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United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1986
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on passenger-carrying aircraft in interstate or overseas transportation. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to promulgate regulations to implement this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1986
Affirms the intent of the Ninety-ninth Congress to oppose any increase in individual or corporate tax rates, or the reduction or elimination of deductions and credits without corresponding tax rate reductions. Calls upon the One hundredth Congress to adopt such a policy.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1986
Provides that the Tax Reform Act of 1986 shall be applied and administered as if the three-year basis recovery rule applicable to employees' annuities had not been repealed.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1986
Designates February 4, 1987, as National Women in Sports Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1986
Designates the United States Courthouse and Customhouse on West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky, as the Gene Snyder United States Courthouse and Customhouse.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1986
Foreign Agricultural and Mineral Investment Reform Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks to oppose any aid by those banks for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export if: (1) such commodity or mineral is in surplus on world markets; and (2) the export of such commodity or mineral would cause substantial injury to competing U.S. producers. Reduces the U.S. contribution to such institutions by a proportionate amount if such institutions provide assistance for such exports. Requires that any funds withheld from such institutions shall be used to reduce the public debt.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1986
Designates the week beginning January 25, 1987, as National Productivity Improvement Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1986
Declares that the Congress: (1) reaffirms its support for improved relations between Egypt and Israel based on the 1979 Treaty of Peace (Camp David Accords); and (2) calls upon those countries to resolve the Taba territorial dispute and to move forward in normalization of relations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1986
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1987 - Title I: NASA Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for specified activities relating to: (1) research and development; (2) space flight, control and data communications; (3) construction of facilities; and (4) research and program management. Permits appropriations for research and development and for space flight, control and data communications, to be used: (1) for any items of a capital nature (other than acquisition of land) which may be required at locations other than NASA installations for the performance of research and development contracts; and (2) for grants to nonprofit institutions of higher education, or to nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is the conduct of scientific research, for purchase or construction of additional research facilities. Requires the Administrator of NASA (the Administrator) to notify specified congressional officers and committees whenever the cost of a facility exceeds a specified amount. Permits funds appropriated for research and development, for space flight, control and data communications, or for construction of facilities to remain available without fiscal year limitation. Permits appropriations for research and program management to be used for scientific consultations or extraordinary expenses upon the approval of the Administrator. Limits to not more than $100,000 per project (including collateral equipment) the amount that may be used for construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, and for repair, rehabilitation, or modification of facilities, from funds appropriated for research and development, for space flight, control and data communications, and for research and program management. Limits to not more than $500,000 per project (including collateral equipment) the amount that may be used for any of the foregoing for unforeseen programmatic needs, from funds appropriated for research and development and for space flight, control and data communications. Prohibits obligation or expenditure of specified funds to reassign any technical work responsibilities on a permanently manned space station until a certain period passes after the Administrator's report to specified congressional committees. Permits the funds for construction of any of specified facilities: (1) in the discretion of the Administrator, to be varied upward ten percent; or (2) following a report by the Administrator to specified congressional committees, to be varied upward 25 percent to meet unusual cost variations. Permits one-half of one percent of the funds appropriated for research and development or for space flight, control and data communications, to be transferred to the appropriation for construction of facilities. Authorizes the expenditure of such transferred funds, together with a specified amount of the funds appropriated for construction of facilities, to construct, expand, or modify laboratories and other installations. Requires the Administrator, 30 days before expending such funds, to notify specified congressional officers and committees of the nature, cost, and necessity of such construction. Prohibits, until 30 days pass after congressional receipt of a full explanation by the Administrator, the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for any program: (1) deleted by the Congress; (2) in excess of the amount actually authorized for the particular program under provisions for research and development, space flight, control and data communications, and research and program management; or (3) which has not been presented to either of the specified congressional committees. Directs the President, on the date of submittal of a budget for NASA for FY 1988, to also submit to the Congress budget estimates for the recommended level of program activity and subactivity funding for FY 1989 and 1990 of a permanently manned space station. