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Resolution· SRESS.Res. 495 (99th)passed

A resolution to honor Princess Pauahi Bishop.

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1986

Recognizes Hawaiian Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop as one of the great humanitarians in U.S. history.

Bill· SS. 2794 (99th)open

General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1986

General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act of 1986 - Declares that this Act supersedes any State law regarding liability for general aviation accidents. Establishes guidelines for uniform standards of liability of general aviation manufacturers for general aviation accidents. States that all actions for harm arising out of a general aviation accident shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Establishes, with specified exceptions, a limitation of actions period of 20 years from delivery of aircraft or harm-causing part to the purchaser for general aviation civil liability brought against a general aviation manufacturer. Declares admissible as evidence certain income tax and payroll tax liability for purposes of establishing financial harm arising out of a general aviation accident. Permits the award of punitive damages if a claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the direct result of conduct manifesting conscious, flagrant indifference to safety. Establishes a two-year limitation of actions period for actions arising out of a general aviation accident. Declares the intent of the Congress that sanctions be strictly enforced for violations of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including orders to pay to the other party the reasonable costs of legal fees. Confers original jurisdiction upon the Federal district courts, concurrently with State courts, for all civil actions for harm arising out of a general aviation accident.

Law· SS. 2638 (99th)enacted

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987

United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1986

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorization - Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the Army for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and for other procurement. Prohibits any funds so appropriated from being used for the procurement of the Aquila Remotely Piloted Vehicle until certain tests and certifications have been made concerning such vehicle. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the Navy and the Marine Corps for the procurement of aircraft, weapons, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer certain funds for the modification of existing P-3 aircraft. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out Navy obligations under the classified Maritime Surveillance Agreement of 1986. Directs the Secretary to incorporate helicopter support facilities into each Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyer to be constructed with funds authorized under this title. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 which requires certain certifications to be made prior to authorizing appropriations for the DDG-51 program. Authorizes the Secretary to procure a lead minesweeper hunter ship and one partially-outfitted hull of such a ship from a foreign ally of the United States. Allocates funds for such purpose. Requires certain certifications from the Secretary before such purchases are made. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the Air Force for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, and for other procurement. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the procurement of 30-millimeter GAU-8 ammunition until such time as a certain separate procurement item for such ammunition is obtained. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the reserve components of the armed forces for the procurement of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other miscellaneous equipment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons in accordance with the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. Extends through FY 1987 the authority of the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the NATO Ministers of Defense concerning the NATO AWACS program, to waive the reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by certain personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to enter into multiyear defense procurement contracts for the procurement of specified weapons and weapons systems, as long as at least a ten percent cost savings is realized from such contracts as compared to the use of annual contracts. Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from entering into a multiyear contract for the procurement of the Stinger air defense missile until specified evaluations and certifications have taken place. Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from entering into multiyear contracts for the procurement of certain aircraft, gun mounts, and ammunition hoists. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds for the development of certain military support systems until the Secretary of Defense, no later than December 15, 1986, certifies to the Congress the soundness of such systems. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the advanced technical aircraft, Navy, and the advanced tactical fighter, Air Force, until the Secretary of Defense has made certain certifications to the Congress concerning the design of such aircraft. Prohibits funds being used for the Trident II missile development program from being used for any other purpose. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds for research, development, test, evaluation, or procurement in connection with the T-46 trainer aircraft. Repeals a specified provision of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1986 which prohibits the testing of any anti-satellite weapons until the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted such tests. Directs the Secretary of Defense, at the same time as a similar report is due from the Secretary under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984, to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees concerning specified aspects of the ICBM modernization program. Limits funding for the small ICBM and for follow-on basing development of the MX missile until certain congressional notice-and-wait requirements are met. Limits funds available for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program. Earmarks specified funds for the development of greater conventional defense capabilities, under certain conditions. Earmarks specified funds for the restoration of the conventional defense technology base, under certain conditions. Requires the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, to report to the Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and the House concerning the implementation of the restoration of such technology base. Prohibits the obligation of any funds for the above programs until certain congressional notice-and-wait requirements have been met. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the armed forces and defense agencies for operation and maintenance, including funds for the reserve forces, the National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, defense claims, the Court of Military Appeals, and the Defense Environmental Restoration Fund. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the working capital funds of the armed forces and defense agencies. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Defense for FY 1987 for the purpose of providing logistical support, personnel, equipment, and other services in support of the Tenth Pan Am Games to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, in August, 1987. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the Department of Defense to allow the Secretary of Defense, acting in conjunction with the Secretary of State, to provide transportation of humanitarian relief supplies for refugees of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Authorizes the use of military aircraft and personnel to aid in the transportation of such supplies. Prohibits until April 1, 1987, any funds appropriated to the Army from being used to perform certain studies in connection with the operation of certain army ammunition centers, or until certain reports concerning such operations have been submitted to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the purchase of foreign currency. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations and Related Matters - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes strengths for active-duty personnel as of the end of FY 1987. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981 to extend for one year the limitation on the enlistment for active-duty in the armed forces of persons whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is below a prescribed level. Reduces, upon specified dates presented in a table, the total number of commissioned officers serving on active-duty in the armed forces, the first such reduction occuring after FY 1987. Excludes certain officers from such reduction quotas. Requires the Secretary of Defense, no later than February 1 of each fiscal year, to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees concerning such reductions as apportioned among the various military departments. Requires the Congress to authorize the end strengths of commissioned officers for each fiscal year, and allows no funds to be appropriated for the use of such officers in a fiscal year until such congressional authorization has occurred. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes average strengths for the selected reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1987. Permits the reduction and increase in such strengths as specified. Authorizes the end strengths for FY 1987 for members of the reserves serving on full-time active duty for the purposes of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components of the National Guard. Excludes members of the reserves who are called up by the President to active-duty in time of national emergency from being counted against the number of reserves regularly permitted to serve on active-duty. Requires the Congress to authorize the end strengths for each fiscal year for certain active-duty personnel. Permits the end strength levels to be increased by two percent in the national interest. Requires the Secretary of Defense to include in a certain report submitted to the Congress an analysis and evaluation concerning the number of officers and enlisted members serving on active-duty for training for a period in excess of 180 days. Part C: Civilian Personnel - Authorizes the end strength for civilian personnel of the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 1987. Limits the amount that may be obligated for such personnel. Requires the apportionment of such personnel among the various military branches and departments. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress on such allocation within 60 days after the enactment of this Act. Specifies the types of civilian employees to be included in such end strengths. Prohibits any commercial or industrial-type function of DOD currently being performed by private contractors from being converted to performance by civilian DOD employees: (1) except in time of war, national emergency, and for national security purposes; or (2) unless the Secretary of Defense provides to the Congress certain notifications, justifications, and a report concerning the conversion of such work performance. Part D: Military Training - Authorizes the average military training student loads for each component of the armed forces for FY 1987. Requires the adjustment of such loads as the manpower strengths of each component are adjusted. Part E: Manpower Analyses - Amends Federal provisions concerning major defense acquisition programs to prohibit the approval of the development or deployment of such a program unless the Secretary of Defense, at least 90 days prior to such approval, has submitted to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a manpower estimate of such program. Defines "manpower estimate" for purposes of such report. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Amends general military law to prohibit a member of the armed forces from being assigned to active duty outside the U.S. and its territories and possessions unless that member has completed basic training. Prohibits the period of such training in time of war or national emergency from being less than 12 weeks. Authorizes the carry-over of up to 30 days of excess leave for members of the armed forces who are reenlisting. Extends through FY 1988 the authority for the temporary promotion of certain Navy lieutenants. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to retain in an active status until age 60 up to ten officers in the reserve grade of brigadier general who would otherwise be removed from such active status because of age or years of service. Authorizes the Secretary to similarly retain in active status until age 60 an officer who would otherwise be removed who: (1) is an officer of the National Guard; or (2) is employed as a technician in the National Guard or Army Reserve for which membership in such guard or reserve component is a condition to such employment. Increases from 100,000 to 250,000 the number of members of the Selected Reserve authorized to be added to active-duty forces in periods other than war or national emergency and for a duration of up to 90 days. Authorizes the President to extend such 90-day period for reasons of national security, as long as the Congress is so notified. Authorizes a member of the reserves to be ordered to active duty if it is determined that the member is in a captive (missing) status. Excludes reserve members so ordered from inclusion in authorized end strengths for reserve members and reserve officers. Eliminates gender-based distinctions (the use of "male officers" and "women officers") in Federal provisions relating to the selection for promotion of officers in the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve. Amends Federal law relating to the rank of certain noncombat officers to authorize the following grades for the following officers, for as long as they hold such positions, and provided they were appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: (1) brigadier general, for the Dean of the Academic Board of the U.S. Military Academy; (2) rear admiral or major general, for the Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy and Marine Corps; (3) rear admiral (lower half) or brigadier general, for the Assistant Judge Advocates General of the Navy and the Marine Corps; (4) brigadier general, for the Dean of the Faculty of the U.S. Air Force Academy; and (5) major general or rear admiral, for the Attending Physician to the U.S. Congress. Outlines the qualifications and appointment requirements for officers of the Marine Corps to be detailed as Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Authorizes the grade of brigadier general for such position. Authorizes during FY 1987 an increase in the number of flag officers (grades above major general and rear admiral) for the various military departments. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Part A: Basic Pay and Allowances - Prohibits the adjustment of compensation levels of members of the uniformed services in conformity with adjustment to GS-level compensation of Federal employees during FY 1987. Increases by four percent the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic subsistence allowance for members of the uniformed services, effective October 1, 1986. Increases cadet and midshipman pay by four percent. Extends through FY 1991 the authorization for reimbursement in place of quarters for members on sea duty. Authorizes one month's advance pay for senior ROTC members ordered to participate in field training or a practice cruise. Eliminates as of January 1, 1987, certain pay inequities between officers and enlisted personnel engaged in certain health professions training. Part B: Travel and Transportation - Entitles, under certain conditions, a member to a dislocation allowance equal to the basic allowance for quarters for two months. Prohibits such member from receiving any other type of dislocation allowance. Allows, however, a second dislocation allowance for members actually moving from their place of residence, if another move from the new location is actually made. Makes such second dislocation allowance also equal to the basic allowance for quarters for two months. Prohibits a member from entitlement to more than one dislocation allowance per fiscal year except in very limited circumstances. Makes such provisions inapplicable in time of war or national emergency declared after April 1, 1975. Authorizes movement by inland waterway or overland, whichever is more cost effective, between the ocean port and inland points in Germany, for one motor vehicle per member who is ordered to a duty station in Germany. Authorizes the transportation of one motor vehicle at Government expense for each member changing permanent duty stations. Authorizes the transportation at Government expense of a privately-owned vehicle to an embarkation or debarkation point under certain unsafe conditions as determined by the Secretary concerned. Precludes the payment of a monetary allowance for the transportation of a motor vehicle if the vehicle is being transported at Government expense. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to store household effects exceeding the maximum weight limitation for the transportation of such effects from one permanent station to another, and then to collect the storage expenses of such effects from the member's pay and allowances. Authorizes the return shipment of baggage and household effects of a member's dependents if such dependents are unable to accompany such dependent overseas and the Secretary concerned determines that such inability was unexpected and uncontrollable. Authorizes the reshipment of a dependent's motor vehicle for the same reasons. Revises armed forces pay and allowance provisions to offer to authorize a contingent flat-rate per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence allowance for travel as a member of the uniformed services, as long as a certain certification is made by the Secretary of Defense to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees concerning a cost comparison of the two months of computing such allowances. Authorizes reasonable travel expenses incident to the transportation of overseas dependents of members who are transported at the expense of the United States for the purpose of receiving required medical care. Authorizes appropriations for permanent change of station travel for active-duty military personnel. Part C: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - Revises provisions concerning certain service requirements necessary for aviation officers to receive continuation pay. Includes aviation cadets as officers for purposes of eligibility for aviation career incentive pay. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay enlistment bonuses to members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve who enlisted in the good faith belief that they would receive such bonus. Authorizes special pay for members found by the Secretary concerned to be proficient at a foreign language who utilize such proficiency as part of their assigned military duties. Authorizes an equivalent to such special pay for members of the reserves or National Guard. Limits the obligation of funds for the payment of all such special pay. Authorizes special pay (which will vary depending upon the length of service) for officers who are psychologists and have been certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Part D: Miscellaneous Benefits - Increases the death gratuity payable to the surviving spouse, children, or surviving lineal family members of a member who dies while on active duty, active duty for training, or within 120 days after release from either duty. Repeals Federal law which allows the family of a member who dies in the line of duty to continue to occupy military family housing without charge for 90 days following the member's death. Authorizes a member to be reimbursed for certain bank charges resulting from an administrative or mechanical government error in the deposit in such bank of such member's pay. Authorizes certain travel and transportation allowances and medical care for dependents of certain members who are sentenced, discharged, or dismissed from the armed forces. Authorizes medical care for an abused dependent of a member after the member receives a court-martial conviction for an offense involving abuse of a dependent. Terminates such medical care one year after the date such member was discharged or dismissed for such abuse. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to increase the preference hiring for qualified spouses of members of the armed forces in hiring for any position in the DOD above GS-4 (currently, such preference holds for positions above GS-7). Revises Federal provisions relating to retirement credit for certain former National Guard technicians, and amends the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968, to maintain the current Federal retirement credit for all such technicians separated from Governemnt employment on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the redetermination of retirement annuities for all such technicians employed prior to January 1, 1969, and separated from Government service before the date of enactment of this Act, if a proper application for annuity redetermination is received by the Office of Personnel Management within one year after the enactment of this Act. Outlines benefits, leave, etc. to be redetermined for such qualified individuals. Authorizes an individual who satisfies the length-of-service requirements after such redetermination to be enrolled in a government-sponsored health benefits plan if timely application for such enrollment is received by OPM. Revises Federal provisions concerning medical and dental care benefits available to members of the armed forces to include as eligible for such benefits members of the National Guard on full-time active duty for a period of 30 days or less. Revises provisions concerning pay for reservists while disabled to authorize such pay for members who are: (1) on active duty for a period of more than 30 days; or (2) on active duty for training for a period of 30 days or less, and are physically disabled (in the case of (1), above), or incur or aggravate an injury, illness, or disease in the line of duty while employed or while traveling directly to or from such training (in the case of (2), above). Authorizes increased pay for inactive duty training for reserve and National Guard members for each regular period of instruction which such member is required to perform but cannot due to an injury incurred while on active duty for 30 days or less or during the performance of inactive duty training or while traveling to or from such training. Revises Federal law relating to the provision of medical and dental care for dependents of certain reserve members to make eligible for such care a dependent who is a survivor of a member who dies: (1) while on active duty; (2) while performing inactive duty training; or (3) due to an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated while on such duty or training or while traveling to or from such training. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay a death gratuity to survivors of a reserve member who dies within 120 days after discharge or release from active duty or inactive duty training if the Administrator of Veterans Affairs determines that the death resulted from an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated while on such duty or training or while traveling to or from such duty or training. Includes specifically members of the Army and Air National Guards who die while undergoing treatment for any illness, injury, or disease described above under Federal provisions authorizing the recovery, care, and disposition of remains of deceased military members at Government expense. Authorizes the limited use of commissary stores by members of the Selected Reserve, authorizing such use for one day of each day of active duty for training performed by the member. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984 prohibiting the use of such commissaries by such Reserve members. Part E: Administration of Personnel Benefits - Revises the method of the determination of DOD contributions each fiscal year to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund (the Fund). Requires the Secretary of Defense, not less often than every four years, to carry out an actuarial valuation of DOD military retirement and survivors benefit programs. Outlines determinations to be included in each such valuation. Outlines provisions concerning actual payments by the Secretary at the end of each month representing DOD contributions to the Fund for that month. Bases all amount determinations on: (1) levels of basic pay in the military; and (2) basic pay and other compensation paid to the Ready Reserve and full-time National Guard. Title VII: Health Care - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, during any fiscal year or portion thereof, to waive certain health-care provision contract requirements if the Secretary certifies to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, not later than 180 days prior to any fiscal year or portion thereof for which the waiver is to be made, that such waiver will be cost-effective to the Government. Allows the Secretary to authorize agreements providing for the sharing of resources between treatment facilities of the uniformed services and civilian health-care providers, if the Secretary determines such sharing of resources to be cost-effective. Adds new provisions to Federal law requiring the confidentiality and privileged nature of medical quality assurance records created by or for DOD as part of a medical quality assurance program. Prohibits the disclosure of such records, or their use as discovery or evidence in administrative or judicial proceedings, except as specified herein. Outlines the disclosure exceptions to such prohibition. Requires the identity of specific persons contained in such records to be deleted before any disclosure is made outside DOD. Allows purely statistical information to be released. Outlines civil penalties for the unlawful disclosure of such information in violation of these provisions. Authorizes FY 1987 appropriations and outlines requirements for a dental insurance program for dependents of active-duty military personnel. Title VIII: Military Justice - Military Justice Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to provide that the defense of lack of mental responsibility shall be an affirmative defense for any act which is the subject of a court-martial. Requires the defense to prove such lack of mental responsibility by clear and convincing evidence. Authorizes reserve members performing inactive-duty training to administer oaths under the UCMJ (currently, only reserve members on active duty may administer such oaths). Revises provisions regarding the applicable statute of limitations for various military offenses under the UCMJ. Authorizes the bringing of new charges (after former charges are dismissed as defective or insufficient), even if the statute of limitations has expired, if new charges alleging the same acts are received by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command within 180 days after the former charges were dismissed. Revises certain time limitations for post-trial submissions by defense in a court-martial. Revises provisions concerning assignments (detail) of judge advocates in the armed forces to allow such advocates to perform duties as requested by an agency concerned, including representation of the United States in civil and criminal cases. Title IX: Procurement Improvements and Other Procurement Matters - Defense Acquisition Reorganization and Improvements Act of 1986 - Part A: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition - Establishes in DOD under the Secretary of Defense the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary may prescribe, including certain specified functions. Outlines the precedence (priority of position) among the Secretary, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (the latter already currently established under Federal law). Establishes in DOD under the Secretary of Defense the position of Director of Defense Research and Engineering, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform such duties relating to research and engineering as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition may prescribe. Requires the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to report to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (currently such Director reports to the Secretary of Defense) with respect to all general and specific operational test and evaluation conducted within DOD. Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to receive any written reports concerning such test and evaluation currently required to be submitted by the Director to the Secretary and specified congressional committees. Requires the Director to report directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. Amends the Small Business Act to provide that in the DOD the Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business shall be responsible only to, and report directly to, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. Part B: Management and Authorization Procedures for Certain Acquisition Programs - Amends general Federal procurement law to authorize the head of an agency, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, to designate any defense acquisition program conducted by such agency as a defense enterprise program, which shall be managed by a program manager. Requires such program manager to report to and be under the direction and control of the acquisition executive of the agency or his delegate. Directs the head of an agency conducting a defense enterprise program to appoint a program manager for such program. Outlines administrative provisions concerning the appointment and performance review of such managers. Authorizes the manager of a program to establish a senior staff to assist in the management of a program, as well as a technical staff. Requires the Secretary of Defense, no later than 90 days after a defense enterprise program is so designated, to report to the Congress on a program management baseline and funding for such program. Requires follow-up baseline reports and outlines information to be included in such reports. Requires a program manager to immediately submit to the acquisition executive a deficiency report if the program manager determines a phase, milestone, or performance deficiency in a program. Requires the acquisition executive to inform the Secretary of Defense of such a deficiency report, and, if confirmed, requires the Secretary to notify the Congress of such report. Requires such a deficient program, if continued, to be given a revised program management baseline in order to meet performance requirements. Part C: Private Employment Contacts by Certain Senior Department of Defense Officials - Prohibits a covered senior defense official from contacting a defense contractor regarding future employment opportunities with the defense contractor. Defines "covered senior defense official." Requires such official to immediately terminate any contact made by a defense contractor regarding possible future employment. Provides for the payment of severance pay to a covered senior defense official upon termination of Federal employment in such position. Provides that such official shall not be entitled to the severance pay if he or she is eligible for retired or retainer pay for non-regular service, or an annuity under any retirement system for Federal employees. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 relating to post-government service employment bars on senior defense officials. Includes covered senior defense officials in Federal provisions which requires certain DOD procurement officials receiving contact from a defense contractor regarding possible future employment to: (1) immediately report such contact to his or her supervisor; and (2) disqualify himself or herself from all participation in the performance of procurement functions relating to the contracts of such defense contractor. Part D: Acquisition of Commercial and Other Developed Equipment and Supplies - Amends Federal armed forces provisions to define the terms "spare or repair part" and "lowest commercial price" for purposes of this Act. Provides that if a defense agency uses other-than-competitive procurement procedures to purchase spare or repair parts which such contractor also offers for sale to the general public, then the contract price to the United States may not exceed the lowest commercial price charged to the general public for such parts. Requires, in such case, the contractor to either certify that the price offered does not exceed the lowest commercial price charged, or provide written justification for any price difference. Outlines exceptions to the requirements of this Act based on national security or differences in contract terms from commercial contracts. Authorizes the defense agency's contracting officer to examine and audit all sales records of the contractor involved in order to verify certifications or justifications provided by such contractors. Requires the contractor to make such records available for such purpose. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to require the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to prescribe regulations concerning the manner in which the Department of Defense negotiates prices for supplies obtained through other-than-competitive procurement procedures. Outlines provisions to be included in such regulations, as well as exceptions to such regulations. Repeals current Federal law concerning defense procurement cost and price management. Revises Federal provisions which require supplies provided to the United States to be marked with the name of the contractor furnishing such supplies to exclude from such requirement supplies for which the price is based upon established prices of commercial items sold in substantial quantities to the general public. Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to direct the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each military department, and the head of each defense agency, to the maximum extent practicable, to provide for the use of nondevelopmental items (commercially-available items) in fulfilling defense procurement requirements. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this provision, and to designate an officer or employee of DOD to ensure its implementation. Requires such designation within 90 days after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary, within one year after enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on actions taken to implement this provision. Revises provisions concerning the weight to be given to certain evaluation factors in the awarding of contracts by defense agencies. Part E: Alternative Management Systems for Scientific, Technical, and Acquisition Personnel - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the Director of OPM, to establish an alternative personnel management system aimed toward improving the performance quality of scientific, technical, and acquisition employees of DOD. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the operation of each such system. Outlines provisions to be included as part of such regulations. Requires members of the Defense Senior Scientific, Technical, and Acquisition Personnel Service to be provided benefits comparable to members and appointees of the Senior Executive Service for certain specified benefits and expenses. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to designate the scientific and technical positions, the acquisition positions, and other positions held by DOD employees to be covered by an alternative personnel management system (APMS). Requires the number of positions so designated to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary to designate certain positions as positions which require specially qualified scientific and technical employees, specially qualified acquisition employees, or other specially qualified employees, including managerial and supervisory positions. Limits the number of positions so designated. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) qualifications and probationary employment requirements for employees designated for APMS employment; and (2) the rate of basic pay to be provided to such employees (setting the maximum rate of such pay at level IV of the Executive Schedule). Requires the Director of OPM to review and monitor each APMS to ensure their compliance with all applicable laws. Outlines certain transition provisions for those employees converting to an APMS position. Directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to make regular reports to the Secretary of Defense concerning the professional competence levels of: (1) the scientific and technical work force of DOD; and (2) the acquisition work force of DOD. Directs the Under Secretary to advise the Secretary as to professional training needs of acquisition personnel of DOD, and directs the Secretary to establish and implement such program. Makes conforming amendments as required by the implementation of the APMS. Terminates each APMS as of September 30, 1991, unless previously supplanted by law by other such systems. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Director of OPM, no later than October 1, 1987, to jointly submit to the Congress a plan for the conversion of positions included in an APMS to another appropriate personnel management system in the event of termination of the APMS. Part F: Miscellaneous Procurement Policy Matters - Directs the head of a defense agency to require any contractor submitting a bid or proposal in response to a defense contract solicitation to include in such bid or proposal whether, and to what extent, all or any part of such firm is owned or controlled by a foreign government or an agent or instrumentality of a foreign government. Prohibits the head of certain defense agencies from extending a defense contract in excess of $100,000 with any contractor owned or controlled, in whole or in significant part, by a foreign government or agent or instrumentality of a foreign government if the head of such agency determines that such contract is inconsistent with the foreign policy or national security objectives of the United States. Requires the head of the agency to report to the Congress regarding the determination to deny a contract award, modification, or extension under this provision. Requires more stringent reporting requirements when the head of an agency decides in favor of awarding, extending, or modifying a contract with a foreign government (or agent or instrumentality) that the Secretary of State has determined to have provided support for acts of international terrorism. Requires the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to carry out such provisions. Title X: Department of Defense Efficiency and Economy Matters - Department of Defense Efficiency and Economy Act of 1986 - Amends the Service Contract Act of 1965 to make the provisions of such Act applicable to DOD contracts: (1) in excess of $1,000,000; and (2) the principal purpose of which is to furnish services; and (3) determined by the Secretary concerned to offer less than the prevailing wages and fringe benefits in the locality in which the work is to be performed. Requires the Secretary of Defense to make minimum wage and fringe benefit determinations with respect to a service contract under which more than 25 service employees are to be employed. Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to make the provisions of such Act applicable to all DOD contracts in excess of $250,000. Makes the Service Contract of 1965 inapplicable to certain mariner service contracts. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1981 to change from 40 or fewer to 50 or fewer the number of DOD employees performing an industrial-type function of DOD which is permitted to be contracted-out for private performance (that is, if 50 or fewer employees are performing such function for DOD, such function can be contracted-out for performance instead by a private contractor). Authorizes the contracting-out for the private performance of certain DOD functions (other than military functions) if a private-sector source can provide such supply or service at a lower cost than DOD can provide such supply or service. Excepts certain DOD functions from such contracting-out authority. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to each submit to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a report on the contracting out of firefighting functions, including specified information in such reports. Requires fair and realistic cost-comparison determinations to be ensured by the Secretary when determining whether to contract-out with private sources for the performance of any DOD function. Title XI: National Defense Stockpile - Extends until April 1, 1987, the prohibition of reductions in stockpile goals of the National Defense Stockpile (NDS), as contained in the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of specified quantities of materials currently held in the NDS that are determined to be in excess of current stockpile requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the acquisition of strategic and critical materials for the NDS. Directs the Administrator to acquire a specified amount of germanium during FY 1987. Extends the uses of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for specified purposes. Title XII: General Provisions - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 for unbudgeted fuel costs, costs associated with inflation, and pay and retirement benefits increases for DOD civilian employees. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to change the three yearly dates for the reporting of unobligated balances to the Congress. Revises provisions relating to selected acquisition reports to include as a "major contract" any associate contract under a defense contract that is in excess of $40,000,000 (currently $2,000,000). Excuses the need for a status report for a defense program when there is less than ten percent change in the program cost (currently less than five percent), or less than a six-month delay in the completion of the program (currently less than a three-month delay). Revises provisions concerning the content of Selected Acquisition Reports submitted to the Congress. Further amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to exempt specified personnel under the purview of the Director of Central Intelligence from being required to take counterintelligence polygraph examinations authorized under such Act for military and civilian personnel of DOD. Directs the Secretary of Defense to require that all alcoholic beverages procured by DOD for resale on any U.S. military installation shall be procured in the most economic and efficient manner possible, without regard to where the procurement is made. Authorizes the President to transfer to certain NATO member nations on the southern flank of NATO defense equipment necessary to help modernize the defense capabilities of such nations, such transfer to be free of cost to such nations. Sets limitations on such transfers and requires the President to notify certain congressional committees at least 30 days in advance of any such transfer. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to enter into bilateral or multilateral Weapon System Partnership Agreements with one or more NATO member nations for the purpose of providing logistics support for the armed forces of the countries which are parties to the agreement. Outlines authority limits and sets forth administrative provisions concerning such agreements. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the President to enter into a cooperative project agreement with any friendly foreign country not a member of NATO under the same general terms and conditions as the Partnership Agreements, above, if determined to be in the foreign policy or national security interests of the United States. Amends Federal armed forces provisions to authorize the Secretary of Defense to acquire logistic support, supplies, and services from certain NATO and non-NATO nations for the use of U.S. armed forces deployed outside the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into reciprocal support agreements with any nation receiving logistical support and services from the United States for the reciprocal logistical support and services of U.S. armed forces stationed there. Outlines administrative provisions concerning methods of payments and accounting procedures under such agreements (also called cross-servicing agreements). Urges and requests the President and the Secretary of Defense to diligently pursue opportunities for the United States and our major non-NATO allies to cooperate in: (1) research and development on defense equipment and munitions; and (2) the production of defense equipment. Earmarks specified funds for such projects, and outlines certain project restrictions. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, no later than January 1, of each year, to report to the Congress those countries eligible for participation in such cooperative research and development projects. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should comply with all numerical weapons limitations contained in the SALT II Treaty, as long as the Soviet Union so complies; and (2) it is not in the national interest of the United States to continue compliance with any strategic arms agreement that the Soviet Union has clearly violated. Prohibits any authorized funds from being obligated or expended to establish or operate a Federally Funded Research and Development Center for the support of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization until the Congress has received a report from the Secretary of Defense concerning such entity, and 30 days have elapsed since the receipt of such report. Outlines information to be included in the Secretary's report. Increases the maximum funding permitted for the Special Defense Acquisition Fund. Extends through FY 1987 the authority of the Secretary of Defense to transport humanitarian relief supplies to certain countries. Amends Federal armed forces provisions to authorize the Secretary of a military department to carry out humanitarian and civic assistance activities in conjunction with authorized U.S. military operations in countries in which the Secretary makes favorable determinations concerning national security interests and operational readiness skills. Requires the Secretary of State to specifically approve any such assistance before it is provided. Provides for payment for such assistance. Requires the Secretary of Defense, no later than March 1 annually, to report to the Congress on all such assistance activities carried out during the preceding fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of State, to pay the incremental expenses of a developing foreign country incurred by that country as a direct result of participation in a bilateral or multilateral military exercise if: (1) the exercise is undertaken primarily to enhance the security interests of the United States; and (2) the Secretary makes certain determinations relating to the participation of, and expenses incurred by, such foreign country. Directs the Secretary, no later than March 1 annually, to provide the Congress with a list of participating countries and incremental expenses paid by the United States during the preceding year. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay the travel, subsistence, and similar personal expenses of defense personnel of developing countries attending bilateral or regional conferences, seminars, etc. if the Secretary determines that such attendance is in the national security interests of the United States. Directs the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on the manner and the extent to which DOD should be involved in U.S. drug enforcement activities. Requires such report no later than December 1, 1986. Directs the Secretary of Defense to instruct all appropriate DOD officials that all credible intelligence concerning potential terrorist threats is promptly and expeditiously reported to the appropriate headquarters or office of DOD. Directs the Secretary not to issue such instruction: (1) if the Secretary determines such instruction to be inappropriate or unwise; and (2) if the Congress is notified of the Secretary's determination before March 1, 1987. Division B: Military Construction - Military Construction Authorization Act, 1987 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to: (1) carry out a specified military housing unit improvement project in Yongsan, Korea; (2) carry out certain construction projects at Fort Drum, New York; and (3) use limited FY 1987 funds for local community planning assistance activities near Fort Drum, New York, and Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer funds to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the clean-up of contaminated drinking water supplies in Adams County, Colorado, near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Requires such funds to be repaid as specified. Directs the Secretary to commence response actions with respect to hazardous substances affecting such water supplies, using Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program funds. Authorizes appropriations for the Army for fiscal years after FY 1987 for specified military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Army. Authorizes the use of certain unobligated funds for energy conservation projects for military family housing of the Army. Limits the total cost of all such projects to the amounts authorized in this Act. Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain specified FY 1984 and 1985 military construction projects. Title II: Navy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations for the Navy for fiscal years after FY 1987 for specified military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Navy. Limits the total cost of all such projects to the amounts authorized in this Act. Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain specified FY 1984 military construction projects. Title III: Air Force - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military housing units and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts at specified installations. Authorizes appropriations for the Air Force for fiscal years after FY 1987 for specified military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of the Air Force. Authorizes the use of certain unobligated funds for energy conservation projects for military family housing of the Air Force. Limits the total cost of all such projects to the amounts authorized in this Act. Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain specified military construction projects. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for the construction of hazardous waste storage facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire three military family housing units in a specified amount at classified locations. Repeals a specified provision of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1985 which authorizes the Secretary of the Army to contract for the design of replacement facilities for the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Prohibits any funds authorized to be appropriated in this or any other Act from being used for designing an administrative complex at the Pentagon Reservation, Arlington, Virginia. Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal years after FY 1987 for specified military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Department of Defense. Limits the total cost of all such projects to the amounts authorized in this Act. Extends the authorization of appropriations for certain specified projects. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure program. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after FY 1986 for the costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities for the guard and reserve forces. Title VII: General Provisions - Part A: Expiration of Authorizations and Amounts Required to be Specified by Law - States that all authorizations made under this Act shall expire at the end of FY 1987 or on the date of enactment of the Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 1989, whichever is later, with specified exceptions. Establishes maximum amounts of certain expenditures, including an unspecified minor military construction project, architectural and engineering design services, and per-unit improvement and rental costs for military family housing. Part B: Military Construction Program Provisions - Amends Federal law relating to military construction and family housing to revise provisions concerning authorized minor construction. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to carry out certain minor construction projects using operation and maintenance funds. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to carry out real property transactions (involving the sale, acquisition, and replacement of real property) in order to continue defense functions on such property. Prohibits the Secretary concerned from carrying out such a transaction whose value exceeds $20,000,000, unless such transaction is specifically authorized by law. Requires, in the case of a transaction for $20,000,000 or less, 21 days to have passed after the Secretary concerned has reported to specified congressional committees in order for such a transaction to be valid. Outlines administrative provisions concerning such real property transactions. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Defense Facilities Replacement Management Account to be used for expenses and collections relating to such transactions. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to carry out certain renovation projects using operation and maintenance funds. Directs the Secretary of Defense, at the same time of the annual request for the military construction authorization for FY 1988, to include in such request master plans and a request for authorization for at least two military installations in each military department. Amends Federal armed forces provisions to add specified services to those services authorized to be contracted out for by the Secretary concerned for military installations, provided the contracting-out of such services is more economically feasible under long-term service contracts than by conventional means. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to obtain architectural and engineering services and carry out military construction design in any fiscal year with any available funds. Increases the square-feet space limitations authorized for the construction of military family housing for officers, such limitations varying depending upon the officer's pay grade. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law for the construction of hazardous waste storage facilities. Requires the Secretary, before carrying out any such project, to comply with certain congressional notice-and-wait requirements. Authorizes the increase by up to 25 percent of the estimated cost of any such project if the Secretary makes certain findings. Prohibits the commencement of any such project after September 30, 1991. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to contract to provide for the rental of a child care center, civic center building, or similar structures constructed for the support of military family housing. Extends until September 30, 1990, the authority to enter into such agreements. Extends from 15 to 25 years the possible length of such agreements. Increases from 600 to 3,600 the number of military family housing units authorized to be leased by the Secretary of a military department. Extends through September 30, 1988, the authority to enter into such leases. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to contract for the lease of a child care center, civic center building, or a similar structure constructed for the support of military family housing. Increases from 200 to 220 the number of leased military family housing units exempted from the limits placed on foreign military family housing units. Part C: Miscellaneous Provisions - Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from converting a heating facility at any U.S. military installation in Europe from a coal-fired facility to a facility of any other energy source, unless certain conditions have been met. Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide for the use of U.S.-produced coal to operate such facilities. Directs the Secretary, on March 1 of each year, to report to the Congress on actions taken by the Secretary concerning such heating facilities. Repeals specified provisions of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1986 concerning the use of appropriated funds for the conversion of such facilities. Directs the President to establish the Blue Ribbon Task Group on Military Base Closures (Task Group), whose function shall be to study and evaluate military installations to determine whether such installations should be closed. Requires the Task Group to report to the President, no later than July 31, 1987, on recommended base closures. Terminates the Task Group 90 days after the report is submitted. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 for use by the Task Group. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into leases for the development of real property located within the Broadway Complex of the Department of the Navy, San Diego, California. Requires the use of competitive bidding in the awarding of such contracts. Outlines terms and a specified precondition to such contracts requiring a showing of economic advantage to the United States followed by a congressional notice-and-wait requirement. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to consider appropriate sites in San Pedro, California, for the location and construction of certain military family housing units. Outlines conditions for such site selection, including the filing of environmental impact statements for sites determined to be appropriate. Provides for the exercise of certain reversionary rights concerning the land selected for such site. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to grant to Orange County, California, one or more easements through the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, for street, sidewalk, and related purposes. Requires the Secretary to replace all family housing units demolished as the result of the granting of any such easement. Outlines easement terms and limits funding for housing replacement facilities. Repeals provisions of Federal law requiring the assignment of suitable space for postal purposes at each Army and Air Force base where there exists a post office. Part D: Real Property Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the State of Arizona all right, title, and interest to a specified portion of Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Outlines terms and conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to sell an additional portion of Fort Huachuca under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to sell a specified portion of March Air Force Base, California. Outlines terms and conditions for such sale, and requires the Secretary to comply with certain congressional notice-and-wait requirements before entering into a contract for such sale. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to exchange a specified portion of the Long Beach Naval Station, California, to the city of Long Beach, California, in exchange for certain other property located in Long Beach. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to sell or exchange a certain portion of land within the Whittier Narrows Flood Control Basin in Los Angeles County, California. Outlines terms and conditions and describes the land to be sold or exchanged. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey specified parcels of land in New Mexico to: (1) the State of New Mexico; and (2) the New Mexico State Armory Board, under specified conditions. Division C: Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization - National Security Program Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 - Title I: National Security Programs - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1987 for plant and capital equipment and operating expenses in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) materials production; (3) defense waste and byproducts management; (4) verification and control technology; (5) nuclear safeguards and security; (6) security investigations; and (7) naval reactors development. Limits the total amount authorized to be appropriated to DOE in this Act for national security programs. Requires the Secretary of Energy to reduce the amounts of the above projects in order to achieve a specified reduction. Limits to a specified sum the amount of appropriated funds available for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program. Earmarks certain funds for research on conventional munitions. Title II: General Provisions - Part A: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act where the costs of the program exceed 105 percent of the program authorization or the costs exceed by more than $10,000,000 the amount authorized by this Act, whichever is the lesser. Prohibits the use of funds for any program which has not been presented to or requested of the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to the appropriate committees a full and complete statement of the action proposed and 30 days have passed since receipt of such statement. Limits the funds available for general plant construction projects under this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress if the revised cost of any such project exceeds $1,200,000. Provides that when the cost of any project in support of national security programs under this or any previous Act exceeds by more than 25 percent the authorized amount or the total estimated cost of such project, construction may not begin on such project until 30 days have passed since the Secretary has provided the appropriate committees of the Congress a full and complete statement concerning such cost increase. Exempts from such requirement those projects having a current estimated cost of less than $5,000,000. Authorizes the transfer of funds between agencies for the performance of similar functions. Authorizes the Secretary, in appropriate cases, to perform construction planning and design using funds available for any DOE national security program construction project. Allows funds available for management and support activities and for general plant projects to be made available in connection with all DOE national security programs. Authorizes funds appropriated for operating expenses or for plant and capital equipment to remain available until expended. Part B: Miscellaneous Provision - Prohibits funds appropriated in this or any other Act from being used for the payment of any fines or penalties for any failure by DOE to comply with any environmental requirement in connection with any defense activity or defense-related facility in excess of amounts specifically appropriated to DOE to comply with such requirements. Amends general military law to establish in the Department of Defense a Nuclear Weapons Council (the Council). Outlines responsibilities of the Council relating to the design, research, and development of nuclear weapons. Directs the Council, no later than March 1, 1987, to report to the Senate and House Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations on actions taken by the Department of Defense and DOE to implement the recommendations of the President's Blue Ribbon Task Group on Nuclear Weapons Program Management. Requires the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) to serve on the Council if there is no Vice Chairman of JCS to so serve. Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees concerning the construction of containment facilities for nuclear reactors of DOE. Division D: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to carry out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.

