United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1987
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should make efforts to encourage the signatory countries to ratify the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1986
Family Caregivers Advocacy, Resource and Education Demonstration Program Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services, to make grants to States to support Family Caregivers Advocacy, Resource and Education (Family CARE) demonstration programs. Requires such a program to provide and coordinate, throughout the State, advocacy, education, information dissemination, and referral services for elderly and disabled individuals and members of their families who care for them. Specifies other requirements of such a program. Sets forth application requirements for a grant. Requires the Secretary to make grants for FY 1988 within six months after enactment of this Act. Sets the term of a grant at one year, renewable for two more consecutive one-year periods. Requires the Secretary to make grants to between five and eight States, assuring appropriate distribution among different geographic areas and urban and rural populations. Requires each State receiving a grant to provide for the evaluation of its program. Requires the Secretary to submit interim and final reports to the Congress on grant activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should make efforts to encourage the signatory countries to ratify the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1986
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require States to establish an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Office) encompassing any area or local ombudsman entity designated by the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman as a subdivision of the Office. Requires States to provide assurances that Office staff are not subject to conflicts of interest and that mechanisms are in place to identify and remedy such conflicts. Immunizes Office representatives from liability under State law for the good faith performance of official duties. Directs States to provide legal counsel to: (1) the Office for advice and consultation; and (2) Office representatives sued in connection with the performance of official duties. Requires States to provide appropriate sanctions against: (1) those willfully interfering with Office representatives in the performance of official duties; and (2) extended care facilities which retaliate against residents or employees who file a complaint with, or provide information to, the Office. Requires State licensure and certification agencies to provide the Office with inspection reports, notices of deficiencies, and sanctions issued with respect to extended care facilities as well as other data relevant to the Office's investigations of such facilities. Directs the Office to submit annual reports to State licensure and certification agencies, State agencies on aging, and the State legislature and Governor analyzing and suggesting resolutions to problems experienced by, and complaints received against, extended care facilities. Requires that office staff who do investigative work be trained in Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and policies regarding State extended care facilities as well as investigative techniques. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide technical assistance and training to State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs and Ombudsman representatives. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that extended care facilities provide ombudsmen with access to facility residents and, with the patient's or guardian's consent, to the patient's medical and social records. Requires that ombudsmen be given access to individuals who are admitted to hospitals from skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities. Directs the Secretary to promptly notify the appropriate Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman of any Medicare or Medicaid sanction imposed on a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility. Requires the Commissioner on Aging to issue a report by January 15th of each year analyzing and suggesting resolutions to problems experienced by, and complaints received against, extended care facilities. Specifies the congressional Committees, Federal agencies, and private organizations which are to receive such reports. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Commissioner on Aging to designate a full-time staff of the Administration on Aging within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Requires the Administration to conduct studies and issue findings regarding the practices and impact of the Ombudsman program. Amends part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to require peer review organizations to make available to Ombudsman program personnel their data showing the substantial failure of a provider to meet professionally recognized standards of health care.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President's FY 1988 budget should include adequate funds for environmental cleanup at Department of Energy (DOE) sites at a level adequate to put DOE facilities in compliance with the Clean Water Act and final permits under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that DOE should: (1) accord the same priority to putting its facilities into compliance with environmental laws as it accords to meeting nuclear materials and weapons production goals; (2) provide for independent inspections by affected State agencies regarding the Department's treatment and disposal of mixed wastes that may be exempt from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulation; (3) provide for an independent examination by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of Safety Analysis Reviews of its nuclear facilities; and (4) report to the Congress regarding plans and cost estimates for bringing DOE defense facilities into compliance with environmental laws.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1986
Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit only the U.S. manufacturer of a drug to reimport such drug into the United States. Prohibits the sale of prescription drug samples. Permits the distribution of samples only to practitioners licensed to prescribe such drugs. Requires such practitioners to return a receipt for such drug samples to the manufacturers to be kept and made available to Federal and State officials. Requires drug wholesalers to provide drug purchasers with a statement identifying the manufacturer and each sale of the drug. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue licensing standards for drug wholesalers.
