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United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1986
Designates the week beginning July 27, 1986, as National Nuclear Medicine Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1986
Designates the week beginning April 13, 1986, as National Medical Laboratory Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of Justice should review documents concerning Kurt Waldheim's role, if any, in Nazi war crimes.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that provisions of title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act requiring at least a three-percent rise in the Consumer Price Index before a cost-of-living adjustment of benefits is made be suspended in 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Family Farm Reorganization Act - Establishes separate Federal bankruptcy provisions governing family farm reorganizations. Requires the court to appoint a trustee in a family farm reorganization case only if no U.S. trustee or standing trustee for personal bankruptcy cases has been appointed. Permits the court to appoint one or more standing trustees or a U.S. trustee to serve in a judicial district if warranted by the number of family farm reorganization cases. Sets forth duties and compensation of such trustees. Grants a debtor in possession in a family farm reorganization case the powers, functions, and duties, with specified exceptions, of a debtor in possession in a regular reorganization case. Authorizes the debtor in possession or the trustee to operate the debtor's farming and other businesses, unless the court orders otherwise. Requires the court or an appointed U.S. trustee to order the appointment of a committee of three unsecured creditors. Sets forth the powers and duties of such committee in a family farm reorganization case. Authorizes a party in interest, the Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Attorney General, or the chief officer of the agricultural agency of any State in which property of the debtor is located to raise, appear, and be heard on any issue in a family farm reorganization case. Provides for: (1) the removal of a debtor as the debtor in possession for cause or in the best interest of creditors; and (2) the reinstatement of a debtor as debtor in possession on request of a party in interest. Permits the debtor to convert a family farm reorganization case to a liquidation case at any time. Prohibits the court from converting a family farm reorganization case to a liquidation case if the debtor is: (1) a family farmer; or (2) a farmer or a corporation which is not a moneyed business or commercial corporation. Specifies grounds for dismissal of a case by the court. Allows any party in interest to file a family farm reorganization plan only if: (1) the debtor is not a debtor in possession; or (2) the debtor has not filed a plan or had a plan confirmed within specified periods. Sets forth required contents of a plan proposed by the debtor. Specifies restrictions on plan modifications. Sets forth conditions for court confirmation of a plan proposed by the debtor which allow deferred cash payments over up to six years on certain unsecured claims of governmental units. Provides that provisions governing the following aspects of a plan filed in a regular reorganization case shall apply to a plan filed in a family farm reorganziation case: (1) required contents of a plan filed by a party in interest other than the debtor; (2) post-petition disclosure and solicitation; (3) acceptance of the plan by interest and claim holders; (4) confirmation of a plan filed by a party in interest other than the debtor; (5) the effect of confirmation; (6) distribution under the plan; (7) revocation of an order of confirmation; (8) securities laws exemption; and (9) aircraft equipment and vessels. Authorizes adequate protection to be provided in a family farm reorganization case by the debtor paying to the trustee reasonable rent for the use of farmland. Authorizes the trustee in a family farm reorganization case to sell estate property free and clear of any interest of an entity other than the estate if the property is farmland or farm equipment. Provides for the filing and allowance of property claims and interest. Permits the court in a family farm reorganization case to authorize the obtaining of credit for emergency care of the debtor's stock without notice or a hearing if: (1) irreparable loss or damage will result if such authorization is delayed; and (2) such authorization is in the best interests of the estate. Establishes a $200 filing fee for a family farm reorganization case. Repeals this Act five years after its enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate, and instructs its committees and conferees, that the Senate: (1) will not approve any provisions relating to tax-exempt bonds in H.R. 3838 or similar legislation that will adversely affect the ability of States and their political subdivisions to finance infrastructure needs; (2) will retain incentives in the capital formation provisions of any tax reform legislation to encourage private investment in public infrastructure; and (3) will not approve any tax reform provisions that would adversely affect the tax-exempt status of bonds or other obligations of the States or their political subdivisions which comply with current law and which are issued prior to either January 1, 1987, or any later date provided in enacted law.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Designates March 25, 1986, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 18 through April 27, 1986, as National Carpet and Floorcovering Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1986
Designates the week of November 23 through November 29, 1986, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund Temporary Funding Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend temporarily the authority to collect Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund) excise taxes on petroleum and chemicals during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date the amount received totals $150,000,000. Terminates the authority to collect an excise tax on the receipt of hazardous waste at a qualified facility after September 30, 1985. Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to permit advances to such trust fund to be made through May 13, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986
Appropriates interim funds for the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund).
