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United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1984
States that the Congress strongly disapproves the President's decision to withdraw U.S. recognition of the International Court of Justice with regard to Central America and urges him to reconsider such decision.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1984
Requires members appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission to have backgrounds in and represent the interests of industries involved in: (1) the production or distribution of agricultural products; (2) the production or distribution of natural resource products; (3) the processing or consuming of agricultural products; and (4) the processing or consuming of natural resource products. Requires the next four appointments to the Commission after the date of enactment of this Act to be made in accordance with its provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984
Rural Housing Assistance Act of 1984 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish procedures to ensure that: (1) 40 percent of the dwelling units financed with Federal rural housing assistance are made available only to very low-income families or persons each fiscal year; and (2) the provision of such assistance to other families and persons is not delayed because of such percentage requirement. Repeals a requirement that at least 30 percent of the dwelling units financed with such assistance in each State be made available only to very low-income persons.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the use of chemical and biological weapons pose grave threats and that the United States should: (1) increase its investigations of suspected instances of chemical and biological warfare; (2) encourage the development of antidotes for such weapons, especially for the mycotoxin; (3) urge other nations to investigate suspected instances of such warfare; (4) help U.N. investigators gain access to areas where such warfare is suspected; and (5) negotiate with the Soviet Union and other nations to strengthen existing treaties regarding such warfare by ensuring compliance with such treaties.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business, not earlier than January 1, 1985, and not later than September 1, 1986, to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the Conference. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such conference. Requires a final report of the Conference, within six months from the date such conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
States that the President should: (1) renew the agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union on space cooperation for peaceful purposes; (2) initiate talks with the Soviet Union and other interested governments on opportunities for cooperative East-West space ventures as an alternative to an arms race in space; and (3) submit to the Congress a report detailing the steps taken in pursuance of these goals.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act regarding long-term (in excess of one year) commodity storage contracts to require that: (1) rental rates shall be less than rates charged for one-year agreements; (2) the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) shall not be obligated to pay for unused space it leases to another party; and (3) the CCC can terminate the agreement if the space is no longer needed and the owner can be given reasonable time to rent the space to another party.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Designates the week of May 20 through May 26, 1984, as National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Designates May 25, 1984, as Missing Children Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
States that the United States shall maintain its commitment to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) and not engage in programs which are inconsistent with such treaty. States that the President should not abrogate such treaty without the consent of the Congress, and should seek discussions with the Soviet Union to consider questions of compliance with the ABM Treaty.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Rural Housing Assistance Improvement Act of 1984 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to declare that specified provisions, requiring that a specified percentage of the dwelling units financed with rural housing assistance be available only for very low-income families or persons, shall not prohibit any Farmers Home Administration office from making any rural housing loan in a fiscal year if: (1) such office has satisfied such requirement with respect to assistance previously provided in such fiscal year; or (2) sufficient amounts of the funds available to such office for loans are reserved for loans only to very low-income families or persons so that such requirement would be satisfied if all such reserved amounts were used by the end of such fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Agricultural Producers Antitrust Access Act - Amends the Clayton Act to provide that no person shall be barred from commencing an antitrust action to recover damage resulting from any underpayment received on the sale of cattle, hogs, sheep, grains, or soybeans because such person is not a direct seller to the defendant, provided that such person possessed the livestock or grain for at least 21 days prior to sale. Prohibits such person from recovering any amount of such an underpayment that has been passed on to other persons who are entitled to recover damages themselves.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Requests the President to designate the week of June 24 through June 30, 1984, as National Safety in the Workplace Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to require the Secretary of Agriculture to determine if the Canadian Government provides a subsidy to Canadian swine producers which is greater than U.S. subsidies to U.S. swine producers. Authorizes the Secretary, upon an affirmative finding, to impose additional duties on Canadian swine and pork products. Provides that the Secretary shall impose such an additional duty equal to the excess benefit of the Canadian subsidy that is conferred on such products. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to collect such duties. Requires the Secretary to terminate such additional duties during periods when Canada ceases to provide such subsidy.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of May 27 through June 2, 1984, as National Animal Health Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Urges the President to seek an agreement with the Soviet Union to: (1) declare a verifiable and limited moratorium on the testing in space of antisatellite weapons; and (2) resume negotiations on a verifiable ban on the testing, production, deployment, and use of any antisatellite weapon. Declares that such agreements should not restrict non-weapons operations in space, such as the U.S. space shuttle program.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984
Emergency Petroleum Industries Stability Act of 1984 - Prohibits, for a nine month period: (1) any major energy concern or affiliate from controlling any other major energy concern or any domestic petroleum company; and (2) any domestic petroleum company or affiliate from controlling any major energy concern or affiliate. Exempts from the application of such prohibition parties who are in a failing financial position which would likely lead to insolvency but for such acquisition. Requires the Attorney General to bring an action for relief of any violation of such prohibition. Defines a "major energy concern" as one which: (1) has an interest in one hundred million barrels or more of proved reserves of crude oil, natural gas liquids equivalents, or natural gas equivalents; (2) had an average net production of crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids, and natural gas in the previous year which exceeded 100,000 barrels per day; or (3) is under the control of a foreign person. Defines a "domestic petroleum company" as any person engaged in the production, refinement, or sale of crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids, or natural gas in the United States and which is not a major energy concern. Defines "control" as the power to direct the policies of a person through the ownership of 15 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of a person or the acquisition from a person of assets related to the production, distribution, transportation, or marketing of crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids or natural gas exceeding $2,000,000,000 in fair market value. Requires reports to both Houses of Congress, concerning the effects of such types of mergers, from: (1) the Attorney General, after consultation with the Secretary of Energy; (2) the Secretary of the Treasury; (3) the Secretary of the Interior; (4) the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration; and (5) the Federal Trade Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984
Designates April 13, 1984, the birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement, as Education Day, U.S.A.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1984
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to prohibit any Department of Agriculture officer or employee who acts upon or reviews specified agricultural loan applications secured by land from acquiring any interest in such land for five years.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1984
Amends title II (Old age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that a beneficiary shall be entitled to a prorated benefit for the month in which he or she dies.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 and the National Historic Preservation Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to invest the portions of the land and water conservation fund and of the Historic Preservation Trust Fund not required to meet current withdrawals. Specifies the types of investments which may be made. Provides that no appropriation from either such fund for any fiscal year may exceed the maximum amount to be paid into such fund for such year plus interest accruing to the fund from the preceding year's investments. Extends the authorization of appropriations for both funds through FY 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that an heir may rent his or her interest in a farm to a family member who is a qualifying heir on either a cash or crop-share basis without risking the loss of that farm property qualifying for the special use valuation for estate tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Designates the Veterans Administration Medical Center on Highway 6 West, Iowa City, Iowa, as the Darwin Lee Judge Veterans Administration Medical Center.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Designates October 1984 as National Down's Syndrome Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1984
Directs the Committee on Foreign Affairs to conduct an investigation into the murders of U.S. citizens in El Salvador and report to the House with specified findings and conclusions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984