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that it is in the national interest that consideration be given to geographical distribution of Federal research funds whenever feasible, and that NASA should explore ways of doing so. Requests the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union to officially designate seven of the ten moons recently discovered near the planet Uranus in the names of the crew members of the space shuttle Challenger. Expresses the sense of the Congress that NASA should move expeditiously to conduct a competition for alternative production for space shuttle solid rocket boosters. Directs the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees on NASA's progress in this matter every 90 days for one year after enactment of this Act. Provides that such requirements shall not be construed to direct the Administrator to select and qualify a second source of production for solid rocket boosters if the results of the competition would not produce significant savings for NASA. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to establish the National Aeronautics and Space Council in the Executive Office of the President. Directs the Council to advise the President on cooperation among Federal departments and agencies and designation of their specific responsibilities in the aeronautics and space field. Directs the Council to establish a User's Advisory Group composed of non-Federal representatives of industries and other persons involved in space activities. Directs the Administrator to: (1) review the findings and recommendations of the National Commission on Space; and (2) submit to specified congressional committees by December 31, 1986, recommendations regarding a long-range plan for implementation of the Commission's recommendations. Title II: Office of Commercial Space Transportation - Amends the Commercial Space Launch Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out such Act (which provides for licensing and liability insurance requirements for commercial space launches). Title III: Space Transportation Recovery - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States must promptly restore its space transportation capabilities without deemphasizing other space programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 in amounts necessary to safely return the space shuttle fleet to flight status, and to achieve the next launch of a space shuttle in the first quarter of calendar year 1988. Directs the Administrator to promptly take necessary steps to construct a fourth space shuttle orbiter as a replacement for Challenger. Requires that such construction be accomplished to the maximum extent possible by use of existing structural spares previously authorized and funded. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 of any additional amounts necessary to begin such construction. Prohibits specified funds from being used for such construction. Directs the Administrator to explore the availability of private funding for such construction, and to accept such funding under specified conditions. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator to accept gifts or donations for the construction of a space shuttle orbiter. Terminates such authority five years after enactment of this Act. Provides that all such gifts and donations which are not needed for such construction shall be used in tribute to the crew of the space shuttle Challenger and in furtherance of the exploration of space. Provides that the name of such space shuttle orbiter shall be "Challenger II." Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should utilize the capability of expendable launch vehicles as well as the space shuttle for placing government payloads in orbit. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 of additional sums necessary to procure launch services for government satellites by expendable launch vehicles. Provides that no funding for such procurement is authorized under title I of this Act. Declares that the space shuttle shall be the primary U.S. launch system for manned missions and missions needing its unique capabilities and shall be available for other missions. Sets forth space shuttle launch priorities to be reflected in a planned flight manifest which the Administrator must submit to the Congress by November 1, 1986. Directs the Administrator, before December 2, 1986, to submit to the Congress a ten-year plan setting forth: (1) a schedule for planned reimbursements from the Department of Defense for space shuttle services; and (2) a schedule for provision of such services. Title IV: Assured Access to Space - Assured Access to Space Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to purchase, through competitive procurement, of expendable launch vehicle services to launch Government payloads, as aggregated by the Administrator. Requires that such purchased services be provided on a reimbursable basis. Directs the Administrator to carry out such requirements so as to foster the development of an expendable launch vehicle industry and to complement the medium launch vehicle procurement planned for national security payloads. Directs the Administrator to report by November 1, 1986, to the Congress on how such requirements will be carried out. Amends the Commercial Space Launch Act to provide that direct costs (i.e., the amount to be paid to the United States by any person who acquires launch property or launch services) shall not include costs associated with meeting the space transportation needs of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in carrying out the Commercial Space Launch Act, to consult with other agencies to provide consistent application of licensing requirements under such Act and to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all license applicants. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 1986 to delete reference to the goal of cost-effective use of the Space Transportation System (the space shuttle program). Prohibits the shuttle price for a commercial or foreign user from being less than the price for a comparable launch on a U.S. expendable launch vehicle, except under certain circumstances. Removes provisions relating to reduction of the base price for commercial or foreign users of the shuttle and relating to customer incentives. Makes the shuttle pricing provisions of such Act applicable to flights of the Space Transportation System beginning on and after January 1, 1988. Directs the Administrator, within three years after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on the effectiveness of such amendments to the shuttle pricing policy and whether or not there has been demonstrated a competitive domestic expendable launch vehicle capability.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1986
Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act of 1986 - States that it is the policy of the Congress that Farm Credit System (System) institutions should take steps to establish competitive interest rates based on the marginal cost of funds. Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to repeal provisions for Farm Credit Administration (FCA) approval of interest rates charged by Federal land banks, Federal intermediate credit banks, and banks for cooperatives. Prohibits the FCA from requiring System institutions to maintain capital levels by charging interest rates in excess of commercial rates.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1986
Designates the week of October 19 through October 25, 1986, as National CPR Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1986
Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act of 1986 - States that it is the policy of the Congress that Farm Credit System (System) institutions should take steps to establish competitive interest rates based on the marginal cost of funds. Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to repeal provisions for Farm Credit Administration (FCA) approval of interest rates charged by Federal land banks, Federal intermediate credit banks, and banks for cooperatives. Prohibits the FCA from requiring System institutions to maintain capital levels by charging interest rates in excess of commercial rates.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Designates July 2 and July 3, 1987, as United States-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Declares that the Congress: (1) calls upon the Soviet Union to cease interference with radio broadcasting, particularly the Voice of America; (2) urges the President to enter into discussions with the Soviet Union with respect to such interference; and (3) calls upon the people of the world to lend their support in this effort.
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1986
Designates the week beginning October 5, 1986, as National Birds of Prey Conservation Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1986
Requests the entertainment industry to: (1) refrain from producing material which glamorizes or encourages the use of illegal drugs; and (2) develop material which encourages the rejection of illegal drug usage.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1986
Designates September 11, 1986, as 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of November 23 to November 30, 1986, as American Indian Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Designates October 6, 1986, as National Drug Abuse Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1986
Designates the month of September 1986 as National Back to School-Back Off Drugs Month. Sets forth drug abuse prevention activities in which schools should engage.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Designates the week of December 14 through December 20, 1986, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Declares that each standing committee of the House of Representatives may, not later than September 12, 1986, submit to the House Budget Committee alternatives to the joint report of the Directors of the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), insofar as such order affects laws within the jurisdiction of the committee. Requires the Budget Committee, not later than September 19, 1986, to report a resolution containing instructions to committees sufficient to achieve the total level of deficit reduction contained in the Director's report for FY 1987. Provides that such instructions shall require that each committee (and each subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations) achieve the same level of deficit reduction with respect to programs under its jurisdiction as would have been saved under the Director's report. Requires committees to submit recommendations to the Budget Committee by September 26, 1986, sufficient to meet deficit reductions. Requires the Budget Committee to promptly report a reconciliation bill carrying out such recommendations. Authorizes the Budget Committee to include legislative language within the jurisdiction of any noncomplying committee. Requires such reconciliation bill to include a provision which states that if it is enacted on or before October 15, 1986, then the President's sequestration order for FY 1987 is null and void. Establishes procedures for floor consideration of such reconciliation bill, including limitation on debates and amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1986
Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 to eliminate the customs services fees imposed upon: (1) all arrivals made by private vessel or private aircraft; and (2) the arrival of each passenger aboard a commercial vessel or commercial aircraft from a place outside the United States. Eliminates the collection procedures for such fees.
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 · 28 July 1986
Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the 22d amendment to the Constitution (limitation on presidential terms).
