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United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate a calendar week in 1986 and each year thereafter as National Infection Control Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Recreational Boating Safety Act of 1986 - Reduces by ten percent the amount of funds allocable to an eligible State for recreational boating safety programs if such State does not have in effect by a certain time a titling system consistent with a federally prescribed uniform titling system for recreational vessels. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a uniform system for State titling of recreational vessels. Permits a recreational vessel that has been titled under a federally approved State titling system to travel between the United States and a foreign country without entering or clearing with the Customs Service. Terminates the National Boating Safety Advisory Council on September 30, 1990. Reduces the membership of such Council from 21 to 17 and requires its composition to include members from: (1) State officials responsible for State boating safety programs; (2) recreational vessel manufacturers; (3) recreational boating organizations; and (4) the general public.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Requires each blender who distributes alcohol-blended gasoline to certain purchasers to determine and certify the type and percentage of alcohol and the percentage of cosolvents in such gasoline. Requires each distributor who receives such certified gasoline and distributes it to certain persons to certify the type and percentage of alcohol and cosolvent in the gasoline according to specified guidelines. Requires each gasoline retailer of alcohol-blended gasoline to conspicuously display the type and percentage of alcohol and cosolvent to ultimate purchasers at the point of sale. Grants the Federal Trade Commission investigative and enforcement powers to implement this Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) conduct field tests determining alcohol type and percentage (including the percentage of cosolvents) in gasoline; and (2) notify the Federal Trade Commission of any failures to post such information. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate rules for the uniform display and certification of alcohol and cosolvent content in alcohol-blended gasoline. Provides that a violation of this Act shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act affecting commerce within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Designates the week beginning January 4, 1987, as National Bowling Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Designates the week of October 5 through October 11, 1986, as National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1986
Ballistic Knife Prohibition Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, importation, and mailing of ballistic knives (knives with a detachable blade that is propelled by a spring-operated mechanism).
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Designates the week beginning September 7, 1986, as Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Declares that the House of Representatives calls upon the President to open multilateral negotiations aimed at opening all nuclear power reactors of the world for safety inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) condemns the Soviet Union's failure to provide notification and information about the nuclear accident at Chernobyl; and (2) calls upon the Soviet Union to permit outside nuclear experts to assist with the accident and to allow the international press corps to cover the situation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1986
Repeals the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere Act of 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Amends title VII (Unlawful Possession or Receipt of Firearms) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the firearms-related crimes for which persons with multiple convictions may receive increased penalties to include serious drug offenses and crimes of violence. (Previous law provided increased penalties for robbery and burglary only.)
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Amends the Bank Secrecy Act 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 of misstatement of fact or to fail to file a required report; or (2) structuring or assisting in structuring a transaction 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. Provides that no property or interest therein shall be forfeited if the owner is a bona fide purchaser for value with no knowledge of the reporting requirement violation. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the enforcement of such seizure and forfeiture authority by internal revenue enforcement officers. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose a civil penalty on a person (excluding a domestic financial institution examined by a Federal bank supervisory agency or a financial institution regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission) who willfully 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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to eliminate the duty on certain small games and toys valued not over five cents each. Reduces the duty on all such games and toys valued over five cents per unit. Eliminates the duty on toy jewelry valued not one and one-half cents per piece. Reduces the duty on such jewelry valued over such amount.