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Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV]

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Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 356 (99th)enacted

A joint resolution to recognize and support the efforts of the United States Committee for the Battle of Normandy Museum to encourage American awareness and participation in development of a memorial to the Battle of Normandy.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1986

Recognizes and supports the historic and educational purposes to be served by the museum and study center in Normandy, France, and the efforts of the U.S. Committee for the Battle of Normandy Museum to encourage understanding of and support among Americans for such memorial.

Law· SS. 2506 (99th)enacted

Great Basin National Park Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Great Basin National Park Act of 1986 - Establishes the Great Basin National Park, Nevada. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and report to the Congress within three years on a management plan for such Park. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire lands within the boundaries of the Park. Transfers management of the South Snake Range within the Park from the National Forest Service to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations.

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

A resolution to thank the Honorable Margaret Thatcher.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

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

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 411 (99th)referred

A resolution expressing the support and encouragement of the Senate for those working for freedom and against communism in South West Africa/Namibia.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should continue to pursue multilateral initiatives aimed at removing Cuban troops from Angola, closure of all South West Africa People's Organization bases in southern Angola, and impartiality by the United Nations in the treatment of all Namibian political parties; (2) the Department of State should establish contact with political party leaders of the Namibia Multi-Party Conference and Namibia Transitional Government of National Unity; and (3) the United States should implement its support for Namibia's Transitional Government of National Unity pending a negotiated plan for an internationally acceptable independence of Namibia.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 409 (99th)referred

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the tax reform legislation, when that bill is signed into law, remain unchanged for a minimum of five years, for the purpose of promoting economic growth and opportunity.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the tax reform legislation, when that bill is signed into law, remain unchanged for a minimum of five years, so as to provide stability for the American taxpayer and the private sector.

Bill· SS. 2453 (99th)open

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

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986

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

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

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

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986

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

Bill· SS. 2412 (99th)referred

A bill to withdraw and reserve certain public lands.

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986

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

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 130 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution to recognize the visit by the descendants of the original settlers of Purrysburg, South Carolina, to Neufchatel, Switzerland, in October of 1986 as an international gesture of goodwill.

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.

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

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

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1986

Designates May 21, 1986, as Andrei Sakharov Honor and Freedom Day. Requests the President to mark such day with an appeal to the Soviet leader for Doctor Sakharov's release. Provides for the relocation of the "Andrei Sakharov Plaza" street sign to an area adjacent to the Soviet Embassy in the District of Columbia.

Bill· SS. 2302 (99th)open

Exclusionary Rule Limitation Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986

Exclusionary Rule Limitation Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that evidence obtained by a search or seizure shall not be excluded in a Federal proceeding if the seizure was undertaken in a reasonable, good faith belief in its conformity with the fourth amendment to the Constitution. Provides that evidence obtained in accordance with a warrant is prima facie evidence of good faith, absent intentional and material misrepresentation.

Bill· SS. 2301 (99th)open

Reform of Federal Intervention in State Proceedings Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986

Reform of Federal Intervention in State Proceedings Act of 1986 - 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.

Bill· SS. 2281 (99th)passed

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to change the scienter requirement from "knowingly" to "intentionally" for certain offenses regarding accessing the computer files of another. Revises the definition of "financial institution" to which the financial record provisions of computer fraud law apply. Applies such provisions to any financial records (including those of corporations and small businesses), not just those of individuals and certain partnerships. Revises the criminal liability of persons who exceed authorized access to Federal computers. (Makes the basic offense trespass. Removes the coverage of authorized accessors who exceed their authorizations, but without "intent to defraud.") Creates new Federal criminal offenses of: (1) property theft by computer occurring as part of a scheme to defraud; (2) altering information in, or preventing the authorized use of, a Federal interest computer; and (3) trafficking in computer access passwords. Eliminates the special conspiracy provisions for computer crimes. (Such conspiracies shall be treated under the general Federal conspiracy statutes.) Amends penalty provisions to remove the cap on fines for certain computer crimes. Exempts authorized law enforcement or intelligence activities.

