United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1986
Fast Food Ingredient Information Act of 1986 - Title I: Responsibilities of the Secretary of Health and Human Services - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enforce food labeling requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for packaged food sold by fast food restaurants. Title II: Responsibilities of the Secretary of Agriculture - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce specified food labeling requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and of the Poultry Products Inspection Act for packaged foods sold by fast food restaurants. Title III: Regulations; Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates for requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1986
Petroleum Equipment Export Act of 1986 - Rescinds foreign policy export controls on the export of oil and gas equipment and technology to the Soviet Union. Retains national security export controls covering the export of goods or technology to the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
Federal Credit Program Revolving Fund Act - Amends the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973 to establish in the Treasury a Federal Credit Program Revolving Fund for management of Federal credit activity under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides that the Fund shall serve as a central revolving financing mechanism for all Government direct loan and loan guarantee programs. Requires each Federal agency to transfer to the Fund by September 30, 1987, all assets, liabilities, capital, reserves, obligations, and commitments held by such agency under any Federal credit program. Requires the Federal Financing Bank to cease its operations upon such transfer. Directs the Secretary to operate the Fund so as to minimize risk, matching Fund expenses with income and matching maturities of assets and liabilities. Requires the credit activity of each credit program on the Fund's books to be identified separately. Describes the authority of the Secretary to manage Federal credit programs through the Fund. Requires the head of each agency authorized to make, guarantee, or insure loans to: (1) provide the Fund information about the agency's loan programs sufficient to enable the Fund to calculate the net present value of associated subsidy costs; (2) seek annual appropriations in advance to fully compensate the Fund for the subsidy costs; (3) carry out loan programs within applicable appropriations Act limitations and subject to the availability of appropriations to cover subsidy costs; and (4) act before October 1, 1988, to ensure that loan contracts executed on or after such date require a purchaser of such loan to afford the borrower the same procedural and substantive rights as would be afforded by the agency if the loan were not sold. Requires an agency making or guaranteeing a loan: (1) to administer the loan program; (2) at the time a new direct loan obligation is incurred or a new guarantee commitment is made, to provide the Fund with sufficient information to revise the estimate of the net present value of the associated subsidy cost given prevailing market conditions; and (3) at the time the loan is disbursed or the guarantee is issued, to transfer to the Fund the net present value of the associated subsidy cost. Provides that this Act shall not apply to the commodity price-support loan program of the Commodity Credit Corporation. Requires the Secretary to transmit to the Congress an annual report on the operations of the Fund. Directs the Comptroller General, annually, to examine the report, audit the Fund, evaluate the effect of the Fund's operations on the efficiency and effectiveness of the management of Federal credit programs, and report to the Congress on his or her findings. Appropriates necessary funds to cover losses or claims resulting from a direct loan or loan guarantee liability or obligation incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Civil Rights Commission draft report on minority business set-aside programs be rejected and appropriate reforms be undertaken to strengthen the program and correct any abuses.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986
Fair Credit Card Act of 1986 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to direct the Federal Reserve Board to issue regulations requiring that credit card solicitations mailed to consumers disclose information about finance charge conditions, interest rates, and annual fees and related charges. Requires the balance upon which such finance charges may be imposed to be computed using an average daily balance method or alternative method which benefits the consumer. Directs the Federal Reserve Board to issue regulations on such methods.