Bill· SS. 2628 (99th)referred

Housing Eligibility Verification Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Housing Eligibility Verification Improvement Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in order to strengthen eligibility verification and the proper determination of benefits for housing programs, to: (1) require an applicant or participant to disclose his or her social security or employee identification number; and (2) obtain access to wage and other information from State employment records maintained under the Social Security Act.

Bill· SS. 2620 (99th)referred

Federal Credit Management and Debt Collection Improvements Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Federal Credit Management and Debt Collection Improvements Act of 1986 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury an Under Secretary of the Treasury for Debt Collection and Credit Management, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Under Secretary with respect to establishing and implementing a comprehensive Federal debt collection and credit management plan. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress an analysis of such plan, together with comments. Requires executive agency proposals for new credit programs to contain an explicit statement of any subsidies involved. Requires interest rates in new direct loan programs to be related to market rates for comparable private sector loan programs. Requires the assessment of loan origination and application fees to defray administrative costs and costs of defaulted loans. Prohibits loans to persons who are delinquent in debt payments to the United States. Sets forth the circumstances under which a person who has defaulted on a prior loan may be allowed another loan. Requires loan contracts to contain default and acceleration clauses. Requires each loan applicant to be provided with a written notice specifying Federal debt collection policies and practices. Directs the President to provide for a study of private sector alternatives to Federal loan programs. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish Federal credit management policies and promulgate regulations to implement this Act. Requires each executive agency to report to the Congress, within one year of enactment of this Act, on its delinquency and default standards. Directs the Comptroller General, within two years of enactment of this Act, to audit agency credit programs. Requires agencies to conform to regulations under this Act and the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (as amended by the Debt Collection Act of 1982) within one year of enactment of this Act. Establishes a collection target amount of $15 billion during the period beginning October 1, 1986, and ending September 30, 1989. Increases an agency's funding when it exceeds its debt collection target, and decreases such funding for not meeting its target. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate regulations to assist agencies in developing proposals for debt collection targets. Requires the use of credit bureaus and private collection agencies to recover indebtedness owed the Federal Government. Provides for routine adjustments of Federal pay for non-controversial overpayments. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize agencies to use Internal Revenue Service information in debt collection. Requires the inclusion of debt collection data in the budget process. Directs each agency head to investigate the feasibility and cost effectiveness of selling debts to the private sector. Makes State laws inapplicable with respect to time limitations for bringing legal actions on debts owed to the United States.

Bill· SS. 2623 (99th)referred

Mail Management Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Mail Management Improvement Act of 1986 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to issue a directive which requires each agency to: (1) evaluate mail operations to eliminate practices resulting in excessive mailing costs; (2) designate an official with the responsibility for the development and implementation of mail management programs; (3) establish mail management objectives and responsibilities; and (4) develop and submit to the Director a mail management plan in accordance with provisions of this Act.

Bill· SS. 2625 (99th)referred

Federal Health Care Auditing and Quality Control Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Federal Health Care Auditing and Quality Control Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1967 to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to test and measure the cost effectiveness of having audits and medical reviews under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act performed by contractors other than the fiscal intermediaries and carriers which process claims under the Medicare program. Requires the Secretary, within one year of this Act's enactment, to recommend to the Congress the optimum level and type of Medicare audit expenditures. Directs the Secretary to review the quality control program under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act and, within one year of this Act's enactment, develop procedures and guidelines for such program which require States to implement corrective action plans and management information systems to prevent errors in the provision of services.

Bill· SS. 2564 (99th)open

A bill to provide for the proper administration of justice within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation by granting jurisdiction to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Court over certain criminal misdemeanor offenses.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1986

Provides that Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community criminal misdemeanor ordinances shall have the force of law within the boundaries of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation and shall apply to all persons. Grants exclusive jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses committed within the Reservation to the courts of the Community. Provides that such ordinances may not be considered Federal law. Applies provisions of existing Federal law protecting constitutional rights to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community criminal ordinances, their enforcement, and the jurisdiction granted to the Community courts. Defines the jurisdiction of U.S. courts and Arizona State courts over misdemeanor offenses committed on the Reservation.

Bill· SS. 2539 (99th)reported

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act - Requires States to provide by law for elections for Federal office: (1) absentee registration and absentee voting for uniformed services voters and overseas voters; and (2) the use of alternative write-in absentee ballots by overseas voters when State absentee ballots are not available. Directs the President to designate the head of an executive department to have primary responsibility for the administrative functions of this Act, including: (1) prescribing an official postcard form containing a voter registration and an absentee ballot application; (2) prescribing an alternative write-in ballot for overseas voters; (3) prescribing forms and designs for balloting materials; (4) distributing election materials; (5) reporting to the Congress in the year immediately following a presidential election year on its effectiveness; and (6) consulting State and local election officials in carrying out this Act. Provides for the distribution of official postcards. Sets forth recommendations to the States in carrying out provisions of this Act. Provides for Federal and State write-in absentee ballots for overseas voters. Declares balloting materials under this Act free of postage. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 412 (99th)referred

A resolution to thank the Honorable Margaret Thatcher.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Expresses the gratitude of the Senate, on behalf of the American people, to Prime Minister Thatcher and the British Government and people for their support of U.S. actions against Libyan terrorism.

