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United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1986
Designates October 23, 1986, as National Hungarian Freedom Fighters Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1986
Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that Federal judges shall receive the same pay increases as are granted all other Federal employees.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Makes specified provisions of the Railway Labor Act applicable for an additional 60-day period so as to extend the temporary prohibition of strikes and lockouts with respect to the Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company labor-management dispute. Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to the Congress on the progress of negotiations in such dispute, with recommendations for a proposed solution.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Provides that neither the eligibility of a State or a political subdivision of a State for Federal funds nor the amount of such funds for which they are eligible shall be affected by the application of a State or local anti-apartheid law to a federally funded contract entered into by such State or political subdivision. Exempts the Federal Government from responsibility for any increase in the cost of a contract if such increase is the result of the application of an anti-apartheid law of a State or political subsidivision.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to exclude from a specified Schedule certain prefabricated modified bitumen roofing membranes. Provides, for purposes of the Schedules, that: (1) the term "plastics" refers to modified bitumen used in roofing membranes; and (2) cord, fabric, wire, or non-rubber or non-plastic reinforcing or traction-increasing media shall be disregarded in determining the component material of chief value in prefabricated modified bitumen roofing membranes. Provides a duty on certain prefabricated bitumen roofing membranes.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that during the official ceremony of the lighting of the torch of the Statue of Liberty, a moment of silence be held for the return of the American captives in Lebanon.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1986
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business once every four years to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the Conferences. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such Conferences. Requires a final report of the Conference, within six months from the date a Conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate July 31, 1986, as National Kidney Program Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Medicare Timely Payment Amendments of 1986 - Amends parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require intermediaries and carriers to pay the claims of Medicare providers and beneficiaries, and give such providers and beneficiaries notice of improperly submitted claims, within 22 days of receiving such claims (unless payment is made on a periodic interim payment basis). Requires the Federal Government to pay the interest accruing on such claims for the period during which the payment or notice is past due.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is against the national security interests of the United States to abandon existing strategic offensive arms agreements by exceeding the numerical sublimits of such agreements as long as the Soviet Union remains within such sublimits; (2) the Soviet Union should take steps to resolve U.S. concerns about Soviet violations of existing strategic arms agreements and to negotiate a new agreement; and (3) the Congress and the President should continue to review the policy of mutual adherence to the numerical sublimits on launchers of strategic nuclear delivery systems and the significance of both Soviet compliance and noncompliance with existing strategic offensive arms agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Social Security Trust Funds Management Act of 1986 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Managing Trustee of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (OASDI trust funds) to immediately invest such portion of the OASDI trust funds as is not required for current withdrawals. Prohibits the sale and redemption of OASDI trust fund assets or the exenditure of OASDI trust fund amounts for purposes other than those specified in title II of the Act. Requires members of such trust funds' Board of Trustees to faithfully execute their duties, but does not impose a fiduciary duty. Requires that, in consideration of the public debt limit, required investments of trust fund amounts occur prior to the issuance of other obligations. Directs that the tax receipts earmarked for the OASDI program be immediately transferred (currently, monthly transfers are made) from the general fund of the Treasury to the OASDI trust funds. Requires the Board of Trustees of the OASDI trust funds to meet at least twice each year. Sets forth provisions requiring reports by the Board of Trustees and the Managing Trustee to the Congress regarding the operation and status of the OASDI trust funds.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Director of the National Institutes of Health should transfer the Silver Spring Monkeys to the Primarily Primates, Inc., animal sanctuary in San Antonio, Texas.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986
Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy Act of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to establish an Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy Block Grant program to provide drugs to patients for the prevention of rejection of transplanted organs and tissues. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Provides formulae for the allotment of appropriated funds to the States. Establishes a minimum allotment of $50,000 for each State. Enumerates the purposes for which the States may use such allotments. Details the application procedures and grant requirements. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from prescribing for a State the manner of compliance with such requirements. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the impact of this Act. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize States to provide immunosuppressive drugs to individuals who have received organ transplants.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act - Requires States to provide by law for elections for Federal office: (1) absentee registration and absentee voting for uniformed services voters and overseas voters; and (2) the use of alternative write-in absentee ballots by overseas voters when State absentee ballots are not available. Directs the President to designate the head of an executive department to have primary responsibility for the administrative functions of this Act, including: (1) prescribing an official postcard form containing a voter registration and an absentee ballot application; (2) prescribing an alternative write-in ballot for overseas voters; (3) prescribing forms and designs for balloting materials; (4) distributing election materials; (5) reporting to the Congress in the year immediately following a presidential election year on its effectiveness; and (6) consulting State and local election officials in carrying out this Act. Provides for the distribution of official postcards. Sets forth recommendations to the States in carrying out provisions of this Act. Provides for Federal and State write-in absentee ballots for overseas voters. Declares balloting materials under this Act free of postage. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1986
Honors the Boston Celtics for winning the 1986 National Basketball Association Championship.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the 50-year-old tax exemption of the 84 nonprofit, community-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans be retained without modification.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase from $50,000 to $100,000 the benefits paid to survivors of public safety officers (law enforcement officers and fire fighters) who died as a result of injury sustained in the line of duty. Eliminates the requirement that a parent (or parents) be a dependent (or dependents) of such officer in order to be an alternate beneficiary. Directs the Bureau of Justice Assistance to adjust certain public safety officer death benefits to reflect the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index. Makes the date of death the determining date regarding the death benefit amount payable to beneficiaries. Establishes the Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Trust Fund in the Treasury. Requires each convicted felon to pay $500 into the court registry for deposit into such Fund.