Domestic Petroleum Company Acquisition Act of 1984 - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit: (1) any major energy concern or affiliate from controlling any other major energy concern or any domestic petroleum company; and (2) any domestic petroleum company or affiliate from controlling any major energy concern or affiliate. Defines a "major energy concern" as any person engaged in commerce in the United States which: (1) had an average net production of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids in the previous calendar year exceeding 500,000 barrels per day; or (2) is controlled by a foreign person. Defines a "domestic petroleum company" as any person engaged in commerce in the United States which had an average net production of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids from U.S. sources in the previous calendar year exceeding 50,000 barrels per day. Defines "control" as the power to direct policies of a person through the ownership of 15 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of a person or the acquisition from a person of assets related to the production, distribution, transportation, or marketing of crude oil, condensate, or natural gas liquids exceeding $2,000,000,000 in fair market value. Directs the Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission, or any other aggrieved person to seek appropriate relief when it appears that a violation of this Act has occurred or is about to occur. Declares that the prohibition under this Act shall not apply if a major energy concern or a domestic petroleum company can demonstrate that in the absence of such control one or both of the entities involved will fail.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984
Designates the week beginning September 23, 1984, as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of January 1985 as National Cerebral Palsy Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1984
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to: (1) redefine the term "failure"; and (2) define the terms "constructive termination" and "similar motor fuel marketing operations." Defines "constructive termination" to mean: (1) the failure by the franchisor to supply the franchisee with motor fuel in an amount equal to the minimum specified in the franchise agreement; (2) the failure by the franchisor to make motor fuel available to the franchisee such minimum amount at a price which enables the franchisee to compete with similar motor fuel marketing operations of the franchisor; or (3) any adjustment in the quantity of fuel a franchisee is required or entitled to receive unless the franchisor can show that either the adjustment is applied equally to all franchisees and marketing operations of the franchisor within the relevant geographic area, or, if it is a downward adjustment, the franchisor can show that it is reasonable. Prohibits a motor fuel franchisor from constructively terminating a franchise. Requires a franchisor, in certain circumstances prior to terminating a franchise, to make a bona fide reasonable offer to transfer the franchise to the franchisee. Permits nonrenewal of a franchise relationship if the franchisor and franchisee cannot agree to changes or additions to the provisions of the franchise which are fair and reasonable. Prohibits nonrenewal because of the failure of the franchisor and franchisee to agree to changes or additions to the provisions of the franchise which relate to materially altering, adding to, or replacing the marketing premises. Permits nonrenewal, in a situation where renewal is presently permitted, when it would be uneconomical to the franchisor despite any reasonable changes acceptable to the franchisee, only if the franchisor demonstrates that the nonrenewal is not being made with the intent of avoiding competition with the franchisee. Requires a franchisor to notify a franchisee, 90 days prior to the franchisor's final opportunity to exercise an option to buy or to continue leasing the land where the franchise is located, of the name, address, and phone number of the owner or holder of the underlying lease. Provides that if a franchisee enters into an agreement with the owner or lessor to maintain possession of the premises, then the franchise agreement may continue, at the option of the franchisee. Requires any franchisor who competes with its own franchisees to supply motor fuel to its franchisees at a price and on terms which reasonably enable the franchisee to compete with the franchisor. States that the burden of proof is on the franchisor to show lack of competition. Revises the definition of "trial franchise." Permits a franchisee to maintain a civil action against a franchisor if the franchisor constructively terminates the franchise. States that the death, retirement, or disability of a franchisee shall not be grounds for termination or nonrenewal of the franchise if, prior the franchisee's death, retirement, or disability, the franchisee provides the franchisor with a succession plan. Permits termination or nonrenewal if: (1) the franchisor notifies the franchisee in writing, within 30 days of receipt of the plan, of the franchisor's rejection of the plan; (2) the rejection notice includes reasons for the rejection; and (3) the rejection is reasonable. Provides a franchisee with the right to sell or otherwise transfer the franchise subject to the approval of the franchisor. Prohibits approval from being withheld unreasonably.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting retirees or individuals over age 65 from interest penalties with respect to any underpayment of estimated tax. Requires that such underpayment be due to reasonable cause (defined to include mistake or ignorance of the law) and not to willful neglect.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984
Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984
Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to present to Elie Wiesel a gold medal in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to world literature and human rights. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the public sale of bronze duplicates of such medal.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984