United States · United States Congress · 17 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 · 11 September 1986
America's Living Standard Act of 1986 - Title I: Establishment of an Office of Technology Assessment in Certain Foreign Nations to Catalogue, Abstract, Translate, and Report on Scientific and Technological Developments - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to establish an Office of Technology Assessment within the U.S. Embassy in five foreign nations which maintain a high level of scientifc and technological development. Requires such offices to: (1) participate in the scientific and technical community of the host nation and issue a monthly catalogue of activities; (2) monitor, select, abstract, and translate important articles from scientific and technical journals of the host nation; and (3) prepare an annual analysis of technological trends and a directory listing government and private sources of information about scientific and engineering developments of the host nation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986. Title II: Office of Technology Assessment, Forecast and Outreach - Establishes within the Department of Commerce the Office of Technology Assessment, Forecast and Outreach, headed by a Director to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. Requires the Office to: (1) identify emerging areas of technology throughout the world; (2) analyze the sources of new technology; (3) develop and administer a program involving the identification of the ownership of U.S. patents, including by country and firm; (4) determine trends in patent behavior throughout the world; (5) assure regular reviews by relevant industry sector advisory committees; and (6) assure broad private sector knowledge of, and access to, findings, data, and other information made or acquired by the Office. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and subsequent fiscal years. Title III: National Science Foundation Engineering Research Assistance - National Science Foundation Engineering Research Assistance Act - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 to the National Science Foundation for engineering research centers. Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to direct the National Science Foundation, in cooperation with participating institutions of higher education, to seek methods of excluding from participation in engineering research activities foreign corporations which do not allow reciprocal participation by U.S. corporations in similar research activities. Title IV: Scientific Research Fellows Program - Scientific Research Fellows Program Act - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to direct the National Science Foundation to award up to 500 scientific leadership fellowships in each fiscal year to outstanding graduate students who pursue studies which give promise to contribute significantly to the efficiency, economic productivity, and international competitiveness of the United States. Directs the Foundation to give special consideration to applicants who demonstrate competence in the foreign language of one of identified foreign countries and who intend to perform at least two years research in such foreign country. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Title V: University Research Facilities Fund - University Research Facilities Act of 1986 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a University Facilities Division within the Directorate for Science and Engineering Education of the Foundation. Establishes a University Research Facilities Fund in the Treasury. Provides that awards from the Fund made under this title shall be used by institutions of higher education for the Federal share of the cost of acquiring, replacing, renovating, upgrading, or constructing facilities and equipment to be principally used for scientific research or laboratory instruction. Sets forth provisions for applications for such awards and for review of such applications. Sets forth a matching requirement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1997 to be deposited in the Fund. Title VI: Future Teacher Training Corps - Future Teacher Training Corps Act - Amends title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a new part G program of Future Teacher Training Corps Fellowships. Directs the Secretary of Education to allot program grant funds to each State on the basis of school-age population. Directs State Governors to appoint Selection Review Panels to select fellowship recipients. Requires that recipients be interested in teaching careers and agree to teach in areas of the State where there is a shortage of elementary or secondary school teachers or in fields of study where there is a shortage of such teachers. Sets forth guidelines for selection procedures. Sets forth program grant application requirements for States. Limits each such fellowship to not more than: (1) $5,000 for each year of graduate education in preparation to become an elementary or secondary school teacher; and (2) two years of such graduate education. Sets forth fellowship conditions. Requires fellowship repayment in cases of noncompliance with fellowship agreements, with specified exceptions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to award up to 5,000 fellowships during each of those fiscal years. Title VII: Computer Software and Videotape Assistance - Computer Software and Videotape Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Education (through the National Institute of Education) and the National Science Foundation to provide advice and technical assistance to State and local educational agencies on expenditures for acquisition of suitable computer software and videotapes by performing specified evaluation, dissemination, and development activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Directs the National Science Foundation to foster research and experimentation on, and dissemination of, models of instruction in the operation and use of computers and videotapes. Requires the Director of the Foundation to report annually to the Congress on the results of such research and experimentation. Requires the Director, in conjunction with the National Institute of Education, to disseminate information concerning such results to local educational agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Directs the National Science Foundation to arrange for specified entities to develop and operate institutes in the use of computers for computer education instruction and other educational programs in schools. Provides that such institutes shall be for preservice or inservice training of teachers, supervisors, or trainers of teachers. Provides for stipends for attendance at such institutes. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Title VIII: Work Opportunities and Retraining Compact - Work Opportunities and Retraining Compact (WORC) of 1986 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require AFDC applicants and recipients to register with a State agency for employment counseling, training, and assignment. Authorizes AFDC recipients to refuse employment which results in a net loss in their income. Directs an agency of each State to: (1) establish a single intake and registration process for AFDC applicants and recipients; (2) determine whether training or education is needed to prepare registered applicants and recipients for employment and then provide counseling regarding prospects and needs; (3) arrange for their participation in one or more of the work-related programs established under title IV of the Act or other Federal law, while coordinating such programs to enhance the availability and efficiency of services provided; and (4) develop an employment plan for each AFDC applicant or recipient. Requires the State agency to provide AFDC applicants and recipients assigned to employment, training, or education programs with child care and transportation services. Sets the Federal contribution to education, training, and assignment costs at 70 percent and the Federal share of administrative and support service costs at 50 percent. Increases, by five percent in any fiscal year after FY 1987, the Federal share of education, training, and assignment costs, provided a State meets certain performance standards to be developed by the Office of Technology Assessment. Provides that such standards shall measure a State's success in reducing welfare costs and helping AFDC recipients achieve self-sufficiency, while accounting for differing conditions among the States. Title IX: State Job Bank Systems - State Job Bank Assistance Act of 1986 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to add provisions for State job bank systems. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make funds available through the U.S. Employment Service for the development and implementation of job bank systems in each State. Requires that such systems be designed to use computerized electronic data processing and telecommunications systems. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Labor, within six months after the enactment of this title, to commence a study: (1) of the feasibility of providing portability for pensions and health benefits of dislocated workers; and (2) evaluating the benefits of providing early retirement benefits without penalty for older dislocated workers. Requires a report of such study to be submitted to the Congress within 18 months after such enactment. Authorizes appropriations. Title X: Council on Industrial Competitiveness - Council on Industrial Competitiveness Act - Establishes in the executive branch an independent agency to be known as the Council on Industrial Competitiveness. Requires the Council to: (1) gather and analyze information regarding the competitiveness of U.S. industries; (2) create an institutional forum where national leaders will identify economic problems inhibiting the competitiveness of industries, develop long-term strategies to address those problems, and create broad consensus in support of those strategies; and (3) make recommendations on issues crucial to the development of coordinated industrial strategies. Directs the Council to examine and make available to the public all international agreements on foreign trade that have been agreed to by the United States. Directs the Council to monitor, and maintain public records regarding, the effect of imports on domestic industries. Requires the Council, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this title, to transmit a report to the Congress and the President containing recommendations for changes in any Federal policy necessary to implement effective industrial strategies. Requires the Council to make annual reports concerning the major industrial development priorities of the United States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1986
Prohibits a trustee in a bankruptcy reorganization case from unilaterally terminating or altering any provision of a collective bargaining agreement relating to benefits for retired employees prior to complying with prescribed procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1986
Comprehensive Narcotics Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Coordination and Leadership - Subtitle A: Office of the Director of National and International Drug Operations and Policy - National Narcotics Act of 1986 - Establishes a Cabinet-level Office of the Director of National and International Drug Operations and Policy to plan and coordinate drug enforcement efforts of the Federal Government. Requires the Director to report to the Congress on U.S. policy with respect to illegal drugs. Requires the Director to make recommendations to specified congressional committees for legislation to reorganize the executive branch of the Government to more effectively reduce drug trafficking and drug abuse. Terminates the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Subtitle B: White House Conference on Narcotics Abuse and Control - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Narcotics Abuse and Control to develop recommendations to control the illicit production, trafficking, and distribution of narcotics, and to prevent and treat narcotics abuse. Directs the Conference to review: (1) the impact of recently enacted laws on efforts to control trafficking in narcotics and to prevent and treat narcotics abuse; (2) the recommendations of the President's Commission on Organized Crime as they relate to narcotics abuse and control; and (3) the extent to which sanctions in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 have been, or should be, used in encouraging foreign states to comply with their international responsibilities respecting narcotics control. Requires the Conference to report its findings to the President and the Congress. Subtitle C: Coordinated Budget Submission for Federal Drug Control and Enforcement Activities - Requires the President to include in his annual budget submission a detailed request for Federal agencies responsible for drug abuse prevention and treatment and drug law enforcement. Title II: Enforcement - Subtitle A: 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; (3) U.S. Marshals; and (4) the National Park Police. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1987 and 1989 for the Federal Prison System; (2) FY 1988 and 1989 for the construction of Federal penal and correctional institutions; and (3) FY 1988 for establishing an All Source Intelligence Center. Subtitle B: State and Local Narcotics Control Assistance - State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States for narcotics law enforcement. Establishes a procedure for grant applications. Requires such an application to include a State-wide strategy for the enforcement of State drug laws. Requires 75 percent of such grants to be distributed to States according to population, with the remaining 25 percent distributed according to need. Requires each State receiving such a grant to submit yearly reports to the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General to submit annual reports to the Congress summarizing the State reports and the expenditure of such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988. Subtitle C: More Effective Criminal Penalties - Narcotics Penalties and Enforcement Act of 1986 - Part 1: Controlled Substances Penalties - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the threshold quantity and kinds of controlled substances (adding cocaine freebase and controlled substance analogs) which trigger enhanced penalties. Establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of five years imprisonment (ten years for subsequent offenses) for violations involving a specified large quality of such substances. Increases the maximum sentence for such violations to 25 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $1,000,000 (40 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $2,000,000 for subsequent violations). Provides for a fine of up to $3,000,000 ($6,000,000 for subsequent violations) for violations involving a person other than an individual (corporation). Specifies lesser penalties for smaller quantities of the same substance. Increases the fines for certain Controlled Substances Act violations. Establishes 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 cetain Controlled Substances Import and Export Act violations which result in death or serious bodily injury. Part 2: Protection of Children from Crack and Other Narcotic Drugs - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to make cocaine freebase a schedule I substance. Establishes criminal penalties for employing or using persons under 21 years of age in drug operations. Establishes enhanced criminal penalties for the manufacture of a controlled substance in or near an elementary or secondary school. (Current law establishes such enhanced penalties only for the distribution of a controlled substance in or near such schools.) Subtitle D: Unlawful Money Laundering - Money Laundering Crimes Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish money laundering as a Federal offense. Sets forth fines and penalties to be imposed on anyone who, knowing that the property involved in a financial transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, conducts or attempts to conduct such a transaction which in fact involves such proceeds: (1) with the intent to facilitate the carrying on of specified unlawful activity; or (2) knowing that the transaction is designed in whole or in part to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of such proceeds, or to avoid a transaction reporting requirement under State or Federal law. Sets forth fines and penalties to be imposed upon anyone who: (1) 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, with similar intent or knowledge; or (2) conducts or attempts to conduct a financial transaction that in whole or in part involves the proceeds of specified unlawful activities with intent to violate or facilitate the violation of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Provides, for each of such offenses, for a fine of not more than $250,000 or twice the value of the monetary instrument, whichever is greater, or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. Establishes a civil penalty of the greater of the value of the funds or the monetary instrument involved or $10,000. Authorizes components of the Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury to investigate such offenses, as appropriate. Establishes extraterritorial jurisdiction if certain conditions are met. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 with respect to the permissible notification of the Federal Government by a financial institution that the institution has information which may be relevant to a possible violation of law or regulation. Restricts such information to the name or names and other identifying information concerning the individuals and accounts involved in and the nature of the suspected illegal activity. Preempts any State or local law which prohibits disclosure of such information. Precludes liability under any law for an institution for such a disclosure or for failing to notify the customer of such disclosure. Grants a district court authority to order the institution to delay notifying a customer of the existence of a grand jury subpoena of financial records or of information furnished to the grand jury. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) examine books, papers, and records of domestic financial institutions; and (2) summon an officer or employee having possession or custody of reports or records to appear and give testimony under oath. Permits the Secretary to make information filed by financial institutions in certain reports available to a Federal, State, or local agency upon request. Authorizes the Secretary to make such information available to a Federal agency when the Secretary has reason to believe it may be relevant to a matter within the receiving agency's jurisdiction. Authorizes the disclosure of such information for national security purposes. Exempts such reports, and records of such reports, from public disclosure provisions. Increases the civil penalties for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act's reporting rules. Provides in the case of a reporting violation for a maximum penalty of $1,000,000 and a minimum of $25,000. Reduces the civil penalty by any amount forfeited to the United States. Imposes a civil penalty for the criminal violation of such rules, in the amount of the transaction or $25,000, whichever is greater, where the violation involves a transaction. Sets a civil penalty of the entire amount of an account (up to $250,000), or $25,000, whichever is greater, where the violation involves failure to report the existence of an account or any required identifying data pertaining to it. Imposes a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 in the case of a negligent violation. Authorizes the Secretary to assess a civil penalty within six years after the transaction on which the penalty is based. Permits the Secretary to bring a civil action to recover a civil penalty within two years after assessment. Lists money laundering as a predicate offense for purposes of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. Authorizes wiretapping for the investigation of money laundering. Establishes civil and criminal forfeiture procedures for the offense of money laundering. Subtitle E: Designer Drugs - Controlled Substance Analogs Enforcement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish criminal penalties for the manufacture, possession with intent to distribute, or distribution of controlled substance analogs. Subtitle F: 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 G: Technical Amendments to the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 - Grants the Attorney General authority to enter into contracts with State and local law enforcement agencies to provide cooperative controlled substance enforcement. Makes technical and conforming changes to the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. Subtitle H: Use of Defense Facilities as Detention Facilities - Requires the President to direct the Secretary of Defense to prepare a list of defense facilities which can be used as detention facilities for felons and describe how such facilities can be converted for use as detention facilities. Title III: Forfeiture - Authorizes the use of funds in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Customs Forfeiture Fund for specified controlled substances law enforcement activities. Directs the General Accounting Office to prepare a report on the feasibility and desirability of abolishing such funds and combining such funds under the authority of either of the offices. Requires such report to be submitted to specified congressional committees within six months of enactment of this Act. Requires the Attorney General to prepare a report on the feasibility and desirability of allowing evidentiary cash in Federal criminal and civil trials to be demonetized to expedite the transfer of such cash into the Federal Government's assets forfeiture funds. Title IV: Armed Services: Interdiction and Intelligence - Subtitle A: National Drug Interdiction Improvement - National Drug Interdiction Improvement Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY 1987 for enhanced drug enforcement assistance, including: (1) the procurement of aircraft (including helicopters and long-range surveillance aircraft); and (2) aerostat radar systems. Directs the Secretary of Defense to make such aircraft available for use by the U.S. Customs Service (which shall be responsible for the expense of operating and maintaining such aircraft). Directs the Commissioner of Customs to consult with the Commandant of the Coast Guard regarding deployment of such aircraft. Requires the Commissioner to make quarterly reports to specified congressional committees regarding drug interdiction plans developed under this Act. 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. Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1987 for: (1) the acquisition of secure radio equipment; (2) additional personnel; and (3) long-range surveillance aircraft. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the U.S. Customs Service for: (1) additional drug interdiction personnel, equipment (including drug enforcement vehicles and vessels), and training (including training for Southwest Boarder Drug Enforcement Task Force personnel); (2) the operation and use of vessels made available by the United States-Bahamas Drug Interdiction Task Force; (3) the operation and maintenance of the air interdiction program; and (4) the establishment of a customs air support branch in the Northeast Region of the United States (including the purchase of specified aircraft). Authorizes appropriations for the establishment of command, control, communications, and intelligence centers in the United States. Establishes the United States-Bahamas Drug Interdiction Task Force. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to enter into negotiations with the Government of the Bahamas regarding the establishment and operation of such task force. Directs the Director of the Office of National and International Drug Operations and Policy to make quarterly reports to specified congressional committees regarding progress in establishing the Task Force. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for: (1) the Coast Guard-Bahamas Drug Interdiction docking facility; (2) helicopters for drug interdiction operations in Hawaii; and (3) the establishment of an All Source Intelligence Center in the Department of Justice. Subtitle B: Anti-Smuggling Provisions - Anti-Smuggling Act of 1986 - Part I: Amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include monetary instruments within the meaning of "merchandise." Requires the master of any vessel from a foreign port or place, any foreign vessel from a domestic port or place, or any U.S. vessel carrying bonded merchandise or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made, to immediately report such vessel's arrival at a U.S. or Virgin Island port to the nearest customs facility or place prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Restricts the arrival of any vehicle coming into the United States to border crossing points designated by the Secretary. Requires the person in charge of such vehicle to report its arrival, and present such vehicle and all persons and merchandise on board, to the customs officer. Requires the pilot of any aircraft arriving in the United States to comply with such advance notification, arrival reporting, and landing requirements as the Secretary may prescribe. Prohibits the departure of such vessels, vehicles, or aircraft, 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. Imposes penalties for violations of such reporting requirements. Requires unclaimed property to be retained by the Customs Service for six months (currently one year). Allows such property to be retained for official use or otherwise disposed of in accordance with regulations. Allows counterfeit merchandise seized by the Customs Service to be sold at auction after 60 days (currently one year). Increases the criminal fines for: (1) failing to produce a vessel's manifest; (2) producing a false manifest; and (3) unlawfully unloading merchandise. 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. Establishes penalties, including seizure of the aircraft of 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) persumed to indicate intent to smuggle; and (2) deemed prima facie evidence that the aircraft or vessel was used in aiding or facilitating such smuggling. Establishes civil penalties for making false written or oral statements which seeks or affects the payment or credit of any drawback payment, refund of duties, allowance, or rebate, or relates to merchandise which is to be exported contrary to law. 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. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not to exceed two years, or both, for persons (owners of aircraft) who operate an aircraft: (1) that is not registered; (2) during any period for which the aircraft certificate or registration has been suspended or revoked by the Secretary of Transportation; (3) without a valid airman certificate; or (4) who employ airmen without valid airman certificates. Requires any person having an ownership interest in an aircraft for which a certificate or registration has been issued, upon the sale, transfer, or conveyance of such interest, to file within 15 days such notice as the Secretary of the Treasury may provide. Part II: Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act - 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. Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for any person to operate an aircraft; (1) without navigation and/or anticollision lights; and (2) with an illegal fuel tank or fuel system installation. Title V: Foreign Relations - Subtitle A: International Narcotics Control Act of 1986 - International Narcotics Control Act of 1986 - Part 1: International Narcotics Control Assistance Program - 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 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. Part 2: 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 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. Requires the executive branch to establish expeditiously the information sharing system that will list all drug arrests of foreign nationals in the United States as required by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 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 narcotics 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. Part 3: Development and Narcotics Production and Trafficking - 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. Part 4: 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 source 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. Part 5: United Nations Activities Related to Drug Narcotics Control - Declares congressional support or 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. Part 6: Provisions Relating to Specific Countries - 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 illicit drug production in Iran, Afghanistan, and Laos be raised at the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Subtitle B: Drug Eradication Act of 1986 - 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 the 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 Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration 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 siwht this Subtitle in its annual report to the Congress. Subtitle C: Denial of Trade Benefits to Certain 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 name of each such country. Denises 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 VI: Education and Public Awareness - Subtitle A: Emergency Response - Designates October 6, 1986, as National Drug Abuse Education Day. Requires the Secretary of Education to insure that State educational departments and local school districts and schools have information on: (1) the scope and nature of the cocaine freebase epidemic; (2) strategies for effective school level intervention and community mobilization; and (3) available resources. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse to produce and disseminate public service announcements on the consequences of cocaine freebase use. Subtitle B: Establishment of Office Within the Department of Education - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish an Office of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Education and Prevention in the Department of Education. Provides that such Office shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Education and Prevention (the Assistant Secretary). Sets forth the duties of the Office. Requires the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to report to the Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act on the progress in establishing the Office and the long-term strategy of the Office for drug education and prevention. Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to coordinate efforts to: (1) disseminate program related information; (2) provide training and technical assistance; and (3) identify research and development priorities. Subtitle C: Student Drug Abuse Education and Prevention - Student Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, to establish a program of grants to States for drug (including alcohol) abuse education in elementary and secondary schools. Lists the State and local educational agency uses of such funds. Restricts the amount States may use for administrative costs. Provides for: (1) the allotment of such grant funds to States; (2) State application for such grant funds; (3) allocations to local educational agencies; and (4) local application to State educational agencies. Provides for the equitable participation of children enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools in such program. Provides that the use of such grant funds is to supplement and not supplant other Federal funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Subtitle D: Regional Drug and Alcohol Abuse Training Centers - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for establishing and operating regional drug and alcohol abuse training centers. TItle VII: Prevention and Treatment - Subtitle A: Prevention - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare an emergency report and feasibility study of intervention by the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute of Drug Abuse to reduce the epidemic of cocaine freebase use in the United States. Subtitle B: Research on Effective Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand certain information dissemination activities regarding drug abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. Subtitle C: State and