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Bill· HRH.R. 5366 (99th)referred

A bill to provide for the development of a long-range plan to implement the report recently submitted by the National Commission on Space.

United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1986

Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to: (1) review the findings, recommendations, and proposed space agenda of the National Commission on Space as set forth in its report; and (2) recommend to the President and the Congress a long-range plan for the implementation of such report by December 31, 1986.

Bill· HRH.R. 5352 (99th)open

International Narcotics Control Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1986

International Narcotics Control Act of 1986 - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to promote the eventual elimination of narcotics production and trafficking in order that all countries meet their international obligations with respect to narcotics control efforts. Provides that failure of a country to cooperate in pursuing such goal would provide a basis for implementing a specified section of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to suspension of U.S. aid. Title I: International Narcotics Control Assistance Program - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the FY 1987 authorization for aid for international narcotics control. Authorizes additional funds for FY 1987 for international narcotics control. Permits such additional funds to be appropriated only if the President has submitted to the Congress: (1) a budget request for such funds; and (2) a plan showing how such funds will be used. Requires that a specified amount of the FY 1987 authorization for military assistance shall be available only to provide aircraft to countries receiving FY 1987 assistance for narcotics control. Requires such aircraft to be used solely for narcotics control eradication and interdiction efforts. Earmarks at least half such aircraft for Latin America. Requires the use of such aircraft to be administered in accordance with the narcotics control program authorities. Requires such aircraft to be made available to foreign countries only on a lease or loan basis. Requires the Secretary of State to maintain detailed records on the use of such aircraft. Requires such records to be available to the Congress upon request. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1987 international military education and training funds for education and training in the operation and maintenance of aircraft used in narcotics control interdiction and eradication efforts. Requires such assistance to be coordinated with the narcotics control assistance. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1987 international narcotics control assistance for research on and development of safe and effective herbicides for use in the aerial eradication of coca. Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the international narcotics control program. Title II: Improving Law Enforcement and Other Narcotics Control Activities Abroad - Requires the President's annual report to the Congress on the international strategy to prevent cultivation and trafficking in narcotics to include a discussion of the extent to which each source country has cooperated with U.S. narcotics control efforts through the extradition or prosecution of drug traffickers and a description of the status of negotiations with each such country to negotiate an updated extradition treaty. Commends the decision of the Secretary of State to issue diplomatic passports to officials and employees of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress before changing such policy. Exempts from the prohibition on participation by U.S. officers or employees in direct police narcotics arrests in a foreign country those U.S. employees in certain foreign countries designated by the Secretary of State. Prohibits U.S. officers or employees in such a country from directly effecting an arrest in that country as part of a foreign police action with respect to narcotics control. Permits the U.S. officer or employee in such a country to assist foreign officers who are effecting an arrest. Permits U.S. officers or employees in any country to take direct action to protect life or safety if exigent circumstances arise which are unanticipated and pose an immediate threat to U.S. officers or employees, officers or employees of a foreign government, or members of the public. Requires the executive branch to establish expeditiously the information sharing system that will list all drug arrests of foreign nationals in the United States as required by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987. Requires the executive branch to report to the Congress when that system has been established. Urges the President to require that greater priority be given to the collection and sharing of information concerning narcotics related activities abroad. Requires the President to direct that an updated threat assessment of narcotics trafficking from Africa be prepared. Requires the President to take concrete steps to improve the capability of the executive branch to: (1) collect information on the links between narcotics traffickers and acts of terrorism abroad; and (2) develop the means to respond to the threat which those links pose. Requires the President to report to the Congress on such steps. Requires a specified amount of the FY 1987 administration of justice program authorization to be used to provide to Colombia or other countries in the region such assistance as requested to protect judicial or other officials who are targets of narcoterrorist attacks. Urges the Secretary of State to increase efforts to negotiate with relevant countries procedures for the interdiction of vessels suspected of carrying illicit narcotics. Requires the President to take appropriate actions, including denial of access to U.S. ports to vessels registered to a country, if such country refuses to negotiate interdiction procedures. Requires the Secretary of State to submit a semiannual report to the Congress identifying countries that failed to negotiate interdiction procedures. Authorizes the use of Department of Defense personnel by foreign law enforcement officials in emergencies in order to enforce specified customs and drug laws and the Immigration and Nationality Act. Provides that the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State shall determine jointly whether an emergency exists. Title III: Development and Narcotics Production and Trafficking - Requires the annual report on foreign aid programs to contain a detailed description of the development programs (other than the narcotics control program) dealing with illicit narcotics production and an assessment of the effectiveness of those programs in reducing illicit narcotics production. Title IV: Drug Education Program Abroad - Authorizes additional funds for the U.S. Information Agency for FY 1987 which shall be available only for increasing drug education programs abroad. Authorizes additional funds for development assistance programs for FY 1987 which shall be used for increasing awareness of the effects of production and trafficking of illicit narcotics on source and transit countries. Requires the Director of the U.S. Information Agency and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to include in their annual reports to the Congress a description of the drug education programs carried out by their respective agencies. Title V: United Nations Activities Relating to Drug Narcotics Control - Declares congressional support for the United Nations General Assembly decision to convene in 1987 an International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Calls upon the President to appoint the head of the U.S. delegation well in advance of the conference and ensure that necessary resources are available for U.S. preparation and participation. Requires the President to report to the Congress by April 30, 1987, on the status of U.S. preparations for the conference. Urges the United Nation Commission on Narcotic Drugs to complete work as soon as possible on a new draft convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Calls for more effective implementation of existing conventions relating to narcotics. Title VI: Provisions Relating to Specific Countries - Requires a specified amount of the narcotics control assistance for Mexico for FY 1987 to be withheld until the President reports to the Congress that Mexico has investigated the 1985 murders of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent and his pilot and has brought to trial and is effectively prosecuting those responsible for those murders. Requires the Secretary of State to submit monthly reports to the Congress on the illicit drug eradication program in Mexico. Declares that the President should direct the Secretary of State to start negotiations with Mexico to create a Mexico-United States Intergovernmental Commission on Narcotics and Psychotropic Drug Abuse and Control. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, on the progress in establishing such a commission. Urges Pakistan to adopt and implement a comprehensive narcotics control program. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act on the adoption and implementation of such a plan by Pakistan. Calls upon the President to instruct the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to request that the problem of illicit drug production in Iran, Afghanistan, and Laos be raised at the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Bill· HRH.R. 5360 (99th)referred