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.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Designates the week beginning September 7, 1986, as Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1986
Designates June 26, 1986, as National Interstate Highway Day.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Repeals provisions of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 which: (1) provide a remedy against the United States for loss of property, personal injury, or death due to exposure to radiation based on acts or omissions by a contractor conducting atomic weapons tests under a contract with the United States; and (2) preclude any other civil action by individuals against a contractor for the purpose of determining civil liability from acts or omissions of such contractor. Makes the period during which such provision was in effect inapplicable for purposes of the tolling of any statute of limitations for claims.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Amends Federal armed forces provisions to designate one of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, whose principal duty shall be the overall supervision of special operations and low intensity conflict affairs (including terrorism, insurgency, and other unconventional warfare threats) of the Department of Defense. Directs the President to establish a unified command for special operations forces, unless such action is not in the national interest. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the National Security Council to establish within the Council the Board for Low Intensity Conflict to coordinate the low intensity conflict policy for the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish the position of Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for Low Intensity Conflict, and that such Deputy Assistant should act as chairman of the Board for Low Intensity Conflict as established under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage and assist States in enacting and implementing State laws requiring hospitals to establish protocols for identifying and assisting potential human organ and tissue donors. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year on such activities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Designates the week beginning November 24, 1986, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Designates June 21, 1986, as National Save American Industry and Jobs Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1986
Designates the week of September 21 through September 27, 1986, as Emergency Medical Services Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1986
Designates May 25, 1986, as Missing Children Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
Expresses the Senate's support for Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry, to be held on May 11, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986
Rural Health Care Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to require that whenever the Secretary of Health and Human Services proposes a regulation or promulgates a final version of a regulation under titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), or part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Act which will have a substantial impact on small rural hospitals, the Secretary make a regulatory impact analysis available to the public. Amends the Medicare program to continue, beyond FY 1986, current law regarding Medicare payment to sole community hospitals for capital-related costs, treating such costs as distinct from operating costs of inpatient hospital services. Provides certain small sole community and rural hospitals with payment for extremely high cost cases (outlier payments) which represent five or six percent of the total payments made to such hospitals. Sets aside ten percent of amounts expended by the Secretary on certain experiments and demonstration projects for projects relating exclusively to rural health issues. Requires fiscal intermediaries to pay certain small rural hospitals for Medicare claims, at the latest, 30 days after receiving the request for such payment. Amends title VII (Administration) of the Act to establish an Office of Rural Health Policy in the Office of the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration to: (1) advise the Administrator regarding the effects of changes in the Medicare and Medicaid programs on rural health; and (2) oversee compliance with provisions of this Act requiring regulatory impact analysis and rural health demonstration projects.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986
Provides for a right to money damages to any U.S. citizen who has been injured in his business or property by the dumping of a commodity by a foreign person. Allows such a citizen to petition the U.S. Court of International Trade for damages if there has been a final affirmative finding by the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission in an antidumping duty investigation. Grants such Court jurisdiction over any foreign person who has been found to have dumped commodities in the United States. Sets forth: (1) the method for calculation of damages by such Court; and (2) procedures for the satisfaction of judgment awards. Provides for the stay of actions for damages pending review by such Court. Requires a petitioner, after an affirmative finding of dumping, to make an election, in writing, to the Commission, that it chooses to: (1) allow the imposition of antidumping duties according to specified Federal law; or (2) preserve the right to seek damages from foreign producers who dump their products in the United States. Provides for a different assessment of antidumping duties depending on such election. Allows a petitioner to seek additional damages if there is a finding of continued dumping of such foreign commodities. Provides for civil penalties for foreign persons who have been the subject of multiple affirmative antidumping determinations. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to maintain a list of all persons who produce commodities which have been the subject of a final affirmative determination by the administering authority. Requires the Secretary to commence an action in the U.S. Court of International Trade for the collection of penalties against persons who have been the subject of two or more affirmative determinations. Grants the U.S. Court of International Trade exclusive jurisdiction over civil actions for damages commenced pursuant to this Act. Prohibits the award of damages or the assessment of civil penalties which are found to violate U.S. legal obligations under international agreements, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Requires the President to negotiate bilateral and multilateral agreements to harmonize the provisions of this Act with the U.S. legal obligations under such international agreements (including GATT).
