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.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Price Competitive Products Act of 1986 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Lanham Trademark Act to permit the importation or sale of foreign-made articles bearing a trademark or trade name identical with one owned and registered by a U.S. citizen when: (1) both foreign and U.S. trademarks are owned by the same person; (2) the foreign and domestic trademark owners are parent and subsidiary companies; or (3) the foreign articles bear a recorded trademark applied under authorization of the U.S. owner.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Federal Hospital System Sharing Act of 1986 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to allow, under a health care sharing agreement, an individual who is eligible to receive direct health care in a facility of one agency (either the Veterans Administration or the Department of Defense) to be furnished such care at the facility of the other agency. Revises the definition of the term "beneficiary" for purposes of eligibility for such benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Rural Electrification Credit Assistance Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to change the interest rate on insured loans from five percent to the cost of Treasury borrowing as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires an insured loan borrower to demonstrate that he or she: (1) is unable to obtain credit elsewhere at reasonable rates; and (2) has a plan for obtaining sufficient future equity. Provides for a loan fee of not more than one percent. Repeals: (1) the prohibition on guaranteed loan fees; (2) the interest rate ceiling. Requires a guaranteed loan borrower to demonstrate that he or she: (1) is unable to obtain credit elsewhere at reasonable rates; and (2) in the case of an electric power facility, has considered alternatives for meeting power requirements, including purchasing power from other sources. Provides for a loan fee not in excess of administrative expenses and probable losses arising from such assistance. Authorizes a borrower to apply to the Federal Financing Bank for a guaranteed loan if such assistance is unavailable through private institutions. Requires (currently the Act authorizes) the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration to request an insured or guaranteed loan applicant to accept a partial loan from another source (at reasonable rates) concurrently with such Administration assistance.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Defense Industrial Reserve Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Defense Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 to direct the Secretary of Defense to transfer excess industrial property from the Defense Industrial Reserve to other Government agencies, with reimbursement from such agencies for the use of such property. Directs the Secretary to prescribe general policies and fee schedules for reimbursement of the Department of Defense by Government agencies for the use of such defense industrial reserve equipment.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Defense Select Consolidations Act of 1986 - Title I: Consolidation and Administration of Depot Level Maintenance - Defines "depot level maintenance facility" as a Department of Defense (DOD) facility in which certain maintenance functions are performed and for which there is an extensive capital investment for the performance of such functions. Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to designate a single manager in DOD to be responsible for the administration of depot level maintenance facilities. Requires the manager, no later than two years after the enactment of this Act, to develop and implement a plan for the consolidation of: (1) depot level maintenance facilities; and (2) the performance of management functions related to such facilities. Requires such plans to be submitted to both the Secretary of Defense and the Inspector General of DOD. Requires the Inspector General to review such plan and make appropriate comments and recommendations to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, no later than 90 days before the implementation of the plan commences, to submit the plan, together with the Inspector General's comments, to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Outlines the management functions and control to be exercised by the manager. Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to consult with and make budget requests through the manager for the performance of depot level maintenance functions. Title II: Consolidation of Wholesale Depot Facilities - Defines "wholesale depot facility" as a DOD facility that receives, stores, and issues bulk quantities of materials to the ultimate user of the material. Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to designate a single manager in DOD to be responsible for the administration and operation of wholesale depot facilities. Requires the manager, no later than two years after the enactment of this Act, to develop and implement a plan for the consolidation of: (1) wholesale depot facilities; and (2) the performance of management functions related to such facilities. Requires such plan to be submitted to both the Secretary of Defense and the Inspector General of DOD. Requires the Inspector General to review such plan and make appropriate comments and recommendations to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, no later than 90 days before the implementation of the plan commences, to submit the plan, together with the Inspector General's comments, to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Title III: Consolidation of Base Support Operations - Defines "base support operations" as various services provided in connection with military bases and installations. Directs the military departments to participate in the Defense Retail Interservice Support Program of the Department of Defense (the Program). Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) encourage consolidation of base support operations under the Program in all geographic areas in which there are two or more military installations located within 50 miles of each other; (2) utilize the Program to develop other specified consolidation of base support operations; and (3) submit to the Congress each year, at the same time the President's budget is submitted, the cost of base support operations performed under contract and a summary of planned actions to consolidate and reduce the cost of such operations. Title IV: Unification of Traffic Management - Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than one year after the enactment of this Act, to establish a unified traffic management command to assume all traffic management functions assigned to the Military Traffic Command, the Military Sealift Command, and the Military Airlift Command. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to develop and transmit to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees a plan to establish the unified traffic management command. Repeals a provision of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983 which prohibits the consolidation of the military transportation commands.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Federal Credit Management and Debt Collection Improvements Act of 1986 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury an Under Secretary of the Treasury for Debt Collection and Credit Management, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Under Secretary with respect to establishing and implementing a comprehensive Federal debt collection and credit management plan. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress an analysis of such plan, together with comments. Requires executive agency proposals for new credit programs to contain an explicit statement of any subsidies involved. Requires interest rates in new direct loan programs to be related to market rates for comparable private sector loan programs. Requires the assessment of loan origination and application fees to defray administrative costs and costs of defaulted loans. Prohibits loans to persons who are delinquent in debt payments to the United States. Sets forth the circumstances under which a person who has defaulted on a prior loan may be allowed another loan. Requires loan contracts to contain default and acceleration clauses. Requires each loan applicant to be provided with a written notice specifying Federal debt collection policies and practices. Directs the President to provide for a study of private sector alternatives to Federal loan programs. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish Federal credit management policies and promulgate regulations to implement this Act. Requires each executive agency to report to the Congress, within one year of enactment of this Act, on its delinquency and default standards. Directs the Comptroller General, within two years of enactment of this Act, to audit agency credit programs. Requires agencies to conform to regulations under this Act and the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (as amended by the Debt Collection Act of 1982) within one year of enactment of this Act. Establishes a collection target amount of $15 billion during the period beginning October 1, 1986, and ending September 30, 1989. Increases an agency's funding when it exceeds its debt collection target, and decreases such funding for not meeting its target. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate regulations to assist agencies in developing proposals for debt collection targets. Requires the use of credit bureaus and private collection agencies to recover indebtedness owed the Federal Government. Provides for routine adjustments of Federal pay for non-controversial overpayments. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize agencies to use Internal Revenue Service information in debt collection. Requires the inclusion of debt collection data in the budget process. Directs each agency head to investigate the feasibility and cost effectiveness of selling debts to the private sector. Makes State laws inapplicable with respect to time limitations for bringing legal actions on debts owed to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Mail Management Improvement Act of 1986 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to issue a directive which requires each agency to: (1) evaluate mail operations to eliminate practices resulting in excessive mailing costs; (2) designate an official with the responsibility for the development and implementation of mail management programs; (3) establish mail management objectives and responsibilities; and (4) develop and submit to the Director a mail management plan in accordance with provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Tax Collection and Enforcement Improvement Act of 1986 - Title I: Collections and Enforcement Staff Enhancement - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, within five fiscal years of the enactment of this Act, to reduce the level of delinquent debt by at least $5,000,000, through the strengthening of the collection activities of the Internal Revenue Service. Requires the Secretary to increase the collection staff by 1,500 employees in FY 1987. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, to submit a plan to the Congress to reduce the growth of backlogged collections and increase collection of taxes. Provides that the plan is to detail the allocation of staff in all aspects of the collection process, based on projected workload and to include an estimate of future staffing needs. Authorizes appropriations to the Internal Revenue Service as necessary to carry out these requirements. Directs the Secretary to increase by 1,000 in FY 1987 the Internal Revenue Service staff allocated to the information returns (document matching) program. Requires the Secretary to submit, within 180 days, a plan to strengthen the Information Returns Program, which shall include an estimate of staffing needs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the program to strengthen the Information Returns Program. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to increase by 2,500 the Internal Revenue Service staff positions in the tax return examination and enforcement function area in each of FY 1987, 1988, and 1989. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days of enactment, to submit a plan to increase the number of returns audited to at least two percent and to raise taxpayer compliance to 90 percent within the next five years. Provides that the plan shall recommend any additional staffing needs. Requires the Secretary, within 60 days after the end of FY 1987, and each year following, to submit a report to the Congress on the status of tax collections and the level of delinquent debt. Title II: Improvement of Collection Practices - Requires the Secretary to classify all delinquent accounts based on stage of collection, value, type of taxpayer, type of tax, source of delinquency, taxpayer collection history, and other such criteria as the Secretary deems necessary to better provide the Internal Revenue Service with information with which to manage the collection process. Requires levy source information to be included with closing agreements or any such document that concludes an examination where the entire tax is not paid. Authorizes the Secretary to use electronic funds transfers or payroll deductions to collect taxes when payment under installment agreements are delinquent. Title III: Collection of Alcoholic Occupational Tax - Prohibits wholesale dealers in beer, wine, and distilled spirits from selling beer, wine, and distilled spirits to any retail dealer unless that retailer has paid the alcoholic occupational tax. Requires each wholesaler to keep records of the retailer's compliance with the alcoholic occupational tax. Requires the Secretary to match information on income tax returns to identify noncompliant retailers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Defense Technology Data Exchange Improvement Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to promote, monitor, and evaluate programs for the communication and exchange of technological data among all Department of Defense research facilities and other Departmental components. Directs the Secretary to take other specified actions to ensure the efficient operation of various defense research facilities within the Department of Defense and to promote increased consideration of technological issues early in the defense systems development process. Directs the Secretary, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to submit a written report to the Congress concerning actions taken to implement this Act and to improve the management and utilization of defense research facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Federal Health Care Auditing and Quality Control Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1967 to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to test and measure the cost effectiveness of having audits and medical reviews under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act performed by contractors other than the fiscal intermediaries and carriers which process claims under the Medicare program. Requires the Secretary, within one year of this Act's enactment, to recommend to the Congress the optimum level and type of Medicare audit expenditures. Directs the Secretary to review the quality control program under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act and, within one year of this Act's enactment, develop procedures and guidelines for such program which require States to implement corrective action plans and management information systems to prevent errors in the provision of services.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Federal Telecommunications Policy Act of 1986 - Title I - Deems it to be necessary and appropriate for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate and implement the regulations set forth in title II in order to ensure the orderly and competitive development of the telecommunications industry. Title II - Requires the FCC, within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act and without regard to the Administrative Procedure Act, to adopt and publish in the Federal Register specified regulations (identical in substance to the principal continuing provisions of the AT&T and GTE consent decrees) which: (1) require Class I and Class II local telephone companies to provide equal access to interexchange carriers and not to discriminate between interexchange carriers; (2) restrict the lines of business into which such local telephone companies may enter; and (3) govern the relationships between dominant interexchange carriers and Class I local telephone companies and between Class II local telephone companies and their affiliates. Authorizes the FCC to issue cease and desist orders and to impose other remedies available under the Communications Act of 1934 to enforce such regulations. Empowers the FCC to modify, rescind, or provide exemptions from or waivers of such regulations if, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, it determines such action to be in the public interest. Provides that any action expressly permitted by any such regulation as promulgated, rescinded, or modified by the FCC or permitted by any waiver or exemption granted by the FCC shall not be deemed to violate any existing antitrust consent decrees.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1986
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose enhanced penalties for the manufacture of controlled substances in or near an elementary or secondary school. (Current law imposes such enhanced penalties only for the distribution of a controlled substance in or near such schools.)
