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HJRES 738 - 99

A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1987, and for other purposes.

Became Public Law No: 99-591.

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39 Senate agreed to House amendment with amendment Apr 3, 2004

(Senate agreed to House amendment to certain Senate amendment) Title I: (Not Present) - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for programs, projects, or activities provided for in the following Acts as modified and prescribed under this Act: (1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987; (2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987, which includes the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1987, the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1987, the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1987, the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1987, the Child Abuse Victims' Rights Act of 1986, and the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Act; (3) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987, which includes the Defense Acquisition Improvement Act of 1986; (4) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1987; (5) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1987; (6) the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1987; (7) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987, which includes the Steamtown National Historic Site Act of 1986; (8) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1987; and (9) the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1987, which includes the Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1987, the Postal Service Appropriations Act, 1987, the Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1987, the Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987, and the Paperwork Reduction Reauthorization Act of 1986. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for programs, projects, or activities provided for in the conference reports and joint explanatory statements filed in the House of Representatives, with specified exceptions, for: (1) the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987, which includes the Homeless Housing Act of 1986; (2) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987; which includes the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1987, the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1987, and the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1987; (3) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987, which includes the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1987; and (4) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for the following activities which were conducted in FY 1986, at the current rate, with specified exceptions: (1) refugee and entrant assistance activities; (2) activities authorized by the Follow Through Act; and (3) Economic Development Administration activities. Provides that funds and authority provided by this Act shall remain available from October 1, 1986, until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriation Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) September 30, 1987. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to limit the amount of payments a person shall be entitled to receive under programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949 for each of the 1987 through 1990 crops, excluding loans and purchases except as specified, to $250,000. Limits the total amount of loans a person may have outstanding at any time under the annual program established for honey. Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to increase such payment or loan limitations if the Secretary determines that they will: (1) result in a substantial increase in the number or dollar amount of loan forfeitures for a crop; (2) substantially reduce the acreage taken out of production under an acreage reduction program; or (3) cause the market prices for a crop to fall substantially below the effective loan rate. Directs the Secretary to review and report to specified congressional committees on ways to implement payment limitations to better ensure fairness and eliminate fraud and abuse. Provides the Intergency Committee on Cigarette and Little Cigar Fire Safety an additional six months to complete its final technical report and submit policy recommendations to the Congress. Provides for the continuation of coverage under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System for employees engaged in providing food services for the House of Representatives after the food services operations are transferred by contract to a corporation or other person. Prohibits the Coast Guard from using Federal funds to participate in any demonstration project or to implement in any way the extension of the navigation season on the Great Lakes or the St. Lawrence River without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. Directs the Federal Aviation Administration to initiate rulemaking action concerning aircraft transponder requirements. Limits the total revenues available for purposes of the Federal Building Fund. Earmarks certain funds for: (1) the construction of additional projects at specified locations and maximum construction improvement costs; and (2) repairs and alterations, not exceeding specified costs, of specified prospectus projects. Prohibits the appropriation of funds for the procurement of T-46 aircraft in FY 1987. Permits FY 1986 appropriations for such procurement to be used for the competitive fly-off. Requires a three percent cost of living increase in pay rates under the General Schedule and other statutory pay systems effective January 1, 1987. Bases determinations of appropriations to provide for such increase on the assumption that Federal agencies will absorb 50 percent of such increase. Increases the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for subsistence, and basic allowance for quarters of members of the uniformed services by three percent effective January 1, 1987. Condemns Romania's hostility to the exercise of religious, political, and cultural rights. Calls upon Romania to cease such persecution, to halt its destruction of places of worship, and to lift its ban on the production and distribution of religious literature. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President, in shaping our bilateral relations with Romania, should consider whether Romania is: (1) halting its religious and political persecution of citizens and its repression of Hungarians and other ethnic minorities; and (2) fulfilling its commitments to permit the printing of several thousand bibles and to provide for places of worship. Provides that Polish currencies held by the United States and generated by the sale to Poland of surplus U.S. dairy products shall be available for construction and renovation projects in Poland by the Charitable Commission of the Polish Catholic Episcopate for the benefit of handicapped and orphaned children. Authorizes the President, during FY 1987, to waive the requirement that a country or international organization pay all costs incurred by the United States in leasing defense articles to that country or organization if the lease is made in exchange for a lease, on reciprocal terms, of defense articles for the Department of Defense. Requires the President to submit prior notification of such arrangement to specified congressional committees. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to examine the feasibility of unmanned radar units for safety purposes on the I-75 corridor in Kenton County, Kentucky. Requires that assistance be provided to Bolivia in accordance with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, as passed by the Senate. Amends the Social Security Act to establish a State application deadline for Work Incentives (WIN) demonstration projects of June 30, 1987, and to extend the duration of such projects until June 30, 1988. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services, during FY 1987, to accept periodic reimbursement from the Senate and the House of Representatives for equipment purchased with funds from the General Supply Fund. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, in determining the payment rate for emergency compensation under the 1986 crop wheat program, to use the national weighted average market price, per bushel of wheat, received by producers during the first five months of the marketing year. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should review the activities authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and report to specified congressional committees by February 1, 1987, his recommendations for amending the Act or modifying the activities. Amends the District of Columbia Code to require that eight of the nine members of the District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health be health care professionals who are psychiatrists or doctoral level psychologists. Authorizes the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to delay the finalization of the proposed rulemaking concerning the coal mining permit approval process until March 31, 1987. Title II: Omnibus Drug Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1987 - Omnibus Drug Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1987 - Chapter I - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for drug-related programs and activities. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to the: (1) Department of Justice for legal activities, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Prison System, and Office of Justice programs; (2) judiciary for the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial services and for defender services; and (3) United States Information Agency. Chapter II - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for: (1) bilateral economic assistance for activities aimed at increasing awareness of the effects of production and trafficking of illicit narcotics on source and transit countries; and (2) the Department of State for international narcotics control. Chapter III - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to the: (1) Department of the Interior for the National Park Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (2) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Resources and Services Administration. Chapter IV - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to: (1) the Department of Labor for the development of information on drug abuse in the workplace; (2) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; (3) the Department of Education for special programs for drug abuse education and prevention activities; and (4) ACTION for substance abuse prevention and education activities. Chapter V - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to the Department of Transportation for the Coast Guard. Chapter VI - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to the: (1) Department of the Treasury for the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Secret Service; and (2) Executive Office of the President for the White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Control. Chapter VII - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance and for procurement. Title III: School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments - School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1986 - Subtitle A: Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Programs - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to authorize through FY 1989 appropriations for: (1) the childrens' summer food service program; (2) the commodity distribution program; (3) the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); (4) State administrative expenses; and (5) the nutrition education and training (NET) program. Subtitle B: School Lunch and Breakfast Programs - Amends the National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture: (1) by June 1 of each school year (currently, May 15), to estimate the value of agricultural commodities and other foods that will be delivered during that school year to States for the school lunch program; and (2) by July 1 of that school year (currently, June 15), to pay to each State educational agency the difference between such value and the total assistance authorized. Includes whole milk as a school-lunch beverage. Qualifies children participating in the food stamp or aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) programs for free breakfasts and lunches. Prohibits a participating school from entering a contract with a food service company to provide a la carte food service unless the company agrees to offer free, reduced-price, and full-price reimbursable meals to all eligible children. Eliminates provisions excluding private schools with tuitions exceeding $1,500 per child from school lunch and breakfast programs. Provides that a participating school's food facilities and personnel may be used for nonprofit nutrition programs for the elderly. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct pilot projects to evaluate the effects of the Secretary contracting with private organizations to act as a State agency under the national school lunch and breakfast programs for schools which the Secretary reimburses directly. Eliminates the authorization of appropriations for the school lunch and breakfast programs at the Department of Defense overseas dependents schools, except for administrative expenses. Provides for participation in the special milk program of split-session kindergarten programs of nonprofit schools in which children do not have access to the meal service program provided. Directs the Secretary to: (1) increase the annually adjusted payment for each breakfast served under the school breakfast program by three cents to be used to assist States in improving the nutritional value of the breakfasts; (2) provide to partipating schools an equally-valued amount of commodities which have been acquired and which are not likely to be sold; and (3) review and revise the nutrition requirements to improve the nutritional quality of meals served under the breakfast program. Extends the lunch program "offer versus serve" provision to the breakfast program. Permits a child to refuse one breakfast item if such refusal option is permitted by the local school food authority. Eliminates Federal involvement in developing State staffing standards for the administration of the covered nutrition programs. Subtitle C: Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Prohibits participation in the WIC program by any State in which State or local sales taxes are levied on food purchased with WIC funds. Requires the Secretary to report biennially to the Congress on the income and nutritional risk characteristics of program participants and the participation of migrant farmworking families. Revises the requirements of the annual State plan for operation and administration, including an opportunity for public comment. Targets pregnant women and others for the receipt of available benefit information. Requires States to recover overpayments of benefits resulting