United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1987
Requires that the Congress convene in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, on July 16, 1987, to commemorate the bicentennial of the Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1987
H.U.D. Income Verification Act of 1987 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program applicants or participants to: (1) disclose their social security or employer identification numbers; and (2) consent to wage information verification. Amends the Social Security Act to provide HUD with access to State employment records. Requires Federal, State, local, or public housing administering agencies to independently verify such information before terminating or reducing any housing benefits. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for misuse of such information.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1987
Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase from $50,000 to $100,000 the benefits paid to survivors of public safety officers (law enforcement officers and fire fighters) who died as a result of injury sustained in the line of duty. Directs the Bureau of Justice Assistance to adjust public safety officer death benefits to reflect the annual change in the Consumer Price Index. Makes the date of death the determining date with respect to the amount payable to beneficiaries.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1987
Forfeiture of Federal Annuities Amendment Act - Prohibits an individual, or the survivor or beneficiary of an individual, from being paid Federal annuities or retired pay on the basis of creditable service, if before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act: (1) revocation proceedings are instituted against the individual under the Immigration and Nationality Act and the appropriate court revokes the individual's citizenship; or (2) the individual makes a renunciation of nationality.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a five-percent investment tax credit after 1987 for tangible property which: (1) is used as a part of manufacturing, production, or extraction or of furnishing transportation, communications, electrical energy, gas, water, or sewage disposal services; (2) constitutes a research facility used in connection with such activities; or (3) constitutes a facility used in connection with such activities for the bulk storage of fungible commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1987
Volunteer Protection Act of 1987 - Prescribes circumstances under which volunteers working for nonprofit organizations or government entities shall be immune from personal civil liability. Requires each State to certify to the Secretary of Health and Human Services before the beginning of each fiscal year (commencing with FY 1989) that it has enacted or has in effect a State law which provides such immunity. Requires the Secretary to reduce by one percent the fiscal year allotment which would otherwise be made to such State to carry out the Social Services Block Grant Program under title XX of the Social Security Act if such law is not in effect.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1987
Declares that the Congress: (1) protests continued Soviet violations of international human rights, especially its restrictive emigration regulations; (2) states that such human rights abuses seriously affect negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union; (3) calls upon the Soviet authorities to release all "Prisoners of Conscience" and permit all "refuseniks" and other specified people to emigrate; and (4) dedicates itself to support, as a priority during the 100th Congress, the restoration of internationally recognized human rights to all Soviet citizens, especially restoration of the right to emigrate to Soviet Jews and others who have requested exit visas.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1987
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to delay until December 31, 1988 (currently, December 31, 1986) the exception for certain technical personnel from certain rules for determining whether an individual is an employee or independent contractor for employment tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from charging admission fees at any National Historical Park. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on admission fees charged at National Park System units.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1987
National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act of 1987 - Establishes the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome to: (1) advise the Congress, the President, and Federal agencies on policies and programs designed to reduce the incidence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and address problems encountered by individuals having AIDS; (2) monitor the progression of AIDS; (3) evaluate AIDS research activities and health services; (4) study the effects that AIDS has had on the armed forces; and (5) identify financial resources available to prevent and treat AIDS. Directs the Commission to report to the President and the Congress. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submitting such report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1987
Ocean Incineration Research Act of 1987 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a permit for the incineration of hazardous waste off the coast of Maryland until a hazardous waste reduction management feasibility report from the Office of Technology Assessment is completed and the Administrator promulgates final regulations. Requires the submission of such report to the Congress within three years and requires public participation in the drafting of the regulations. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) no Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) physician payment methodology should be implemented which is based on hospital discharge classifications or requires mandatory assignment; and (2) no drastic change in the Medicare physician payment methodology should be undertaken without the receipt of reports required by legislation enacted in the 99th Congress and a detailed analysis of the long-range impact of such change on the provision of health care.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Andrew Wyeth in recognition of his contributions to American art and culture. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reclassify a "slab" of iron or steel to be not less than two inches in thickness (thus eliminating the requirement that it be not over six inches).
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to provide a transitional rule allowing a spouse to be relieved of liability for tax or penalties due to an understatement of tax which is attributable to disallowed deductions of the other spouse.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for interest paid or incurred on a qualified educational loan. Defines "qualified educational loan" as any indebtedness incurred to pay the educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse or dependent. (Present law requires that such a loan be secured by an interest in real property.)
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that specified minimum tax and accounting rules applicable to installment obligations shall not apply to obligations arising from sales of property by nondealers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 January 1987
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 · 7 January 1987
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for a six-year term for the offices of President and Vice President and prohibits any person from being elected to such offices more than twice. Declares the term of office of a Representative to be three years. Prohibits a person from being a Senator if such person has been a Senator throughout the immediately preceding three terms, or from being a Representative if such person has been a Representative throughout the immediately preceding six terms. States that such prohibition does not prevent any person from filling a congressional vacancy during a term.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Competition Enhancement and Tax Relief Act of 1987- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a five percent investment tax credit after 1987 for tangible property which: (1) is used as a part of manufacturing, production, or extraction or of furnishing transportation, communications, electrical energy, gas water, or sewage disposal services; (2) constitutes a research facility used in connection with such activities; or (3) constitutes a facility used in connection with such activities for the bulk storage of fungible commodities. Exempts from estate taxes the transfer of an interest in a closely held business to a qualified heir of the decendent. Exempts from gift taxes the transfer of an interest in a closely held business to a member of the donor's family. Allows the nonrecognition of gain realized from the sale or exchange of the entire interest in an unincorporated trade or business to the extent such gain is used within a 24-month period to purchase property used in an unincorporated trade or business which is entirely owned by the taxpayer. Increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the annual limitation on the expensing of certain depreciable business assets. Requires the public availability of the annual returns of tax-exempt organizations. Denies special mailing privileges to organizations which are taxed on unrelated business income. Makes applicable to the Internal Revenue Service provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act relating to rule making. Provides that, for purposes of employee benefit plans, a leasing organization shall be deemed to be the sole employer of a leased employee if: (1) the organization retains the right to hire, transfer, pay, and direct the manner of the employee's performance of services; (2) the organization is responsible for paying its employees regardless of receiving fees from the recipient; (3) any employee benefits provided are comparable and nondiscriminatory among all employees; and (4) the organization bills the recipient on a total fee rather than a direct cost pass-through basis.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Expedited Funds Availability Act - Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to begin to develop an expedited funds availability system which shall be implemented no later than three years and 90 days after enactment of this Act. Provides that such system shall require that funds deposited in an account of a depository institution by local and in-state checks be available for withdrawal the business day after deposit and that funds deposited by all other checks be available on the fourth business day after deposit. Lists considerations for the Board in establishing such system which include providing for the automated return of unpaid checks, a uniform endorsement standard, and direct notification of nonpayment. Directs the Board to report to the Congress every six months on its actions to implement such system and within two years after enactment of this Act on the effects of temporary schedules for funds availability established under this Act. Establishes specific time limits for funds availability for various types of deposits. Provides for next day availability for cash, the cash portion of a deposit, wire transfers, checks of $100 or less, checks drawn on in-state branches of the receiving depository institution or branches located in the same check processing region, U.S. Treasury checks endorsed only by the payee, State and local treasury checks endorsed only by the payee and deposited in special envelopes at manned branches, cashier's checks, certified checks, teller's checks, and depository checks endorsed only by the payee and deposited in special envelopes at manned branches. Sets forth a schedule, to be terminated upon implementation of the expedited funds availability system, providing that: (1) checks drawn on local originating depository institutions shall be available on the third business day after deposit during the one-year period beginning 90 days after enactment of this Act and on the second business day after deposit during the subsequent two years; and (2) checks drawn on nonlocal originating depository institutions shall be available for withdrawal on the seventh business day after deposit. Authorizes the Board to make certain adjustments in such time limits. Sets forth time limit exceptions and special time limits which shall apply: (1) to new accounts, deposits by checks in excess of $5,000, checks redeposited after being returned, repeated overdrafts, and foreign checks; and (2) under specified emergency conditions. Authorizes the Board to suspend the applicability of this Act to any classification of checks directly associated with an unacceptable level of losses due to check-related fraud. Requires the Board to transmit a report justifying any suspension to specified congressional committees. Prohibits any depository institution from freezing funds in an account because other funds deposited in such account by check are not yet available for withdrawal pursuant to this Act. Directs each institution to inform employees of, and ensure employee compliance with, the requirements of this Act. Provides that State laws providing for shorter time periods for the availability of funds deposited in a State-chartered institution shall supersede this Act and shall apply to all federally insured depository institutions located in such State. Requires interest to accrue on funds deposited in an interest-bearing account of an institution beginning on the business day on which the institution receives provisional credit for such funds. Requires a depository institution to meet specified disclosure requirements concerning its general policy on the availability for withdrawal of funds deposited by check. Authorizes the Board to publish model disclosure forms and clauses for common transactions. Directs the Board to establish a Payments System Advisory Council to advise and consult with the Board in the exercise of the Board's functions under this Act. Declares that this Act supersedes State law, including the Uniform Commercial Code, except as specified earlier. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) the administrative enforcement of this Act; and (2) the civil liability of institutions that fail to comply with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Establishes the Joint Committee on Intelligence. Declares that such committee has exclusive legislative jurisdiction with respect to any intelligence activity of the Federal Government and authorizations for appropriations for specified agencies and intelligence-related activities. Directs the joint committee to classify its information and records and to establish guidelines for their maintenance, use, and availability. Sets forth procedures for the disclosure of such information. Directs the joint committee to establish and carry out rules and procedures necessary to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information. Makes conforming amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 and the Rules of the House of Representatives, including abolishing the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1986
Title I: Tariff Provisions - Declares that amendments to the Schedules refer to amendments to the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Subtitle A: Permanent Changes in Tariff Treatment - Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reclassify and impose a duty on casein, caseinates, and milk protein concentrate for human food and animal feed use. Reduces the duty on salted and dried plums. Imposes a duty on natural unconcentrated, non-reconstituted grapefruit juice. Grants duty-free treatment to hatters' fur. Treats plywoods with tongued, grooved, lapped, or otherwise worked edges as plywood for tariff purposes. Provides that certain gloves (those without fourchettes and constructed of a textile fabric with rubber or plastics) shall be regarded as gloves of textile materials. Creates a new tariff classification to cover imports of certain woven fabrics of man-made fibers. Includes all forms of silicone in the term "synthetic plastics materials." Imposes a duty on silicone resins and materials. Creates a new tariff classification to cover the imports of motor fuel blending stocks. Imposes a duty on motor fuel blending stocks. Reclassifies a "slab" of iron or steel to be not less than two inches in thickness. Provides that television picture tubes imported in combination with, or incorporated into, other articles are to be classified as television picture tubes (subject to an increased duty) unless they are incorporated or put into kits for incorporation into complete television receivers or into certain other fully assembled units. Imposes an 11 percent duty on all imports on or before October 31, 1987, of television picture tubes which would be included in such assembled units but for this Act. Grants duty-free treatment to all imports on or before December 31, 1990, of certain small color television picture tubes. Excludes extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters with respect to the duty treatment of electro-surgical apparatus. Provides a duty on bicycle-type speedometers and parts. Excludes the dials of watches and clocks from the special marking requirements. Provides that certain information shall be legibly (currently "conspicuously") marked with specified information. Permits such marking to be done by mold-marking. Permits manufacturers to put certain information on watch bezels. Deletes the requirement of including information on watch adjustments. Repeals the prohibition against the importation into the United States of certain furskins from the Soviet Union. Subtitle B: Temporary Changes in Tariff Treatment - Suspends through December 31, 1990, the tariff on: (1) color couplers and coupler intermediates; (2) p-sulfobenzoic acid, potassium salt; (3) 2,2-oxamidobis-ethyl3(3,5-di-tertbuty14-hydroxy-penyl); dicyclohexylbenzothiazylsufenamide; (5) 2,4 dichloro-5-sulfamoyl benzoic acid; (6) derivatives of N-(4-2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropoxy) phenyl) acetamide; (7) 1,2-dimethyl 1-3, 5 diphenyl-pyrazolium methyl sulfate; (8) dicofol; (9) methylene blue; (10) 3,5-dinitro-o-toluamide; (11) butyl chloride; (12) nonbenzenoid vinyl acetate-vinyl chloride-ethylene terpolymer; (13) tungsten ore; (14) certain stuffed toy figures; (15) wool carving and spinning machines; (16) generator lighting sets for bicycles, bicycle chains, and certain other bicycle parts; (17) 1-(3- sulfopropyl) pyridinium hydroxide; (18) d-6-Methoxy-a-methyl-2-naphthaleneactic acid and its sodium salt; (19) certain pesticides (dinocap, mixtures of dicofol and application adjuvants and mixtures of mancozeb and dinocap); (20) cholestyramine resin USP; (21) 3-amino-3-methyl-1-butyne; (22) maneb, zineb, mancozeb, and metiram; (23) nicotine resins; (24) certain hosiery knitting needles; (25) silk yarns; (26) 3-ethylamino-p-cresol; (27) 4-chloro-2-5-dimethoxy-aniline; (28) 2,2-bis(4-cyanatophenyl); (29) 3-nitrophenyl-4-beta-hydroxysulfone; (30) aminoethylphenylprazole; (31) 1,1-(4,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl, etc.; (32) butyl (R)-2-(4-(5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pryidinyl)oxy)-phenoxyl (33) benzethonium chloride; (34) malononitrile; (35) 2-(1(ethoxyimino)butyl)-5-(2-(ethylthio)propyl)-3-hydro (sethoxydim); (36) metaldehyde; (37) cyclosporine; (38) paraldehyde; (39) jacquard cards; (40) certain parts of indirect process electrostatic copying machines; and (41) extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters (for use by nonprofit hospitals or educational institutions). Suspends the tariff on certain knitwear made in Guam until November 1, 1992. Suspends the tariff on the personal effects and equipment of participants and officials involved in the Pan American Games until September 30, 1987. Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to extend, through December 31, 1990, the exclusion of imported bicycle parts that are not subsequently re-exported from the exemption of the customs laws that is applicable to a foreign trade zone. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to repeal the suspension of duty on double-headed latch needles. Suspends, through October 31, 1987, the duty on absorbent chemical material of one or more cross-linked sodium polyacrylate polymers. Lowers, through December 31, 1990, the: (1) duty on glass inners designed for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels; and (2) column two duty rate on offset printing presses of the sheet-fed type. Extends the current suspension of duty until December 31, 1990, on: (1) mixtures of mashed or macerated hot red peppers and salt; (2) cantaloupes; (3) certain wools; (4) needlecraft display models; (5) triptenyl phosphate; (6) menthol feedstocks; (7) isometric mixtures of ethylbiphenyl; (8) sulfapyridine; (9) synthetic rutile; (10) certain clock radios; (11) machines designed for heat-set, stretchtexturing of continuous man-made fibers; (12) hosiery knitting machines; (13) certain small toys; (14) stuffed dolls, certain toy figures; and (15) crude feathers and down. Subtitle C: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for the implementation of the provisions of this Act. Title II: Customs Provisions - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow watches to be designated as eligible articles for purposes of the generalized system of preferences. Requires the containers of imported preserved mushrooms to indicate in English the country in which the mushrooms were grown in order to comply with labeling laws relating to imports. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish standards for setting the terms and conditions for cancellation of bonds or charges. Provides for the duty-free entry of certain articles for use by a named organization in the construction of an optical telescope in Hawaii. Provides for the reliquidation, without liability of the importer of record for antidumping duties, of specified entries. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reliquidate, as duty-free, four specified entries covering tubular tin products, if a certificate of actual use for the products is submitted to the U.S. Customs Service at the port of entry within 120 days of enactment of this Act. Requires the appropriate customs officer, upon the discovery or attempted importation into the United States or seizure of books or matter containing obscene material, to transmit such information to the appropriate U.S. attorney who shall institute proceedings for the forfeiture, confiscation, and destruction of such books or matter. Requires a court, upon motion of the United States, to stay such forfeiture proceedings pending the completion of any related criminal proceedings. Amends the International Coffee Agreement Act of 1980 to extend the effective period of such act until October 1, 1989. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow, without regard to specified conditions, for a drawback (refund) of duties paid on raw cane sugar imported into the United States after October 31, 1977, and before April 1, 1985. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to specified congressional committees by February 1, 1987, with respect to circumvention of the U.S. sugar quota through the importation of refined sugar in the form of blended products. Makes unlawful the unauthorized importation or unauthorized sale within the United States after importation of articles that: (1) infringe a valid and enforceable U.S. patent or copyright; or (2) are made under, or by means of, a patented process. Makes it unlawful to import into or sell within the United States after importation articles that infringe a valid and enforceable U.S. trademark, if the manufacture or production of such article was unauthorized. Makes it unlawful to import a semiconductor chip product in a manner that constitutes infringement of a registered mask work. Declares that such prohibitions shall apply only if there is an existing or nascent U.S. industry relating to the articles or intellectual property. Authorizes the International Trade Commission (ITC) to terminate an investigation before determining whether there is a violation by issuing a consent order or on the basis of a settlement agreement. Requires the ITC to make a determination with regard to a petition alleging unfair import practices within 90 days (150 days in more complicated cases) of the publication of notice of the investigation. Authorizes the ITC to grant preliminary relief with respect to violations involving intellectual property to the same extent as authorized under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Authorizes the ITC to issue cease and desist orders in addition to exclusion orders. Increases the penalty for violations of such orders. Transfers from the President to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) the authority to overrule for policy reasons ITC determinations of unfair import practices. Provides for default judgments against nonrespondents in unfair import practice cases unless the ITC determines that specified circumstances preclude such judgments. Authorizes the ITC to promulgate rules that establish sanctions for abuse of discovery and abuse of process. Imposes the burden of proof on the petitioner in cases where the petitioner has previously been found in violation of the provision prohibiting unfair import practices and the petitioner is asking the ITC: (1) to find that the petitioner is no longer violating the section; or (2) for a modification or rescission of the penalty imposed on such petitioner. Sets forth the grounds for granting such relief. Prohibits disclosure (except to certain ITC and Customs Service employees) of confidential information submitted to the ITC during the course of an investigation without the consent of the petitioner. Requires the USTR to prepare a list annually of those foreign countries that maintain the most significant barriers to market access for U.S. persons that rely on intellectual property protection. Requires the USTR, in order to create such list, to: (1) identify and analyze the market barriers of a country to certain intellectual property that is exported or licensed by U.S. persons that rely on intellectual property protection; (2) estimate the trade-distorting impact on U.S. commerce of such country's acts, policies, or