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United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1986
Designates the year beginning October 1, 1986, as the National Institutes of Health Centennial Year.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of November 23 to November 30, 1986, as American Indian Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to establish a program of grants to the States for drug (including alcohol) abuse education and prevention in elementary and secondary schools. Lists the State and local educational agency uses of such funds. Restricts the amount States may use for administrative costs. Provides for: (1) the allotment of such grant funds to States; (2) State application for such grant funds; (3) allocations to local and intermediate educational agencies and consortia; and (4) local applications to State educational agencies. Directs the Governor of each State, from specified reserved funds, to make grants to and enter into contracts with community-based organizations for drug abuse education and prevention programs for school dropouts. Directs the Secretary, from specified reserved funds, to carry out national programs of drug abuse education and prevention. Directs the Secretary to establish a national public education and prevention program on drug abuse. Sets forth components of such program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a clearinghouse to collect and disseminate program-related information to State, local, and intermediate educational agencies and consortia; (2) provide technical assistance; and (3) identify research and development priorities. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of Federal, State, and local programs of drug abuse education and prevention; and (2) report on such study to the President and the appropriate congressional committees within one year after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary, from specified reserved funds, to make grants to or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education for drug abuse education and prevention programs. Requires that at least half of such funds be used for programs for students, with the remainder to be used for training grants. Directs the Secretary, from specified reserved funds, to make payments and grants and enter into other financial arrangements for Indian programs of drug abuse education and prevention. Provides for such programs: (1) for out-of-State Indian children; (2) for Indian children in reservation schools; and (3) conducted by Indian organizations, particularly for school dropouts. Sets forth provisions for program participation of children and teachers from nonprofit private schools. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1987 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Designates the week of October 26 through November 1, 1986, as National Adult Immunization Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Designates October 6, 1986, as National Drug Abuse Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1986
Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from providing uranium enrichment services under certain contractual criteria that were submitted to the Congress pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 on July 24, 1986, and were published in the Federal Register on July 29, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1986
Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 - Title I: Financial Assistance to States and Communities - Amends title XIX (Block Grants) of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make allotments to States for: (1) treatment and rehabilitation services for persons suffering from drug abuse; (2) substance abuse prevention education programs; (3) community-based substance abuse prevention activities for school-aged children; and (4) education programs relating to the risks of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) among individuals who use drugs. Authorizes appropriations for such allotments. Title II: Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention - Establishes in the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by a Director who shall: (1) sponsor regional workshops on the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse; (2) coordinate research findings; (3) develop effective drug and alcohol abuse prevention literature; (4) create public service announcements for radio and television broadcasting; (5) support programs of clinical training of substance abuse counselors and other health professionals; (6) in cooperation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, develop educational materials to reduce the risks of AIDS among intravenous drug abusers; and (7) administer the allotment program established by this Act. Title III: White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking Control - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking Control to develop recommendations to prevent drug abuse and make treatment services available to drug abusers and to control the illicit trafficking of controlled substances. Directs the Conference to review: (1) the impact of recently enacted laws on efforts to control trafficking in controlled substances and to prevent drug abuse and treat drug abusers; (2) the recommendations of the President's Commission on Organized Crime as they relate to drug abuse and control of trafficking in controlled substances; (3) the extent to which specified sanctions have been, or should be, used in encouraging foreign states to comply with their international responsibilities respecting controlled substances; and (4) the circumstances contributing to the initiation of illicit drug usage. Requires the Conference to report its findings to the President and the Congress. Title IV: Designer Drugs - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to include controlled substance analogs (designer drugs) as a schedule I substance. Title V: Substance Abuse Among Indians - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to coordinate the efforts of their Departments related to alcohol and drug abuse among Indian juveniles. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Indian Health Services, to develop and implement a program of comprehensive alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment services for Indian youth. Requires the Director to report to the Congress on the progress of such program. Directs the Secretary to utilize existing federally owned structures suitable as residential alcohol and substance abuse treatment centers for Indian youth. Directs the Secretary to make grants to the Navajo tribe to establish a demonstration program in Gallup, New Mexico, to rehabilitate adult Navajo Indians suffering from alcoholism or alcohol abuse. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Advisory Commission on the Comprehensive Education of Intercollegiate Athletes - Establishes the Advisory Commission on the Comprehensive Education of Intercollegiate Athletes to investigate and advise Congress regarding issues related to athletic programs at colleges and universities in the United States, including: (1) the use of drugs by athletes; (2) the impact of television on athletics; and (3) the balance between athletics and academics. Requires the Commission to report its findings to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Alkyl Nitrites - States that alkyl nitrites and their isomers shall be treated as a drug for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1986
National Quality Improvement Award Act of 1986 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish a National Quality Improvement Award to be evidenced by a medal. Directs the President or a designee to periodically make the award, on the basis of recommendations from the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary), to individuals, companies, and other enterprises which have substantially benefited the economic or social well-being of the United States through improvements in the quality of their goods and services resulting from the effective practice of quality management. Sets forth categories, including nonprofit organizations, in which the award may be given. Sets forth criteria for qualification for the award. Directs the Secretary to provide information about the awards and the successful quality improvement strategies and programs of the award-winning participants to all participants and to other appropriate groups. Provides that funding for the award program shall be from gifts from public and private sources and from fees imposed upon enterprises applying for the award.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1986
Designates the week beginning November 16, 1986, as National Arts Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1986
Designates the week of October 19 through October 26, 1986, as National Housing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Designer Drug Enforcement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish criminal penalties for the knowing or intentional manufacture, distribution, or possession of a controlled substance analog. (A controlled substance analog is a noncontrolled substance with a chemical structure or effect substantially similar to that of a controlled substance.)
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Designates August 12, 1986, as National Civil Rights Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1986
Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish money laundering as a Federal offense. Sets forth fines and penalties for anyone who knowingly: (1) engages in a financial transaction in criminally derived property (inapplicable to bona fide attorney fees); (2) engages in a commercial transaction which is part of a scheme to conceal criminally derived property, or to disguise the source or ownership of criminally derived property; or (3) transports or attempts to transport a monetary instrument or funds from a place in the United States to or through a place outside the United States, or vice versa, as part of a scheme to conceal criminally derived property, or to disguise the source or ownership of criminally derived property. Provides for a fine of not more than $1,000,000 ($5,000,000 if the offender is a person other than an individual), or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. Authorizes components of the Department of the Treasury to investigate such offenses. Establishes criminal and civil forfeiture procedures for the offense of money laundering. Authorizes the use of wiretaps in money laundering investigations. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to make certain changes regarding: (1) monetary transaction reporting requirements; and (2) the disclosure of information by financial institutions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) examine books, papers, and records of domestic financial transactions; and (2) summon an officer or employee having possession or custody of reports or records to appear and give testimony under oath. Sets certain limits on the Secretary's summons power. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to change the scienter requirement: (1) from "willfully" to "knowingly or with reckless disregard for a duty imposed by this subchapter" for civil violations; and (2) from "willfully" to "knowingly" for criminal violations. Increases the criminal penalties for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act of 1986 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research and development program concerning human exposure to radon through indoor accumulation and to complete within one year a nationwide survey on the sources and levels of radon. Requires coordination with other Federal programs and technical assistance to the States as well as other research and information clearinghouse activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1986 - Amends the copyright law to require through 1994 the compulsory licensing of secondary transmissions of a primary transmission made by a superstation when such secondary transmissions are made by a satellite carrier to the public for private viewing for a direct charge. Requires such satellite carriers to deposit royalties and an accounting with the Register of Copyrights on a semiannual basis. Permits royalty fees to be set by voluntary negotiation, according to a prescribed formula, or by compulsory arbitration.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to require that excess cheese held by the Commodity Credit Corporation be made available, at the request of the chief executive officer of a State, upon a showing of need, and without charge, for distribution by eligible agencies in the State.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1986
