Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1986

Summary

Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1986 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1986 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for FY 1986 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) international affairs; (3) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (4) the Financial Management Service; (5) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (6) the United States Customs Service; (7) the Air Interdiction Program; (8) the Customs Forfeiture Fund; (9) customs services at small airports; (10) the Bureau of the Mint; (11) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (12) the Internal Revenue Service; and (13) the United States Secret Service. Places restrictions on the amounts of appropriations available to the Internal Revenue Service which may be transferred to other such appropriations. Makes appropriations available for uniforms or allowances. Requires the conduct of officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with collection of any underpayment of tax to comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to disqualify or issue an unfavorable advance determination letter with respect to any tax-qualified pension plan which has vesting requirements or provides for nonforfeitable rights to benefits equal to or more stringent than 4/40. Prohibits the use of such funds to place the Secret Service, the Customs Service, or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms under the Inspector General of the Treasury Department. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to implement or enforce the imposition or collection of any tax on the entrance or accommodation fees paid by elderly residents of continuing care retirement facilities. Title II: Postal Service - Postal Service Appropriation Act, 1986 - Makes appropriations to the Postal Service for FY 1986 for payment to the Postal Service Fund. Title III: Executive Office of the President - Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1986 - Makes appropriations to the Executive Office of the President for FY 1986 for: (1) compensation of the President; (2) the Office of Administration; (3) the White House Office; (4) the Executive Residence at the White House; (5) the official residence of the Vice President; (6) special assistance to the President; (7) the Council of Economic Advisers; (8) the Office of Policy Development; (9) the National Critical Materials Council; (10) the National Security Council; (11) the Office of Management and Budget; (12) the Office of Federal Procurement Policy; and (13) unanticipated needs. Title IV: Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, - Makes appropriations for FY 1986 to the following independent agencies: (1) the Administrative Conference of the United States; (2) the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; (3) the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; (4) the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped; (5) the Federal Election Commission; (6) the General Services Administration (GSA), including the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, and the National Archives and Records Administration; (7) the Office of Personnel Management, including payment for annuitants and employee health benefits, and payment to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (8) the Merit Systems Protection Board, including the Office of Special Counsel; (9) the Federal Labor Relations Authority; and (10) the United States Tax Court. Credits the appropriate appropriation or fund available to the GSA with: (1) the costs of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government corporations; and (2) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to GSA, in connection with property transferred to GSA. Makes GSA funds available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. Makes appropriations available for payment to the GSA for charges for space, services, and public improvements to buildings and facilities. Permits the transfer between appropriations for operating expenses and appropriations for salaries and expenses of up to one percent of the funds made available in such appropriations if the transfer is for mandatory program requirements and if the transfer is approved in advance by the Appropriations Committees. Permits funds in the Federal Buildings Fund to be transferred between activities only to the extent necessary for mandatory program requirements. Declares that the funds made available by this or any other Act for the payment of rent are available for the purpose of leasing space. Title V: General Provisions (This Act) - Places limitations on expenditures for travel expenses. Prohibits the availability of any appropriations to pay the salary of any person filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who left to enter the armed forces and, after discharge, has made timely application for restoration. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the purchase or sale of real estate or for establishing new offices inside or outside the District of Columbia, except for programs for which appropriations have been made. Prohibits appropriations from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services through procurement contracts to those contracts which are a matter of public record. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of hand or measuring tools not produced in the United States or its possessions except in the case of insufficient quantity and unsatisfactory quality. Prohibits the use of any of the funds by the GSA for the procurement by contract of any service which is performed by individuals in their capacities as employees of the GSA. Prohibits using appropriated funds for administrative expenses in connection with implementing or enforcing any provisions of the rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on labeling and advertising of wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages (rule TD ATF-66). Prohibits using appropriated funds for the sale, lease, rental, excessing, surplusing, or disposal of any portion of Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii. Prohibits using appropriated funds to pay administrative expenses to close the Information Resources Management Office of the GSA, Sacramento, California. Prohibits using funds appropriated for the Department of the Treasury to eliminate any existing requirement for sureties on customs bonds. Prohibits using appropriated funds for any activity or for paying the salary of any government employee where doing so would result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit or otherwise prevent the Customs Service from enforcing a specified provision of the 1930 Tariff Act. Prohibits using appropriated funds to implement, promulgate, administer, enforce, reissue or revise certain proposed Office of Personnel Management regulations. Prohibits using appropriated funds to transfer control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, out of the Treasury Department. Requires certain agencies to set aside a specified percentage of FY 1986 budget authority for consulting services, management and professional services, and special studies and analyses. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of stainless steel flatware not produced in the United States or its possessions. Prohibits using appropriations for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress. Denies funds to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the U.S. Postal Service who tries to prevent other officers or employees from communicating with Members or committees of the Congress (whistle blowing), or who tries to discipline any officer or employee who does so communicate. Prohibits the use of funds for the purchase of passenger automobiles with an EPA estimate of less than 22 miles per gallon, except in specified cases. Prohibits using appropriated funds to pay for an abortion, or for the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefit program which provides any benefits or coverages for abortions. Makes an exemption to such prohibitions where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. Title VI: General Provisions (Departments, Agencies, and Corporations) - Fixes the maximum allowable amounts during the current fiscal year for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle. Makes certain appropriations available for expenses of travel also available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances. Prohibits using any appropriation to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless such person is: (1) a citizen of the United States; (2) eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen, and is residing in the United States; (3) one who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) an alien from one of a specified number of countries; or (5) a refugee from one of a specified number of countries. Makes appropriations available for payment to the GSA for charges for space and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements. Prohibits using any appropriation to pay any person for filling any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve such nomination. Permits the use by Federal agencies of foreign credits owed to or owned by the United States for any purpose for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year. Prohibits using appropriations for interagency financing of boards, commissions, councils, committees or similar groups which do not have prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality. Makes specified funds available for the employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or occupied by the United States or the Postal Service. Prohibits using funds available by this or any other Act for administrative expenses in connection with the designation for construction, arranging for financing, or execution of contracts or agreements for financing or construction of any additional purchase contract projects pursuant to the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 during the period beginning October 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1986. Prohibits using appropriated funds to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved by the Congress. Limits the amount which any agency may pay the Administrator of the General Services Administration per square foot for rental of space and services. Limits the amount that may be paid to any prevailing rate employee for FY 1986 and 1987. Prohibits using appropriated funds to reduce the number of entry processing locations or to consolidate or centralize the assessment or appraisal functions of the United States Customs Service. Limits the amount of expenditures to renovate, remodel, furnish, or redecorate any department head's office to $5,000, unless expressly approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. Authorizes the use of appropriated funds for the compilation, preparation, reproduction, and distribution of the "White House News Summary," or any successor document, if its distribution does not discriminate against any Member of any Government entity on the basis of political party affiliation.

