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United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1986
Prohibits the proposed sale of integrated avionics system kits (and related defense articles and defense services) to China as contained in a specified certification transmitted by the President pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986
Designates the week beginning May 4, 1986, as National Correctional Officers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Exempts from the antitrust laws any joint agreement by or among persons in the television broadcast industry, and any joint action concerning any television broadcast or any material intended for broadcast, if the purpose of such agreement or action is to determine or alleviate the negative impact of violence in television broadcast material, provided that the agreement or action is not intended to result in a boycott of any person in the industry.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission Act - Grants the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission the exclusive right to use the names and marks: (1) "The Space Rocket Center"; (2) "Space Camp"; (3) "Space Academy"; and (4) "United States Space Camp." Provides that such names and marks shall be considered trademarks or trade names for purposes of the Trademark Act of 1946.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986 - Declares that any person who organizes, attempts, commits, procures, or supports acts of terrorism shall be considered to have committed an act of aggression against the United States and may be pursued with deadly force. Defines terrorism to mean activity directed against U.S. persons which: (1) is committed by a non-U.S. national or permanent resident alien; (2) involves violent or dangerous acts which would be crimes in the United States; and (3) is intended to intimidate a civilian population, to influence government policy, or to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping. Authorizes the President, subject to the provisions of the Constitution, to protect U.S. persons from terrorism through the use of all antiterrorism and counterterrorism measures that the President deems necessary. Requires the President's authority to apply: (1) to all terrorists wherever they may be; and (2) until the President determines that no terrorist poses a threat to U.S. persons. Prohibits this Act from being construed as granting any authority to use deadly force within the United States which would not exist in the absence of this Act. Requires the President to report to the Congress within ten days of taking any action under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Directs the Federal Communications Commission to study and report to the Congress on the impact that violence on television has on the mental and physical health of children and adults.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Declares that the Congress recognizes the visit by the descendants of the original settlers of Purrysburg, South Carolina, to Neufchatel, Switzerland, in October 1986 as an international gesture of goodwill.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1986
Designates May 21, 1986, as Andrei Sakharov Honor and Freedom Day. Requests the President to mark such day with an appeal to the Soviet leader for Doctor Sakharov's release. Provides for the relocation of the "Andrei Sakharov Plaza" street sign to an area adjacent to the Soviet Embassy in the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Amends Federal law to establish September 17th, Constitution Day, of each year as a legal public holiday, except for purposes of Federal employee pay and leave.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986
Exclusionary Rule Limitation Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that evidence obtained by a search or seizure shall not be excluded in a Federal proceeding if the seizure was undertaken in a reasonable, good faith belief in its conformity with the fourth amendment to the Constitution. Provides that evidence obtained in accordance with a warrant is prima facie evidence of good faith, absent intentional and material misrepresentation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986
Reform of Federal Intervention in State Proceedings Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal judicial code to condition consideration of a habeas corpus claim by a prisoner on a showing of actual prejudice resulting from the Federal right violated and that: (1) State or Federal Government action precluded assertion of that right; (2) the Federal right did not previously exist; or (3) the factual basis of the claim could not have been discovered by reasonable diligence. Establishes a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners, and a two-year statute of limitations for similar motions made by Federal prisoners. Vests authority to issue certificates for probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. Permits denial on the merits of habeas corpus writs notwithstanding the failure to exhaust State remedies. Prohibits the granting of a habeas corpus writ with respect to any claim which has been fully and fairly adjudicated in State proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986
Designates October 1986 as National Down Syndrome Month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to change the scienter requirement from "knowingly" to "intentionally" for certain offenses regarding accessing the computer files of another. Revises the definition of "financial institution" to which the financial record provisions of computer fraud law apply. Applies such provisions to any financial records (including those of corporations and small businesses), not just those of individuals and certain partnerships. Revises the criminal liability of persons who exceed authorized access to Federal computers. (Makes the basic offense trespass. Removes the coverage of authorized accessors who exceed their authorizations, but without "intent to defraud.") Creates new Federal criminal offenses of: (1) property theft by computer occurring as part of a scheme to defraud; (2) altering information in, or preventing the authorized use of, a Federal interest computer; and (3) trafficking in computer access passwords. Eliminates the special conspiracy provisions for computer crimes. (Such conspiracies shall be treated under the general Federal conspiracy statutes.) Amends penalty provisions to remove the cap on fines for certain computer crimes. Exempts authorized law enforcement or intelligence activities.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make required red meat purchases in proportion to the number of dairy cattle slaughtered in each disposal period under the milk production termination program (program). Provides that if such purchases are inadequate to offset the amount of meat being marketed under the program, the Secretary shall decrease meat imports, or increase purchases and exports. Directs the Secretary to ensure the orderly marketing of such dairy cattle consistent with historical beef and dairy marketing patterns.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to suspend the current milk production termination program while the Secretary of Agriculture develops a new program that will minimize the adverse effects on beef, pork, and lamb producers. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make required red meat purchases in proportion to the number of dairy cattle slaughtered in each disposal period under the milk production termination program (program). Provides that if such purchases are inadequate to offset the amount of meat being marketed under the program, the Secretary shall decrease meat imports, or increase purchases and exports. Directs the Secretary to ensure the orderly marketing of such dairy cattle consistent with historical beef and dairy marketing patterns.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a one-year conditional permanent resident status for certain alien spouses and their sons and daughters. Subjects such aliens to exclusion if the Attorney General determines that within such one-year period: (1) the marriage was entered into to procure the alien's admission into the United States, or such marriage has been terminated; (2) consideration was paid to secure such marriage; or (3) the parties have not maintained a bona fide marital relationship. Establishes a criminal penalty for marriage fraud. Prohibits status adjustment during such conditional permanent resident period. Requires a couple to have previously met in person in order to receive a "K" (ifance) visa.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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
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
Designates the week of June 1 through June 7, 1986, as National Intelligence Community Week.