Designates March 25, 1984, and each March 25 thereafter, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Juvenile Justice, Runaway Youth, and Missing Children's Act Amendments of 1984 - Title I: General Provisions - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to make technical changes with regard to the Act's findings, purpose, and definitions. Title II: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Makes changes in the Act so that it is neutral as to sex. Decreases from seven and one-half to four percent the percentage of authorized appropriations for use by the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to implement policy. Decreases the authorized appropriations from $500,000 to $200,000 for the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Allows members of State advisory groups and State and local officials to be appointed to the National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Requires that at least two of the individuals appointed to the Advisory Committee be residents of rural areas. Decreases the authorized appropriations from $500,000 to $200,000 for the Advisory Committee. Revises certain requirements imposed on State plans receiving formula grants under the Act, including the involvement of family members in programs addressing the delinquency-related problems of juveniles and the provision of treatment to juveniles with a dependence on alcohol or drugs. Requires that State plans provide that no juvenile shall be detained or confined in any jail or lockup for adults except in certain cases of juveniles accused of nonstatus offenses who are awaiting an initial court appearance within 24 hours of custody. Revises the amount of funds appropriated for making grants and entering contracts with public and private non-profit agencies, organizations, or institutions, or individuals for certain activities and projects. Requires programs selected for such grants to be selected through a competitive process. Requires the Administrator to announce publicly the availability of funds for such assistance. Requires that the notification of grants and contracts and the applications for such grants be transmitted to the Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. Requires the Administrator, acting through the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to provide for a biennial national conference for the purpose of disseminating information, data, standard techniques, and program models. Establishes within the Institute a Law-Related Education Resource Center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989. Title III: Runaway and Homeless Youth - Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to provide grants and assistance to programs that assist families. Repeals the section dealing with the procedure for a reorganization plan. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989. Title IV: Missing Children's Assistance - Missing Children's Assistance Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a Bureau of Missing Children. Directs the Secretary, through the Bureau, to: (1) coordinate all federally-funded programs relating to missing children; (2) establish and allocate a national toll-free telephone line for missing children; (3) provide assistance to State and local governments, public and private nonprofit agencies, and individuals in locating missing children; (4) coordinate Federal efforts to locate missing children; (5) disseminate information relating to missing children; (6) conduct a national incidence study; and (7) publish an annual summary evaluating Federal, State, and local projects relating to missing children. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for research, demonstration projects, and service programs for missing children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Food Aid and Export Market Promotion Act - Requires the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to make a specified minimum amount of credit guarantees available to finance export sales of farm commodities. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to increase the annual authorized appropriations to carry out famine relief programs (title II of such Act). Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the donation of CCC stocks of dairy products and other agricultural commodities for the assistance of needy persons outside the United States. (Current law authorizes the donation only of CCC stocks of dairy products.) Requires that the proceeds of the sale or barter of such dairy products or commodities shall be used exclusively to facilitate providing assistance to such needy people. Requires the CCC to make available a specified minimum amount of financing during FY 1984 and FY 1985 for export sales of breeding animals and for the establishment of facilities in the importing nation for handling agricultural commodities. Amends the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to authorize the CCC to finance or guarantee export sales of agricultural commodities out of CCC and private stocks. Requires that repayment of such financing shall be in dollars with interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. Requires the General Accounting Office, within 120 days of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the effectiveness and adequacy of U.S. food aid programs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Designates the week beginning November 11, 1984, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning on November 18, 1984, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
States that the House of Representative supports Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry on May 6, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the United Nations to request the Secretary General to seek the cooperation of Vietnam with the United States and specified other countries in ascertaining the whereabouts of the crewmen of the sunken U.S. vessel GLOMAR Java Sea.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Encourages the people of Paraguay in their efforts to reclaim and exercise their human rights. Declares that the United States should: (1) encourage Paraguay to set a date for the onsite visit of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; and (2) use more public diplomacy on behalf of human rights in Paraguay. Declares that until all political prisoners are released and Paraguayans are guaranteed the right to return and remain in their country, the United States should: (1) not provide security assistance to Paraguay; and (2) oppose loans and financial assistance for Paraguay by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and by the Inter-American Development Bank, except assistance which serves the human needs of the Paraguayans.