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize persons who qualify to enter into operating-differential subsidy contracts with the Secretary of Transportation. Authorizes any person currently under contract with the Secretary to have such contract amended to provide for the payment of such an operating-differential subsidy (ODS). Makes an owner or operator of a qualified vessel (certain liners) eligible to receive ODS payment if such vessel is operating in international trade on the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes certain other vessel owners or operators to file for an amended contract under this Act. Requires the Secretary, when entering into a contract or an amended contract under this Act, to provide that: (1) the contract vessel shall be manned exclusively by U.S. citizens; (2) such vessel shall be offered for enrollment in a sealift readiness program approved by the Secretary of Defense; and (3) the construction plan of vessels constructed after the enactment of this Act is reviewed by the Secretary of the Navy for possible equipment modification for purposes of national defense. Terminates each ODS contract and contract amendments 15 years after enactment of this Act, with possible 15-year renewals. Allows each such contract or amended contract to be further amended or rescinded only upon the mutual consent of the Secretary and the contractor. Requires liner vessels receiving ODS payments under this Act to operate only in international trade or in accordance with the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Prohibits any liner vessel receiving ODS payments under this Act from also receiving payments under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Outlines administrative provisions concerning such contracts and contract amendments. Requires the Secretary to employ a wage index, revised at least every two years, for the purpose of calculating ODS payments. Requires the Secretary to make such ODS payments on a monthly basis. Provides that the computation of ODS payments shall be determined by the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews on qualified vessels. Prohibits any person who has entered into an ODS contract or contract amendment from directly or indirectly competing in international trade with any U.S.-built, U.S.-flag liner vessel which operated on an essential trade route, or service area to such route, in 1984, unless certain conditions are met. Allows such competition to occur if a rationalization agreement (a cooperative working arrangement using pooling or allocation of earnings, losses, or traffic) has been drawn up between such vessels. Provides for review and enforcement of such rationalization agreements by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC). Allows persons who have entered into ODS contracts or other such contracts under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to file complaints with the FMC. Requires the FMC to establish an Arbitration Board to hear such complaints within 15 days after receiving such complaint. Outlines administrative procedures relating to the hearing and decision process of the Arbitration Board of the FMC. Establishes, three years after the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Policy Review Board. Requires such Board, within one year after its appointment, to report to the Congress on whether to continue provisions of this Act relating to rationalization agreements and complaint procedures. Authorizes the FMC to investigate and, if necessary, issue remedial orders proscribing any activity or practice by any person, foreign or domestic, or by any foreign government, which the Commission considers to be contrary to the purposes of this Act. Outlines civil penalties for any person failing to comply with remedial orders. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to include the purposes of this Act within such Act's declaration of policy and purposes. Provides for the waiver of certain restrictions (regarding transportation of Government cargoes) against vessels built or rebuilt outside the United States or documented under any foreign registry from operation in a specific trade route if every person operating a U.S.-flag liner vessel on such trade route agrees to waive such restrictions. Makes funds authorized or appropriated under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 for the operation of liner vessels available to satisfy obligations under this Act. Authorizes certain persons operating steam-powered U.S.-flag vessels for a specified period to apply to the Secretary for a grant to repower such vessel with a diesel engine. Provides for resale to the Secretary of such vessels for their insurance value when the vessel reaches 25 years of age. Authorizes appropriations. Requires any vessel of which the Secretary has custody or title on the effective date of this Act to be made available for charter in seaworthy condition.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize and direct the Secretary of Transportation to enter into operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contracts with certain U.S. citizens who qualify for such subsidies under provisions of this Act for the operation of qualified vessels in the international trade. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to amend existing ODS contracts to reflect changes brought about by this Act. Outlines: (1) administrative provisions regarding such ODS contracts; and (2) eligibility requirements for those U.S. citizens wishing to enter into such ODS contracts. Requires amendments in existing ODS contracts to reflect the increased wage-differential payments permitted in such contracts as provided by this Act. Specifies certain Federal laws which shall not apply to ODS contracts as amended. Provides that no amendment to an existing ODS contract shall be construed as a termination of any contract entered into under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 or a release of any obligation of the United States under such contract. Limits U.S. liability for costs under certain amended ODS contracts to wage-differential costs. Defines such qualified vessels entitled to be operated under new and amended ODS contracts as certain kinds of liner vessels. Sets forth the terms and restrictions for new and amended ODS contracts, including: (1) the monthly payment of ODSs to contractors upon their verification of such amounts; (2) the determination of the amount of ODS to be paid to be based upon the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews abroad such vessels; and (3) the requirement that all vessels under such contracts be manned by U.S. citizens and able to be converted into auxiliary naval vessels in time of war or national emergency. Provides for termination of ODS contracts after 15 years, with possible renewals for additional 15-year periods. Provides that all such ODS contracts or amended contracts can only be further amended or rescinded upon the mutual agreement of the Secretary and the contractor involved. Outlines: (1) application procedures for entering into ODS