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April as Fair Housing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1986
Africa Famine, Recovery and Development Fund Act of 1986 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide aid for: (1) relief, rehabilitation, and recovery activities in Africa; and (2) long-term development in Africa. Sets forth the objectives of such long-term development assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 to carry out this Act. Makes certain other development and economic assistance funds available for assistance to Africa. Designates such authorizations and funds as the Africa Famine, Recovery and Development Fund. Authorizes the Agency for International Development (AID) to take whatever administrative steps are appropriate to provide goods and services for such assistance on an expedited basis and to finance goods and services normally found in the recipient country. Authorizes the President to make available to international organizations some of the assistance funds authorized by this Act. Encourages AID and the African Development Bank and the African Development Fund to cooperate on activities in support of the objectives of this Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) encourage the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the United Nations to take a leading role in coordinating development efforts in Africa; and (2) assist the efforts of such agencies. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should coordinate a special effort to reduce trade barriers and encourage economic interchange with the developing countries of Africa. Includes in the President's annual report to the Congress on foreign aid programs a report on the progress made in carrying out this Act. Amends the Peace Corps Act to include in the President's annual report to the Congress on Peace Corps programs a report on the activities undertaken to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
New Clean Air Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to limit after 1991 the number of hours a fossil-fuel-burning electric generating facility which is a major stationary source of sulfur dioxide emissions may operate according to its emissions rate. Requires such major sources to attain by 1995 the best degree of emission reduction technically available. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to periodically publish demonstrated levels of emission reduction and to promulgate emission standards for oil shale production and processing facilities, synthetic fuels production facilities, and other categories of major energy-production sources. Sets emission standards for light-duty vehicles and engines for model years after 1989 and for heavy-duty vehicles and engines for model years after 1990. Prohibits the sale of diesel fuel with a sulfur content above a certain level determined by the Administrator. Requires State vehicle inspection programs to require emissions testing or direct inspection of components of vehicle emissions control systems. Provides for the assessment of daily civil penalties for violations of the fuel and fuel additive regulatory requirements. Directs the Administrator to implement a monitoring system for assessing the effects of acid deposition by 1988. Makes it a violation of the Clean Air Act if a State's air pollutant emissions contribute to the violation of another State's water quality standard under the Clean Water Act. Amends the Clean Water Act to state that such emissions endanger health or welfare abroad if they contribute to the violation of such country's water quality standards. Directs the President to negotiate with Canada and Mexico by 1987 to cooperate in reducing air pollution. Directs the President to negotiate treaties or other international agreements to apply uniform standards of performance for the control of air pollutant emissions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress by 1989 on a system of tariffs on emissions sufficient to encourage reductions.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Declares that the benefits of the following programs, including cost-of-living adjustments, shall not be subject to modification, suspension, or reduction in calendar year 1987 pursuant to the President's sequestration order under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act): (1) black lung benefits; (2) Central Intelligence Agency retirement and disability system; (3) civil service retirement and disability system; (4) Comptroller General retirement system; (5) foreign service retirement and disability system; (6) judicial survivors' annuities system; (7) longshoremen's and harbor workers' compensation system; (8) military retirement system; (9) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration retirement system; (10) pensions for former Presidents; (11) railroad retirement; (12) Coast Guard retirement system; (13) Public Health Service commissioned officers retirement system; (14) disabled coal miners' benefits; and (15) Tax Court judges survivors' retirement system.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1986
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to exempt from any sequestration of funds under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) certain benefits which are based upon the service-connected disability or death of such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1986
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to exempt from any sequestration of funds under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) certain benefits of veterans and their dependents and survivors which are based upon the service-connected disability or death of such veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1986
Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments of 1986 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that in the construction industry two or more business entities engaged in the same or similar work with common ownership or control shall be deemed a single employer. Applies the terms of a collective bargaining agreement regarding employees of such business entities to all other business entities comprising the same single employer within the geographical area covered by the agreement. States that collective bargaining agreements may only be repudiated after the National Labor Relations Board certifies election results in which a majority of the employees select a bargaining representative other than the representative with whom such agreement was made.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1986
Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of former Senator Jacob Javits, of New York.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1986
Designates July 4, 1986, the centennial celebration of the Statue of Liberty, as National Immigrants Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Amends the Small Business Act to extend through FY 1991 the authorization for not-for-profit organizations operated in the interest of handicapped and blind individuals to receive Federal contracts from the Small Business Administration (SBA). Requires each agency having procurement powers to report to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy each time such a contract is entered into. Requires the Office to collect specified data and to report such data to the SBA. Requires the General Accounting Office, not later than September 30, 1990, to prepare a report on the impact that contracts awarded to such organizations have on for-profit small businesses for FY 1987 through 1989. Requires such report to be transmitted to specified congressional committees. Establishes a task force on purchases from the blind and severely handicapped.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Amends Federal law relating to competition requirements in defense contracts to direct the head of a defense agency to require any firm that submits a bid or proposal in response to a solicitation to disclose in such bid or proposal any significant interest in that firm that is owned or controlled by a foreign government or a foreign national. Requires the head of an agency to exclude from consideration for a contract exceeding $100,000 a firm in which a hostile foreign government or covered foreign national owns or controls a significant interest. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations listing hostile foreign governments. Makes this Act inapplicable to the Coast Guard or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1986