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Designates November 18, 1986, as National Community Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1986
Directs the President to designate the week of May 18 through May 24, 1986, as Just Say No to Drugs Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Designates May 8, 1986, as Naval Aviation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986
Nuclear Waste Policy Reform Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from implementing nuclear waste disposal activities with respect to more than one repository. Declares that any such activities commenced (or decisions made by the Secretary) before the date of enactment of this Act shall be rescinded or terminated. Prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from authorizing the construction of more than one repository under such Act. Provides that if the Secretary does not meet the January 31, 1998, deadline for high-level radioactive waste disposal then the Secretary must cease all repository activities until: (1) the Nuclear Waste Repository Review Commission (established by this Act) submits a certain report to the Congress; and (2) the Congress specifically authorizes the continuation of such repository activities (thus imposing a moratorium on repository development). Removes the deadlines by which the Secretary and the President must submit candidate site nominations for second repository site characterizations. Prohibits the Secretary from nominating or recommending any crystalline rock site for site characterization for a repository. Removes the volume limitation placed upon a first repository. Establishes the Nuclear Waste Repository Review Commission (if a repository moratorium takes effect) to: (1) review scientific data regarding repository suitability; and (2) compare the use of repositories for radioactive waste disposal with alternative technologies for the permanent isolation of such waste. Requires the Review Commission to report to the Congress by a certain date regarding its activities and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates such Commission upon submission of its report. Sets deadlines for draft revisions of the Secretary's mission plan under such Act.
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).
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 · 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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1986
Amends veterans' benefits provisions to extend from September 30, 1986, to September 30, 1989, the period of time during which veterans readjustment appointments (noncompetitive civil service position appointments) may be made for Vietnam veterans.
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 the Tariff Act of 1930 to include within the definition of "subsidy" for countervailing duty purposes the provision by a foreign government to certain workers of unemployment benefits that are substantially disproportionate to the premiums paid by the beneficiaries.
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 · 15 April 1986
Expresses the Senate's respect and gratitude to Warren Magnuson for his tireless and successful efforts to promote the conservation and management of our marine fisheries and provide our commercial and recreational fishing industry with the benefits of those resources.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986
Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in Federal and other buildings. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States for individuals who inspect, manage, abate, and analyze asbestos problems. Requires asbestos contractors to be accredited by an equivalent or more stringent plan. Requires the Administrator to develop and periodically revise a schedule of Federal buildings to be inspected, including a management plan for those found to contain asbestos and the possible later addition of non-Federal buildings. Requires the owners of designated buildings to conduct an asbestos inspection, reporting results to the Administrator and posting results in the inspected building. Requires owners of buildings found to contain asbestos to prepare a management plan for dealing with the substance, including schedules for followup inspections, which complies with the regulations. Requires that such plans be made available to the public. Requires warning labels on any asbestos still within the building. Prohibits the Federal leasing of any building not inspected for asbestos. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where asbestos in a designated building may be hazardous and adequate owner's actions have not been taken. Requires the Administrator to include actions taken under this Act in the annual report required under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986
Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 - Title I: Department of Defense - Amends Federal armed forces provisions to abolish the authority of the Secretary of Defense to transfer, reassign, or otherwise reorganize administrative functions within the Department of Defense (DOD) which are vested by law within DOD. States that DOD contains: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Defense; (2) the Joint Chiefs of Staff; (3) the Joint Staff; (4) the defense agencies; (5) Department of Defense Field Activities; (6) the Department of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) the unified and specified combatant commands; (8) such other offices as may be established or designated by the President; and (9) all functions and activities under the control or supervision of any of the above elements. Requires the Secretary, when a DOD vacancy occurs for which a presidential appointment with Senate consent is required, to inform the President of the necessary qualifications of such appointee. Requires the Secretary to annually provide the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) with written policy guidance for the preparation and review of contingency plans. Requires the Secretary to inform the Secretaries of the military departments of DOD military operations and activities which