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Bill· SS. 2705 (99th)open

Federal Pesticide Programs Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1986

Federal Pesticide Programs Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit Federal agencies to use a registered pesticide unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that missing or deficient data warrants suspension or cancellation of such registration. Permits Federal agencies to refer to research conducted for EPA pesticide registration in developing their own environmental impact statements. Provides that registration guidelines promulgated by the Administrator may not contain a requirement for applicants to perform human epidemiological studies to obtain or support registrations.

Bill· SS. 2692 (99th)referred

A bill to provide for the payment of interest on certain lease revenues paid to the Secretary of the Interior, to eliminate certain unnecessary reporting requirements, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1986

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to pay interest on the refund of any monies that were paid to the Secretary as mineral revenues and that were determined not to be owing to the United States or to certain distributees. Sets guidelines for interest computation and for premature refunds. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to repeal the requirement that refunds or credits of overpayments on leases be reported to the Congress for a 30-day review period.

Bill· SS. 2665 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the national maximum speed limit law.

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1986

Authorizes the States to raise the speed limit up to 65 miles per hour on highways on the Interstate System which are located outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more.

Bill· SS. 2645 (99th)referred

Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Amendments Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1986

Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to provide that it is the intent of the Congress that: (1) the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) be used to serve national defense purposes only; and (2) quantities of materials stockpiled should be sufficient to sustain the United States for at least three years in the event of a national emergency. Requires stockpile requirements to be established by law. Transfers certain stockpiling functions under such Act from the President to the Secretary of Defense. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress an annual report on the stockpile requirements. Outlines stockpile matters to be included in each report. Requires the Secretary to include an explanation in any report where the Secretary's recommended stockpile requirements differ from those established by law. Requires the Secretary, at least every five years, to conduct a detailed review of the stockpile requirement for each strategic and critical material. Requires the Secretary to notify the Congress of any necessary revision to the stockpile requirement. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of any other department or agency for the performance of certain stockpiling functions. Provides that appropriations for the requirements of NDS and for deposit to the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund shall be made as appropriations to the Department of Defense for military functions. Extends the uses of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to cover NDS acquisitions and upgrading.

Bill· SS. 2635 (99th)open

Henry's Fork of the Snake River Protection Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Henry's Fork of the Snake River Protection Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from granting any license or permit for any project proposed to be sited on or adjacent to a certain portion of Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Idaho, including specified tributaries of such River. Exempts the Island Park Dam Hydropower project from such prohibition if FERC determines that no permanent and significant alteration of the water quality will occur.

Bill· SS. 2622 (99th)open

Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct examinations and inspection of meat, poultry, and egg processing establishments in such a manner and with such frequency as the Secretary determines appropriate, based on the establishment's history of inspection compliance, nature of processing operations, and reliability of product monitoring.

Bill· SS. 2632 (99th)open

Paralegal Coordination and Activities Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Paralegal Coordination and Activities Act of 1986 - Establishes within the Department of Justice an Office of Paralegal Coordination and Activities to: (1) coordinate efforts to increase utilization of paralegals; (2) coordinate paralegal training programs within the Department; and (3) study the possibility of increasing the use of paralegals within the Department. Requires the Office to report to the Congress and the President on: (1) the current utilization of paralegals; (2) the nonlitigative functions and responsibilities which could be performed by trained paralegals; (3) an evaluation of the optimal ratio of paralegals to attorneys; and (4) an evaluation of the benefits and problems associated with the current methods used to fill paralegal positions within the Department.

Bill· SS. 2628 (99th)referred

Housing Eligibility Verification Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

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

Bill· SS. 2626 (99th)referred

Border Management Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Border Management Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1986 - Title I: Border Management Consolidation - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Policy Development, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and other concerned agencies, to develop and submit to the Congress within 180 days a plan which: (1) provides for the consolidation of border and entry inspection functions of the U.S. Customs and Immigration and Naturalization Services; and (2) sets forth a comprehensive border management policy. Makes such plan effective 60 days after submission to the Congress, unless disapproved during such period by a joint resolution. Requires completed implementation of such plan within one year of submission. Title II: Employee Overtime Compensation and Reimbursement - Amends specified Federal laws relating to overtime compensation for the U.S. Customs Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Title III: Effective Date - Makes the provisions of this Act effective upon enactment.

