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99-s-2950 99 s 2950 A bill to designate September 17, 1987, the bicentennial of the signing of the Constitution of the United States, as "Constitution Day", and to make such day a legal public holiday. Government Operations and Politics 1986-10-18 1986-10-18 Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 4 Amends Federal law to establish September 17th, Constitution Day, of each year as a legal public holiday, except for purposes of Federal employee pay and leave. 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z  
99-s-2951 99 s 2951 Emergency Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 1986 Transportation and Public Works 1986-10-18 1986-10-18 Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. Senate Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] VT R S000776 4 Emergency Highway Funding Flexibility Act of 1986 - Provides that unobligated funds apportioned to a State prior to October 1, 1986, for highway construction projects may be obligated by such State prior to April 30, 1987, for highway construction projects eligible to receive such funds under any apportionment. 2025-08-29T16:30:40Z  
99-s-2952 99 s 2952 Native American Cultural Preservation Act Native Americans 1986-10-18 1986-10-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Senate Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] MT D M000635 0 Native American Cultural Preservation Act - Establishes the Native American Museum Advisory Board. Identifies the functions of the Board to be: (1) the resolution of certain disputes (regarding sacred artifacts or remains) between any museum and an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization; (2) the provision of advice to the Native American Center of the Smithsonian Institution; and (3) the provision of advice to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation with respect to Native American cultural and historical preservation. Authorizes appropriations. Permits the governing body of an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization or museum administrator to file a petition with the Board requesting the mediation of disputes between a museum and an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization relating to: (1) the skeletal remains of a Native American or a Native Hawaiian; or (2) sacred artifacts of such tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to such petition and Board determinations. Requires the Board to publish such determinations in the Federal Register and provide written notice of such determinations to the head of each Federal agency which such Board believes to be providing Federal funds to: (1) a museum, Indian tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization that is the subject of such determination; or (2) program which provides benefits to such entities. Provides that Board determinations are final and not reviewable in any court. Establishes, within the Library of Congress, the Native American Center. Identifies the functions of the Center to be: (1) the preparation, and coordination with museums, of a provenance of all Native American skeletal remains, sacred artifacts, and other artifacts relating to Native American history or culture, that have been collected through Federal funds; (2) the sale of educational materials on the collections of the Smithsonian that relate to Native American culture; and (3) the provision of advice and technical assistance to… 2025-08-29T16:32:51Z  
99-s-2953 99 s 2953 A bill to provide credit under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System for training in the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. Government Operations and Politics 1986-10-18 1986-10-18 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 4 Includes service in the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II as creditable service for purposes of civil service retirement. Requires affected individuals to: (1) file an appropriate written application to the Office of Personnel Management within 14 months of enactment of this Act; (2) be currently subject to the civil service retirement system; and (3) make required deposits to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund with respect to service in the Corps. 2021-06-30T20:23:23Z  
99-s-2954 99 s 2954 A bill to amend the Tax Reform Act of 1986 by repealing a certain transition rule. Taxation 1986-10-18 1986-10-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] AR D B001057 2 Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to repeal certain transitional rules allowing the investment tax credit to remain in effect for the purchase of certain aircraft manufactured in Kansas, Florida, Georgia, or Texas. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2939 99 s 2939 Methanol Vehicle Promotion Act of 1986 Transportation and Public Works 1986-10-17 1986-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] WV D R000361 0 Methanol Vehicle Promotion Act of 1986 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to provide that for any ten consecutive model years between 1993 and 2005, a manufacturer of dual fuel automobiles shall receive a Corporate Average Fuel Economy increase according to prescribed formulas. States that the fuel economy of methanol powered automobiles (or dual fuel automobiles) shall be based on the fuel content of the methanol mixture used to operate such automobiles. Prescribes the content of fuel economy labeling for methanol powered and dual fuel automobiles. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report annually to the Congress, starting January 1993, regarding the effects of this Act: (1) upon methanol and gasoline consumption on an industrywide and manufacturer-specific basis; and (2) certain fuel economy standards on an industrywide and manufacturer-specific basis. 2025-08-29T16:29:27Z  
99-s-2940 99 s 2940 Campaign Limitation and Public Financing Act Government Operations and Politics 1986-10-17 1986-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules. Senate Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] TN D G000321 0 Campaign Limitation and Public Financing Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for public financing of Senate general election campaigns for candidates who agree to abide by certain expenditure limitations. Sets forth conditions of eligibility for payments. Requires any candidate entitled to payments to deposit such funds at national or State banks in a separate checking account. Requires candidates to file with the Federal Election Commission notification of any intent to make expenditures in excess of expenditure limitations. Requires the Commission to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the full amount to which an eligible candidate is entitled. Increases the expenditure limitation of a candidate whose opponent does not abide by the limitation on expenditures. Requires the Secretary to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund the Senate General Election Campaign Account for the deposit of funds for payments to eligible candidates. Authorizes the Commission to examine and audit campaign accounts of eligible candidates to determine any excess payments. Requires candidates to repay excess amounts to the Secretary. Directs the Commission to report to the Senate Committee on Ethics after the close of each calendar year on actions taken under this Act. Establishes the formula for determining expenditure limitations under this Act based upon State voting age populations. Requires the Commission to study for one year, and report to the Congress on, the efficacy of programs under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-29T16:31:21Z  
99-s-2941 99 s 2941 Malpractice Dispute Resolution Act of 1986 Health 1986-10-17 1986-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] MN R D000566 0 Malpractice Dispute Resolution Act of 1986 - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, during the four-year period starting January 1, 1988, to conduct between one and three projects under the Federal employees' health benefits program which will demonstrate alternatives to the tort liability system of compensating persons for injuries or illness incurred and aggravated as a result of health care received under such a plan. Makes participation in such a project by an enrollee voluntary. Authorizes such projects to include: (1) binding arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution procedures; (2) contractual modifications of existing substantive rules governing tort claims; or (3) compensation for specified injuries or illness on a no-fault basis. Specifies considerations required before a project may be approved. Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to report to the Congress by December 31, 1991, any recommendations regarding implementation of alternatives to the tort liability system in Federal health benefit plans. Authorizes appropriations for such projects for FY 1988 through 1992. 2025-08-29T16:30:03Z  
99-s-2942 99 s 2942 A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of Interior to retain the American Museum of Immigration at the base of the Statute of Liberty National Monument. Immigration 1986-10-17 1986-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] NJ D B001225 3 Directs the Secretary of the Interior to retain the American Museum of Immigration at the base of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
99-s-2943 99 s 2943 A bill to restrict certain U.S. contributions to international organizations until certain actions to investigate abuses of the United Nations system are undertaken by the United Nations Secretary General. International Affairs 1986-10-17 1986-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] PA R H000456 0 Prohibits the obligation of 50 percent of the funds made available for payment of the U.S. contribution to the United Nations until the President certifies to the Congress that the Secretary General of the United Nations has investigated: (1) the use of salary remission arrangements by nationals of member states serving as employees of the United Nations Secretariat or any of its specialized agencies; (2) the excessive use of secondment by member states in a way that prevents nationals of such states from becoming regular career employees of the United Nations; and (3) the blatant control of nationals of member states serving as employees of the United Nations Secretariat or the specialized agencies. 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z  
99-s-2944 99 s 2944 Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1986 Commerce 1986-10-17 1986-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 1 Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1986 - Provides that agreements to convey rights to use, practice, or sublicense a patented invention, rights to use or sublicense a trade secret, or rights in a copyrighted work or mask work shall not be deemed to be illegal per se under the antitrust laws. Limits the amount a person may recover in an antitrust claim based on such an agreement to the actual damages sustained (total damage sustained in a State action), specified interest, and the cost of the action, including a reasonable attorney's fee. 2025-08-29T16:30:54Z  
99-s-2945 99 s 2945 A bill to provide for rehiring certain former air traffic controllers. Transportation and Public Works 1986-10-17 1986-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] NJ D L000123 7 Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to appoint or reinstate certain former air traffic controllers whose appointments were terminated due to the air traffic controllers strike of August 1981. 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z  
99-s-2946 99 s 2946 A bill to permit national banks to buy and sell platinum. Finance and Financial Sector 1986-10-17 1986-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. Senate Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] OH D G000236 0 Authorizes national banks to buy snd sell platinum. 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z  
99-s-2947 99 s 2947 A bill to provide domestic observers on U. S. fishing vessels. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1986-10-17 1986-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] AK R M001085 0 Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize fishery management plans to establish programs for the collection of information necessary for the conservation and management of any fishery, including requirements that observers be placed on fishing vessels that are engaged in a fishery, with the costs of such programs to be borne equitably by participants in the fishery. 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z  