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 · 1 May 1986
Access to Health Care Act of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on large employers equal to ten percent of the expenses paid for employee health benefits if the employer does not participate in a State established qualified health insurance pooling association. Defines a "large employer" as an employer who has employed 20 or more individuals on each of 20 days during the taxable year. Defines a "qualified pooling association" as a State chartered nonprofit corporation which offers individuals and their dependents health insurance which: (1) has a limit of annual out-of-pocket expenses for covered services of $1,500 for individual coverage and $3,000 for family coverage; (2) has a lifetime benefit limit for any individual of not less than $500,000; (3) has deductibles which do not exceed $1,000; (4) denies services for preexisting conditions for no more than six months; (5) has a pool premium rate which does not exceed 150 percent of the average premium rates for comparable health insurance coverage; and (6) assesses losses of the pool equitably among all participating members. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to develop programs of health care assistance for the uninsured and the underinsured. Requires that such program must provide for payment for the unreimbursed costs incurred by each hospital in the State in furnishing medically necessary inpatient and outpatient services. Requires States to implement such a program by January 1, 1988, or on the first January 1st following State legislative sessions which do not occur before January 1, 1988, in order to continue to qualify for Federal matching funds for Medicaid administrative expenses. Denies an income tax deduction for employer contributions made to group health plans unless: (1) the employer allows terminated employees the option of continuing health insurance for a period of up to 22 months after termination (extended from 18 months); (2) the employer continues premium payments for health benefits for a period of four months after an employee has been involuntarily terminated; and (3) the employer provides an open-enrollment period when an employee's spouse has lost employment. Allows an income tax deduction for certain group health plan contributions for the benefit of self-employed individuals. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct studies and demonstration projects on ways to reduce the cost for small employers and self-employed individuals in obtaining health insurance. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the results of such studies and demonstration projects not later than January 1, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Access to Health Care Act of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require each large employer (employing 20 or more individuals) that offers a health benefits plan to be a member of a qualified pooling association in its State. Subjects non-complying large employers to a civil penalty. Requires each State to: (1) have in effect a qualified State plan of assistance for the uninsured and underinsured; or (2) provide health care coverage for such individuals. Expands title XXII (Requirements for Certain Group Health Plans) of the Public Health Service Act to cover private, as well as public, employers. Extends the maximum period of continuation coverage from 18 to 22 months. Requires employers to continue to pay the premiums of certain terminated or reduced hours employees for up to four months. Requires such group health plans to provide for an open enrollment period for each married employee who is, or would be, covered under the plan and whose spouse loses or will lose coverage due to a qualifying event. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for studies and demonstration projects on ways to reduce the costs for small employers and self-employed individuals in obtaining health insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1986
Dislocated Workers Assistance Amendments Act - Amends title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a separately funded remedial education program for dislocated workers. Authorizes appropriations for remedial education program grants to States for FY 1987 and each succeeding fiscal year. (Provides that other title III funds may not be used for remedial education.) Sets forth annual reporting requirements for States administering title III programs. Provides for technical assistance for States in the implementation of title III programs.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1986
Amends the Excellence in Education Act to provide that reservations of certain amounts for special school awards dependent on private sector contributions and for research, evaluation, dissemination, and monitoring activities shall only be applicable during fiscal years in which the appropriations for the school excellence awards program under such Act exceed a specified level.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1986
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to establish the Veterans' Administration Readjustment Counseling Professional Fellowship Program (the Program) to assist in providing an adequate supply of trained professionals to furnish readjustment counseling services to veterans for the Veterans Administration (VA). Requires an individual, in order to be eligible to participate in the Program, to be: (1) a Vietnam-era veteran; and (2) accepted in an accredited educational program which leads to a degree in a field appropriate to the furnishing of readjustment counseling services. Requires a written contract between the Administrator of Veterans Affairs and any veteran participating in the Program. Requires any veterans participating in the Program to also be full-time employees of the VA: (1) on the date on which their application for such Program is submitted; and (2) on the date on which they become participants in the Program. Authorizes the Administrator to award a scholarship to each veteran accepted into the Program. Limits to 100 the number of scholarships awarded under the Program. Requires the Administrator, in accepting applicants into the Program, to give priority to members of groups determined to be disadvantaged minority groups. Requires the Administrator to include in the annual report submitted to the Congress a report on the Program.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986