contracts; and (2) procedures amending existing ODS contracts to bring them into conformity with contract changes in wage-differential payments made under this Act. Outlines terms and restrictions concerning the payment of subsidies by the Secretary to a contractor under an ODS contract. Limits, with exceptions, the amount of ODS payable annually to each contractor. Bases the amount of ODS payments to a contractor on the actual number of ship-years of operation by such contractor during that year. Outlines alternatives for operators of smaller liner vessels (those operators with fewer than ten qualified vessels) who may receive smaller ODS payments due to the increase in ODS payments to large liner operators brought about by this Act. Allows such smaller operators, as part of such alternatives, to: (1) continue to receive their present ODS payments for an extended period of time; (2) receive a large, additional lump-sum ODS payment; and (3) if they so choose, sell their liners to the U.S. Government for placement in the Ready Reserve Fleet. Declares that there should be authorized and appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to enter into operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contracts with certain U.S. citizens for the operation of qualified vessels in the international trade. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to amend existing ODS contracts to reflect changes brought about by this Act. Outlines administrative provisions regarding such ODS contracts. Outlines: (1) eligibility requirements for ODS contracts with the Secretary; and (2) procedures for entering into such contracts, requiring any operator to apply within 120 days after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to award and enter into an ODS contract with a qualified applicant within 270 days after enactment of this Act. Outlines procedures for amending existing ODS contracts to reflect the changes brought about by this Act. Requires any operator wishing to amend its contract to notify the Secretary of such intention within one year after enactment of this Act. Prohibits any such amendments from taking effect prior to 270 days after enactment of this Act. Sets forth the terms and restrictions for new ODS contracts and amendments to existing contracts; including: (1) monthly payment of ODS by the Secretary upon contractor verification of such amounts; (2) the determination of ODS payments based upon the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews aboard such vessels; and (3) the requirement that, all such vessels be manned by U.S. citizens and be able to be converted into naval auxiliary vessels in time of war or national emergency. Provides for the payment of a prorated ODS if there is an insufficient amount of total ODS funds. Provides that all ODS contracts and amended contracts under this Act can only be further amended or rescinded upon the mutual agreement of the Secretary and the contractor involved. Provides for the termination of such contracts 15 years after the enactment of this Act, with possible renewals for additional 15-year periods. Defines "qualified vessels" to mean certain liner vessels. Limits, with exceptions, the amount of ODS payable annually to each contractor. Gives priority in the awarding of ODS contracts to operators who in 1985 operated fewer than ten qualified vessels, such priority ending when the operator achieves 12 qualified vessels under contract. Bases the amount of all ODS payments made to contractors under this Act on the actual number of ship-years of operation by a contractor during that year. Gives the Secretary of Transportation (currently the Secretary of Commerce) authority to allow an operator receiving ODS payments to construct, reconstruct, or acquire vessels in a foreign shipyard, under certain conditions. Ratifies all action taken by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to ODS contracts entered into before February 1, 1986, for liner vessels. Directs the Secretary to refrain from further actions regarding the operation of liner vessels until the operators requesting such action conform their ODS contracts to the changes made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Liner Development Act of 1986 - Amends title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize and direct the Secretary of Transportation to enter into operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contracts with certain U.S. citizens who qualify for such subsidies under provisions of this Act for the operation of qualified vessels in the international trade. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to amend existing ODS contracts to reflect changes brought about by this Act. Outlines: (1) administrative provisions regarding such ODS contracts; and (2) eligibility requirements for those U.S. citizens wishing to enter into such ODS contracts. Requires amendments in existing ODS contracts to reflect the increased wage-differential payments permitted in such contracts as provided by this Act. Specifies certain Federal laws which shall not apply to ODS contracts as amended. Provides that no amendment to an existing ODS contract shall be construed as a termination of any contract entered into under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 or a release of any obligation of the United States under such contract. Limits U.S. liability for costs under certain amended ODS contracts to wage-differential costs. Defines such qualified vessels entitled to be operated under new and amended ODS contracts as certain kinds of liner vessels. Sets forth the terms and restrictions for new and amended ODS contracts, including: (1) the monthly payment of ODSs to contractors upon their verification of such amounts; (2) the determination of the amount of ODS to be paid to be based upon the numbers and ratings of U.S. officers and crews aboard such vessels; and (3) the requirement that all vessels under such contracts be manned by U.S. citizens and able to be converted into auxiliary naval vessels in time of war or national emergency. Provides for termination of ODS contracts after 15 years, with possible renewals for additional 15-year periods. Provides that all such ODS contracts or amended contracts can only be further amended or rescinded upon the mutual agreement of the Secretary and the contractor involved. Outlines: (1) application procedures for entering into ODS contracts; and (2) procedures amending existing ODS contracts to bring them into conformity with contract changes in wage-differential payments made under this Act. Outlines terms and restrictions concerning the payment of subsidies by the Secretary to a contractor under an ODS contract. Limits, with exceptions, the amount of ODS payable annually to each contractor. Bases the amount of ODS payments to a contractor on the actual number of ship-years of operation by such contractor during that year. Declares that there should be authorized and appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
