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Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]

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Bill· SS. 2496 (99th)referred

A bill to authorize the President to award Congressional gold medals to Doctors Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner for the great personal sacrifice they have made to further the causes of human rights and world peace.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Authorizes and requests the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present gold medals to Doctor Andrei Sakharov and Doctor Yelena Bonner in recognition of the sacrifices they have made to further the causes of human rights and world peace. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medals. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2498 (99th)open

Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 - Prohibits U.S. persons from: (1) making loans to South Africa or any organization owned or controlled by South Africa; (2) making any investment in South Africa; (3) contributing technology or technological services to the exploration for, or the research, development, or production of, energy sources in or for South Africa; or (4) making deposits in a foreign bank which is organized under South African law or owned or controlled by South Africans or a branch bank located in South Africa. Prohibits foreign banks organized under South African law or owned or controlled by South Africans from establishing or operating branches in the United States. Excludes from such prohibitions those loans, investments, and technology contracts entered into before May 21, 1986. Prohibits importing uranium ore, uranium oxide, coal, and steel from South Africa. Prohibits: (1) U.S. persons from making or holding any investment in South Africa in a business that sells computers, computer software, or computer services; and (2) exporting computers, computer software, or computer services to South Africa. Provides that such computer investment and export prohibitions shall not apply if, within 12 months of enactment of this Act: (1) the President certifies to the Congress that South Africa has freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system or has totally dismantled the apartheid system; and (2) a joint resolution is enacted approving such certification. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Authorizes using additional funds for aid for South Africa under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962. Earmarks such funds for refugee assistance programs and community development projects. Requires the President to give quarterly reports to specified congressional committees on the assistance provided with such funds. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the takeoff and landing in the United States of aircraft owned by South Africa or South African nationals except in emergencies. Provides for the enforcement of this Act and for penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the President to try, through negotiations, to persuade other countries to adopt restrictions on activities with respect to South Africa consistent with this Act. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the status of such negotiations. Sets forth information to be included in such reports. Requires the President, during June of 1988, to report to the Congress on whether South Africa has: (1) freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system; or (2) has totally dismantled the apartheid system. Requires the President, if such conditions have not been met, to include in such report recommendations on whether U.S. persons should be required to divest themselves of their South African investments. Terminates all the provisions of this Act upon enactment of a joint resolution approving a presidential determination that such conditions have been met.

Bill· SS. 2494 (99th)referred

Medicare Home Health Care Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Medicare Home Health Care Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to set limits on Medicare payments for home health services, but requires that such limits be applied on an aggregate rather than a discipline-specific basis for home health agencies. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take all current cost data into account when computing costs to which payment limits are applied. Requires that Medicare regulations be open to public notice and comment to the same extent to which rulemaking is subject to such procedures by the Administrative Procedure Act. Directs 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.

Bill· SS. 2488 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on nonbenzenoid vinyl acetate-vinyl chloride-ethylene terpolymer, containing by weight less than 50 percent derivatives of vinyl acetate.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1990, the duty on nonbenzenoid vinyl acetate-vinyl chloride-ethylene terpolymer containing by weight less than 50 percent derivatives of vinyl acetate.

Bill· SS. 2435 (99th)open

International Intellectual Property Protection and Market Access Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1986