99-s-2948 99 s 2948 A bill to authorize the President to promote posthumously the late Lieutenant Colonel Ellison S. Onizuka to the grade of Colonel. Armed Forces and National Security 1986-10-17 1986-11-03 Became Public Law No: 99-597. Senate Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] HI D M000250 1 Authorizes the President to promote posthumously, to the grade of colonel, Lieutenant Colonel Ellison S. Onizuka, U.S. Air Force, who died while serving as a crew member on the space shuttle Challenger. 2023-01-19T20:05:24Z  
99-s-2949 99 s 2949 Family Caregivers Advocacy, Resource and Education Demonstration Program Act of 1986 Social Welfare 1986-10-17 1986-10-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] OH D G000236 0 Family Caregivers Advocacy, Resource and Education Demonstration Program Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services, to make grants to States to support Family Caregivers Advocacy, Resource and Education (Family CARE) demonstration programs. Requires such a program to provide and coordinate, throughout the State, advocacy, education, information dissemination, and referral services for elderly and disabled individuals and members of their families who care for them. Specifies other requirements of such a program. Sets forth application requirements for a grant. Requires the Secretary to make grants for FY 1988 within six months after enactment of this Act. Sets the term of a grant at one year, renewable for two more consecutive one-year periods. Requires the Secretary to make grants to between five and eight States, assuring appropriate distribution among different geographic areas and urban and rural populations. Requires each State receiving a grant to provide for the evaluation of its program. Requires the Secretary to submit interim and final reports to the Congress on grant activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. 2025-08-29T16:32:41Z  
99-s-2928 99 s 2928 Automotive Safety Improvements Act of 1986 Transportation and Public Works 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Introduced in the Senate and read twice and held at the desk by unanimous consent. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 1 Automotive Safety Improvements Act of 1986 - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to repeal the general authority of the Secretaries of Transportation and of the Treasury to allow the importaion of motor vehicles that are not in compliance with Federal motor vehicle safety standards if such Secretaries anticipate that such vehicles will conform within a specified time. Sets forth procedures under which a person importing a non-conforming motor vehicle must post bond and comply with conditions prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that such vehicle will be brought into conformity with Federal motor vehicle safety standards. 2025-08-29T16:32:15Z  
99-s-2929 99 s 2929 Violent Crime Prevention Act Crime and Law Enforcement 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 0 Violent Crime Prevention Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the manufacture, transfer, or importation of .25 or .32 caliber ammunition. Permits the manufacture or importation of such ammunition for: (1) the use of the United States or any State or local government; and (2) testing authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. Imposes a licensing fee of $1,000 per year for manufacturers and importers of .25 and .32 caliber ammunition. 2025-08-29T16:32:53Z  
99-s-2930 99 s 2930 Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 Environmental Protection 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] OR R H000343 0 Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 - Title I: Standards for Protection from Radioactive Emissions from Facilities of Department of Energy - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue and periodically revise standards to protect public health and safety and the environment from radioactive emissions from certain Department of Energy facilities. Requires such standards to include annual and aggregate limits as well as models for calculating public exposure to radioactive emissions. Directs the Secretary of Energy to monitor compliance with such standards. Requires owners or operators of covered facilities to provide the Administrator with all necessary information and inspections, both onsite and off. Imposes civil penalties for violations. Includes Federal employees under this Act. Requires Federal agency cooperation. Authorizes the Administrator to empower States to exercise authority provided by this Act. Title II: Compliance of Facilities of Department of Energy with Federal and State Environmental Protection Requirements - Authorizes the Administrator to monitor covered facilities to assure compliance with Federal and State environmental laws, including unannounced inspections. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress annually on such monitoring. Requires the Secretary to reimburse the Administrator for monitoring costs. Requires the Secretary to terminate the use of soil columns for disposing of liquid radioactive waste or hazardous waste at Department facilities within one year. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the costs of compliance. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year on sites which pose a threat to public health or the environment and the estimated costs of treatment, storage and disposal. Requires the Secretary to operate quality assurance programs which provide for internal independent review to identify potential public health and safety and environmental problems. Requires the Secre… 2025-08-29T16:29:46Z  
99-s-2931 99 s 2931 Umatilla Basin Project Act Water Resources Development 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] OR R H000343 0 Umatilla Basin Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Umatilla Basin Project, Oregon, in accordance with the recommended plan proposed in the environmental statement dated July 21, 1986. Declares the principal works of such project to consist of: (1) pumping plants and related conveyance and distribution features; (2) works incidental to existing irrigation systems necessary to accomplish a water exchange; (3) fishery resources mitigation measures; and (4) programs to monitor and regulate project operations and evaluate fishery resource mitigation measures. Requires project features to be integrated and coordinated with the existing Umatilla Project. Declares that power for project pumping shall be made available through the Federal Columbia River Power System at charges determined by the Secretary of Energy. Establishes the procedure for the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the interest rate for construction charges. Requires fishery resource facilities to be constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the Federal Water Project Recreation Act, except that costs allocated to the mitigation of anadromous fish species shall be nonreimbursable. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements which specify appropriate non-Federal obligations for the operation and maintenance of project facilities. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for the operation and maintenance of the existing West Extension Irrigation District pumping facility as an interim measure to provide flow augmentation in the Umatilla River. Provides for the crediting of non-Federal costs for fishery resource improvements. Directs the Secretary to evaluate measures and programs to address ground water conditions within the Umatilla River Basin and to report findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress within three years after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-29T16:31:26Z  
99-s-2932 99 s 2932 A bill to establish the El Malpais National Monument, the Masau Trail, and the Grants National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 1 Title I: El Malpais National Monument - Establishes the El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the National Park Service, to administer such Monument. Permits the continuation of existing grazing privileges through 1996. Title II: Masau Trail - Authorizes the Secretary to designate a vehicular tour route along existing public roads linking prehistoric and historic cultural sites in western New Mexico, to be known as the Masau Trail. Permits the erection of informational devices. Title III: Grants National Conservation Area - Establishes the Grants National Conservation Area, to be administered by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, as part of the Albuquerque District. Permits hunting and trapping except in designated zones. Prohibits the commercial collection of wood. Title IV: Wilderness Designation - Designates specified lands in the Grants National Conservation Area as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Permits the grazing of livestock as specified. Title V: General Provisions - Directs the Secretary to develop and report within two years to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate Committee on Energy and National Resources on separate general management plans for the Monument and the Conservation Area. Requires such plans to include interpretation and education programs, public facility proposals, and natural and cultural resources management. Requires such plans to evaluate specified lands for their suitability for preservation as wilderness. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire lands within the Monument or Conservation Area by donation, exchange, or purchase. Requires the Secretary to notify the New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands of State lands or interests within the Monument or Conservation Area and of the opportunity to exchange such lands for Federal public lands. Sets forth procedures for such exchange. Withdraws all Federal lands wit… 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
99-s-2933 99 s 2933 A bill to charter the National Academy of Social Insurance. Government Operations and Politics 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 1 Grants a Federal charter to the National Academy of Social Insurance. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
99-s-2934 99 s 2934 Commission on a Constitutional Amendment Regarding Impeachment Act Law 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 2 Commission on a Constitutional Amendment Regarding Impeachment Act - Establishes a Commission to Study Impeachment of Judges to investigate the constitutional problems and issues involved in the impeachment of Article III judges and evaluate the possibility of a constitutional amendment regarding such impeachments. Establishes an advisory committee to perform duties for the Commission. Directs the Commission to prepare a final report on its investigation and transmit such report to the President and the Congress. Terminates the Commission 30 days after such report is transmitted. 2025-08-29T16:31:59Z  
99-s-2935 99 s 2935 Antibiotic Safety Act of 1986 Health 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 0 Antibiotic Safety Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, or oxytetracyline in animal feed. 2025-08-29T16:32:16Z  
99-s-2936 99 s 2936 A bill granting the consent of Congress to the Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York Rail Improvements Compact. Transportation and Public Works 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] RI D P000193 2 Interstate Compact - Grants the consent of the Congress to the Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York Rail Improvements Compact relating to rail improvements and rail passenger service. Reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
99-s-2937 99 s 2937 A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase the number of acres placed in the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] GA D N000171 1 Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to expand the conservation reserve program to 65,000,000 acres through the 1990 crop year. Requires a report to the Congress on the inclusion of other lands. Authorizes cash or in-kind conservation reserve incentives. Provides for commercial use of conservation reserve acreage under certain conditions. Provides for a ground water pilot program. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
99-s-2938 99 s 2938 A bill entitled the "Logan Relief Act". Housing and Community Development 1986-10-16 1986-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Authorizes the purchase of homes and the payment of relocation assistance for homes of the Logan section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, deemed to be dangerous or uninhabitable. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z  
