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United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1986
Designates March 1987 as the Month of Developmentally Disabled Persons.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Designates October 6, 1986, as National Drug Abuse Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Designates the week of October 19 through October 26, 1986, as National Housing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1986
Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit air carriers from discriminating against handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations to ensure non-discriminatory treatment of such persons.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1986
National Marine Policy Development Act of 1986 - Establishes the National Marine Policy Development Commission to develop recommendations to the Congress and the President on establishing a comprehensive marine policy. Sets forth provisions for Commission membership, advisors, functions, powers, administration, Director and staff, and compensation of members. Requires the Commission, within 18 months after it first meets, to submit to the President and the Congress a detailed final report of its findings and recommendations. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that colleges and universities should enforce strict but fair policies to eliminate drug use by students.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Developmental Disabilities Training Assistance Act of 1986 - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to provide grants to colleges and universities for the development and operation of at least ten regionally distributed university affiliated facilities which shall offer graduate programs providing interdisciplinary training to professionals in the health care and social service fields relating to aging and developmental disabilities so as to improve the care provided to elderly persons with developmental disabilities. Requires schools applying for such grants to: (1) offer graduate-level training in a field concerned with aging or developmental disabilities; and (2) propose a program of study providing interdisciplinary training in those subjects. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Provides that neither the eligibility of a State or a political subdivision of a State for Federal funds nor the amount of such funds for which they are eligible shall be affected by the application of a State or local anti-apartheid law to a federally funded contract entered into by such State or political subdivision. Exempts the Federal Government from responsibility for any increase in the cost of a contract if such increase is the result of the application of an anti-apartheid law of a State or political subsidivision.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Designates the week beginning September 21, 1986, as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1986
Corporation for Small Business Investment Charter Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to include in the terms "small business investment company," "company," and "licensee" any company that is qualified to conduct business with the Corporation for Small Business Investment. Defines "small business concern" with respect to the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Sets forth procedures for the qualification of small business investment companies (licensees) to conduct business with the Corporation for Small Business Investment and the termination, suspension, or revocation of the license of such companies that do not qualify under the provisions of this Act. Establishes the Corporation for Small Business Investment. Requires the President, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to appoint an interim Board of Directors of the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to issue common and preferred stock and certain other obligations to small business investment companies. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase obligations issued by the Corporation. Exempts from U.S. securities laws all stocks and obligations issued by the Corporation. Deems the Corporation to be a U.S. agency. Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) make loans to small business investment companies; (2) purchase preferred securities, debentures, and guarantee debentures issued by such companies; and (3) act as issuer of such securities. Requires the Corporation to establish criteria for the qualification of: (1) small business investment companies to conduct business with such Corporation; and (2) special small business investment companies whose investments will be made solely in disadvantaged small businesses. Establishes a special-purpose trust for the benefit of special small business investment companies. Authorizes: (1) the trustees to purchase preferred securities; and (2) the Corporation to purchase or to guarantee debentures issued by special small business investment companies. Permits the purchase of ownership interests in small business investment companies by national banks. Authorizes small business investment companies to: (1) purchase stock issued by the Corporation; (2) borrow money; and (3) issue debenture bonds, promissory notes, or other obligations under conditions as prescribed by the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to enter into agreements regarding the operation of small business investment companies. Authorizes small business investment companies to provide equity capital and loans to small businesses. Requires the Corporation to adopt rules on conflicts of interest which may be detrimental to: (1) small businesses; (2) small business investment companies; or (3) the Corporation. Provides that the Small Business Administration shall have review authority over the Corporation. Requires the accounts of the Corporation to be audited annually. Requires a report of each audit to be: (1) furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) made by the Secretary to the President and the Small Business Committees of the Congress not later than six months following the close of each fiscal year. Requires the Corporation, after the end of each fiscal year, to transmit to the President, the Small Business Committees of the Congress, and the Small Business Administration a report of its operations and activities during each year. Transfers to the Corporation all title to small business investment company securities that are guaranteed by the SBA and held by the Federal Financing Bank.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1986
Declares that the Senate commends Ambassador Harry Barnes for attending the funeral of Rodrigo Rojas De Negri and for his efforts to obtain medical care for the youth. Holds the Government of Chile responsible for his injuries and denial of proper medical care. Condemns the Government of Chile for Rodrigo Rojas' death.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1986
Prohibits any person from mining or using any natural resource situated in or originating from Namibia or otherwise removing any natural resource from Namibia. Terminates this Act if: (1) the President certifies that Namibia has achieved internationally recognized independence; and (2) the President submits that certification to the Congress. Declares that it is U.S. policy that any U.S. person that is sued for damages by the future lawful Namibian Government will receive no aid from the United States in defending against such suit and will receive no compensation from the United States for damages assessed or paid on account of such liability. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act.