Local Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Assistance - State and Local Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 to provide assistance to the States for planning, establishing, and maintaining effective prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs and activities to deal with the abuse of controlled substances. Requires 75 percent of such assistance to be distributed to States according to population, with the remaining 25 percent distributed according to need. Establishes procedures for grant applications. Imposes limitations on the use of such assistance, including a maximum five percent allocation for administrative purposes. Subtitle D: Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Model Projects for High Risk Youths - Drug Abuse and Alcohol Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Model Projects for High Risk Youth Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to demonstrate effective models of preventing drug abuse and alcohol abuse among high risk youths. Requires the Secretary to give priority to applications for projects directed at: (1) latchkey children; (2) children at risk of abuse or neglect; (3) preschool children eligible for services under the Heald Start Act; (4) children at risk of dropping out of school; (5) children at risk of becoming adolescent parents; and (6) children who do not attend school and who are at risk of being unemployed. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Directs the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to demonstrate effective models of treamtnt and rehabilitation of high risk youths who are drug abusers or alcohol abusers. Requires the Secretary to give priority to projects which address the relationship between drug abuse or alcohol abuse and: (1) physical, sexual, and/or emotional child abuse; (2) dropping out of school; (3) unemployment; (4) delinquency; (5) pregnancy; (6) violence; (7) suicide; or (8) mental health problems. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Requires public and nonprofit private entities to submit their grant applications to the Governor of the State in which the project will be conducted. Requires the Governor to review each application and submit his or her recommendations to the Secretary, together with a priority ranking of those recommended for approval. Requires the Secretary to give priority to applications from community-based organizations for projects: (1) to develop innovative multi-disciplinary models for the prevention or for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug abuse or alcohol abuse by high risk youths; and (2) to demonstrate effective models which may be replicated. Requires the Secretary, in making such grants, to consider the specific needs of urban and rural areas. Requires the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse to evaluate projects conducted with grants under this Act. Subtitle E: 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 1978 to authorize appropriations for contracts for the supervision of released drug offenders through FY 1989. Subtitle F: Indians and Alaska Natives - Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 - Part I: General Provisions - Sets forth the 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 of 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) directs 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 futherance 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 Program - Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review: (1) Federal program 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 its 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 contruction, 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 V: 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 VI: Bureau of Indian Affairs Law Enforcemnt - 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) develop and implement a plan for the construction or renovation and staffing of tribal juvenile detention and rehabilitation centers; (3) provide for the development of a Model Indian Juvenile Code; and (4) 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 VII: 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 benfits 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) determing 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 treament 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; (3) begin the construction of 11 regional treatment centers serving Indian tribes; (4) 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; (5) develop and implement within each service unit a program of community education and involvement; (6) require that the existing health staff of the Indian Health Service receive training in alcohol and substance abuse; (7) develop and implement a program of alcohol and substance abuse prevention through education intervention; (8) identify and use existing Federally owned structures as residential alcohol and substance abuse treatment centers for Indian youths; (9) 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 (10) 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 G: Programs in United States Insular Areas - Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the efforts of Federal agencies, and the adequacy of arrangements with States 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, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1986 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to add to the list of products covered under the Act: (1) freezers which can be operated by alternating current electricity (with specified exceptions); (2) central air conditioning heat pumps; (3) direct heating equipment; and (4) pool heaters. Deletes from specific coverage: (1) television sets; (2) humidifiers; and (3) dehumidifiers. Excludes from such coverage consumer products designed solely for use in recreational vehicles and other mobile equipment. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to amend Federal energy efficiency test procedures for appliances under specified guidelines. Prohibits manufacturers from making any representations regarding the energy efficiency of appliances covered by this Act unless such appliances have been tested in accordance with the Federal test procedures, and the manufacturer's representations fairly disclose the results of such testing. Sets forth specific Federal energy conservation standards for products covered by this Act and manufactured after certain dates. Establishes deadlines by which the Secretary must issue rules regarding such standards. Details the criteria to be applied if such standards are revised. Revises the information requirements with which manufacturers must comply to provide that the Secretary shall exercise authority in a manner designed to minimize unnecessary burdens on manufacturers of covered products. Revises the rules under which State regulations are superseded by the Federal regulations for testing and labeling requirements and energy conservation standards. Permits the waiver of Federal preemption if the Secretary finds that such waiver is needed to meet compelling and unusual local energy conditions. Prescribes procedural guidelines for such a waiver. Details conditions under which State and local building code requirements regarding energy conservation standards are not superseded by the standards promulgated under this Act. Permits the commencement of a citizen's suit against the Secretary for failure to comply with a nondiscretionary duty to issue rules according to prescribed schedules. Directs the courts to expedite the disposition of such suits. Vests jurisdiction in the Federal district courts over actions brought by any adversely affected person to determine whether a State or local government is complying with the requirements of this Act. Declares that the required submission by the Secretary of an annual report regarding Federal energy efficiency standards does not constitute a defense or justification for a failure by such Secretary to comply with the nondiscretionary duty provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Great Lakes Emergency Shoreline Protection Act - Establishes a federally guaranteed loan program for the protection from shoreline erosion of improvements to residential real property contiguous with the Great Lakes. Sets forth conditions for eligibility for such loans and conditions under which States may subsidize such loans. Sets forth authorities of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development regarding such loans, including authority to establish limitations on interest rates on eligible loans, to make foreclosures, and transfer guarantees. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to develop minimum standards with respect to protection from shoreline erosion. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to report to the Congress on damage from subsurface water seepage. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of the Army to submit to the Congress a single report on the effectiveness of the shoreline protection program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to deny treatment as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences to any country that helps any other country to circumvent any U.S. import quotas.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1986