99-s-2926 99 s 2926 Federalism Act of 1986 Social Welfare 1986-10-15 1986-10-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA] WA R E000236 1 Federalism Act of 1986 - Title I: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Subtitle A: Benefits and Federal Participation - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to set a minimum monthly AFDC benefit amount at a level which, when added to the value of any food stamp allotment to which the family or its household is entitled, is equal to a specified percentage (set at 50 percent in FY 1989, but increasing by two percent in each subsequent fiscal year until it reaches 62 percent in FY 1995) of the Federal poverty level. Reimburses States for 90 percent of their expenses in providing the minimum benefit. Requires States to make AFDC payments with respect to dependent children of unemployed parents in two-parent families. Subtitle B: Work-Related Requirements - Requires, with certain exceptions, AFDC applicants and recipients to register with a State agency for employment counseling, training, and assignment. Authorizes AFDC recipients to refuse employment which results in a net loss in their income. Directs such State agency to: (1) determine the appropriate employment-related activities for each registered AFDC applicant or recipient; and (2) arrange for their participation in one or more of the employment-related programs established under title IV of the Act or other Federal law, while coordinating such programs to enhance the availability and efficiency of services provided. Requires the State agency to provide AFDC applicants and recipients assigned to employment, training, or education programs with child care and transportation services. Sets the Federal contribution to education, training, and assignment costs at 90 percent in FY 1989 and a percentage in subsequent years which is determined by use of a specified formula which takes into account a State's compliance with performance standards to be developed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Provides that such standards shall measure a State's success in reducing welfare costs and h… 2025-08-29T16:31:14Z  
99-s-2927 99 s 2927 A bill for the relief of the Homer Society of Natural History of Homer, Alaska. Private Legislation 1986-10-15 1986-10-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] AK R M001085 0 Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified amount to a named organization of Homer, Alaska, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for losses resulting from the closing of, and appointment of a receiver for, a specified savings and loan association. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
99-s-2923 99 s 2923 A bill to allow the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to be applied and administered as if the 3-year basis recovery rule applicable to employees' annuities had not been repealed. Taxation 1986-10-14 1986-10-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 0 Provides that the Tax Reform Act of 1986 shall be applied and administered as if the three-year basis recovery rule applicable to employees' annuities had not been repealed. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2924 99 s 2924 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a charitable contribution deduction for certain amounts paid to or for the benefits of an institution of higher education. Taxation 1986-10-14 1986-10-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] TX R G000365 3 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a charitable contribution income tax deduction for amounts paid to or for the benefit of an institution of higher education in cases where the taxpayer receives the right to seating or the right to purchase seating for athletic events at such institution. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2925 99 s 2925 A bill to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize protective force personnel who guard the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or its storage and related facilities to carry firearms while discharging their official duties and in certain instances to make arrests without warrant; to establish the offense of trespass on property of the Stategic Petroleum Reserve; and for other purposes. Energy 1986-10-14 1986-10-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] ID R M000346 0 Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize security personnel of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to carry firearms and make warrantless arrests under guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Energy (with the concurrence of the Attorney General). Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations relating to entry upon SPR property and bringing dangerous instruments or materials into such property. Declares that violations of such regulations shall be deemed misdemeanors, punishable by either a fine or prisonment or both. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
99-s-2917 99 s 2917 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the combat support assignments open to women in the Armed Forces. Armed Forces and National Security 1986-10-10 1986-10-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] WI D P000553 1 Amends Federal armed forces personnel provisions to increase the combat support assignments open to women in the armed forces. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
99-s-2918 99 s 2918 A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify provisions relating to the trade and development program. International Affairs 1986-10-10 1986-10-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 0 Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the administrator of the trade and development program to establish an advisory board which shall include representatives of the Small Business Service Bureau, Inc., the American Consulting Engineers, and the National Construction Association. Increases the FY 1987 authorization for the trade and development program. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1987 authorization for education and training programs for nationals from China. Requires that half such earmarked funds be used for education and training programs administered by small and medium-sized companies in the United States. 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z  
99-s-2919 99 s 2919 A bill to amend the Tax Reform Act of 1986 by repealing the treatment of certain amounts to or for the benefit of certain institutions of higher education. Taxation 1986-10-10 1986-10-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE] NE D Z000013 1 Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to repeal provisions allowing a charitable contribution income tax deduction for amounts paid to or for the benefit of specified institutions of higher education in cases where the taxpayer receives the right to seating or the right to purchase seating for athletic events at those institutions. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2920 99 s 2920 A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide that a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist may, in collaboration with a physician, certify or recertify the need for certain services, to provide for coverage of certain items and services furnished by a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist, and for other purposes. Social Welfare 1986-10-10 1986-10-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 0 Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide that a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist may, in collaboration with a physician, certify and recertify a patient's need for skilled nursing or intermediate care facility services. Authorizes skilled nursing facilities to satisfy certain Medicare requirements by having such nurses, in collaboration with physicians, supervise patient care and be available for patient emergencies. (Currently a physician must make need certifications, supervise patient care, and be available for patient emergencies.) Provides Medicare coverage for 100 percent of the reasonable cost of items and services furnished by a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist in a skilled nursing facility. Provides Medicaid coverage for services furnished by such nurses, in collaboration with a physician, in an intermediate care or skilled nursing facility. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2921 99 s 2921 A bill to amend the Public Law 99-396 exception to the Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and for other purposes. Economics and Public Finance 1986-10-10 1986-10-17 Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill. Senate Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] ID R M000346 0 (Measure passed House, amended) Amends Federal law to make technical changes to the exceptions to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) with respect to economic development funds to Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
99-s-2922 99 s 2922 A bill to amend the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to remove the retroactive effect of the repeal of the 3-year recovery of basis rule in pension plans. Taxation 1986-10-10 1986-10-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] HI D M000250 1 Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to extend the effective date of the repeal of the three-year recovery of basis rule in pension plans. Extends such effective date from July 1, 1986, to January 1, 1987. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2914 99 s 2914 A bill to extend through fiscal year 1988 SBA Pilot Programs under section 8 of the Small Business Act. Commerce 1986-10-09 1986-10-27 Became Public Law No: 99-567. Senate Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] CT R W000253 1 Amends the Small Business Act to require the President to designate, within 60 days of the enactment of this Act, the agency (including the Department of Defense) with which a Government procurement contract shall be made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the provisions pursuant to which contracts are performed through subcontracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses. Extends through FY 1988: (1) the program established by the Act under which contracts are set-aside for small businesses; and (2) the SBA's authority to waive the posting of bond with respect to such businesses. 2023-01-19T20:05:24Z  
99-s-2915 99 s 2915 A bill to deny most-favored-nation treatment to imports from Yugoslavia. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1986-10-09 1986-10-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] MI D R000249 0 Denies most-favored-nation treatment of imports from Yugoslavia unless, within ten days of enactment of this Act, the President reports to the Congress that Yugoslavia has released all U.S. citizens who have been detained without justification and that Yugoslavia has ceased to implement a program which results in such unjustified detainment of U.S. citizens. Requires such denial of most-favored-nation treatment, if it goes into effect, to remain in effect until such conditions are met. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2916 99 s 2916 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to retain a capital gains tax differential, and for other purposes. Taxation 1986-10-09 1986-10-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] MN R B000647 1 Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to repeal provisions relating to the taxation of capital gains. Provides that the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied and administered as if such provisions had not been enacted. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the method of calculating the deduction for capital gains. Allows a capital gains deduction of 60 percent for assets held three years or more, and 40 percent for assets held for more than one but less than three years. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2913 99 s 2913 Interstate Sales and Use Taxation Act of 1986 Taxation 1986-10-08 1986-10-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA] LA D L000428 0 Interstate Sales and Use Taxation Act of 1986 - Allows States to require certain out-of-state persons to collect and remit to the State any State or local taxes with respect to the interstate sale of: (1) any tangible personal property which is to be delivered within the State; or (2) any services to be performed in the State. Requires that such taxes must be: (1) collected and administered throughout the State; (2) uniform as to rate and base throughout the State; and (3) published for any calendar year by September 30 of the preceding year. Allows States to impose such requirement on any person who: (1) engages in regular or systematic solicitation of a consumer market within such State; and (2) has either more than $100,000 annual gross sales or $25,000 annual taxable sales with respect to the State. Sets forth administrative requirements for the collection and remittance of such sales. Sets forth procedures for the expedited judicial review of the constitutionality of this Act. 2025-08-29T16:30:05Z  