Directs the Attorney General to develop a model statute for States to prohibit the establishment and use of freebase houses (places where manufacturing, processing, distributing, purchasing, and using illegal drugs take place). Directs the Attorney General to report such statute to the appropriate committees of the Congress and to State and local law enforcement authorities. Defines "freebasing" as the conversion of cocaine crystals into a smokable base form of the drug.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1986
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Counseling, Education, and Services Act of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the establishment of networks of comprehensive outpatient services for individuals who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related complex, including: (1) comprehensive ambulatory care services; (2) home health care services; (3) long-term care and hospice services; (4) mental health, counseling, and psychosocial support services; and (5) case management services. Requires each entity applying for such grants to establish a network advisory committee. Directs the Secretary to make grants for the development, establishment, or expansion of programs to: (1) provide education and disseminate information concerning AIDS; and (2) provide counseling to individuals who have tested positively for the presence of antibodies to the human T-cell lymphotrophic virus III. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Establishes an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research Coordinating Committee within the National Institutes of Health to: (1) advise the Directors of the national research institutes with respect to AIDS research; (2) identify the needs for AIDS research; and (3) make recommendations to the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1986
Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to freeze the inpatient hospital deductible in the case of any spell of illness beginning after 1985. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to propose to the Congress methods by which the annual adjustment in the inpatient hospital deductible may be made more comparable to the annual adjustment made in the prospective payment rates used to cover the operating costs of inpatient hospital services.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Medicare Quality Protection Act of 1986 - Title I: Quality Assurance in Inpatient Hospital Settings - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and submit to the Congress a legislative proposal to improve the prospective payment system established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act so that it more accurately approximates the costs of inpatient hospital services and accounts for variations in case complexity. Amends the Medicare program to require a hospital to give Medicare beneficiaries, upon their admission to the hospital, a written statement explaining: (1) the individual's rights to benefits for inpatient hospital and post-hospital Medicare services; (2) the circumstances under which such individual will be liable for charges for a continued hospital stay; (3) the individual's right to appeal denials of continued hospital services; and (4) the individual's liability for payment for services if such a denial of benefits is upheld on appeal. Amends part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Act to require peer review organizations receiving a hospital inpatient's request for review of a hospital's decision that the patient no longer needs inpatient care to inform the patient of its decision within two days of receiving the request. Prohibits hospitals from charging patients for inpatient hospital services provided while patients wait for a peer review organization to respond to their timely review requests. Imposes a civil money penalty on hospitals which make payments to physicians and on physicians who knowingly receive payments which constitute an inducement to curtail the stay of, or services provided to, an identifiable patient. Directs the Secretary to study the adequacy of standards used for hospital compliance with Medicare participation conditions in assuring the quality of hospital services. Requires the Secretary to study the adequacy with which the prospective payment system compensates hospitals, and distributes such compensation among hospitals, for costs attributable to patients' extended hospital stays necessitated by delays in patient placement in skilled nursing facilities. Title II: Access to Appropriate Post-Hospital Care - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program to require hospitals to implement a discharge planning process which meets guidelines and standards, to be established by the Secretary, ensuring patients a timely and smooth transition to the most appropriate type of, and setting for, post-hospital or rehabilitative care. Extends the limitations on beneficiary liability for disallowed Medicare claims to cover home health services provided to certain unqualified individuals. Provides that skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies which keep their services for which Medicare coverage is denied below specified percentages and comply with certain administrative requirements shall not subsequently be denied payment for care provided. Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop a uniform needs assessment instrument enabling health care providers and fiscal intermediaries to evaluate an individual's need and ability to pay for post-hospital extended care, home-health, and long-term care services. Requires the Secretary to develop procedures to expedite fiscal intermediaries' determinations as to whether provider claims for post-hospital extended care and home health services may be reimbursed under the Medicare program. Directs the Secretary to provide for prompt response (within 24 hours) to beneficiary requests as to whether the beneficiary's Medicare coverage for post-hospital extended care services has been exhausted. Authorizes providers to represent beneficiaries on appeals of benefit determinations. Permits beneficiary appeals of the Secretary's denials of claims for home health service benefits. Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983 to extend, through 1989, the annual report on the impact of the prospective payment system and require the inclusion of information in such reports regarding the quality, and accessibility to Medicare beneficiaries, of post-hospital services. Title III: Improved Review of Quality by Peer Review Organizations - Amends part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Act to require hospitals to submit data to peer review organizations on a monthly basis. Requires peer review organizations to review selected cases where individuals are readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of their most recent hospital discharge to determine if the previous inpatient hospital services and post-hospital services met professionally recognized health care standards. Directs each peer review organization to commit a reasonable proportion of its activities to review of the quality of services provided in cases and settings where potential quality problems have been identified. Requires the Secretary to identify methods facilitating the discovery of such cases. Requires each peer review organization to have at least one consumer representative on its board of directors. Directs such organizations to investigate all written beneficiary complaints about the quality of Medicare services which are filed with the organization. Requires peer review organizations to share data with organizations responsible for accrediting providers or State officials responsible for assuring quality care if such data reflects a substantial failure by providers or practitioners to provide quality care. Title IV: Study to Develop a Strategy for Quality Review and Assurance - Directs the Secretary to arrange a study which will serve as the basis for establishing a strategy for reviewing and assuring the quality of care provided under the Medicare program. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the study within two years of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Medicaid Maternal and Infant Amendments of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of extending coverage to pregnant women and infants up to age one whose family income does not exceed the higher of the income eligibility threshold under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act or the Federal poverty level. Prohibits States which provide coverage pursuant to this Act from establishing more stringent AFDC eligibility tests or reducing AFDC payment levels after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Directs the President, within a specified time, to report to the Congress on the status and implementation of the recommendations of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1986
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.)
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1986
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require specified information to be included in the manifests of cargo vessels of less than five tons arriving in the United States from a contiguous country. Makes available for public disclosure certain information contained in such manifests. Provides that such information shall not be made available for public disclosure if the Secretary of the Treasury makes a finding that disclosure will pose a threat of personal injury or property damage or such information must be kept secret for reasons of national defense or foreign policy. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish procedures to provide access to such manifests.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, gold medals to Anatoly and Avital Shcharansky in recognition of their supreme dedication and total commitment to human rights and freedoms. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the design of the medals. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to sell bronze duplicates of the medals.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Amends Federal law to establish September 17th, Constitution Day, of each year as a legal public holiday, except for purposes of Federal employee pay and leave.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Designates May 21, 1986, as National Andrei Sakharov Day. Authorizes and requests the President to urge the Soviet Union to permit Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner to freely choose their place of residence.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1986
Infant Mortality Prevention Act of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of extending coverage to women in need of pregnancy-related medical services and infants up to age one whose family income exceeds current income eligibility thresholds, but does not exceed a State maximum income level to be established at or below the Federal poverty level. Requires the State maximum income level for eligibility under this program to be no less than the payment level applicable to a family with no income under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act. Prohibits States which provide coverage pursuant to this Act from reducing AFDC payment levels after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) a successful conclusion of an arrangement to regulate tied aid credits would eliminate the need for the enactment of a special tied aid credit program; (2) the Secretary of the Treasury should promote such a conclusion to the negotiations; and (3) the President should make the use of predatory tied aid credits a major topic of discussion at the Tokyo Summit.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986
Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to require each State to submit to the Secretary of Agriculture: (1) an annual commodity distribution plan; (2) quarterly reports. Directs the Secretary to issue commodity warehousing and monitoring regulations. Reopens statutory authority for food bank special nutrition projects reports.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986
Prohibits the issuance of a letter of offer with respect to specified proposed sales of Sidewinder, Stinger, and Harpoon missiles and services to Saudi Arabia, as described in the April 8, 1986, certifications from the President to the Congress under the Arms Export Control Act.