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the schools. Requires each local educational agency to develop an asbestos management plan which provides for inspections, removal, reinspections, and the use of accredited consultants involved in developing the plan or in the response actions concerning friable asbestos-containing material. Requires warning labels on any friable asbestos-containing material and asbestos-containing material still in routine maintenance areas of a school building. Requires local educational agencies to respond to asbestos according to EPA's most current guidance document, if the Administrator fails to promulgate regulations within the prescribed period. Requires such agencies to develop and implement operation and maintenance and management plans for friable asbestos-containing material in school buildings, including inspections and State approval. Sets forth standards for ambient interior concentrations of asbestos after completion of response actions under the current guidance document. Requires that the public be informed and protected during the phases of the management plan, including transportation and disposal. Requires each State Governor to establish administrative procedures for reviewing school asbestos management plans to be carried forward by the local educational agency. Directs the Administrator to develop a model accreditation plan for States to give accreditation to individuals who inspect, manage, and respond to friable asbestos problems in schools. Requires EPA training courses or trained personnel to meet such standards. Makes the use of accredited personnel a condition for receiving financial assistance under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Makes any local educational agency which fails to comply with this Act liable for civil penalties, including injunctive action. Requires the Administrator or appropriate Governor to investigate citizen complaints. Permits citizen suits to compel the Administrator to meet deadlines for promulgating regulations. Authorizes the Administrator or the appropriate State Governor to take necessary response measures where the presence of airborne asbestos or the condition of friable asbestos-containing material in a school building may be hazardous and adequate local measures have not been taken. Sets forth notification requirements and cost recovery entitlements when such actions are taken. Provides that State law is not preempted from imposing additional liability or more stringent requirements with respect to asbestos in schools. Limits the liability of asbestos contractors or local educational agencies performing activities under this Act to damages caused by negligent actions or intentional misconduct. Prohibits discrimination by a State or local educational agency against a whistle-blower. Directs the Administrator to appoint an Asbestos Ombudsman to answer complaints and inquiries concerning aspects of this Act. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress within one year on the need for a similar program for public and commercial buildings. Establishes the Asbestos Trust Fund in the Treasury to carry out the Asbestos Hazards Abatement Assistance Program. States that such Fund shall consist of amounts repayed under loans under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Directs the Administrator to make grants to States during FY 1988 for grants to local educational agencies to inspect for asbestos in school buildings and develop management plans.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1986
Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986 - Grants the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts authority to contract with public and private agencies for the detection and treatment of alcohol-dependent and drug-dependent offenders. Amends the Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Authorization Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations for contracts for the supervision of released drug offenders.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1986
Designates July 3, 1986, as Let Freedom Ring Day. Requests the President to encourage people to ring bells immediately following the relighting of the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1986
Nuclear Winter Research Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretaries of Defense and of Energy to obligate specified amounts out of appropriated funds for FY 1987 through 1991 for nuclear winter research activities. Requires the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Nuclear Agency, to distribute certain allocations to government and nongovernment entities for nuclear winter research activities. Allocates a specified amount for the Nuclear Winter Study Commission established by this Act. Directs such Commission to conduct a comprehensive study on the consequences of nuclear explosions and exchanges, including the implications of such consequences upon U.S. military and civil defense policies. Requires the Commission to report to the President and the Congress regarding the conduct of such study.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Designates the month of October 1986 as National Spina Bifida Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986
Designates the week of September 15 through September 21, 1986, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for damaging or destroying any religious real property or interfering with any person's free exercise of religious beliefs.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer funds to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the clean-up of contaminated drinking water supplies in Adams County, Colorado, near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Requires such funds to be repayed as specified. Directs the Secretary to commence response actions with respect to hazardous substances affecting such water supplies, using Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program funds.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that unless the Health Care Financing Administration allocates sufficient funds and takes other action to ensure prompt payment of Medicare claims, the House of Representatives should adopt legislation ensuring prompt claims payment.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1986
Establishes a formula for determining the allocation of official mail costs for Members of Congress for any fiscal year beginning with FY 1987. Directs the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration to determine, and provide written notice to each Member of, the allocation of such Member. Requires the Committees to prescribe regulations to carry out this resolution. Requires the Committees to publish a quarterly statement on official mail costs.