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman- Hollings Act) to revise sequestration procedures. Directs the Comptroller General to submit the General Accounting Office's (GAO) initial and revised sequestration reports for a fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). (Current law requires such reports to be submitted to the President.) Requires the Director to issue to the President and the Congress: (1) by September 1 preceding the fiscal year, an initial sequestration report based on the initial GAO report, providing the same items of information and explaining any differences in such reports; and (2) by October 15, a revised version as necessary in light of the revised GAO report. Requires the President to issue any necessary initial sequestration order on September 3 (currently, September 1) and the final order on October 17 (currently, October 15). Requires the President's initial and final orders to be in accordance with the initial and revised OMB (currently, GAO) reports. Terminates procedures providing for sequestration from national defense accounts through the termination or modification of existing contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Honors the United Way on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Encourages the United Way to continue its fine work and achieve its goal of doubling its resources by 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Designates August 12, 1986, as National Civil Rights Day.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1986
Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 (the Act) to exempt contractors from a requirement to fully reimburse the Federal Government under certain circumstances in the case of research and development agreements. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, following the completion of a contract under provisions for data continuity after the Landsat system, and upon 30 days' advance notice to the Congress, to dispose of any Government assets so as to ensure continuation of the contractor's commercial activity. Requires that there be consultation with the National Remote-Sensing Advisory Committee (established by this Act) with respect to the national research and development plan under the Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a National Remote-Sensing Advisory Committee (the Committee). Sets forth provisions for Committee membership and functions. Revises provisions concerning the use of experimental data from Federal research and development programs. Requires Federal agencies to consult with the Committee in making determinations relating to such use. Adds provisions relating to the use of non-Federal data from the research and development activities of system operators or marketing entities. Authorizes system operators to require that unenhanced data not be reproduced or disseminated by a foreign or domestic purchaser.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1986
Designates October 1986 as Crack/Cocaine Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Voluntarism Protection Act of 1986 - Applies this Act to State liability laws which are applicable to any civil action brought during FY 1988 and thereafter. Prescribes circumstances under which volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities shall be immune from personal civil liability in State court actions. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reduce by one percent a State's fiscal year award to implement the Social Services Block Grant Program under title XX of the Social Security Act if such State fails to enact such immunity for volunteers as of FY 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1986
Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the forfeiture of media royalties (profits from depiction of a crime in a movie, book, newspaper, magazine, radio or television production, or live entertainment) by those convicted of any offense involving national security.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1986
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an additional exemption of $600 to taxpayers for the deafness of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any of the taxpayer's dependents. Provides an annual cost-of-living adjustment to the exemption amount. Provides that the determination of whether an individual who dies during the taxable year is deaf must be made as of the time of such death. Provides that an individual is deaf if the ability of the individual to hear is so seriously impaired that the individual receives spoken language, if at all, primarily through other sense organs by means such as lip reading, sign language, finger spelling, or reading.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Crack and Cocaine Meaningful Penalties Act - 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 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.)
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Designates August 1, 1986, the 11th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Accords, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with the U.S.S.R. and the Warsaw Pact nations; and (3) convey to U.S. allies the necessity of unity on these points.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Tax Reform Act of 1985 should be amended to: (1) preserve the deduction for contributions to individual retirement accounts; and (2) increase the amount which may be contributed to such accounts for any taxable year and deducted by or on behalf of spouses who have no compensation for such taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1986
Federal Accounting Practices Review Commission Act of 1986 - Title I: Title, Statement of Findings, Purpose and Limitations - Declares the reasons for, and purposes of, this Act. Title II: Establishment, Duties, and Membership - Establishes the Federal Accounting Practices Review Commission to: (1) examine and describe the financial management practices of the Federal Government; (2) formulate a financial accounting and management system for Federal agencies; (3) prepare a plan for implementation of such system; and (4) recommend an ongoing method for determining and updating generally accepted accounting principles for the Government. Title III: Administration - Sets forth the administrative staffing, procedures, and powers of the Commission. Requires the Commission to submit a final report to the President and the Congress not later than 18 months after the date of completion of appointments of members to the Commission. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1986
Job Training Amendments to the IRA - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that no additional tax will be imposed on the first $4,000 of payments or distributions from an individual retirement account used by the taxpayer solely to obtain job training or retraining for the taxpayer. Requires that the payments or distributions must be made in reasonable anticipation of the unemployment of the taxpayer or within two years after the taxpayer has become unemployed. Requires all distributions or payments to be made within two years after the first payment or distribution.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1986
