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United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1986
Designates the week of October 19 through October 26, 1986, as National Housing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate December 1986 as Made in America Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Honors the United Way on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Encourages the United Way to continue its fine work and achieve its goal of doubling its resources by 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Designates August 12, 1986, as National Civil Rights Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Makes specified provisions of the Railway Labor Act applicable for an additional 60-day period so as to extend the temporary prohibition of strikes and lockouts with respect to the Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute. Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to the Congress on the progress of negotiations in such dispute, with recommendations for a proposed solution.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1986
Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 - Amends the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981 to revise its applicability to "liability." Defines "liability" as legal liability for damages because of injuries to other persons, damage to property, or other damage or loss resulting from: (1) any business, trade, product, services (including professional services), premises, or operations; or (2) any activity of any State or local government. Excludes from such definition personal risk liability and employer's liability. Excludes from the coverage of such Act product liability risk retention groups formed on or after January 1, 1985, under the laws of Bermuda or the Cayman Islands. Deems any such groups formed before January 1, 1985, to be risk retention groups only for the purpose of continuing to provide product liability or completed operations liability. Requires that members of a purchasing group have businesses or activities which are similar or related with respect to the risk to which members are exposed by virtue of any related, similar, or common business, trade, product, services, premises, or operations. Authorizes any State in which a risk retention group does business to require such groups to submit to the State insurance commissioner an annual financial statement certified by an independent public accountant. Permits any State to require a group to: (1) comply with a lawful order issued in a voluntary dissolution proceeding; (2) make reinsurance available only to organizations whose businesses are similar or related with respect to the nature of their exposure to the risk of liability; (3) comply with any court injunction issued in accordance with administrative due process upon a State insurance commission's petition alleging that the group is in a hazardous financial condition or is financially impaired; (4) submit to the State insurance commission a plan of operation or feasibility study including specified information; and (5) provide a specified cautionary notice in any insurance policy it issues. Declares that nothing in such Act shall be construed to affect the authority of any court to enjoin: (1) the solicitation or sale of insurance by a risk retention group to persons ineligible to belong to such group; (2) false, deceptive, or fraudulent acts or practices in the solicitation or sale of such insurance; (3) the solicitation or sale of insurance by, or operation of, a risk retention group that is in a hazardous financial condition; or (4) the solicitation or sale of insurance by, or operation of, a risk retention group that has been found, or any of whose officers, organizers, or directors have been found, to have engaged in knowing and willful false, deceptive, or fraudulent conduct within the previous five years, and under circumstances that present a reasonable likelihood that such conduct will recur. Subjects risk retention groups to State no-fault automobile insurance requirements. Limits the authority to provide or purchase insurance under such Act to liability insurance. States that the terms of any insurance policy provided or purchased under such Act shall not be construed to include coverage for punitive damages, or intentional fraudulent or criminal conduct, if any such coverage is prohibited by State law or declared unlawful by State supreme court decisions. Sets forth general enforcement powers of any State insurance commissioner with respect to prohibited conduct by risk retention groups or purchasing groups.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning human exposure to radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon. Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Directs the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to: (1) review and disseminate a report issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, and U.S. nuclear industry representatives regarding the Chernobyl nuclear incident; and (2) apply the recommendations of such report to U.S. nuclear facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
National Special Operations Agency Act - Amends Federal armed forces provisions relating to the defense agencies to establish in the Department of Defense (DOD) the National Special Operations Agency (Agency), with a Director appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires such Director to be the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for all matters pertaining to special operations forces and activities. Requires the Director to exercise command and control over, and be responsible for, all special operations forces and activities of DOD. Requires not fewer than three Deputy Directors of the Agency to be selected by the Director and responsible for policy, programs, and operations within the Agency. Directs the Secretary to assign all special operations forces to the Agency. Requires forces assigned to the Agency to be organized as the Joint Special Operations Command. Requires the Director to assign to each unified combatant command an officer to serve as the theater special operations commander and to act as liaison between the combatant command and the Agency. Directs the commander of a unified combatant command to exercise command and control of special