A bill requiring the development of hazardous materials emergency response procedures, prohibiting the transportation of hazardous materials in certain obsolete railroad tank cars, and requiring a study of railroad tank car design procedures.
1986-08-15: Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to strengthen the payment limitation provisions with respect to annual farm programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949.
1986-08-18: Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
A bill to name a certain Veterans' Administration extended care center in Queens, New York, as the "Joseph P. Addabbo Veterans' Administration Extended Care Center at St. Albans".
1986-08-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that annuities under chapter 83 or 84 of such title be treated, for Federal income tax purposes, as if the 3-year basis recovery rule had never been repealed; and to require that the Office of Personnel Management conduct a study relating to the consequences which retroactively repealing such rule would have with respect to Federal personnel management, morale within the Federal civilian workforce, and individual retirement planning.
1986-09-30: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
A bill to prohibit the implementation of a rule of the Department of Defense that would establish procedures for determining whether rates charged by vessels of the United States or belonging to the United States are excessive under the Cargo Preference Act of 1904.
1986-09-24: Referred to Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials.
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
1986-10-27: Became Public Law No: 99-570.
Railroad Service Retirement Credit Act of 1985
1986-03-12: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a refundable tax credit for taxpayers who maintain households which include elderly persons who are determined by a physician to be disabled.
1985-04-18: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Electric Utility Tax Reform Act of 1985
1985-07-17: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow members of the Armed Forces to sue the United States for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care.
1986-06-24: Subcommittee on Administrative Practice&Procedure. Hearings held.
A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit in trust funds amounts equal to interest lost to such trust funds through disinvestment by the Secretary during the current fiscal year.
1985-10-28: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Employee Polygraph Protection Act
1986-03-19: Executive Comment Received From Justice.
A bill to amend title 39 of the United States Code to grant local governments the discretion to assign mailing addresses to sites within their jurisdiction.
1986-03-04: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From US Postal Service.
A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to issue a trade regulation rule respecting unfair and deceptive acts and practices by life care homes, and to direct the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study of unfair and deceptive acts and practices engaged in by nursing homes.
1985-04-22: Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
Space Investment Tax Equity Act of 1985
1985-04-23: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for the purchase and installation of locks and other security devices on residences.
1985-02-26: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to prohibit the production of lethal chemical weapons, to encourage the negotiation of an international agreement to stop the production, proliferation, and stockpiling of lethal chemical weapons, and to encourage the improvement of defenses against the effects of the use of lethal chemical weapons on the Armed Forces.
1986-05-20: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State.
A bill to authorize assistance for famine prevention in Africa.
1985-06-28: Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.
Simultaneous Nuclear Test-Ban Act
1986-05-19: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State.
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1985
1985-02-28: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.