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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1986
Encourages State and local governments and local educational agencies to require quality daily physical education programs for all children from kindergarten through grade 12.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Prompt Payment Amendments of 1986 - Revises Federal law to deem the head of an agency to receive an invoice on the fifth day after the date on which a property is actually delivered, or final performance of a service is actually completed, unless the contract specifies otherwise. Makes Federal prompt payment provisions applicable to the United States Postal Service. Reduces the 15-day grace period for payment of interest penalties to eight days for solicitations issued before October 1, 1988. Requires an agency to pay a double interest penalty if it fails to meet such grace period and the business concern makes a written demand that the agency pay such penalty. Makes the interest penalty provisions applicable to construction contracts for progress payments and retained amounts. Specifies the calculation of time for interest penalties on discount payments. Revises agency reporting requirements on interest penalty payments to include a description of agency payment practices. Requires the modification of Government-wide procurement regulations to implement Federal prompt payment provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2672 (Federal employee retirement).
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986
Cost-of-Living-Adjustment-Reform Act of 1986 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to replace the requirement that there be at least a three-percent rise in the Consumer Price Index before a cost-of-living adjustment of benefits is made with a requirement that such an adjustment be made whenever the cost of living increase is greater than zero.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that the lawfulness of acts of importation into, or sale in, the United States of articles that infringe a valid U.S. patent, copyright, trademark, or mask work shall be determined without regard to whether such acts have the effect or tendency to destroy or substantially injure a U.S. industry or to impair the establishment of an industry. Permits any person to petition the International Trade Commission (ITC) for the issuance of an order to exclude such articles, during its investigation, from entry into the United States. Sets forth: (1) civil penalties for violations under this Act; and (2) procedures for the modification or recission of an ITC order under this Act. Repeals a specified section of the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to the importation of products produced under a process covered by claims of an unexpired patent.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the current tax treatment of individual retirement accounts should be retained and that such retention is consistent with the goals of tax reform.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1986
Child Sexual Abuse and Pornography Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code with regard to the sexual exploitation of children. Makes it a Federal offense for any person to advertise: (1) any product depicting sexually explicit conduct with a minor; or (2) the opportunity to engage in such conduct with a minor. Amends the Mann Act to include the transportation of males within its coverage and makes other changes so that the offense is gender neutral.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Amends the Federal Employees' Retirement Contribution Temporary Adjustment Act of 1983 to extend from May 1, 1986, to June 1, 1986, the interim retirement plan for employees who began Government service after December 31, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the International Atomic Energy Agency should investigate the Soviet Civilian Nuclear Program to determine whether it poses a continuing threat to the health and safety of Soviet citizens and the international community; (2) any nation which sustains a nuclear accident should immediately notify all neighboring countries in order to mitigate international dangers; (3) the President should question the safety and future of the Soviet Nuclear Program at the next U.S.-Soviet summit meeting; and (4) the United States should offer medical and technical assistance to the Soviet Union to mitigate the perils posed to the international community by the reactor accident at Chernobyl and to minimize the incidence of future nuclear catastrophes.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1986
Family Assistance and Child Support Enforcement Administrative Improvements Act - Title I: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to reduce the Federal matching rate for statewide development of mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems from 90 to 75 percent for FY 1987 through 1989 and to 50 percent of the administrative costs of such systems in subsequent years. Reduces from 50 to 25 percent the matching rate for those State per recipient administrative costs which exceed 175 percent of the national median for such costs. Title II: Child Support Enforcement - Amends part D (Child Support) of title IV of the Act to gradually reduce the Federal matching rate for the State automated child support information retrieval system from the current rate of 90 percent to 66 percent in FY 1990 and beyond. Accelerates the reduction in the matching rate for the administrative costs of child support enforcement programs to achieve a four percent reduction (to 66 percent) in FY 1987 rather than in FY 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in conjunction with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall report revised estimates of total revenues, budget authority, outlays, and the deficit for FY 1987 through 1991 to the Congress by May 16.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1986