States that the House of Representatives supports Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry on May 11, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in light of specified international human rights agreements, the Soviet Union should approve the exit visa applications of Doctor Naum Meiman and his wife, Inna Kitrosskaya, and arrange for them to go to the country of their choice. Urges the President to: (1) protest the Soviet Government's refusal to consider the exit visa applications of Dr. Meiman and his wife; (2) call upon all other signatory nations of the Helsinki Accords to join in such protest; and (3) instruct the U.S. delegation to the meeting of experts on human contacts organized under the auspices of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to be held in Bern, Switzerland, to pursue this matter.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Stationary Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to require States to develop and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an emissions limitation compliance schedule for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from fossil-fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units. Requires a two-phase reduction in such emissions, the first to be achieved by 1993, the second by 1997. Requires each State to develop and submit to the Administrator a plan to achieve emissions reductions from other fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units by 1977. Directs the Administrator to conduct and update a comprehensive annual inventory of emissions of sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from stationary sources, identifying achievable reductions which could be made by 1997. Requires States to submit to the Administrator for approval a plan for achieving such reductions. Grants States discretion in their choice of compliance measures. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress by July 1, 1993, on phase I reductions and the feasibility of meeting phase II reductions. States that phase II reductions will not take effect if the Congress enacts legislation to that effect. Sets forth emissions rates a State without an approved reductions plan must follow. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a fee on the generation and importation of electric energy between December 31, 1988, and December 31, 1996, to subsidize the interest on qualified pollution control debt incurred by the utility. Establishes civil penalties for fee violations. Establishes in the Treasury the Acid Deposition Control Fund to receive such fees and provide interest subsidy payments for pollution control systems meeting specified standards. Revises the standards for nitrogen oxides emissions for new electric utility steam generating units which burn bituminous or subbituminous coal and for certain fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units. Requires certain smelters to be in compliance with the applicable emissions reduction standard by January 2, 1988, without extension or delay. Title II: Control of Emission from Mobile Sources - Sets oxides of nitrogen emission standards for motor vehicles for model years 1988, 1989, and beyond. Modifies hydrocarbon standards for trucks after model year 1989. Directs the Administrator to regulate sulfur in diesel fuel for 1989 and beyond. Requires either the use of onboard hydrocarbon control technology or the use of gasoline vapor recovery of hydrocarbon emissions emanating from fueling motor vehicles. Title III: International Cooperation - Expresses the concern of the Congress over transboundary pollution between the United States and Mexico and directs the Secretary of State and the Administrator to conclude an agreement within three months of enactment. Requires such an agreement to cover specified copper smelters. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to report to the Congress within six months on negotiating such agreement. Requires EPA to perform atmospheric field experiments to determine the effects of sulfur dioxide emissions, before and after pollution controls, of the Nacozaria smelter, Mexico, on specified western States. Directs the Secretary to establish an international agency, or utilize an existing agency, to report on the effects of transboundary air pollution from copper smelters on public health and welfare in the United States and in Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Designates May 21, 1986, as National Andrei Sakharov Day. Authorizes and requests the President to urge the Soviet Union to permit Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner to freely choose their place of residence.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986