Bill· SS. 2453 (99th)open

A bill to enhance the capabilities of the United States to combat terrorism and other forms of unconventional warfare.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986

Amends Federal armed forces provisions to designate one of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, whose principal duty shall be the overall supervision of special operations and low intensity conflict affairs (including terrorism, insurgency, and other unconventional warfare threats) of the Department of Defense. Directs the President to establish a unified command for special operations forces, unless such action is not in the national interest. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the National Security Council to establish within the Council the Board for Low Intensity Conflict to coordinate the low intensity conflict policy for the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish the position of Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for Low Intensity Conflict, and that such Deputy Assistant should act as chairman of the Board for Low Intensity Conflict as established under this Act.

Bill· SS. 2459 (99th)open

Department of Defense Supplemental Authorization Act, 1986

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986

Department of Defense Supplemental Authorization Act, 1986 - Title I: Procurement - Part A: Funding Authorizations - Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to revise the amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 1986 to the Army under such Act for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and for other procurement. Revises the amount authorized to be appropriated for FY 1986 to the Navy and Marine Corps under such Act for aircraft procurement. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use specified appropriated funds for the modification of P-3 aircraft. Revises the amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 1986 to the Navy and Marine Corps for weapons, certain shipbuilding and conversion programs, and for other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for: (1) deployable fleet hospitals; and (2) coastal defense augmentation of the U.S. Coast Guard. Limits the amount of funds available to the Secretary of the Navy as the result of cost savings in shipbuilding and conversion programs for use in the Coastal Defense Augmentation program. Revises the amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 1986 for: (1) the Air Force; (2) the reserves; (3) the defense agencies; and (4) certain North Atlantic Treaty Organization cooperative defense programs. Part B: Program Limitations and Restrictions - Limits or prohibits for FY 1986 the expenditure of funds for specified procurement activities and defense programs of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Removes certain limitations on the procurement of P-3 aircraft and a specified Navy processor display system. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Revises the amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 1986 for research, development, test, and evaluation in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the defense agencies. Limits the amount of funds available for specified defense programs in the Navy and the Air Force. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Revises the amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 1986 for operation and maintenance for: (1) the Marine Corps Reserve; (2) the Air Force Reserve; (3) the Army National Guard; and (4) the Air National Guard. Limits the amount of funds to be used during FY 1986 for environmental restoration purposes. Prohibits any funds appropriated to DOD for FY 1986 from being used to: (1) establish an ADP equipment management fund; or (2) construct commercial-type vessels for lease to private shipping concerns under the Mariner Fund or any other program. Title IV: General Provisions - Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1986 relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages through nonappropriated fund activities of the Department of Defense. Revises certain contracting out authority under such Act. Excludes certain specified counterintelligence polygraph examinations from limits imposed during FY 1986 and 1987 on such examinations within DOD under the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 138 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to Farm Credit System agricultural loan restructing.

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Farm Credit System should take specified actions to assist borrowers, including: (1) participating to the maximum extent possible with the Farmers Home Administration and other Government guarantee programs to provide 1986 operating loans; (2) following policies of reasonable loan forbearance; (3) using loan restructuring; (4) emphasizing loan servicing approaches that help borrowers meet the conditions of their loan contracts; (5) resorting to foreclosure only when there is no alternative or when the associated costs would be less than loan restructuring; (6) providing defaulting borrowers with the opportunity to bid on foreclosed property; and (7) maintaining sound institutional credit policies.

Bill· SS. 2442 (99th)open

A bill to establish the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, Arizona, in order to assure the protection of the riparian, wildlife, archaeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the conservation area, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1986

Establishes the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop, within two years, a comprehensive management plan for such area to protect the natural riparian, wildlife, cultural, and recreational resources. Directs the Secretary to establish a Multiple Use Advisory Council for such Area. Requires the Secretary to report within five years to the Congress on the implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2417 (99th)passed

Aviation Safety Commission Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986

Aviation Safety Commission Act of 1986 - Establishes the Aviation Safety Commission to study how the Federal Aviation Administration may most effectively perform its responsibilities and increase aviation safety. Outlines the main considerations in such study. Requires the Commission to submit a report of such study to the President and the Congress by one year after the appointment of all Commission members. Terminates the Commission one year after such appointment. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2419 (99th)open

Small Business Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986

Small Business Act of 1986 - Title I: Findings - Sets forth the findings of this Act. Title II: Transfers to the Department of Commerce - Transfers to the Secretary of Commerce all functions, powers, and duties of the Small Business Administration (SBA) under specified provisions of the Small Business Act and the White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act. Transfers from the SBA to the Department of Commerce the Office of Advocacy. Title III: Transfers to the Department of the Treasury - Transfers to the Secretary of the Treasury all rights, outstanding obligations, and assets of the SBA with respect to guaranteed loans and debentures and other specified guarantees made by the SBA to small businesses under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Company Act of 1958. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase from the Federal Financing Bank all notes, bonds, debentures, or other obligations held by such bank that are guaranteed by the SBA. Transfers to the Secretary of the Treasury the regulatory authorities of the SBA with respect to small business investment companies and minority enterprise small business investment companies under the Small Business Investment Company Act of 1958. Terminates such authorities upon the disposition of specified loans, debentures, or equity securities by the Secretary of the Treasury. Title IV: Termination of Functions Under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Company Act of 1958 - Terminates on October 1, 1986, various provisions of the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Company Act of 1958. Title V: Miscellaneous Amendments and Repeals of Other Laws - Makes various conforming amendments and repeals specified provisions of Federal law relating to the SBA and the provisions of this Act. Title VI: General Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Treasury to exercise and, where appropriate, to delegate any authority that is transferred from the SBA to them by this Act. Establishes in the Department of Commerce a Small Business Administration which shall be headed by an Under Secretary of Commerce. Authorizes any unobligated funds that remain at the end of FY 1986 in the Disaster Loan Fund account to be transferred to the Business Loan and Investment Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Provides for the transfer of personnel to the appropriate agency with respect to any functions or authority transferred from the SBA by this Act. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of the SBA, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Treasury, to make such determinations as may be necessary with regard to the functions transferred by this Act. Provides that all orders, determinations, regulations, and licenses that have been issued or granted by the President or an SBA official in the performance of functions that were transferred under this Act and that are in effect on October 1, 1986, shall continue in effect until modified or revoked in accordance with law. Authorizes the SBA from October 1, 1986, to December 31, 1986, to operate for the purpose of winding up its affairs and advising the Departments of Commerce and the Treasury. Prohibits the SBA from conducting any program activities during such period. Terminates the SBA on December 31, 1986.

Bill· SS. 2412 (99th)referred

A bill to withdraw and reserve certain public lands.

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986

Withdraws the following public lands for use by the military departments: (1) Bravo-20 Bombing Range, Churchill County, Nevada; (2) Nellis Air Force Range, Clark, Nye, and Lincoln Counties, Nevada; (3) Luke Air Force Range, Maricopa, Pima, and Yuma Counties, Arizona; (4) McGregor Range, Otero County, New Mexico; (5) Fort Greely Maneuver Area, Big Delta Area, and Fort Greely Air Drop Zone, Granite Creek Area, Alaska; (7) Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Imperial County, California; and (8) China Lake Naval Weapons Center, Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to file a map and legal description of each such area with the Congress. Requires maps and legal descriptions of such areas to be made available to the public. Directs the Secretary to manage the withdrawn lands for grazing, wildlife habitat, control of predatory animals, and the prevention and suppression of brush and range fires resulting from nonmilitary activities. Makes such uses secondary to the military uses. Permits the Secretary to issue leases, easements, rights-of-way, or other authorizations only with the concurrence of the Secretary of the military department concerned. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to close withdrawn lands to the public to the degree required by public safety or national security. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a management plan for each area within five years of this Act's enactment. States that the withdrawal of Nellis and Luke Air Force Ranges does not affect the status of the Desert National Wildlife Range, Nevada, or the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, the Army, and the State of Alaska to develop within one year of this Act's enactment a wildlife management and conservation agreement for lands withdrawn by this Act in Alaska. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to prevent and control fires which result from military activities. Authorizes such Secretary to request assistance from the Bureau of Land Management on a reimbursable basis. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to manage the wild horses and burros at the China Lake Center. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the military department concerned to enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement the land management plan for each group of withdrawn lands. Terminates these public land withdrawals after 25 years. Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to notify the Secretary of the Interior at least three years before such termination if the military department has a continuing need for the withdrawn lands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to refuse to accept withdrawn lands for relinquishment if such lands are contaminated with explosives or hazardous materials and the Secretary of the military department concerned determines the otherwise mandatory decontamination is not feasible. Requires such Secretary to reevaluate the feasibility of decontaminating unacceptable lands every five years. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to make public any order to accept back jurisdiction of previously withdrawn lands.

