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United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1986
Designates January 28, 1987, as a National Day of Excellence in honor of the space shuttle Challenger crew.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1986
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 - Title I: Anti-Drug Enforcement - Subtitle A: Drug Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Drug Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise and increase the criminal penalties for violations of such Act. Subtitle B: Drug Possession Penalty Act of 1986 - Drug Possession Penalty Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a scale of minimum penalties for first and subsequent possession offenses. Subtitle C: Juvenile Drug Trafficking Act of 1986 - Juvenile Drug Trafficking Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish penalties for any person at least 21 years of age who employs anyone under 21 in controlled substance trafficking. Establishes penalties for manufacturing a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a college. Subtitle D: Assets Forfeiture Amendments Act of 1986 - Asset Forfeiture Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends Federal law with respect to the forfeiture of assets involved in unlawful controlled substance activities. Subtitle E: Controlled Substance Analogs' Enforcement Act of 1986 - Controlled Substance Analogs' Enforcement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish penalties for the manufacture or possession with intent to distribute or the distribution of a controlled substance analog (designer drug) all or part of which is intended for human consumption. Makes unlawful simple possession of such an analog if it is knowing or intentional. Subtitle F: Continuing Drug Enterprise Act of 1986 - Continuing Drug Enterprises Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to set forth a minimum life sentence and multimillion dollar fines for individuals or organizations who engage in continuing criminal drug enterprises. Subtitle G: Contolled Substances Import and Export Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Controlled Substances Import and Export Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase the basic penalty for violations (currently a maximum 15 years in prison) to a minimum of five years and a maximum of 40 years in prison, or if death results from use of a substance, 20 years to life in prison. Increases the fine from $125,000 to $2,000,000 for an individual ($5,000,000 for an organization). Sets forth enhanced penalties for subsequent offenses. Subtitle H: Money Laundering Crimes Act of 1986 - Money Laundering Crimes Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for financial transactions involving the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity for the purpose of either facilitating such activity or concealing its nature. Sets forth procedures for the civil and criminal forfeiture of any property involved in such unlawful financial transactions. Subtitle I: Armed Career Criminals - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide increased criminal penalties for any person who transports firearms or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce if such person has multiple convictions for serious drug offenses and/or violent felonies. (Current law provides increased penalties where such a person had multiple convictions for robbery and burglary.) Subtitle J: Authorization of Appropriation for Drug Law Enforcement - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 for the Department of Justice for drug law enforcement activities. (N.B.: No "Subtitle K.") Subtitle L: State and Local Narcotics Control Assistance - State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1986 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make grants to State and local law enforcement agencies for narcotics control assistance. Subtitle M: Study on the Use of Existing Federal Buildings as Prisons - Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide the Attorney General with a list identifying Federal buildings under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense which could be used as detention facilities. Subtitle N: Drug Law Enforcement Cooperation Study - Directs the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board to study Federal drug law enforcement efforts and make recommendations to the Congress. (N.B.: No "Subtitle O.") Subtitle P: Narcotic Traffickers Deportation Act - Revises Federal law regarding the deportation of persons convicted of violating controlled substances laws to specify such laws, including the laws of any State, the United States or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance. Subtitle Q: Federal Drug Law Enforcement Agent Protection Act of 1986 - Federal Drug Law Enforcement Agent Protection Act of 1986 - Allows the Attorney General to pay for information concerning the killing or kidnapping of a Federal drug law enforcement agent. Subtitle R: Common Carrier Operation Under the Influence of Alcohol and Drugs - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for operating a common carrier under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Subtitle S: Freedom of Information Act - Revises the Freedom of Information Act to exempt from its coverage, except in certain circumstances, documents compiled in any lawful investigation of organized crime and informant records maintained by a law enforcement agency under an informant's name or personal identifier. Subtitle T: Prohibition on the Interstate Sale and Transportation of Drug Paraphernalia - Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Control Act - Makes it a Federal criminal offense for any person to: (1) use the U.S. Postal Service or any private parcel service as part of a scheme to sell drug paraphernalia; (2) offer for sale and transportation in interstate or foreign commerce drug paraphernalia; or (3) import or export drug paraphernalia. Subtitle U: Manufacturing Operations - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to make it illegal to knowingly open, maintain, manage, or control a place for manufacturing, distributing, or using controlled substances. Subtitle V: Controlled Substances Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to the Controlled Substances Act and the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. Subtitle W: Precursor and Essential Chemical Review - Directs the Attorney General to study and recommend methods to control the diversion of legitimate precursor and essential chemicals to the production of illegal drugs. Requires the Attorney General to report all findings to the Congress. Subtitle X: Improved Drug Crime Reporting - Requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to compile and publish comprehensive data on drug trafficking and abuse. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Title II: International Narcotics Control - Subtitle A: Strengthening United States Narcotics Control Overseas - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the FY 1987 authorization for assistance for international narcotics control. Imposes certain restrictions on the provision of U.S. assistance to illicit drug-producing countries and drug-transit countries. Provides that any aircraft made available to foreign countries for narcotics-related purposes shall be provided only on a lease or loan basis. Requires the Secretary of State to maintain detailed records on the use of such aircraft. Earmarks a specified amount of FY 1987 international narcotics control assistance for research, development, and testing of safe and effective herbicides for use in the aerial eradication of coca. Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the international narcotics control assistance program. Requires the President's annual report to the Congress on the international strategy to prevent cultivation and trafficking in narcotics to include a discussion of the extent to which each source country has cooperated with U.S. narcotics control efforts through the extradition or prosecution of drug traffickers and a description of the state of negotiations on updated extradition treaties. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit participation by any U.S. officer or employee in direct narcotics arrests in foreign countries. Requires the executive branch to establish expeditiously the information sharing system that will list all drug arrests of foreign nationals in the United States as required by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987. Requires the executive branch to report to the Congress when the system is established. Requires the President to prepare an updated assessment of the threat of narcotics trafficking from Africa. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 to place conditions on assistance to Bolivia. Directs the President to take steps to improve the capability of the executive branch to collect information concerning the links between narcotics traffickers and acts of terrorism abroad. Requires a report to the Congress. Urges the Secretary of State to increase efforts to negotiate with relevant countries procedures which will facilitate interdiction of vessels suspected of carrying illicit narcotics. Directs the Director of Central Intelligence to: (1) improve the collection and analysis of foreign drug production sufficiently to produce highly reliable data on drug cultivation, harvest, and yields for each major illicit drug producing country; and (2) make support to anti-drug efforts a Level One Priority in his National Foreign Intelligence Strategy and reflect this priority in the National Foreign Intelligence Program. Requires the President to transmit biannual reports to the Congress on major illicit drug producing countries and major drug-transit countries. Requires restrictions on U.S. assistance to such countries. Declares that it shall be U.S. policy to promote the development and implementation of a drug eradication program through multinational development bank assistance. Subtitle B: Strengthening International Narcotics Control and International Drug Eradication - Declares congressional support for the United Nations General Assembly decision to convene an International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Calls for a study of the effectiveness of the United Nations drug-related declarations, conventions, and entities. Requires the President to report any recommendations which result from such study to the Congress. Urges the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to complete work on a new draft convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Urges the President to direct the Secretary of State to enter into negotiations with Mexico to create the Mexico-United States Intergovernmental Commission on Narcotics and Psychotropic Drug Abuse and Control. Urges Pakistan to adopt and implement a comprehensive narcotics control program. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress with respect to the adoption and implementation of such program. Urges the President to instruct the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to request that the problem of illicit drug production in Iran, Afghanistan, and Laos be raised at the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking. Increases FY 1987 authorizations for drug education programs abroad. Requires the Director of the U.S. Information Agency and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to include in their annual reports to the Congress a description of the drug education programs carried out by their respective agencies. Title III: Interdiction - Subtitle A: National Drug Interdiction Improvement - National Drug Interdiction Improvement Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to use specified funds to acquire certain equipment and aircraft for drug interdiction assistance activities of the Department of Defense. Requires the Secretary of Defense to make such aircraft available to the U.S. Customs Service. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation to provide for the assignment of Coast Guard personnel to naval vessels for law enforcement purposes. Authorizes additional appropriations to the Coast Guard and the U.S. Customs Service for: (1) drug interdiction enhancement; and (2) the establishment and location of command, control, communications and intelligence (C-3I) centers. Authorizes the establishment of a United States-Bahamas Drug Interdiction Task Force. Authorizes appropriations for such Task Force and for construction of a Coast Guard-Bahamas drug interdiction docking facility. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 to the Department of Justice for twin engine helicopters with forward looking infrared radiation detection devices for drug interdiction operations in Hawaii. Subtitle B: Customs Enforcement - Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 - Part I: Tariff Act Amendments - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish certain entry and reporting requirements for aircraft, vessels, vehicles and individuals arriving in the United States and the Virgin Islands. Sets forth penalties for violations of such requirements. Makes aviation smuggling illegal. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for such violations. Provides for seizure and forfeiture of conveyances subject to penalty for customs violations. Authorizes the issuance of search warrants for places suspected of containing: (1) merchandise brought into the United States unlawfully; (2) property subject to forfeiture under the customs laws; or (3) evidence of customs violations. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of smuggled merchandise. Provides that compensation for informers shall not exceed 25 percent of the amount recovered (current law requires that such compensation equal 25 percent of such recovery.) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to require the production of foreign landing certificates to comply with international obligations. Permits the Secretary to authorize customs officials to exchange information or documents with foreign customs or law enforcement agencies under certain circumstances. Allows the Secretary, when authorized by treaty or executive agreement, to station customs officers in foreign countries to examine persons or merchandise prior to their arrival in the United States. Provides that merchandise seized at a foreign station may be transported to the United States for customs proceedings. Permits the stationing of foreign customs officers in the United States (if similar privileges are extended to the United States). Imposes penalties for making fraudulent statements to such foreign officials. Sets forth certain requirements with regard to commercial cover and undercover investigative operations of the U.S. Customs Service, including: (1) the use of authorized funds; (2) the liquidation of corporate and business entities established or acquired as part of an undercover operation; (3) the deposit of proceeds from such operations; and (4) the conduct of financial audits of each undercover operation. Part II: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends Federal law with regard to: (1) recreational vessels and customs regulations; (2) authority of customs officials to demand assistance of any person in making an arrest; (3) reporting requirements on the export and import of monetary instruments; and (4) smuggling investigations. Part III: Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to make it unlawful for any U.S. citizen on board any aircraft, or any person on board an aircraft owned by a U.S. citizen or registered in the United States, to manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance. Part IV: Amendments to the Criminal Code - Sets forth criminal penalties for operating an aircraft without lights and for illegal fuel installations aboard aircraft. Subtitle C: Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Prosecution Improvements Act of 1986 - Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Prosecution Improvements Act of 1986 - Makes it unlawful, with specified exceptions, for any person on board a U.S. vessel or a vessel subject to U.S. jurisdiction to knowingly or intentionally manufacture, distribute, or to possess with intent to manufacture or distribute, a controlled substance. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Subjects to seizure and forfeiture any property used in a violation of this Act. Subtitle D: Reports on Department of Defense Drug Control Activities - Requires the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board to submit a report to specified congressional committees on the manner and extent to which the Department of Defense should be involved in narcotics law enforcement activities. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to specified congressional committees containing a discussion of: (1) the extent to which students enrolled in schools operated by the Department of Defense are receiving drug and substance abuse education; and (2) the extent to which such education should include peer counseling classes. Subtitle E: Driving While Impaired by Drug Intoxication to be Punishable Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to include driving under the influence of drugs as an offense. Subtitle F: Drug Interdiction Assistance to Civilian Law Enforcement Officials - Allows the Department of Defense to provide certain assistance to civilian law enforcement personnel. Subtitle G: Air Safety - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to allow States to establish criminal penalties for certain activities involving aircraft registration certificates. Requires the operator of an aircraft to make the aircraft's certificate of registration available for inspection by any law enforcement officer. Imposes criminal penalties on certain violations in connection with: (1) aircraft registration; and (2) the air transportation of controlled substances. Requires any person having an ownership interest in any aircraft to report any transfer in ownership of such aircraft. Subtitle H: Communications - Allows the Federal Communications Commission to revoke the license of any person found to have used such license to distribute controlled substances. Subtitle I: Drug Law Enforcement Cooperation Study - Directs the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board, to study Federal drug law enforcement effors and make recommendations to the Congress. Subtitle J: Drug Interdiction - Permits the use in an emergency as a base of operations outside the U.S. land area by Federal law enforcement officials of equipment operated by or with the assistance of Department of Defense personnel: (1) to facilitate enforcement of drug laws; (2) to transport such officials in connection with such operations, including hot pursuit of vessels or aircraft into U.S. land areas. Permits the use of such equipment to intercept such vessels or aircraft for identification and monitoring purposes, but not to interdict or interrupt them. Title IV: Demand Reduction - Subtitle A: Treatment and Rehabilitation - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health grants. Provides for special allotments to States for alcohol abuse and drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs. Requires States to use certain amounts of such funds for innovative community based programs directed toward high risk youth. Mandates the transfer of certain funds to the Administrator of Veteran's Affairs for outpatient programs for veterans. Revises allotment procedures applicable to Indian tribes. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that, if possession or distribution of a drug is an offense under the Controlled Substance Act, State laws should not be amended to make possession or distribution not a criminal offense. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint an advisory council for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and for the National Institute of Mental Health. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Public Health Service, to take certain actions to expedite research on public health emergencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for research grants. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the Public Health Service should conduct studies on the health effects of alcohol consumption. Directs the Secretary to develop and publish information on the causes of suicide and the means of suicide prevention. Directs the Secretary to prepare and report to the Congress a comprehensive national plan to combat drug abuse. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA), to establish a clearinghouse for alcohol and drug abuse information. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on alkyl nitrites. Directs the Secretary, acting through ADAMHA, to establish a new administrative unit to administer alcohol abuse and drug abuse programs. Subtitle B: Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 - Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for payments to States to assist their efforts to educate concerning, and to prevent, drug use and alcohol abuse through school and community based programs. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the Motion Picture Association of America should label pro-drug films. Subtitle C: Indians and Alaska Natives - Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 - Part I: General Provisions - Sets forth the purposes of this Act. Part II: Coordination of Resources and Programs - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and enter into a Memorandum of Agreement to better coordinate the provision of alcohol and substance abuse treatment and prevention services for Indians. Allows the governing body of any Indian tribe to establish a Tribal Action Plan to coordinate available resources and programs in an effort to combat alcohol and drug abuse among its members. Establishes within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs an Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse. Establishes the position of Indian Youth Programs Officer. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to publish an alcohol and substance abuse newsletter to report on Indian alcohol and substance abuse projects and programs. Part III: Indian Youth Programs - Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review Federal, tribal, State, local, and private programs: (1) providing educational services to Indian children; (2) providing family and social services for Indians; and (3) relating to youth employment, recreation, cultural, and community activities. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs to develop and implement pilot programs in selected schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs which further the purposes and goals of this Act. Allows Tribal Action Plans to make provisions for the establishment, funding, licensing, and operation of emergency shelters or half-way houses for Indian youth who are alcohol or substance abusers. Urges States to require their law enforcement officers to place any Indian youth arrested for alcohol or substance abuse in such shelter or half-way house. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 for the construction, renovation, and operation of such shelters and half-way houses. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to require the compilation of data relating to the number and types of child abuse and neglect cases seen and the type of assistance provided. Part IV: Law Enforcement and Judicial Services - Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review Federal, tribal, State, and local programs providing law enforcement or judicial services for Indian tribes. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the Papago Tribe of Arizona for the investigation and control of illegal narcotics traffic on the Papago Reservation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Part V: Bureau of Indian Affairs Law Enforcement - Increases the maximum sentence (from six months to one year) and fine (from $500 to $5,000) which a tribal court can impose for any offense. Allows the Secretary of the Interior to charge any officer or employee of the Department of the Interior with law enforcement responsibilities for the purposes of maintaining law and order and protecting property and persons within Indian country. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a training program in the investigation and prosecution of offenses relating to illegal narcotics and in alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment for specified personnel. Requires the Memorandum of Agreement to include a provision for the development and implementation of a procedure for the emergency medical assessment and treatment of every Indian youth arrested or detained for alcohol or substance abuse offenses. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to construct or renovate and staff juvenile detention centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) provide for the development of a Model Indian Juvenile Code; and (2) compile data regarding cases involving Indians where alcohol or substance abuse is determined to be a contributing factor. Part VI: Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation - Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review health service programs for Indians. Sets forth Indian Health Service responsibilities, which include providing a comprehensive alcohol and substance abuse treatment program. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop and implement a program for: (1) acute detoxification and treatment for Indian youth who are alcohol and substance abusers; and (2) community education and training in treating alcohol and substance abuse. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to the Navajo tribe to establish a demonstration program in Gallup, New Mexico, to rehabilitate adult Navajo Indians suffering from alcoholism or alcohol abuse. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to compile data regarding Indian Health Service involvement in cases or incidents which involved alcohol or substance abuse. Subtitle D: Action Grants - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Act of 1973 to authorize a special initiative (including action grants) to increase volunteerism in preventing drug abuse. Authorizes appropriations for 1987 through 1989. Title V: Anti-Drug Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an Anti-Drug Trust Fund to provide for expenditures to carry out the Drug Enforcement Act of 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1986