Prohibits the issuance of a letter of offer with respect to specified proposed sales of Sidewinder, Stinger, and Harpoon missiles and services to Saudi Arabia, as described in the April 8, 1986, certifications from the President to the Congress under the Arms Export Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should examine all available evidence regarding the activities of Kurt Waldheim during the Second World War to determine whether he is ineligible to receive a visa and must be excluded from admission into the United States under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should take immediate steps to investigate alternative animal identification procedures in lieu of hot-iron cheek branding.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Justice should review documents concerning Kurt Waldheim's role, if any, in Nazi war crimes.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Designates April 20, 1986, as Education Day, U.S.A.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Federal excise taxes and tariffs when incurred by business in the production of income should remain deductible for Federal income tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 - Amends the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981 to exempt risk retention groups and purchasing groups (businesses which organize to purchase personal risk and liability insurance on a group basis) from State laws which prohibit, regulate, or otherwise discriminate against such groups. Requires such groups' members to be similarly situated with respect to their exposure to the risk of liability. Permits risk retention groups which are not chartered, licensed, or certified as liability insurance companies by any State to continue to provide insurance to cover product liability or completed operations liability as defined before the enactment of this Act. Requires risk retention groups to comply with State trade practices laws. Allows the insurance commissioner of any State in which a risk retention group is doing business to examine the group's financial condition if the commissioner of the jurisdiction in which the group is charted has not begun such an examination. Subjects such groups to State no-fault automobile insurance requirements. Limits the authority to provide insurance under such Act to liability insurance. Requires a specified notice on all risk retention group policies. Retitles such Act the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986.
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 · 17 March 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the provisions of H.R. 3838, or of any similar tax reform legislation, should not take effect before the date of the enactment of such legislation.
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 · 11 March 1986
Designates 1988 as the Year of New Sweden.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1986
Designates the month of May 1986 as National Child Safety Month.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1986
Designates the month of April 1986 as Fair Housing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Designates the week beginning May 18, 1986, as National Digestive Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 11 through May 18, 1986, as Jewish Heritage Week.
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 · 27 February 1986
Designates May 7, 1986, as National Barrier Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986
Designates March 21, 1986, as National Energy Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986
Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to exempt the Panama Canal Commission from any automatic budget cuts which are a result of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) insofar as a decreased budget to such Commission would result in increased net revenues, which are required to be paid to Panama in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
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
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1987 and 1988 for: (1) operation and maintenance and increases in salary, pay, and other employee benefits; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement for aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; and (4) retirement pay and benefits. Specifies the authorized average military training student loads for the Coast Guard for FY 1987 and 1988. Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating (the Secretary) to transfer up to ten percent of appropriations among categories. Requires the Secretary to give the chairmen of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 15 days notice of any proposed transfer. Directs the Secretary to identify those activities that are necessary to maintain the logistics capability of the Coast Guard. Requires the Secretary, no later than January 31, 1987, to provide a list of such activities to the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees. Provides that such activities may not be contracted for performance by non-government personnel, except in specified circumstances. Requires the Secretary, before the beginning of FY 1987 and 1988, to submit to the above committees a list of activities that are to be contracted for performance by non-government personnel during that fiscal year. Prohibits any Coast Guard vessel or major component of such vessel from being constructed in a foreign shipyard, unless the President makes authorized exceptions based on national security. Requires the President to notify the Congress of any such exception, and requires 30 days to pass after such notice before any contract for foreign construction may be entered into. Revises provisions concerning the Coast Guard Auxiliary to authorize the Secretary to pay interest on a claim of the Auxiliary in certain instances. Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to make full use of available and qualified members of the Auxiliary in rendering assistance to distressed persons, vessels, and aircraft. Revises provisions concerning the towing of vessels to require the operators of such vessels to have a license to operate a towing vessel. Directs the Secretary to retain a specified amount of the amount appropriated each year for State recreational boating safety programs for the administrative costs of such programs. Exempts Coast Guard contracts of less than $25,000 from specified Federal publication and notification requirements. Provides that whenever a vessel is forfeited to the United States, such vessel may be transferred to an educational institution with a commercial fishing program that includes certain approved courses in vessel safety and seamanship. Prohibits any Coast Guard training or instruction to employees of the government or members of the armed services of the Republic of South Africa during FY 1987 and 1988. Directs the Secretary to provide detailed reports to the Congress concerning the status of design and construction plans for the procurement of at least two new polar icebreaking vessels. Requires such reports to be submitted annually until at least two new such vessels have been delivered to the Coast Guard.
