United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Authorizes the L-5 Society to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor America's astronauts, especially those astronauts who gave their lives in pursuit of knowledge for all mankind. Requires the L-5 Society to select, subject to the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, the site, design, and plans for the memorial. Terminates the authority to establish the memorial if its construction is not begun within five years with non-Federal funds sufficient to ensure its completion.
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 · 25 June 1986
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require that stationery, printing, and postage costs estimated to be incurred by the Financial Management Service (FMS) of the Department of the Treasury in issuing benefit checks under titles II, XVI (Supplemental Security Income), and XVIII (Medicare) of the Act be paid directly from the social security trust funds. (Currently, FMS must seek an appropriation from the Congress to cover such costs; the trust funds then reimburse the General Fund of the Treasury for amounts expended.)
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Declares that the United States: (1) reaffirms its support for the struggle of the Afghan people; and (2) welcomes the Islamic Unity of Afghan Mujahideen delegation led by its spokesman Burhanuddin Rabbani to the United States.
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
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
Bankruptcy Antifraud Act of 1986 - Amends Federal bankruptcy provisions to make nondischargeable any debt arising from a judgment, consent agreement, or claim requiring an individual debtor to make restitution as a result of a violation of State law.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1986
Declares that the Senate welcomes Colonel Ricardo Montero Duque to the United States and commends him for the sacrifices he has made to further the cause of freedom in Cuba.
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 · 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 · 21 May 1986
Authorizes and requests the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present gold medals to Doctor Andrei Sakharov and Doctor Yelena Bonner in recognition of the sacrifices they have made to further the causes of human rights and world peace. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medals. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Expresses the gratitude of the Senate, on behalf of the American people, to Prime Minister Thatcher and the British Government and people for their support of U.S. actions against Libyan terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Commends Major General William C. Lee for his long, faithful, and outstanding military service to our Nation. Designates June 6, 1986, as William C. Lee Day.
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
Atlantic Striped Bass Temporary Federal Moratorium Act of 1986 - Amends the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to declare a temporary total moratorium on Atlantic striped bass fishing within the coastal waters of all coastal States. Directs the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, within six months after the imposition of such moratorium, to issue a revised version of the Interstate Fisheries Management Plan and specific instructions to each coastal State. Requires such revised plan and instructions to promote the long-term conservation of the striped bass while imposing an equitable burden among the coastal States. Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and of the Interior, within nine months after the imposition of such moratorium, to determine each State's compliance with the Plan and take appropriate action upon such determination. Authorizes the Secretaries to remove a moratorium imposed on a State if such State's striped bass fishing regulations are in compliance with the Plan and this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
Designates the College of William and Mary in Virginia as the coordinating body for the 1988-1989 tercentenary celebrations relating to the world of England's King William III and Queen Mary II and its relationship to the former British colonies in America.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that upon enactment of a law establishing a new Federal retirement system, the Government should refund the part of the retirement contributions that were made by post-1983 Federal employees which would not have been made if the Federal Employees' Retirement Contribution Temporary Adjustment Act of 1983 had been extended.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986
Ballistic Knife Prohibition Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the possession, manufacture, sale, importation, and mailing of ballistic knives (knives with a detachable blade that is propelled by a spring-operated mechanism).
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
Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1986 - Removes the statutory requirements and deadlines for second (and subsequent) nuclear waste repositories, thus eliminating Department of Energy authority to site such repositories. Removes the volume limitations placed upon first repositories. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to revise the repository mission plan to reflect the provisions of this Act and to submit such revisions within six months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prohibit the Secretary from expending funds from the Nuclear Waste Fund for any activity relating to a second or subsequent repository.
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 · 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 · 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 · 15 April 1986
Amends Federal law to establish September 17th, Constitution Day, of each year as a legal public holiday, except for purposes of Federal employee pay and leave.
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 · 14 April 1986
Exclusionary Rule Limitation Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that evidence obtained by a search or seizure shall not be excluded in a Federal proceeding if the seizure was undertaken in a reasonable, good faith belief in its conformity with the fourth amendment to the Constitution. Provides that evidence obtained in accordance with a warrant is prima facie evidence of good faith, absent intentional and material misrepresentation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986
Reform of Federal Intervention in State Proceedings Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal judicial code to condition consideration of a habeas corpus claim by a prisoner on a showing of actual prejudice resulting from the Federal right violated and that: (1) State or Federal Government action precluded assertion of that right; (2) the Federal right did not previously exist; or (3) the factual basis of the claim could not have been discovered by reasonable diligence. Establishes a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners, and a two-year statute of limitations for similar motions made by Federal prisoners. Vests authority to issue certificates for probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. Permits denial on the merits of habeas corpus writs notwithstanding the failure to exhaust State remedies. Prohibits the granting of a habeas corpus writ with respect to any claim which has been fully and fairly adjudicated in State proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to change the scienter requirement from "knowingly" to "intentionally" for certain offenses regarding accessing the computer files of another. Revises the definition of "financial institution" to which the financial record provisions of computer fraud law apply. Applies such provisions to any financial records (including those of corporations and small businesses), not just those of individuals and certain partnerships. Revises the criminal liability of persons who exceed authorized access to Federal computers. (Makes the basic offense trespass. Removes the coverage of authorized accessors who exceed their authorizations, but without "intent to defraud.") Creates new Federal criminal offenses of: (1) property theft by computer occurring as part of a scheme to defraud; (2) altering information in, or preventing the authorized use of, a Federal interest computer; and (3) trafficking in computer access passwords. Eliminates the special conspiracy provisions for computer crimes. (Such conspiracies shall be treated under the general Federal conspiracy statutes.) Amends penalty provisions to remove the cap on fines for certain computer crimes. Exempts authorized law enforcement or intelligence activities.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that U.S. interests are best served when U.S. business transactions in Angola do not support Cuban troops and Soviet advisers. Requests the President to use special authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to block U.S. business transactions that conflict with U.S. security interests in Angola.
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 · 9 April 1986
Recognizes the Ireland Fund for its laudable charitable achievements, and its founder, Dr. Anthony J.F. O'Reilly, for the humane work he has inspired on behalf of the people of Ireland.
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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