Medicare HMO/CMP Quality Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1986

Medicare HMO/CMP Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject an individual who has an agreement with a health maintenance organization (HMO) or competitive medical plan (CMP) to furnish services to HMO or CMP enrollees to a civil monetary penalty and suspension from the Medicare program for knowingly charging such enrollees for amounts for which the HMO or CMP is liable. Requires HMOs and CMPs to provide Medicare beneficiaries with an explanation of their rights as HMO or CMP enrollees when they enroll and at least annually thereafter. Prohibits new waivers of the requirement that no more than 50 percent of HMO or CMP enrollees be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid (title XIX of the Act), unless more than 50 percent of the population in the area served by an organization consists of Medicare or Medicaid-eligible individuals. Provides that, where a waiver has already been granted for some other purpose, such waiver may only be extended if the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that the organization is making reasonable efforts to meet scheduled enrollment goals. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend the enrollment of Medicare beneficiaries in organizations failing to comply with enrollment requirements. Requires HMOs and CMPs to pay providers' clean claims within 22 days of their receipt, except where the HMO or CMP is under contract with the provider. Assesses interest on clean claims paid beyond 22 days of their receipt. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil monetary penalty on HMOs and CMPs which substantially fail to provide medically necessary items and services, provided such failure adversely affects HMO or CMP enrollees. Amends part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Act to require peer review organizations (PROs) to review inpatient and outpatient services provided by HMOs and CMPs to determine whether the quality of such care meets professionally recognized standards of health care. Directs PROs to review and respond to all written complaints received from enrollees regarding the quality of HMO or CMP services. Requires HMOs and CMPs to enter executive agreements with PROs for the provision of such new review activities. Reimburses HMOs and CMPs for the cost of such agreements. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with State officials in monitoring and enforcing compliance with HMO and CMP requirements. Requires HMOs and CMPs to give the Secretary access to the financial records of certain subcontractors and notification as to their loans and special financial arrangements with subcontractors, affiliates, and related parties. Directs the Secretary to annually audit HMOs and CMPs. Sets forth requirements related to the fiscal management of, and quality of health care provided by, certain network affiliates through which HMO or CMP services are furnished. Requires studies of: (1) methods by which adjusted average per capita cost and adjusted community rate calculations, used in calculating payments to HMOs and CMPs, can be refined; and (2) the utilization and quality of HMO and CMP services provided to Medicare beneficiaries.