International Intellectual Property Protection and Market Access Act of 1986 - Title I: Actions to Increase International Intellectual Property Protection - Requires the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to publish annually: (1) a list of all foreign countries and instrumentalities that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights to U.S. persons; and (2) a list of the above countries that the USTR identifies as priority foreign countries. Sets forth factors for determining whether a country is a priority foreign country. Requires the President to enter into negotiations with priority foreign countries to establish protection for intellectual property rights for U.S. persons in such countries. Grants the President additional authority to enter into agreements with such countries that reduce or eliminate trade barriers and provide adequate and effective protection of intellectual property. Grants the President the authority to enter into compensation agreements in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions. Requires the objectives of such negotiations to be to: (1) improve the protection of intellectual property by U.S. trading partners; (2) develop international rules on protection of intellectual property rights; and (3) press for early conclusion of the Anti-Counterfeiting Code on trademarks and for development and enforcement of substantive norms for the protection of all forms of intellectual property. Authorizes the President to exclude a country from such negotiations and remedial provisions if the negotiations would be unlikely to significantly advance, or would be detrimental to, U.S. economic interests. Requires any such agreement to be submitted to the Congress for approval. Requires the President, if the United States is unable to enter into an agreement with a priority foreign country within two years, to take some action, including but not limited to: (1) termination, withdrawal, or suspension of certain trade agreements; (2) increasing or imposing a duty on imports from such country; (3) proclaiming a tariff-rate quota on imports from such country; (4) modifying or imposing a quota on imports from such country; (5) suspending benefits accorded imports from such country under the Generalized System of Preferences; and (6) taking certain other actions under the Trade Act of 1974. Requires the President to impose trade measures that have an economic impact substantially equivalent to lost U.S. revenues resulting from inadequate and ineffectual intellectual property protection in such country. Authorizes the President to defer action for six months if the President certifies to the Congress that negotiations are making substantial progress. Requires the President to consult with interested parties, including members of the Congress, on such negotiations. Title II: Actions to Open Foreign Markets - Requires the USTR to publish annually: (1) a list of all foreign countries and instrumentalities that deny fair and equitable market access to U.S. companies that rely on intellectual property protection; and (2) a list of the above countries that the USTR identifies as priority foreign countries. Sets forth factors for determining whether a country is a priority foreign country. Requires the USTR, in determining whether a country denies such market access, to consider: (1) whether there are restrictions on investments by, or the establishment of, U.S. companies that rely on intellectual property protection in such country; (2) whether there are licensing or certification restrictions in such country that inhibit such U.S. companies from functioning freely; and (3) whether such U.S. companies suffer from discriminatory or monopolistic practices of such country's organizations. Requires the President to enter into negotiations with such priority foreign countries on agreements setting specific terms to provide U.S. companies that rely on intellectual property protection with fair and equitable market access in such countries. Grants the President additional authority to enter into trade agreements that reduce or eliminate trade barriers. Grants the President the authority to enter into compensation agreements in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions. Requires the objectives of such market access negotiations to be to: (1) obtain agreements that provide U.S. companies that rely on intellectual property protection fair and equitable market access in all substantial foreign markets; and (2) prevent foreign barriers and restrictions on such U.S. companies from causing continued harm to such companies. Authorizes the USTR, upon consultation with interested U.S. companies, to exclude a specific sector and/or country from negotiations and remedial provisions if such negotiations would be detrimental to such companies. Requires any market access agreement to be submitted to the Congress for approval. Requires the President, if the United States is unable to enter into an agreement with a priority foreign country within two years, to take some action, including but not limited to: (1) termination, withdrawal, or suspension of certain trade agreements; (2) increasing or imposing a duty on imports from such country; (3) proclaiming a tariff-rate quota on imports from such coutry; (4) modifying or imposing a quota on imports from such country; (5) suspending benefits accorded imports from such country under the Generalized System of Preferences; and (6) taking certain other actions under the Trade Act of 1974. Requires the President to impose trade measures that have an economic impact substantially equivalent to lost U.S. revenues resulting from unfair and inequitable market access in such country. Authorizes the President to defer action for six months if the President certifies to the Congress that negotiations are making substantial progress. Requires the President to consult with interested parties, including members of the Congress, on such market access negotiations. Title III: Generalized System of Preferences - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President to terminate benefits previously extended to a country under the Generalized System of Preferences if such country is identified as having inadequate protection of intellectual property or inadequate market access unless the President certifies to the Congress that such country has taken substantial action toward providing intellectual property protection and market access for U.S. persons. Prohibits the President from granting tariff preferences to, or requires the President to remove tariff preferences from, an import which a court or Federal agency has determined infringes a patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or trade secret. Title IV: Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to require the USTR to exclude from benefits under such Act articles imported from countries that do not provide adequate and effective intellectual property protection or fair and equitable market access to U.S. persons, unless the President certifies to the Congress that such country has taken substantial action toward providing such protection and access for U.S. persons. Requires the value of benefits withdrawn by the USTR to have an economic impact substantially equivalent to lost U.S. revenues resulting from the denial of intellectual property protection or market access. Title V: Improvement of Enforcement of United States Rights - Establishes an Office of Enforcement within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to administer section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and the provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for such Office. Title VI: Unfair Practices in Import Trade - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that acts of importation into, or sale in, the United States of articles that infringe a valid U.S. patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or trade secret are unfair and have the effect of destroying or substantially injuring a U.S. industry or impairing the establishment of such industry. Permits any person to petition the International Trade Commission (ITC) for the issuance of an order to exclude such articles, during its investigation, from entry into the United States. Sets forth: (1) civil penalties for violations under this Act; and (2) procedures for the modification or recission of an ITC order under this Act. Repeals a specified section of the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to the importation of products produced under a process covered by claims of an unexpired patent.

Bill· SS. 2429 (99th)open

Anti-Terrorism Tax Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986

Anti-Terrorism Tax Act of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the foreign tax credit for taxes paid to any country identified as repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism. Applies such treatment to taxes paid to countries which the Secretary of State, pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979, has designated as countries that repeatedly support acts of international terrorism.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 402 (99th)referred

A resolution on minority setaside programs.

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.

Bill· SS. 2417 (99th)passed

Aviation Safety Commission Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986

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

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 394 (99th)passed

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the shipment to Poland of dried milk to replace milk contaminated as a result of the nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union.

