretary regarding the development and operation of the ombudsman program. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding data collected on complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Vatican should grant recognition to and establish diplomatic relations with Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986
Proclaims the week of June 15, 1986, as National Agricultural Export Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Telephone Decency Act of 1986 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit any obscene or indecent telephone communication for commercial purposes to any person in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communication. (Current law prohibits such communication to any person without his or her consent or to any person under 18 years of age.)
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Designates May 8, 1986, as Naval Aviation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Designates May 1986 as National Women's Health Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1986
Community Services Programs Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Head Start Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to carry out the Head Start program. Amends the Follow Through Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to carry out the Follow Through program. Amends the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 to: (1) rename specified provisions as the "Dependent Care Programs Act"; and (2) authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to make allotments to States for such dependent care programs. Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act (the Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for grants to States to ameliorate poverty. Requires compliance evaluations to include identification of the impact the use of such funds has on children, homeless families, and the elderly poor. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for use of community services block grants under the Act for specified programs of the Community Economic Development Act of 1981. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for community food and nutrition programs under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1986
Designates the Federal building at Jamaica Avenue and Parsons Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens, New York, as the Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1986
Designates the month of October 1986 as National Down Syndrome Month.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1986
Expresses the House of Representatives' disapproval of any proposal to establish a Social Security Court or limit, in any other manner, the jurisdiction of U.S. district courts over appeals of administrative decisions concerning entitlement to social security benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1986
Designates the month of May 1986 as National Child Safety Month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1986
Designates the week beginning on March 16, 1986, as National Congregate and Meals on Wheels Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Designates the week beginning November 24, 1986, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, abate, and analyze asbestos problems. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for the certification of school asbestos inspection and abatement programs and for asbestos management plans, all to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Requires warning labels on any asbestos still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Makes any local educational agency which fails to comply with this Act liable for civil penalties, including injunctive action. Requires the Administrator or appropriate Governor to investigate citizen complaints Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Sets forth the relationship of pollution liability insurance risk retention groups to State law, including securities law. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986
Designates the week beginning December 7, 1986, as National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986
Designates the week beginning on October 5, 1986, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 1986 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1986
Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986 - Title I: General Requirements for Parental and Medical Leave - Entitles employees to parental leave for specified periods in cases involving the birth, adoption, or serious health condition of a child. Entitles employees to temporary medical leave for specified periods in cases involving inability to work because of a serious health condition. Sets forth conditions for certification for such types of leave. Provides that such leave may be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave to cover part of such leave period. Sets forth employment and benefits protections relating to such leave. Provides for administrative enforcement of this title by the Secretary of Labor, as well as enforcement by civil action. Sets forth provisions for injunctive relief, monetary relief, and attorneys' fees. Requires employers to post notice of the pertinent provisions of this title. Title II: Parental Leave and Temporary Medical Leave for Civil Service Employees - Amends specified Federal law to entitle civil service employees to parental leave and temporary medical leave for specified periods. Provides that such leave will be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave for part of such leave. Sets forth protection for job position and health insurance benefits of employees using such leave. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for administration of this title which are consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under title I of this Act. Title III: Commission on Paid Parental and Medical Leave - Establishes the Commission on Paid Parental and Medical Leave. Requires the Commission to report on its study of paid parental and medical leave to the Congress within two years after the Commission first meets. Terminates the Commission within 30 days after its final report. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth the effect of this Act on existing laws and existing employment benefits. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations to carry out title I of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1986