from an intentional omission or misrepresentation by a recipient if it would be cost-effective to do so. Earmarks WIC funds for the migrant population. Provides for a reduction in program paperwork. Permits administrative funds to be used for technical assistance to improve State administrative systems. Eliminates Federal allocation guidelines for local administrative expenses. Permits rather than requires advance payment of such allocation. Prohibits States from using more than one percent of a current fiscal year's WIC appropriations for a preceding or subsequent year's expenditures. Subtitle D: Other Nutrition Programs - Provides that State actions based on Federal audit determinations do not require State hearings. Requires the Secretary to afford an institution a hearing upon request if a State does not provide one. Decreases the amount that is authorized to be appropriated each fiscal year per State grant for the conduct of nutrition education and information programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) permit an eligible school district to continue to receive cash or letters of credit in lieu of commodities under the school lunch program; and (2) provide cash compensation to an eligible school district for losses sustained as a result of the change in methodology used to conduct the school lunch pilot project study. Directs the Secretary to encourage consumption of donated commodities through processing agreements with private companies. Subtitle E: Technical Corrections - Makes technical and conforming amendments. Subtitle F: Sale of Agricultural Notes and Other Obligations - Directs the Secretary to sell obligations held in the Rural Development Insurance Fund to realize specified proceeds during FY 1987, 1988, and 1989 and to sell such obligations on a nonrecourse basis. Provides that Farm Credit System institutions shall be eligible to purchase such obligations and to service, collect, and dispose of such obligations subject to terms and conditions approved by the Secretary and the Farm Credit Administration. Title IV: (Not Present) Title V: Aviation Safety - Aviation Safety Commission Act of 1986 - Establishes the Aviation Safety Commission. Directs the Commission to: (1) study how the Federal Aviation Administration may most effectively perform its responsibilities and increase aviation safety; (2) report on such study to the President and the Congress within nine months after enactment of this Act; (3) investigate management and employee relationships within the Administration, particularly the air traffic control system; and (4) report on such investigation to the President and the Congress within 18 months after enactment of this Act. Outlines the main considerations for such study and investigation. Terminates the Commission 18 months after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and 1988. Title VI: Metropolitan Washington Airports - Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to enter into a 50-year lease of the Metropolitan Washington Airports (Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport) with the Airports Authority (a public corporation established by this Act solely to operate and improve such airports). States that such authority shall lapse two years after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth lease payments and conditions, including requirements that: (1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports be operated as a unit and as primary airports serving the Metropolitan Washington area; (2) the real property constituting such airports be used only for airport purposes; (3) the Airports Authority (the Authority) be subject to certain requirements of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982; (4) the Authority may not change the number of instrument flight rule takeoffs and landings authorized by the High Density Rule at Washington National Airport; (5) the Authority shall continue all collective bargaining rights of Metropolitan Washington Airports employees; and (6) the Secretary must submit such 50-year lease to the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Airports Authority should: (1) pursue the improvement, construction, and rehabilitation of the facilities at the Metropolitan Washington Airports simultaneously; and (2) complete such improvement, construction, and rehabilitation within five years after the earliest date on which the Airports Authority issues bonds. Requires the Airports Authority to be a public corporate body with powers conferred upon it jointly by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia under specified guidelines which include: (1) operation of Metropolitan Washington Airports for public purposes; (2) independence from Virginia, its local governments, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Government; (3) authority to issue bonds; (4) authority to acquire real and personal property; (5) authority to exercise the power of eminent domain within Virginia; and (6) authority to levy fees and enter into agreements. Sets forth conflict-of-interest provisions for members of the Board of Directors of such authority. Prescribes the membership and terms of the Airport Authority's board of directors, including the appointment of: (1) five members by the Governor of Virginia; (2) three members by the Mayor of the District of Columbia; (3) two members by the Governor of Maryland; and (4) one member by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the board of directors to establish a Board of Review (comprised of members of Congress) to review certain actions of such board of directors for approval or disapproval. Sets forth the membership and terms of such Board of Review. Sets forth guidelines for the protection of Federal employee interests during the five-year period, including: (1) retention of employees; (2) adoption of pre-transfer labor agreements; (3) credit for accrued annual and sick leave and seniority rights; (4) life and health insurance benefits; and (5) retention of pre-transfer retirement benefits. Requires the continuation during the 50-year lease term of all collective bargaining rights enjoyed by transferred employees retained by the Airports Authority. Confers upon the Airports Authority during the 50-year lease the same proprietary powers and restrictions with respect to Federal law as any other airport. Declares that the Metropolitan Washington Airports shall qualify as a "public airport" eligible for Federal assistance on the same basis as any comparable public airport operated by a regional authority. Grants the Commonwealth of Virginia concurrent police power authority over the Metropolitan Washington Airports, and grants the Virginia courts jurisdiction over Washington National Airport. Makes the authority of the National Capital Planning Commission inapplicable to the Airports Authority, but requires the Airports Authority to consult with such Commission and with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation before undertaking actions which would materially alter either the exterior of the Dulles Terminal or the skyline of Washington National Airport. Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (the Administrator) from altering the number of instrument flight rule takeoffs and landings authorized by the High Density Rule at Washington National Airport except for safety reasons. Authorizes the Secretary and the Airports Authority to extend the lease of the Metropolitan Washington Airports. Prohibits nonstop flights between Washington National Airport and any airport that is more than 1,250 statute miles away.