practices that are contained in the annual report on market barriers; (3) decide whether the potential market in that country is substantial; and (4) take into account certain other information submitted by persons who rely on intellectual property protection. Designates countries which have the largest potential markets or have the most onerous market barriers as priority countries for negotiating purposes. Authorizes the USTR to exempt a foreign country from such negotiations if negotiations would be detrimental to U.S. interests. Requires the President to direct the USTR to enter into negotiations and consultations with priority countries according to a specified timetable in order to seek trade agreements which reduce or eliminate market barriers for U.S. persons who rely on intellectual property protection. Authorizes the President, within five years of enactment of this Act, to enter into agreements which meet such objective. Authorizes the President to take certain other actions if the President is not able to enter into such an agreement with a priority country within a specified time. Requires the President to report to the Congress on a biennial basis on efforts to obtain market access in priority countries. Sets forth information to be included in such report. Requires the USTR to conduct with the appropriate congressional committees, Federal agencies, private persons, and certain advisory committees, Federal agencies, private persons, and certain advisory committees: (1) before identifying the market barriers, determining priority countries, and establishing the timetable; (2) in conducting negotiations; (3) in developing the report; and (4) in determining certain other actions. Requires the principal negotiating objectives with respect to intellectual property rights to be: (1) to seek enactment and effective enforcement by foreign countries of laws that protect intellectual property; and (2) to develop and strengthen international rules and dispute settlement procedures against trade-distorting practices arising from inadequate national protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow the President to: (1) enter into tariff agreements relating to specified Canadian imports; and (2) proclaim the modification or elimination of existing duties on such imports. Authorizes the President to grant such modifications if equivalent modifications are granted by Canada to U.S. imports into Canada. Title III: Implementation of Nairobi Protocol - Subtitle A: Short Title, Purpose, Reference, and Effective Date - Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1986 - Declares that it is the purpose of this subtitle to: (1) provide for the implementation of the Nairobi Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials (the Florence Agreement); (2) modify the duty-free treatment accorded under the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1982 (the 1982 Act), under the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 and under another Act, and (3) continue the safeguard provisions concerning certain imported articles provided for in the 1982 Act. Subtitle B: Amendments to Implement the Nairobi Protocol - Repeals the 1982 Act. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) to provide duty-free treatment for: (1) catalogs of visual and auditory material of an educational scientific, or cultural character; (2) architectural, engineering, industrial or commercial drawings and plans; (3) loose illustrations, reproduction proofs or reproduction films used for the production of books; (4) certain other articles in microfilm, microfiche, and similar film media; and (5) crossword puzzle books. Provides for duty-free treatment of certain other articles whether or not in the form of microfilm, microfiches, or similar film media. Prohibits granting duty-free treatment to developed photographic film unless either: (1) a Federal agency determines that such article is visual or auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character within the meaning of the Agreement for Facilitating the International circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific, or Cultural Character, or (2) such article is imported by, or for the use of, an educational, scientific or cultural institution and is certified to be visual or auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character or to have been produced by the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies. Provides duty-free treatment for articles determined to be visual or auditory materials in accordance with specified provisions. Provides duty-free treatment for: (1) tools specially designed to maintain or repair certain scientific instruments or apparatus; and (2) articles specially designed or adapted for the use or benefit of the blind or other physically or mentally handicapped persons. Subtitle C: Authority to Modify Certain Duty-Free Treatment Accorded Under this Subtitle - Authorizes the President to proclaim changes in the TSUS to narrow the scope of, place conditions on, or otherwise eliminate the duty-free treatment accorded the tools for scientific instruments and the articles for the blind or other handicapped persons under this Act if such duty-free treatment has significant adverse impact on a domestic industry. Authorizes the President to resume duty-free treatment of such articles under certain circumstances. Authorizes the President to proclaim changes to the TSUS to remove or modify any conditions and restrictions imposed by this Act on the importation of certain visual and auditory material in order to implement certain provisions of the Nairobi Protocol. Amends the TSUS to change the headnote relating to the method of applying for permission to import certain scientific instruments and apparatus. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in conjunction with the Secretary of Comerce, to obtain adequate statistical information on duty-free imports of articles for the blind and for other handicapped persons.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1986
Declares that the President should use all appropriate powers to secure from Japan a reduction of that nation's tariff on chocolate to a level equal to that of the United States by April 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1986
Amends the Steel Import Stabilization Act to provide that any steel product that is manufactured in a country that is not party to a bilateral arrangement (a non-arrangement country) from steel which is melted and poured in a country that is an arrangement country will be treated for purposes of the quantitative restrictions under that arrangement as if it were a product of an arrangement country. Requires the Customs Service, if provided with documentation that a steel product was exported by an arrangement country to a non-arrangement country where the product was transformed for export to the United States, to treat such documented product as if it were a product of the arrangement country for purposes of quantitative restrictions. Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to consult with Canada, Sweden, and Taiwan for the purpose of negotiating bilateral steel arrangements with such countries. Restricts imports of steel from such countries if such consultations do not result in the successful negotiation of arrangements within 90 days of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1986
Declares that the President should use all appropriate powers to secure from Japan a reduction of that nation's tariff on chocolate to a level equal to that of the United States by April 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1986
Designates the property known as Steamtown in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the Steamtown National Historic Site. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer such Site through cooperative and grant agreements with the owners. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance in maintaining such Site. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1986
Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Committee on Foreign Affairs - International Narcotics Control Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: International Narcotics Control Assistance Programs - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the FY 1987 authorization for aid for international narcotics control. Permits certain additional funds to be appropriated for FY 1987 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 military assistance authorization be available to provide aircraft to countries receiving such assistance for narcotics control eradication and interdiction efforts. Earmarks at least half of such funds for aircraft based in Latin America. 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 that a specified amount of the FY 1987 military assistance authorization shall be available for education and training in the operation and maintenance of aircraft used in narcotics control interdiction and eradication efforts. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1987 international narcotics control assistance for research, development, and testing of safe and effective herbicides for use in aerial eradication of coca. Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the international narcotics control assistance program. Subtitle B: 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 state of negotiations on updated extradition treaties. 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. Prohibits participation by any U.S. officer or employee in direct narcotics arrest actions in foreign countries. Allows the Secretary to designate countries where a limited exemption from such prohibition may apply. Permits such direct action to protect life or safety. Requires the executive branch to establish expeditiously the information sharing system that will list all drug arrests of foreign nationals in the States as required by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987. Requires the executive branch to report to the Congress when the system is 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 order the preparation of an updated threat assessment of narcotics trafficking from Africa. Requires the President to take steps to improve the capability of the executive branch to: (1) collect information concerning links between narcotic traffickers and acts of terrorism abroad; and (2) develop means to respond to the threat which those links pose. Requires the President to report to the Congress on such steps. Requires that a specified amount of the FY 1987 administration of justice program authorization be used to provide Colombia (and other countries in the region) assistance to protect judicial or other officials who are targets of narcoterrorist attacks. Urges the Secretary to increase efforts to negotiate with relevant countries procedures to facilitate the interdiction of vessels suspected of carrying illicit narcotics. Directs the President to take appropriate actions, including denial of access to U.S. ports, if a country refuses to negotiate interdiction procedures. Requires the Secretary to submit semiannual reports to the Congress identifying countries that fail to negotiate such procedures. Provides that the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State shall jointly determine when armed forces personnel are needed to provide law enforcement assistance (in enforcing specified customs and drug laws and the Immigration and Nationality Act) activities abroad. Subtitle C: Development and Illicit Narcotics Production and Trafficking - Requires the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Secretary of Agriculture, to consult with authorities of the Government of Mexico on the development and implementation of a program to assist agricultural producers in Mexico to substitute the production of narcotic crops with other selected crops. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research to identify substitute crops. Requires the annual report on foreign aid programs to contain a description of the development programs (other than narcotics control programs) dealing with illicit narcotics production. Subtitle D: Drug Education Programs Abroad - Authorizes additional appropriations for the U.S. Information Agency for FY 1987 which shall be available only for increasing drug education programs abroad. Authorizes additional appropriations for development assistance programs for FY 1987 which shall be used for additional activities aimed at increasing awareness of the effects of production and trafficking of illicit narcotics on sources and transit countries. Requires the Director of the U.S. Information Agency and the Director 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. Subtitle E: 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. preparation for the conference. Calls for the conduct of a study of the effectiveness of the United Nations drug-related declarations, conventions, and entities. Requires the President to report any recommendations which result from such study to the Congress. Urges the United Nations 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. Subtitle F: 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 Agency agent and his pilot and has brought to trial and is effectively prosecuting those responsible. Requires the Secretary of State to submit monthly reports to the Congress on the illicit drug eradication program in Mexico. Urges the President to direct the Secretary to enter into negotiations with the Government of Mexico to create a Mexico-United States Intergovernmental Commission on Narcotics and Psychotropic Drug Use and Abuse. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within 90 days of enactment of this Act on progress in establishing such a commission. Urges Pakistan to adopt and implement a comprehensive narcotics control program. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act on the adoption and implementation of such a program. Calls upon the President to instruct the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to request that the problem of illict drug production in Iran, Afghanistan, and Laos be raised at the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Title II: Committee on Armed Services - Defense Narcotics Act of 1986 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) apply the full measure of executive power against the introduction of controlled substances into the United States; and (2) expand the role of the armed forces in the war on illegal drugs. Directs the Secretary of Defense to acquire, for drug enforcement activities, aircraft (including Blackhawk helicopters), and seven radar aerostats. Directs the Secretary to make such aircraft and radar aerostats available to U.S. agencies designated by the Chairman of the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board. Requires that a specified amount of the FY 1987 Navy authorization be transferred to the Secretary of Transportation to be made available for Coast Guard personnel assigned to duty on naval vessels. Increases such personnel by 500. Allows the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to assign specially trained members of the Coast Guard to duty on naval vessels for drug enforcement purposes. Allows the Secretary of Defense to assign Defense Department personnel, upon request, to provide enforcement assistance to officials of foreign nations. Directs the President to submit a report to the Congress describing the appropriate role of the armed forces in interdicting illegal drugs and participating in the national effort to control and reduce drug abuse. Increases the strength of the Coast Guard Reserve. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish: (1) a comprehensive anti-drug abuse programs for members of the armed forces and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense; and (2) a drug abuse education curriculum and program for elementary and secondary schools. Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to include driving under the influence of drugs as an offense. Title III: Committee on Ways and Means - Drug Smuggling Enforcement Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: Amendments of the Tariff Act of 1930 - Part I: General Provisions - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the importation into the United States of any drug paraphernalia (except paraphernalia intended for medical or scientific needs imported under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General). Requires the master of any vessel arriving at any U.S. or Virgin Island port to report such arrival at the nearest customs facility if such vessel is: (1) from a foreign port or place; (2) a foreign vessel from a domestic port; or (3) a U.S. vessel carrying bonded merchandise or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made. Requires vehicles arriving in the United States to enter only at designated border crossing points. Requires the person in charge of such vehicle to report the arrival of such vehicle, and present the vehicle and all persons and merchandise on board for inspection, to the customs officer. Requires the pilot of any aircraft arriving in the United States or the Virgin Islands from any foreign airport or place to comply with the advance notification, arrival reporting, and landing requirements prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation. Prohibits the departure of such vessels or aircraft from U.S. or Virgin Island ports or airports or of such vehicles from the United States, or the discharge of passengers or merchandise, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Imposes penalties for violations of the arrival, reporting, or entry requirements. Increases the fine for the unauthorized unloading of passengers. Sets forth reporting requirements for individuals arriving in the United States. Prohibits the departure of such individuals until authorized by a customs official. Imposes penalties for violations of such reporting requirements. Repeals the current penalties for failure to report or file a manifest upon arrival in the United States. Authorizes the issuance of summonses for records pertaining to merchandise the importation of which into the United States is prohibited. Increases the penalties for: (1) filing a false manifest; (2) failing to file a complete manifest; or (3) carrying illegal drugs. Repeals the prepenalty procedures in such cases. Increases the penalties for illegal unloading and transshipment. Makes aviation smuggling unlawful. Prohibits the at sea transfer of prohibited merchandise between U.S. owned aircraft and vessels. Prohibits the at sea transfer of prohibited merchandise between aircraft and vessels, regardless of the nationality of either, where the intent is to smuggle the merchandise into the United States. Imposes penalties, including seizure of the aircraft or vessel, for violations of such anti-smuggling provisions. Specifies certain acts that, if engaged in within 250 miles of the U.S. territorial seas, shall be: (1) presumed to indicate intent to smuggle; and (2) deemed prima facie evidence that the aircraft or vessel was used in aiding or facilitating such smuggling. Changes the procedures for the seizure and forfeiture of conveyances used in smuggling to require that a common carrier be seized and forfeited under certain circumstances. Authorizes the issuance of search warrants for places suspected of containing: (1) merchandise brought into the United States unlawfully; (2) property which is subject to forfeiture under the customs laws; or (3) articles which are evidence of a customs violation. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of smuggled merchandise. Requires that any deposit made in lieu of forfeiture of property seized under customs laws be treated in the same manner as the proceeds of a sale of any forfeited item. Provides that the expenses of a forfeiture proceeding shall be a priority claim in the same manner as court costs. Provides that compensation for informers shall not exceed 25 percent of the amount recovered. (Current law requires such compensation to equal 25 percent of such amount.) Declares that an action to recover a pecuniary penalty is considered to have been commenced when the penalty notice is issued. Authorizes the Secretary to require the production of foreign landing certificates to comply with international obligations. Permits the Secretary to authorize customs officials to exchange information or documents with foreign customs or law enforcement agencies under certain circumstances. Allows the Secretary, when authorized by treaty or executive agreement, to station customs officers in foreign countries to examine persons or merchandise prior to their arrival in the United States. Provides that merchandise seized at a foreign station may be transported to the United States for customs proceedings. Permits the stationing of foreign customs officers in the United States (if similar privileges are extended to the United States). Imposes penalties for making fraudulent statements to such foreign officials. Grants the Secretary certain investigatory powers in relation to: (1) certain reporting requirements on monetary instruments transactions; and (2) the enforcement of the Bank Secrecy Act. Sets forth certain requirements concerning the undercover investigative requirements of the Customs Service. Part II: Customs Forfeiture Fund - Extends the authority of the Customs Forfeiture Fund through FY 1991. Makes such Fund available for: (1) purchases by the Customs Service of evidence of smuggling controlled substances; (2) the equipping for law enforcement functions of any (currently only forfeited) vessel, vehicle, or aircraft available for use by the Customs Service; (3) the reimbursement of private citizens for expenses incurred in cooperating with the Customs Service; and (4) publicizing the availability of rewards. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Customs Service Authorizations, Miscellaneous Customs Provisions, and Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act - Part I: Customs Service Authorizations - Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize FY 1987 appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for the U.S. Customs Service. Part II: Miscellaneous Customs Amendments - Treats any vessel which has received merchandise while in the customs waters beyond the territorial sea or while on the high seas as being from a foreign port for the purposes of certain provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930. Allows any customs official needing assistance in making an arrest, search, or seizure, to demand such assistance from any person. Subjects any person who refuses such assistance without reasonable excuse to criminal penalties. Exempts any person who renders such assistance from liability for civil damages. Part III: Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a schedule I or III controlled substance intending or knowing that such substance will be imported into the United States. Makes it unlawful for any United States citizen on board any aircraft, or any person on board any aircraft owned by a U.S. citizen or registered in the United States, to manufacture or distribute or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance. Subtitle C: Denial of Trade Benefits to Uncooperative Drug Source Nations - Narcotics Control Trade Act - Directs the President to designate a country an uncooperative drug source nation if during any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1986, such country: (1) was a source of any illicit narcotic and psychotropic drugs or other controlled substances that are significantly affecting the United States; and (2) did not cooperate with the United States in preventing such drugs and substances from affecting the United States by taking specified actions. Directs the President to report to the Congress the the name of each such country. Denies the products of each such country most-favored-nation treatment until the President notifies the Congress that such country has made significant progress and will continue to make progress in remedying those policies on which an uncooperative drug source nation designation was based. Title IV: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - Coast Guard Drug Interdiction and Law Enforcement Act of 1986 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Coast Guard: (1) should be given the resources to increase its ability to interdict the illegal transportation of drugs; and (2) is the best qualified Federal agency to carry out drug interdiction on the high seas and U.S. waters. Amends Federal law to provide that the Coast Guard may detect, track, and assist in the seizure of aircraft being used in drug trafficking. Authorizes additional appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1987 and 1988 for additional personnel, equipment, and related capital improvements. Title V: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs - Subtitle A: Money Laundering - Comprehensive Money Laundering Prevention Act - Amends Federal law to prohibit any person from: (1) causing or attempting to cause a domestic financial institution to file a required coin or currency transaction report containing a material omission or misstatement of fact or to fail to file a required report; or (2) structuring or assisting in structuring a transaction with one or more institutions for the purpose of evading reporting requirements. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture to the United States of: (1) any transported monetary instrument or any interest in other property (including any deposit in a financial institution) traceable to such instrument when a required report on such instrument has not been filed or contains a material omission or misstatement; and (2) any U.S. coin or currency or any interest in other property traceable to such coin or currency involved in a transaction for which a required report has not been filed, except where the property owner is a bona fide purchaser for value who took without notice of the violation, a depository institution, or a financial institution regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Requires a financial institution to hold property in its possession for 15 days upon receipt of notice of the Secretary of the Treasury's intent to seize such property. Authorizes the appropriate U.S. district court to issue an order authorizing the Secretary to seize such property upon a showing by the Secretary that there is probable cause to believe that such property is subject to forfeiture. Exempts the United States, any financial institution, and any employee of either from liability in connection with such a hold being placed on any property. Provides that a financial institution which fails to hold property after receiving notice shall be liable to the United States for the value of the property the institution failed to hold. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the enforcement of such seizure and forfeiture authority by internal revenue enforcement officers. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty on a person who knowingly or recklessly violates a coin or currency transaction reporting requirement. Limits the penalty to the amount of the coin or currency involved, reduced by any amount already forfeited. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, the National Housing Act, and the Federal Credit Union Act to require each Federal banking regulatory agency to: (1) require insured banks, institutions, savings and loan associations, and credit unions (insured entities) to establish and maintain procedures to assure compliance with monetary transactions recordkeeping and reporting requirements; (2) include in each examination of an insured entity a review of such procedures identifying any problem; and (3) order any entity which has failed to maintain such procedures or correct any reported problem to cease and desist from violating this Act. Prescribes civil penalties for such violations. Amends provisions concerning monetary transactions recordkeeping and reporting requirements to: (1) include within the definition of a "financial institution" any foreign subsidiary or affiliate of such an institution and the U.S. Postal Service when it is carrying out a duty or power of such an institution; and (2) include as a "monetary instrument" any transfer of funds, as the Secretary may prescribe. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act to authorize the appropriate regulatory agency to extend the period provided for the review and disapproval of a proposed change in control of an insured bank or savings and loan association two additional times for up to 45 days each time if: (1) the agency determines that the acquiring party has not furnished all required information; (2) the information submitted is substantially inaccurate; (3) the agency has been unable to complete the investigation because of delay caused by the acquiring party; or (4) the agency needs more time to determine that no acquiring party has a record of failing to comply with monetary transaction reporting requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to order any domestic financial institution to obtain certain information, maintain a record, and file a report concerning any transaction involving $3,000 or more in domestic coin or currency. Requires any domestic institution which issues a bank check, cashier's check, traveler's check, or money order in a transaction involving $3,000 or more in domestic coin or currency to: (1) obtain the signature of the person to whom the check or money order is issued; and (2) maintain a record of such transaction which shall include information concerning such person, the check or order, the method of payment, the payee of the check or order, and the aggregate amount of checks or money orders issued to such person on the same day to the extent such amount exceeds $10,000. Institutes other reporting requirements when such aggregate amount exceeds $10,000 or when the person receiving the check or money order refuses to provide information necessary to determine such amount. Requires any information required to be provided to a financial institution to be complete and accurate. Subjects to prescribed civil and criminal penalties any domestic financial institution or any employee, officer, or director thereof who knowingly or recklessly (currently, willfully) violates monetary transaction recordkeeping or reporting requirements. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to limit the information a financial institution may provide to a Government authority as relevant to a violation of Federal law or regulations to: (1) the names, addresses, and account numbers of persons; (2) information concerning the persons and acts involved (excluding financial records); and (3) the nature and a description of the violation. Preempts any State or local law that would prohibit such disclosure. Permits any financial institution or supervisory agency to disclose to the U.S. Attorney General, a State law enforcement agency, or the Secretary any financial record of any institution officer, director, employee, or controlling shareholder which is relevant to a possible violation of monetary transactions recordkeeping or reporting requirements or to a possible crime against the institution or supervisory agency by such individual. Grants the Secretary subpoena power in connection with investigations to enforce monetary transactions recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after any change in management or control of a financial institution, to review each outstanding exemption to such requirements granted by such institution. Prohibits a person from qualifying for such an exemption unless the relevant financial institution: (1) maintains a statement which contains such person's signature and describes why such person qualifies; and (2) certifies to the Secretary that such person qualifies. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act to prescribe civil and criminal penalties for violations of certain recordkeeping requirements imposed on insured banks and institutions. Sets forth time limitations for: (1) the assessment of civil penalties for violations of monetary transactions recordkeeping and reporting requirements; and (2) commencement of civil actions to recover assessed penalties. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act to direct the appropriate banking agency, upon receiving notice of a proposed acquisition of an insured bank or savings and loan association, to: (1) investigate the competence, experience, integrity, and financial ability of each person by or for whom the acquisition is to be made; (2) determine the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in such notice; (3) prepare and retain a report of its findings; and (4) publish the name of the bank or association to be acquired and the name of each person for or by whom the acquisition is to be made and solicit public comment on the proposed acquisition, unless such disclosure or solicitation would seriously threaten the safety or soundness of such bank or association. Authorizes any such agency, upon determining that a person has filed inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information, or has violated other requirements of the Change in Bank Control Act or the Change in Savings in Loan Control Act, to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in the appropriate U.S. district court. Directs the Secretary to: (1) initiate discussions with the central banks or other appropriate governmental authorities of other countries on establishment of an information exchange system to assist the efforts of each country to reduce the international flow of money derived from illicit drug operations and other criminal activities; and (2) report to specified congressional committees within nine months on the results of such discussions. Increases the maximum criminal fine for Bank Secrecy Act violations from $500,000 to $1,000,000 for individuals and not more than $5,000,000 in other cases. Permits the Secretary to issue regulations defining the term "at one time" for purposes of reporting requirements on exporting and importing monetary instruments so that closely related events may be collectively considered to occur at one time. Subtitle B: Multilateral Development Banks - Drug Eradication Act of 1986 - Directs the United States to promote, through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank, the development and implementation of national drug eradication programs in developing countries. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. Executive Directors of the multinational development banks to propose that assistance be provided to such countries in developing and implementing such programs. Authorizes the Secretary of State to certify the adequacy of such programs and annually review such programs. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks to: (1) vote against loans to major drug producing countries that have no certified program within one year of enactment of this Act; and (2) propose that their respective banks increase lending for crop substitution programs. Requires the Secretary to include an accounting of the manner and extent of compliance with this Subtitle in its annual report to the Congress. Requires the Secretary to instruct the United States Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks to vote against any loan for the benefit of any major illicit drug producing country when such action is required by: (1) the Drug Eradication Act of 1986; or (2) certain provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Title VI: Committee on the Judiciary - Subtitle A: Money Laundering - Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish money laundering as a Federal offense. Sets forth fines and penalties for anyone who knowingly: (1) engages in a financial transaction in criminally derived property (inapplicable to bona fide attorney fees); (2) engages in a commercial transaction which is part of a scheme to conceal criminally derived property, or disguise the source or ownership of criminally derived property; or (3) transports or attempts to transport a monetary instrument or funds from a place in the United States to or through a place outside the United States, or vice versa, as part of a scheme to conceal criminally derived property, or disguise the source or ownership of criminally derived property. Provides for a fine of not more than $1,000,000 ($5,000,000 if the offender is a person other than an individual), or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. Authorizes components of the Department of the Treasury to investigate such offenses. Establishes criminal and civil forfeiture procedures for the offense of money laundering. Authorizes the use of wiretaps in money laundering investigations. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act to make certain changes regarding the disclosure of information by financial institutions. Subtitle B: Designer Drugs - Designer Drug Enforcement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to include controlled substance analogs (designer drugs) as a schedule I controlled substance. Subtitle C: More Effective Criminal Penalties - Narcotics Penalties and Enforcement Act of 1986 - Part I: Controlled Substances Penalties - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the threshold quantity and kinds of controlled substances (adding cocaine freebase, controlled substance analogs, and fentanyl analogs) which trigger enhanced penalties. Imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years imprisonment (20 for subsequent offenses) for violations involving a specified large quantity of such substances. Increases the maximum sentence for such violations to 30 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $2,000,000 (life imprisonment and a fine of up to $4,000,000 for subsequent violations). Provides for a fine of up to $5,000,000 ($10,000,000 for subsequent violations) for violations involving a person other than an individual (organization). Specifies lesser penalties for smaller quantities of the same substance. Modifies the penalties for violations involving non-narcotic schedule I or II controlled substances, schedule III and IV and V controlled substances, and certain other substances (including marihuana). Increases the fines for certain Controlled Substances Act violations. Imposes criminal penalties (imprisonment for up to one year and a fine of up to $5,000, up to two years and $10,000 for subsequent violations) for possession of a controlled substance in a special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States. Provides increased criminal penalties (a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years imprisonment, maximum term of life) for certain Controlled Substances Act violations which result in death or a serious bodily injury. Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to modify the threshold quantity and kinds of controlled substances which trigger revised enhanced penalties. (Modifies the quantities and kinds of substances to reflect those in the Controlled Substances Act.) Increases the fines for certain Controlled Substances Import and Export Act violations. Provides increased criminal penalties (a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years imprisonment, maximum term of life) for certain Controlled Substances Import and Export Act violations which result in death or serious bodily injury. Part II: Controlled Substance Offenses Relating to Children and Schools; Precursor and Essential Chemical Review - 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.) Imposes increased penalties for employing persons under 18 years of age to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance. Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study on the need for legislation, regulation, or alternative methods to control the diversion of legitimate precursor and essential chemicals to the illegal production of drugs. Requires the Attorney General to report his findings to the Congress within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Part III: Controlled Substances Technical Amendments - Grants the Attorney General authority to enter into contracts with State and local law enforcement agencies to provide cooperative controlled substances enforcement. Subtitle D: White House Conference - White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Control Act of 1986 - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Control to develop recommendations to prevent drug abuse and make treatment services available to drug abusers and to control the illicit trafficking of controlled substances. Directs the Conference to review: (1) the impact of recently enacted laws on efforts to control trafficking in controlled substances and to prevent drug abuse and treat drug abusers; (2) the recommedations of the President's Commission on Organized Crime as they relate to drug abuse and control of trafficking in controlled substances; (3) the extent to which specified sanctions have been, or should be, used in encouraging foreign states to comply with their international responsibilities respecting controlled substances; and (4) the circumstances contributing to the initiation of illicit drug usage. Requires the Conference to report its findings to the President and the Congress. Subtitle E: Career Criminals - Career Criminal Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide increased mandatory penalties for any person who transports firearms or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce if such person has multiple convictions for serious drug offenses and violent felonies. (Current law provides increased penalties where such person had multiple convictions for robbery and burglary.) Subtitle F: Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment - Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986 - Grants the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts authority to contract with public and private agencies for the detection and treatment of alcohol-dependent and drug-dependent offenders. Amends the Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Authorization Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations for contracts for the supervision of released drug offenders through FY 1989. Subtitle G: Drug Enforcement Enhancement - Drug Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to the Department of Justice for: (1) the Drug Enforcement Administration; (2) assistant U.S. attorneys; and (3) U.S. marshals. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1987 through 1989 for the construction of Federal penal and correctional institutions; and (2) FY 1987 and 1989 for the Federal Prison System. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for the enforcement of State and local drug laws. Provides that the Federal portion of such programs shall be 50 percent (100 percent if such funds are distributed to Indian tribes which perform law enforcement functions). Sets forth eligibility and application requirements. Sets forth guidelines for the allocation and distribution of appropriated funds. Requires the Governor of each participating State to designate a State office to: (1) prepare the grant application; and (2) administer the funds received. Allows the Administrator of the DEA to make grants to State and local governments for the enforcement of State and local drug laws. Provides that such grants may cover up to 100 percent of the costs of such programs. Sets forth grant application requirements. States that such grants shall not be used for land acquisition or construction projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988. Permits the use of funds in the Department of Justice Drug Assets Forfeiture Fund for necessary program-related expenses and for equipping any vessels, vehicles, and aircraft available for official use by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Authorizes appropriations for such Fund through FY 1988. Allows $10,000,000 (currently $5,000,000) in fund assets to be carried forward and available for appropriations in the next fiscal year. Title VII: Committee on Public Works and Transportation - Transportation Drug Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to permit the States to establish criminal penalties (including forfeiture of aircraft) for certain fraudulent activities regarding aircraft registration. Makes it mandatory for an aircraft operator to make an aircraft's certificate (or registration) available for inspection upon request by any law enforcement officer. Imposes criminal penalties (a fine of up to $25,000, and/or imprisonment for up to five years) for certain violations in connection with the air transportation of controlled substances. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study to determine the relationship between the use of controlled substances and highway safety. Requires the Secretary to transmit the results of such study to the Congress. Title VIII: Committee on Education and Labor - Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: Establishment of Programs to Improve Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Establishes a National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Education and Prevention to: (1) attract and focus national attention on drug-related problems; (2) support and publicize programs of drug abuse education; and (3) advise the Secretary of Education. Directs the Secretary to establish Federal financial assistance programs for drug abuse education and prevention in elementary and secondary schools. Subtitle B: State and Local Programs of Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Part I: General - Provides for: (1) State allocation of program grant funds; and (2) the allocation of such funds to local and intermediate educational agencies and consortia. Part II: State Programs of Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Lists the State educational agency uses of such funds. Restricts the amount States may use for administrative costs. Sets forth the grant application requirements. Directs the Governor of each State, from specified reserved funds, to make grants to and enter into contracts with community-based organizations for drug abuse education and prevention programs for school dropouts (and for after school and vacation periods). Part III: Local Programs of Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Lists the local or intermediate educational agency or consortium uses of such funds. Restricts the amount States may use for administrative costs. Sets forth the local educational agency, intermediate educational agency, or consortium grant application requirements. Subtitle C: Federal Programs of Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Directs the Secretary to establish a national education and prevention program on drug abuse. Directs the Secretary to provide information on drug abuse education and prevention to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for dissemination by the clearinghouse for alcohol and drug abuse information (established under this Act). Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a study of the nature and effectiveness of existing Federal, State, and local programs of drug abuse education and prevention. Requires the Secretary to report such findings to the President and the Congress. Directs the Secretary, from specified reserved funds, to make grants to or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education for drug abuse education and prevention programs. Requires that at least half of such funds be used for programs for students, with the remainder to be used for training grants and curricula development programs. Directs the Secretary, from specified reserved funds, to make payments and grants and enter into other financial arrangements for Indian programs of drug abuse education and prevention. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs to provide technical assistance and coordination for such programs. Subtitle D: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions for program participation of children and teachers from nonprofit private schools. Directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study on the incidence, severity, and impact of drug abuse at the workplace. Requires the Secretary to report such findings to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for such report. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Title IX: Committee on Energy and Commerce - Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: Financial Assistance to States and Communities - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make allotments to States for: (1) treatment and rehabilitation services for persons suffering from drug abuse; and (2) community-based substance abuse prevention activities for school-aged children. Authorizes appropriations for such allotments. Subtitle B: Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention; Study - Establishes in the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by a Director who shall: (1) sponsor regional workshops on the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse; (2) coordinate research findings; (3) develop effective drug and alcohol abuse prevention literature; (4) create public service announcements for radio and television broadcasting; (5) support programs of clinical training of substance abuse counselors and other health professionals; (6) in cooperation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, develop educational materials to reduce the risks of AIDS among intravenous drug abusers; and (7) administer the allotment program established by this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a clearinghouse for alcohol and drug abuse information. Establishes an advisory board to advise the Director of the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention. Directs the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of: (1) the extent to which coverage of drug abuse treatment is provided by private insurance, public programs, and other sources of payment; and (2) the adequacy of such coverage. Subtitle C: Advisory Commission on the Comprehensive Education of Intercollegiate Athletes - Establishes the Advisory Commission on the Comprehensive Education of Intercollegiate Athletes to investigate and advise the Congress regarding issues related to athletic programs at colleges and universities in the United States, including: (1) the use of drugs by athletes; (2) the impact of television on athletics; and (3) the balance between athletics and academics. Requires the Commission to report its findings to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Alkyl Nitrites - States that alkyl nitrites and their isomers shall be treated as a drug for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Title X: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - Federal Employee Substance Abuse Education and Treatment Act of 1986 - Requires the Office of Personnel Management to be responsible for appropriate prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs and services for drug and alcohol abuse among Federal employees. Requires the Office to report to the Congress regarding: (1) the drug and alcohol abuse programs being provided; (2) levels of participation in such programs; (3) the training and qualification requirements of personnel providing such programs and services; (4) training given to supervisory personnel; and (5) recommendations for legislative or administrative action. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a Government-wide education program for Federal employees regarding drug and alcohol abuse. Requires the head of each executive agency to establish employee assistance programs and services for drug and alcohol abuse for the employees in such agencies. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to prepare guidelines for such programs and services. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a demonstration project to provide a basis for determining the feasibility and desirability of including certain benefits relating to the treatment of drug and alcohol abuse among those received under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit specified reports to specified congressional committees evaluating such projects. Title XI: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - Subtitle A: Indians and Alaska Natives - Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 - Part I: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings, definitions, and purpose of this Act. Part II: Coordination of Resources and Programs - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement which shall: (1) define the scope of the problem alcohol and substance abuse for Indian tribes and assess its financial and human costs; (2) assess the resources available to combat alcohol and drug abuse among Indian people; (3) establish appropriate standards for each agency's program responsibility; (4) coordinate the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service alcohol and substance abuse programs; (5) delineate the responsibilities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service to coordinate services; (6) direct the Bureau of Indian Affairs agency and education superintendents and the Indian Health Service unit directors to cooperate; and (7) provide for an annual review of such agreement by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the agreement to be submitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register. Allows the governing body of any Indian tribe to establish a Tribal Action Plan to coordinate available resources and programs in an effort to combat alcohol and substance abuse among its members. Requires the Bureau of Indian Affairs agency and education superintendents and the Indian Health Service service unit director to cooperate, if requested, in developing such plans. Provides for the development of such plans by Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service personnel if an Indian tribe fails to adopt such a plan. Establishes within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs an Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse to: (1) monitor the performance and compliance of programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in meeting the goals and purposes of such agreement and this Act; and (2) serving as a point of contact within the Bureau of Indian Affairs for Indian tribes and the Tribal Coordinating Committees. Establishes within the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse the position of Indian Youth Programs Officer. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available for community use, in the furtherance of the purposes and goals of this Act, local Federal facilities, property, and equipment. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish summer recreation, employment, and counseling programs for Indian youth; (2) keep open schools which are necessary to provide facilities for the programs established under this Act; and (3) provide coordinators, as needed, for such programs. Part III: Indian Youth Programs - Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review: (1) Federal programs providing specified services or benefits to Indian children and families; and (2) tribal, State, local, and private resources, benefits, and programs providing specified services. Requires the results of such review to be provided to each Indian tribe. Directs the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs to develop and implement a pilot program in selected schools to determine the effectiveness of summer youth programs in furthering the purposes and goals of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to publish an alcohol and substance abuse newsletter. Requires the Tribal Action Plans to make provisions for the establishment, funding, licensing, and operation of emergency shelters or half-way houses for Indian youth who are alcohol or substance abusers. Urges States to require their law enforcement officers to place any youth arrested for any offense related to alcohol or substance abuse in such shelter or half-way house. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 for the construction, renovation, and operation of such shelters and half-way houses. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to require the compilation of data relating to the number and types of child abuse and neglect cases seen and the type of assistance provided. Part IV: Law Enforcement and Judicial Services - Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review: (1) Federal programs providing law enforcement or judicial services to Indian tribes; and (2) tribal and State and local law enforcement and judicial programs and systems. Requires the results of such review to be provided to each Indian tribe. Part V: Bureau of Indian Affairs Law Enforcement - Increases the maximum sentence (from six months to one year) and fine (from $500 to $5,000) which a tribal court can impose for any offense. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that all Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal law enforcement and judicial personnel have training available in the investigation and prosecution of offenses relating to illegal narcotics and in alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Requires the Memorandum of Agreement to include a provision for the development and implementation of a procedure for the emergency medical assessment and treatment of Indian youth arrested or detained by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or tribal law enforcement personnel for offenses relating to or involving alcohol or substance abuse. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish and implement a program for the eradication of marijuana cultivation within Indian country; (2) provide assistance to the Papago Indian Tribe of Arizona for the investigation and control of illegal narcotics traffic on the Papago Reservation; (3) develop and implement a plan for the construction or renovation and staffing of tribal juvenile detention and rehabilitation centers; (4) provide for the development of a Model Indian Juvenile Code; and (5) collect data regarding calls and encounters, and arrests and detentions, and the disposition of cases involving Indians where alcohol or drug abuse is a contributing factor. Part VI: Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation - Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review: (1) Federal programs providing health services and benefits to Indians; (2) tribal, State, local, and private health resources and programs; (3) where facilities that provide such treatment are or should be located; and (4) the effectiveness of private and public alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs. Requires the Memorandum of Agreement to include provisions pursuant to which the Indian Health Service shall assume responsibility for: (1) determining the scope of the alcohol and substance abuse problem among Indians; (2) assessing the existing and needed resources to support an alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment program for Indians; and (3) estimate the funding necessary to support such a program. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide a comprehensive alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment program for members of Indian tribes; (2) develop and implement a program for acute detoxification and treatment for Indian youth who are alcohol and substance abusers; (2) begin the construction of 11 regional treatment centers serving Indian tribes; (3) develop and implement within each Indian Health Service service unit community-based rehabilitation and follow up services for Indian youth who are alcohol or substance abusers; (4) develop and implement within each service unit a program of community education and involvement; (5) require that the existing health staff of the Indian Health Service receive training in alcohol and substance abuse; (6) develop and implement a program of alcohol and substance abuse prevention through education intervention; (7) identify and use existing federally owned structures as residential alcohol and substance abuse treatment centers for Indian youths; (8) make grants to the Navajo tribe to establish a demonstration program in Gallup, New Mexico, to rehabilitate adult Navajo Indians suffering from alcoholism or alcohol abuse; and (9) compile data on the number of incidents where Indian Health Service personnel or services were involved in matters related to alcohol or substance abuse. Subtitle B: National Park Service Program - National Park Police Drug Enforcement Supplemental Authority Act - Authorizes additional appropriations for National Park Police for personnel, training, and equipment. Subtitle C: Programs in United States Insular Areas - U.S. Insular Areas Drug Abuse Act of 1986 - Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the efforts of Federal agencies in preventing the illegal entry of controlled substances into the United States. Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Governments of American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands to: (1) execute and serve warrants, subpoenas, and summons issued under the authority of the United States; (2) make arrests without warrants; and (3) make seizures of property to carry out the purposes of this Act, the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, and any other applicable Federal narcotics laws. Authorizes the Attorney General to train such law enforcement officers and provide certain law enforcement equipment. Requires the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Coast Guard, the Customs Service, and the Postal Service to assign and maintain a specified number of agents, officers, and vessels in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Requires the Attorney General to provide technical assistance and equipment to such Governments. Authorizes appropriations. Title XII: Committee on Government Operations - National Antidrug Reorganization and Coordination Act - Requires the President to submit recommendations to the Congress for legislation to reorganize the executive branch to more effectively combat international drug traffic and drug abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Renames a specified Veterans Administration care center in Queens, New York, the Joseph P. Addabbo Veteran's Administration Extended Care Center at Saint Albans.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1986
International Drug Traffic Enforcement Act - Title I: Amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930 - Subtitle A: Reference to the Tariff Act of 1930 - Provides that amendments contained in this title refer to the Tariff Act of 1930. Subtitle B: General Provisions - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the importation of drug paraphernalia (except that drug paraphernalia imported for medical or scientific purposes) into the United States. Defines "drug paraphernalia." Requires the master of a vessel to report the arrival of such vessel at a U.S. port or port within the Virgin Islands to the nearest customs facility if the vessel is: (1) from a foreign port or place; (2) a foreign vessel from a domestic port; or (3) a U.S. vessel carrying bonded merchandise or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made. Authorizes vehicles to arrive in the United States only at designated border crossing points. Requires the person in charge of such vehicle, immediately upon its arrival at the crossing point, to report the arrival and present the vehicle and all persons and merchandise on board for inspection to the customs officer at that crossing point. Requires the pilot of any aircraft arriving in the United States or the Virgin Islands from any foreign airport or place to comply with the advance notification, arrival reporting, and landing requirements as prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary). Prohibits a vessel or aircraft, after arriving in the United States or the Virgin Islands and prohibits a vehicle after arriving in the United States, from departing from the place of arrival or discharging any passenger or merchandise except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Imposes penalties for violations of the arrival, reporting, and entry requirements. Increases the fine for unauthorized unloading of passengers. Requires individuals arriving in the United States other than by vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to: (1) enter only at a border crossing point; and (2) report their arrival and present themselves to the customs facility at that crossing point. Requires individuals arriving in the United States by reported conveyance to remain aboard the conveyance until authorized to depart and report to the customs facility by the appropriate customs officer. Requires individuals arriving in the United States by unreported conveyance to notify customs of their arrival and present their property for customs examination and inspection. Prohibits any person required to report to a customs facility under this paragraph from leaving that facility until authorized by a customs officer. Imposes penalties for violations of such reporting requirements. Repeals the current penalties for failure to report or file a manifest upon arrival in the United States. Authorizes the issuance of summonses to produce all relevent records in customs investigations. (Current law limits the types of records that are subject to summons.) Increases the penalties for filing a false manifest, failing to file a complete manifest, or carrying illegal drugs on board. Repeals the prepenalty procedures in such cases. Increases the penalties for unlawful unloading and transshipment. Makes it unlawful for the pilot of any aircraft to transport or for any individual on board any aircraft to possess merchandise knowing or intending that merchandise will be smuggled into the United States. Prohibits the transfer at sea of prohibited merchandise between a U.S. owned aircraft and a U.S. vessel. Prohibits a transfer at sea between aircraft and vessels, regardless of their nationality, with intent that such merchandise be smuggled into the United States. Imposes penalties, including seizure of the vessel or aircraft, for violations of such anti-smuggling provisions. Sets forth certain acts that, if engaged in within 250 miles of the U.S. territorial seas, shall be: (1) presumed to constitute circumstances indicating intent to smuggle; and (2) deemed prima facie evidence that an aircraft or vessel was used in aiding or facilitating such smuggling. Changes the procedures for seizure of conveyances used in smuggling. Requires the seizure, forfeiture and sale in accordance with the customs laws of any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft if the person in charge of such conveyance is subject to a penalty for violation of the customs laws. Exempts any conveyance used as a common carrier in the transaction of business as a common carrier from such seizure and forfeiture penalties for customs violations relating to merchandise contained on the person, in passenger baggage or cargo listed accurately on the cargo manifest unless the person in charge of the conveyance participated in, or had knowledge of, the violation or was grossly negligent in preventing or discovering the violation. Permits a common carrier conveyance to be seized and forfeited if the prohibited merchandise is found to have been: (1) in packages that are not manifested or in packages whose marks do not agree with the manifest; or (2) concealed in or on the conveyance but not in the cargo. Prohibits such seizure and forfeiture if none of the persons in charge of the conveyance nor any other employee responsible for maintaining and insuring the accuracy of the cargo manifest knew or by the exercise of the highest degree of care and diligence could have known that such merchandise was on board. Authorizes the issuance of search warrants of places suspected of containing: (1) any property which is subject to forfeiture under the customs laws; or (2) any article which is evidence of a customs violation. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of any smuggled merchandise. Requires that any deposits made in lieu of forfeiture of property seized under customs laws shall be treated in the same manner as the proceeds of sale of a forfeited item. Requires that the expenses of a forfeiture proceeding shall be a priority claim in the same manner as the court costs. Provides that compensation for informers shall not exceed 25 percent of the net amount recovered. (Current law requires such compensation to equal 25 percent of such amount.) Requires the compensation to be paid out of the net amount recovered before such net amount is deposited in the Treasury or the Customs Forfeiture Fund. Limits to $100,000 the amount to be awarded to any informer who discovers and reports to an appropriate official information concerning a violation or plan to violate any customs law or navigation law. Declares that an action to recover a pecuniary penalty is considered to have been commenced when the penalty notice is issued. Authorizes the Secretary to require the production of landing certificates in order to comply with international obligations. Permits the Secretary to authorize customs officials to exchange information or documents with foreign customs or law enforcement agencies under certain circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary, when authorized by treaty or executive agreement, to station customs officers in foreign countries in order to examine persons and merchandise before their arrival in the United States. Authorizes the customs officers stationed abroad to exercise such functions and perform such duties as permitted by the treaty, agreement, or law of the host country. Permits the Secretary to require compliance with U.S. customs laws in a foreign country (thereby causing the foreign station to be treated as a port of entry in the United States). Provides that merchandise seized at a foreign station may be transported to the United States for customs proceedings. Authorizes the stationing of foreign customs officers in the United States pursuant to a treaty. Provides certain protections for such foreign customs officials. Imposes penalties for making fraudulent statements to such foreign customs officials. Grants the Secretary certain investigatory powers in relation to: (1) certain reporting requirements on monetary instruments transactions; or (2) the enforcement of the Bank Secrecy Act. Authorizes the Commissioner of Customs to establish and conduct commercial entities as commercial covers to support customs investigations. Sets forth provisions governing the nature of such commercial covers, the treatment of funds used to conduct such commercial covers, and the termination of the commercial covers. Subtitle C: Customs Forfeiture Fund - Extends the authority of the Customs Forfeiture Fund through FY 1991. Authorizes using the Fund to pay: (1) the expenses of investigations related to customs seizures; (2) for equipping for law enforcement functions of any (currently only forfeited) vessel, vehicle, or aircraft available for official use by the Customs Service; and (3) for reimbursing private citizens for the expenses incurred in cooperating with the Customs Service in investigations and undercover law enforcement operations; and (4) publicizing the availability of awards for persons who provide information about customs violations. Limits the amount authorized to be appropriated from the Fund for each fiscal year to $20,000,000. Requires any amount in the Fund in excess of $20,000,000 at the end of each of FY 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990 to be deposited in the Treasury. Requires any amount remaining in the Fund at the end of FY 1991 to be deposited in the Treasury. Terminates the Fund at the end of FY 1991. Title II: Customs Service Authorizations, Miscellaneous Customs Provisions, and Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act - Subtitle A: Customs Service Authorizations - Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 for the Customs Services for salaries and expenses and for the air interdiction program. Prohibits any of the funds appropriated under such authorization from being used to close any port of entry at which, druing FY 1986: (1) not less than 2,500 merchandise entries were made; and (2) not less than $1,500,000 in customs revenues were assessed. Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Customs Amendments - Imposes certain reporting requirements on vessels (hovering vessels) that have received merchandise while in the customs waters beyond the territorial sea or while on the high seas. Requires all recreational vessels to comply with customs requirements for reporting arrival. Makes all passengers on such vessels subject to applicable customs regulations. Authorizes customs officers who need assistance in making a lawful arrest, search, or seizure and who identify themselves as customs officers to demand the assistance of any person. Imposes a fine for failure to render such assistance without reasonable excuse. Subtitle C: Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to prohibit any U.S. citizen on board an aircraft or any person on board a U.S. aircraft to manufacture or distribute or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance. Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to penalize persons who import or export specified amounts (qualifying such persons as major traffickers) of heroin, cocaine, other narcotic drugs, cocaine freebase, controlled substance analogue, PCP, or LSD by imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than 30 years, a fine of not more than $2,0000,000, or both (a fine of not more than $5,000,000 for offenders other than individuals). Makes repeat offenders subject to imprisonment for 20 years to life, a fine of not more than $4,000,000 or both (a fine of not more than $10,000,000 for offenders other than individuals). Makes persons who import or export specified amounts (qualifying such persons as serious traffickers) of heroin, cocaine, other narcotic drugs, cocaine freebase, controlled substance analogue, PCP, or LSD subject to imprisonment for not less than five and not more than 20 years, a fine of not more than $2,000,000 or both (a fine of $5,000,000 for offenders other than individuals). Makes repeat offenders subject to imprisonment for ten to 40 years, a fine of not more than $4,000,000 or both (a fine of not more than $10,000,000 for offenders other than individuals). Prohibits suspension of sentence, probation, or parole for persons convicted of such offenses. Imposes a special parole term of at least four years in addition to the term of imprisonment for first offenders (at least eight years for repeat offenders). Increases the fine for importing or exporting controlled substances in schedule I or II to $500,000 ($2,000,000 for offenders other than individuals). Increases the fine for importing or exporting specified quantities of marihuana, hashish, hashish oil, or controlled substances in schedule III, IV or V to $250,000 ($1,000,000 for offenders other than individuals). Increases the fine for intentional transshipment and in-transit shipment of controlled substances to $100,000 ($500,000 for offenders other than individuals). Imposes a mandatory prison term of 20 years to life for persons convicted of certain drug offenses involving the exportation or importation of drugs resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Title III: Denial of Trade Benefits to Uncooperative Drug Source Nations - Narcotics Control Trade Act - Directs the President to make an annual determination of whether any foreign country: (1) is a source of drugs and other controlled substances that is significantly affecting the United States; and (2) has not cooperated with the United States in preventing such drugs and substances from significantly affecting the United States. Sets forth factors to be considered in making such determination. Requires the President to submit to the Congress an annual list, based on such determination, of countries that are uncooperative drug source nations. Denies to uncooperative drug source nations preferential tariff treatment. Imposes additional duties on all dutiable products of such country or on all duty-free products of such country or on all duty-free products of such country. Permits the imposition of any combination of the penalties listed in this paragraph. Requires the President to include in the annual report to the Congress on foreign aid programs a report on the progress each major drug source nation has made in achieving specified objectives limiting the narcotics trade. Terminates the penalties against a country designated as an uncooperative drug source nation if the President considers that such country has made significant progress and will continue to make progress in changing its narcotics control programs.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1986
Drug Trade Elimination Act - Directs the President to make an annual determination of whether any foreign country: (1) is a source of drugs and other controlled substances that is significantly affecting the United States; and (2) has not cooperated with the United States in preventing such drugs and substances from significantly affecting the United States by taking specified actions. Requires the President to submit to the Congress an annual list, based on such determination, of countries that are uncooperative drug source nations. Denies to uncooperative drug source nations: (1) nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored nation treatment); or (2) preferential tariff treatment. Terminates such sanctions against a country designated as an uncooperative drug source nation if the President considers that such country has made significant progress and will continue to make progress in changing its narcotics control programs.
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 · 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 · 26 June 1986
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the tax treatment of welfare benefit plans to provide that no special accounts limits shall apply in the case of any qualified asset account under a separate welfare benefit fund under a collective bargaining agreement or an employee pay-all plan which meets certain conditions.
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.
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
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 · 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 · 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.
United States · United States Congress · 20 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 · 15 May 1986
Amends rule XLVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce the number of pieces of franked mass mail that may be sent by each Member after January 1, 1987. Amends rule XLV to authorize each Member to: (1) maintain a newsletter fund as a special office account for the costs of preparation and circulation of newsletters; and (2) accept amounts for deposit in such account from individuals and others under certain limitations. Specifies a formula for the number of pieces of mail permitted for newsletters. Requires that amounts in such accounts be paid into the general fund of the Treasury when a Member ceases to be a Member. Requires Members to file an annual report with the Clerk of the House on receipts and expenditures of such accounts.
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