Bill· HRH.R. 5251 (99th)open

A bill to amend section 405A of the Controlled Substances Act, relating to the distribution of a controlled substance in or near a school, to include the manufacture of controlled substances.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose enhanced penalties for the manufacture of controlled substances in or near an elementary or secondary school. (Current law imposes such enhanced penalties only for the distribution of a controlled substance in or near such schools.)

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 682 (99th)referred

A joint resolution extending best wishes to the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego, California, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration and rededication of the San Diego County Administration Center on August 20, 1986.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986

Authorizes and requests the President to extend best wishes to the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County, California, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration and rededication of the San Diego County Administration Center on August 20, 1986.

Bill· HRH.R. 5208 (99th)open

Driftnet Impact Monitoring, Assessment, and Control Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1986

Driftnet Impact Monitoring, Assessment, and Control Act of 1986 - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to revise provisions concerning the presence of a U.S. observer aboard foreign fishing vessels fishing in a U.S. fishery conservation zone. Provides that the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) shall not approve a foreign vessel's fishing permit application where the facilities aboard such vessels are so inadequate that the health, safety, and welfare of an observer on such vessel cannot be assured. Requires the Secretary, through the Secretary of State, to immediately negotiate with foreign governments conducting driftnet fishing operations off the U.S. coast an arrangement for the reliable monitoring and assessment of the number of fish, seabirds, and other marine creatures killed, discarded, or lost by such government's driftnet fishing vessels in waters beyond the jurisdiction of the United States. Prohibits the Secretary from issuing a permit to any foreign vessel whose government does not enter into such a monitoring arrangement within one year after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on the implementation of such arrangements. Directs the Secretary, within one year after the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, to report to the Congress on the impact upon living marine resources of all driftnet fisheries off the coasts of the United States. Requires enforcement costs to be taken into consideration when determining fishing permit fees to be charged. Directs the Secretary to implement a net bounty system to pay persons recovering and turning over to the Secretary lost, abandoned, or discarded driftnet or other plastic fishing net material. Requires such payments to be made from the Fishery Vessel and Gear Damage Compensation Fund. Directs the Secretary to develop recommendations to establish a driftnet marking, registry, and identification system to determine the vessel origin of lost, discarded, or abandoned driftnets or driftnet fragments. Directs the Secretary, no later than six months after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress concerning such recommendations and their implementation. Establishes a seabird protection zone surrounding the Aleutian Islands off Alaska within which no driftnet fishing is permitted. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to enforce such driftnet fishing prohibition.