Bill· SS. 2621 (99th)open

Federal Performance of Commercial Activities Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Federal Performance of Commercial Activities Improvement Act of 1986 - Requires Federal agencies to procure supplies and services from private sector sources, unless: (1) the supplies or services are required to be provided by an agency under a law which specifically supersedes this Act; (2) the provision of such supplies or services is a government function; or (3) the head of an agency certifies to the Congress that the Government should provide such supplies or services in the interest of national security or cost effectiveness. Requires agencies to report to the Congress annually on cost savings resulting from provisions of this Act. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to report to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act on: (1) the implementation of such Act identifying cases where agencies can be, cannot be, or are engaged in the procurement of services from the private sector; and (2) a five-year schedule for the completion of required cost comparisons between private sector sources and agency sources. Requires the Director annually to review agency compliance under such schedule and report results to the Congress.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 154 (99th)open

A concurrent resolution concerning the Soviet Union's persecution of members of the Ukrainian and other public Helsinki Monitoring Groups.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should insist at the Vienna Review Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and in discussions with Communist Party and Soviet leaders, that imprisoned and exiled members of the Ukrainian and other Helsinki Monitoring Groups be released and allowed to emigrate to the countries of their choice. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Secretary of State should ensure that the U.S. consulate in Kiev reports on Soviet human rights violations in the Ukraine; and (2) such information should be included in reports on compliance with the Helsinki Final Act.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 365 (99th)enacted

A joint resolution welcoming the Afghan Alliance.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986

Declares that the United States: (1) reaffirms its support for the struggle of the Afghan people; and (2) welcomes the Islamic Unity of Afghan Mujahideen delegation led by its spokesman Burhanuddin Rabbani to the United States.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 148 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in the Soviet Union.

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) dairy cattle designated for slaughter under the dairy buyout program should, instead of being slaughtered, be supplied to affected countries to replace stocks of cattle contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear accident in the Soviet Union; and (2) feed grain from the Commodity Credit Corporation as well as dairy beef generated from the buyout program's slaughtering activities should be made available to the stricken countries.

Bill· SS. 2539 (99th)reported

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986

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

Bill· SS. 2522 (99th)open

A bill to provide standards for placement of commemorative works on certain federal lands in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1986

Prohibits the placement of additional commemorative works on National Park Service and General Services Administration lands within the District of Columbia and its environs, except as specified. Redesignates the National Capital Memorial Advisory Committee as the National Capital Memorial Commission to advise the Secretary of the Interior on the establishment of such works.

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· 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. 2427 (99th)open

Federal Coal Leasing and Utilization Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986

Federal Coal Leasing and Utilization Act of 1986 - Title I: Administration of the Federal Coal Leasing Program - Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act to prohibit the issuance (or assignment) of competitive coal deposit leases if the applicant holds coal deposit leases issued prior to August 4, 1976, which have not been producing coal in commercial quantities for a period of ten years. Exempts from such prohibition leaseholders who: (1) agree to relinquish such non-productive coal leases; (2) pay an additional rental on non-productive coal leases issued before August 4, 1976; or (3) have made a substantial investment in such leases. Prohibits the disclosure of coal-tract value data by Department of the Interior personnel to anyone not associated with the Department. Imposes criminal penalties for disclosure violations. Repeals the requirement that an approved mining plan must include production and operation standards which assure that the entire unit reserves will be mined within 40 years. Provides for automatic royalty readjustments at specified percentages for surface-mined coal and for coal recovered by underground mining operations under leases issued before August 4, 1976. Terminates at the end of ten years and 15 years 20-year leases that are not producing coal in commercial quantities unless the tenth or fifteenth lease year is extended through payment of advance royalties. Sets guidelines for the assessment of such royalties. Provides that such advance royalty payments constitute compliance with this Act's diligent operation requirements. Requires the Comptroller General to monitor coal leasing and production on lands subject to this Act for five years after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations that require a coal lease transferor to submit financial documentation describing the value paid or promised for a coal lease transfer. Prohibits the Secretary from consenting to the assignment of any coal lease issued prior to August 4, 1976, unless such lease is in compliance with this Act. Sets guidelines for the granting of coal lease relief requests by a lessee. Directs the Secretary to consider the impact that failure to grant such relief would have on the lessee's ability to continue commercial operation or commence production. Sets forth the factors which shall be included in royalty or rental adjustments regarding that portion of a lease from which income is derived from a supply agreement with any nonprofit rural electric cooperative association. Prohibits lease issuance or assignment to a lessee whose eligible leaseholds have not been readjusted in accordance with this Act. Title II: - Identifies conditions under which a common carrier railroad company (or its affiliate) may: (1) hold coal deposit leases; or (2) bid for coal deposit leases adjacent to previously acquired land grants containing coal deposits. Prescribes guidelines under which a railroad lessee of coal deposits situated within its exclusive service area may enter into certain coal transportation contracts. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register notice of such railroad/lessee's coal transportation contract, including identification of the contracting parties, the affected lease and the lessee. Sets forth procedures under which a coal producer may file a complaint with the Secretary alleging that such coal transportation contract is in violation of law and has prevented such producer from selling its coal to the purchaser in lieu of the coal to be transported under the contract.