Extends adverse action provisions of Federal law regarding Federal employees (concerning removal, suspension for more than 14 days, reduction in grade or pay, or furlough for 30 days or less) to Postal Service employees who: (1) are preference eligibles; (2) are supervisors or employees engaged in confidential personnel work; and (3) have completed one year of continuous service in the same or similar positions.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986
Disapproves the proposed rescission of budget authority for payments to local governments from the Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund (R86-68) as set forth in the special message of the President transmitted to the Congress on February 5, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986
Provides that Federal tax reform legislation based on the President's tax reform proposal submitted to the Congress on May 29, 1985, shall not take effect before January 1, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986
Declares that the Senate supports U.S. recognition of the newly elected Aquino Government and praises the progress toward restoration of democracy in the Philippines.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1986
Ellis Island Preservation Act - Prohibits Federal expenditures for the commercialization of Ellis Island or the maintenance or development of Ellis Island unless specifically authorized by law.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1986
Provides that the Internal Revenue Service, during the moratorium period beginning January 1, 1986, and ending June 30, 1987, may not enforce its regulations relating to the substantiation requirements with respect to deductions for the business use of vehicles. Directs that the determination of any amount includible in gross income with respect to the personal use of an employer-provided vehicle during the moratorium period shall be made without regard to temporary regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. Prohibits the Secretary, during the moratorium period, from issuing any regulations relating to the substantiation requirements with respect to deductions for the business use of vehicles or with respect to amounts included in income for the personal use of employer-provided vehicles.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, gold medals to the families of Francis R. Scobee, Michael Smith, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, and Gregory Jarvis in recognition of their courage, dedication, and sacrifice as crew members of the space shuttle Challenger. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the design of the medals. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 11 through May 17, 1986, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1986
Disapproves the proposed deferral of budget authority (D-86-48) for community development block grants set forth in the special message of the President to the Congress on February 5, 1986, under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) America's interests are best served in the Philippines by a government which has a popular mandate; and (2) the February 7, 1986, elections in the Philippines were marked by widespread fraud. Requests the President to convey such concern to President Marcos and Corazon Aquino.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the rescission of budget authority (R-86-52) for elderly and handicapped housing under the Housing Act of 1959 (Section 202 program), proposed by the President on February 5, 1986, should be disapproved.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the rescission of budget authority for urban development action grants (Rescission R86-55) proposed by the President on February 5, 1986, should be disapproved.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate March 21, 1986, as Afghanistan Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Airport Security Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to: (1) direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to inspect at least once every 30 days each U.S. airport serving aircraft in foreign transportation to determine the compliance of the airport operator and each air carrier and foreign air carrier serving such airport with FAA security regulations; and (2) increase to 436 the number of civil aviation security personnel employed by the FAA by the end of FY 1986. Sets a maximum civil penalty of $10,000 for violations of FAA air transportation security regulations. Authorizes additional appropriations for civil aviation security programs equal to the penalties collected for such violations. Establishes a pay scale for police force employees of Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Directs the President, each year before the State of the Union address, to deliver a written report on U.S. national strategy to the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees and the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees. Outlines information to be included in such report. Directs the two Senate committees to hold a joint meeting, and the two House committees to hold a joint meeting, in order to consider the President's report. Directs the President, not less than 24 hours before the date on which such joint meetings are held, to deliver to each member of the Congress a copy of his report.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Expresses disapproval of the refusal of the Soviet Union to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics. Designates the 14th day of June 1986 as Baltic Freedom Day. Authorizes and requests the President to submit the issue of Baltic self-determination to the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Designates the month of June 1986 as Youth Suicide Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that neither the President nor the Congress should impose fees on imported crude oil and refined petroleum products.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Extends congratulations and best wishes to President Ronald Reagan on his 75th birthday.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Recognizes and declares May 1986 as Genetic Disorder Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1986
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to prohibit the Export-Import Bank from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit in connection with any export of goods or services to Angola until the President certifies to the Congress that no Cuban military personnel or military personnel from any other controlled country remain in Angola.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that certain amounts appropriated for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice which have been proposed for rescission by the President shall be made available for obligation and expended as originally intended.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that it recommends to the International Astronomical Union that seven of the moons of Uranus be named after the space shuttle Challenger's crew.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress, and instructs its committees and conferees, that the Congress will not approve any provisions in H.R. 3838 or in similar legislation that would adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the bonds or other obligations of the States or their political subdivisions and instrumentalities which comply with current law and which are issued prior to: (1) January 1, 1987; or (2) any later date provided in enacted law.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate June 2 through June 8, 1986, as National Fishing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1986
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the trade adjustment assistance programs for workers and firms through March 15, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the present three-year basis recovery rule on the taxation of retirement annuities for public employees should be maintained and provisions requiring the repeal of such treatment contained in certain tax reform legislation (H.R. 3838) should be deleted.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that employee benefits should not be taxed.