Bill· HRH.R. 5184 (99th)open

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 - Title I: Vaccines - Subtitle 1: National Vaccine Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services a National Vaccine Program to: (1) direct vaccine research and development within the Federal Government; (2) ensure the production and procurement of vaccines; (3) direct the distribution and use of vaccines; and (4) coordinate governmental and nongovernmental activities. Requires the Director of the Program to report to specified congressional committees. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Vaccines to advise the Director of the Program. Establishes the National Vaccine Advisory Committee to recommend: (1) ways to encourage the availability of an adequate supply of vaccines; and (2) research priorities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Subtitle 2: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program - Part A: Program Requirements - Establishes the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program as an alternative remedy to judicial action for specified vaccine-related injuries. Prescribes the contents of any petition for compensation. Grants U.S. district courts authority to determine eligibility and compensation. Prohibits intervention by third parties. Requires the district court in which the petition is filed to designate a special master to serve as an adjunct to the court. Sets forth the responsibilities of the court. Lists factors to be considered when determining the amount of a compensation award. Sets forth a table of injuries deemed vaccine-related for compensation purposes. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to revise such table. Provides that compensation awarded under the Program shall be paid out of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. Limits awards for actual and projected pain and suffering and emotional distress to $250,000. Prohibits awards for punitive damages. Establishes the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines to: (1) advise the Secretary on the implementation of the Program; (2) recommend changes to the Vaccine Injury Table; and (3) recommend research priorities. Part B: Additional Remedies - Sets forth procedures under which the person who filed a petition for compensation under the program may elect to file a civil action for damages. Provides that no vaccine manufacturer shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death: (1) resulting from unavoidable side effects; or (2) solely due to the manufacturer's failure to provide direct warnings. Provides that such manufacturer may be held liable where: (1) the vaccine did not conform to an express warranty issued by the manufacturer; or (2) the vaccine deviated in a material way from the design specifications or performance standards. Permits punitive damages in such civil actions under certain circumstances. Part C: Assuring a Safer Childhood Vaccination Program in the United States - Requires each health care provider who administers a vaccine listed in the Vaccine Injury Table to record certain information with respect to each such vaccine. Requires each health care provider and vaccine manufacturer to report certain information, as required by the Secretary, to the Centers for Disease Control. Requires the Secretary to develop certain vaccine information materials for distribution to the legal representatives of any child receiving a vaccine listed in the Vaccine Injury Table. Directs the Secretary to promote the development of safer childhood vaccines. Sets forth recordkeeping and reporting requirements for vaccine manufacturers. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for destroying, altering, or concealing any such report or record. Part D: General Provisions - Allows any person to commence a civil action against the Secretary where the Secretary allegedly has failed to perform a duty under this Act. Provides for judicial review of the Secretary's regulatory actions in a court of appeals of the United States. Requires the Secretary to conduct studies on pertussis, rubella, and radiculoneuritis vaccines and publish the results of such studies. Directs the Secretary to study the risks to children associated with each vaccine listed in the Vaccine Injury Table and establish guidelines respecting the administration of such vaccines. Directs the Secretary to periodically review and revise such guidelines. Directs the Secretary to review the warnings, use instructions, and precautionary information presently used by manufacturers of vaccines listed in the Vaccine Injury Table. Directs the Secretary to require manufacturers to revise and reissue any warning, instruction, or information found inadequate. Grants the Secretary recall authority with respect to any licensed virus, serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, or other licensed product which presents a danger to public health. Establishes civil penalties for recall violations. Title II: Amendments of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Part 1: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. Provides that amounts in the Trust Fund shall be available only for purposes of making expenditures relating to the national vaccine injury compensation program. Transfers certain funds to the Trust Fund. Grants the Trust Fund authority to borrow necessary funds. Provides that any claim filed against the Trust Fund may be paid only out of such Fund. Appropriates initial funding for the Trust Fund. Part II: Revenue Sources for National Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund - Imposes a tax on any childhood vaccine sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer thereof. States that certain exemptions from manufacturers excise taxes are not applicable to the childhood vaccine tax. Provides that vaccine sales to the United States are not exempt from such tax. Title III: Miscellaneous - Provides that certain Federal provisions designed to reduce paperwork shall not apply to information required to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5103 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to provide more effective criminal penalties for violations involving cocaine, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to impose increased criminal penalties for dealing in: (1) one or more grams of a base form of cocaine; and (2) 100 or more grams of other schedule I or II narcotic drugs. (Current law imposes such increased penalties on a kilogram or more of some schedule I or II narcotic drugs.) Includes cocaine in any base form as a schedule I substance. Imposes enhanced penalties for the manufacture of a controlled substance in or near an elementary or secondary school. (Current law imposes such enhanced penalties only for the distribution of a controlled substance in or near such schools.) Provides increased penalties (up to life imprisonment) for certain violations of the Controlled Substances Act which result in a person's death.