Drug Enforcement Act of 1986 - Title I: White House Initiative Against Drugs - Subtitle A: Drug-Free Federal Workplace Act of 1986 - Drug-Free Federal Workplace Act of 1986 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide that any individual who is otherwise handicapped shall not be excluded from the protections of such Act because that individual uses illegal drugs. Permits certain personnel actions based on an employee's, or applicant's, use of controlled substances. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a Government-wide education program designed to provide information to federal employees with respect to: (1) the health hazards associated with alcohol and drug abuse; (2) the symptoms of alcohol and drug abuse; (3) the availability of prevention, treatment, or rehabilitation services relating to alcohol and drug abuse; and (4) penalties for alcohol and drug use by Federal employees. Subtitle B: Drug-Free Schools Act of 1986 - Drug-Free Schools Act of 1986 (the Zero-Tolerance Act) - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) allotments to States for drug and alcohol abuse prevention and education activities directed toward students in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools; (2) grants to local governments and other public and nonprofit private entities for drug and alcohol prevention, intervention, rehabilitation, education, and training programs; (3) the development and distribution of education materials; (4) education and primary prevention programs for high risk youth; (5) the procurement and development of curricula; and (6) activities to increase drug and alcohol abuse education and prevention efforts targeted at children in kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Specifies the method of distributing such funds. Sets forth the State application requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out national programs designed to achieve a drug-free learning environment in elementary and secondary schools. States that it shall not be unlawful under Federal statute or regulation for any educational institution to: (1) require, as a condition of admission or continued enrollment, that students refrain from the use of illegal drugs; (2) conduct drug testing of its students and applicants; (3) refuse enrollment to applicants who use illegal drugs; or (4) take disciplinary action against students who use illegal drugs. Allows the Secretary to withhold allotment payments from any State which prohibits drug testing of students by schools. Subtitle C: Substance Abuse Services - Substance Abuse Services Amendments of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991 for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grants. Requires the Secretary to reserve a specified portion of such appropriations for grants to States with demonstrated need for funds to conduct substance abuse treatment programs. Eliminates certain block grant earmarks. Allows the Secretary to withhold State allotments under such title where the possession or distribution of a drug, which is illegal under the Controlled Substances Act, is legal under such States laws. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and for the National Institute of Mental Health to make recommendations to the Secretary and the Director of the national research institute for which it was appointed. Grants the Secretary certain additional powers during public health emergencies. Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on actions taken during such emergencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for: (1) alcohol abuse and alcoholism research; and (2) drug abuse research. Provides an exception to the confidentiality requirement regarding alcohol and drug abuse records for incidents of suspected child abuse and neglect. Requires the Secretary to transmit triennial reports to the Congress on the causes and means of preventing teenage suicide. Directs the Secretary to prepare public service announcements on the dangers resulting from cigarette smoking by women. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1989. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prepare and transmit to the Congress a report which sets forth a comprehensive national plan to combat drug abuse; (2) establish a clearinghouse for alcohol and drug abuse information; and (3) conduct a study on alkyl nitrates and recommend whether they should be treated as a drug under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Subtitle D: Drug Interdiction and International Cooperation - Part I: Mansfield Amendment - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit any U.S. officer or employee to assist foreign law enforcement officers in making arrests or to take direct action in an arrest action in a foreign country to protect the life or safety of U.S. or foreign officers or the public. Part II: Narcotics Traffickers Deportation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the exclusion or deportation of any alien for possession or use of certain controlled substances. Part III: Customs Enforcement - Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 - Subpart A: Tariff Act Amendments - Requires the master of any vessel arriving at any U.S. or Virgin Island port to report such arrival at the nearest customs facility if such vessel is: (1) from a foreign port or place; (2) a foreign vessel from a domestic port; or (3) a U.S. vessel carrying bonded merchandise or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made. Requires vehicles arriving in the United States to enter only at designated border crossing points. Requires the person in charge of such a vehicle to report the arrival of such vehicle, and present the vehicle and all persons and merchandise on board for inspection to the customs officer. Requires the pilot of any aircraft arriving in the United States from any foreign airport or place to comply with the advance notification, arrival reporting, and landing requirements prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation. Imposes penalties for violations of the arrival, reporting, or entry requirements. Increases the fine for the unauthorized unloading of passengers. Sets forth reporting requirements for individuals arriving in the United States. Prohibits the departure of such individuals until authorized by a customs official. Imposes penalties for violations of such reporting requirements. Repeals the current penalties for failure to report or file a manifest upon arrival in the United States. Authorizes the issuance of summonses for records pertaining to merchandise the importation of which into the United States is prohibited. Increases the penalties for: (1) filing a false manifest; (2) failing to file a complete manifest; or (3) carrying illegal drugs. Repeals the prepenalty procedures in such cases. Increases the penalties for illegal unloading and transshipment. Makes aviation smuggling unlawful. Prohibits the at sea transfer of controlled substances between U.S. owned aircraft and vessels. Prohibits the at sea transfer of prohibited merchandise between aircraft and vessels, regardless of the nationality of either, where the intent is to smuggle the merchandise into the United States. Imposes penalties, including seizure of the aircraft or vessel, for violations of such anti-smuggling provisions. Specifies certain acts that, if engaged in within 250 miles of the U.S. territorial seas, shall be: (1) presumed to indicate intent to smuggle; and (2) deemed prima facia evidence that the aircraft or vessel was used in aiding or facilitating such smuggling. Changes the procedures for the seizure and forfeiture of conveyances used in smuggling to require that a common carrier be seized and forfeited under certain circumstances. Authorizes the issuance of search warrants for places suspected of containing: (1) merchandise brought into the United States unlawfully; (2) property which is subject to forfeiture under the customs laws; or (3) articles which are evidence of a customs violation. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of smuggled merchandise. Requires that any deposit made in lieu of forfeiture of property seized under customs laws be treated in the same manner as the proceeds of a sale of any forfeited item. Provides that the expenses of a forfeiture proceeding shall be a priority claim in the same manner as court costs. Provides that compensation for informers shall not exceed 25 percent of the amount recovered. (Current law requires such compensation to equal 25 percent of such amount.) Authorizes the Secretary to require the production of foreign landing certificates to comply with international obligations. Permits the Secretary to authorize customs officials to exchange information or documents with foreign customs or law enforcement agencies under certain circumstances. Allows the Secretary, when authorized by treaty or executive agreement, to station customs officers in foreign countries to examine persons or merchandise prior to their arrival in the United States. Provides that merchandise seized at a foreign station may be transported to the United States for customs proceedings. Permits the stationing of foreign customs officers in the United States (if similar privileges are extended to the United States). Establishes penalties for making fraudulent statements to such foreign officials. Grants the Commissioner of Customs authority to conduct commercial cover operations. Subpart B: Miscellaneous Provisions - Subjects recreational vessels to applicable customs regulations. Allows any customs official needing assistance in making an arrest, search, or seizure, to demand such assistance from any person. Subjects any person who refuses such assistance without reasonable excuse to criminal penalties. Exempts any person who renders such assistance from liability for civil damages. Subpart C: Amendments to the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act - Makes it unlawful for any United States citizen on board any aircraft, or any person on board any aircraft owned by a U.S. citizen or registered in the United States, to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance or possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Subpart D: Amendments to the Criminal Code - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for: (1) operating an aircraft without proper navigation and/or anticollision lights; (2) installing illegal fuel tanks or fuel systems aboard an aircraft except according to regulations; or (3) operating an aircraft with such a fuel tank or fuel system installation, except in accordance with regulations. Subpart E: Denial of Trade Benefits to Uncooperative Drug Source Nations - Narcotics Control Trade Act - Directs the President to designate a country an uncooperative drug source nation if during any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1986, such country: (1) was a source of any illicit narcotic and psychotropic drugs or other controlled substances that are significantly affecting the United States; and (2) did not cooperate with the United States in preventing such drugs and substances from affecting the United States by taking specified actions. Directs the President to report to the Congress the name of each such country. Denies the products of each such country most-favored-nation treatment until the President notifies the Congress that such country has made significant progress and will continue to make progress in remedying those policies on which an uncooperative drug source nation designation was based. Part IV: Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Prosecution Improvements Act of 1986 - Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Prosecution Improvements Act of 1986 - Makes it unlawful for any person on board a vessel of the United States, or on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to manufacture or distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute, a controlled substance. Subjects any property used to commit such unlawful acts to seizure and forfeiture. Subtitle E: Anti-Drug Enforcement - Part I: Drug Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Drug Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the threshold quantity and kinds of controlled substances which trigger enhanced penalties. Establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of five years imprisonment (ten years for subsequent offenses) for violations involving a specified large quantity of such substances. Increases the maximum sentence to 20 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $2,000,000 (life imprisonment and $4,000,000 for subsequent offenses) for such violations. Provides a fine of up to $5,000,000 ($10,000,000 for subsequent offenses) for violations involving a person other than an individual (organization). Provides a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years imprisonment (life imprisonment for subsequent offenses) if a death results from the use of such substances. Provides for the imposition of a special parole term of at least four years (at least eight years for subsequent offenses) in addition to the prison term for such offenses. Increases the fines for certain Controlled Substances Act violations. Grants the court authority to impose a sentence below the statutory minimum, upon motion of the Government, to reflect a defendant's assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another. Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate special parole terms for violations of such Acts. Part II: Drug Possession Penalty Act of 1986 - Drug Possession Penalty Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose criminal penalties for illegal possession of a controlled substance. Part III: Death Penalty and Continuing Drug Enterprise - Subpart A: Death Penalty - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish procedures to be followed for the imposition of the death penalty. Sets forth mitigating and aggravating factors to be considered in determining whether a sentence of death is justified. Requires a special hearing to determine whether a sentence of death is justified. Allows the defendant to appeal a sentence of death to the court of appeals for review. Limits the imposition of the death sentence for treason. Modifies the criminal penalties for specified criminal offenses. Provides for the imposition of the death penalty for: (1) murder by a Federal prisoner; or (2) murder during the course of a continuing criminal enterprise offense. Subpart B: Continuing Drug Enterprise Act of 1986 - Continuing Drug Enterprise Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to increase the criminal penalties for continuing criminal enterprise activities. Part IV: Controlled Substances Import and Export Act Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Controlled Substances Import and Export Act Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to modify the quantity and kinds of controlled substances which trigger enhanced penalties. Imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of five years imprisonment (ten years for subsequent offenses) for violations involving a specified large quantity of such substances. Increases the maximum sentence to 40 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $2,000,000 (life imprisonment and a fine of up to $4,000,000 for subsequent offenses) for such violations. Provides a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years imprisonment (life imprisonment for subsequent offenses) if a death results from the use of such substances. Provides a fine of up to $5,000,000 (up to $10,000,000 for subsequent offenses) for violations involving a person other than an individual (organization). Provides for the imposition of a special parole term of at least four years (at least eight for subsequent violations) in addition to the prison term for such violations. Increases the penalties for certain Controlled Substances Import and Export Act violations. Part V: Juvenile Drug Trafficking Act of 1986 - Juvenile Drug Trafficking Act of 1986 - Establishes enhanced penalties for employing persons under 21 years of age to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance. Establishes enhanced penalties for: (1) the manufacture of a controlled substance in or near an elementary or secondary school (current law establishes such enhanced penalties only for the distribution of a controlled substance in or near such schools); and (2) the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance in or near a college. Part VI: Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act of 1986 - Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act of 1986 - Sets forth certain recordkeeping requirements for distributors, importers, and exporters of precursor and essential chemicals. Makes it illegal to distribute, import, export, or purchase such chemicals for unlawful purposes. Part VII: Asset Forfeiture Amendments Act of 1986 - Asset Forfeiture Amendments Act of 1986 - Permits the use of funds in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund for necessary program related expenses and for equipping any vessels, vehicles, and aircraft available for official use by Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Marshals Service. Authorizes appropriations for such Fund through FY 1991. Requires the forfeiture of substitute assets where, as a result of an act or ommission of the defendant, property subject to forfeiture as a result of certain crimes: (1) cannot be located; (2) has been transferred to a third party; (3) has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the courts; (4) has been diminished in value; or (5) has been commingled with other property. Part VIII: Exclusionary Rule Limitation Act of 1986 - Exclusionary Rule Limitation Act of 1986 - Provides a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule. Provides a general limitation of the exclusionary rule unless specifically provided by statute or rule of procedure. Subtitle F: Public Awareness and Private Sector Initiatives Act of 1986 - Public Awareness and Private Sector Initiatives Act of 1986 - Allows the head of an agency to procure property or services without using competitive procedures if: (1) such property or services are to be used for a public education program to publicize the dangers of illegal drug use; (2) at least 50 percent of the value of the property or services is donated; and (3) the agency procures such property or services within two years of enactment of this Act. Title II: Pending Senate Initiatives Against Drugs - Subtitle A: Federal Drug Law Enforcement Agent Protection Act of 1986 - Federal Drug Law Enforcement Agent Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize awards of up to $100,000 to any individual who provides original information which leads to the arrest and conviction of a person who kidnaps or kills a Federal drug law enforcement agent. Provides that the money for such rewards be taken from the forfeiture proceeds within the Department of Justice. Subtitle B: Common Carrier Operation Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs - Provides criminal penalties for operating a common carrier while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Subtitle C: Controlled Substances Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments to the Controlled Substances Act. Subtitle D: Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention - Indian Youth Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Act - Part I: Interdepartmental Agreement - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate specified efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Bureau) and the Indian Health Service relating to alcohol and drug abuse programs for Indian youth. Provides for the biennial review of such agreement by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon a tribe's request, to coordinate resources and services related to youth alcohol and drug abuse with any Indian tribe. Part II: Education - Requires Bureau schools and schools operated under any contract entered into with the Bureau to provide instruction on alcohol and drug abuse to students in kindergarten and grades one through 12. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish, on a quarterly basis, an alcohol and drug abuse newsletter and to circulate it to specified Government agencies that provide such alcohol and drug abuse-related services to Indian people. Part III: Family and Social Services - Requires any initial training program for new community health representatives and community health aids funded under the Bureau to include not less than 40 hours of instruction in the area of alcohol and drug abuse, including instruction in crisis intervention, family relations, youth alcohol and drug abuse, and the causes and effects of fetal alcohol syndrome. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide instruction in alcohol and drug abuse problems to specified schools, Indian Health Service personnel, and others. Part IV: Law Enforcement - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the U.S. Attorney General, to promulgate guidelines under which any tribal or Federal law enforcement officer shall place an Indian youth who has been arrested for an offense in which alcohol or drug abuse was a contributing factor in an emergency shelter, a community-based alcohol or drug abuse treatment facility, or any other medical or detention facility. Requires such guidelines to be made available to any State which exercises criminal jurisdiction over Indian country. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Interior, to establish standards for the licensing of temporary emergency shelters to house Indian youths who have been arrested for offenses related to alcohol or drug abuse. Requires the Bureau to prescribe standards by which such shelters shall become licensed. Increases the maximum sentence (from six months to one year) and the maximum fine (from $500 to $5,000) which a tribal court can impose for any offense. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the development of a Model Indian Juvenile Code. Allows the Secretary to charge any employee of the Department of the Interior with law enforcement responsibilities. Part V: Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include in the budget submitted to the Congress a detailed estimate of the cost of providing comprehensive alcohol and drug abuse treatment services to Indian juveniles (including detoxification and counseling services, and follow-up care in Indian Health Service facilities and in facilities operated under any contract entered into with the Indian Health Service). Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to complete a study to determine: (1) the size of the Indian population in need of residential alcohol and drug abuse treatment; (2) the location of facilities at which such treatment is available or could be made available; and (3) the cost of providing such treatment. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with Indian tribes, to identify and utilize existing facilities owned by the Government or an Indian tribe, or local community or private hospitals, for use as residential alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers for Indian youths. Part VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this subtitle. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Controlled Substance Analogs' Enforcement Act of 1986 - Controlled Substance Analogs' Enforcement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose criminal penalties for the manufacture, possession with intent to distribute, or distribution of controlled substance analogs. Subtitle F: Department of Defense Drug Interdiction - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the Department of Defense for: (1) the procurement, refurbishment, or upgrading of aircraft, radar, and related systems; (2) the operation and maintenance of aircraft used in carrying out drug interdiction missions; and (3) enhanced intelligence collection activities concerning the illegal importation of drugs from South America. Directs the Secretary of Defense to make such aircraft, radar, and related equipment available to certain Federal agencies (who shall be responsible for their operation and maintenance). Allows the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to assign specially trained members of the Coast Guard to naval vessels for drug enforcement purposes. Requires the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board to submit a report to specified congressional committees on the manner and extent to which the Department of Defense should be involved in United States law enforcement activities relating to the control and reduction of drug abuse. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the extent to which youth enrolled in schools operated by the Department of Defense for dependent members of the armed forces are receiving drug and substance abuse education; (2) the types of drug education programs currently being provided in such schools; (3) whether additional drug education programs are needed in such schools; and (4) the extent to which preventive peer counseling classes should be used for such programs. Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to include driving under the influence of drugs as an offense. Subtitle G: Money Laundering Crimes Act of 1986 - Money Laundering Crimes Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish money laundering as a Federal offense. Sets forth fines and penalties to be imposed on anyone who, knowing that the property involved in a financial transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, conducts or attempts to conduct such a transaction which in fact involves such proceeds: (1) with the intent to facilitate the carrying on of specified unlawful activity; or (2) knowing that the transaction is designed in whole or in part to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of such proceeds, or to avoid a transaction reporting requirement under State or Federal law. Sets forth fines and penalties to be imposed upon anyone who: (1) transports or attempts to transport a monetary instrument or funds from a place in the United States to or through a place outside the United States, or vice versa, with similar intent or knowledge; or (2) conducts or attempts to conduct a financial transaction that in whole or in part involves the proceeds of specified unlawful activities with intent to violate or facilitate the violation of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Provides, for each of such offenses, for a fine of not more than $250,000 or twice the value of the monetary instrument, whichever is greater, or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. Imposes a civil penalty of the greater of the value of the funds or the monetary instrument involved or $10,000. Authorizes components of the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Postal Service to investigate such offenses, as appropriate. Establishes extraterritorial jurisdiction if certain conditions are met. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 with respect to the permissible notification of the Federal Government by a financial institution that the institution has information which may be relevant to a possible violation of law or regulation. Restricts such information to the name or names and other identifying information concerning the individuals and accounts involved in and the nature of the suspected illegal activity. Preempts any State or local law which prohibits disclosure of such information. Precludes liability under any law for an institution for such a disclosure or for failing to notify the customer of such disclosure. Grants a district court authority to order the institution to delay notifying a customer of the existence of a grand jury subpoena of financial records or of information furnished to the grand jury. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) subpoena witnesses; and (2) require the production of records of domestic financial institutions. Increases the civil penalties for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act's reporting rules. Provides in the case of a reporting violation for a maximum penalty of $1,000,000 and a minimum of $25,000. Imposes a civil penalty for the criminal violation of such rules, in the amount of the transaction or $25,000, whichever is greater, where the violation involves a transaction. Sets a civil penalty of the entire amount of an account (up to $250,000), or $25,000, whichever is greater, where the violation involves failure to report the existence of an account or any required identifying data pertaining to it. Imposes a civil penalty of not more than $500 in the case of a negligent violation. Authorizes the Secretary to assess a civil penalty within six years after the transaction on which the penalty is based. Permits the Secretary to bring a civil action to recover a civil penalty within two years after assessment. Lists money laundering as a predicate offense for purposes of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. Authorizes wiretapping for the investigation of money laundering. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize the Secretary to prescribe recordkeeping regulations. Imposes penalties for violations of such regulations. Establishes civil and criminal forfeiture procedures for the offense of money laundering. Title III: New Initiatives Against Drugs - Subtitle A: White House Conference on Drug Abuse, Education, Prevention, and Treatment - White House Conference on Drug Abuse, Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 1986 - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Drug Abuse, Education, Prevention, and Treatment to examine the drug abuse crisis. Requires the Conference to report its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Commerce - Part I: Railroad Safety - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to review existing rules, regulations, standards, and orders governing alcohol and drug use in railroad operations to determine whether they are adequate to ensure safety. Part II: Air Safety - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe regulations establishing a program which requires air carriers to conduct pre-employment, random, and post-accident drug testing of airmen and crewmembers. Requires each air carrier to establish and maintain a rehabilitation program which provides for the identification and treatment of airmen and crewmembers who need assistance in resolving problems with controlled substances or alcohol. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to impose criminal penalties (a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment for up to five years) for certain violations in connection with the air transportation of controlled substances. Requires any person having an ownership interest in an aircraft to report any transfer of ownership within 15 days. Part III: Communications - Requires the Federal Communications Commission to: (1) seize any communications equipment that was used for distributing a controlled substance; and (2) revoke the license of any person who used such license for the purpose of using or distributing a controlled substance. Part IV: Highway Safety - Subpart A: Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 - Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to promulgate regulations establishing minimum Federal standards for the licensing, testing, qualifications and classifications of commercial motor vehicle operators, and additional regulations for such operators who transport hazardous materials. Sets guidelines for such standards. Establishes guidelines for civil and criminal penalties to be imposed by the States for violations of such standards. Prohibits commercial motor vehicle operators from possessing more than one operator's license. Sets September 1, 1989, as the deadline by which each State must adopt and administer a classified licensing program which complies with the minimum Federal standards for commercial motor vehicle operators. Requires the States to notify the Secretary of the proposed and actual issuance of a commercial license in order to eliminate the multiple licensing of commercial motor vehicle operators. Restricts the issuance of commercial licenses to persons with acceptable safety records. Provides that States must require commercial operators to turn in other commercial licenses. Provides Federal grants to assist States which have programs for license issuance and administration that comply with the Federal guidelines established under this Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) withhold highway funds and certain apportionments from States which are not in compliance with this Act as of September 30, 1990: and (2) establish by January 1, 1989, a commercial driver's license information clearinghouse allowing rapid communication among the States. Outlines the functions of such information system. Requires any prospective employer to consult such clearinghouse prior to employing a commercial motor vehicle operator in order to ascertain his or her status. Prohibits the employment of drivers whose licenses have been suspended, revoked or cancelled for cause. Requires the Secretary to establish fees for the use of such information system. Makes funds available for FY 1987 to establish such information system. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to require States receiving grants under the Act to: (1) conduct frequent roadside inspections of commercial motor vehicles; (2) conduct tests to determine blood alcohol content levels of commercial motor vehicle operators; and (3) provide for license suspension or revocation for operators who either have certain blood alcohol content levels, or who refuse to submit to blood alcohol content tests. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to encourage the States to determine whether commercial motor vehicle operators are driving under the influence of a controlled substance. Increases authorizations for FY 1987 and 1988 for grants to assist States in the implementation of Federal commercial motor vehicle programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and 1990 for such programs. Subpart B: Motor Vehicle Safety - Expresses the sense of the Senate that the States should enact laws and adopt procedures which provide for the administration of tests which measure the content of controlled substances in the blood of any motor vehicle operator and provide for suspension or revocation of the license of an operator who refuses to submit to such testing. Subtitle C: Harmful Inhalants - Amends the Federal criminal code to make the sale of harmful inhalants illegal. Subtitle D: Action Grants - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Act of 1973 to authorize grants (and other special initiatives) to increase voluntarism in preventing drug abuse. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Subtitle E: Habeas Corpus Reform - Reform of Federal Intervention in State Proceedings Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal judicial code to condition consideration of a habeas corpus claim by a prisoner on a showing of actual prejudice resulting from the Federal right violated and that: (1) State or Federal Government action precluded assertion of that right; (2) the Federal right did not previously exist; or (3) the factual basis of the claim could not have been discovered by reasonable diligence. Establishes a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners, and a two-year statute of limitations for similar motions made by Federal prisoners. Vests authority to issue certificates for probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. Permits denial on the merits of habeas corpus writs notwithstanding the failure to exhaust State remedies. Prohibits the granting of a habeas corpus writ with respect to any claim which has been fully and fairly adjudicated in State proceedings. Subtitle F: Armed Career Criminals - Amends title VII (Unlawful Possession or Receipt of Firearms) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the firearms-related crimes for which persons with multiple convictions may receive increased penalties to include serious drug offenses and crimes of violence. (Previous law provided increased penalties for robbery and burglary only.) Subtitle G: Prohibition on the Interstate Sale and Transportation of Drug Paraphernalia - Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Control Act - Makes it a Federal criminal offense for any person to use the U.S. Postal Service or any private parcel service in interstate commerce as part of a scheme to sell drug paraphernalia. Imposes a penalty of imprisonment for not more than three years and a fine of not more than $100,000. Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of any paraphernalia involved in violation of this Act. Subtitle H: International Narcotics Control - Part I: Interagency Coordinating Committee - Establishes an Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for Drug-Related Intelligence Collection and Action to coordinate the drug related activities of the intelligence components of specified Federal departments and agencies. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence to report annually to specified congressional committees on such activities. Part II: Declaration; Policy - Declares that drugs are a national security problem and urges the President to explore the possibility of engaging the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and other such organizations, in cooperative drug programs. Part III: Report - Requires the President to prepare an annual report for the Congress listing each country: (1) which encourages or facilitates the production or distribution of illegal drugs; (2) in which a member of a U.S. Government agency has suffered or been threatened with violence, inflicted by or with the complicity of an official of such country; or (3) which fails to provide reasonable cooperation with lawful activities of U.S. drug enforcement agents. Part IV: International Narcotics Control Act of 1986 - International Narcotics Control Act of 1986 - Subpart A: International Narcotics Control Assistance Program - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the FY 1987 authorization for aid for international narcotics control. Permits certain additional funds to be appropriated for FY 1987 only if the President has submitted to the Congress: (1) a budget request for such funds; and (2) a plan showing how such funds will be used. Requires that a specified amount of FY 1987 military assistance authorization be available to provide aircraft to foreign countries for narcotics control eradication and interdiction efforts. States that such aircraft shall be available primarily for use in Latin America. Provides that any such aircraft made available to Mexico shall be provided only on a lease or loan basis. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1987 international narcotics control assistance for research, development, and testing of safe and effective herbicides for use in aerial eradication of coca. Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the international narcotics control assistance program. Subpart B: Improving Law Enforcement and Other Narcotics Control Activities Abroad - Requires the President's annual report to the Congress on the international strategy to prevent cultivation and trafficking in narcotics to include a discussion of the extent to which each source country has cooperated with U.S. narcotics control efforts through the extradition or prosecution of drug traffickers and a description of the state of negotations on updated extradition treaties. Requires the executive branch to establish expeditiously the information sharing system that will list all drug arrests of foreign nationals in the United States as required by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987. Requires the executive branch to report to the Congress when the system is established. Requires the President to direct that an updated threat assessment of narcotics trafficking from Africa be prepared. Requires that a specified amount of the FY 1987 administration of justice program authorization be used to provide Colombia (and other countries in the region) assistance to protect judicial or other officials who are targets of narcoterrorist attacks. Allows the President to suspend foreign assistance to a country which has failed to take adequate steps to prevent money laundering and punish money launderers. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 to permit foreign assistance to Bolivia when certain conditions are met. Directs the President to report to specified congressional committees on a plan to do aerial and other surveys of major illicit drug producing countries. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct each U.S. Executive Director to multilateral development banks to vote against any loan for the benefit of any major illicit drug producing country. Subpart C: Drug Education Programs Abroad - Authorizes additional appropriations for the U.S. Information Agency for FY 1987 which shall be available only for increasing drug education programs abroad. Authorizes additional appropriations for development assistance programs for FY 1987 which shall be used for additional activities aimed at increasing awareness of the effects of production and trafficking of illicit narcotics on source and transit countries. Requires the Director of the U.S. Information Agency and the Director of the Agency for International Development to include in their annual reports to the Congress a description of the drug education programs carried out by their respective agencies. Subtitle J: Anti-Drug Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow any individual to designate any amount of tax overpayment and to make contributions to the Anti-Drug Trust Fund. Establishes the Anti-Drug Trust Fund. Subtitle K: Freedom of Information Act - Amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide certain Freedom of Information request exceptions for specified law enforcement records and information. Subtitle L: National Forest System Drug Control - Grants officers and employees of the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture authority to conduct investigations and make arrests for violations relating to the National Forest System. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to grant such officers and employees certain law enforcement powers (including the right to carry firearms). Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose criminal penalties for: (1) possessing a firearm while manufacturing a controlled substance on Federal property; and (2) placing a boobytrap on Federal property where a controlled substance is being manufactured. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle M: Authorization of Appropriations for Drug Law Enforcement - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1987 for the Department of Justice for: (1) the Drug Enforcement Administration (including an All Source Intelligence Center); (2) the Federal Prison System; (3) Defender Services; (4) fees and expenses of jurors and commissioners; and (5) the Office of Justice Assistance. Subtitle N: Controlled Substances Production Control - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make any person convicted of planting, storing, harvesting, or growing a controlled substance ineligible for price supports or other program benefits for ten (rather than five) years. Directs the Secretary to pay a reward for information leading to the conviction of any person who receives such supports or benefits and is subsequently determined to be ineligible for such supports or benefits. Subtitle O: State and Local Narcotics Control Assistance - State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to State and local law enforcement agencies for narcotics assistance. Subtitle P: Study on the Use of Existing Federal Buildings as Prisons - Directs the Administrator of General Services and the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study to identify any Federal building which could be used as a prison by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary to transmit the results of such study to the President and the Congress. Subtitle Q: Drug Law Enforcement Cooperation Study - Directs the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board to study Federal drug law enforcement efforts and make recommendations regarding: (1) improving the Nation's drug interdiction program; and (2) ways to maximize coordination and cooperation among Federal, State, and local drug enforcement agencies, and between the several Federal agencies involved with drug interdiction. Subtitle R: Drug Interdiction - Permits the use of Department of Defense personnel outside of the United States in drug interdiction activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 for the Customs Service, the Attorney General, the Coast Guard, and other agencies for drug interdiction activities along the southern border of the United States. Subtitle S: Arrest Authority for INS Officers - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant Immigration and Nationality Service (INS) officers general arrest authority (including the right to carry a firearm). Subtitle T: Improved Drug Crime Reporting - Requires the Bureau of Justice statistics to compile and publish comprehensive data on drug trafficking and abuse. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1986
Oil and Gas Production Revitalization Act - Title I: Oil Provisions - Repeals the windfall profit tax provisions regarding domestic crude oil. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to assure that at least 50 percent (by volume) of petroleum products acquired for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during each fiscal year are derived from domestic crude oil production (if such products can be acquired at prices no less favorable to the United States than the price of comparable foreign petroleum products). Urges the administration to increase the exploration and development of domestic energy resources. Urges the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) immediately undertake a feasibility study regarding the national security effects and implications of current and projected levels of petroleum imports into the United States; and (2) analyze the economic impact of export restrictions on oilfield equipment and drilling technology, with special emphasis upon the effect of such restrictions on employment and growth of the U.S. economy. Title II: Natural Gas Provisions - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to: (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Act of 1978 to: (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations against the use of natural gas and petroleum as primary energy sources; and (3) repeal the guidelines for the emergency use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source by any person operating a peakload powerplant or a major fuel-burning installation. Revokes the authority of the Secretary of Energy to require any major fuel-burning installation to furnish certain information regarding the use of primary energy sources of fuel. Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to repeal the natural gas incremental pricing provisions. States that incremental pricing rules promulgated by the Commission shall continue in effect only with respect to the flow-through of costs incurred before enactment of this Act, including any surcharges based on such costs. Exempts from Federal or State antitrust laws any actions taken by independent producers' cooperative associations to market certain natural gas released for sale under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. Directs the Commission to consider the full cost of the purchased gas when ascertaining whether any amount paid in any natural gas purchase for resale is just and reasonable. Title III: Regulatory Reform Provisions - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a specified waste disposal study regarding crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy, with the participation of the Secretaries of Energy and of the Interior, as well as representatives of the affected industries, and of the State agencies that regulate these industries. Revises the deadline for the completion of such report from October 21, 1982, to January 1, 1989. Modifies the types of storage containers which are exempt from the definition of "underground storage tank" under the Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) fundamentally different factors variances should be available for any facility subject to national effluent limitation guidelines; (2) certain recycling regulations regarding "mixture" and "derived from" should not be invoked to curtail petroleum industry recycling activities designed to conserve resources when there is no information to demonstrate that such activities threaten human health or the environment; (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should encourage continued use of land treatment for petroleum waste; and (4) the full cost method of accounting for oil and gas operations should continue to be recognized as an acceptable financial accounting practice.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1986
Declares that the Senate: (1) condemns the most recent terrorist acts in Karachi, Pakistan, and Istanbul, Turkey, and offers its condolences to the victims and to their families; (2) declares that international terrorism is a scourge and that all civilized nations should combat it; (3) urges close international cooperation in the prosecution and punishment of those responsible for such acts; and (4) urges the President to take specified actions to combat terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1986
Declares that the Senate: (1) condemns the Soviet Union for the arrest and indictment of U.S. foreign correspondent Nicholas Daniloff and demands his immediate and unconditional release; (2) expresses its concern that the Soviet Union's failure to resolve this matter threatens to undermine U.S.-Soviet relations and jeopardizes the summit meeting between President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev; and (3) urges that all news gathering organizations that provide support to Soviet news organizations should consider appropriate actions to demand Daniloff's release.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1986
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify cross-compliance requirements for producers of extra-long staple cotton.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the longstanding friendship between Mexico and the United States is best served by the commitment of those countries to condemning electoral fraud. Declares that the Congress: (1) stresses that President Reagan and President de la Madrid should discuss the progress of Mexico in opening up its one-party system to greater democratic freedoms, address the growing drug problem, and discuss the July election in Chihuahua; (2) urges the President of Mexico to achieve "morally renovated" elections in upcoming State and municipal elections; and (3) encourages President de la Madrid to nullify the fraudulent elections in Chihuahua and schedule new elections.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Designates the week of October 19 through October 26, 1986, as National Housing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1986
Commends farmers and government leaders for their public-spirited efforts to alleviate the suffering of Southeastern farmers.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1986
Authorizes the States to raise the speed limit up to 65 miles per hour on highways on the Interstate System which are located outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1986 - Declares as a policy of the Congress that States should: (1) protect natural resources and habitat areas; (2) guarantee recreational exploration of shipwreck sites; and (3) allow for appropriate public or private sector recovery of shipwrecks which protect the historical values and environmental integrity of the shipwrecks and their sites. Allows any person engaging in the recovery of a shipwreck to which a State asserts title to receive reasonable compensation for such recovery. Directs the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to publish, within six months after the enactment of this Act, advisory guidelines for the protection of shipwrecks and properties. Provides that the United States asserts title to any abandoned shipwreck that is: (1) substantially buried in submerged lands of a State; (2) in coralline formations protected by a State on its submerged lands; or (3) on submerged lands of a State when such shipwreck is included or eligible for inclusion in the National Register, and the public is given adequate notice of the location of the shipwreck. Declares that any title to abandoned shipwrecks asserted under such conditions is transferred to the State in or on whose submerged lands the shipwreck is located. States that any abandoned shipwreck in or on the public lands of the United States (except the Outer Continental Shelf) is the property of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) dairy cattle designated for slaughter under the dairy buyout program should, instead of being slaughtered, be supplied to affected countries to replace stocks of cattle contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear accident in the Soviet Union; and (2) feed grain from the Commodity Credit Corporation as well as dairy beef generated from the buyout program's slaughtering activities should be made available to the stricken countries.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Designates July 20, 1986, as Space Exploration Day.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1986
Designates the week of September 15 through September 21, 1986, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
United States-Mexico Free Trade Promotion Act - Requires the President to direct the U.S. Trade Representative to initiate negotiations with Mexico to establish a free trade area between the United States and Mexico and to provide for the elimination or reduction of duties imposed by the United States. Provides that certain restrictions on tariff reduction agreements shall not apply to any such agreement entered into with Mexico. Sets forth certain benefits to be taken into account in negotiating such agreement.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986
Designates the week of May 25 through May 31, 1986, as Critical Care Week.