Bill· SS. 2412 (99th)referred

A bill to withdraw and reserve certain public lands.

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986

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

Bill· SS. 2387 (99th)referred

Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1986

Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act of 1986 - Title I: Review of Intergovernmental Regulations - Requires the President, within 30 days after submitting the annual Federal budget, to submit to the Congress a report specifying and evaluating the economic costs, noneconomic costs, and additional direct costs to State and local governments of complying with intergovernmental regulations during the most recently completed fiscal year, the fiscal year in progress, and the next two fiscal years. Defines an "intergovernmental regulation" as a Federal regulation that requires a State or local government to take certain actions or to comply with certain conditions in order to receive Federal assistance. Specifies the contents of such report which include: (1) an estimate of the economic and noneconomic benefits that will be provided to each State government and all local governments in such State as a result of compliance with each such regulation during each fiscal year; and (2) proposals for legislation and administrative actions to change regulations in order to reduce compliance costs or to achieve a more favorable balance between costs incurred and benefits received. Directs the President to consider the potential for reducing State and local compliance costs by promulgating intergovernmental regulations using means such as performance standards, special provisions for small governments, marketable rights, economic incentives, compliance reforms, and simplified procedures to certify the compliance of Federal assistance recipients with Federal requirements. Authorizes the President to delegate the responsibility of preparing such report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or the head of any other Federal agency. Directs the responsible official to prescribe standards to be used by agencies in estimating the compliance costs and benefits of intergovernmental regulations. Directs each agency to furnish such official with the information required in such report for the regulations administered by such agency. Title II: Compensation of State and Local Governments for Additional Direct Costs - Prohibits any Federal agency or U.S. court from requiring State or local governments, in any fiscal year, to comply with any intergovernmental regulation which takes effect on or after enactment of this Act and which is promulgated pursuant to a significant law, unless sufficient funds have been provided to reimburse such governments for the total amount of additional direct costs such governments will incur in complying with such regulation in such fiscal year as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Defines a "significant law" as any Federal law which is likely to result in total additional direct costs to all State and local governments of $25,000,000 or more in a fiscal year or to have exceptional fiscal consequences for a geographic region or a particular level of government. Declares that a Federal agency or U.S. court may require such compliance in any fiscal year in which the Congress passes a joint resolution which waives the requirement for reimbursement of direct costs. Requires the Director of CBO to transmit to the President and the Congress by September 1 of each year a report specifying an estimate of the total amount of additional direct costs that will be incurred in the upcoming fiscal year and next succeeding fiscal year by State and local governments in complying with each intergovernmental regulation promulgated pursuant to a significant law. Directs the chairmen of the congressional committees having jurisdiction over any significant law under which an intergovernmental regulation is promulgated to propose, to a bill providing funds for each fiscal year in which such regulation will be in effect, an amendment to appropriate funds to reimburse State and local governments for the total amount or applicable percentage of additional direct costs they will incur in complying with such regulation. Sets forth the procedures for reimbursements of such additional direct costs by Federal agencies to States and by the States to local governments. Title III: Miscellaneous - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the definition of a "significant bill or resolution" by reducing the annual cost to State or local governments likely to result from such a bill or resolution from $200,000,000 to $100,000,000. (The Act requires CBO to submit to each congressional committee reporting such a bill or resolution an estimate of the cost which would be incurred by State and local governments in complying with such bill or resolution in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in each of the four succeeding fiscal years.)