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 · 4 June 1986
Designates July 20, 1986, as Space Exploration Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1986
Depository Institution Examination Improvement Act of 1986 - Redesignates the Financial Institution Examination Council as the Depository Institutions Examination Council. Directs the Council to: (1) divide the continental United States into regions approximating the districts of the Federal depository institutions regulatory agencies; (2) study and report to such regulatory agencies annually on the amounts of compensation and benefits provided to private sector accountants, auditors, and other representatives of financial service industries in each region who perform functions similar to those performed by Federal examiners; and (3) prepare guidelines for such agencies which would ensure adequate compensation for living and travel expenses for any Federal examiner who is temporarily assigned outside of his or her regular region of employment. Requires such report to be considered in the establishment and approval of Federal examiner compensation. Repeals provisions requiring the Secretary of the Treasury's approval of examiners appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency. Provides that specified civil service laws concerning employment and retention, performance, pay and allowances, and retirement shall not apply to any Federal depository institutions regulatory agency or any officer or employee thereof. Defines such an agency as the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB), the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC), and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). Provides that the estimated expenditures and receipts of such entities (excluding the Federal Reserve Board) included in the annual Federal budget submitted to the Congress by the President shall be submitted to the President before October 16 of each year and included in the President's budget without change. Exempts such entities from fiscal, budget, appropriation, and fund apportionment requirements. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt from reduction under any sequestration order: (1) assessment funds of the Comptroller of the Currency; (2) the FDIC; (3) the FHLBB; (4) the FHLBB revolving fund; (5) the FSLIC fund of the FHLBB; and (6) the central liquidity facility, the credit union share insurance fund, and the operating fund of the NCUA. Provides that the pay and number of employees of a regulatory agency shall not be subject to any limitation imposed by any executive branch officer outside such agency. Directs the Council to study and report to each regulatory agency on proposals for retirement, disability, and other appropriate benefit programs for agency employees and dependents. Requires each agency, within 18 months after enactment of this Act, to establish a retirement and disability program or to consider modifying any existing program on the basis of the Council's recommendations. Permits each agency to establish other employee benefit programs. Provides for the transfer of accrued employee and employer contributions and interest therein from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to the agency employee retirement and disability program. Subjects the FHLBB, the Federal Home Loan Banks, the FSLIC, and the NCUA to audits by the Comptroller General. Establishes the FSLIC as a mixed-ownership Government corporation (currently listed as a wholly owned Government corporation). Repeals specified authority of the Treasury to approve actions and appoint staff of the Comptroller of the Currency. Directs the Council to: (1) develop a proposal for consolidating all Federal examiner training programs in one school to be established and conducted by the Council; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on its findings, legislative recommendations, and the savings to the regulatory agencies that would result from such consolidation. Requires the Council to: (1) study the feasibility of establishing a graduate degree program in financial management analysis for officers and employees of the regulatory agencies and the State depository institutions' supervisory agencies (State agencies); and (2) report to specified Congressional committees on its findings, legislative recommendations, the cost of establishing and conducting the program, and on the approval or disapproval by each regulatory agency of the Council's proposal for such program. Requires the Council to establish minimum requirements for examinations of depository institutions by State agencies in order for such an examination to be acceptable for purposes of Federal law. Prohibits such requirements from exceeding the minimum standards in effect for Federal examiners. Directs the Council: (1) at least annually, to request each State agency which examines institutions subject to Federal examination to allow the Council to review its examination methods; (2) to notify a State agency if its examination methods do not satisfy such minimum requirements and allow the agency not more than three years to cure any deficiency; and (3) to notify each Federal regulatory agency if a State agency refuses to allow a review of its examination methods or fails to remedy any deficiency in its methods. Prohibits any Federal regulatory agency or any regional bank, branch, or other office of such Federal agency from relying on any report of examination by a State agency for which such a notice has been received to fulfill an examination requirement under Federal law. Permits the Council to limit the scope of a notice to: (1) a separate branch or department of a State agency which has authority to conduct examinations; or (2) a State agency's capacity to examine a particular type of depository institution. Requires the FDIC, the FHLBB, the FSLIC, and the NCUA Board to accept any report of examination made by a State agency which meets the minimum requirements as determined by the Council, unless any such entity determines that the State agency does not meet such minimum requirements and notifies the State agency of the reason for such entity's refusal to accept such agency report.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1986