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
Designates the month of October 1986 as National Spina Bifida Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Small Business Administration be maintained as an independent agency. Urges the President to nominate an Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1986
Establishes the position of Under Secretay of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere in the Department of Commerce. Provides that the Under Secretary shall serve as the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Establishes the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere in the Department of Commerce. Provides that the Assistant Secretary shall serve as the Deputy Administrator of NOAA. Establishes the position of Chief Scientist in NOAA. Requires that the Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, and the Chief Scientist be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Anti-Apartheid Action Act of 1986 - Prohibits any U.S. person from making or holding any investment in South Africa. Prohibits importing any article which is grown, produced, or manufactured in South Africa, except for those strategic minerals which the President certifies to the Congress are not sufficiently available otherwise. Prohibits exporting to South Africa goods, technology, or other information subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Prohibits any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction from exporting any goods, technology, or other information to South Africa. Exempts from the export prohibitions certain medicine, medical supplies, and food exports. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the takeoff and landing in the United States of aircraft owned by South Africa or South African nationals except in emergencies. Prohibits importing South African krugerrands or any other South African gold coins. Provides for enforcement of this Act and for penalties for violations of this Act.
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 · 18 June 1986
Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1986 - Declares as a policy of the Congress that States should: (1) protect natural resources and habitat areas; (2) guarantee recreational exploration of shipwreck sites; and (3) allow for appropriate public or private sector recovery of shipwrecks which protect the historical values and environmental integrity of the shipwrecks and their sites. Allows any person engaging in the recovery of a shipwreck to which a State asserts title to receive reasonable compensation for such recovery. Directs the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to publish, within six months after the enactment of this Act, advisory guidelines for the protection of shipwrecks and properties. Provides that the United States asserts title to any abandoned shipwreck that is: (1) substantially buried in submerged lands of a State; (2) in coralline formations protected by a State on its submerged lands; or (3) on submerged lands of a State when such shipwreck is included or eligible for inclusion in the National Register, and the public is given adequate notice of the location of the shipwreck. Declares that any title to abandoned shipwrecks asserted under such conditions is transferred to the State in or on whose submerged lands the shipwreck is located. States that any abandoned shipwreck in or on the public lands of the United States (except the Outer Continental Shelf) is the property of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is against the national security interests of the United States to abandon existing strategic offensive arms agreements by exceeding the numerical sublimits of such agreements as long as the Soviet Union remains within such sublimits; (2) the Soviet Union should take steps to resolve U.S. concerns about Soviet violations of existing strategic arms agreements and to negotiate a new agreement; and (3) the Congress and the President should continue to review the policy of mutual adherence to the numerical sublimits on launchers of strategic nuclear delivery systems and the significance of both Soviet compliance and noncompliance with existing strategic offensive arms agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986
Designates the month of September 1986 as Adult Literacy Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1986
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: General Provisions Amendments - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to ensure that the Rehabilitation Services Administration staff shall: (1) be in sufficient numbers to meet program needs and at levels to attract and maintain the most qualified personnel; and (2) include individuals with training experience in rehabilitation services and with competencies which meet professional standards. Revises the definitions of "evaluation of rehabilitation potential" and "severe handicap." Adds definitions of "employability," "rehabilitation engineering," and "supported employment." Authorizes the Commissioner of Rehabilitative Services (the Commissioner) to: (1) provide monitoring and conduct evaluations; and (2) appoint necessary task forces. Revises provisions for program and project evaluation to: (1) require the use of appropriate methodology and evaluative research designs; and (2) give the Commissioner, rather than the Secretary, responsibility for carrying out such evaluations. Permits up to one-half of one percent of funds appropriated for discretionary grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under the Act to be used to provide non-Federal panels of experts to review applications for such grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. Adds provisions for review of grant or contract applications. Directs the Commissioner to: (1) assess the direct and indirect cost rates charged by State agencies administering State plans or entering into cooperative agreements under the Act; and (2) report on such assessment to the Congress by February 1, 1987. Title II: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for grants to States (and Indian tribes) for provision of vocational rehabilitation services and for innovation and expansion of such services. Revises requirements for State plans for vocational rehabilitation services. Requires such plans to: (1) include the results of a comprehensive, State-wide assessment of the rehabilitation needs of all individuals with severe handicaps residing within the State and the State's response to the assessment; (2) describe how rehabilitation engineering services will be provided to assist an increasing number of individuals with handicaps; (3) provide for cooperative agreements with mental health community support programs; (4) provide for conducting a full needs assessment for serving individuals with severe handicaps; and (5) provide satisfactory assurances that the State has an