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.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Child Sexual Abuse and Pornography Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code with regard to the sexual exploitation of children. Makes it a Federal offense for any person to advertise: (1) any product depicting sexually explicit conduct with a minor; or (2) the opportunity to engage in such conduct with a minor. Amends the Mann Act to include the transportation of males within its coverage and makes other changes so that the offense is gender neutral.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Tax Exemption Equity Act of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny status as a tax-exempt organization to any organization which directly or indirectly performs, finances, or provides facilities for any abortion. Denies the income, estate, and gift tax charitable contribution deductions for amounts contributed to such organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Requests the Governor of each State (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) to designate two residents for naturalization as citizens in an appropriate ceremony on Ellis Island on July 3 or 4, 1986. Waives specified naturalization sites provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act for such ceremony. States that this Act authorizes no additional funds for expenses associated with such naturalization ceremony.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Designates May 8, 1986, as Naval Aviation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to issue a permit under the Clean Water Act and the River and Harbor Act of 1899 for the Stacy Dam, Reservoir, and Pipeline Project of the Colorado River Municipal Water District, Texas, not later than November 30, 1986, notwithstanding any pending threatened species proposals by the Secretary of the Interior.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1986
Requests the President to appoint two named individuals to the service academy of their choice as each respectively satisfies the requirements for admission to such academy.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to specify the State allotment formula which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to use when implementing a presidential order requiring the sequestration (through the application of a reduction percentage) of budget authority provided for a fiscal year under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986 - Declares that any person who organizes, attempts, commits, procures, or supports acts of terrorism shall be considered to have committed an act of aggression against the United States and may be pursued with deadly force. Defines terrorism to mean activity directed against U.S. persons which: (1) is committed by a non-U.S. national or permanent resident alien; (2) involves violent or dangerous acts which would be crimes in the United States; and (3) is intended to intimidate a civilian population, to influence government policy, or to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping. Authorizes the President, subject to the provisions of the Constitution, to protect U.S. persons from terrorism through the use of all antiterrorism and counterterrorism measures that the President deems necessary. Requires the President's authority to apply: (1) to all terrorists wherever they may be; and (2) until the President determines that no terrorist poses a threat to U.S. persons. Prohibits this Act from being construed as granting any authority to use deadly force within the United States which would not exist in the absence of this Act. Requires the President to report to the Congress within ten days of taking any action under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Declares that the Congress recognizes the visit by the descendants of the original settlers of Purrysburg, South Carolina, to Neufchatel, Switzerland, in October 1986 as an international gesture of goodwill.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the administration should continue to oppose actions by the European Community to impose quotas on oilseeds in Portugal, to impose a grain purchase requirement quota on Portugal, and to place variable levies on corn and grain sorghum entering Spain before negotiating compensation; and (2) unless the European Community rescinds such trade restrictions or the United States receives compensation for resulting trade losses, the administration should impose trade restrictions on a sufficient value of exports of the European Community to the United States to reestablish the balance of concessions under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and other trade agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1986
Designates May 21, 1986, as Andrei Sakharov Honor and Freedom Day. Requests the President to mark such day with an appeal to the Soviet leader for Doctor Sakharov's release. Provides for the relocation of the "Andrei Sakharov Plaza" street sign to an area adjacent to the Soviet Embassy in the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 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.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Open Access to Transportation - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to: (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Title II: Removal of Wellhead Price Controls and Repeal of Jurisdiction Over First Sales - Removes wellhead price controls over all natural gas first sales beginning April 1, 1987. Removes such control for certain gas sales contracts executed after March 1, 1986. Removes Commission jurisdiction over first sales of natural gas committed or dedicated as of the day before enactment of this Act. Repeals Commission authority to specify the minimum duration of certain natural gas contracts (thus removing all non-price regulation of first sales of natural gas). Declares that, with respect to ceiling prices of certain natural gas sales, the last price paid for such gas shall be considered a federally established rate for purposes of an area rate clause. Title III: Repeal of Certain Restrictions on the Use of Natural Gas and Petroleum Use and Pricing - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to: (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations against the use of natural gas and petroleum as primary energy sources; and (3) repeal the guidelines for the emergency use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source by any person operating a peakload powerplant or a major fuel-burning installation. Revokes the authority of the Secretary of Energy to require any major fuel-burning installation to furnish certain information regarding the use of primary energy sources of fuel. Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to repeal the natural gas incremental pricing provisions. States that incremental pricing rules promulgated by the Commission shall continue in effect only with respect to the flow-through of costs incurred before enactment of this Act, including any surcharges based on such costs.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986
Recognizes the Ireland Fund for its laudable charitable achievements, and its founder, Dr. Anthony J.F. O'Reilly, for the humane work he has inspired on behalf of the people of Ireland.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1986
Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Bilingual Education Act (the Act) to add to the statement of policy the declaration that, regardless of the method of instruction, programs which serve children of limited English proficiency have the equally important goals of developing both academic achievement and English proficiency. Removes a requirement that the Secretary of Education reserve limited portions of funds under the Act for special alternative instructional programs and related activities. Removes a requirement that the Secretary reserve at least 75 percent of funds under part A (Financial Assistance for Bilingual Education Programs) of the Act for transitional bilingual education programs.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1986
Service Contract Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the Service Contract Act of 1965 to raise from $2,500 to $200,000 the minimum size of a private service contract with the Federal Government subject to such Act. Declares that such Act applies only to contracts whose principal purpose is to furnish services. Revises provisions regarding predecessor contracts. Provides that a successor contractor shall not be required to pay the wages and fringe benefits of a predecessor contractor unless the Secretary of Labor establishes that wages and fringe benefits under the successor contract are less than prevailing wages and fringe benefits in the locality in which the work is to be performed. Directs the Secretary to make wage and fringe benefit determinations for service contracts under which 25 or more service employees are to be employed. (Current law requires such determinations for five or more service employees.)