99-s-2910 99 s 2910 A bill to clarify the definition of "vessels of the United States" in the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Transportation and Public Works 1986-10-07 1986-10-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] AK R M001085 0 Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to revise the definition of "vessel of the United States" to mean a vessel built in, and documented under the laws of, the United States. (Currently, such definition requires vessels to only be documented under U.S. law.) 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z  
99-s-2911 99 s 2911 A bill to designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse at 316 North Robert Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, as the "Warren E. Burger Federal Building and United States Courthouse. Government Operations and Politics 1986-10-07 1986-10-18 Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. Senate Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] MN R D000566 1 Designates the Federal building and United States Courthouse located on North Robert Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, as the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and United States Courthouse. 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z  
99-s-2912 99 s 2912 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act of 1986 Social Welfare 1986-10-07 1986-10-15 Referred to Subcommittee on Aging (Labor and Human Resources). Senate Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] OH D G000236 10 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require States to establish an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Office) encompassing any area or local ombudsman entity designated by the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman as a subdivision of the Office. Requires States to provide assurances that Office staff are not subject to conflicts of interest and that mechanisms are in place to identify and remedy such conflicts. Immunizes Office representatives from liability under State law for the good faith performance of official duties. Directs States to provide legal counsel to: (1) the Office for advice and consultation; and (2) Office representatives sued in connection with the performance of official duties. Requires States to provide appropriate sanctions against: (1) those willfully interfering with Office representatives in the performance of official duties; and (2) extended care facilities which retaliate against residents or employees who file a complaint with, or provide information to, the Office. Requires State licensure and certification agencies to provide the Office with inspection reports, notices of deficiencies, and sanctions issued with respect to extended care facilities as well as other data relevant to the Office's investigations of such facilities. Directs the Office to submit annual reports to State licensure and certification agencies, State agencies on aging, and the State legislature and Governor analyzing and suggesting resolutions to problems experienced by, and complaints received against, extended care facilities. Requires that office staff who do investigative work be trained in Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and policies regarding State extended care facilities as well as investigative techniques. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide technical assistance and training to State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs and Ombudsman representatives. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and X… 2025-08-29T16:30:37Z  
99-s-2906 99 s 2906 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the combat support assignments open to women in the Armed Forces. Armed Forces and National Security 1986-10-03 1986-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] WI D P000553 0 Amends Federal armed forces personnel provisions to increase the combat support assignments open to women in the armed forces. 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z  
99-s-2907 99 s 2907 A bill to amend chapter 96 of title 18, United States Code. Law 1986-10-03 1986-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] OH D M000678 0 Amends the Federal criminal code to change the name of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute to Pattern of Illicit Activity. Revises the civil action requirements for persons aggrieved by RICO violations. Reserves the award of treble damages to plaintiffs who prevail against defendants convicted of criminal violations of such statute. Provides for treble damages where the prevailing plaintiff is a government. Authorizes governments to bring RICO civil actions and, upon prevailing, to be awarded the cost of the suit and a reasonable attorney's fee in addition to treble damages. Limits to actual damages the award to a prevailing plaintiff injured in his business or property by conduct which violates RICO, if the defendant has not been convicted of a criminal violation. Permits the award of punitive damages in an amount double actual damages if: (1) the plaintiff is a natural person; (2) neither Federal nor State securities laws make available an express or implied remedy for the type of illicit activity in which the person bases his claims; (3) the injury occurred in the purchase or lease of a product, property, service, credit, or investment for personal or household use; and (4) the defendant's conduct was in wanton disregard of plaintiff's rights. Specifies considerations the amount of punitive damages shall take into account. Declares that a pattern of illicit activity requires at least two acts of illicit activity: (1) one of which occurred not more than five years after the prior act; (2) each of which is not so closely related in time and place to the other that together the acts constitute a single transaction; and (3), in the case of racketeering activity or collection of unlawful debt, each of which is related to the affairs of the enterprise. Sets a statute of limitations for such an action of the later of: (1) three years from the accrual of the cause of action (that is, from the commission of the second predicate act), or from the termination of the conduct causing inju… 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
99-s-2908 99 s 2908 A bill to amend section 2254 of title 28, United States Code, to provide specific procedures for the consideration of writs of habeas corpus filed on behalf of individuals under a sentence of death. Crime and Law Enforcement 1986-10-03 1986-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] ID R S001138 0 Amends the Federal judicial code to condition the consideration of writs of habeas corpus filed on behalf of individuals in custody under a State sentence of death upon a credible showing of innocence by affidavit or other instrument taken upon oath or affirmation. Specifies exceptions to such condition where the State: (1) does not provide by law for a right to appeal convictions resulting in death sentences and appellate review of death sentences; or (2) provides for such review but does not provide a procedure for collateral review of State proceedings resulting in death sentences. Limits stays of execution granted for the purpose of making possible such required showing to 60 days (unless the applicant shows that a credible showing of innocence can be made but not within the time allotted). 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
99-s-2909 99 s 2909 Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act Foreign Trade and International Finance 1986-10-03 1986-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] NY R D000018 1 Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act - Prohibits an article from being imported into the United States from Northern Ireland unless documentation is presented at the time of entry indicating that the enterprise which manufactured or assembled such article was in compliance at the time of manufacture with certain fair employment principles (such as freedom from religious discrimination). Provides that such principles are based on the MacBride Principles, a nine point set of guidelines for fair employment in Northern Ireland. Requires that any U.S. person who has a branch or office in Northern Ireland or who controls an enterprise in Northern Ireland in which more than 20 people are employed shall take the necessary steps to insure that such employment principles are implemented and that this Act is complied with. Requires each such U.S. person to report to the Secretary of Commerce on compliance with this Act. Sets forth the fair employment principles. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act in the interest of national security. Requires such waiver to become effective 90 days after the President submits a justification of such waiver to the Congress unless the Congress adopts a joint resolution disapproving the waiver. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. 2025-08-29T16:31:37Z  
99-s-2899 99 s 2899 Farm Credit System Interest Reduction Act of 1986 Agriculture and Food 1986-10-01 1986-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] ID R S001138 3 Farm Credit System Interest Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Farm Credit Assistance and Interest Reduction - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make loans to Farm Credit System (FCS) institutions to: (1) remove high-cost bonds from the FCS's portfolio; and (2) retire or restructure nonaccruing FCS-held loans. Provides for borrower interest rate reductions. Title II: Rights of Borrowers - Sets forth borrower rights relating to: (1) access to files and related information; (2) bank mergers; (3) district board election; and (4) financial disclosure by FCS officials. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a feasibility study regarding the return of the FCS to local control. Title III: Independent Interest Rate-Setting Authority - Repeals Farm Credit Administration rate-setting authority. Title IV: Funding for Farm Credit Assistance - Repeals: (1) the Legal Services Corporation Act; and (2) the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. Withholds from obligation and expenditure specified funds from the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to: (1) population planning; (2) voluntary United Nations contributions; and (3) foreign aid to non-Camp David countries. 2025-08-29T16:29:29Z  
99-s-2900 99 s 2900 A bill to provide a temporary extension of the Interstate Transfer deadline for the H-3 Highway. Transportation and Public Works 1986-10-01 1986-10-18 Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 1 Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve the withdrawal of any route which on the date of enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 was under judicial injunction prohibiting its construction, but only until ten days after the final legislative day of the 99th Congress. 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z  
99-s-2901 99 s 2901 A bill to provide special rules for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for the accrual of, and carryback of losses from, deductions for asbestos product liabilities in order to protect asbestos workers, and for other purposes. Taxation 1986-10-01 1986-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV] NV R H000439 0 Allows a taxpayer using the accrual method of accounting to elect to: (1) accrue income tax deductions arising out of any qualified asbestos product liability for each taxable year ending after November 30, 1985, in which such liability is included for purposes of ascertaining income, profit, and loss; and (2) carryback net operating losses arising from such deductions to each of the ten taxable years preceding the loss year. Defines "qualified asbestos product liability" as any estimated uninsured liability which arises out of: (1) injury or death to any individual caused by the inhalation or ingestion of dust from any asbestos product which was manufactured by the taxpayer for use in the construction or repair of ships for the United States Navy or other agencies where such products met the specifications of the Federal Government; or (2) the removal or encapsulation of any asbestos-containing product which was manufactured by the taxpayer and installed in a building or other structure. Requires any taxpayer who makes such an election to establish an asbestos liability trust. Sets forth standards and procedures for the creation and administration of such a trust. Requires the taxpayer to transfer to such a trust an amount equal to the net reduction in tax of the taxpayer for any taxable year in which there is an asbestos product liability loss. Requires that any amounts in such a trust shall be used only to satisfy qualified asbestos products liabilities of the taxpayer establishing such a trust. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2902 99 s 2902 A bill entitled the "Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1986". Public Lands and Natural Resources 1986-10-01 1986-10-01 Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Senate Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] WY R W000092 9 Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to require the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to promulgate regulations relating to the exchange of land or land interests, including the timing of appraisals and the submission of appraisals in disagreement to binding arbitration. Requires regulations governing appraisals to reflect nationally recognized appraisal standards and the differences between acquisition appraisals and transfer appraisals. Permits each Secretary to exchange land or interests of approximately equal value if to do so would be in the public interest and expedite the exchange. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1997 for land exchange activities. States that lands acquired through exchange shall be given the same status as the Federal lands exchanged for such lands. States that the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act shall remain unaffected by this Act. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