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Phantom Tax Reform and Least Cost Electric Energy Planning Act of 1984 - Title I: State Regulated Electric Utilities - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide that a State regulatory authority may hold hearings with respect to the adoption of a least system cost plan (a plan for meeting the demand for electric energy services which is reliable and which meets or reduces the electric power demand of retail consumers at an estimated incremental system cost no greater than that of the least-cost similarly reliable and available alternative measures) for the electric utilities with respect to which the State regulatory authority has ratemaking authority. Authorizes a State regulatory authority which adopts a least system cost plan for an electric utility to approve or establish a rate schedule for such utility which provides for the ratemaking treatment of the investment tax credit and the depreciation expenses and accelerated cost recovery deductions in a manner which will further the purposes of the plan. Provides that such treatment shall apply in lieu of Federal income tax provisions regarding the treatment of such amounts for ratemaking purposes. Title II: Federally Regulated Electric Utilities - Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to conduct hearings with respect to the adoption and implementation of a least system cost plan for electric utilities which are subject to the Commission's jurisdiction. Provides that if the Commission adopts such a plan for an electric utility, the Commission may, in approving or establishing a rate schedule for such utility, provide for such ratemaking treatment of the investment tax credit and of depreciation expenses and accelerated cost recovery deductions as will further the purposes of the plan and provide a current return to the ratepayers of the tax benefits attributable to such credit or deductions which exceeds the current return available under a specified adjustment to the methods for determining such credit and deductions. Provides that such treatment shall apply in lieu of Federal income tax provisions regarding the treatment of such amounts for ratemaking purposes. Title III: Investment Tax Credit and Depreciation - Makes technical amendments to the Internal Revenue Code in conformity with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1984 to carry out title II (famine relief provisions) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480).
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Directs the President to: (1) secure from the Indochina nations a full accounting of Americans captured or missing as a result of the Vietnam conflict; and (2) work for the release of captive Americans and the return of the remains of those American servicemen and civilians who died in Southeast Asia. Requires the President to submit two reports to Congress on American POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Amends the Bankruptcy Code to permit a trustee to reject or assume a collective bargaining agreement made under the authority of title II of the Railway Labor Act or the National Labor Relations Act only if and after the court approves such rejection or assumption. Requires notice to all parties and a hearing before the court may approve such a rejection. Prohibits the court from approving the rejection of a collective bargaining agreement if, absent the rejection: (1) the jobs covered by such agreement will be lost; and (2) any financial reorganization of the debtor will fail. Declares that a rejection of a collective bargaining agreement constitutes a breach at the time of such rejection. Declares that no provision of this Act shall be construed to permit the trustee unilaterally to terminate or alter any of the terms and conditions of such a collective bargaining agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Designates the week of October 21 through October 27, 1984, as Lupus Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
States that the Congress: (1) supports the initiatives taken by the Contadora nations and the resulting Documents of Objectives and Principles for Implementation agreed to by Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua; (2) believes that the United States should support the effort to translate such agreed Principles into practical arrangements so as to facilitate a comprehensive regional peace agreement based on the noninterference in the affairs of other countries, national reconciliation, and democracy; and (3) believes that in fashioning U.S. policies in the region, the United States should take into consideration the degree of cooperation of Central American governments with the Contadora process in seeking a peaceful resolution to Central American conflicts.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Sexual Assault Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to repeal the chapter on rape. Provides for a series of graded sexual offenses consisting of: sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery. Repeals the spousal exception for rape. Provides for an offense involving the sexual abuse of a minor. Makes such offense neutral as to gender.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Designates the week of October 7 through October 13, 1984, as National Birds of Prey Conservation Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Designates June 6, 1984, as D-Day National Remembrance.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the exile of Igor Ogurtsov; and (2) urge the Soviet Union to provide Igor Ogurtsov with medical care, grant his release from exile, and accept his application for an exit visa and allow him to emigrate without forcing him to renounce his views (in accordance with a specified international treaty).