National Security Trade Act of 1986 - Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to grant the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) the responsibility for investigating, upon request, the effects of imports on national security. Requires the Secretary to report to the President on such investigation within six months of receiving the request that starts the investigation. Requires the Secretary to notify the Secretary of Defense concerning any such investigation. Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a separate defense needs assessment of the article affected by such imports. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Secretary on such assessment within three months. Requires the Secretary's report to the President on such investigation to include a statement by the Secretary of Defense concurring or disagreeing with the Secretary's findings and explaining such concurrence or disagreement. Requires any portion of such report to be published if it is not: (1) classified as being clearly detrimental to the national security; and (2) proprietary information as defined in this Act. Requires the President to : (1) decide whether or not to take action based on such report within 90 days of receiving it; and (2) explain the decision to take action or not to take action on the report submitted to the President by the Secretary. Sets forth actions the President may take to provide protection from the effects of imports on the national security, including: (1) imposing import restrictions or duties against the countries generating the imports that threaten to impair the national security; or (2) negotiating an agreement that imposes limits on such imports. Requires the President, if the President attempts to negotiate such an agreement and the agreement is not completed within six months or the agreement is ineffective, to take other actions to adjust imports. Requires the President to publish an explanation if the agreement is ineffective or is not entered into within six months and the President decides not to take other remedial action.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
National Narcotics Act of 1986 - Establishes a Cabinet-level Office of the Director of National and International Drug Operations and Policy to plan and coordinate drug enforcement efforts of the Federal Government. Requires the Director to report to the Congress on U.S. policy with respect to illegal drugs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Emergency Crack Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Law Enforcement - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to include cocaine freebase as a schedule I substance. Establishes criminal penalties of up to 20 years in prison, or up to $250,000 fine, or both, for manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing cocaine freebase. Provides increased penalties for employing persons under 21 years of age to distribute controlled substances. 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.) Makes it a Federal criminal offense to open, maintain, manage, or control any facility used for manufacturing, storing, distributing, or using a controlled substance. Title II: Education and Public Awareness - Part A: Emergency Response - Designates October 6, 1986, as National Drug Abuse Education Day. Requires the Secretary of Education to ensure that State educational departments and all schools have timely information on: (1) the scope and nature of the cocaine freebase epidemic; (2) strategies for effective school intervention and community mobilization; and (3) available resources. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse to produce and disseminate two emergency public service announcements on the consequences of cocaine freebase use. Part B: Establishment of Office Within the Department of Education - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish within the Department an Office of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Education and Policy. Provides that such Office shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Education and Prevention (the Assistant Secretary). Sets forth the duties of the Office. Requires the Secretary of Education to report to the Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act on progress in establishing the Office and the long-term strategy of the Office for drug education and prevention. Part C: Student Drug Abuse and Prevention - Student Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, to establish a program of grants to States for drug (including alcohol) abuse education in elementary and secondary schools. Lists the State and local educational agency uses of such funds. Restricts the amount States may use for administrative costs. Provides for: (1) the allotment of such grant funds to States; (2) State application for such grant funds; (3) allocations to local educational agencies; and (4) local application to State educational agencies. Provides for the equitable participation of children enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools in such program. Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to: (1) collect and disseminate program-related information to State and local educational agencies; (2) provide technical assistance; and (3) identify research and development priorities. Authorizes appropriations for such activities. Provides that the use of such grant funds is to supplement and not supplant other Federal funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991. Title III: Prevention - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare an emergency report on and feasibility study of intervention by the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute of Drug Abuse to reduce the epidemic of cocaine freebase use.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1986
Requires LTV Corporation and all of its subsidiaries which filed for bankruptcy to continue to pay all medical and life insurance benefits to retirees until an appropriate court orders otherwise.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Prohibits any Federal Trade Commission consent agreement, any consent decree proposed to a court by the Commission or the Attorney General, or any Commission or court order which provides for divestiture by a party to any acquisition from becoming final before the divestiture has been approved by the Commission or the court. Permits the consent decree, agreement, or order to be rescinded and the Commission or the Attorney General to petition the court for further relief, if the divestiture is not approved. Provides that no divestiture shall be deemed an acceptable remedy for an acquisition which substantially lessens competition unless the divestiture fully restores competition lost as a result of the acquisition and there is a substantial likelihood that any buyer of divested assets will be a viable competitor for the foreseeable future. Directs the Attorney General, the Commission, and the court, in approving divestitures, to insure that reasonable steps are taken to protect the interests of affected employees and to preserve employment consistent with the full restoration of competition. Entitles a State's attorney general to intervene in a court proceeding to determine whether a proposed merger providing for the divestiture of enterprises or facilities which collectively employ more than 100 persons full-time in such State is in the public interest.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1986
