A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out the activities of the Department of Justice for fiscal year 1986, and for other purposes.
Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1986 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 to the Department of Justice for: (1) general administration; (2) the United States Parole Commission; (3) general legal activities; (4) the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States; (5) the Antitrust Division; (6) United States attorneys; (7) United States marshals; (8) support of U.S. prisoners in non-Federal institutions; (9) fees and expenses of witnesses; (10) the Community Relations Service; (11) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (12) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (13) the Drug Enforcement and Administration (DEA), including activities under the Controlled Substances Act; (14) the Federal Prison System; (15) the United States trustees; and (16) the President's Commission on Organized Crime.
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) travel expenses for family members accompanying officers and employees on temporary duty or during orientation or training; (2) expenses incurred while attending meetings; (3) increases in salary, pay, retirement or other employee benefits; and (4) undercover investigative operations of the FBI or DEA necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States and for the collection of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence. Requires the FBI and the DEA to report annually to the Congress on undercover investigative operations.
Requires notice to specified congressional committees before certain funds are reprogrammed.
Directs the Attorney General to perform periodic evaluations of the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Justice.
Provides funds for Cuban and Haitian entrants.
Requires the Attorney General to report to each House of the Congress within 30 days of determining to contest, refrain from defending, or refrain from enforcing any provision of Federal law.
Prohibits any funds appropriated by this Act from being used to overturn or alter the per se prohibition against resale price maintenance in effect under the Federal antitrust laws.
Prohibits the use of funds to reopen any discrimination litigation that resulted in a decree or judgment requiring distinctions based on class membership or to obtain the entry or modification of a consent decree in any civil action providing for equal rights unless the Attorney General provides for notice and a hearing.
Prohibits the use of funds for the Office of the Attorney General unless the Attorney General directs all Federal agencies and departments to execute all provisions of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984.
Authorizes appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service to provide a special demonstration project at Kennedy International Airport in New York City with regard to the entry of certain aliens into the United States.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 99-113.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 99-113.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 71.
Rule Granted Providing an Open Rule with 1 Hour of Debate.
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.215 Reported to House.
Rule Passed House.
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