00 Introduced in House Apr 3, 2004

Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for programs, projects, or activities as provided for in the following Acts as passed by the House of Representatives: (1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987; (2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987; (3) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1987; (4) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1987; (5) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987; (6) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987; (7) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1987; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1987 and (10) the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for programs, projects, or activities as provided for in: (1) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987, and the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1987, as such Acts were reported to the House; and (2) the conference report of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for the following activities which were conducted in FY 1986, at the current rate, with specified exceptions: (1) public health activities; (2) refugee and entrant assistance activities; (3) dependent care activities; (4) Head Start programs; (5) certain activities authorized by the Native Americans Programs Act, the Community Services Block Grant Act, the Follow Through Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Higher Education Act, the Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act, the Education Amendments of 1980, the General Education Provisions Act, the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; and the Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments of 1985; (6) Economic Development Administration assistance program; (7) United States Institute of Peace activities; (8) development of planning, research, and facilities for physical acoustics and related matters by the Secretary of Defense; and (9) the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Prohibits the use of any such appropriations or authority for any project or activity for which funds or authority were not available during FY 1986. Provides that funds and authority provided by this Act shall remain available from the start of FY 1987 until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriation Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) the end of FY 1987. Prohibits the use of funds provided under this Act to: (1) issue before June 1, 1987, or implement before October 1, 1987, regulations to modify the formula used in FY 1986 to divide funds among State agencies under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to carry out the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); or (2) accept prepayment in FY 1987 of any rural housing loan, unless such loan was made at least 20 years before the date of prepayment. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer up to a specified amount of surplus agricultural commodities from inventory to complement support provided by the Department of Defense to the Tenth International Pan American Games to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to limit the total of all payments that a person shall be entitled to receive under programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949 and the National Wool Act of 1954 for each of the 1986 and 1987 crops to $250,000. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from denying a person status as a "separate person" for purposes of such Act solely because a family member cosigns for, or makes a loan to, such person and leases, loans, or gives such person equipment, land, or labor, if such family members were organized as separate units before December 31, 1985. Requires a specified amount of the available funds of the Rural Electrification Administration to be made available to the Choctaw Electric Cooperative for electrical and plumbing equipment. Amends the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to revise the definition of a school to which such Acts apply to include private schools with tuitions exceeding $1,500 per child. Provides that any funds authorized and appropriated under the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 in any fiscal year for projects in New York, New York, but obligated as of December 1, 1985, and not disbursed, shall remain available for obligation and expenditure through March 31, 1988, for any authorized project in such city or for any other city project determined to be eligible under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, if the total amount of such funds is not finally determined by October 15, 1986. Authorizes the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to sell real property acquired with proceeds of an Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant and to retain the proceeds of the sale if they are used for purposes approved by EDA. Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to require that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition be appointed from among persons who have an extensive management background in the private sector. Makes the Under Secretary responsible for setting overall policy for, and supervising, all acquisition activities of the Department of Defense. Requires the Defense Contract Audit Agency to supervise audit and oversight functions as it did before the Under Secretary's position was established. Places the Under Secretary on the Armed Forces Policy Council. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe procedures to ensure that contractor audit and oversight activities are not duplicated within the Department. Prohibits any person from: (1) restricting a member of an armed force from communicating with a Member of Congress or an Inspector General, provided the communication is not unlawful and does not violate a domestic security regulation; or (2) taking an unfavorable personnel action or withholding a favorable personnel action as a reprisal against a member of an armed force for making such a communication. Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to investigate and report to the Secretary and the armed forces member involved concerning any allegation by a member that such a reprisal has occurred with respect to a communication evidencing a violation of a law, rule, or regulation, mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a danger to public safety. Provides for the resolution of such an allegation and necessary corrective action by a civilian correction board. Requires the board to refer a prohibited retaliatory personnel action to the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the person who committed the action. Provides for the judicial review of a board's order. Prohibits any Department of Defense contractor from taking a reprisal action against any employee for disclosing to an appropriate Government official information about a defense contract the employee reasonably believes evidences a violation of a law, rule, or regulation, mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a danger to public health or safety. Permits an employee subjected to such a reprisal to file a complaint with the Secretary of Defense. Directs the Secretary: (1) to investigate the complaint; (2) upon determining there is a reasonable likelihood that such a reprisal has occurred, to provide the contractor with an opportunity to show why the Secretary should not order corrective action: (3) if not persuaded by the contractor's presentation, to assess a monetary penalty and order the contractor to eliminate the adverse effect of the reprisal; and (4) to impose penalties, which may include debarment from further contracts, against any contractor who fails to comply with such an order. Provides for judicial review of the Secretary's decision. Prohibits any Department of Defense employee in a pay grade of GS-13 or higher or any armed forces member in a pay grade of 0-4 or higher who, during the two-year period preceding the person's separation from service, participated in a decision-making responsibility in a procurement function with respect to a contract through contact with a contractor, from accepting compensation from such contractor for two years after the person's separation from service. Subjects any person who knowingly receives or provides such compensation in violation of such prohibition to a fine and imprisonment. Permits the Secretary to exempt from such prohibition a person appointed to fill a sensitive civilian procurement executive position, with the concurrence of the Director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). Requires the Secretary to report on any such exemption to specified congressional committees. Requires each defense contract entered into with a contractor in a fiscal year following a fiscal year in which such contractor entered into defense contracts in amounts aggregating $100,000 or more to require the contractor to: (1) agree not to provide such compensation; or (2) pay specified damages if such compensation is provided. Requires such a contractor to report on former employees or armed forces members who received such compensation during the preceding year to the Secretary of Defense who shall refer any possible violations to the Attorney General. Requires the Director of OGE to review and report to the Congress on such reports. Prohibits: (1) the amount of funds represented, on the last day of a fiscal quarter during FY 1987 or 1988, by undefinitized contractual actions entered into by the Secretary of Defense (with respect to the Defense Logistics Agency) or the Secretary of a military department from exceeding ten percent of the amount of funds represented by all contractual actions entered into by the Secretary during such quarter: and (2) if such limit is exceeded, the Secretary from entering into any additional undefinitized contractual actions until the end of the following quarter. Requires each Secretary to report to specified congressional committees at the end of each quarter of FY 1987 and 1988 on the amount of funds represented by contractual actions entered into during such period and the portion of such funds represented by undefinitized contractual actions. Sets forth conditions under which an agency may enter into or modify an undefinitized contractual action. Establishes in the Department of Defense a Defense Acquisition Corps consisting of acquisition-related positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military departments, and the defense agencies. Makes the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition the head of the Corps. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1987, as reported to the House, concerning the availability of funds to overhaul the SSBN 642 or the SSBN 624 and the transfer of funds to the International Trade Administration for export administration activities. Directs the Secretary of Defense: (1) to conduct through the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services and report to specified congressional committees concerning a demonstration project on the treatment of alcoholism designed to compare the use of chemical aversion therapy with other treatments; and (2) pending the results of such project, to provide for coverage for chemical aversion treatment of beneficiaries for alcoholism to the same extent as for any other treatment of beneficiaries relating to alcoholism. Appropriates additional funds for army and navy procurement. Prohibits a State governor from withholding consent for the assignment to active duty outside the United States of any member or unit of the National Guard because of any objection to the location, purpose, type, or schedule of such active duty. Prohibits the use of funds provided by this or any other Act: (1) by the Corps of Engineers to transfer to a non-government entity any parks or recreation resources located at Greers Ferry Lake or Little Red River in Arkansas for which such an arrangement did not exist on or before September 1, 1986, until the Corps has studied the impact of such transfer and such study has been reviewed by specified congressional committees; or (2) for the Northfield Mountain Water Supply Project or the Millers and Tully Rivers Water Supply Project in Massachusetts, except for environmental studies by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Directs the Secretary of the Army to modify the Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama, project to provide a safe channel and general navigation facilities in the vicinity of Jackson, Alabama. Lists certain costs of the Central Valley project, California, which shall not be recovered by the Secretary of the Interior from power contractors. Requires a specified portion of the amounts provided for atomic energy defense activities to be made available for defense waste and byproducts management. Permits the U.S. Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank to subscribe without fiscal limitation to up to a specified amount of the callable capital portion of the U.S. share of an increase in capital stock. Earmarks a specified amount of the funds made available for the Department of Housing and Urban Development for operating expenses of a field office in Springfield, Illinois. Directs the Secretary to reopen such field office and not to terminate operations at such office before September 30, 1987. Provides the Interagency Committee on Cigarette and Little Cigar Fire Safety an additional six months to complete its final technical report and submit policy recommendations to the Congress. Appropriates additional funds to the National Park Service to restore the Roundhouse at Steamtown U.S.A. in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Requires funds appropriated for FY 1987 for impacted area assistance provided under the Indian Education Act to be distributed under the same proof of eligibility requirements as applied in FY 1986. Appropriates additional funds to the Smithsonian Institution for the Duke Ellington Collection. Provides for the continuation of coverage under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System for employees engaged in providing food services for the House of Representatives after the food services operations are transferred by contract to a corporation or other person. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to use a specified amount of funds available for military construction projects at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, to provide assistance to the Douglas School District in Box Elder, South Dakota, to mitigate any adverse impact on district schools resulting from deployment of the B-1 bomber or establishment of the strategic training center at such base. Prohibits the use of Coast Guard resources to extend the navigation season on any of the Great Lakes or the Saint Lawrence River beyond January 15 of any year, unless extension is necessary under emergency circumstances. Directs the Federal Aviation Administration to initiate rulemaking action concerning aircraft transponder requirements. Requires approval by the Secretary of Transportation and completion of the construction of the Interstate Highway H-3 between the Halawa Interchange to, and including, the Halekou Interchange. Permits a rail carrier to acquire a water carrier that operates through the Panama Canal. Requires the Administrator of General Services to lease space for the U.S. Courts in Tacoma, Washington, at the site of Union Station, Tacoma, Washington. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this or any other Act for processing any application for a certificate of label approval for imported distilled spirits, malt beverages, or wine unless each application is accompanied by appropriate documentation. Requires a three percent cost of living increase in pay rates under the General Schedule and other statutory pay systems effective January 1, 1987. Bases determinations of appropriations to provide for such increase on the assumption that Federal agencies will absorb 50 percent of such increase. Increases the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for subsistence, and basic allowance for quarters of members of the uniformed services by three percent effective January 1, 1987. Title II: Omnibus Drug Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1987- Chapter I: Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to the Department of Justice for legal activities, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal prison system, and Office of Justice programs; (2) the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial services; and (3) the United States Information Agency. Chapter II: Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 for: (1) foreign assistance; and (2) the Department of State for international narcotics control. Chapter III: Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to: (1) the Department of the Interior for the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and territorial and international affairs; and (2) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Health Resources and Services Administration. Chapter IV: Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to: (1) HHS for the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; (2) the Advisory Commission on the Comprehensive Education of Intercollegiate Athletes; and (3) the Department of Education for drug abuse education and prevention. Chapter V: Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to the Department of Transportation for the Coast Guard. Chapter VI: Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1987 to: (1) the Treasury Department for the U.S. Customs Service, operation and maintenance of the Air Interdiction Program, the Customs Forfeiture Fund, and payment of a grant to Puerto Rico; and (2) the Executive Office of the President for the White House Conference on Drug Abuse and Control. Reduces each appropriation item of new discretionary budget authority made available in this Act by 34 percent in order to meet the outlay limits established in the congressional budget resolution for FY 1987.