Limits the obligation of funds for the deployment and maintenance of launchers for U.S. nuclear weapons. Waives such limitations if: (1) the President so requests in writing to the Congress, citing national security reasons for such waiver; and (2) each House of the Congress votes to authorize such waiver by bill or joint resolution within 60 days.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that State and local governments and local educational agencies should require quality daily physical education programs for all children from kindergarten through grade 12.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1986
Career Criminal Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide increased mandatory penalties for any person who transports firearms or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce if such person has multiple convictions for serious drug offenses and violent felonies. (Current law provides increased penalties where such person had multiple convictions for robbery and burglary.)
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1986
Designates the week beginning May 17, 1987, as National Tourism Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 - Prohibits U.S. persons from: (1) making loans to South Africa or any organization owned or controlled by South Africa; (2) making any investment in South Africa; (3) contributing technology or technological services to the exploration for, or the research, development, or production of, energy sources in or for South Africa; or (4) making deposits in a foreign bank which is organized under South African law or owned or controlled by South Africans or a branch bank located in South Africa. Prohibits foreign banks organized under South African law or owned or controlled by South Africans from establishing or operating branches in the United States. Excludes from such prohibitions those loans, investments, and technology contracts entered into before May 21, 1986. Prohibits importing uranium ore, uranium oxide, coal, and steel from South Africa. Prohibits: (1) U.S. persons from making or holding any investment in South Africa in a business that sells computers, computer software, or computer services; and (2) exporting computers, computer software, or computer services to South Africa. Provides that such computer investment and export prohibitions shall not apply if, within 12 months of enactment of this Act: (1) the President certifies to the Congress that South Africa has freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system or has totally dismantled the apartheid system; and (2) a joint resolution is enacted approving such certification. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Authorizes using additional funds for aid for South Africa under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962. Earmarks such funds for refugee assistance programs and community development projects. Requires the President to give quarterly reports to specified congressional committees on the assistance provided with such funds. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the takeoff and landing in the United States of aircraft owned by South Africa or South African nationals except in emergencies. Provides for the enforcement of this Act and for penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the President to try, through negotiations, to persuade other countries to adopt restrictions on activities with respect to South Africa consistent with this Act. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the status of such negotiations. Sets forth information to be included in such reports. Requires the President, during June of 1988, to report to the Congress on whether South Africa has: (1) freed Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners and has entered into good faith negotiations with truly representative leaders of the black majority for a new political system; or (2) has totally dismantled the apartheid system. Requires the President, if such conditions have not been met, to include in such report recommendations on whether U.S. persons should be required to divest themselves of their South African investments. Terminates all the provisions of this Act upon enactment of a joint resolution approving a presidential determination that such conditions have been met.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Low Income Elderly and Disabled Medicaid Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Optional Coverage of Elderly and Disabled Poor for All Medicaid Benefits - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of extending Medicaid coverage to elderly and disabled individuals whose income is too high for them to qualify for Medicaid under current income tests, but does not exceed a State maximum income level to be established at or below the Federal poverty level. Requires States providing coverage under this Act to provide Medicaid coverage, pursuant to the Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments of 1986, to pregnant women and infants whose income does not exceed the State maximum income level. Title II: Optional Coverage of Poor Medicare Beneficiaries for Medicare Cost-Sharing Expenses - Authorizes the States to provide Medicaid coverage for Medicare (title XVIII of the Act) premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance payments for which Medicare-eligible individuals whose income does not exceed the State maximum income level would otherwise be accountable.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986
