United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1986
Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act - Makes permanent provisions which provide benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act for individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment. Removes SSI limitations for the first two months of an individual's stay in a health facility if such individual was eligible for the benefits made permanent by this Act during the month preceding admission to the facility. Requires the district offices of the Social Security Administration to each designate a staff member to implement the program providing benefits to individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite severe medical impairment. Revises the eligibility requirements for such benefits. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and implement procedures which provide that whenever an individual is formally notified of his or her SSI eligibility, such individual will also be notified of the availability of assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Directs the Secretary, when any individual receives SSI benefits on the basis of a disability, to notify such individual of his or her potential eligibility for the SSI benefits available for those performing substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the operation of the SSI section which provides benefits for individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment, with the particular objective of evaluating the work incentive provisions of such section. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress the findings of such study. Provides that when an individual becomes ineligible for SSI benefits upon entitlement to child's insurance benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act, such individual shall be treated for Medicaid purposes as continuing to receive SSI benefits so long as he or she would otherwise be eligible for such benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects designed to assess the advantages and disadvantages of various work incentive programs under the OASDI and SSI programs. Sets forth reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1986
Federal Employees' Optional Early Retirement Act of 1986 - Authorizes early retirement during the period beginning July 1, 1986, and ending January 1, 1987, for certain Federal employees after: (1) completing 25 years of service; (2) becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service; (3) becoming 55 years of age and completing 15 years of service; or (4) becoming 57 years of age and completing 5 years of service. Specifies those employees who are not eligible for such retirement. Subjects such retirement annuities to the applicable reduction for employees who retire under the age of 55. Directs the President to extend the early retirement provisions of this Act to: (1) participants in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System; (2) participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System; and (3) if determined appropriate, employees of the executive branch who are participants in any other Federal retirement system. Prohibits agencies from hiring civilian employees from the period beginning July 1, 1986, and ending October 1, 1991, if such appointments would exceed the maximum authorized number of employees for such an agency. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to waive excess hiring for essential positions and for those positions financed by user fees. Authorizes agencies to transfer employees during such period to fill vacancies. Directs the President to ensure that there is no increase in contract procurement of personal services by reason of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1986
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit any reprisal by an air carrier against any officer, employee, or contractor of such carrier for the lawful disclosure to a governmental entity (whistle blowing) regarding violations of such Act. Authorizes any person aggrieved by such a reprisal to bring a civil action.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Amends Federal law relating to competition requirements in defense contracts to direct the head of a defense agency to require any firm that submits a bid or proposal in response to a solicitation to disclose in such bid or proposal any significant interest in that firm that is owned or controlled by a foreign government or a foreign national. Requires the head of an agency to exclude from consideration for a contract exceeding $100,000 a firm in which a hostile foreign government or covered foreign national owns or controls a significant interest. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations listing hostile foreign governments. Makes this Act inapplicable to the Coast Guard or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1986
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the pensions received by retired judges who are assigned to active duty shall not be treated as wages for purposes of title II.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1986
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require each import relief petition to include an adjustment proposal which sets forth: (1) the specific objectives of the import relief being requested; (2) a schedule for achieving such objectives; and (3) a description of actions that will be taken to achieve such objectives. Sets forth factors the adjustment proposal may address. Prohibits the International Trade Commission (ITC) from initiating an import relief investigation until the ITC has received an adjustment proposal. Adds to the list of factors that the ITC shall consider in determining whether increased imports pose a threat of serious injury to the domestic industry concerned. Requires that any ITC determination that a U.S. industry is threatened with serious injury shall be made on the basis of evidence that the threat of serious injury is real and that actual serious injury is imminent. Provides that such determination may be made on the basis of official statements of intended action made by a foreign government. Authorizes the ITC, if it makes an affirmative determination that increased imports are a substantial cause of serious injury or threaten serious injury to a competing domestic industry, to determine the appropriate increase in duty or imposition of an import restriction and recommend the provision of adjustment assistance. (Current