Bill· SS. 2395 (99th)open

Uniformed Services Retirement Cost Reduction Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986

Uniformed Services Retirement Cost Reduction Act of 1986 - Amends provisions of Federal law relating to retirement for non-regular service computation of retired pay, recomputation of retired pay or retainer pay to reflect later active duty tax treatment of disability retired pay, and computing years of service and the retired pay base. Adds provisions relating to the retired pay multiplier to reflect the adoption of a new method of computing non-disability retired pay for members of the armed forces who first become members of a uniformed service on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Defense, effective on December 1 of each year, to increase, in order to reflect changes in the consumer price index for that year, the retired pay of members who were: (1) members before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) retired for disability. Increases, taking into account consumer price index changes, the retired pay of those members entering the uniformed services on or after the date of enactment of this Act by a specified formula. Provides for the recomputation of retired pay to reflect consumer price index changes for members who: (1) have completed 40 years of service; and (2) first become members on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides a new formula for: (1) computing the retired pay of members of the Army who first become members of a uniformed service on or after the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) recomputation of Army enlisted members or warrant officers upon advancement on the retired list to a higher grade. Requires the use of the percentage factor (multiplier) prescribed in this Act for the computation or recomputation of retired or retainer pay of members of the: (1) Navy and Marine Corps, and such members who are advanced on the retired list, who first become members of a uniformed service on or after the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) Air Force, and such members and warrant officers, who are advanced on the retirement list, who first become members of a uniformed service on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Amends provisions of Federal law relating to the retirement of captains, to computation of retired pay, and to limitations in retirement and retired pay to reflect the adoption of the new method of computing non-disability retired pay for members of the Coast Guard who first become members of a uniformed service on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides for the use of the percentage factor (multiplier) prescribed in this Act for computing the non-disability retired pay of such members. Amends provisions of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Commissioned Officers' Act of 1948 relating to the computation of retired pay of commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to reflect the new method of computing non-disability retired pay for commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and to reflect the new method of computing non-disability retired pay for commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who first become members of a uniformed service on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides for the use of the percentage factor (multiplier) prescribed in this Act for computing the non-disability retired pay of such officers. Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to the separation and retirement of officers upon failure of selection for promotion and to the retirement of commissioned officers to reflect the adoption of the new method of computing non-disability retired pay for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service who first become members of a uniformed service on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides for the use of the percentage factor (multiplier) prescribed in this Act for computing the non-disability retired pay of such officers. Amends a provision of Federal law relating to age and service requirements for retired pay for non-regular service to provide that a person who first became a member of a uniformed service on or after the date of enactment of this Act is entitled to retired pay for non-regular service only if he is a member of a reserve component at the time he otherwise becomes entitled to such retired pay. Uses the unreduced retired pay in effect before the enactment of this Act as the basis for determining any Survivor Benefit Plan annuity to be paid to the beneficiary of a person who first becomes a member after the enactment of this Act. Repeals the limitation on amounts available for obligation for basic pay and payments into the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, as contained in the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 135 (99th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning essential verification improvements to the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty and the long-term goal of a comprehensive agreement banning nuclear testing.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) urge the Soviet Union to halt its violations of arms control treaties, to accept appropriate verification measures, and to reach agreement on verification improvements to the Threshold Test Ban and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaties; (2) refrain from seeking the advice and consent of the Senate with respect to ratification of such treaties until an agreement can be reached on such improvements; (3) continue with the U.S. program of limited, underground nuclear weapon testing; and (4) not pursue negotiations on a comprehensive test ban agreement until specified conditions are met. Expresses congressional support for the goal of a world free from the threat of nuclear war and military aggression.

Law· SS. 2370 (99th)enacted

An Act to authorize the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation, Inc. to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1986

Authorizes the Francis Scott Key Park Foundation to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor of Francis Scott Key, the author of the words to the National Anthem. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select the site for the memorial. Prohibits the use of either Federal or District of Columbia funds to establish the memorial. Terminates the authority created by this Act if construction of the memorial does not begin within five years with funds sufficient to ensure its completion.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 326 (99th)referred

A joint resolution to proclaim May 21, 1986, as "Andrei Sakharov Honor and Freedom Day".

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.