99-s-2903 99 s 2903 Wheat Marketing Act of 1986 Agriculture and Food 1986-10-01 1986-10-08 Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. Senate Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE] NE D Z000013 2 Wheat Marketing Act of 1986 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, effective for the 1988 through 1990 wheat crops, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (who, currently, is merely authorized) to proclaim national marketing quotas for wheat by June 1, 1987 (currently June 15, 1986). Requires the Secretary to conduct a referendum of wheat producers by August 1, 1987 (currently August 1, 1986). Limits eligibility to producers with at least a 40-acre base. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, effective for the 1986 through 1990 wheat crops, to set loans and purchases at the higher of 70 percent of parity or $4.65 per bushel. 2025-08-29T16:30:02Z  
99-s-2904 99 s 2904 Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1986 Commerce 1986-10-01 1986-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] MD R M000241 0 Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1986 - Amends the copyright law to implement the Berne Convention, the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works signed at Berne on September 9, 1886. Extends copyright protection to architectural works in conformance with such Convention. Extends comparable copyright protection to protectable works of nationals of Berne Union members. Removes the requirement of registration as a prerequisite to instituting an action for copyright infringement. Eliminates copyright notice provisions. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-29T16:29:33Z  
99-s-2905 99 s 2905 Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act of 1986 Environmental Protection 1986-10-01 1986-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] OR R H000343 3 Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act of 1986 - Declares public policy with respect to promoting national population stabilization and encouraging other nations to achieve population stabilization to balance population, resources, and environmental quality. Requires that Federal policies, regulations, and public laws be interpreted and administered in accordance with this Act. Directs Federal agencies to use reliable demographic, natural resource, and environmental information in planning and decisionmaking and to assist State and local governments in efforts to balance population, resources, and environmental quality. Requires the President, within three years of enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on: (1) the current and foreseeable trends in national and global population size and age structure; (2) an evaluation of the adequacy of available natural resources to fulfill population requirements; (3) an evaluation of the short-term and long-term impact that such trends will have on the economy and national security of the United States; (4) a review of the effects of Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, programs, and activities on the attainment of national and global population stabilization; and (5) recommendations for legislative actions as considered necessary. 2025-08-29T16:31:05Z  
99-s-2892 99 s 2892 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979. Social Welfare 1986-09-30 1986-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 so that they are equal to the benefit levels of individuals who became eligible for benefits before 1979. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2893 99 s 2893 A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to change the position of the Director of the Census Bureau to level IV from level V in the Executive Schedule. Government Operations and Politics 1986-09-30 1986-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] MS R C000567 0 Upgrades the position classification of the Director of the Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, from level V to level IV in the Executive Schedule. 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z  
99-s-2894 99 s 2894 A bill to ratify the agreement between the State of Idaho and the Idaho Power Company dated October 25, 1984. Water Resources Development 1986-09-30 1986-09-30 Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power. Senate Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] ID R S001138 1 Ratifies an agreement between the State of Idaho and the Idaho Power Company dated October 25, 1984, regarding electric utility water rights in the Snake River Basin. Deems such agreement to be in accordance with the requirements for issuance of a license under the Federal Power Act. Declares that Federal or Indian reserved water rights in the Snake River Basin are not affected by this Act. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
99-s-2895 99 s 2895 A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to review certain antidumping agreements with Canadian producers of potassium chloride. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1986-09-30 1986-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 1 Requires the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to review all agreements entered into by any producer of potassium chloride in Canada under the Antidumping Act, 1921. Requires the Secretary to determine, within 120 days of enactment of this Act, whether any such producer has, at any time during the most recent 12 month period, sold potassium chloride at less than its foreign market value. Requires the Secretary to impose an antidumping duty on imports of potassium chloride from such producers if the Secretary determines that sales at less than foreign market value have taken place. Requires the Secretary to: (1) initiate antidumping investigations with respect to potassium chloride produced by other producers; and (2) provide notice of such investigations to the International Trade Commission. Provides for suspension or termination of such reviews, investigations, and orders. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2896 99 s 2896 Native American Gifted and Talented Educational Assistance Act of 1985 Education 1986-09-30 1986-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 3 Native American Gifted and Talented Educational Assistance Act of 1985 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, junior or community colleges, including tribally controlled community colleges, and/or Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, for demonstration projects designed to address the special needs of talented and gifted elementary and secondary students who are Indian and Hawaiian. Requires applications for such contracts to contain comments of each local educational agency which has students enrolled in such agency schools and who will participate in the project for which assistance is sought. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986. Makes available out of such appropriations $4,000,000 for grants benefiting talented and gifted elementary and secondary school Indian students, and $1,000,000 for talented and gifted elementary and secondary school Native Hawaiian students. 2025-08-29T16:29:32Z  
99-s-2897 99 s 2897 A bill to permit the State of New York to modify its agreement under section 218 of the Social Security Act to provide social security coverage for certain additional employees of Monroe County. Social Welfare 1986-09-30 1986-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] NY R D000018 0 Permits New York to modify its agreement entered into under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act for the provision of OASDI coverage to State and local employees so as to provide such coverage to certain additional employees of Monroe County, New York. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2898 99 s 2898 Atomic Veterans Relief Act of 1986 Armed Forces and National Security 1986-09-30 1986-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 1 Atomic Veterans Relief Act of 1986 - Amends Federal law relating to veterans' wartime disability to provide disability compensation to veterans who participated in atomic tests or the occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki after World War II and who suffer from illnesses or diseases related to ionizing radiation, including leukemia and various forms of cancer. Makes identical changes under veterans' peacetime disability provisions. Authorizes the above-described veterans to bring suit against the United States for property damage, injury, or death related to the atomic weapons testing program. Outlines administrative provisions concerning such civil actions. Prohibits any plaintiff's attorney from receiving in excess of 25 percent of the judgment awarded as attorney's fees, providing civil and criminal penalties for the violation of such prohibition. Extends the statute of limitations for such actions to one year after the enactment of this Act. Empowers the appropriate district court with exclusive jurisdiction to hear such cases. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 to bring into conformity with this Act a provision relating to contractor liability arising out of atomic weapons testing programs. 2025-08-29T16:33:27Z  
99-s-2889 99 s 2889 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as a State for purposes of such title. Armed Forces and National Security 1986-09-29 1986-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 0 Amends certain provisions of Federal law relating to veterans (including provisions for veterans' benefits, Veterans Administration regional offices, and veterans assistance offices) to provide for the applicability of such provisions to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z  
99-s-2890 99 s 2890 An Act to designate the United States Courthouse for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, Virginia, as the "Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse". Government Operations and Politics 1986-09-29 1986-10-17 Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill. Senate Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA] VA R T000367 0 (Measure passed House, amended) Designates the United States Courthouse for the Eastern District of Virginia on South Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia, as the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to revise regulations concerning special bus services for the handicapped to make individuals with physical and nonphysical handicaps eligible for such services. Amends the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to authorize the Administrator of General Services to issue obligations to finance the acquisition and construction of public buildings. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe terms and conditions and to determine the interest rate for such loans. Prohibits the authorization of appropriations for loans for which a prospectus is required unless such acquisition or construction has been approved by certain congressional committees. 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z  
99-s-2891 99 s 2891 Global Climate Protection Act of 1986 Environmental Protection 1986-09-29 1986-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] DE D B000444 2 Global Climate Protection Act of 1986 - Directs the President to establish a Task Force on the Global Climate to research, develop, and implement a coordinated national strategy on global climate. Requires such Task Force to transmit a United States Strategy on the Global Climate to the President within a year. Requires the President to then report to specified members of Congress on such report. Directs the President to appoint an ambassador at large to coordinate Federal efforts in multilateral activities relating to global warming. Directs the Secretary of State to promote the early designation of an International Year of Global Climate Protection. Urges the President to give climate protection high priority on the agenda of U.S.-Soviet relations. 2025-08-29T16:29:36Z  