law authorizes the ITC either to: (1) recommend adjustment assistance; or (2) determine the appropriate import restriction or duty increase.) Requires the ITC, if it makes such an affirmative determination, to: (1) investigate and hold a public hearing on certain of its determinations and findings; (2) determine the probable effectiveness of import relief; (3) evaluate the effectiveness of the adjustment proposal to enable the domestic industry to compete; and (4) estimate the effects of import restrictions or increased duties on private and industrial consumers. Requires the ITC to include in its report to the President: (1) such determination, evaluation, and estimate; and (2) any Commissioner's comments on any import relief the President is authorized to provide. Requires the President, after receiving a report from the ITC containing such affirmative determination, to evaluate the objective and actions specified in the petitioner's adjustment proposal. Authorizes the President, as additional alternative forms of import relief, to: (1) direct the Attorney General to review applications from members of the industry in question for antitrust law exemptions; or (2) enter into multilateral negotiations to address problems not susceptible to unilateral solution. Requires that each report by the President to the Congress that sets forth the import relief actions the President is taking shall include: (1) the probable effects that such import relief will have on the ability of the domestic industry concerned to adjust to imports; (2) all actions which the domestic industry's workers and firms, and the Federal, State, and local governments are taking or have agreed to take to enable the domestic industry to compete more effectively with imports (such actions to be known as the adjustment agreement); and (3) the probable effects the President's import relief will have on consumers. Authorizes any firm that is part of the industry injured or threatened with injury to apply for an antitrust exemption. Requires the Attorney General to grant such exemption if: (1) the applicants are members of any industry that has been injured or threatened with injury; (2) the action for which the exemption is sought is reasonably related to enhancing competition with foreign competitors to whom market share has been lost and outweighs any adverse competitive impact on the domestic market; and (3) the specified action would not violate other antitrust provisions. Requires the Attorney General to report any such exemption to specified congressional committees. Requires the President, if the President elects to enter into multilateral negotiations to address problems not susceptible to unilateral solution, to report to the Congress on whether such negotiations have provided any substantial relief to the domestic industry. Requires the President, if such negotiations have not provided relief, to determine whether to increase or impose a duty or other import restriction on the imported article and the duration of such increase or imposition. Requires the import relief that the ITC found to be necessary to take effect upon enactment of a joint resolution disapproving the President's import relief action. Requires the ITC to evaluate and report to the Congress and the President on the import relief that has been granted after such relief has ended. Requires the President, if import relief is granted, to establish procedures to monitor the achievement of the goals of the adjustment agreement and to terminate or modify the import relief if the affected parties do not comply with the adjustment agreement. Authorizes the President if import relief is granted to submit legislation to the Congress aimed at achieving the objectives of the adjustment agreement. Provides for expedited consideration of such legislation. Prohibits the initiation of an import relief investigation with respect to imports of an article for which import relief has previously been provided: (1) at any time within the two years ending on the date of initiation of such investigation; or (2) during any two nonconsecutive periods of time. Provides that if import relief was provided during any previous nonconsecutive period of time: (1) the sole objective of any subsequent import relief which may be provided with respect to such article shall be facilitation of the orderly transfer to alternative uses of resources in the domestic industry producing an article like, or directly competitive with, such article; (2) any petition requesting subsequent import relief shall specify in the adjustment proposal the means of accomplishing such objective; (3) any subsequent import relief shall be at a level of relief no greater than the level of relief previously provided; and (4) certain extension provisions shall not apply to subsequent import relief.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1986
Provides that the Internal Revenue Service, during the moratorium period beginning January 1, 1986, and ending June 30, 1987, may not enforce its regulations relating to the substantiation requirements with respect to deductions for the business use of vehicles. Directs that the determination of any amount includible in gross income with respect to the personal use of an employer-provided vehicle during the moratorium period shall be made without regard to temporary regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. Prohibits the Secretary, during the moratorium period, from issuing any regulations relating to the substantiation requirements with respect to deductions for the business use of vehicles or with respect to amounts included in income for the personal use of employer-provided vehicles.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Directs the President, each year before the State of the Union address, to deliver a written report on U.S. national strategy to the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees and the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees. Outlines information to be included in such report. Directs the two Senate committees to hold a joint meeting, and the two House committees to hold a joint meeting, in order to consider the President's report. Directs the President, not less than 24 hours before the date on which such joint meetings are held, to deliver to each member of the Congress a copy of his report.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Expresses disapproval of the refusal of the Soviet Union to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics. Designates the 14th day of June 1986 as Baltic Freedom Day. Authorizes and requests the President to submit the issue of Baltic self-determination to the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1986