Amends Federal armed forces provisions relating to the operational testing and evaluation of major defense acquisition programs to require such testing and evaluation before low-rate initial production of such programs may begin. Prohibits a final decision from being made within the Department of Defense concerning the low-rate production of a major defense acquisition program until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has submitted an evaluation report on the testing of such program to the Secretary of Defense, and the Senate and House Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations have received such report.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986
Prohibits the issuance of a letter of offer with respect to specified proposed sales of Sidewinder, Stinger, and Harpoon missiles and services to Saudi Arabia, as described in the April 8, 1986, certifications from the President to the Congress under the Arms Export Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a one-year conditional permanent resident status for certain alien spouses and their sons and daughters. Subjects such aliens to exclusion if the Attorney General determines that within such one-year period: (1) the marriage was entered into to procure the alien's admission into the United States, or such marriage has been terminated; (2) consideration was paid to secure such marriage; or (3) the parties have not maintained a bona fide marital relationship. Establishes a criminal penalty for marriage fraud. Prohibits status adjustment during such conditional permanent resident period. Requires a couple to have previously met in person in order to receive a "K" (ifance) visa.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1986
Title I: Establishment of Position of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition - Establishes in the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Secretary of Defense the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) be responsible for all acquisition activities of DOD; and (2) perform such duties as the Secretary may prescribe. Redesignates the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering as Director of Defense Research and Engineering. Title II: Experimental Streamlining of Management of Major Defense Acquisition Programs - Requires the Secretary of Defense, through the Secretaries of the military departments, to conduct an experimental program aimed at increasing the efficiency of the management structure of major defense acquisition programs by reducing reporting requirements. Requires the Secretary of each military department to designate two such programs for participation in the experimental program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to issue guidelines governing the management of major defense acquisition programs designated for participation in the experimental program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986
Federal Management Reorganization and Cost Control Act of 1986 - Title I: Improving Federal Management - Establishes the Office of Federal Management in the Executive Office of the President. Declares that such Office is composed of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (transferred to such Office), the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (transferred to such Office), and the Office of Financial Systems (established by this Act). Declares that the Office of Federal Management shall be headed by a Director and Deputy Director, both appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Director with respect to the development and implementation of Federal management policies. Declares that the Office of Financial Systems shall be headed by an Administrator, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Designates the Administrator as the principal advisor to the President and the Director with respect to Federal financial management policy. Directs the Administrator to prepare and transmit a five-year plan for the financial management activities of the Government to the Congress, the Director, and the Comptroller General. Requires the Administrator to revise such plan annually. Directs the Comptroller General to transmit to the Congress an analysis and comments on such plan. Establishes the position of agency controller in each executive agency to conduct, supervise, and coordinate agency financial management functions. Transfers to the Director all functions of the Director of Management and Budget and sets forth other transition provisions. Redesignates the Office of Management and Budget as the Office of Federal Budget. Authorizes appropriations as necessary to carry out this title. Directs the President to submit an annual management report on the executive branch with the submission of each Federal budget. Directs the Comptroller General to transmit to the Congress an analysis of such report. Title II: Accounting and Internal Control Systems - Requires the President to include a statement in the budget on the extent to which its information was generated or supported by agency accounting systems that conform to the principles and standards prescribed by the Comptroller General and related requirements of the Administrator of the Office of Financial Systems. Requires the Administrator to determine whether the accounting and internal control systems of each executive agency substantially comply with the principles and standards set by the Comptroller General. Makes such systems subject to the direction and supervision of the Administrator, if two years after the effective date of this Act, the systems are not in compliance. Title III: Agency Financial Statements - Requires the Comptroller General to consult with the Administrator in prescribing accounting standards and to provide a method for agencies to prepare financial statements. Requires executive agencies to have such prepared statements by December 31 of each year. Requires financial and compliance audits of such statements for FY 1990 and 1991 and biennially thereafter, by the agency Inspector General, an independent internal or external auditor, or the Comptroller General (when deemed appropriate or upon the request of a congressional committee). Requires reports on such audits to be submitted to the head of the agency, the Congress, the President, the Administrator, and the Comptroller General. Directs the Administrator to submit a plan to the Congress for ensuring the completion of audits required for FY 1991. Sets forth provisions for annual audits of Government corporations by independent external auditors (in lieu of the Comptroller General's audit once every three years). Requires the submission of annual financial reports to the Congress, the President, the Administrator, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Comptroller General. Title IV: Cash Management - Sets forth provisions regarding intergovernmental financing. Provides for the agency disbursement of Federal funds in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Administrator. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations requiring a State to pay interest on funds from the time of deposit until disbursement. Requires the Government to pay interest to a State that disburses its own funds under a Federal program, unless such disbursements are the result of delays in the State program. Establishes the Intergovernmental Interest Fund for amounts received as payments, and to make payments, under this title. Amends the Social Security Act to require that Social Security withholding for State and local employees be remitted within three banking days of the end of the pay period (currently, States are allowed a 15-day period). Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to require that wages and salaries of employees earning in excess of $20,000 be paid by electronic transfer. Authorizes the Secretary to allow the conversion of a payment from one method to another without an employee's written request if the employee is notified in writing and given 30 days to respond. Authorizes the Secretary to expand the use of electronic funds transfers to benefits and other payments, as long as recipients have the option of receiving a check. Directs the Secretary to study and make recommendations concerning standards for the establishment of lockbox systems for executive agencies. Defines such a system as the use of locked post office boxes for the receipt of payments. Sets forth a schedule for the implementation of such a system. Title V: Credit Management - Requires all legislative proposals to enact new, or amend existing, credit programs to contain a statement of any subsidies in direct or guaranteed loan programs. Requires that interest rates in new direct loan programs: (1) be related to market rates for comparable private sector loan programs; and (2) be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the private sector rates. Requires that loan origination and application fees be assessed in loan programs to defray administrative costs. Declares that loan and loan guarantee funds shall not be made available to applicants who have defaulted on a Federal loan or loan guarantee unless: (1) the new loan is necessary to protect Government interests; (2) the default has been discharged under Federal bankruptcy laws; or (3) the default has been cured. Describes default and acceleration clauses which shall be required for loan contracts. Directs the President to provide for a study to determine which direct loan programs could be carried out by private lending institutions without Government guarantees. Requires a report to the Congress on the results of such study with recommendations. Directs the Administrator to establish Federal credit management policies and promulgate regulations applicable to this title. Requires such regulations to include established credit practices of the private sector. Requires each agency which operates credit programs, as part of its budget request, to identify collection targets so that collected amounts may be predicted and used as a source of program funding. Provides for reducing program funding by the amount an agency fails to collect and increasing such funding for an agency that exceeds its collection targets. Requires each agency to develop and report to the Congress delinquency and default rate standards for loan and loan guarantee programs. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and report to the Congress a formula for reducing an agency's loan authority in accordance with such agency's exceeding the rate standards. Requires the Inspector General of each agency to audit its credit management and debt collection systems. Title VI: Federal Information Policy - Revises current provisions regarding the management of Federal information resources and the coordination of Federal information policy. Provides for the presidential nomination and Senate confirmation of the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Requires the Director of the Office of Federal Management to appoint a chief statistician. Expands the functions of the Director to include guidance of agency analyses of their investments in information technology resources and guidance on the use of information technology. Requires each agency to designate a senior official to carry out the responsibilities under this title for implementing agency information management functions. Requires the annual report by the Director of the Office of Federal Management to address agency information management initiatives and statistical policy and coordination functions. Requires the Director to submit a report to the Congress, at the time the President submits the budget for FY 1988, on funds requested for information resources management. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this title for FY 1986 through 1989. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to establish the Information Technology Fund, consisting of the capital and assets of the Federal telecommunications fund and of the automatic data processing fund, and certain supplies and equipment transferred to the Administrator of General Services. Sets forth the authority of the Administrator under the Fund.
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