Medicare Part C: Catastrophic Health Insurance Act of 1986 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to add a new part C entitled "Program for Catastrophic Coverage, Long-Term Care, and Certain Preventive Benefits." (Redesignates the current part C as part D.) Provides coverage for individuals who are entitled to part A (Hospital Insurance) benefits, are enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), and enroll with a public or private organization having a contract with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide part C services (part C organizations). Requires part C organizations to provide services without imposing deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance, or imposing time restrictions on benefits for inpatient hospital services or extended care services. Requires, in addition, that part C organizations provide: (1) routine biennial physical checkups; (2) routine eye care, including an annual vision examination and prescription eyeglasses; (3) dental services, including teeth cleaning, extractions, examinations, and dentures; (4) hearing examinations and aids; and (5) intermediate and long-term care services provided in the least restrictive environment. Directs part C organizations to provide additional health benefits to enrollees if the adjusted community payment rate for required services is less than the average per capita payment to the organization for the annual contract period. Authorizes the Secretary's contract with part C organizations to provide additional optional services if such services will not substantially discourage enrollments. Requires part C organizations to reimburse other organizations which provide medically and immediately necessary services to their enrollees in circumstances where such services could not reasonably have been obtained through the enrollee's organization. Requires the Secretary to make advance monthly payments to part C organizations in accordance with a per capita rate of payment for each class of enrollee, such rates to be determined annually pursuant to a specified formula. Authorizes retroactive payment adjustments to account for any difference between the actual number of individuals enrolled and the number estimated to be enrolled in determining the advance payment. Authorizes part C organizations to charge or permit providers to charge liable third parties or enrollees, to the extent they have been paid by third parties, for the organizations' services. Requires the Secretary's part C payments to be made exclusively to part C organizations. Provides that, where an individual receiving inpatient hospital services enrolls in a part C organization, such organization shall not be financially responsible for those services. Provides, however, that where part C enrollment is terminated while inpatient hospital services are being provided, the organization is financially responsible for such services from the date of enrollment to the date of discharge. Provides part C enrollees with protection against the risk of and responsibility for a part C organization's insolvency. Requires part C organizations to provide meaningful procedures for hearing and resolving grievances between the organization, or its service providers, and enrollees. Authorizes enrollee appeal to a local review board, at least one-half of which is composed of representatives of part C eligible individuals. Provides for further appeal to the Secretary where the amount in controversy is at least $100 and judicial review of the Secretary's determination if that amount equals or exceeds $1,000. Requires part C organizations to have an ongoing quality assurance program which stresses health outcomes and provides for the review of its health care services by health care professionals. Requires peer review organizations to review part C health care services. Directs the Secretary to annually review such services. Sets forth miscellaneous terms required in a part C organization's contract with the Secretary, including provisions facilitating the flow of information from such organizations. Requires each organization to have an annual 30-day open enrollment period and the Secretary to establish a single 30-day period where several organizations service the same area. Requires part C organizations to inform individuals seeking to enroll regarding benefits provided, premiums required, and such other information as the Secretary may require. Prohibits an organization's distribution of applications or promotional and informational materials unless such materials have been submitted to the Secretary at least 45 days before distribution and have not been disapproved. Terminates an individual's enrollment upon such individual's: (1) loss of entitlement to part A (Hospital Insurance) benefits; (2) termination from part B (Supplemenal Medical Insurance) enrollment; or (3) failure to pay part C premiums. Sets forth the procedure to be used in determining the monthly premium required of part C enrollees. Limits the monthly premium which may be required to a specified percentage of an individual's gross income, except in the case of late enrollments. Deposits such payments in the Federal Medicare Part C Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with States in order to effect the part C enrollment of eligible groups covered under certain State public assistance programs. Establishes the Medicare Part C Trust Fund in the Treasury. Transfers to such trust fund those amounts in other Medicare trust funds which would have been expended under parts A and B had the enrollee chosen coverage under those programs.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986