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 386 (99th)referred

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Strategic Petroleum Reserve purchases and construction should be accelerated and that all funds deferred by the President should be immediately obligated.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986

Expresses the sense of the Senate that petroleum purchases for and construction of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should be accelerated and that certain sums deferred by the President should be obligated immediately to contract for the development and expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Bill· SS. 2336 (99th)referred

A bill to protect United States cattlemen from imports of live Canadian cattle, and to require the International Trade Commission to conduct a Section 201 investigation of such imports.

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986

Establishes a moratorium on the importation of Canadian cattle until a United States Internation Trade Commission study, as required by this Act, determines whether such cattle are a substantial cause, or threat, of serious injury to U.S. cattle producers in specified States.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 325 (99th)open

A joint resolution to approve the "Compact of Free Association" between the United States and the Government of Palau, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1986

Grants congressional approval to the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government of Palau. Sets forth the provisions of such Compact. (Declares that the people of Palau are self-governing. States that the United States shall provide grant and program assistance to Palau. Declares that the United States has full authority and responsibility for the security and defense of Palau.)

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. 2289 (99th)open

Federal Lands Administration Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1986

Federal Lands Administration Act of 1986 - Title I: Purposes, Definitions, and Maps - Sets forth the purposes, definitions, and maps which delineate the areas of lands affected by this Act. Title II: Transfer of Lands to the Forest Service - Transfers lands delineated on the maps entitled "Interagency Land Transfers -- February 1986" to the Secretary of Agriculture to be reserved as national forests. Authorizes the Secretary to modify the boundaries of National Forest System units to facilitate administration. Requires newly established national forest lands to be eventually managed in accordance with the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Directs the Secretary to adopt the recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to such lands which have been reviewed for wilderness suitability and to assess unreviewed lands for their possible designation as wilderness. Requires lands recommended for wilderness designation to be managed as such until included in the National Wilderness Preservation System or released from consideration. Modifies land entry provisions to grant the Secretary of Agriculture authority over newly established national forest lands. Grants the Secretary authority to sell such lands as specified and other authorities over such lands. Title III: Transfer of Lands to the Bureau of Land Management - Transfers National Forest System lands within areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the Secretary of the Interior, withdrawing such lands from sale or disposal unless otherwise specified. Designates as conservation areas certain areas of newly established public lands known by a specific name. Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to prohibit surface coal mining operations on public lands which were formerly part of the Custer National Forest. Amends the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act to grant the Secretary of the Interior authority over lands previously administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Requires such lands to be eventually managed in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to adopt the recommendations of the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to such lands which have been reviewed for wilderness suitability and to assess unreviewed lands for their possible designation as wilderness. Requires lands recommended for wilderness designation to be managed as such until included in the National Wilderness Preservation System or released from consideration. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to require deposits from purchasers of timber from public lands. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth which, if any, other designations and uses of such lands are affected by the interdepartmental exchange. Title V: Mineral Resources - Amends the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 and other Acts to empower the Secretary of Agriculture to administer National Forest System lands for multiple uses, including mineral claims and resources. Title VI: Transfer of O&C Lands - Transfers specified Oregon and California Grant Lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Forest Service. Title VII: Severability - States that the provisions of this Act are severable.

Bill· SS. 2285 (99th)open

Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986

Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Open Access to Transportation - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to: (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Title II: Removal of Wellhead Price Controls and Repeal of Jurisdiction Over First Sales - Removes wellhead price controls over all natural gas first sales beginning April 1, 1987. Removes such control for certain gas sales contracts executed after March 1, 1986. Removes Commission jurisdiction over first sales of natural gas committed or dedicated as of the day before enactment of this Act. Repeals Commission authority to specify the minimum duration of certain natural gas contracts (thus removing all non-price regulation of first sales of natural gas). Declares that, with respect to ceiling prices of certain natural gas sales, the last price paid for such gas shall be considered a federally established rate for purposes of an area rate clause. Title III: Repeal of Certain Restrictions on the Use of Natural Gas and Petroleum Use and Pricing - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to: (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations against the use of natural gas and petroleum as primary energy sources; and (3) repeal the guidelines for the emergency use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source by any person operating a peakload powerplant or a major fuel-burning installation. Revokes the authority of the Secretary of Energy to require any major fuel-burning installation to furnish certain information regarding the use of primary energy sources of fuel. Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to repeal the natural gas incremental pricing provisions. States that incremental pricing rules promulgated by the Commission shall continue in effect only with respect to the flow-through of costs incurred before enactment of this Act, including any surcharges based on such costs.

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.