Bill· SS. 2284 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to take certain actions to minimize the adverse effect of the milk production termination program on beef, pork, and lamb producers, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make required red meat purchases in proportion to the number of dairy cattle slaughtered in each disposal period under the milk production termination program (program). Provides that if such purchases are inadequate to offset the amount of meat being marketed under the program, the Secretary shall decrease meat imports, or increase purchases and exports. Directs the Secretary to ensure the orderly marketing of such dairy cattle consistent with historical beef and dairy marketing patterns.

Law· SS. 2266 (99th)enacted

National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1986

National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue permits for the use and occupancy of National Forest System lands for commercial skiing operations. Requires existing permits to conform to the new system.

Bill· SS. 2166 (99th)open

Tax-Exempt Bond Reform Act of 1986

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.

Bill· SS. 2160 (99th)open

Merger Modernization Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1986

Merger Modernization Act of 1986 - Amends the Clayton Act to revise the standard of anticompetitive effects required to prohibit a merger. Prohibits a merger if there is a significant probability that the merger will substantially increase the ability to exercise market power. Defines "the ability to exercise market power" as the ability of one or more firms profitably to maintain prices above competitive levels for a significant period of time. Directs the courts, in determining whether a merger will substantially increase the ability of a firm to exercise market power, to consider all economic factors relevant to the affected markets, including: (1) the difficulty of entry by foreign or domestic firms into the market; (2) efficiencies derived from the merger; and (3) any other evidence indicating whether the merger will increase the ability to exercise market power.

Bill· SS. 2162 (99th)open

Antitrust Remedies Improvements Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1986

Antitrust Remedies Improvements Act of 1986 - (No title I). Title II: Treble Damage Reform - Amends the Clayton Act to reduce the amount recoverable in a private antitrust action from treble to actual damages sustained, except when the damages are sustained by reason of the plaintiff being overcharged or underpaid by the liable party. Requires payment to the prevailing plaintiff in an actual damage case, or a treble damage case under specified circumstances, of interest on actual damages for the period beginning on the date of injury and ending on the date of judgment (prejudgment interest). Entitles the United States to recover treble damages when it is injured by being overcharged or underpaid by an antitrust violation. Provides for the payment of prejudgment interest on the actual damages recovered by the United States in an antitrust action. Provides for the payment of prejudgment interest on the total damage recovered in antitrust actions commenced by State attorneys general. Title III: Defendants' Attorneys' Fees - Amends the Clayton Act to direct the court to award the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee, to a substantially prevailing defendant in a private antitrust action or a private action for injunctive relief against an antitrust violation if the court finds that the plaintiff's conduct was frivolous, unreasonable, without foundation, or in bad faith. Title IV: Claim Reduction - Amends the Clayton Act to direct the court in an antitrust action to reduce the claim of any claimant who releases any person from liability by the greatest of: (1) a stipulated amount; (2) the consideration paid for release; or (3) the actual damages fairly allocable to the released person and interest thereon. Requires damages to be allocated on the basis of: (1) each competitor's proportionate share of the total competitors' overcharges or underpayments where the claim is based upon damages substained by reason of overcharges or underpayments resulting from a contract, combination, or conspiracy among competitors; or (2) each party's relative responsibility for the origination or perpetration of the antitrust violation, whichever method the court determines to be more equitable. Title V: Effective Date - Applies this Act to actions commenced after its enactment.