Directs the President to designate May 1986 as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986
Disapproves a proposed deferral (number D86-48) of $500,000,000 of budget authority for the community development block grant program, as set forth in the President's message to the Congress on February 5, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986
Repeals provisions of the Innovation Development Act of 1982 terminating assistance from the Small Business Administration to small businesses for research and development.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986
Designates the week of May 11 through May 17, 1986, as Senior Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986
Congratulates Robert H. Helmick and George D. Miller upon their appointment as president and secretary general, respectively, of the United States Olympic Committee. Encourages U.S. citizens and businesses to support the U.S. Olympic team.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1986
Competitive America Trade Reform Act of 1986 - Declares that it is U.S. policy that: (1) the United States shall call for a multilateral conference to seek a new international monetary regime; (2) the United States shall try to use its foreign aid programs to aid the development of the private sectors in less developed countries; (3) rules of trade, dispute settlement procedures, and penalties for trade violations should be strengthened; (4) new policies are required to aid U.S. industries to improve their international competitiveness; and (5) a new program of transition aid for workers and firms is needed. Title I: International Monetary Reform - Establishes a temporary National Commission on International Monetary Reform which shall prepare a report for the President and the Congress analyzing and evaluating: (1) proposed reforms of the international monetary system; (2) the effects of international capital flows on exchange rate volatility and proposals for restricting capital transactions; (3) proposed methods for coordinating monetary policies of major industrialized nations; (4) objectives for joint intervention in foreign exchange markets; (5) a detailed working agenda to be presented to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new "Bretton Woods" conference; and (6) other matters, including legislative recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, within 45 days of the submission of the Commission's report, to submit legislation to the Congress implementing policy changes recommended by the Commission and authorizing submission of the agenda to the IMF. Provides for expedited consideration of such legislation. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days of enactment of such legislation, to request the IMF to convene a working group to consider the agenda for a conference on monetary reform. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the 30 percent withholding tax on portfolio interest paid to foreign persons. Title II: Foreign Assistance and Investment - Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) administer the aid programs referred to in this title in a manner that promotes the development of as diverse a range of economic sectors within developing countries as is practicable; and (2) prevent any domestic industry or economic sector from bearing a disproportionate economic burden as a result of a bilateral trade or investment agreement or of the operation of a U.S. development program in foreign countries. Authorizes the Secretary of State to: (1) develop a list of those less developed countries in which Cooley Loan Program activities may be conducted; and (2) negotiate and conclude agreements for the implementation of a Cooley Loan Program. Requires such agreements to provide for: (1) the sale of surplus U.S. commodities to be paid for by local currencies; (2) such currencies to be made available to designated accounts under the control of the Secretary of State; (3) spending no less than 50 percent of certain development funds for private sector development; and (4) specifying maximum local currency reserve levels in designated accounts, monetary growth targets in the host country, and termination conditions. Establishes an Economic Security Council. Requires the Council to: (1) advise the President on domestic and international economic matters; (2) develop and oversee U.S. economic policy; and (3) develop an international bankruptcy procedure to guide U.S. banks and agencies in responding to impending defaults by debtor nations. Abolishes the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs. Authorizes the President to enter into trade agreements with least developed developing countries which provide for liberalization of trade between the United States and such countries. Establishes within the International Development Cooperation Agency the International Private Enterprise Institute which shall: (1) provide expertise and technical aid to less developed countries in attracting financial investment, developing indigenous industries, and promoting exports; and (2) serve as U.S. liaison for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Requires that funds authorized: (1) for programs conducted by the Agency for International Development shall be used for government-to-government and official activities which foster economic growth and promote a favorable climate for development of the private sector in developing countries; and (2) for programs conducted by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) shall be used to promote economic growth and stability through the direct involvement of the private sector. Creates four special offices within OPIC for program development. Authorizes OPIC to take partial equity interest in qualified development projects. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should call upon the IMF and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to convene a special meeting of the Group of Ten industrial nations and debtor nations for the purposes of formalizing growth-oriented conditionality guidelines to promote the creditworthiness of less developed countries, debt repayment flexibility, and trade liberalization. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare a report in preparation for such conference and submit such report to the Congress. Title III: Trade Laws and Agreements - Subtitle A: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - Directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to request the contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to join the United States in ministerial sessions preparatory to a new round of negotiations which would seek to: (1) create or strengthen GATT articles on certain trade issues; (2) strengthen the GATT as an institution by means of certain administrative and rules changes; and (3) tighten GATT enforcement mechanisms through reforms of the panel system. Subtitle B: Reform of Certain States Trade Laws - Declares that it is U.S. policy to regard a country as not subscribing to the open trade principles of the GATT and to impose trade sanctions on such country if such country fails to: (1) demonstrate good faith in adhering to GATT principles; (2) cooperate in extending GATT coverage to the areas listed in Subtitle A; (3) seek to eliminate counterfeiting, piracy of intellectual property, or violations of export licensing regulations; or (4) assist in international efforts to curb illicit drug traffic. Requires petitions for import relief that are filed with the International Trade Commission (ITC) to: (1) allege that an article is being imported in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury to the competing domestic industry or a substantial threat of serious injury to a nascent competing domestic industry; and (2) include a statement describing the purposes for which import relief is sought, including the objective of facilitating methods of adjusting to the competition. Requires the ITC to decide within 25 days whether the petition alleges all the elements necessary for import relief. Requires the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to initiate an import relief investigation if the ITC determines that the petition contains all the necessary elements. Declares that the Secretary shall initiate such an investigation upon request of the President, the USTR, the ITC, or upon the Secretary's own motion. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days of the start of such investigation, to determine whether: (1) any domestic industry is being seriously injured; or (2) any nascent domestic industry is being threatened. Sets forth factors the Secretary shall consider in making such determination. Sets forth the method of determining whether the article that a domestic industry produces is like or competitive with an imported article. Requires the Secretary, if the Secretary determines that imports are injuring or threatening a domestic industry, to: (1) notify the ITC; and (2) make available to the ITC certain information relating to such determination. Requires the ITC, within 30 days of the Secretary's determination, to determine whether imports are a substantial cause of the serious injury, or threat of injury, found by the Secretary. Sets forth factors the ITC shall consider and investigate. Requires the ITC to report to the USTR the ITC's determination and the basis for such determination. Requires the ITC to recommend to the USTR the duty, import restrictions, or adjustment assistance necessary to remedy or prevent the injury. Prohibits another import relief investigation of the same subject matter until one year after the ITC's report to the USTR, unless the ITC determines there is good cause for another investigation. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor, upon the start of an import relief investigation, to begin negotiations with representatives of the affected domestic industry on an industry modernization agreement. Prohibits granting import relief unless an industry modernization agreement has been entered into and the National Commission on International Competitiveness has approved such agreement. Authorizes the USTR to waive the requirement of having such an agreement for six months if specified conditions are met. Requires the USTR to request certain proceedings under the GATT, if appropriate. Transfers from the President to the USTR certain duties relating to actions taken after import relief investigations. Reduces from 60 to 30 days the amount of time that may elapse between submission of a report recommending import relief and the determination of the method and amount of import relief to be granted. Includes among the factors the USTR must consider in determining the amount and method of import relief: (1) domestic, economic, and political constraints affecting the domestic industry; and (2) the international market for articles under investigation and labor conditions in the production of such articles. Transfers from the President to the USTR the duty to determine the method and amount of import relief to be granted (except that the President may, when it is necessary for national security, reduce or terminate such import relief). Requires import relief ordered by the USTR to take effect within 15 days of such order. Requires the USTR to order the import relief within 15 days after the date on which the USTR determines to provide import relief. Prohibits such import relief from taking effect if the President: (1) determines that such import relief should not be taken for reasons of national security; or (2) certifies to the Congress that negotiations on orderly marketing agreements or voluntary restraint agreements have been entered into regarding imports of the affected article. Requires the USTR to submit semiannual reports on such negotiations if no import relief is granted because of such negotiations. Requires the USTR to order such import relief if, 18 months after the President makes such certification, a joint resolution is adopted ordering such relief. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Requires the Secretary, if the USTR grants import relief, as long as such relief remains in effect to: (1) monitor the domestic industry that was found to be injured or threatened by imports; and (2) notify the USTR of any change in circumstances that would alter the continued validity of such determination. Requires the ITC, if the USTR grants import relief, as long as such relief remains in effect to: (1) monitor the domestic industry and any foreign country or trade agreement that were the subjects of a finding that imports injured or threatened a domestic industry; and (2) notify the USTR of any change in circumstances that would alter the continued validity of such determination. Changes the method of petitioning for enforcement of U.S. rights under trade agreements and for a U.S. response to certain foreign trade practices. Authorizes any person which is representative of a domestic industry to file with the ITC a petition requesting the USTR to enforce U.S. rights under a trade agreement or respond to unfair foreign trade practices. Sets forth the allegations that shall be included in such petition, including the allegation that unenforcement of U.S. rights or use of the foreign trade practice is a cause of injury to a domestic industry or a threat of injury to a nascent domestic industry. Requires the ITC to determine within 25 days whether the petition alleges all the necessary elements for relief. Requires the Secretary to initiate an investigation if the ITC finds that the petition is sufficient. Declares that the Secretary shall initiate such investigation upon request of the President, the USTR, or the ITC, or upon the Secretary's own motion. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days of the start of such investigation, to determine whether: (1) the domestic industry is being injured; or (2) any nascent domestic industry is being threatened with injury. Sets forth factors to be considered in making such determination. Requires the Secretary to notify the ITC if such determination is affirmative. Terminates the investigation if the determination is negative. Sets forth the definition of injury and threat of injury with respect to such investigation. Requires the ITC, within 30 days of receipt of the Secretary's affirmative determination, to determine: (1) whether U.S. rights under a trade agreement are not being enforced or a foreign country's policy denies benefits to the United States under any trade agreement or is unjustifiable or restricts U.S. commerce; and (2) whether such unenforcement or policy is a cause of the injury or threat of injury found by the Secretary. Sets forth factors the ITC shall consider in making such determination. Requires the ITC to report its determinations to the USTR and to submit a recommendation of actions that the USTR should take if the conditions described in both (1) and (2) are found to exist. Sets forth definitions. Requires the USTR to request certain proceedings under the GATT, if appropriate. Requires the USTR, if both determinations of the ITC are affirmative, to determine what actions the USTR will take to: (1) enforce U.S. rights under such trade agreement; and (2) obtain the elimination of the unfair foreign policy. Sets forth actions the USTR may take, including: (1) withdrawal of trade agreement concessions; (2) increases in import restrictions on the goods or services of such country; (3) increases in restrictions on, or denial of issuance of, service sector access authorizations; and (4) denial of intellectual property protections to nationals of such country. Sets forth factors the USTR shall consider in determining what action to take. Requires the USTR to issue the order taking such action within 15 days of determining what such action should be. Prohibits such action from taking effect if the President: (1) determines that such action should not take effect for national security reasons; or (2) certifies to the Congress that such foreign country has entered into certain good faith negotiations. Provides for imposing such action if a joint resolution is enacted 18 months after the President makes such certification to the Congress. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Requires the Secretary to: (1) monitor the domestic industry or nascent industry that the Secretary found to be injured or threatened with injury; and (2) notify the USTR of any change in circumstances that would alter such determination. Requires the ITC to: (1) monitor the domestic industry and any foreign country or trade agreement that the ITC found to be injured or unenforced; and (2) notify the USTR of any change in circumstances that would alter such determinations. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to change the method of investigation and relief under section 337 of such Act (relating to unfair practices in import trade). Adds a new title to such Act covering such changes. Authorizes any person that is a representative of a domestic industry to file a petition with the ITC requesting the USTR to investigate and provide relief from unfair practices in import trade. Requires such petition to allege that: (1) the owner or consignee of an import is using an unfair method of competition or is committing an unfair act in the importation of any article or in the sale in the United States of any import; and (2) the effect or tendency of such unfair method or unfair act is to injure substantially an efficiently operating U.S. industry, to prevent the establishment in the United States of a competing industry, or to restrain or monopolize U.S. trade. Requires the ITC to determine within 25 days whether the petition alleges all the necessary elements for relief. Requires the Secretary to initiate an investigation if the ITC finds that the petition is sufficient. Declares that the Secretary shall initiate such investigation upon request of the President, the USTR, or the ITC, or upon the Secretary's own motion. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days of the start of such investigation, to determine whether: (1) the domestic industry is being operated efficiently and is being substantially injured; (2) the establishment of a competing industry in the United States is being prevented; or (3) U.S. trade or commerce is being restrained or monopolized. Sets forth factors to be considered in making such determination. Requires the Secretary to notify the ITC if such determination is affirmative. Terminates the investigation if the determination is negative. Sets forth the definitions of "substantially injured" and "restrained or monopolized" with respect to such investigation. Requires the ITC, within 30 days of the Secretary's affirmative determination, to determine: (1) whether the alleged method of competition or act exists and is an unfair method of competition or an unfair act; and (2) if such determination under (1) is affirmative, whether such method or act effects or tends to effect the Secretary's finding of substantial injury to a domestic industry, prevention of establishment of a domestic industry, or restraint or monopolization of trade or commerce. Sets forth factors the ITC shall consider in making such determination. Requires the ITC to report its determinations to the USTR and to submit a recommendation of actions that the USTR should take if the conditions described in both (1) and (2) are found to exist. Authorizes the ITC to order that certain articles may not be imported by any person reasonably suspected of violating section 337 if the ITC, during its investigation, determines that there is reason to believe that such violation may threaten the public health or safety or cause irreparable harm to a domestic industry. Authorizes the ITC to vacate such order at any time before its report to the USTR. Requires such order to expire 30 days after such report to the USTR. Requires the ITC to request certain proceedings under the GATT, if appropriate. Requires the USTR, if both determinations of the ITC are affirmative, to determine what actions the USTR will take to respond to such violations of section 337. Authorizes the USTR to take the following actions: (1) denial of entry into the United States of articles imported by persons who engaged in an unfair method of competition or unfair act; (2) issuance of a cease and desist order to persons engaging in such method of competition or such acts; and (3) (if a foreign country is engaged in such method of competition or committed such unfair act) withdrawal of trade agreement concessions, increases in import restrictions on such country's products, suspension of certain compensation under the Trade Act of 1974, and denial of intellectual property protection to nationals of such country. Authorizes the USTR to determine not to take any action to respond to a violation of section 337 if each of the above actions would have a substantial adverse effect in the United States on: (1) the public health and safety; (2) competitive conditions; (3) the production of like or directly competitive articles; or (4) consumers. Sets forth factors the USTR shall consider in determining what action to take. Requires the USTR to issue the order taking such action within 15 days of determining what such action should be. Prohibits such action from taking effect if the President: (1) determines that such action should not take effect for national security reasons; or (2) certifies to the Congress that in the case of an action against a foreign country such foreign country has entered into certain good faith negotiations. Provides for imposing such action if a joint resolution is enacted 18 months after the President makes such certification to the Congress. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Requires the USTR to terminate any such action if the USTR determines that the relevant unfair method of competition or unfair act has terminated. Excludes certain imports needed by the Federal Government from the USTR's orders. Sets forth penalties for violations of such actions. Requires the Secretary to: (1) monitor the domestic industry, trade, or market that the Secretary found to be injured, prevented, or restrained; and (2) notify the USTR of any change in circumstances that would alter such determination. Requires the ITC to: (1) monitor the unfair method of competition or unfair act that the ITC found to exist; and (2) notify the USTR of any change in circumstances that would alter such determinations. Reverses the roles of the ITC and the administering authority in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations. Changes the definition of the "administering authority" from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of Commerce. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include in the annual report to the Congress on barriers to market access an identification and analysis of: (1) foreign industrial targeting; (2) protection of intellectual property rights by foreign countries; (3) procurement practices of foreign governments; (4) foreign protection of nascent industries; and (5) subsidies provided by foreign countries. Transfers the responsibility for generating such report from the USTR to the ITC. Title IV: Enhancing International Competitiveness - Subtitle A: International Commerce - Establishes the National Commission on International Competitiveness (the Commission) which shall assist U.S. industries in competing in international markets. Amends the Sherman Act to require courts to consider global market and competitive conditions in any case in which it has been alleged that there has been a monopoly or attempt to monopolize. Amends the Clayton Act to require courts to consider global market and competitive conditions before finding that such Act has been