directly affect their respective responsibilities. Establishes in DOD the Office of the Secretary of Defense, to assist the Secretary. Allows officers of the armed forces to be detailed as assistants or personal aides to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary of each military department to cooperate fully with personnel of such Office. Abolishes the position of Comptroller of the Department of Defense as one of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense and establishes such position as an individual office within DOD. Outlines the functions of the Comptroller, including that of advising and assisting the Secretary in performing all budgetary and fiscal functions within DOD. Establishes the position of Inspector General of the Department of Defense. Adds a new chapter to Federal armed forces provisions relating to the requirement for authorization of appropriations and oversight of cost growth in major defense programs. Repeals Federal law which conflicts with changes made under this Act. Revises Federal provisions relating to the composition and function of the JCS. Includes the following as members in the JCS: (1) the Chairman; (2) the Vice Chairman; (3) the Chief of Staff of the Army and of the Air Force; (4) the Chief of Naval Operations; and (5) the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Requires the President, subject to waiver, to assign to JCS only officers who have served in one or more joint duty positions for a substantial period of time. Provides that the Chairman of JCS shall be the principal military adviser to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. Requires the Chairman of JCS to: (1) convene regular JCS meetings; and (2) consult with and seek the advice of JCS members and commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands. Authorizes a member of JCS to present advice or an opinion in disagreement or in addition to advice provided by the Chairman. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning: (1) the appointment and term of the Chairman; (2) the Chairman's presiding over the JCS; and (3) other functions of the Chairman relating to the planning of military manpower, strategy, and readiness capabilities. Requires the Chairman, not less than once every three years or upon request from the President, to report to the Secretary of Defense concerning recommended changes in the function assignments of the armed forces. Establishes the position of the Vice Chairman of JCS, to exercise such duties as may be delegated by the Chairman with the approval of the Secretary of Defense. Requires the Vice Chairman to act as Chairman of JCS in the event of a vacancy in that position. Establishes in DOD a Joint Staff under the Chairman of JCS, to assist the chairman and other members of JCS in their responsibilities. Requires the Joint Staff to include officers selected by the Chairman in approximately equal numbers from the various military departments. Requires the Chairman, no later than one year after the enactment of this Act, to report to the Secretary of Defense concerning recommendations for changes in the function assignments of Joint Staff members. Adds a new chapter to general military law concerning the operation in the armed forces of combatant commands. Directs the President to establish unified and specified combatant commands to perform military missions, to prescribe the force structure of such commands, to review periodically and revise such missions and force structure, and to notify the Congress before establishing a new combatant command or significantly revising the force structure of an existing command. Requires all combatant forces of the military departments to be assigned to combatant commands. Provides that the operational chain of command for combatant commands shall run from the President to the Secretary of Defense to the commanders of the combatant commands. Allows the President to utilize the Chairman of JCS in the operational chain of command at his discretion. Requires the Chairman of JCS to serve as spokesman for the combatant commanders concerning operational requirements. Outlines provisions concerning assignment by the President of combatant commanders. Requires any commander so assigned to have previously served in one or more joint duty positions for a substantial period of time. Outlines administrative provisions concerning the operational chain of command within each unified or specified combatant command. Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide for the administration and support of combatant forces assigned to each combatant command. Provides that the Secretary of each military department is responsible for the administration and support of forces assigned by him to a combatant command. Repeals Federal law relating to the establishment and composition of combatant commands. Repeals the prohibition against consolidating certain functions of the military transportation commands, as contained in the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983. Repeals the prohibition against altering the command structure for military forces in Alaska, as contained in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1986. Provides that when an officer is recommended to the President for initial appointment to the grade of vice admiral, admiral, lieutenant general, or general, the Chairman of JCS shall submit to the President an evaluation of that officer as a member of the Joint Staff or other joint duty positions. Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that personnel practices, policies, and procedures of each military department enhance the ability of officers to perform effectively in joint duty positions. Authorizes the Secretary, when determined to be economically feasible, to provide for the performance of a supply or service activity common to more than one military department by a single agency of DOD. Directs the Secretary to establish within DOD a Defense Agency or a Department of Defense Field Activity to perform any such supply or service activity. Directs the Secretary and the Director of Central Intelligence to jointly develop and implement policies and programs to correct deficiencies in the wartime support capabilities of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. Directs the Secretary, no later than September 30, 1988, to reduce by a specified percentage the total number of personnel assigned to management headquarters or management support activities in the defense agencies and DOD field activities. Requires a similar reduction of other personnel, also no later than September 30, 1988. Provides that any such reductions shall not apply to the National Security Agency. Prohibits further increases in personnel after the deadline date of September 30, 1988. Title II: Army - Revises Federal provisions concerning the organization of the Department of the Army to require that the Secretary of the Army be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate. Outlines various administrative functions for which the Secretary shall be responsible. Establishes in the Department of the Army an Office of the Secretary of the Army to assist the Secretary. Requires the Office of the Secretary of the Army to include the following: (1) the Under Secretary of the Army; (2) the Assistant Secretaries of the Army; (3) the Inspector General of the Army; (4) the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee; and (5) such other offices or officers as the Secretary may designate. Limits the total number of personnel assigned to the Office of the Secretary. Establishes the position of Under Secretary of the Army and five Assistant Secretaries of the Army (one of which is to be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and another the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works). Establishes the position of Inspector General of the Army, and such deputies and assistants as the Secretary may prescribe. Establishes in the executive part of the Department of the Army an Army Staff to assist the Secretary. Outlines the composition (including a Chief of Staff and a Vice Chief of Staff) of such Army Staff and limits, except in time of war and certain other times, the total number of personnel assigned to such duty. Outlines various responsibilities of the Chief of Staff. Establishes in the executive part of the Department of the Army an Office of the Army Reserve to be headed by a Chief who shall advise the Chief of Staff on Army Reserve matters. Requires the President to appoint the Chief of Army Reserve from certain qualified officers. Revises provisions concerning the position of the Provost Marshal General of the Army relating to the appointment of an officer to such position and the length of the tour of duty. Title III: Navy - Repeals current Federal law defining the composition of the Department of the Navy. Provides for a seal for the Department. Requires that the Secretary of the Navy be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate. Outlines various responsibilities of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to make appropriate recommendations to the Congress relating to DOD and to delegate certain powers and duties. Provides the Secretary with certain authority whenever the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy. Establishes in the Department of the Navy an Office of the Secretary of the Navy to assist the Secretary. Requires the Office of the Secretary of the Navy to include the following: (1) the Under Secretary of the Navy; (2) the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy; (3) the Naval Inspector General; (4) the Chief of Naval Research; (5) the Judge Advocate General of the Navy; and (6) such other offices or officers as the Secretary may designate. Requires the Secretary to ensure that there is no duplication of functions within the Department. Limits the total number of personnel assigned to the Office of the Secretary. Establishes the position of Under Secretary of the Navy and four Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (one of which is to be the Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs). Provides for succession to the position of Secretary of the Navy if a succession is required. Repeals Federal law: (1) conflicting with changes made under this Act; and (2) concerning the power and functions of the Office of Naval Research. Provides that the Secretary of the Navy has custody of all records and property within the Department of the Navy. Revises Federal provisions concerning the composition and functions of the Chief of Naval Operations to include in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations the following: (1) the Chief and the Vice Chief of Naval Operations; (2) not more than four Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations; (3) not more than three Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations; (4) the Surgeon General of the Navy; (5) the Chief of Naval Personnel; (6) the Chief of Chaplains of the Navy; and (7) other members of the Navy and Marine Corps and civilians assigned to such Office. Limits, except in time of war and certain other times, the total number of military and civilian personnel assigned to such Office. Requires the Office to furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, the Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, and the Chief of Naval Operations. Revises provisions concerning the Chief of Naval Operations to outline various powers and functions. Requires the Chief, in addition to such specified duties, to also perform duties as a member of JCS. Provides for the retirement of the Chief at the rate of admiral. Establishes the position of Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Establishes not more than four deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations and not more than three Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations within the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Revises provisions concerning the organization of the Marine Corps headquarters to establish in the executive part of the Department of the Navy a Headquarters, Marine Corps, to assist the Secretary of the Navy in carrying out responsibilities connected with the Marine Corps. Requires such Headquarters to