Impeaches Harry E. Claiborne, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to include poultry and eggs within the purview of such Act. Gives poultry and egg producers and cash sellers who have not received full payment from specified large poultry dealers or packers a beneficial interest in all poultry products and proceeds from their poultry until full payment has been made by such producers or sellers. States that payment shall not be considered to have been made if the seller or producer receives a payment instrument which is dishonored. Requires the seller or producer in such instance to preserve his interest as provided for by this Act. Requires full payment by the next business day in a cash sale and within seven days following the week of slaughter in a poultry growing arrangement. Permits the parties to modify such payment schedules. Makes a delay in fund collection in order to extend the payment period an unfair practice under such Act. Provides egg producers with similar protections.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Declares that the Congress disapproves of The Prohibition of Discrimination in the Provision of Insurance Act of 1986, an Act passed by the District of Columbia Council and signed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should exercise certain authority to accept bids from agricultural producers for diverting acreage in return for surplus payments-in-kind.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
States that alkyl nitrites and their isomers should be treated as a drug for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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
Designates the month of October 1986 as National Spina Bifida Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Designates the week of September 15 through September 21, 1986, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Directs the Postmaster General to produce and sell postage stamps commemorating the crew of the space shuttle Challenger. Requires that the design for the stamps be selected from among designs submitted by elementary and secondary school students.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives the deductibility of contributions to individual retirement accounts should be maintained for all citizens as part of any tax reform legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Education for Economic Security Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Education for Economic Security Act to replace the current title II, Education for Economic Security program, with a new title II, Teacher Training and Improvement Program. Provides that such title may be cited as the "Teacher Training and Improvement Act." Authorizes appropriations to carry out such program for FY 1987 through 1991. Provides for allotment of funds to States for State and local projects, and for reservations of funds for national programs, Department of the Interior schools for Indian children, and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth State application requirements. Requires that funds for State and local projects be used for: (1) inservice education for teachers to improve subject matter and teaching skills, including those needed to maintain an orderly classroom environment; (2) inservice education for school administrators to improve leadership skills, including those needed to maintain an orderly school environment; (3) retraining teachers who wish to teach different subjects; (4) support, including scholarships and internships, for qualified persons in other professions who wish to become teachers or school administrators; (5) improved preservice education of teachers and school administrators; (6) improved teacher education programs; (7) recognition of excellent performance by teachers or school administrators by awarding fellowships for further study or research and writing opportunities; (8) personnel exchange programs between education and other fields; and (9) other activities consistent with the purposes of this Act. Sets forth requirements for equitable program participation by private nonprofit school teachers and administrators. Sets forth provisions for national programs, including: (1) summer institutes and centers; (2) scholarships and fellowships; (3) exchange programs; (4) awards for development and testing of teacher education programs; (5) presidential teacher internships; (6) awards for individual research projects; (7) information collection and dissemination; (8) research on teaching and improving preservice and inservice education; and (9) developing model programs for providing skills to maintain an orderly classroom environment. Provides that Federal funds to State or local educational agencies under this Act must be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds. Bars use of Federal funds under this Act to benefit teachers or school administrators in private, for-profit schools. Repeals provisions of the Education Amendments of 1978 relating to territorial teacher training assistance. Repeals the Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Child Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Statute to extend its coverage to the sexual exploitation of children. Allows any person injured personally or in his business or property by such violations to bring a civil suit for treble damages. Amends the Federal criminal code to require a mandatory life sentence in kidnapping offenses involving the murder of a minor. Establishes mandatory minimum sentences for the sexual exploitation of minors. Provides that the period of any applicable limitation for the commencement of prosecution for certain offenses involving the sexual exploitation of children shall not begin until the child has reached the age of 18 years. Directs the Attorney General to submit a report to the Congress detailing possible changes in the Federal Rules of Evidence, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and other procedures which would facilitate the participation of child witnesses in cases involving child abuse and sexual exploitation. Directs the Attorney General to modify the classification system used by the National Crime Information System and the Federal Bureau of Investigation with respect to offenses involving the sexual exploitation of children by: (1) including the age of the victim and the relationship of the victim to the offender; and (2) using a uniform definition of a child. Grants the Postal Service certain authority with respect to the seizure and forfeiture of materials used in, or depicting, the sexual exploitation of children. States that amounts received from such forfeitures shall be deposited in the Postal Service Fund.