Bill· SS. 2295 (99th)open

Barry Goldwater Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986

Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 - Title I: Department of Defense - Amends Federal armed forces provisions to abolish the authority of the Secretary of Defense to transfer, reassign, or otherwise reorganize administrative functions within the Department of Defense (DOD) which are vested by law within DOD. States that DOD contains: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Defense; (2) the Joint Chiefs of Staff; (3) the Joint Staff; (4) the defense agencies; (5) Department of Defense Field Activities; (6) the Department of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) the unified and specified combatant commands; (8) such other offices as may be established or designated by the President; and (9) all functions and activities under the control or supervision of any of the above elements. Requires the Secretary, when a DOD vacancy occurs for which a presidential appointment with Senate consent is required, to inform the President of the necessary qualifications of such appointee. Requires the Secretary to annually provide the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) with written policy guidance for the preparation and review of contingency plans. Requires the Secretary to inform the Secretaries of the military departments of DOD military operations and activities which directly affect their respective responsibilities. Establishes in DOD the Office of the Secretary of Defense, to assist the Secretary. Allows officers of the armed forces to be detailed as assistants or personal aides to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary of each military department to cooperate fully with personnel of such Office. Abolishes the position of Comptroller of the Department of Defense as one of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense and establishes such position as an individual office within DOD. Outlines the functions of the Comptroller, including that of advising and assisting the Secretary in performing all budgetary and fiscal functions within DOD. Establishes the position of Inspector General of the Department of Defense. Adds a new chapter to Federal armed forces provisions relating to the requirement for authorization of appropriations and oversight of cost growth in major defense programs. Repeals Federal law which conflicts with changes made under this Act. Revises Federal provisions relating to the composition and function of the JCS. Includes the following as members in the JCS: (1) the Chairman; (2) the Vice Chairman; (3) the Chief of Staff of the Army and of the Air Force; (4) the Chief of Naval Operations; and (5) the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Requires the President, subject to waiver, to assign to JCS only officers who have served in one or more joint duty positions for a substantial period of time. Provides that the Chairman of JCS shall be the principal military adviser to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. Requires the Chairman of JCS to: (1) convene regular JCS meetings; and (2) consult with and seek the advice of JCS members and commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands. Authorizes a member of JCS to present advice or an opinion in disagreement or in addition to advice provided by the Chairman. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning: (1) the appointment and term of the Chairman; (2) the Chairman's presiding over the JCS; and (3) other functions of the Chairman relating to the planning of military manpower, strategy, and readiness capabilities. Requires the Chairman, not less than once every three years or upon request from the President, to report to the Secretary of Defense concerning recommended changes in the function assignments of the armed forces. Establishes the position of the Vice Chairman of JCS, to exercise such duties as may be delegated by the Chairman with the approval of the Secretary of Defense. Requires the Vice Chairman to act as Chairman of JCS in the event of a vacancy in that position. Establishes in DOD a Joint Staff under the Chairman of JCS, to assist the chairman and other members of JCS in their responsibilities. Requires the Joint Staff to include officers selected by the Chairman in approximately equal numbers from the various military departments. Requires the Chairman, no later than one year after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Secretary of Defense concerning recommendations for changes in the function assignments of Joint Staff members. Adds a new chapter to general military law concerning the operation in the armed forces of combatant commands. Directs the President to establish unified and specified combatant commands to perform military missions, to prescribe the force structure of such commands, to review periodically and revise such missions and force structure, and to notify the Congress before establishing a new combatant command or significantly revising the force structure of an existing command. Requires all combatant forces of the military departments to be assigned to combatant commands. Provides that the operational chain of command for combatant commands shall run from the President to the Secretary of Defense to the commanders of the combatant commands. Allows the President to utilize the Chairman of JCS in the operational chain of command at his discretion. Requires the Chairman of JCS to serve as spokesman for the combatant commanders concerning operational requirements. Outlines provisions concerning assignment by the President of combatant commanders. Requires any commander so assigned to have previously served in one or more joint duty positions for a substantial period of time. Outlines administrative provisions concerning the operational chain of command within each unified or specified combatant command. Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide for the administration and support of combatant forces assigned to each combatant command. Provides that the Secretary of each military department is responsible for the administration and support of forces assigned by him to a combatant command. Repeals Federal law relating to the establishment and composition of combatant commands. Repeals the prohibition against consolidating certain functions of the military transportation commands, as contained in the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983. Repeals the prohibition against altering the command structure for military forces in Alaska, as contained in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1986. Provides that when an officer is recommended to the President for initial appointment to the grade of vice admiral, admiral, lieutenant general, or general, the Chairman of JCS shall submit to the President an evaluation of that officer as a member of the Joint Staff or other joint duty positions. Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that personnel practices, policies, and procedures of each military department enhance the ability of officers to perform effectively in joint duty positions. Authorizes the Secretary, when determined to be economically feasible, to provide for the performance of a supply or service activity common to more than one military department by a single agency of DOD. Directs the Secretary to establish within DOD a Defense Agency or a Department of Defense Field Activity to perform any such supply or service activity. Directs the Secretary and the Director of Central Intelligence to jointly develop and implement policies and programs to correct deficiencies in the wartime support capabilities of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. Directs the Secretary, no later than September 30, 1988, to reduce by a specified percentage the total number of personnel assigned to management headquarters or management support activities in the defense agencies and DOD field activities. Requires a similar reduction of other personnel, also no later than September 30, 1988. Provides that any such reductions shall not apply to the National Security Agency. Prohibits further increases in personnel after the deadline date of September 30, 1988. Title II: Army - Revises Federal provisions concerning the organization of the Department of the Army to require that the Secretary of the Army be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate. Outlines various administrative functions for which the Secretary shall be responsible. Establishes in the Department of the Army an Office of the Secretary of the Army to assist the Secretary. Requires the Office of the Secretary of the Army to include the following: (1) the Under Secretary of the Army; (2) the Assistant Secretaries of the Army; (3) the Inspector General of the Army; (4) the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee; and (5) such other offices or officers as the Secretary may designate. Limits the total number of personnel assigned to the Office of the Secretary. Establishes the position of Under Secretary of the Army and five Assistant Secretaries of the Army (one of which is to be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and another the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works). Establishes the position of Inspector General of the Army, and such deputies and assistants as the Secretary may prescribe. Establishes in the executive part of the Department of the Army an Army Staff to assist the Secretary. Outlines the composition (including a Chief of Staff and a Vice Chief of Staff) of such Army Staff and limits, except in time of war and certain other times, the total number of personnel assigned to such duty. Outlines various responsibilities of the Chief of Staff. Establishes in the executive part of the Department of the Army an Office of the Army Reserve to be headed by a Chief who shall advise the Chief of Staff on Army Reserve matters. Requires the President to appoint the Chief of Army Reserve from certain qualified officers. Revises provisions concerning the position of the Provost Marshal General of the Army relating to the appointment of an officer to such position and the length of the tour of duty. Title III: Navy - Repeals current Federal law defining the composition of the Department of the Navy. Provides for a seal for the Department. Requires that the Secretary of the Navy be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate. Outlines various responsibilities of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to make appropriate recommendations to the Congress relating to DOD and to delegate certain powers and duties. Provides the Secretary with certain authority whenever the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy. Establishes in the Department of the Navy an Office of the Secretary of the Navy to assist the Secretary. Requires the Office of the Secretary of the Navy to include the following: (1) the Under Secretary of the Navy; (2) the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy; (3) the Naval Inspector General; (4) the Chief of Naval Research; (5) the Judge Advocate General of the Navy; and (6) such other offices or officers as the Secretary may designate. Requires the Secretary to ensure that there is no duplication of functions within the Department. Limits the total number of personnel assigned to the Office of the Secretary. Establishes the position of Under Secretary of the Navy and four Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (one of which is to be the Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs). Provides for succession to the position of Secretary of the Navy if a succession is required. Repeals Federal law: (1) conflicting with changes made under this Act; and (2) concerning the power and functions of the Office of Naval Research. Provides that the Secretary of the Navy has custody of all records and property within the Department of the Navy. Revises Federal provisions concerning the composition and functions of the Chief of Naval Operations to include in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations the following: (1) the Chief and the Vice Chief of Naval Operations; (2) not more than four Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations; (3) not more than three Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations; (4) the Surgeon General of the Navy; (5) the Chief of Naval Personnel; (6) the Chief of Chaplains of the Navy; and (7) other members of the Navy and Marine Corps and civilians assigned to such Office. Limits, except in time of war and certain other times, the total number of military and civilian personnel assigned to such Office. Requires the Office to furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, the Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, and the Chief of Naval Operations. Revises provisions concerning the Chief of Naval Operations to outline various powers and functions. Requires the Chief, in addition to such specified duties, to also perform duties as a member of JCS. Provides for the retirement of the Chief at the rate of admiral. Establishes the position of Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Establishes not more than four deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations and not more than three Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations within the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Revises provisions concerning the organization of the Marine Corps headquarters to establish in the executive part of the Department of the Navy a Headquarters, Marine Corps, to assist the Secretary of the Navy in carrying out responsibilities connected with the Marine Corps. Requires such Headquarters to consist of: (1) the Commandant of the Marine Corps; (2) the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; (3) the Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps; (4) not more than four Deputy Chiefs of Staff; (5) not more than three Assistant Chiefs of Staff; and (6) other members of the Navy and Marine Corps and civilians assigned to the Headquarters, Marine Corps. Limits the total number of military and civilian personnel assigned to such Headquarters. Requires such Headquarters to furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Outlines specified functions and duties of such Headquarters. Outlines the functions, powers, and duties of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, who performs such duties under the authority and control of the Secretary of the Navy. Requires the Commandant, in addition to such duties, to also perform the duties required as a member of JCS. Establishes the position of Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps to perform such duties as prescribed by the Commandant. Revises provisions concerning the composition of the Department of the Navy to include in such Department the following: (1) the Office of the Secretary of the Navy; (2) the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; (3) the Headquarters, Marine Corps; (4) the entire operating forces of the Navy and Marine Corps; (5) all activities, forces, and functions under the control of the Secretary of the Navy; and (6) the Coast Guard, when it is operating as a service in the Navy. Includes in the Navy such naval combat and service forces and such naval aviation forces as required for naval operation. Includes in the Marine Corps no less than three combat divisions and three air wings, and such other combat, aviation, and other forces as may be required. Title IV: Air Force - Revises Federal provisions relating to the composition and functions of the Department of the Air Force to require that the Secretary of the Air Force be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate. Outlines various functions within the Department of the Air Force for which the Secretary is responsible. Requires the Secretary, in addition to such specified duties, to also make recommendations to the Congress relating to DOD. Establishes in the Department of the Air Force an Office of the Secretary of the Air Force to assist the Secretary. Includes in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force the following: (1) the Under Secretary of the Air Force; (2) the Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force; (3) the Inspector General of the Air Force; (4) the Air Reserve Forces Policy Committee; and (5) such other offices and officers as the Secretary may designate. Limits the total number of military and civilian personnel assigned to such Office, except in time of war or national emergency. Establishes the positions of Under Secretary of the Air Force, three Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force (one of which is to be the Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs) and Inspector General of the Air Force with such deputies and assistants as the Secretary may prescribe. Revises Federal provisions relating to the composition of the Air Staff of the Air Force to include in such Air Staff the following: (1) the Chief of Staff and Vice Chief of Staff; (2) not more than four Deputy Chiefs of Staff; (3) not more than three Assistant Chiefs of Staff; (4) the Surgeon General of the Air Force; (5) the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force; (6) the Chief of the Air Force Reserve; and (7) other military and civilian employees assigned to the Air Staff. Limits the total number of military and civilian personnel assigned to the Air Staff. Outlines general duties of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, who is directly responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force. Requires the Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff to be general officers detailed to such positions. Establishes in the Department of the Air Force an Office of Air Force Reserve. Outlines administrative provisions relating to the appointment and term of office of the Chief of Air Force Reserve. Title V: General Provisions and Effective Date - Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than September 30, 1988, to reduce the total number of military and civilian personnel employed in management headquarters activities in the military departments and in the combatant commands by at least ten percent of the total number of such personnel employed on September 30, 1985. Excludes specified offices from such reduction requirements. Provides a method for the allocation of such reductions and prohibits certain actions to be used to achieve such reductions. Allows the commander of each combatant command to determine the method in which such reduction shall be achieved within their command. Prohibits, after September 30, 1988, the increase of management headquarters personnel above the level required to be achieved by such date. Directs the President, at the same time the annual budget is submitted to the Congress, to submit to the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees and the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees a comprehensive report on the national security strategy of the United States. Waives, as of January 1, 1987, any congressional reporting requirements required of the President or any official or employee of DOD and contained in any Act which authorizes or makes appropriations to DOD. Outlines specified exceptions to such reporting requirement waiver.

Bill· SS. 2199 (99th)reported

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for procurement by the armed forces and the defense agencies of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons. Extends through FY 1987 the authority of the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the NATO Ministers of the Defense concerning the NATO AWACS program, to waive reimbursement for the costs of specified functions performed by certain personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 for unbudgeted salary increases, retirement, and other employee benefits for civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the purchase of foreign currencies. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for operation and maintenance. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 as necessary for unbudgeted increases: (1) in fuel costs; (2) as a result of inflation; and (3) in salary increases, retirement, and other employee benefits for civilian employees of DOD. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the working capital fund of each of the armed forces and for the Defense Stock Fund. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for assistance to the Tenth International Pan American Games. Title IV: Active Forces - Authorizes strength levels for active duty personnel as of the end of FY 1987. Title V: Reserve Forces - Authorizes average strength levels for the selected reserve components of the armed forces for FY 1987. Permits the reduction and increase in such strengths as specified. Authorizes a specified number of reserves to serve on full-time active duty in order to organize, administer, instruct, recruit, or train the reserve components. Permits the end strength levels to be increased by two percent when in the national interest. Increases the number of certain personnel who may be on active duty in specified grades. Title VI: Civilian Personnel - Provides that Federal law requiring the authorization of end strengths by the Congress as of the end of each fiscal year before funds will be appropriated for the use of civilian personnel of any armed forces component for that fiscal year shall not apply with respect to FY 1987. Title VII: Military Training Student Loads - Authorizes average military training student loads for each component of the armed forces for FY 1987. Requires the adjustment of such loads as the manpower strengths of each component are adjusted. Title VIII: General Provisions - Increases the size of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund. Revises a provision of Federal law concerning certain reimbursements made under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Repeals Federal law requiring a certain amount of working capital funds to be used for industrial-type activities.