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Timeline

1. 26 February 1985

   Committee

   First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

   Source: Committee

2. 26 February 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Treasury - Postal Service - General Government.

   Source: Committee

3. 26 February 1985

   Introduced

   Rereferred to House Committee on Appropriations.

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 May 1985

   Committee

   Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

   Source: Committee

5. 26 June 1985

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.

   Source: Committee

6. 26 June 1985

   Committee

   First Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.

   Source: Committee

7. 18 July 1985

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 140.

   Source: Calendars

8. 18 July 1985

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 99-210.

   Source: Committee

9. 18 July 1985

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 99-210.

   Source: Committee

10. 18 July 1985

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported.

    Source: Committee

11. 18 July 1985

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

12. 18 July 1985

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

13. 18 July 1985

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

14. 25 July 1985

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.236 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

15. 26 July 1985

    Floor

    Called up by House as Privileged Matter.

    Source: Floor

16. 29 July 1985

    Committee

    Senate Subcommittee on Treasury, U.S. Postal Service. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments prior to the measure being received from the House.

    Source: Committee

17. 30 July 1985

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 249 - 172 (Record Vote No: 270).

    Source: Floor

18. 30 July 1985

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 249 - 172 (Record Vote No: 270).

    Source: Floor

19. 30 July 1985

    Passed

    House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

20. 31 July 1985

    Reported

    Senate Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments prior to measure being received from the House.

    Source: Committee

21. 1 August 1985

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

    Source: IntroReferral

22. 9 September 1985

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 283.

    Source: Calendars

23. 9 September 1985

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Abdnor with amendments. With written report No. 99-133.

    Source: Committee

24. 9 September 1985

    Reported

    Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Abdnor with amendments. With written report No. 99-133.

    Source: Committee

25. 25 September 1985

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

    Source: Floor

26. 26 September 1985

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 88-06. Record Vote No: 198.

    Source: Floor

27. 26 September 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Abdnor; Laxalt; Mattingly; Hatfield; DeConcini; Stennis.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

28. 26 September 1985

    Floor

    Considered by Senate.

    Source: Floor

29. 8 October 1985

    Passed

    House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Roybal, Addabbo, Akaka, Hoyer, Coleman (TX), Yates, Whitten, Skeen, Lowery (CA), Wolf, Conte.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

30. 8 October 1985

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

31. 8 October 1985

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

32. 30 October 1985

    Passed

    Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

33. 30 October 1985

    Passed

    Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

34. 31 October 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference Report 99-349 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

35. 31 October 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference Report 99-349 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

36. 7 November 1985

    ResolvingDifferences

    House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendments 020, 042, 047, 051, 052, 055, 061, 064, 076.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

37. 7 November 1985

    NotUsed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendments 020, 042, 047, 051, 052, 055, 061, 064, 076.

    Source: NotUsed

38. 7 November 1985

    Vote

    House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 237 - 171 (Record Vote No: 398).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

39. 7 November 1985

    Vote

    Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 237 - 171 (Record Vote No: 398).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

40. 7 November 1985

    Passed

    Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

41. 7 November 1985

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to Senate amendments Nos. 19, 68, 71, 97, and 98. By Voice Vote.

    Source: NotUsed

42. 7 November 1985

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

43. 13 November 1985

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

44. 13 November 1985

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

45. 13 November 1985

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

46. 15 November 1985

    President

    Vetoed by President.

    Source: President

47. 15 November 1985

    President

    Vetoed by President.

    Source: President

48. 19 November 1985

    Referred

    Veto Message and Bill Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.

    Source: Veto

Votes

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• House receded and concurred with amendment

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• Conference report filed in House

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• Passed Senate amended

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

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• Passed House amended

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• Introduced in House

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Sponsors

• Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] · D · Sponsor
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