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to pay a specified amount from the contingent fund of the Senate to two named individuals in full satisfaction of certain judgments they obtained against the widow of a former Senate employee.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that it recommends to the International Astronomical Union that seven of the moons of Uranus be named after the space shuttle Challenger's crew.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1986
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, from March 1, 1986, through February 28, 1987, to: (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund; (2) employ personnel; (3) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services of department or agency personnel; (4) procure consultant services; and (5) provide for the training of its professional staff. Sets forth additional areas of study or investigation for such committee, including efficiency and economy of all Government operations relating to corruption, waste, national security, energy shortages, and Federal regulatory policies. Authorizes the continuance of certain legal processes authorized during the first session of the 99th Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1986
Federal Employees Health Benefits Rebate Act of 1986 - Title I: Federal Employees Health Benefits - Amends current law relating to the Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan to establish contracting authority for clinical social workers. Authorizes Federal health plans to require a referral by a psychiatrist as a condition for reimbursement of clinical social workers. Prohibits such plans from requiring that services be performed under the supervision of a psychiatrist or other health practitioner. Eliminates the requirement of three medical specialties for group-practice prepayment plans. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to waive certain health benefits plan election coverage requirements for individuals who fail to satisfy such requirements due to exceptional circumstances. Directs OPM to provide a three week period during which enrollees in health benefits plans may change or cancel their enrollments before any contract term in which the rates or benefits of a plan will change, a new plan will be offered, or an existing plan will be terminated. Authorizes an enrollee to transfer such enrollment at other times and under other conditions as prescribed by OPM. Changes from "employees" to "enrollees" those persons eligible for rebates from amounts held in contingency reserves under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Fund. Reinstates contracting authority under the plan for health services for medically underserved populations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Federal health plan participants should receive adequate insurance coverage for treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, and drug addiction; and (2) OPM should encourage participating plans to provide adequate benefits relating to such illnesses. Directs OPM to report, by March 1, 1986, to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on the adequacy of current sources in assisting individuals in making an informed choice for a health plan. Requires the Director of OPM, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to conduct at least one demonstration project to determine the most effective (including cost-effective) means of: (1) furnishing health protection, health promotion, disease prevention, and secondary prevention services to Federal employees; (2) encouraging employees to adopt good health habits; (3) reducing health risks and medical expenses; (4) enhancing employee productivity and reducing Federal health-related liability through an occupational health program; and (5) training employees to provide certain health services and utilizing such employees through interagency agreements. Requires such project to determine the cost effectiveness of organizational structures and of social and educational programs which may be useful to achieve the objectives of such project. Sets forth administrative requirements for such project and requires a report to the Congress 60 days after its termination. Authorizes OPM to approve mixed model prepayment plans, which are combinations of group-practice and individual-practice health plans. Requires that amounts refunded during FY 1986 or 1987 to the Employees Health Benefits Fund be used solely to pay the Government contribution for annuitants enrolled in health benefits plans. Title II: Civil Service Spouse and Former Spouse Equity Improvements - Amends the Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984 to make technical and clarifying changes with respect to the applicability of survivor benefits. Directs OPM to prescribe regulations under which an employee or Member of Congress may designate a portion of such employee's annuity to be used as the base for the survivor annuity for a former spouse. Title III: Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments - Authorizes OPM to incur reception and representation expenses subject to limitations prescribed by law. Exempts actions of the Director of OPM regarding routine pay matters from certain notice requirements. Includes in pre-departure allowances for employees in a foreign area the costs incurred in U.S. territories or possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or areas available to the United States in the Republic of Panama. Authorizes routine dental care at Naval hospitals and dispensaries to Federal employees and their dependents, and Federal contractors and their dependents, outside the continental limits of the United States under specified circumstances. Repeals provisions relating to a minimum annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System. Declares that certain retirees who have received erroneous overpayments before enactment of this Act shall be deemed entitled to such overpayments. Provides for lump-sum payments to certain retirees as an adjustment for certain reductions. Extends Government benefits regarding rates of pay on changes of position, annual leave, and reductions-in-force to former employees of county committees established under the soil conservation program. (Currently, such benefits are extended only to the former committee employees who are also employees of the Department of Agriculture.) Grants Federal retirees an 18-month period after their retirement date to elect a survivor annuity for their spouses or to increase such annuity. Declares such election ineffective unless the necessary amount to cover such election is deposited in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund prior to the expiration of the 18-month period. Declares that a survivor annuity election made under the provisions of this Act voids any such previous election. Directs OPM to annually inform each employee and Member of his or her right of election, including applicable procedures and deadlines.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1986