operations forces assigned to such command. Outlines budget considerations concerning the creation of the Agency. Provides that the responsibility of budgets for the Agency falls solely upon the Director, along with the authority to select, train, and assign personnel to such Agency. Sets forth unauthorized activities for the Agency, and directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for authorized activities of the Agency. Defines "special operations forces" and "special operations activities." Requires the nomination of an individual for appointment as Director of the Agency to be made by the President within 30 days after the enactment of this Act. Requires the establishment of the Agency to be completed within six months after the enactment of this Act. Provides for: (1) the initial funding; and (2) initial assignment of personnel for such Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Chernobyl Accident Study Act - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct a study of the nuclear power reactor accident in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union and attempt to determine the cause of such accident. Prescribes the contents of such study, including: (1) the sequence of accident events; (2) the consequences of the accident; (3) the containment characteristics of the Chernobyl reactor; (4) evacuation contingency plans; and (5) implications of the accident for the U.S. nuclear energy program. Requires the Commission to report to the President and the Congress on the findings of the study. Limits the amount of appropriated funds that the Commission may use for such study.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Designates July 3, 1986, as Let Freedom Ring Day. Requests the President to encourage people to ring bells immediately following the relighting of the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Recognizes the necessity of the Advanced Technolgy Bomber for the national defense, and urges the Air Force to proceed with the Advanced Technology Bomber program at the fastest prudent pace.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1986
Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority through FY 1987 for: (1) title I financial institution insurance for housing renovation and modernization; (2) general mortgage insurance; (3) low and moderate income and displaced families mortgage insurance; (4) homeownership for lower income families including mortgage insurance authority and housing stimulus authority; (5) mortgage co-insurance, including rental rehabilitation and development projects; (6) graduated payment and indexed mortgage insurance; (7) the demonstration mortgage reinsurance program; (8) mortgage insurance for armed forces' civilian employees and defense housing for impacted areas; (9) mortgage insurance for land development; and (10) mortgage insurance for medical and dental group practice facilities. Sets forth specified limits on FY 1986 and 1987 insured housing loans and on FY 1987 guaranteed mortgage-backed securities. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend urban rehabilitation loan authority through FY 1987. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend Farmers Home Administration authority through FY 1987 for: (1) insured loans for rental and cooperative housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families in rural areas; (2) rural communities with 10,000 to 20,000 population to participate in rural housing programs; and (3) mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authority. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend authority for national flood insurance, including emergency implementation and flood-risk zones through FY 1987. Amends the National Housing Act to extend authorities for the national crime insurance program and existing contracts through FY 1987. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend community development block grant entitlement authority for certain metropolitan city and urban county areas through FY 1987. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to extend for 30 days the maximum interest rate limitation on loans for housing and related facilities for elderly or handicapped families through FY 1987. Extends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act through FY 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Corporation for Small Business Investment Charter Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to include in the terms "small business investment company," "company," and "license" any company that is qualified to conduct business with the Corporation for Small Business Investment. Defines "small business concern" with respect to the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Sets forth procedures for the qualification of small business investment companies (licensees) to conduct business with the Corporation for Small Business Investment and the termination, suspension, or revocation of the license of such companies that do not qualify under the provisions of this Act. Establishes the Corporation for Small Business Investment. Requires the President, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to appoint an interim Board of Directors of the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to issue common and preferred stock and certain other obligations to small business investment companies. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase obligations issued by the Corporation. Exempts from U.S. securities laws all stocks and obligations issued by the Corporation. Deems the Corporation to be a U.S. agency. Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) make loans to small business investment companies; (2) purchase preferred securities, debentures, and guarantee debentures issued by such companies; and (3) act as issuer of such securities. Requires the Corporation to establish criteria for the qualification of: (1) small business investment companies to conduct business with such Corporation; and (2) special small business investment companies whose investments will be made solely in disadvantaged small businesses. Establishes a special-purpose trust for the benefit of special small business investment companies. Authorizes: (1) the trustees to purchase preferred securities; and (2) the Corporation to purchase or to guarantee debentures issued by special small business investment companies. Permits the purchase of ownership interests in small business investment companies by national banks. Authorizes small business investment companies to: (1) purchase stock issued by the Corporation; (2) borrow money; and (3) issue debenture bonds, promissory notes, or other obligations under conditions as prescribed by the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to enter into agreements regarding the operation of small business investment companies. Authorizes small business investment companies to provide equity capital and loans to small businesses. Requires the Corporation to adopt rules on conflicts of interest which may be detrimental to: (1) small businesses; (2) small business investment companies; or (3) the Corporation. Provides that the Small Business Administration shall have review authority over the Corporation. Requires the accounts of the Corporation to be audited annually. Requires a report of each audit to be: (1) furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) made by the Secretary to the President and the Small Business Committees of the Congress not later than six months following the close of each fiscal year. Requires the Corporation, after the end of each fiscal year, to transmit to the President, the Small Business Committees of the Congress, and the Small Business Administration a report of its operations and activities during each year. Transfers to the Corporation all title to small business investment company securities that are guaranteed by the SBA and held by the Federal Financing Bank.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Hunger Relief Act of 1986 - Title I: General Food and Nutrition Programs - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the thrifty food plan base by specified annual percentages. Exempts the first $50 paid in child support from counting for food stamp program eligibility. Increases the shelter deduction cap. Sets the threshold for the elderly and disabled medical deduction at the lesser of five percent of monthly income, or $35 a month. Increases resource limitations to: (1) $2,250 for nonelderly households; (2) $3,500 for elderly households; and (3) $5,500 for automobiles. Makes State outreach programs for the elderly, disabled, or the unemployed eligible for matching funds. Increases FY 1987 through 1990 program authorizations. Requires a report to the House and the Senate evaluating the budgetary and administrative consequences of an equity-based calculation of household resources. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to increase authorization levels for commodity distributions. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase authorization levels for the expanded program of food, nutrition, and consumer education. Title II: Special Food and Nutrition Programs for Children, Women, and the Elderly - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reduce the amount children pay for a reduced price breakfast. Increases Federal reimbursement to improve the nutritional quality of school breakfasts by five cents, and by ten cents for "severe need" schools. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review the nutrition requirements for breakfasts served under such Act. Amends the National School Lunch Act to reduce the amount children pay for a reduced price lunch. Permits reimbursement for an additional meal or snack under the child care feeding program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase FY 1987 through 1989 authorizations for the supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. Increases authorization limits for nutrition education training in schools. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to increase FY 1987 authorizations for congregate meals, home delivered meals, and nutrition education for the elderly. Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize FY 1987 appropriations for the community food and nutrition program. Title III: Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research - National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Sets forth the purposes of and definitions for this title. Subtitle B: Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research - Establishes a ten-year coordinated program, to be known as the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program, which will be implemented by the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and of Agriculture. Establishes an Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research to facilitate the implementation of such program. Authorizes the Secretaries to appoint an Administrator of Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research to coordinate such program. Sets forth the functions of the Secretaries with respect to such program, including: (1) establishing matching grants programs for specified nutritional and dietary purposes; and (2) submitting an annual report to the President for transmittal to the Congress. Requires the Secretaries to prepare and implement a comprehensive national nutrition monitoring and related research plan which shall: (1) assess and report on U.S. nutritional and dietary trends; (2) assess and report on low-income food and household expenditures; (3) sponsor and conduct research; (4) develop and update a national dietary and nutritional status data bank; (5) assist State and local agencies in developing procedures and networks for nutrition monitoring and surveillance; and (6) focus the activities of Federal agencies. Requires the plan to allocate the project functions and activities among the various Federal agencies and offices involved. Requires the Secretaries to provide for and coordinate such scientific research and development as may be necessary to support the coordinated program and comprehensive plan. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council - Establishes a National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council to: (1) provide scientific and technical advice on the development and implementation of all components of the coordinated program and the comprehensive plan; (2) evaluate such program and plan; and (3) submit an annual report to the Secretaries. Subtitle D: Dietary Guidance - Directs the Secretaries to publish and review dietary guidelines for the general population. Title IV: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates of the provisions of this Act.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986