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
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt from any benefit reduction under such Act the dual benefits payments account in the Treasury (60-0111-0-1-601) pertaining to certain railroad retirement benefits. Applies such exemption to fiscal years beginning FY 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1986
Provides that certain settlements of claims for post-retirement medical insurance coverage subject to a specified law suit shall be excluded from gross income for income tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that provisions of title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act requiring at least a three-percent rise in the Consumer Price Index before a cost-of-living adjustment of benefits is made be suspended in 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988 to the Department of Commerce to carry out the purposes of such Act. Amends the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988 to the Department of Commerce to carry out the export promotion activities of the Department of Commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Title I: Export-Import Bank Act Extension - Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) to collect fees to cover the marginal costs of the Bank's conferences and publications. Requires the Bank's medium-term financing program to: (1) be available in the form of direct credits to the foreign borrower to finance exports having a value of not less than $50,000; (2) impose minimal administrative, procedural, and documentary burdens on its users; (3) not require the payment of fees unless such fees are equivalent to those charged under the Bank's long-term loan program and are in accordance with certain other requirements. Deletes the provision that declares that the Bank's terms and conditions need not be equivalent to those offered by foreign countries. Prohibits the Bank from imposing a credit application fee unless: (1) the fee is competitive with the average fee charged by the Bank's primary foreign competitors and is related to the risk of the transaction; and (2) the borrower or the U.S. exporter is given the option of paying the fee over the lifetime of the loan. Prohibits the Bank from withdrawing or denying financing to a country or for a transaction backed by a country on the basis that there is no reasonable assurance of repayment if the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies (the National Advisory Council) makes a contrary determination. Requires the Bank to provide medium-term risk protection coverage through multiple exporter organizations for the members and clients of such organizations. Requires that support of exports under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 shall be made available to U.S. exporters directly or to U.S. banks, non-U.S. banks, or nonbank lenders financing U.S. exports with such support. Requires the Bank to authorize the transferability of medium- and long-term obligations insured or guaranteed by the Bank without affecting, limiting, or terminating the guarantee or insurance provided by the Bank. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to cover the net subsidy cost of new direct loans under the program limitations of FY 1987. Extends the authority of such Act through FY 1996. Requires the Bank, in all cases involving potential adverse impact on domestic industries or employment, to consider and address in writing the view of parties who may be substantially adversely affected by the loan or guarantee before taking final action on such loan or guarantee. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate whether noncompetitive financing is being offered whenever the Secretary receives information that a foreign country is providing export credits that exceed the limits of certain agreements irrespective of whether the governments offering the credits are signatories to such agreements. Requires (current law authorizes) the Bank to be authorized to provide matching financing if the foreign government does not withdraw such credits or does not respond to the U.S. request that such credits be withdrawn. (Current law conditions such requirement upon a finding that the availability of noncompetitive financing is likely to be a significant factor in the sale.) Requires the Bank to report to the Congress on its medium-term export support program by April 15, 1987. Sets forth information to be included in such report. Requires the Bank and the Office of Management and Budget to report to the Congress and the General Accounting Office on: (1) the need for U.S. Government involvement in export credit insurance; (2) the need to employ an agent in administering government-supported insurance programs; and (3) the efficiency and effectiveness of continuing to use the Foreign Credit Insurance Association as the Bank's agent. Title II: Elimination of Foreign Predatory Export Credit Practices - Fair Export Financing Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) to establish within the Department of the Treasury a program of tied aid credits for U.S. exports in order to facilitate the negotiation of a comprehensive international arrangement restricting the use of tied aid and partially untied aid credits for commercial purposes. Authorizes using such tied aid credit facility to respond to predatory financing activities by other countries. Requires the tied aid credit program to be carried out by the Secretary in cooperation with the Bank or with private financial institutions or entities. Prohibits approval of any financing under programs authorized by this Act without the concurrence of the National Advisory Council. Authorizes the U.S. Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce to provide to the Secretary and the National Advisory Council trade information on those countries which block progress toward a comprehensive international arrangements on tied aid credit. Sets forth financing methods that may be included in such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988 for such program. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Export-Import Bank for the cost of tied aid credits authorized by the Export-Import Bank during FY 1986. Requires each financing made pursuant to such program to be consistent with the procedures established by the Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits. Limits judicial review of actions by the National Advisory Council, the Secretary, and the Chairman of the Export-Import Bank. Requires the Secretary to report every six months to the Congress on: (1) the principal offers of predatory financing by foreign countries during the past six months; (2) steps taken to combat specific predatory financing practices of foreign countries; (3) use of the fund by the United States to match specific predatory financing practices of foreign countries and to initiate tied aid credit offers; (4) the additional steps the United States will take to discourage such practices; and (5) progress achieved in negotiations to establish a comprehensive international arrangement restricting the use of tied aid and partially untied aid credits.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) to collect fees to cover the marginal costs of the Bank's conferences and publications. Requires the Bank's medium-term financing program to: (1) be available in the form of direct credits to the foreign borrower to finance exports having a value of not less than $50,000; (2) impose minimal administrative, procedural, and documentary burdens on its users; (3) not require the payment of fees unless such fees are equivalent to those charged under the Bank's long-term loan program and are in accordance with certain other requirements. Deletes the provision that declares that the Bank's terms and conditions need not be equivalent to those offered by foreign countries. Prohibits the Bank from imposing a credit application fee unless: (1) the fee is competitive with the average fee charged by the Bank's primary foreign competitors and is related to the risk of the transaction; and (2) the borrower or the U.S. exporter is given the option of paying the fee over the lifetime of the loan. Prohibits the Bank from withdrawing or denying financing to a country or for a transaction backed by a country on the basis that there is no reasonable assurance of repayment if the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies (the National Advisory Council) makes a contrary determination. Requires the Bank to provide medium-term risk protection coverage through multiple exporter organizations for the members and clients of such organizations. Requires that support of exports under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 shall be made available to U.S. exporters directly or to U.S. banks, non-U.S. banks, or nonbank lenders financing U.S. exports with such support. Requires the Bank to authorize the transferability of medium- and long-term obligations insured or guaranteed by the Bank without affecting, limiting, or terminating the guarantee or insurance provided by the Bank. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to cover the net subsidy cost of new direct loans under the program limitations of FY 1987. Extends the authority of such Act through FY 1996. Requires the Bank, in all cases involving potential adverse impact on domestic industries or employment, to consider and address in writing the view of parties who may be substantially adversely affected by the loan or guarantee before taking final action on such loan or guarantee. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate whether noncompetitive financing is being offered whenever the Secretary receives information that a foreign country is providing export credits that exceed the limits of certain agreements irrespective of whether the governments offering the credits are signatories to such agreements. Requires (currently authorizes) the Bank to be authorized to provide matching financing if the foreign government does not withdraw such credits or does not respond to the U.S. request that such credits be withdrawn. (Current law conditions such requirement upon a finding that the availability of noncompetitive financing is likely to be a significant factor in the sale.) Requires the Bank to report to the Congress on its medium-term export support program by April 15, 1987. Sets forth information to be included in such report. Requires the Bank and the Office of Management and Budget to report to the Congress and the General Accounting Office on: (1) the need for U.S. Government involvement in export credit insurance; (2) the need to employ an agent in administering government-supported insurance programs; and (3) the efficiency and effectiveness of continuing to use the Foreign Credit Insurance Association as the Bank's agent.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on mixtures of maneb, zineb, mancozeb, metiram, stabilizer, and application adjuvants.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duties on mixtures of 2,4,-dinitro-6-octyl phenyl crotonate, 2,6-dinitro-4-octyl phenyl crotonate and nitrooctyl phenols (dinocap) and mixtures of dinocap and application adjuvants.
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