Expresses disapproval of the refusal of the Soviet Union to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics. Designates the 14th day of June 1986 as Baltic Freedom Day. Authorizes and requests the President to submit the issue of Baltic self-determination to the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Inspector General Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Office of Inspector General in the Departments of Energy and of Health and Human Services. Provides for uniform salaries for inspectors general at level IV of the Executive Schedule. Provides for the salary of the Deputy Inspector General of the Synthetic Fuels Corporation at level V. Authorizes inspectors general to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, or affidavit when necessary. Restricts each Federal agency without a statutorily established inspector general to one audit unit. Requires the audit unit director to be appointed by, report to, and be under the general supervision of the head of each Federal entity governed by this Act. Requires the head of any Federal entity who removes an audit unit director from office to communicate the reasons for such removal to the Congress. Establishes the Inspector General Interagency Committee to study the extent and effectiveness of internal audit and investigative activities at Federal entities. Requires the Committee to report to the President and the Congress with findings and recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Government Management Report Act of 1986 - Directs the President to submit with each Federal budget a report on the management of the executive branch with respect to the most recently completed fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. Sets forth areas to be addressed in such report. Requires the Comptroller General to submit an analysis of such report to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Contract Disputes Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 to require contractors to submit claims against the Government to contracting officers not later than 18 months after the dates on which the claims accrue. Grants contractors 90 days (currently, 12 months) from the date of receipt of the contracting officer's decision to file an action on such claim in the U.S. Claims Court. Sets forth provisions for the collection of claims against contractors. Authorizes the Government to file an action in an appropriate district court to recover amounts owed or compel the required performance. Authorizes such district courts to grant the Government provisional relief against a contractor upon the petition of the Attorney General, and if there is a likelihood that the contractor will hinder, delay, or frustrate the contracting officer's decision. Declares that administrative offset provisions do not apply to claims subject to the Contract Disputes Act 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Electronic Funds Transfer Federal Salary Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to require the wages and salaries of any or all Federal employees to be paid by electronic funds transfer or any other method determined to be economical or effective. Requires the employees to designate the financial organizations to receive payments of their wages and salaries. Provides that no fees shall be charged by the Secretary to such an organization or by the organization to employees in connection with such payments. Permits the Secretary to exempt employees earning less than $20,000 annually.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Drug Enforcement Administration Excepted Service Act of 1986 - Amends the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 to except all positions in the Drug Enforcement Administration from competitive service. Prohibits personnel practices in the Drug Enforcement Administration as a reprisal for the disclosure of information (whistle blowing) by an employee to the Attorney General.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Procurement Test Act of 1986 - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to revise the program for tests of innovative procurement methods and procedures. Transfers administrative authority for such tests from the Administrator of Federal Procurement Policy to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Declares that such test programs shall not be limited by any lack of specific authority, law, rule, or regulation. (Current law requires congressional action with respect to waiving provisions of law where necessary to carry out a program.) Requires the Director, before instituting any test program, to: (1) develop a plan with specified contents, including the purpose and procedures; (2) publish the program in the Federal Register; and (3) notify the Congress 60 days prior to the program's effective date. Declares this Act effective 60 days after enactment and to remain in effect for a period of three years.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Paperwork and Regulatory Simplification Act of 1986 - Repeals data collection requirements for the Department of Commerce regarding: (1) the decennial census of drainage; and (2) specified obsolete weights and measures standards. Repeals a regulatory condition regarding the disposal of Federal property overseas. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to repeal: (1) data collection requirements for the Department of Education regarding financing of elementary and secondary education; and (2) certain review procedures which overlap those of another agency. Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to exempt hydroelectric power projects from certain regulatory requirements. Eliminates the following requirements for the Department of Energy: (1) quarterly data collection with respect to oil reserves and production; (2) a tracking system for coal and oil exports; (3) data collection on electric utility services; (4) biennial and quadrennial reviews of certain electric utility practices; and (5) annual reports by officers of electric utilities regarding interlocking directorships. Amends various Acts relating to the Department of Health and Human Services to allow for-profit organizations to compete for grants and to eliminate specified regulatory requirements. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to eliminate the requirements for the Department of the Interior to enforce maximum rates of oil and gas production. Eliminates the requirement that all offshore oil and gas equipment be marked with identification. Eliminates the requirement for the Secretary of Transportation to inspect each highway construction project. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make numerous regulatory changes with respect to the processing of alcoholic beverages. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to change the threshold for required antitrust advice from the Attorney General to the General Services Administration concerning the disposal of real property. Repeals the requirement for the International Trade Commission to collect annual data on broom consumption. Eliminates the requirement for applicants for National Science Foundation scholarships to submit loyalty oaths.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1986
Simplified Competitive Acquisition Technique Act of 1986 - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, the Small Business Act, and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to revise certain contracting procedures for services costing less than $5,000,000 by shortening procurement notice deadlines. Declares that protests against procurements conducted under this Act shall be filed first with the agency contracting officer. Prohibits agencies from obtaining preaward audits for procurements under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1985
Authorizes the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, in its investigation of the handling of a labor fraud investigation by specified departments, to inspect certain tax-related material.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the effective date of any fundamental tax reform legislation should generally be January 1, 1987, while recognizing that appropriate transition rules may be necessary to avoid unintended adverse effects and recognizing further that retroactive effective dates may be necessary to extend certain provisions which expire before January 1, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1985
Restricts smoking to designated areas in all United States Government buildings, including leased buildings. Requires that the rules and regulations prescribed under this Act: (1) be developed in consultation with the Surgeon General; (2) be implemented after consultation with employee representatives; (3) make reasonable accommodations for the needs of smokers and nonsmokers; (4) provide for conspicuous sign display specifying where smoking is allowed or prohibited; (5) provide for effective enforcement; and (6) be published in the Federal register. Prohibits such rules and regulations from superseding those that provide more stringent restrictions on smoking.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1985
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to extend from August 1, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the special rules concerning the allocation of research and experimental expenditures to income from sources within the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the income tax credit for increased research and experimental expenditures. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the income tax deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the moratorium on net operating loss carryover rules. Extends from January 1, 1986, until July 1, 1986, the moratorium on the issuance of regulations relating to faculty housing. Extends the targeted jobs income tax credit from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986. Extends the authorization for appropriations for administrative and publicity expenses through FY 1986. Extends from December 31, 1985, through June 30, 1986, provisions relating to the awarding of attorney's fees to a prevailing taxpayer in a Federal tax case. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the limited income tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the income tax exclusion for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans. Extends from January 1, 1986, until July 1, 1986, the income tax exclusion for certain employer-provided commuting transportation. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the limited exclusion of dividends from a public utility that are reinvested in common stock of the utility. Extends from December 31, 1985, (until June 30, 1986, the investment tax credit for specified types of energy property. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the residential energy income tax credit. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, social security coverage of retired Federal judges on active duty.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1985
Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to provide that certain filing exemptions for foreign agents shall not apply to agents which represent foreign principals of specified communist countries unless the Attorney General reports to the congressional intelligence committees that national security and foreign policy circumstances require that this prohibition be waived. Suspends such filing exemptions for any agent of any other foreign principal for five years if any such agent is convicted of espionage.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1985
Amends the Foreign Missions Act to direct the Secretary of State to apply to each foreign mission of specified communist countries located in the United States the same conditions which are applied to the Soviet foreign mission in the United States unless waiver of this requirement is necessary for national security and foreign policy circumstances. Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional intelligence committees on the implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1985