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Timeline

Oct 30, 1986

Signed by President.

Oct 30, 1986

Signed by President.

Oct 30, 1986

Became Public Law No: 99-591.

Oct 30, 1986

Became Public Law No: 99-591.

Oct 29, 1986

Presented to President.

Oct 29, 1986

Presented to President.

Oct 18, 1986

Signed by President.

Oct 18, 1986

Signed by President.

Oct 17, 1986

Resolving differences -- House actions: House Agreed to Senate Amendment to House Amendment to Senate Amendment No.59.

Oct 17, 1986

House Agreed to Senate Amendment to House Amendment to Senate Amendment No.59.

Oct 17, 1986

Resolving differences -- House actions: House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendments 019, 117.

Oct 17, 1986

House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendments 019, 117.

Oct 17, 1986

Motion to concur considered in the Senate.

Oct 17, 1986

Motion to table the House amendment to Senate amendment no. 117 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 63-31. Record Vote No: 351.

Oct 17, 1986

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate receded from its amendment no. 23 by Voice Vote.

Oct 17, 1986

Senate receded from its amendment no. 23 by Voice Vote.

Oct 17, 1986

Motion to table the motion to concur with an amendment (SP3476) rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 29-62. Record Vote No: 354.

Oct 17, 1986

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate concurred in the House amendment to amendment No. 59, with a further amendment (SP 3477) by Voice Vote.

Oct 17, 1986

Senate concurred in the House amendment to amendment No. 59, with a further amendment (SP 3477) by Voice Vote.

Oct 17, 1986

Measure Signed in Senate.

Oct 17, 1986

Presented to President.

Oct 17, 1986

Presented to President.

Oct 16, 1986

Conference papers, Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk.

Oct 16, 1986

Conference report considered in Senate.

Oct 16, 1986

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

Oct 16, 1986

Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

Oct 16, 1986

Amendments in disagreement considered in Senate.

Oct 16, 1986

Motion to table the House amendment to Senate amendment No. 19 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Oct 16, 1986

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to Senate amendment No. 124 by Voice Vote.

Oct 16, 1986

Senate agreed to the House amendment to Senate amendment No. 124 by Voice Vote.

Oct 15, 1986

Resolving differences -- House actions: House Insisted on its Amendments.

Oct 15, 1986

House Insisted on its Amendments.

Oct 15, 1986

Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 235 - 172 (Record Vote No: 472).

Oct 15, 1986

House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 235 - 172 (Record Vote No: 472).