acceptable plan for supported employment services for severely handicapped individuals. Revises provisions for individualized written rehabilitation programs. Requires that each such program to: (1) be developed to achieve the employability of the individual; (2) include, where appropriate, a statement of the specific rehabilitation engineering services to be provided; (3) include an assessment of the expected need for post-employment services; and (4) provide for a reassessment of the need for post-employment services prior to case closure, and a statement, where appropriate for severely handicapped individuals, of how such services will be provided. Revises provisions for review of determinations. Changes the scope of vocational rehabilitation services that must be provided under the Act to include rehabilitation engineering services designed to help individuals with handicaps to increase their functional abilities and potential for self-sufficiency. Revises provisions for the client assistance program. Permits the Governor of a State to remove an agency designated as a client assistance agency only for good cause and after notice. Authorizes the Commissioner to increase minimum allotments under the client assistance program under specified circumstances. Directs the Secretary to pay a client assistance agency a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for the client assistance program. Title III: Research and Training - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for the National Institute of Handicapped Research and for research grants for methods and devices to assist in the provision of vocational and rehabilitation services for handicapped individuals. Adds provisions specifying the purpose and functions of the Pacific Basin Research and Training Center. Includes the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health on the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Research. Includes among research projects which may receive funding: (1) studies and analyses of recreational factors affecting rehabilitation of handicapped individuals; and (2) studies, analyses, and other activities related to supported employment. Prohibits the host institution with which the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center is affiliated from collecting more than 15 percent in indirect cost charges. Adds to the functions of Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers the demonstration and dissemination of innovative models for the delivery of cost-effective rehabilitation engineering services to meet the needs of, and address barriers confronted by, individuals with handicaps. Requires that at least two such Centers be established in FY 1987, one in South Carolina and one in Connecticut. Includes the National Institute of Mental Health among agencies to be in joint projects involving rehabilitation. Authorizes the Commissioner to arrange for site visits in evaluating research demonstration and related projects. Title IV: Supplementary Services and Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) grants for construction of rehabilitation facilities, staffing, and planning assistance; (2) vocational training services for handicapped individuals; (3) training for personnel involved in providing rehabilitation services for handicapped individuals; (4) comprehensive rehabilitation centers; (5) special projects and supplementary services; and (6) special recreational programs. Includes, under provisions for personnel training grants and contracts, personnel specifically trained to identify, assess, and meet the individual rehabilitation needs of individuals with severe handicaps. Includes among the areas to which personnel training funds may be targeted: (1) rehabilitation engineering; (2) rehabilitation dentistry; (3) physical education; (4) therapeutic recreation; (5) specialized personnel in providing employment training for supported employment; and (6) other specialized personnel for those individuals who meet the definition of severely handicapped. Adds new provisions under provisions for special demonstration programs. Authorizes grants for developing special projects and demonstrations providing supported employment (at least one nationwide in scope), and grants for technical assistance to States in implementing new provisions for supported employment services for severely handicapped individuals. Directs the Commissioner to report annually to the Congress on such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for such grants. Directs the Commissioner to make a grant to a public agency in Massachusetts to expand existing model Statewide transitional planning services to severely handicapped youth. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for such grants. Revises provisions for special recreational programs. Allows grants for such programs to be made to nonprofit private organizations. Includes among authorized program activities leisure education, leisure networking, leisure resource development, physical education, and sports. Requires that, whenever possible and appropriate, such program and activities be: (1) provided in settings with nonhandicapped peers; and (2) designed to demonstrate ways of assisting in maximizing the independence and community integration of individuals with handicaps. Requires that each such grant be for a minimum three-year period. Title V: National Council on the Handicapped - Revises the purpose and duties of the National Council on the Handicapped (the Council). Directs the Council to: (1) examine data on the circumstances of disabled citizens with respect to employment, income, housing, community living, education, discrimination, health services, and participation in community activities; (2) establish goals for individuals with handicaps to be reach by the year 2000 in each of those areas, and recommend strategies to meet such goals; (3) issue a report on such goals and strategies within six months after enactment of this Act; and (4) issue a biannual report, beginning on January 30, 1989, to the President and the Congress outlining national progress in meeting such goals. Directs the Council to: (1) review and assess Federal enforcement of compliance with provisions of the Act for employment of the handicapped under Federal contracts and nondiscrimination under Federal grants and programs and with the provisions of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975; and (2) report to the Congress and the President, within one year after enactment of this Act, outlining the results of such assessment, with recommendations. Directs the Council, within three months after the enactment of this Act, to transmit to the Congress a transition plan for implementation of these amendments relating to the Council. Authorizes appropriations for the Council for FY 1987 through 1990. Title VI: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Reauthorization - Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Architectural and Transportation Compliance Board through FY 1990. Title VII: Projects with Industry and Business Opportunies for Handicapped Individuals - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for community services employment pilot programs for individuals with handicaps. Revises the purpose and scope of projects with industry. Requires such projects to create and expand job opportunities for individuals with handicaps by providing for the establishment of appropriate job placement services. Provides for evaluation reports and technical assistance for such projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for projects with industry. Establishes a new part C of title VI of the Act: Supported Employment Services for Severely Handicapped Individuals. Authorizes grants under such part C to assist States in developing collaborative programs with appropriate public agencies and private nonprofit organizations for training and short-term post-employment services leading to supported employment for severely handicapped individuals. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) eligibility; (2) State allotments; (3) State plans; and (4) availability and comparability of services. Authorizes appropriations for such services for FY 1987 through 1990. Title VIII: Services of Independent Living - Revises provisions for comprehensive services for independent living. Requires State plans to provide assurances that the State will consider recommendations of the State Independent Living Council in determining how independent living services will be expanded or modified. Requires each State receiving such assistance to establish a State Independent Living Council. Sets forth the duties of, and membership guidelines for, such councils. Requires each Center for Independent Living to have a board which is composed of a majority of handicapped individuals or parents, guardians, or family members of handicapped individuals. Includes recreation among the services offered by such centers. Shortens the deadline for State applications for assistance for such centers. Provides for evaluation and review of grants for such centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for the following provisions under title VII (Comprehensive Services for Independent Living) of the Act: (1) comprehensive services; (2) centers for independent living; (3) independent living services for older blind individuals; and (4) general provisions (protection and advocacy of individual rights and employment of handicapped individuals). Title IX: Helen Keller National Center - Amends the Helen Keller National Center Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to carry out such Act. Title X: Technical Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions - Makes technical amendments to the Act. Requires that the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped be guided by the general policies of the National Council on the Handicapped.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1986
Designates the week of September 15 through September 21, 1986, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
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
Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 - Prohibits U.S. persons from: (1) making loans to South Africa or any organization owned or controlled by South Africa; (2) making any investment in South Africa; (3) contributing technology or technological services to the exploration for, or the research, development, or production of, energy sources in or for South Africa; or (4) making deposits in a foreign bank which is organized under South African law or owned or controlled by South Africans or a branch bank located in South Africa. Prohibits foreign banks organized under South African law or owned or controlled by South Africans from establishing or operating branches in the United States. Excludes from such prohibitions those loans, investments, and technology contracts entered into before May 21, 1986. Prohibits importing uranium ore, uranium oxide, coal, and steel from South Africa. Prohibits: (1) U.S. persons from making or holding any investment in South Africa in a business that sells computers, computer software, or computer services; and (2) exporting computers, computer software, or computer services to South Africa. Provides that such computer investment and export prohibitions shall not apply if, within 12 months of enactment of this Act: (1) the President certifies to the Congress that South Africa has freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system or has totally dismantled the apartheid system; and (2) a joint resolution is enacted approving such certification. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Authorizes using additional funds for aid for South Africa under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962. Earmarks such funds for refugee assistance programs and community development projects. Requires the President to give quarterly reports to specified congressional committees on the assistance provided with such funds. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the takeoff and landing in the United States of aircraft owned by South Africa or South African nationals except in emergencies. Provides for the enforcement of this Act and for penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the President to try, through negotiations, to persuade other countries to adopt restrictions on activities with respect to South Africa consistent with this Act. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the status of such negotiations. Sets forth information to be included in such reports. Requires the President, during June of 1988, to report to the Congress on whether South Africa has: (1) freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system; or (2) has totally dismantled the apartheid system. Requires the President, if such conditions have not been met, to include in such report recommendations on whether U.S. persons should be required to divest themselves of their South African investments. Terminates all the provisions of this Act upon enactment of a joint resolution approving a presidential determination that such conditions have been met.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1986
Designates June 26, 1986, as National Interstate Highway Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986
Designates 1987 as the National Year of the Americas.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1986
Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986 - Title I: The Head Start Program - Amends the Head Start Act to authorize FY 1987 through 1990 appropriations for the Head Start program. Eliminates cost-of-living adjustments for Indian and migrant Head Start programs. States that national funding for such programs shall be at least seven and one-tenth percent of appropriations in each fiscal year. Extends through October 1, 1990, the prohibition on any method of calculating income which would result in reductions or exclusions of persons from such program. Title II: The Dependent Care State Grant Program - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to authorize FY 1987 through FY 1989 appropriations for dependent care programs. Makes the inclusion of specified types of information in dependent care resource and referral systems optional rather than mandatory. Requires States to assure that: (1) no such information will be provided with respect to any dependent care services which do not comply with State and local laws; and (2) the information will be the latest available and kept up to date. Provides that certain funds may be used for school-age child care services before and after school in community centers whether or not school facilities are available for such purpose. Redefines "school-age children" to include those younger than five in States where such children are provided a free public education. Entitles such dependent care program provisions of such Act as the "State Dependent Care Development Grants Act." Title III: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize FY 1987 through 1990 appropriations for the low-income energy assistance program. Includes community-based organizations among the eligible administering entities for purposes of such program. Revises the criteria used to determine Indian grants under such program. Title IV: Community Services Block Grant - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize FY 1987 through 1990 appropriations for the community services block grant program. Extends appropriations authority for the community food and nutrition program through FY 1989. Includes within the definition of eligible entities those programs which came into existence in FY 1982 as direct successors to community action agencies and meet specified board composition requirements. Establishes procedures which the Secretary of Health and Human Services must follow in reviewing State funding termination for a community action agency or migrant or seasonal farmworker organization. Directs the Secretary to assume responsibility for providing financial assistance if a State terminates funding prior to hearing and review. Requires: (1) grant evaluations to consider the impact of program funds on children, homeless families, and the elderly poor; and (2) evaluation results to be submitted annually to appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes the Secretary to fund national conferences, newsletters, and information collection and dissemination as part of such grant program's training activities. Gives priority to rural community assistance programs under the special emphasis program on rural housing and community facilities development. Directs the Secretary to: (1) appoint an Advisory Panel to hold a national conference on the problems of poverty; and (2) reserve a specified amount from administrative expenses for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants for demonstration projects dealing with poverty problems common to a number of communities. Permits grants to be made only for projects which: (1) can be closely coordinated with ongoing programs; (2) involve significant new resource combinations or partnership agreements; or (3) will promote the purposes of the Community Services Block Grant Act. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1989 appropriations. Title V: Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance Program - Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant for any fiscal year to any State receiving a grant under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act to enable the State to award scholarships to eligible individuals within the State who are candidates for the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. Sets forth requirements for State applications for such grants and for distribution of such grants throughout the Nation. Defines "eligible individual" as a candidate for the CDA credential whose income does not exceed a specified poverty line by more than 50 percent. Requires States receiving such grants to submit specified program information to the Secretary annually. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1989 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1986
Honors organized camping, on its 125th anniversary, for its contributions to the youth of America.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1986
Designates the week beginning on June 1, 1986, as National Neighborhood Housing Services Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
Expresses the Senate's support for Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry, to be held on May 11, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the deduction for State and local taxes be retained in any Federal tax reform legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1986
Directs the President to designate the week of May 18 through May 24, 1986, as Just Say No to Drugs Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Designates the week of November 16 through November 22, 1986, as National Software Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Designates the week of May 18 through May 24, 1986, as National Food Bank Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986
Designates May 8, 1986, as Naval Aviation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986
Medicaid Maternal and Infant Amendments of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of extending coverage to pregnant women and infants up to age one whose family income does not exceed the higher of the income eligibility threshold under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act or the Federal poverty level. Prohibits States which provide coverage pursuant to this Act from establishing more stringent AFDC eligibility tests or reducing AFDC payment levels after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1986
Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act (the Act) to revise an age category limitation on the percentage of handicapped children who may be counted for purposes of determining a State's allotment. Provides that the age category for such purposes must be the age category which the State actually serves. Allows specified funds to be used for certain administrative costs of monitoring and complaint investigation. Eliminates an exemption from the requirement that all States provide special education services for handicapped children aged three to five in order to be eligible for assistance under the Act. (Gives States whose State laws had qualified them for such exemption two years to comply with this requirement.) Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations to carry out evaluation provisions under the Act. Establishes a new program for early intervention for handicapped infants from birth through age two. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States to carry out such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989 for such program. Sets forth provisions for State allotments and eligibility under the early intervention program. Requires assisted States to have, beginning two years after the enactment of this Act: (1) a comprehensive early childhood plan for services to handicapped children from birth through age five which addresses service delivery to all handicapped infants and includes the transition to school; and (2) a statewide comprehensive system of early intervention services for all handicapped infants from birth through age two. Directs the State Governor to appoint an Early Intervention Council. Sets forth Council responsibilities including annual reports to the Governor and the Secretary on the status of early intervention programs within the State. Directs the Governor to appoint an advisory panel to the Council. Directs the Governor to establish or designate a State agency to administer the early intervention program. Sets forth early intervention program components. Requires the State program to serve all handicapped infants from birth through age two. Requires that each handicapped infant have: (1) a multidisciplinary assessment of individual needs and required services; (2) an individualized program plan including special education, social services, health services, and parent and family support services; and (3) free access to all services described in the plan. Requires individualized programs to be reviewed annually and to include provisions supporting the transition to services under provisions for the education of all handicapped children. Sets forth requirements for State applications for early intervention program assistance. Revises provisions for planning, development, and implementation grants. Provides that nothing under such early intervention program provisions shall be construed to: (1) permit a State to reduce benefits or alter eligibility under Medicaid for handicapped infants; or (2) encourage benefit reduction under other public or private insurance. Specifies physical education as among the services offered by regional resource centers for the handicapped and by programs for deaf-blind children and youth. Authorizes the Secretary to arrange by contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with appropriate entities for early intervention and preschool services for handicapped children, including: (1) programs of experimental early intervention for traditionally underserved handicapped infants and their families; (2) preservice and inservice training in early intervention practices for volunteers, paraprofessionals, and professsionals; and (3) research on the development of handicapped children. Directs the Secretary to make an additional grant to address the needs of native Hawaiian children with handicaps. Reserves specified funds for: (1) training and technical assistance for States preparing to receive or receiving grants under the early intervention program; and (2) research on the development of handicapped children, including studies of the effectiveness of various service delivery approaches and of early intervention programs. Revises provisions for research, innovation, training, and dissemination activities to include references to the needs of native Hawaiian and other native Pacific Basin handicapped children and youth. Adds specifically designed physical education and therapeutic recreation programs to increase the potential of handicapped youths for community participation to those projects which may be assisted by grants or contracts under provisions for secondary education and transitional services for handicapped youth. Requires that such projects be coordinated with other State agencies and provide individual transition plans for students served. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations under various provisions for centers and services to meet special needs of the handicapped. Revises provisions for grants for personnel training to direct the Secretary to give priority to applications from States where shortages exist. Revises provisions for grants for parent training and information programs to require that an additional grant be made to a nonprofit agency serving the needs of native Hawaiians. Directs the Secretary to give priority to parent training and information grants which involve new programs. Permits staff personnel of parent training and information programs to assist parents directly in activities under procedural safeguards provisions of the Act. Provides that grants for traineeships shall be made to each State educational agency and shall be for training personnel serving handicapped children and supervisors of such personnel. Includes physical education among the fields for which grants or contracts to improve the recruiting of educational personnel for handicapped children and youth are made. Provides that the national clearinghouse on postsecondary education for the handicapped shall also provide information on transitional services and programs. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for various programs under provisions for training personnel for education of the handicapped. Directs the Secretary to reserve 65 percent of such funds for such training in specified fields. Requires that at least five percent of funds for research, surveys, and demonstraction projects to assist appropriate personnel and other persons in the education of handicapped children and youth be used to address the needs of underserved secondary school-aged handicapped youth. Provides for an additional grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for the development of program models and demonstrations for native Hawaiian handicapped children and youth. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for various programs under provisions for research in education of the handicapped. Revises provisions for instructional media for the handicapped to add references to theater and to educational material and technology. Directs the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with the National Theater of the Deaf to provide theatrical experiences for specified purposes. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for various programs under provisions for instructional media for the handicapped. Repeals provisions for the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children and Youth.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should not undertake any efforts to interfere with the free market by encouraging OPEC or its members to adopt production controls to artificially raise oil prices.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1986
Designates the month of November 1986 as National Diabetes Month.