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Designates the week of June 1 through June 7, 1986, as National Intelligence Community Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate, and instructs its committees and conferees, that the Senate: (1) will not approve any provisions relating to tax-exempt bonds in H.R. 3838 or similar legislation that will adversely affect the ability of States and their political subdivisions to finance infrastructure needs; (2) will retain incentives in the capital formation provisions of any tax reform legislation to encourage private investment in public infrastructure; and (3) will not approve any tax reform provisions that would adversely affect the tax-exempt status of bonds or other obligations of the States or their political subdivisions which comply with current law and which are issued prior to either January 1, 1987, or any later date provided in enacted law.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 18 through April 27, 1986, as National Carpet and Floorcovering Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1986
Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to prohibit the use of Corporation funds for legal proceedings or litigation relating to abortions.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986
Oil and Gas Deregulation and Incentive Act of 1986 - Title I: Elimination of Tax Reform Provisions Which Detrimentally Affect the Petroleum Industry - Expresses the sense of the Congress that retention of current income tax provisions regarding the petroleum industry (such as the oil depletion allowance and deduction for intangible drilling expenses) is necessary to provide capital formation for the industry. Urges that certain provisions of H.R. 3838 (Tax Reform Act of 1985) affecting the industry be eliminated. Title II: Federal Banking Agency Cooperation with Troubled Banks and Thrift Institutions - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prescribe guidelines under which an in-State or out-of-State bank holding company (or savings and loan holding company) may acquire both closed banks and banks undergoing financial difficulties. Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to authorize the immediate consummation of such an acquisition upon the finding by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors that it must act immediately to approve an application for such acquisition. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal banking agencies should: (1) affirm that financial institutions are allowed to account prospectively for modifications of their borrowers' debts as reduced interest income; (2) exercise forbearance of their capital standards when capital reduction is attributable to loans to certain troubled economic sectors; and (3) implement changed disclosure requirements for renegotiated loans. Title III: Windfall Profit Tax Repeal and Clarification of Assessment Period - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil. Title IV: Deregulation of the Gas Industry - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal the prohibition against the use of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources in new and existing electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations. Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to repeal: (1) the passthrough of natural gas acquisition costs incurred by interstate pipelines (incremental pricing); (2) wellhead price controls on the first sale of natural gas as of January 1, 1987; (3) standby price control authority over natural gas sales contracts executed or renegotiated after enactment of this Act; (4) Natural Gas Act jurisdiction over first sales of dedicated or committed natural gas; and (5) the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to prescribe minimum natural gas purchase contract duration provisions. Authorizes the Commission to order natural gas companies and interstate pipelines to provide transportation services without discriminating as to class of shipper or recipient. Title V: General Provisions - Declares it the sense of the Congress that State rules regarding the plugging and abandonment of oil and gas producing wells should be reviewed with the goals of: (1) ensuring that wells are not prematurely abandoned; (2) determining limited plugging procedures to facilitate future re-entry; and (3) ensuring that neither operating interest owners nor landowners are unjustly penalized as a result of plugging requirement revisions. Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act to increase from ten to 20 years the lease term allotted for coal deposits exploration and development.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1986
Tax-Exempt Bond Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the term "industrial development bonds" with the new term "quasi-governmental bonds." Defines "quasi-governmental bond" as any obligation: (1) which is issued as part of an issue more than 25 percent of the net proceeds of which are to be used directly or indirectly in any trade or business carried on by any person other than a governmental unit; and (2) the payment of the principal or interest on which is, to the extent of more than 25 percent, secured by an interest in property used or to be used in a trade or business or in payments with respect of property, or to be derived from payments in respect of property, or borrowed money, used or to be used in trade or business. Sets forth rules concerning the use of proceeds in ways which will not be considered to be used in a trade or business carried on by other than a governmental unit. Provides that an issue of obligations will not be treated as quasi-governmental bonds if 95 percent or more of the proceeds are to be used to provide projects for residential rental or limited-equity cooperative property if certain conditions are satisfied. Provides that certain issues will not be treated as quasi-governmental bonds if 95 percent or more of the net proceeds of the issue are used for certain specified activities. Provides that when 95 percent or more of the net proceeds of an industrial park or small issue are used for such purposes, then the bonds are tax-exempt. Repeals the termination date for the small issue industrial development bond exemption. Sets forth the definition of "principal user" for purposes of certain facilities. Provides that obligations where 95 percent of the proceeds are to be used by nonprofit organizations in activities which do not constitute unrelated trade or businesses shall not be treated as quasi-governmental bonds. Provides that qualified mortgage bonds, qualified veterans' mortgage bonds, qualified student loan bonds, and qualified tax-increment bonds will not be treated as quasi-governmental bonds. Modifies the requirements with respect to tax-exempt bonds used for low-income housing involving residential or limited-equity cooperative property. Makes other modifications with respect to quasi-governmental bonds. Modifies the definition of "arbitrage bond" for purposes of determining the tax-exemption for such bonds. Repeals the exception for obligations used for educational institutions. Makes modifications in certain special rules relating to arbitrage bonds. Provides that certain irrigation dams shall be treated as air or water pollution control facilities if certain conditions are met for purposes of quasi-governmental bonds. Makes modifications with respect to qualified scholarship funding bonds, federally guaranteed obligations, and qualified steam generating or alcohol producing facilities. Provides that an obligation is federally guaranteed if more than five percent of the net proceeds of such issue is used to make loans guaranteed by the Federal Government or invested in federally insured deposits. Requires public approval for quasi-governmental bonds. Requires certain informational reporting to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to quasi-governmental bonds. Substitutes the term "quasi-governmental" for the term "private activity". Increases the dollar amount of the State ceiling on quasi-governmental bonds to $225 multiplied by the State's population or $260,000,000. Provides special rules for allocating the volume cap with respect to States with constitutional home rule cities. Modifies the refunding rules with respect to student loan bonds, qualified mortgage bonds, and qualified veterans' mortgage bonds. Substitutes the term "private loan bonds" for the term "consumer loan bonds." Requires that more than five percent of the net proceeds of the issue must be used for certain purposes in order to be classified as private loan bonds. Makes various modifications in the definition and requirements for qualified student loan bonds and tax-increment bonds. Provides that the tax-exempt status of an obligation issued for the purpose of the advance refunding of a tax-exempt obligation or quasi-governmental bonds will not be allowed unless certain conditions are satisfied. Provides rules for the change in use or ownership of facilities financed by certain tax-exempt obligations. Defines "net proceeds" to mean the proceeds of an issue reduced by insurance costs and a reasonably required reserve and replacement fund. Makes certain changes in the provisions concerning the mortgage credit certificate program. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to amend the regulations relating to the arbitrage requirements to eliminate the provision which permits a higher yield on purpose obligations if the issuer elects to waive the benefits of the temporary period provisions. Provides a penalty for failure to file certain reports on compliance with the qualified residential project rules. Makes certain technical and conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code and to the securities laws. Provides that, generally, the effective date for these provisions will apply to obligations issued after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth other effective dates for specific provisions. Provides that tax-exempt financing of low income housing, or of water, sewer, and solid waste facilities will not effect the depreciation of such property. Prohibits the deduction of interest expenses of financial institutions allocable to tax-exempt securities. Sets forth the formula for making such allocation. Provides that a certain percentage of tax-exempt interest received by an insurance company shall be subtracted from the amount of losses incurred by the company in calculating taxable income. Provides that an individual is not required to report on tax returns either the tax-exempt interest received or the receipt of State and local tax payments.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1986
Benefit-from-Harm Denial Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a taxpayer's personal exemption deduction for a child who is born alive after an induced abortion or an attempt to perform an abortion and dies as a result of such procedure . Denies the deduction for abortion expenses unless the abortion was performed to save the life of the mother. Denies the personal exemption deduction for the spouse or a dependent of the taxpayer if the taxpayer intentionally causes the death of such spouse or dependent. Requires a court determination of an intentional cause of death.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1986
Amends Part B (Alcohol and Drug Abuse) of title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to specify the method of determining State allotments following the sequestration of funds under part C of the the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, gold medals to the families of Francis R. Scobee, Michael Smith, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, and Gregory Jarvis in recognition of their courage, dedication, and sacrifice as crew members of the space shuttle Challenger. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the design of the medals. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Extends congratulations and best wishes to President Ronald Reagan on his 75th birthday.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1986
Litigation Abuse Reform Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to provide certain limitations and procedures regarding civil damages in actions alleging negligence, strict or product liability, intentionally tortious conduct, or malpractice by a physician, accountant, lawyer, architect, engineer, or other professional. Requires that future damage awards exceeding $100,000 be made by periodic payments. Requires that damage awards be offset by an amount received as compensation for the same injury from other sources. Limits the amount of damages for noneconomic losses to $100,000. Establishes a contingency fee schedule for plaintiffs' attorneys. Permits the awarding of punitive damages only where the conduct of the defendant manifests a conscious disregard for safety. Provides that punitive damages awarded in any civil action to which this Act applies shall be paid to the clerk of the court and transmitted to the Treasurer of the United States, for the use of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Federal Judicial Center. Makes any attorney whose conduct is calculated for delay, or is found to be in bad faith, subject to pecuniary sanctions by the court.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress, and instructs its committees and conferees, that the Congress will not approve any provisions in H.R. 3838 or in similar legislation that would adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the bonds or other obligations of the States or their political subdivisions and instrumentalities which comply with current law and which are issued prior to: (1) January 1, 1987; or (2) any later date provided in enacted law.