consist of: (1) the Commandant of the Marine Corps; (2) the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; (3) the Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps; (4) not more than four Deputy Chiefs of Staff; (5) not more than three Assistant Chiefs of Staff; and (6) other members of the Navy and Marine Corps and civilians assigned to the Headquarters, Marine Corps. Limits the total number of military and civilian personnel assigned to such Headquarters. Requires such Headquarters to furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Outlines specified functions and duties of such Headquarters. Outlines the functions, powers, and duties of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, who performs such duties under the authority and control of the Secretary of the Navy. Requires the Commandant, in addition to such duties, to also perform the duties required as a member of JCS. Establishes the position of Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps to perform such duties as prescribed by the Commandant. Revises provisions concerning the composition of the Department of the Navy to include in such Department the following: (1) the Office of the Secretary of the Navy; (2) the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; (3) the Headquarters, Marine Corps; (4) the entire operating forces of the Navy and Marine Corps; (5) all activities, forces, and functions under the control of the Secretary of the Navy; and (6) the Coast Guard, when it is operating as a service in the Navy. Includes in the Navy such naval combat and service forces and such naval aviation forces as required for naval operation. Includes in the Marine Corps no less than three combat divisions and three air wings, and such other combat, aviation, and other forces as may be required. Title IV: Air Force - Revises Federal provisions relating to the composition and functions of the Department of the Air Force to require that the Secretary of the Air Force be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate. Outlines various functions within the Department of the Air Force for which the Secretary is responsible. Requires the Secretary, in addition to such specified duties, to also make recommendations to the Congress relating to DOD. Establishes in the Department of the Air Force an Office of the Secretary of the Air Force to assist the Secretary. Includes in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force the following: (1) the Under Secretary of the Air Force; (2) the Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force; (3) the Inspector General of the Air Force; (4) the Air Reserve Forces Policy Committee; and (5) such other offices and officers as the Secretary may designate. Limits the total number of military and civilian personnel assigned to such Office, except in time of war or national emergency. Establishes the positions of Under Secretary of the Air Force, three Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force (one of which is to be the Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs) and Inspector General of the Air Force with such deputies and assistants as the Secretary may prescribe. Revises Federal provisions relating to the composition of the Air Staff of the Air Force to include in such Air Staff the following: (1) the Chief of Staff and Vice Chief of Staff; (2) not more than four Deputy Chiefs of Staff; (3) not more than three Assistant Chiefs of Staff; (4) the Surgeon General of the Air Force; (5) the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force; (6) the Chief of the Air Force Reserve; and (7) other military and civilian employees assigned to the Air Staff. Limits the total number of military and civilian personnel assigned to the Air Staff. Outlines general duties of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, who is directly responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force. Requires the Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff to be general officers detailed to such positions. Establishes in the Department of the Air Force an Office of Air Force Reserve. Outlines administrative provisions relating to the appointment and term of office of the Chief of Air Force Reserve. Title V: General Provisions and Effective Date - Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than September 30, 1988, to reduce the total number of military and civilian personnel employed in management headquarters activities in the military departments and in the combatant commands by at least ten percent of the total number of such personnel employed on September 30, 1985. Excludes specified offices from such reduction requirements. Provides a method for the allocation of such reductions and prohibits certain actions to be used to achieve such reductions. Allows the commander of each combatant command to determine the method in which such reduction shall be achieved within their command. Prohibits, after September 30, 1988, the increase of management headquarters personnel above the level required to be achieved by such date. Directs the President, at the same time the annual budget is submitted to the Congress, to submit to the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees and the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees a comprehensive report on the national security strategy of the United States. Waives, as of January 1, 1987, any congressional reporting requirements required of the President or any official or employee of DOD and contained in any Act which authorizes or makes appropriations to DOD. Outlines specified exceptions to such reporting requirement waiver.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986
Designates April 17, 1986, as National Pension Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Prohibits the sale, donation, or other transfer of STINGER antiaircraft missiles to democratic resistance forces in Afghanistan and Angola unless the President certifies to the Congress that the proposed recipient of the missiles has agreed to specified conditions relating to safeguarding the missiles.
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.