Designates the week of November 23 through November 29, 1986, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1986
Work Opportunities and Retraining Compact of 1986 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require AFDC applicants and recipients to register with a State agency for employment counseling, training, and assignment. Authorizes AFDC recipients to refuse employment which results in a net loss in their income. Directs an agency of each State to: (1) establish a single intake and registration process for AFDC applicants and recipients; (2) determine whether training or education is needed to prepare registered applicants and recipients for employment and then provide counseling regarding prospects and needs; (3) arrange for participation in one or more of the work-related programs established under title IV of the Act or other Federal law, while coordinating such programs to enhance the availability and efficiency of services provided; and (4) develop an employment plan for each AFDC applicant or recipient. Requires the State agency to provide AFDC applicants and recipients assigned to employment, training, or education programs with child care and transportation services. Sets the Federal contribution to education, training, and assignment costs at 70 percent and the Federal share of administrative and support service costs at 50 percent. Increases, by five percent in any fiscal year after FY 1987, the Federal share of education, training, and assignment costs, provided a State meets certain performance standards to be developed by the Office of Technology Assessment. Provides that such standards shall measure a State's success in reducing welfare costs and helping AFDC recipients achieve self-sufficiency, while accounting for differing conditions among the States. Requires the publication of such standards within two years of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1986
Limits the obligation of funds for the deployment and maintenance of launchers for U.S. nuclear weapons. Waives such limitations if: (1) the President so requests in writing to the Congress, citing national security reasons for such waiver; and (2) each House of the Congress votes to authorize such waiver by bill or joint resolution within 60 days.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1986
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the value of transportation provided to any person on a noncommercially operated aircraft shall be considered "no-additional-cost service" and therefore excludible from gross income if: (1) such transportation is provided on a flight made in the ordinary course of the trade or business of the taxpayer owning or leasing such aircraft for use in such trade or business; (2) the flight on which the transportation is provided would have been made whether or not such person was transported on the flight; and (3) no substantial additional cost is incurred in providing such transportation to such person.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1986
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow homeowners to deduct the full amount of prepaid interest in connection with the refinancing of their principal residences for the taxable year in which paid.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Pet Protection Act of 1986 - Prohibits the acquisition of research animals from animal shelters with National Institutes of Health funds.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986
Designates the week of December 1 through December 7, 1986, as National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1986
Designates the week beginning May 19, 1986, as National Homelessness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
States that U.S. defense programs should not carry out any development, test, or deployment activity of any antiballistic missile system or component. (This is in conformance with the defense system restrictions of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.)
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986
Food Irradiation Safety and Labeling Requirement Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing pork irradiation regulations and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing other food irradiation regulations. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to arrange for and report within two years on a study of the risks to human health and the environment presented by food irradiation. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that food for domestic use or export which has been irradiated be labeled in a prescribed fashion. Requires restaurant menus to indicate when foods have been irradiated. Requires persons irradiating food to report semiannually to the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should insist at the Vienna Review Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and in discussions with Communist Party and Soviet leaders, that imprisoned and exiled members of the Ukrainian and other Helsinki Monitoring Groups be released and allowed to emigrate to the countries of their choice. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Secretary of State should ensure that the U.S. consulate in Kiev reports on Soviet human rights violations in the Ukraine; and (2) such information should be included in reports on compliance with the Helsinki Final Act.
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
Declares that the President should increase his efforts to gain the cooperation of U.S. allies in addressing international terrorism. Directs the President to seek the negotiation of a multilateral agreement with U.S. allies which would establish strategy and procedures for responding to international terrorism. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit U.S. aid under such Act, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, the Peace Corps Act, the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, or the Arms Export Control Act, to any country which fails to apprehend and prosecute or assist in the prosecution of any individual who is alleged to be responsible for a terrorist incident. Provides for waivers of such sanctions if justified by national security or humanitarian reasons.