Bill· HRH.R. 5088 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to require commission merchants, dealers, and brokers to label perishable agricultural commodities with the name of the country of origin of such commodities.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1986

Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to require commission merchants, dealers, and brokers to label perishable agricultural commodities with their country of origin if not otherwise so indicated as provided for under the Tariff Act of 1930.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 362 (99th)passed

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that a moment of silence be held during the official ceremonies for the Statue of Liberty for the return of the American captives in Lebanon.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that during the official ceremony of the lighting of the torch of the Statue of Liberty, a moment of silence be held for the return of the American captives in Lebanon.

Law· HRH.R. 5073 (99th)enacted

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 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. Requires each local educational agency to develop an asbestos management plan which provides for inspections, removal, reinspections, and the use of accredited consultants involved in developing the plan or in the response actions concerning friable asbestos-containing material. Requires warning labels on any friable asbestos-containing material and asbestos-containing material still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Requires local educational agencies to respond to asbestos according to EPA's most current guidance document, if the Administrator fails to promulgate regulations within the prescribed period. Requires such agencies to develop and implement operation and maintenance and management plans for friable asbestos-containing material in school buildings, including inspections and State approval. Sets forth standards for ambient interior concentrations of asbestos after completion of response actions under the current guidance document. Requires that the public be informed and protected during the phases of the management plan, including transportation and disposal. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for reviewing school asbestos management plans to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, and respond to friable asbestos problems in schools. Requires EPA training courses or trained personnel to meet such standards. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. 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. Permits citizen suits to compel the Administrator to meet deadlines for promulgating regulations. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where the presence of airborne asbestos or the condition of friable asbestos-containing material in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Sets forth notification requirements and cost recovery entitlements when such actions are taken. Provides that State law is not preempted from imposing additional liability or more stringent requirements with respect to asbestos in schools. Limits the liability of asbestos contractors or local educational agencies performing activities under this Act to damages caused by negligent actions or intentional misconduct. Prohibits discrimination by a State or local educational agency against a whistle-blower. Directs the Administrator to appoint an Asbestos Ombudsman to answer complaints and inquiries concerning aspects of this Act. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress within one year on the need for a similar program for public and commercial buildings. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program. States that such Fund shall consist of amounts repayed under loans under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Directs the Administrator to make grants to States during FY 1988 for grants to local educational agencies to inspect for asbestos in school buildings and develop management plans.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 664 (99th)enacted

A joint resolution to designate July 3, 1986, as "Let Freedom Ring Day", and to request the President to issue a proclamation encouraging the people of the United States to ring bells on such day immediately following the relighting of the torch of the Statue of Liberty.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986

Designates July 3, 1986, as Let Freedom Ring Day. Requests the President to encourage people to ring bells immediately following the relighting of the torch of the Statue of Liberty.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 352 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution limiting the amounts available to Members of Congress for official mail costs.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986

Establishes a formula for determining the allocation of official mail costs for Members of Congress for any fiscal year beginning with FY 1987. Directs the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration to determine, and provide written notice to each Member of, the allocation of such Member. Requires the Committees to prescribe regulations to carry out this resolution. Requires the Committees to publish a quarterly statement on official mail costs.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 351 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress that the monkeys known as the Silver Spring Monkeys should be transferred from the National Institutes of Health to the custody of the Primarily Primates, Incorporated, animal sanctuary in San Antonio, Texas.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Director of the National Institutes of Health should transfer the Silver Spring Monkeys to the Primarily Primates, Inc., animal sanctuary in San Antonio, Texas.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 468 (99th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding Medicare payment processing.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that unless the Health Care Financing Administration allocates sufficient funds and and takes other action to ensure prompt payment of Medicare claims, the House of Representatives shall adopt legislation ensuring prompt claims payment.

Bill· HRH.R. 4950 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to require commission merchants, dealers, and brokers to label perishable agricultural commodities with the name of the country of origin of such commodities.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1986

Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to require commission merchants, dealers, and brokers to label perishable agricultural commodities with their country of origin if not otherwise so indicated as provided for under the Tariff Act of 1930.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 648 (99th)referred

A joint resolution to direct the President to report on the status of implementation of the recommendations of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1986

Requires the President, by the later of 60 days after enactment of this Act or August 1, 1986, to report to the Congress on: (1) the status of implementation of the recommendations of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness; and (2) future plans for implementation of such recommendations.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 643 (99th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to Federal budget procedures.