99-s-2888 99 s 2888 A bill to temporarily delay the repeal of the United States Trustee System. Finance and Financial Sector 1986-09-28 1986-09-30 Became Public Law No: 99-429. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 0 Delays the repeal of the United States Trustee System from September 30, 1986, to November 10, 1986. 2023-01-19T20:05:24Z  
99-s-2884 99 s 2884 A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, to require that wages based on individual productivity be paid to handicapped workers employed under certificates issued by the Secretary of Labor. Labor and Employment 1986-09-27 1986-10-16 Became Public Law No: 99-486. Senate Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] OH D M000678 13 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. Requires employers to assure that they will periodically review and adjust such wages in a specified manner. Sets forth procedures for administrative review of such wages. 2023-01-19T20:05:24Z  
99-s-2885 99 s 2885 An original bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain Veterans' Administration benefits, which are paid based on the service-connected disability or death of a veteran, to be paid in accordance with laws administered by the Veterans' Administration and to provide for certain Veterans' Administration insurance policy loans to be made and revolving funds to be administered in accordance with such laws, and to provide for Veterans' Administration home loan guaranty reports under certain circumstances, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 1986-09-27 1986-09-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1004. Senate Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] AK R M001085 0 Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to require the following veterans' benefits to be provided, unless specifically excepted by law, in accordance with laws administered by the Veterans Administration (VA) and without regard to any law providing for the cancellation of authority to make such payments: (1) burial benefits; (2) specially adapted housing and mortgage protection life insurance; (3) rehabilitation services and assistance; (4) adapted automobiles and adaptive automobile equipment; (5) veterans' insurance policy loans; (6) payments from the special therapeutic and rehabilitation activities fund; and (7) payments from the canteen services revolving fund. Excludes certain veterans' benefits (death benefits for service-connected disability, and specially-adapted housing, automobiles, and other adaptive equipment) from inclusion in the computation of reductions in any budget accounts required by any law providing for the cancellation of authority to make such payments. Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, during any fiscal year in which the President issues a sequestration order limiting the total amount of VA home loan guaranty commitments allowed during that year, to submit to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees monthly reports on the VA's home loan guaranty program commitment activity to date and estimates of commitment activity for the remainder of that fiscal year. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z  
99-s-2886 99 s 2886 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose a fee on the importation of crude oil or refined petroleum products. Taxation 1986-09-27 1986-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] OK R N000102 1 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an import fee on: (1) the first sale within the United States of any crude oil or any refined petroleum product imported into the United States; and (2) the use within the United States of any crude oil or any refined petroleum product imported into the United States if no such tax has been imposed prior to such use. Exempts from such tax crude oil or refined petroleum products purchased for export. Sets the rate of such tax for crude oil as the difference between $20 per barrel and the average world price of crude oil per barrel. Sets the rate of such tax for refined petroleum products as $3 plus the crude oil tax. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  
99-s-2887 99 s 2887 Paperwork Reduction Act Amendments of 1986 Government Operations and Politics 1986-09-27 1986-10-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1073. Senate Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] DE R R000460 4 Paperwork Reduction Act Amendments of 1986 - Revises current provisions regarding the management of Federal information resources and the coordination of Federal information policy. Provides for the presidential nomination and Senate confirmation of the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Expands the authority of the Director to include statistical policy and coordination duties, and the appointment of a chief statistician. Requires each agency to carry out the responsibilities under this Act for implementing agency information management functions. Revises information to be included in Federal Register notices regarding public information collection activities. Requires the Federal Information Locator System to be designed to assist agencies and the public in locating existing Government information derived from information collection requests. Requires the annual report of the Office of Federal Management to address agency information management initiatives and statistical policy and coordination functions. Requires the Director to submit a report to the Congress, at the time the President submits the budget for FY 1988, on funds requested for information resources management. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for FY 1987 through 1990. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to establish the Information Technology Fund, consisting of the capital and assets of the Federal telecommunications fund and of the automatic data processing fund, and certain supplies and equipment transferred to the Administrator of General Services. Sets forth the authority of the Administrator under the Fund. Authorizes the Director of OMB to hire employees as necessary to enable the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to carry out its functions under this Act. 2025-08-29T16:32:58Z  
99-s-2881 99 s 2881 A bill to terminate United States assistance to any country importing goods, services, or products from Cuba unless certain conditions are met. International Affairs 1986-09-26 1986-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL] FL R H000374 1 Prohibits the United States from providing any assistance (including loans) in a fiscal year to a country that: (1) during the preceding fiscal year imported goods, services, or products from Cuba; or (2) failed to notify the Secretary of State that during such fiscal year such country did not import any such goods, services, or products. Provides that U.S. loans to any country shall include a requirement that the loan becomes due and payable upon importation into such country of Cuban goods, services, or products. Requires the Secretary of State to certify to the Congress any information about the importation of Cuban goods, services, or products by a country that receives U.S. aid. Excludes international narcotics control assistance, disaster relief assistance, food or medical assistance, or refugee assistance from the definition of U.S. assistance for purposes of this Act. Terminates the provisions of this Act upon the return to Cuba of all undocumented Cubans who: (1) entered the United States from Mariel, Cuba, on or after April 20, 1980; and (2) are excludable or deportable under U.S. immigration laws. 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z  
99-s-2882 99 s 2882 A bill to amend the National Housing Act to provide for the eligibility of certain property for single family mortgage insurance. Housing and Community Development 1986-09-26 1986-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. Senate Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] NY R D000018 0 Amends the National Housing Act to permit the Federal Housing Administration to provide single family mortgage insurance on certain leased land within the Allegany Reservation of the Seneca Nation of New York Indians. 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z  
99-s-2883 99 s 2883 Natural Gas Consumer Protection Act of 1986 Energy 1986-09-26 1986-09-26 Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. Senate Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] NE D E000284 2 Natural Gas Consumer Protection Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from implementing provisions of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 451 (which would raise the just-and-reasonable price which natural gas producers can charge for old gas). 2025-08-29T16:29:59Z  
99-s-2876 99 s 2876 A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to provide for special pay for phychologists in the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service. Government Operations and Politics 1986-09-25 1986-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 0 Amends Federal law to provide for special pay for psychologists in the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service Corps. Sets forth the rate of such special pay. 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z  
99-s-2877 99 s 2877 A bill to amend section 312(c) of the Federal Aviation Act to 1958, relating to research and development, to require the Secretary of Transportation to assure the development of a collision avoidance system for use on all civil and military aircraft of the United States in the interest of air safety. Transportation and Public Works 1986-09-25 1986-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] CA D C000877 0 Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate standards for an airborne collision avoidance system for all U.S. civil and military aircraft within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth guidelines for such standards. 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z  
99-s-2878 99 s 2878 Anti Drug Abuse Act of 1986 Crime and Law Enforcement 1986-09-25 1986-10-17 H.R. 5484 passed in Senate relating to this measure. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 29 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 - Title I: Anti-Drug Enforcement - Subtitle A: Drug Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Drug Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise and increase the criminal penalties for violations of such Act. Subtitle B: Drug Possession Penalty Act of 1986 - Drug Possession Penalty Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a scale of minimum penalties for first and subsequent possession offenses. Subtitle C: Juvenile Drug Trafficking Act of 1986 - Juvenile Drug Trafficking Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish penalties for any person at least 21 years of age who employs anyone under 21 in controlled substance trafficking. Establishes penalties for manufacturing a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a college. Subtitle D: Assets Forfeiture Amendments Act of 1986 - Asset Forfeiture Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends Federal law with respect to the forfeiture of assets involved in unlawful controlled substance activities. Subtitle E: Controlled Substance Analogs' Enforcement Act of 1986 - Controlled Substance Analogs' Enforcement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish penalties for the manufacture or possession with intent to distribute or the distribution of a controlled substance analog (designer drug) all or part of which is intended for human consumption. Makes unlawful simple possession of such an analog if it is knowing or intentional. Subtitle F: Continuing Drug Enterprise Act of 1986 - Continuing Drug Enterprises Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to set forth a minimum life sentence and multimillion dollar fines for individuals or organizations who engage in continuing criminal drug enterprises. Subtitle G: Contolled Substances Import and Export Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Controlled Substances Import and Export Penalties Enhancement Act of 1986 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase the basic penalty for violati… 2025-08-29T16:32:10Z  