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
Declares that the House of Representatives urges: (1) the Soviet Union to share with the international scientific community information about the Chernobyl accident and to open the nuclear site for international inspection; (2) the establishment of an international emergency alert system; (3) the International Atomic Energy Agency to establish safety standards for nuclear power plants; and (4) the United States and other member nations of the Agency to implement standards by directing the Agency to establish an international emergency response force. Encourages the formation of an international commission to examine the causes of the Chernobyl accident.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1986
Designates the week beginning September 21, 1986, as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Manufacture and Public Distribution of Certain Copyrighted Material Act - Amends the copyright law to extend indefinitely the manufacturing clause, which prohibits the importation of certain English language books not manufactured in the United States or Canada. Eliminates the Canadian exemption, per se, after 1988. Permits exemptions from such restriction if a foreign country, including Canada, is certified by the United States Trade Representative as providing adequate copyright protection for U.S. nationals and such country freely trades in printed matter with the United States or adheres to a bilateral or multilateral agreement with the United States and supports internationally recognized workers' rights.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1986
Designates December 1 through December 7, 1986, as National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986
Nuclear Waste Policy Reform Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from implementing nuclear waste disposal activities with respect to more than one repository. Declares that any such activities commenced (or decisions made by the Secretary) before the date of enactment of this Act shall be rescinded or terminated. Prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from authorizing the construction of more than one repository under such Act. Provides that if the Secretary does not meet the January 31, 1998, deadline for high-level radioactive waste disposal then the Secretary must cease all repository activities until: (1) the Nuclear Waste Repository Review Commission (established by this Act) submits a certain report to the Congress; and (2) the Congress specifically authorizes the continuation of such repository activities (thus imposing a moratorium on repository development). Removes the deadlines by which the Secretary and the President must submit candidate site nominations for second repository site characterizations. Prohibits the Secretary from nominating or recommending any crystalline rock site for site characterization for a repository. Removes the volume limitation placed upon a first repository. Establishes the Nuclear Waste Repository Review Commission (if a repository moratorium takes effect) to: (1) review scientific data regarding repository suitability; and (2) compare the use of repositories for radioactive waste disposal with alternative technologies for the permanent isolation of such waste. Requires the Review Commission to report to the Congress by a certain date regarding its activities and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates such Commission upon submission of its report. Sets deadlines for draft revisions of the Secretary's mission plan under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986
Department of Defense Acquisition Reorganization Act of 1986 - Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to establish in the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Secretary of Defense the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) be responsible for all acquisition activities of DOD; and (2) perform such duties as the Secretary may prescribe. Redesignates the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering as Director of Defense Research and Engineering. Directs the Secretary of Defense to review a major defense acquisition program before the program proceeds into each of the following stages: (1) initial research and development; (2) full-scale development; and (3) production. Outlines evaluations to be included in each review. Prohibits the Secretary, or the Secretary of a military department, from obligating or expending funds for any of the above stages of a program unless the Secretary approves that program at the beginning of that stage. Establishes in DOD a Defense Acquisition Corps (DAC) consisting of acquisition-related positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military departments, and certain defense agencies. Makes the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition the head of the DAC. Requires the Secretary to make appointments to the DAC from the best-qualified civilian applicants and military personnel. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulations a personnel system for civilian personnel within the DAC. Outlines information to be included in such regulations. Exempts civilian personnel of the DAC from any applicable competitive service requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulation a merit pay system for such members of the DAC as the Secretary deems appropriate. Provides for the assignment of members of the DAC. Requires the Secretary, not later than one year after the enactment of this Act, to: (1) establish the DAC; (2) review existing acquisition-related positions in the military departments to determine which positions should be included in the DAC; and (3) make appointments to such positions. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulation a Defense Acquisition University that includes existing acquisition-related defense schools.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986
Declares that the United States and the Soviet Union should initiate a joint effort to immunize all the children of the world by the year 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Declares that the House of Representatives, on behalf of the U.S. people, expresses its gratitude to the Government and people of the United Kingdom who assisted the United States in its exercise of self-defense against Libya and in the fight against state-sponsored international terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1986
Designates the Month of November 1986 as National Diabetes Month.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Designates April 17, 1986, as National Pension Day.
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
Truth in Negotiations Amendments of 1986 - Amends Federal law relating to defense contracts to require that all cost or pricing data submitted by a contractor or subcontractor must be in accordance with applicable regulations and any cost principles as directed by the head of the agency concerned. Outlines provisions concerning adjustment of a contract price at an administrative or judicial hearing as it relates to cost and pricing data submitted by a contractor and defenses to such adjustments. Outlines the liability to the United States of a contractor who is overpaid by the Department of Defense as the result of submission by the contractor of inaccurate, incomplete, or noncurrent cost or pricing data. Repeals current Federal provisions concerning such overpayments by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986
Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to establish in the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Secretary of Defense the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) be responsible for all acquisition activities of DOD; and (2) perform such duties as the Secretary may prescribe. Redesignates the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering as Director of Defense Research and Engineering.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986
Requires the Secretary of Defense, through the Secretaries of the military departments, to conduct an experimental program aimed at increasing the efficiency of the management structure of major defense acquisition programs by reducing reporting requirements. Requires the Secretary of each military department to designate two such programs for participation in the experimental program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to issue guidelines governing the management of major defense acquisition programs designated for participation in the experimental program.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986
Designates the week beginning on November 9, 1986, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
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
Designates November 18, 1986, as National Community Education Day.