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 · 21 March 1986
Mutual Nuclear Warhead Testing Moratorium Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare that the United States will stop testing nuclear warheads and will invite the Soviet Union to meet with the United States to enter into negotiations for the conclusion of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty at the earliest possible date. Declares that the United States should continue the cessation of the testing of nuclear warheads so long as the Soviet Union refrains from the testing of nuclear warheads and substantive Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations are in progress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that during such cessation the President should seek resumption of the comprehensive test ban talks between the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. Prohibits the United States from obligating or spending any money for testing nuclear warheads during the six-month period beginning 30 days after passage of this Act if the President does not declare such a cessation of nuclear testing. Authorizes such spending if the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union on or after such date tested a nuclear warhead. Requires the President to include in any such certification: (1) an unclassified report summarizing the basis for the certification; and (2) a classified report describing the Soviet activities that are the basis for the certification. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on: (1) the progress in nuclear arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union; and (2) whether the President believes that continuation of the cessation of nuclear testing is in the U.S. national security interest.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1986
Designates the week of November 16 through November 22, 1986, as National Arts Week.
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 · 18 March 1986
New Clean Air Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to limit after 1991 the number of hours a fossil-fuel-burning electric generating facility which is a major stationary source of sulfur dioxide emissions may operate according to its emissions rate. Requires such major sources to attain by 1995 the best degree of emission reduction technically available. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to periodically publish demonstrated levels of emission reduction and to promulgate emission standards for oil shale production and processing facilities, synthetic fuels production facilities, and other categories of major energy-production sources. Sets emission standards for light-duty vehicles and engines for model years after 1989 and for heavy-duty vehicles and engines for model years after 1990. Prohibits the sale of diesel fuel with a sulfur content above a certain level determined by the Administrator. Requires State vehicle inspection programs to require emissions testing or direct inspection of components of vehicle emissions control systems. Provides for the assessment of daily civil penalties for violations of the fuel and fuel additive regulatory requirements. Directs the Administrator to implement a monitoring system for assessing the effects of acid deposition by 1988. Makes it a violation of the Clean Air Act if a State's air pollutant emissions contribute to the violation of another State's water quality standard under the Clean Water Act. Amends the Clean Water Act to state that such emissions endanger health or welfare abroad if they contribute to the violation of such country's water quality standards. Directs the President to negotiate with Canada and Mexico by 1987 to cooperate in reducing air pollution. Directs the President to negotiate treaties or other international agreements to apply uniform standards of performance for the control of air pollutant emissions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress by 1989 on a system of tariffs on emissions sufficient to encourage reductions.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1986
Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments of 1986 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that in the construction industry two or more business entities engaged in the same or similar work with common ownership or control shall be deemed a single employer. Applies the terms of a collective bargaining agreement regarding employees of such business entities to all other business entities comprising the same single employer within the geographical area covered by the agreement. States that collective bargaining agreements may only be repudiated after the National Labor Relations Board certifies election results in which a majority of the employees select a bargaining representative other than the representative with whom such agreement was made.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Amends the Small Business Act to extend through FY 1991 the authorization for not-for-profit organizations operated in the interest of handicapped and blind individuals to receive Federal contracts from the Small Business Administration (SBA). Requires each agency having procurement powers to report to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy each time such a contract is entered into. Requires the Office to collect specified data and to report such data to the SBA. Requires the General Accounting Office, not later than September 30, 1990, to prepare a report on the impact that contracts awarded to such organizations have on for-profit small businesses for FY 1987 through 1989. Requires such report to be transmitted to specified congressional committees. Establishes a task force on purchases from the blind and severely handicapped.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1986
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Labor, in order to prevent curtailment of employment opportunities, to provide special certificates for the employment, at less than the minimum wage, of individuals (including those employed in agriculture) whose earning or productive capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental deficiency, or injury. Requires that, under such certificates, individuals be paid wages which are: (1) lower than the applicable minimum wage; (2) commensurate with those paid to similarly located and employed nonhandicapped workers; and (3) related to the individual's productivity.