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1986

Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed Federal budget in which total outlays do not exceed total estimated revenues. Permits the President to recommend an alternative budget in which outlays exceed revenues with a detailed explanation of the need for such excess. Prohibits the Congress from making any law which would cause outlays to exceed revenues in a fiscal year. Permits the Congress to suspend such prohibition in time of war or national emergency by passing a concurrent resolution by a three-fifths vote of both Houses. Prohibits enactment of a bill to increase revenue unless it passes each House of Congress by a majority rollcall vote.

Bill· HRH.R. 4876 (99th)referred

A bill to amend section 9528 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to hold States harmless, during fiscal year 1987, against a decrease in payment rates under the medicaid program resulting from enactment of that section.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Amends the Consolidated Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to hold a State harmless in FY 1987 against changes that Act effected in the annual calculation of the Federal medical assistance percentage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act if such changes would cause a reduction of Medicaid payments to the State in FY 1987.

Bill· HRH.R. 4882 (99th)referred

Low Income Elderly and Disabled Medicaid Amendments of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Low Income Elderly and Disabled Medicaid Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Optional Coverage of Elderly and Disabled Poor for All Medicaid Benefits - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of extending Medicaid coverage to elderly and disabled individuals whose income is too high for them to qualify for Medicaid under current income tests, but does not exceed a State maximum income level to be established at or below the Federal poverty level. Requires States providing coverage under this Act to provide Medicaid coverage, pursuant to the Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments of 1986, to pregnant women and infants whose income does not exceed the State maximum income level. Title II: Optional Coverage of Poor Medicare Beneficiaries for Medicare Cost-Sharing Expenses - Authorizes the States to provide Medicaid coverage for Medicare (title XVIII of the Act) premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance payments for which Medicare-eligible individuals whose income does not exceed the State maximum income level would otherwise be accountable.

Bill· HRH.R. 4847 (99th)referred

A bill to require that United States companies cease their participation in the production, marketing, or distribution of Libyan oil.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986

Prohibits any regulation which is issued under specified Executive Orders that impose sanctions on Libya from being effective if such regulation would allow U.S. persons to participate in production, marketing, or distribution activities with respect to crude oil produced in Libya.

Bill· HRH.R. 4822 (99th)referred

Cost-of-Living Adjustment Reform Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986

Cost-of-Living Adjustment Reform Act of 1986 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to replace the requirement that there be at least a three-percent rise in the Consumer Price Index before a cost-of-living adjustment of benefits is made with a requirement that such an adjustment be made whenever the cost of living increase is greater than zero.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 338 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should take appropriate actions toward the establishment of a cooperative international program to study the greenhouse effect.

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986

Requests the President to establish a cooperative international research program concerning the greenhouse effect of increased concentration of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Requires any such program established by the President to be started during or before 1990.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 333 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in the Soviet Union.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that dairy cattle designated for slaughter under the dairy buyout program should be instead shipped to the Soviet Union and any European countries found to have been contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear accident and to those countries not contaminated by the accident but which can provide food products to affected areas. Provides that feed grain from the Commodity Credit Corporation as well as dairy beef resulting from the buyout program's slaughtering activities should be made available to the stricken countries.

Bill· HRH.R. 4713 (99th)referred

Public Rangelands Fee Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1986

Public Rangelands Fee Act of 1986 - Sets forth a formula, beginning with grazing year 1986, for determining grazing fees on public rangelands.

Bill· HRH.R. 4671 (99th)referred

A bill to provide that any cost-of-living adjustment in military retirement and survivor benefit programs provided by law to take effect during fiscal year 1987 shall be made in accordance with the law providing for such adjustment.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1986

Provides that any cost-of-living adjustment in military retirement and survivor benefit programs provided by law to take effect during FY 1987 shall be made in accordance with such law and not subject to any reduction, suspension, or contrary presidential order. Defines "military retirement and survivor benefit programs."