violated. Directs the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to develop regulations for expedited procedures to consider applications for antitrust waivers for joint ventures proposing to undertake research and development ventures. Requires such regulations to be developed under guidelines established by the Commission and the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984. Authorizes the Commission to modify such regulations. Amends the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 to authorize the Attorney General to waive the provisions of title I of such Act and a specified provision of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to conduct involving a foreign country that the Attorney General certifies has: (1) effective bribery or corruption statutes; and (2) an established record of aggressive enforcement of such statutes. Authorizes the Attorney General to share certain information with such countries. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a classification code for monitoring international trade in services; (2) monitor international trade in service; and (3) report annually to the Congress on such trade. Requires the President to pursue bilateral agreements on trade in services until such trade is brought within the scope of the GATT. Requires the U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service to expand commercial attache programs to cover developing countries now served by State Department personnel. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Export-Import Bank to: (1) develop a program of coinsurance to expand small business exports; and (2) develop with the Agency for International Development a special fund to counter predatory, subsidized financing and mixed credit programs of other countries. Subtitle B: Technology, Transfer, Research, and Development - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to require the Secretary to increase the availability of foreign science and engineering literature to U.S. businesses, scientists, and engineers. Establishes the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer in the National Science Foundation. Sets forth the duties of the Consortium. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to report biennially to the Congress and to the President on the Consortium's activities. Requires each Federal agency to transfer a specified percentage of funds to the National Science Foundation for the Consortium. Reauthorizes the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 through FY 1990. Authorizes additional appropriations for such Act for FY 1986, 1987, and 1988 in order to increase the availability of foreign technical literature. Requires the National Science Foundation, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on the relative merits and feasibility of establishing the National Corporation for Cooperative Laboratory Research (the Corporation). Sets forth factors to be included in such study. Declares that the Corporation would be an independent Federal entity with control over designated Federal laboratories. Sets forth the primary functions of the Corporation. Requires the National Science Foundation, through the Consortium to: (1) monitor technology transfer activities of Federal laboratories; (2) assess the resources and effectiveness of collaborative efforts among the laboratories, private industry, and academia; and (3) promote a national information network to foster private sector commercialization of Federal laboratory research and discoveries. Title V: Education for American Competitiveness - Education for American Competitiveness Act - Subtitle A: High Technology Morrill Program - Establishes in the Treasury a Technology Education Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Trust Fund for each of FY 1987 through 1991 a certain amount of the sums paid to the United States under: (1) the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; (2) the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920; and (3) other mineral resource development Acts. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make grants for technology education programs. Sets forth the: (1) conditions of such grants; (2) method of applying for such grants; and (3) uses for such grants. Requires the Secretary of Energy to pay the Federal share of the costs of activities described in the application. Provides for equitable distribution of such grants. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to withhold payments if the conditions of the application are not met. Sets forth provisions for the administration of this subtitle. Subtitle B: Teacher Training and Postsecondary Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish a program of grants to institutions of higher education in order to encourage coordination between such institutions and local educational agencies in the improvement of science, mathematics, and foreign language education. Requires the Secretary of Education to give priority to proposals which include certain activities for teachers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Subtitle C: Foreign Language Assistance - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies to fund model programs providing commencement or improvement and expansion of foreign language study for students residing within their school districts. Provides a formula for the amount of such grants. Sets forth the application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Title VI: Trade Adjustment Assistance - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prohibit paying trade adjustment assistance benefits to a dislocated worker until the worker submits to the Secretary of Labor an agreement to make certain repayments to the Secretary which shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. Sets forth the formula for determining what amount the worker must repay. Provides that an adversely affected worker may receive trade adjustment assistance for the weeks of unemployment: (1) which occur after a certain date relating to certification of the worker's status; and (2) for which no unemployment insurance has been received by the worker. (Prohibits unemployment insurance payments to workers eligible for trade adjustment assistance.) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to require all trade-dislocated workers, in areas where training is available, to accept such training within 14 days of the date such workers apply for trade adjustment assistance except that no worker may be required to: (1) accept training or undertake a job search until eight weeks after the start of unemployment; or (2) accept or participate in such training for a period longer than the remaining period of eligibility for trade adjustment assistance. Provides trade readjustment assistance for workers for 26 weeks. Requires trade adjustment assistance agreements with States to prohibit payment of unemployment compensation if a worker eligible for such compensation is eligible for trade adjustment assistance. Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary of Labor to approve training for a trade-dislocated worker if certain circumstances exist. Authorizes paying for such training through a voucher system. Limits the amount of payments for such training to $4,000 for each worker. Sets forth the type of training programs that may be approved. Requires firms, in order to receive trade adjustment assistance, to have entered an agreement which: (1) provides for the modernization of the industry and a gradual elimination of trade adjustment assistance to such firm; and (2) has been approved by the National Commission on Industrial Competitiveness. Eliminates the termination date for trade adjustment assistance for workers and firms. Establishes in the Treasury a Trade Adjustment Assistance Fund. Provides for the transfer to such Fund of the amounts attributable to: (1) a specified duty imposed by the Competitive America Trade Reform Act of 1985; and (2) certain other amounts paid into the general fund by the Secretary of Labor. Requires annual reports to the Congress on the Trust Fund. Requires the USTR to enter into negotiations to achieve changes in the GATT that would allow a country to impose a small uniform duty on all imports in order to fund a program that assists workers and firms of such country in adjusting to import competition. Imposes a one-percent duty on all imports into the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1986
Designates April 28, 1986, as National Nursing Home Residents Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1986
Designates the month of October 1986 as Lupus Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, gold medals to Anatoly and Avital Shcharansky in recognition of their supreme dedication and total commitment to human rights and freedoms. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the design of the medals. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to sell bronze duplicates of the medals.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Sheltered Workshop Employment Amendment of 1986 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude from income for food stamp program purposes earnings received by handicapped or disabled persons in sheltered workshops.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Designates the week of September 21 through September 27, 1986, as Emergency Medical Services Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should consider the issuance of a travel advisory to warn U.S. citizens of the dangers to travel in any country in which such citizens are attacked by terrorists supported by Libya if the government of that country fails to close Libyan official missions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to remove the existing 70-year upper age limit of the class to which the discrimination prohibitions apply, thus extending coverage to all individuals who are at least 40 years of age. Removes the 69-year upper age limit for group health plan coverage. Delays the effect of this Act for employees under a collective bargaining contract until January 1, 1990, or the termination of such contract, if earlier.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Amends title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to redesignate part F (National Talented Teacher Program) as "Part F-Christa McAuliffe National Talented Teacher Fellowship Program." Renames the fellowships awarded under part F the McAuliffe Fellowships.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Disapproves a proposed deferral (number 86-48) of $500,000,000 of budget authority for the community development block grant program, as set forth in the President's message to the Congress on February 5, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Declares that the proposed rescission of budget authority (R86-55) for the urban development action grant program should not be approved in any rescission bill. Requires that such program be resumed not later than the date of enactment of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1986
Designates the week of April 14 through April 20, 1986, as National Mathematics Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1986
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the trade adjustment assistance programs for workers and firms through March 15, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1986
Designates the month of November 1986 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1986
Designates February 28, 1986, as National TRIO Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1986
Designates the week of May 11 through May 17, 1986, as National Osteoporosis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1986
Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require legislative branch employees who are cleared for access to information with a security classification of secret or higher to file annual financial disclosure statements.