Insurance Information Act of 1986 - Requires commercial insurance companies to report specified information annually to the Secretary of Commerce. Details the reporting requirements, which include data on premiums, claims, legal costs, economic losses, investment income, and cancellations. Requires the Secretary to: (1) issue a report summarizing such information by September 30 of each year; and (2) send copies of such report to specified Federal and State officials (to be made available to the general public upon request). Establishes a maximum penalty of $100,000, or five years imprisonment, or both, for any person who: (1) fails to file such report as prescribed; or (2) knowingly makes any false statement or omission of fact in such report. Requires the Secretary to: (1) issue regulations to implement this Act; (2) issue a list of standard classes of business and of standard units of exposure for which any commercial insurance company must report data; and (3) issue a reporting form to be used by commercial insurance companies to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1986
Designates 1987 as the National Year of the Americas.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1986
Designates the week of December 1 through December 7, 1986, as National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 with respect to air carrier mergers or acquisitions to require the Secretary of Transportation to impose, as a condition of approval of such transactions, labor protective conditions that are calculated to mitigate possible adverse effects upon air carrier employees' employment, wages, or working conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the President to establish a petroleum production rate from specified Naval Petroleum Reserves that is less than the maximum efficient rate and that takes into account energy security, petroleum price fluctuations, and long-term Federal revenue implications. Directs the President to establish a minimum sales price for such petroleum reserves based on a formula designed to prevent petroleum sales for prices: (1) significantly below prevailing market prices; or (2) below the petroleum acquisition cost for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986
Designates the week beginning November 9, 1986, as National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the Santa Fe Trail, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico, as the Santa Fe National Historic Trail. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report within one year to the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee a comprehensive management and use plan for the Trail. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
White House Conference on Narcotics Abuse and Control Resolution of 1986 - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Narcotics Abuse and Control to develop recommendations to control the illicit production, trafficking, and distribution of narcotics, and to prevent and treat narcotics abuse. Directs the Conference to review: (1) the impact of recently enacted laws on efforts to control trafficking in narcotics and to prevent and treat narcotics abuse; and (2) the recommmendations of the President's Commission on Organized Crime as they relate to narcotics abuse and control. Requires the Conference to report its findings to the President and the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that if the basis recovery rule for annuities of employees who contribute to their retirement program is changed in tax reform legislation, in no event should such change apply to individuals retiring before the date of enactment of such legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1986
States that U.S. defense programs should not carry out any development, test, or deployment activity of any antiballistic missile system or component. (This is in conformance with the defense system restrictions of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.)
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986
Food Irradiation Safety and Labeling Requirement Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing pork irradiation regulations and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing other food irradiation regulations. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to arrange for and report within two years on a study of the risks to human health and the environment presented by food irradiation. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that food for domestic use or export which has been irradiated be labeled in a prescribed fashion. Requires restaurant menus to indicate when foods have been irradiated. Requires persons irradiating food to report semiannually to the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1986
Designates May 7 of each year as Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1986
Torture Victim Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to impose civil liability on anyone who, under actual or apparent authority of any foreign nation, subjects any person to torture or extrajudicial killing. Grants jurisdiction over such cases to U.S. district courts only after claimants have exhausted all available remedies in the place in which the conduct giving rise to the claim occurred.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 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 · 5 May 1986
Authorizes and requests the President to designate a calendar week in 1986 and each year thereafter as National Infection Control Week.