99-s-2879 99 s 2879 Permanent Housing for Homeless Families Act of 1986 Social Welfare 1986-09-25 1986-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 0 Permanent Housing for Homeless Families Act of 1986 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the construction and rehabilitation of permanent housing for rental to AFDC recipients who would otherwise require AFDC emergency assistance in the form of temporary housing. Requires that such grants be used to provide permanent housing which is: (1) owned by the State, an instrumentality of the State, or a nonprofit organization; (2) available to families who have been unable to find decent nontemporary housing at rents that can be paid with AFDC aid for shelter; and (3) located in jurisdictions experiencing a critical shortage of such housing. Requires that: (1) the costs of providing permanent housing be lower than costs which would be incurred if, instead, the State made AFDC emergency assistance payments providing temporary housing; and (2) the most costly temporary housing be retired from use in the emergency assistance program as permanent housing becomes available for occupancy, unless temporary housing is demonstrably needed. Sets the State contribution to the cost of constructing or rehabilitating such housing at at least the current State AFDC share increased by ten percent. 2025-08-29T16:29:20Z  
99-s-2880 99 s 2880 A bill to provide a temporary extension of the interstate transfer deadline for H-3. Transportation and Public Works 1986-09-25 1986-10-07 Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 264 - 147 (Record Vote No: 435). Senate Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D I000025 1 (Reported to House from the Committee on Public Works and Transportation with amendment, H. Rept. 99-950) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve the withdrawal of any route which on the date of enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 was under judicial injunction prohibiting its construction, until ten days after the final legislative day of the 99th Congress. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (the Administrator) to make grants to the Metropolitan District Commission, Massachusetts, for an emergency improvement project at the Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant in Boston, Massachusetts. Limits the Federal share of such project to 75 percent of improvement costs. Authorizes appropriations for such project for FY 1987 through FY 1989. Directs the Administrator to make grants to the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority for a water quality improvement and waste water treatment program for Boston Harbor and adjacent waters. Limits the Federal share of such program costs to 75 percent of construction costs. Authorizes appropriation for FY 1987 through FY 1991 in addition to, but not in lieu of, other appropriations under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to preclude any person except an eligible authority from applying for a permit to either dump, or transport for the purpose of dumping, any municipal sludge within the New York Bight Apex ocean waters. Prohibits the Administrator from issuing or renewing any permit which authorizes: (1) the dumping (or transportation for purposes of dumping) municipal sludge within the Apex after the earlier of December 15, 1987, or a day determined by the Administrator to be the first day on which such sludge can reasonably be dumped at a site other than within the Apex; or (2) any person other than an elibile authority to dump, or transport for dumping, municipal sludge within the "106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site." 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z  
99-s-2863 99 s 2863 A bill to prohibit damage to religious property; injury to persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs. Crime and Law Enforcement 1986-09-24 1986-10-02 Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Establishes criminal penalties for damaging or destroying religious property or interfering with any person's free exercise of religious beliefs. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
99-s-2864 99 s 2864 Department of Labor Executive Level Conforming Amendments of 1986 Government Operations and Politics 1986-09-24 1986-11-06 Became Public Law No: 99-619. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 0 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Department of Labor Executive Level Conforming Amendments of 1986 - Provides that the position of Under Secretary of Labor shall be replaced by that of Deputy Secretary of Labor. Provides for ten Assistant Secretaries of Labor, one of whom shall be the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training (replacing the position of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment). 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
99-s-2865 99 s 2865 A bill to amend Public Law 94-423, relating to the Oroville-Tonasket Unit, Chief Joseph Dam Project, to ensure that the design flaws in the system are corrected, and for other purposes. Water Resources Development 1986-09-24 1986-09-24 Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power. Senate Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] WA R G000333 1 Amends the Reclamation Authorizations Act of 1976 to increase authorized appropriations for the construction of the Oroville-Tonasket Unit, Chief Joseph Dam Project, Washington. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
99-s-2866 99 s 2866 A bill to rename the VA Medical Center at University Drive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the "Commando Charles E. Kelly VA Medical Center." Armed Forces and National Security 1986-09-24 1986-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Designates a specified Veterans Administration Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the Commando Charles E. Kelly Veterans' Administration Medical Center. 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z  
99-s-2867 99 s 2867 A bill to amend chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, to impose criminal penalties for damage to religious property and for injury to persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs. Crime and Law Enforcement 1986-09-24 1986-10-02 Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Senate Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] OH D M000678 0 Establishes criminal penalties for damaging or destroying religious property or interfering with any person's free exercise of religious beliefs. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
99-s-2868 99 s 2868 Indian Self-Determination Amendments of 1986 Native Americans 1986-09-24 1986-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 1 Indian Self-Determination Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 to make a tribal organization, in cases where the Indian Health Service has no direct care facilities and the Indian tribes are served by such tribal organization, eligible to receive a contract for the performance of services provided the tribal organization has the approval of each tribe it proposes to serve. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon the request of an Indian tribe, to enter into construction contracts with tribal organizations for the benefit of such tribes. Extends the Secretary's authority to enter into such contracts with such tribal organizations to administer education program functions even when such functions (including construction programs) are the subject of appropriations made to other agencies and regardless of the office within which they are performed in the Department of the Interior. Extends the Secretary of Health and Human Services' authority to enter into contracts with Indian tribal organizations to implement hospital and health facility functions even when such functions are the subject of appropriations made to other agencies or regardless of the office within which they are performed in the Department of Health and Human Services. Requires a tribal organization which has entered into such contracts with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be treated as an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services for purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act with respect to a tort arising out of the performance of such contracts. Extends the eligibility period with respect to the retention of specified Federal benefits by employees who leave Federal employment to be employed by a tribal organization. Provides, upon the request of a tribe, for the waiver of Federal contracting laws with respect to contracts entered into under this Act, unless declined under specified criteria. Allows the appropriate Secretary to transfer title to personal prop… 2025-08-29T16:32:35Z  
99-s-2869 99 s 2869 Save the Family Farm Act Agriculture and Food 1986-09-24 1986-10-06 Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 4 Save the Family Farm Act - Title I: Agricultural Commodity Supply Management - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to implement an agricultural commodity supply management program for the 1988 through 2000 crops of wheat, feed grains, and soybeans, including an emergency program for the 1987 crops. Title II: Milk Marketing Control - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for suspension of the current milk price support program and implementation of an alternative program under which the percentage of the parity price of milk shall escalate by increments from 71 percent to 80 percent during the calendar years 1988 through 1997, and remain at 80 percent through 2000. Title III: Agricultural Exports and Imports - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to direct the President to enter into multilateral agreements with other food exporting nations in order to fulfill the food aid requirements of needy nations. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to examine and report to the President about any imported articles that interfere with any program or operation undertaken by the Department of Agriculture. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require processed agricultural products to label any imported ingredients and their countries of origin. Title IV: Food Assistance - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for increased food assistance benefits. Title V: Farm Debt Restructuring - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make farmer debt restructuring loans to any qualifying State under a specified program. Prohibits debt restructuring aid to borrowers who produce commodities on erodible land or on converted wetlands. 2025-08-29T16:33:19Z  
99-s-2870 99 s 2870 A bill entitled the "Steamtown Historic Designation Act". Public Lands and Natural Resources 1986-09-24 1986-09-24 Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 1 Designates the property known as Steamtown in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the Steamtown National Historic Site. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer such Site through cooperative and grant agreements with the owners. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance in maintaining such Site. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
99-s-2871 99 s 2871 A bill to designate certain segments of the Maurice, the Manatico, and the Manumuskin Rivers in New Jersey as study rivers for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1986-09-24 1986-09-24 Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Senate Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] NJ D B001225 1 Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Maurice, Manantico, and Manumuskin Rivers, New Jersey, for study for possible inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
99-s-2872 99 s 2872 Pesticide Price Competition Act Environmental Protection 1986-09-24 1986-10-06 Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Agriculture Department, Environmental Protection Agency. Senate Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] KS R K000017 2 Pesticide Price Competition Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit applicants to file abbreviated applications for registration of pesticides and new uses of pesticides if the pesticide is identical or substantially similar chemically to a previously registered pesticide, and if labeling requirements and other conditions are met. 2025-08-29T16:31:02Z  
99-s-2873 99 s 2873 Pediatric Pulmonary Research Act of 1986 Health 1986-09-24 1986-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 0 Pediatric Pulmonary Research Act of 1986 - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to establish a grant program to fund research, training, and patient services in pediatric pulmonary medicine. Requires the Director to establish criteria for the selection of grant recipients. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. 2025-08-29T16:30:46Z  