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 · 24 March 1986
Lake Tuscaloosa Preservation Act - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing any permit, license, or exemption for hydroelectric power project facilities located on Lake Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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 · 21 March 1986
Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to prohibit the use of Corporation funds for legal proceedings or litigation relating to abortions.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986
Recognizes and honors the National Guard for 350 years of service.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1986
Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act - Makes permanent provisions which provide benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act for individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment. Removes SSI limitations for the first two months of an individual's stay in a health facility if such individual was eligible for the benefits made permanent by this Act during the month preceding admission to the facility. Requires the district offices of the Social Security Administration to each designate a staff member to implement the program providing benefits to individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite severe medical impairment. Revises the eligibility requirements for such benefits. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and implement procedures which provide that whenever an individual is formally notified of his or her SSI eligibility, such individual will also be notified of the availability of assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Directs the Secretary, when any individual receives SSI benefits on the basis of a disability, to notify such individual of his or her potential eligibility for the SSI benefits available for those performing substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the operation of the SSI section which provides benefits for individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment, with the particular objective of evaluating the work incentive provisions of such section. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress the findings of such study. Provides that when an individual becomes ineligible for SSI benefits upon entitlement to child's insurance benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act, such individual shall be treated for Medicaid purposes as continuing to receive SSI benefits so long as he or she would otherwise be eligible for such benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects designed to assess the advantages and disadvantages of various work incentive programs under the OASDI and SSI programs. Sets forth reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1986
Designates the week of December 7 through December 13, 1986, as National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Designates the week beginning on October 5, 1986, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Designates the week of April 20, 1986, as Crime Victims Week.
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
Designates the month of April 1986 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the period from Mother's Day to Father's Day, May 11 to June 15, 1986, as Family Reunion Month.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1986
Designates the month of May 1986 as National Child Safety Month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1986
Tax-Exempt Bond Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the term "industrial development bonds" with the new term "quasi-governmental bonds." Defines "quasi-governmental bond" as any obligation: (1) which is issued as part of an issue more than 25 percent of the net proceeds of which are to be used directly or indirectly in any trade or business carried on by any person other than a governmental unit; and (2) the payment of the principal or interest on which is, to the extent of more than 25 percent, secured by an interest in property used or to be used in a trade or business or in payments with respect of property, or to be derived from payments in respect of property, or borrowed money, used or to be used in trade or business. Sets forth rules concerning the use of proceeds in ways which will not be considered to be used in a trade or business carried on by other than a governmental unit. Provides that an issue of obligations will not be treated as quasi-governmental bonds if 95 percent or more of the proceeds are to be used to provide projects for residential rental or limited-equity cooperative property if certain conditions are satisfied. Provides that certain issues will not be treated as quasi-governmental bonds if 95 percent or more of the net proceeds of the issue are used for certain specified activities. Provides that when 95 percent or more of the net proceeds of an industrial park or small issue are used for such purposes, then the bonds are tax-exempt. Repeals the termination date for the small issue industrial development bond exemption. Sets forth the definition of "principal user" for purposes of certain facilities. Provides that obligations where 95 percent of the proceeds are to be used by nonprofit organizations in activities which do not constitute unrelated trade or businesses shall not be treated as quasi-governmental bonds. Provides that qualified mortgage bonds, qualified veterans' mortgage bonds, qualified student loan bonds, and qualified tax-increment bonds will not be treated as quasi-governmental bonds. Modifies the requirements with respect to tax-exempt bonds used for low-income housing involving residential or limited-equity cooperative property. Makes other modifications with respect to quasi-governmental bonds. Modifies the definition of "arbitrage bond" for purposes of determining the tax-exemption for such bonds. Repeals the exception for obligations used for educational institutions. Makes modifications in certain special rules relating to arbitrage bonds. Provides that certain irrigation dams shall be treated as air or water pollution control facilities if certain conditions are met for purposes of quasi-governmental bonds. Makes modifications with respect to qualified scholarship funding bonds, federally guaranteed obligations, and qualified steam generating or alcohol producing facilities. Provides that an obligation is federally guaranteed if more than five percent of the net proceeds of such issue is used to make loans guaranteed by the Federal Government or invested in federally insured deposits. Requires public approval for quasi-governmental bonds. Requires certain informational reporting to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to quasi-governmental bonds. Substitutes the term "quasi-governmental" for the term "private activity". Increases the dollar amount of the State ceiling on quasi-governmental bonds to $225 multiplied by the State's population or $260,000,000. Provides special rules for allocating the volume cap with respect to States with constitutional home rule cities. Modifies the refunding rules with respect to student loan bonds, qualified mortgage bonds, and qualified veterans' mortgage bonds. Substitutes the term "private loan bonds" for the term "consumer loan bonds." Requires that more than five percent of the net proceeds of the issue must be used for certain purposes in order to be classified as private loan bonds. Makes various modifications in the definition and requirements for qualified student loan bonds and tax-increment bonds. Provides that the tax-exempt status of an obligation issued for the purpose of the advance refunding of a tax-exempt obligation or quasi-governmental bonds will not be allowed unless certain conditions are satisfied. Provides rules for the change in use or ownership of facilities financed by certain tax-exempt obligations. Defines "net proceeds" to mean the proceeds of an issue reduced by insurance costs and a reasonably required reserve and replacement fund. Makes certain changes in the provisions concerning the mortgage credit certificate program. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to amend the regulations relating to the arbitrage requirements to eliminate the provision which permits a higher yield on purpose obligations if the issuer elects to waive the benefits of the temporary period provisions. Provides a penalty for failure to file certain reports on compliance with the qualified residential project rules. Makes certain technical and conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code and to the securities laws. Provides that, generally, the effective date for these provisions will apply to obligations issued after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth other effective dates for specific provisions. Provides that tax-exempt financing of low income housing, or of water, sewer, and solid waste facilities will not effect the depreciation of such property. Prohibits the deduction of interest expenses of financial institutions allocable to tax-exempt securities. Sets forth the formula for making such allocation. Provides that a certain percentage of tax-exempt interest received by an insurance company shall be subtracted from the amount of losses incurred by the company in calculating taxable income. Provides that an individual is not required to report on tax returns either the tax-exempt interest received or the receipt of State and local tax payments.
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 · 7 March 1986
Constitutional Amendment - States that the right to life is the paramount and most fundamental right of a person. Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purposes of the right to life guarantee. Makes such amendment inapplicable to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1986
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the right to life vests in a human being from the moment of fertilization.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1986
Designates the month of May 1986 as National Birds of Prey Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1986
Social Security Trust Funds Safeguard Act of 1986 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that all amounts appropriated to, or deposited in, a trust fund established under one of those programs be immediately and exclusively available for the purposes for which trust fund amounts are specifically made available under such program. Requires the President, in addition to appointing one member of the the public to the Board of Trustees of the social security trust funds (currently two members of the public are chosen), to appoint a Managing Trustee to the Board, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four years. Provides that the Managing Trustee may be removed only for cause, but is prohibited from engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide the Managing Trustee with appropriate assistance. Directs the Managing Trustee to invest that portion of the social security trust funds which is not required to meet current withdrawals in accordance with an annual investment plan submitted by the Board. Requires the Board to conduct a continuing study and actuarial analysis of the status of investments made by the Managing Trustee and, by August 1 of each year, formulate and submit to the President and each House of the Congress an investment plan to govern the investments of the social security trust funds during the fiscal year. Requires the annual investment plan to set forth standards governing the investment and disinvestment of the trust funds which ensure, so far as is possible, that the OASDI and Medicare programs fulfill their intended purposes in a fiscally and actuarially sound nonpartisan manner, free from the influence of irrelevant budgetary or fiscal considerations. Directs that such plan be accompanied by any recommendations of the Board regarding investment of the social security trust funds. Directs that the investment plan and recommendations be incorporated in a special message to each House. Sets a minimum and maximum on amounts of the social security trust funds to be invested in obligations which are not obligations of the United States but which are guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. Sets forth effective date and transitional provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1986
Designates the month of May 1986 as Better Hearing and Speech Month.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1986
Designates the week of May 11 through May 17, 1986, as National Osteoporosis Awareness Week of 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986
Designates the week of May 11 through May 17, 1986, as Senior Center Week.
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 · 24 February 1986
Benefit-from-Harm Denial Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a taxpayer's personal exemption deduction for a child who is born alive after an induced abortion or an attempt to perform an abortion and dies as a result of such procedure . Denies the deduction for abortion expenses unless the abortion was performed to save the life of the mother. Denies the personal exemption deduction for the spouse or a dependent of the taxpayer if the taxpayer intentionally causes the death of such spouse or dependent. Requires a court determination of an intentional cause of death.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Designates the weekend of August 1 through August 3, 1986, as National Family Reunion Weekend.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) upon the deposit of the instrument of ratification to the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide with the United Nations, the President should notify the U.N. Secretary General of the U.S. desire to amend the Convention to include acts of political genocide within the definition of "genocide"; and (2) the President should instruct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to take the necessary steps to see that such amendment is adopted.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1986
Designates the week of March 9 through March 15, 1986, as National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to authorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to accept gifts or donations to build a manned space shuttle which may be named Challenger II.
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.