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1986

Declares that the Senate calls upon the President and the Secretary of Agriculture to authorize the shipment of U.S. surplus dried milk to the Government of Poland. Limits the amount of such shipments during a six-month period. States that the Senate requests the President to assure the milk producing allies of the United States that such shipments will not undermine their existing milk sales contracts with the Government of Poland.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 334 (99th)open

A joint resolution allowing qualified persons representing all the States to be naturalized on Ellis Island on July 3 or 4, 1986.

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.

Bill· SS. 2340 (99th)reported

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1986

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1986 - Subjects the owner or operator of a vessel or facility to liability for oil discharged in violation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (unless the discharge was caused by an act of God, war, by a third party, or by Federal negligence). Causes such owners and operators to be liable for: (1) all actual costs of removal incurred by the United States or a State under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Intervention on the High Seas Act, or the Deepwater Port Act of 1974; (2) any removal costs incurred by any person, as removal is defined under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and (3) specified damages for economic loss or loss of natural resources resulting from such a discharge. Limits such liability, but stipulates that an owner or operator shall be liable for all damages and removal costs in the case of: (1) willful misconduct or negligence; (2) violation of applicable safety, construction, or operating standards or regulations (within the knowledge or privity of the owner or operator); or (3) a refusal to provide reasonable cooperation and assistance requested by a responsible official. Provides that owners or operators subject to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act shall bear all costs of removal. Authorizes the President to establish additional limitations on liability for certain facilities. Provides for third party liability. Establishes the Oil Spill Liability Fund for: (1) payment of removal costs; and (2) related research. Sets forth procedures for asserting claims against the Fund. Requires any claimant, prior to asserting a claim, to present the claim to the owner, operator, or guarantor of the vessel or facility from which the oil was discharged. Directs the President to prescribe forms and procedures for filing claims. Directs the President, acting through certain Federal agencies, to promulgate and periodically review regulations for the assessment of damages for injury to natural resources resulting from an oil spillage. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress regarding Oil Spill Liability Fund audit results. Requires the owner and operator of any offshore vessel and/or facility to establish and maintain stated levels of financial responsibility sufficient to satisfy claims. Amends the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act to abolish the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund. Replaces the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund and the Deepwater Port Liability Fund with the Oil Spill Liability Fund of this Act. Repeals the oil spill liability provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (thereby replacing the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund under that Act with the Oil Spill Liability Fund established in this Act).

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 131 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should immediately provide for the release and safe passage of Naum Meiman and Inna Kitrosskaya-Meiman.

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in view of specified international human rights agreements, the Soviet Union should approve the exit visa applications of Doctor Naum Meiman and his wife, Inna Kitrosskaya-Meiman, and arrange for them to go to the country of their choice. Urges the President to: (1) protest the Soviet Government's refusal to consider the exit visa applications of Dr. Meiman and his wife; (2) call upon all other signatory nations of the Helsinki Accords to join in such protests; and (3) instruct the U.S. delegation to the meeting of experts on human contacts organized under the auspices of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in Bern, Switzerland, to pursue this matter.

Law· SS. 2308 (99th)enacted

A bill to authorize the President of the United States to award congressional gold medals to Anatoly and Avital Shcharansky in recognition of their dedication to human rights, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of those medals.

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.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 380 (99th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate of the United States of America that the United States Government should not undertake any efforts to interfere with the free market by encouraging OPEC or its members to adopt production controls to artificially raise oil prices.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should not undertake any efforts to interfere with the free market by encouraging OPEC or its members to adopt production controls to artificially raise oil prices.

Bill· SS. 2275 (99th)referred

A bill for the relief of Dynamic Technology International, Inc., Lew Malnak Associates, Star Design Inc., Riverside Precision Machines, and certain other individuals.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986

Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a sum to be determined to certain organizations and individuals in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for damages resulting from certain actions of U.S. agents, officers, and employees committed prior to, during, and after various contract investigations.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 378 (99th)referred

A resolution to refer S. 2275 entitled, "A bill for the relief of Dynamic Technology International, Inc., Lew Malnak Associates, Star Design, Inc., Riverside Precision Machines, and certain other individuals" to the Chief Judge of the United States Claims Court for a report thereon.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986

Refers S. 2275, a bill for the relief of certain organizations and individuals, to the chief judge of the United States Claims Court.

Bill· SS. 2269 (99th)referred

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit members of the Armed Forces to wear, under certain circumstances, items of apparel not part of the official uniform.

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986

Amends the Federal law concerning military uniforms to authorize the wearing of an item of religious apparel as part of the military uniform if: (1) the item is part of the religious faith of the member; and (2) it is neat and unobtrusive. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to prohibit the wearing of an item of religious apparel if it is found to significantly interfere with the performance of duty.