Oct 15, 1986

Resolving differences -- House actions: House Receded and Concurred With an Amendment in Senate Amendments 019, 059, 060, 117, 124.

Oct 15, 1986

House Receded and Concurred With an Amendment in Senate Amendments 019, 059, 060, 117, 124.

Oct 15, 1986

Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Oct 15, 1986

Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Oct 15, 1986

Conference report filed: Conference Report 99-1005 Filed in House.

Oct 15, 1986

Conference Report 99-1005 Filed in House.

Oct 14, 1986

Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Providing for the Consideration of the Conference Report if the Conference Report and Amendments in Disagreement Have Been Available to the Members for One Hour; Waiving All Points of Order Against the Conference Report.

Oct 14, 1986

Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.593 Reported to House.

Oct 10, 1986

Conference committee actions: Conference held.

Oct 10, 1986

Conference held.

Oct 9, 1986

Conference committee actions: Conference held.

Oct 9, 1986

Conference held.

Oct 8, 1986

Conference committee actions: Conference held.

Oct 8, 1986

Conference held.

Oct 7, 1986

Conference committee actions: Conference held.

Oct 7, 1986

Conference held.

Oct 6, 1986

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

Oct 6, 1986

House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

Oct 6, 1986

House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Whitten, Boland, Natcher, Smith (IA), Yates, Obey, Roybal, Bevill, Chappell, Lehman (FL), Dixon, Fazio, Hefner, Conte, McDade, Myers (IN), Miller (OH), Coughlin, Young (FL), Kemp, Regula.

Oct 6, 1986

House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Traxler, McHugh, Akaka, Watkins, Durbin, Smith (NE), Rogers, Skeen, Alexander, Early, Dwyer (NJ), Carr, Mollohan, Michel, Murtha, Dicks, AuCoin, Sabo.

Oct 6, 1986

House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Livingston, Stokes, Hoyer, Green, Wolf, Boggs, Boner, Rudd, Gray (PA), Mrazek, Edwards (OK), Lewis (CA), Porter, Coleman (TX), Lowery (CA), Pursell, Loeffler.

Oct 6, 1986

Conference committee actions: Conference held.

Oct 6, 1986

Conference held.

Oct 3, 1986

Ruling of the Chair sustained by Yea-Nay Vote. 75-23. Record Vote No: 326.

Oct 3, 1986

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 82-13. Record Vote No: 330.

Oct 3, 1986

Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 82-13. Record Vote No: 330.

Oct 3, 1986

Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Hatfield; Stevens; Weicker; McClure; Laxalt; Garn; Cochran; Andrews; Abdnor; Kasten; D'Amato; Mattingly; Rudman; Specter; Domenici; Stennis; Byrd; Proxmire; Inouye; Hollings; Chiles; Johnston; Burdick; Leahy; Sasser; DeConcini; Bumpers; Lautenberg; Harkin.

Oct 2, 1986

Considered by Senate.

Oct 1, 1986

Considered by Senate.

Sep 30, 1986

Considered by Senate.

Sep 29, 1986

By Senator Hatfield from Committee on Appropriations filed written report. Report No. 99-500.

Sep 29, 1986

By Senator Hatfield from Committee on Appropriations filed written report. Report No. 99-500.

Sep 29, 1986

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

Sep 26, 1986

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

Sep 26, 1986

Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.

Sep 26, 1986

Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatfield with amendments. Without written report.

Sep 26, 1986

Committee on Appropriations. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatfield with amendments. Without written report.

Sep 26, 1986

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 999.

Sep 25, 1986

Rule Passed House.

Sep 25, 1986

Called up by House by Rule.

Sep 25, 1986

Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 201 - 200 (Record Vote No: 417).

Sep 25, 1986

Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 201 - 200 (Record Vote No: 417).

Sep 24, 1986

Introduced in House

Sep 24, 1986

Introduced in House

Sep 24, 1986

Committee on Rules Granted a Modified Closed Rule Providing Two Hours of General Debate; Waiving All Points of Order.

Sep 24, 1986

Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.560 Reported to House.

Sep 24, 1986

Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.

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