Bill· SS. 2163 (99th)open

Interlocking Directorate Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1986

Interlocking Directorate Act of 1986 - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any person from serving as a director in two or more corporations if each (currently, any) of such corporations has capital, surplus, and undivided profits aggregating more than $10,000,000 (currently, $1,000,000). Establishes exceptions to such interlocking directorate prohibition where the sales of each corporation of each product or service sold in competition with the other corporations: (1) are less than five percent of such corporation's total sales, unless such corporation's sales of all such products or services exceed 25 percent of its total sales; (2) added to such corporation's sales of all other such products or services are less than $1,000,000; or (3) are less than three percent of the total sales in each line of commerce in each section of the country in which such corporations compete. Increases the $10,000,000 and $1,000,000 threshold amounts by the percentage increase in the gross national product for the preceding fiscal year.

Bill· SS. 2164 (99th)open

Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1986

Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1986 - Amends the Sherman Act to require the court in an antitrust action involving commerce with foreign nations, except for good cause shown, to hear and determine a motion to dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction before conducting or permitting the parties to conduct further proceedings. Amends the Clayton Act to require a court to dismiss any antitrust action involving foreign commerce whenever it determines that the exercise of jurisdiction would be unreasonable in light of the following exclusive factors: (1) the relative significance of conduct within the United States compared to conduct abroad; (2) the nationality of the parties and the principal place of business of the corporations; (3) the presence of a purpose to affect United States consumers or competitors; (4) the relative significance and foreseeability of the effects of the conduct on the United States compared to the effects abroad; (5) the existence of reasonable expectations that would be furthered or defeated by the action; and (6) the degree of conflict with foreign law. Directs the court to hear and determine any motion to dismiss on such basis before conducting further proceedings. Declares that the doctrine of forum non conveniens (providing that a court dismiss a case that should be tried in another more convenient and appropriate forum) shall be applicable in any antitrust action involving foreign commerce.

Bill· SS. 2161 (99th)open

Promoting Competition in Distressed Industries Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1986

Promoting Competition in Distressed Industries Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President, within 15 days of receiving a finding that imports are adversely affecting a U.S. industry, to request advice from appropriate Federal officials on the probable effectiveness of antitrust relief as a means to enhance the competitiveness of firms in such industry. Requires the President to determine what type of import relief action to take within 30 days of receiving such report. Includes the probable effectiveness of antitrust relief among the factors the President shall consider when determining what type of import relief to provide. Authorizes the President to issue an order providing for antitrust relief as an alternative to, and in lieu of, any other forms of import relief provided that an industry which receives antitrust relief shall receive no other import relief for the next ten years. Authorizes members of the industry covered by such an antitrust relief order to apply for a certificate of exemption for a proposed merger or acquisition. Sets forth the requirements for receiving such exemption.

Bill· SS. 2158 (99th)referred

A bill to withdraw and reserve for the Department of the Navy certain public lands within the Bravo-20 Bombing Range, Churchill County, Nevada, for use as a training and weapons testing area, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1986

Withdraws and reserves for the Department of the Navy certain public lands within the Bravo-20 Bombing Range, Churchill County, Nevada, for use as a training and weapons testing area. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage the nonmilitary uses of such lands. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the Navy to develop a land use plan and management program for such lands within five years. Terminates the withdrawal of such lands after 25 years. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to give the Secretary of the Interior at least three years' notice of any continuing need for such lands. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to decontaminate such land of hazardous materials, if necessary. Permits the Secretary of the Interior to refuse such lands if decontamination is not possible, requiring a review of such determination every five years. Permits the Secretary of the Interior to revoke the withdrawal in the public interest, despite such lands' contamination.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 291 (99th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1986

Constitutional Amendment - States that the right to life is the paramount and most fundamental right of a person. Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purposes of the right to life guarantee. Makes such amendment inapplicable to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.

Bill· SS. 2103 (99th)open

Antitrust Damages Clarification Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986

Antitrust Damages Clarification Act of 1986 - Provides that no damages, costs, or attorney's fees shall be awarded under an antitrust suit with respect to the establishment or use of any rate, charge, or premium that is: (1) filed with a State insurance department; or (2) authorized, approved, or permitted to become effective pursuant to State insurance laws. Applies this Act to pending cases.