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit issuing a license for the export to Yugoslavia of any aircraft engine or aircraft engine component or any training or technological information required for the coproduction of such engine or component. Prohibits issuing a license for the export to Iraq of any helicopter or any other aircraft or any related spare part or any training or technological information for the use of such aircraft to Iraq or to Iraqi nationals outside the United States. Requires that any export licenses prohibited by this Act that were issued before this Act shall be revoked.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1985
Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that acts of importation into, or sale in, the United States of articles that infringe a valid U.S. patent, copyright, trademark, U.S. maskwork, or trade secret are unfair and have the effect of destroying or substantially injuring a U.S. industry or impairing the establishment of such industry. Permits any person to petition the International Trade Commission (ITC) for the issuance of an order to exclude such articles, during its investigation, from entry into the United States. Sets forth: (1) civil penalties for violations under this Act; and (2) procedures for the modification or recision 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 · 13 November 1985
Declares that the Senate: (1) commends the President for his initiative to meet with the Soviet General Secretary in Geneva on November 19 through 20, 1985; (2) extends to him the Congress' full support; and (3) encourages the President in such meetings to pursue a framework for progress on arms control, Soviet aggressive behavior in the Third World (particularly in Afghanistan), adherence to international human rights, confidence building measures (such as the establishment of Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers and Resumption of Navy-to-Navy talks), and other specified matters.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1985
Interstate Compact - Grants congressional approval to the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact which provides for cooperation between the States of Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland regarding the management of low-level radioactive waste.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1985
Prohibits the President from issuing a letter of offer relating to proposed sales to Jordan of certain advanced weapons systems before the start of direct bilateral negotiations between Jordan and Israel. Prohibits delivery of any weapons if such a letter of offer is issued and accepted before enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1985
Fair Export Financing Act of 1985 - Amends the Trade and Development Enhancement Act of 1983 to declare that one of the purposes of such Act is to establish a temporary tied aid credit program to combat the predatory concessional credit programs of foreign governments. Directs the President to negotiate limits on partially untied aid credits. Changes the U.S. negotiating objectives to include references to partially untied aid credits. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish within the Department of the Treasury a program of tied aid credits for U.S. exports. Requires the program to be carried out in cooperation with the Export-Import Bank or with private financial institutions or entities. (Currently the program is established within the Export-Import Bank and carried out in cooperation with the Agency for International Development (AID).) Sets forth financing methods that may be included in such program. Authorizes appropriations. Repeals the provision that established a tied aid credit program in AID. Requires the Secretary to seek the advice of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies before approving each financing under the tied aid credit program. Terminates the tied aid credit program on September 30, 1987. Limits judicial review of actions by the Chairman of the Export-Import Bank and by the Secretary. Changes the definition of "tied aid credit." Defines "partially untied aid credit." Deletes references to government-mixed credits and public-private cofinancing.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1985
Sino-American Nuclear Verification Act of 1985 - Prohibits issuing a license for the export to China of any nuclear equipment, materials, or technology and prohibits approving the transfer or retransfer to China of such equipment, materials, or technology until 30 days after the President has certified to the Congress that: (1) the verification of peaceful uses on exported items covered by the Agreement for Cooperation Between the United States and China will be essentially equivalent to that provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency; (2) China has communicated its recognition that the Agreement neither favorably nor unfavorably disposes the United States toward approving any alteration of material transferred pursuant to the Agreement or material used in or produced through the use of any material or facility transferred pursuant to the Agreement; (3) China has provided a statement of its nuclear nonproliferation policies, and those policies correspond to the description of such policies contained in a specified State Department document relating to China's nuclear nonproliferation policy; and (4) China has communicated its recognition that all proposed exports of nuclear materials, equipment, or technology under such agreement are subject to U.S. laws and regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1985
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, in providing assistance to developing countries, to: (1) place a high priority on conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests; and (2) take certain steps (including engaging in dialogues on conserving forest resources and information exchanges with recipient countries, supporting projects and activities which offer alternatives to colonizing forests, supporting related training and research programs, helping to end destructive agricultural practices, and denying any assistance for certain activities harmful to the forests). Directs the President, whenever feasible, to accomplish the objectives of this Act through projects managed by private and voluntary and other nongovernmental organizations. Requires the annual report to the Congress on foreign aid programs to include a report on the implementation of this Act.
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