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
Designates the week of September 21 through September 27, 1986, as Emergency Medical Services Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1986
Designates December 7, 1986, the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Diplomatic Security Act - Title I: Diplomatic Security - Directs the Secretary of State (the Secretary) to develop and implement policies and programs to: (1) protect all civilian U.S. employees on official duty abroad and their dependents; (2) establish and operate security functions at all civilian U.S. missions abroad; (3) establish and operate security functions at all State Department facilities in the United States; and (4) protect foreign missions, international organizations, foreign officials, and other foreign persons in the United States. Requires other Federal agencies to cooperate with the State Department. Requires an Assistant Secretary of State to head the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the State Department. Increases the number of Assistant Secretaries of State from 14 to 15. Requires the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service to be headed by a Director designated by the Secretary. Sets forth the qualifications for the Director of the Diplomatic Security Service and for other personnel of the Diplomatic Security Service. Title II: Performance and Accountability - Requires the Secretary to convene an Accountability Review Board whenever there is serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property at or related to a U.S. mission abroad unless there are clearly no security or breach of duty issues involved. Sets forth administrative provisions relating to the Board. Requires the Board to determine whether: (1) there are reasonable grounds to believe the injury, loss of life, or property damage was security-related; and (2) there is reasonable cause to believe that a breach of duty by a U.S. employee contributed to such injury, loss of life, or destruction of property. Directs the Board to make recommendations to the Secretary on programs or operations subject to this Act which the Board has reviewed. Provides for disciplinary proceedings and certain agency actions with respect to U.S. employees who the Board finds reasonable cause to believe contributed to the injury, loss of life, or property destruction because of their breach of duty. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to the State Department for FY 1986 through 1990 for: (1) the purposes of this Act; and (2) antiterrorism research and development. Requires the State Department Foreign Buildings Office to use American contractors to the maximum extent possible in implementing any foreign building program funded by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
General Aviation Tort Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to provide uniform rules for negligence and products liability claims arising from general aviation accidents. Allows any person claiming damages from such an accident to bring a products liability action against the general aviation manufacturer if: (1) the product was defective when it left the control of the manufacturer; (2) the defective condition was the proximate cause of the harm; (3) the condition would not have been corrected by actions described in directives issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or the manufacturer; and (4) the aircraft was being used for a purpose and in a manner for which it was manufactured. Provides an alternative method to establish manufacturer liability where the manufacturer failed to provide reasonable warnings (unless such warnings would not have affected the conduct of the product user). Provides a third method to establish manufacturer liability where: (1) the manufacturer made an express warranty with respect to the product; (2) the warranty related to that aspect of the product which caused the harm; (3) the product failed to conform to the warranty; and (4) such failure was the proximate cause of the harm. States that all actions for damages arising from a general aviation accident shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Provides that defendants in such actions are severally but not jointly liable for damages (except that manufacturers of airframes and systems or components of aircraft may be jointly and severally liable under certain circumstances). Provides a 12-year limitation on liability of manufacturers. States that express warranties running for a longer period of time and the duty to provide additional warnings shall not be affected by such limitations. Allows awards of punitive damages. Prescribes a statute of limitations for such actions. Preempts State laws to the extent that this Act establishes applicable rules or procedures. Grants Federal district courts (concurrently with State courts) original jurisdiction (without regard to the amount in controversy) in all civil actions for damages arising out of a general aviation accident. Allows the removal of State actions to an appropriate Federal district court by any defendant. Prescribes venue restrictions. Expresses the intent of the Congress that orders to pay reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, be enforced.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1986
Designates the week of April 14 through April 20, 1986, as National Mathematics Awareness Week.