99-s-2874 99 s 2874 Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986 Agriculture and Food 1986-09-24 1986-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 0 Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to state that: (1) it is U.S. policy to provide quality grain to domestic and foreign buyers; (2) the primary objective of the Official United States Standards for Grain is to certify grain quality as accurately as possible; and (3) U.S. grain standards shall provide the framework necessary for the markets to establish quality improvement incentives. Prohibits, as of May 1, 1987, the recombination of dockage or foreign material (including dust) with any grain marketed in or exported from the United States. Stipulates that such prohibitions shall not be construed to bar: (1) the treatment of grain to destroy or prevent injurious fungi and insects; (2) any marketing of dockage or foreign material removed from grain which is marketed separately and uncombined with whole grain, or as part of a processed food for livestock, poultry, or fish; (3) the blending of similar grains to adjust mixture quality; (4) the recombination of broken corn or kernels with grain of the same type; (5) effective for the period ending December 31, 1987, the recombination of dockage or foreign material removed at an export loading facility from grain to be shipped as a cargo under one export inspection certificate; (6) the addition of identification material; and (7) any other addition determined by the Secretary of Agriculture as ensuring U.S. export grain quality. Authorizes the Secretary, effective through December 31, 1987, to exempt from such prohibitions the last handling of grain in a final domestic sale and shipment when in the public interest. Directs the Secretary, subject to appropriation of funds, to compensate a producer, grain merchant, grain processor, or grain exporter for loss of value of inventory grain if the person can show that such loss resulted from a grain classification change. States that compensation shall be paid only on the inventory held on the effective date of the classification change. Directs the Administrator of the Fe… 2025-08-29T16:32:44Z  
99-s-2875 99 s 2875 Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1986 Health 1986-09-24 1986-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] HI D M000250 9 Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit only the U.S. manufacturer of a drug to reimport such drug into the United States. Prohibits the sale of prescription drug samples. Permits the distribution of samples only to practitioners licensed to prescribe such drugs. Requires such practitioners to return a receipt for such drug samples to the manufacturers to be kept and made available to Federal and State officials. Requires drug wholesalers to provide drug purchasers with a statement identifying the manufacturer and each sale of the drug. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue licensing standards for drug wholesalers. 2025-08-29T16:33:46Z  
99-s-2849 99 s 2849 Drug-Free America Act of 1986 Crime and Law Enforcement 1986-09-23 1986-09-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 3 Drug-Free America Act of 1986 - Title I: Drug-Free Federal Workplace Act of 1986 - Drug-Free Federal Workplace Act of 1986 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act to exclude from the definition of a "handicapped individual" covered by such Act: (1) any individual who uses or is addicted to illegal drugs; and (2) any alcoholic whose current use of alcohol prevents him or her from performing the duties of the job in question or whose employment, by reason of such current alcohol abuse, would constitute a direct threat to property or the safety of others. Amends the Civil Service Reform Act to declare that nothing in such Act shall be construed to permit or require the employment of an applicant or employee who use controlled substances. Title II: Drug-Free Schools Act of 1986 - Drug-Free Schools Act of 1986 (The Zero-Tolerance Act) - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out national programs either directly or through State or local educational agencies, which are designed to achieve and maintain a drug-free environment conducive to learning in elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations. Declares that it shall not be unlawful under Federal statute or regulation for any educational institution: (1) to make refraining from illegal drug use a condition of admission or continued enrollment; or (2) to require and conduct drug testing of students or applicants for admission to determine if they use illegal drugs. Title III: Substance Abuse Services Amendments of 1986 - Substance Abuse Services Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization for the substance abuse services block grant program through FY 1992. Title IV: Drug Interdiction and International Cooperation Act of 1986 - Subtitle A: International Forfeiture Enabling Act of 1986 - International Forfeiture Enabling Act of 1986 - Declares subject to forfeiture to the United States any property within the jurisdiction of the United States relating to an unlawful drug activity committed within the jurisdicti… 2025-08-29T16:30:50Z  
99-s-2850 99 s 2850 Drug Enforcement Act of 1986 Crime and Law Enforcement 1986-09-23 1986-09-24 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 983. Senate Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] KS R D000401 27 Drug Enforcement Act of 1986 - Title I: White House Initiative Against Drugs - Subtitle A: Drug-Free Federal Workplace Act of 1986 - Drug-Free Federal Workplace Act of 1986 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide that any individual who is otherwise handicapped shall not be excluded from the protections of such Act because that individual uses illegal drugs. Permits certain personnel actions based on an employee's, or applicant's, use of controlled substances. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a Government-wide education program designed to provide information to federal employees with respect to: (1) the health hazards associated with alcohol and drug abuse; (2) the symptoms of alcohol and drug abuse; (3) the availability of prevention, treatment, or rehabilitation services relating to alcohol and drug abuse; and (4) penalties for alcohol and drug use by Federal employees. Subtitle B: Drug-Free Schools Act of 1986 - Drug-Free Schools Act of 1986 (the Zero-Tolerance Act) - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 for: (1) allotments to States for drug and alcohol abuse prevention and education activities directed toward students in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools; (2) grants to local governments and other public and nonprofit private entities for drug and alcohol prevention, intervention, rehabilitation, education, and training programs; (3) the development and distribution of education materials; (4) education and primary prevention programs for high risk youth; (5) the procurement and development of curricula; and (6) activities to increase drug and alcohol abuse education and prevention efforts targeted at children in kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Specifies the method of distributing such funds. Sets forth the State application requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out national programs designed to achieve a drug-free learning environment in elementary and secondary schools. States that … 2025-08-29T16:30:15Z  
99-s-2851 99 s 2851 Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1986 Agriculture and Food 1986-09-23 1986-10-06 Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Production. Senate Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] NC R H000463 0 Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to terminate the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's direct insurance sales authority (while retaining its corporate structure) as of September 30, 1991. Sets forth a premium subsidy reduction schedule. Repeals Corporation authority to borrow Commodity Credit Corporation funds to meet indemnification needs. Requires the Board of Directors of the Corporation to encourage the sale of insurance through private insurance brokers. 2025-08-29T16:29:49Z  
99-s-2852 99 s 2852 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to release restrictions on the use of certain property conveyed to the Peninsula Airport Commission, Virginia, for airport purposes. Transportation and Public Works 1986-09-23 1986-11-06 Became Public Law No: 99-618. Senate Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA] VA R T000367 0 (Measure passed Senate, amended) Delineates the conditions under which the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to grant releases from any restriction contained in a deed whereby the United States conveyed certain property in Newport News and York County, Virginia, to the Peninsula Airport Commission for airport purposes. Restricts such releases to 7.5 acres of real property. Prohibits the Commission from transferring any interest in such property to any person or business concern other than the city of Newport News, Virginia. 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z  
99-s-2853 99 s 2853 Large Electrical Equipment Trade and Access Act of 1986 Foreign Trade and International Finance 1986-09-23 1986-09-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC] NC R B000966 0 Large Electrical Equipment Trade and Access Act of 1986 - Requires the President, within three months of enactment of this Act, to initiate market access negotiations with the government of each foreign country in which large electrical equipment is manufactured. Exempts a country from such negotiation requirement if: (1) the President determines that there is no credible evidence that U.S. manufacturers of large electrical equipment have been denied in that country market opportunities which are substantially equivalent to the market opportunities available in the United States for such equipment from that country; and (2) a sale of one or more kinds of certain large U.S. manufactured electrical equipment was made in such country during the three years preceding enactment of this Act. Defines large electrical equipment as large transformers, generators, and steam turbines. Declares that the goal of such negotiations is the attainment of fully competitive market opportunities for U.S. manufacturers of large electrical equipment. Requires the President to report to the Congress on such negotiations every two years. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that in antidumping actions relating to such electrical equipment the requirement of showing that sales at less than fair market value occurred is satisfied by showing that sales have been made in the United States of foreign manufactured large electrical equipment. Sets forth the method of determining the foreign market value of such equipment. 2025-08-29T16:29:38Z  
99-s-2854 99 s 2854 A bill to authorize the donation of certain non-federal lands to Gettysburg National Military Park and to require a study and report on the final development of the park. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1986-09-23 1986-09-23 Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Senate Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] PA R H000456 0 Directs the Secretary of the Interior to accept specified lands known as the Taney Farm for administration as part of the Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, if such lands are offered without consideration. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year of enactment on a boundary study, with recommendations for such Park's development. Prohibits the acquisition of additional lands until the Congress receives such report. 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z  
99-s-2855 99 s 2855 An original bill to extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950. Armed Forces and National Security 1986-09-23 1986-09-23 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 972. Senate Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] PA R H000456 0 Extends until September 30, 1989, the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations under such Act, and limits the total amount authorized during FY 1987 through 1989. Amends the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 to delay until October 1, 1987, the effective date of certain provisions under such Act which create the position of Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration. 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z  
99-s-2856 99 s 2856 A bill to implement the United States-European Communities Agreement on Citrus and Pasta, and for other purposes. International Affairs 1986-09-23 1986-09-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] PA R H000456 3 Provides for the implementation of the United States-European Communities Agreement on Citrus and Pasta. 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z  

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