Prohibits any change in the prospective payment rates established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, for outpatient maintenance dialysis services until 60 days after: (1) audited information concerning the costs of such services is available and utilized in determining payment rates; (2) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs implements safety standards for the reuse of dialysis devices and supplies; and (3) specified studies have been completed. Requires that such studies consider: (1) the effects of rate reductions on the quality of dialysis care and on the reuse of dialysis devices and supplies; (2) the safety, efficacy, and patient outcomes of the reuse of such devices and supplies; and (3) the differing effects of rate reductions on urban and rural dialysis facilities and providers. Sets forth reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Nursing Home Quality Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require intermediate care facilities (other than mental health institutions) to meet skilled nursing facility requirements established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act. Makes changes in the conditions placed upon skilled nursing facilities' Medicare participation relating to: (1) the quality and fairness of care; (2) patient participation in facility decision-making; (3) the extent to which care approximates a patient's particular needs; (4) facility reprisals against patients or employees utilizing complaint procedures; and (5) the access of patients, their guardians and relatives, and the public to information regarding patients' rights and facility policies and procedures. Substantiates such objectives by providing a nonexclusive list of patients' rights at such facilities. Prohibits State agencies which have agreed to survey nursing facilities' compliance with Medicare participation conditions from providing such facilities with consultation services regarding such conditions. Requires that nursing facility survey results be posted in a place accessible to patients. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make provider performance reports available to the public after giving the provider 30 days (currently, 60 days) to review and comment on such reports, but removes time restrictions on the release of such information to ombudsmen. Amends the Medicare program to require that nursing facility surveys be: (1) unannounced; (2) conducted by a multidisciplinary team of professionals tranined and tested for their duties; (3) focused on the quality of care provided to patients; and (4) performed for each facility on a regular basis, the frequency of such surveys depending upon the facility's record. Directs State agencies to provide for the investigation of complaints against nursing facilities and to use specialized survey teams to survey and carry out enforcement action against chronically substandard facilities and other facilities posing an immediate threat to patients' well-being. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria and procedures for evaluating an institution's plans for the correction of its violations of nursing facility standards. Directs the Secretary to conduct a random annual sample of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities in order to validate State determinations regarding provider compliance with Medicaid requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement intermediate sanctions applicable to Medicare nursing or Medicaid intermediate care facilities which do not substantially satisfy the requirements placed on such facilities, but which do not immediately jeopardize the health, safety, and well-being of their patients. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint a receiver to establish and oversee the implementation of a plan to bring such facilities into compliance with applicable requirements when they chronically fail to satisfy requirements or their deficiencies immediately jeopardize patients' health and safety. Gives such facilities the right to a hearing after a deficiency determination is made. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act to give an individual entitled to inpatient hospital services in a nursing or intermediate care facility the right to bring an action in an appropriate Federal district court when such facility's failure to meet the requirements of the Act adversely affects such individual. Title II: Additional Provisions Relating to Long-Term Care - Eliminates the requirement that the extended care services covered by part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program be post-hospital extended care services. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress regarding the feasibility of replacing the separate categories of long-term care facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs with a facility of single designation which provides and is reimbursed for various levels of long-term care. Title III: Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 - Amends the ombudsman program of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) authorize an ombudsman to designate a representative to perform ombudsman functions; (2) immunize ombudsmen and their representatives from liability under State and Federal law in the performance of their duties, so long as such duties are performed with due care; and (3) provide technical assistance and training for ombudsman and their representatives. Establishes the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Advisory Council in the Department of Health and Human Services to advise the Secretary regarding the development and operation of the ombudsman program. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress regarding data collected on compliants and conditions in long-term care facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Designates August 1, 1986, the 11th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Accords, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with the U.S.S.R. and the Warsaw Pact nations; and (3) convey to U.S. allies the necessity of unity on these points.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should insist at the Vienna Review Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and in discussions with Communist Party and Soviet leaders, that imprisoned and exiled members of the Ukrainian and other Helsinki Monitoring Groups be released and allowed to emigrate to the countries of their choice. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Secretary of State should ensure that the U.S. consulate in Kiev reports on Soviet human rights violations in the Ukraine; and (2) such information should be included in reports on compliance with the Helsinki Final Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1986
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duties on generator lighting sets for bicycles, bicycle chains, and certain other bicycle parts. Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to extend, through January 1, 1991, the exclusion of imported bicycle parts that are not subsequently re-exported from the exemption from the customs laws that is applicable to a foreign trade zone.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is against the national security interests of the United States to abandon existing strategic offensive arms agreements by exceeding the numerical sublimits of such agreements as long as the Soviet Union remains within such sublimits; (2) the Soviet Union should take steps to resolve U.S. concerns about Soviet violations of existing strategic arms agreements and to negotiate a new agreement; and (3) the Congress and the President should continue to review the policy of mutual adherence to the numerical sublimits on launchers of strategic nuclear delivery systems and the significance of both Soviet compliance and noncompliance with existing strategic offensive arms agreements.