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Bill· HRH.R. 4678 (98th)referred

A bill to preclude changes in the Federal regional office structure except by statute.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984

Prohibits any change in the standard Federal regional or subregional structure or policy as established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circular A-105 of April 4, 1974, except by Act of Congress. Terminates the authority of the Director of OMB to approve combinations of standard Federal regions pursuant to such circular.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 245 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution relating to the dismantling of nontariff trade barriers of the Japanese to the import of beef.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984

States that U.S. negotiators, in negotiations with Japan, should insist that Japan dismantle all nontariff barriers to imports of beef. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that if progress is not made toward the dismantling of such nontariff barriers by a specified time, the U.S. Trade Representative should seek appropriate relief under U.S. and international trade law.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 448 (98th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the President to disapprove or reduce an item of appropriations.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984

Constitutional Amendment - Permits the President to reduce or veto any item of appropriation in any Act or joint resolution, except an item of appropriation for the legislative branch or the judicial branch. Requires the President to return with his objections any item of appropriation reduced or vetoed to the House in which the bill originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceeding as other bills disapproved by the President.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 239 (98th)open

Commission on Pay Equity

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984

Commission on Pay Equity - Establishes a Commission on Pay Equity which shall: (1) retain a private contractor who shall study the compensation paid to job classes in a Federal legislative branch agency in which at least 50 percent of the employees are subject to provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination in Government employment and which has the broadest range of job classification of all eligible agencies, determine whether the compensation system in that agency provides for pay equity and equal employment opportunity, and, if not, make recommendations to Congress for necessary action; and (2) based on the findings of such study, establish a comprehensive plan and make recommendations to Congress to ensure pay equity and equal employment opportunity in the legislative branch. Directs the Commission to submit to Congress appropriate interim reports and a final report within one year after its first meeting. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such final report. Requires payment of Commission expenses from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives.

Bill· HRH.R. 4567 (98th)open

Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended by the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1980, to authorize specific appropriations for FY 1985-1987. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine which individual Indians shall receive Indian Health Scholarships. Prohibits the payment of health professions preparatory scholarships to Indians who are employed in the Indian Health Service during nonacademic periods of the school year. Prohibits the use of funds which were authorized to eliminate backlogs in Indian health care to offset or limit appropriations made under other Acts. Lists the purposes for which the appropriated funds shall be expended. Designates as the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund certain authorized appropriations necessary to raise all tribes to a specified level on the Indian Health Service's priority system. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a current health services priority system report, including the levels of health services and funds needed to raise Indian communities to a parity with that of the general population. Specifies the minimum percentage of funds to be expended by the Secretary for research into specified areas of Indian health care. Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must develop and implement a plan to reduce infant mortality among Indian tribes to a rate no greater than infant mortality among all citizens. Specifies funds available for such a plan. Establishes an Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund to be administered by the Secretary for the sole purpose of meeting the extraordinary cost of medical disasters or catastrophic illnesses. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to expend certain sums over a three- year period for the construction or renovation of the top five priority inpatient care facilities and ambulatory care facilities, together with the requisite staff quarters. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress the current health facilities priority system report. Directs the Secretary to provide the Congress with one year's notice of any contemplated closing of an Indian health care facility. Directs the Secretary to begin implementing in FY 1985 a ten-year plan to provide safe water supply and sanitary sewage and solid waste disposal facilities to Indian homes and communities. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress the Service's current Indian sanitation facilities priority system, and the funds needed to raise all communities to a zero level of deficiency. Authorizes specified appropriations to provide sanitation facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance for the operation and maintenance of sanitation facilities, utility organizations, and emergency repairs of sanitation facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to contract with urban Indian organizations to administer health services programs in urban areas. Details eligibility criteria for such programs. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes eligibility guidelines for certain persons who are otherwise ineligible for medical care and benefits provided by either the Indian Health Service or by tribes contracting from the Service. Establishes the Office of Indian Health Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer all Indian health programs and authorities. Places the Office of Indian Health Affairs under the direction of an Assistant Secretary for Indian Health. Transfers the Indian Health Service to such Office. Authorizes the Secretary to waive Indian preference laws on an ad hoc basis for transfers occurring during a specified period.

Bill· HRH.R. 4475 (98th)open

High Technology Research and Scientific Education Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

High Technology Research and Scientific Education Act of 1983 - Title I - The Credit for Increasing Research Activities; ACRS for R&D Equipment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for research and development (R&D) expenditures. Modifies the definition of qualified research for purposes of the R&D credit to narrow the category of eligible activities for which the credit is allowable. Makes depreciation of research equipment eligible for the R&D credit. Eliminates the special three-year accelerated cost recovery system (ACRS) category for research equipment. Increases contract research expenses eligible for R&D credit purposes to 75 percent of the amount paid to others for research on the taxpayer's behalf. Provides that in-house and contract research expenses paid or incurred by a regular corporation will constitute qualified research expenses for R&D credit purposes. Provides that in the case of research being conducted in partnership form, the "in carrying on" test is applied at the partnership level, and the credit is apportioned among the partners in accordance with general partnership rules. Title II - Promotion of University Research and Scientific Education - Establishes a new income tax credit equal to 25 percent of payments to universities for basic research which exceed a fixed, maintenance-of-effort floor. Calculates the maintenance-of-effort floor as the greater of the annual average of university basic research payments over 1982-1983 or one percent of the average annual R&D budget over 1981-1983. Treats the portion of the university basic research payments which is not in excess of the maintenance-of-effort floor as contract research expenses eligible for purposes of computing the regular incremental R&D credit. Allows corporations an income tax deduction for contributions of scientific and technical property or services to an institution of higher education. Defines scientific property to mean computer software or other equipment used in a trade or business, which is donated for the direct education of students and faculty, for research and experimentation, or for research training in the United States in mathematics, the physical or biological sciences, engineering, or computer science. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of the allowable deduction for contributions of scientific property or services. Limits the amount of such deduction to ten percent of taxable income computed without regard to specified deductions. Provides for an income tax exclusion for the scholarships, fellowship grants, student loan forgiveness, or stipends of a graduate student in mathematics, engineering, computer science, or the physical or biological sciences. Specifies that such tax exclusion is not forfeited merely because the student is required, as a condition of the scholarship or fellowship, to perform future service in teaching or research.

Bill· HRH.R. 4571 (98th)referred

National Observance Advisory Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

National Observance Advisory Act - Establishes a commission known as the President's Advisory Commission on National Observances to establish criteria for recommending to the President that a proposed national observance be approved or disapproved.

Bill· HRH.R. 4500 (98th)referred

Tax Equity for Women Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Tax Equity for Women Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow married individuals to compute the amount of their income tax deduction for contributions to retirement savings accounts on the basis of the earnings of their spouse. Treats alimony as compensation for purposes of determining an individual's income tax deduction for retirement savings. Grants tax-exempt status to certain organizations which provide nonresidential dependent care to the general public. Increases the income tax credit for household and dependent care services for low and moderate income taxpayers.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 237 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution declaring the support of the United States for the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free of foreign domination.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Declares that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free from foreign domination; (2) provide the Afghans, upon request, with material assistance; and (3) pursue a negotiated settlement of the war in Afghanistan based on the total withdrawal of Soviet troops and the recognition of the right of the Afghans to choose their own destiny.

Bill· HRH.R. 4468 (98th)open

Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Native Americans Programs Act of 1974 to state that decisions to grant financial assistance shall not consider whether such aid accrues to the benefit of Indians who are not members of a federally recognized tribe. Prohibits the rejection of financial assistance solely on the grounds that the request serves Indians or an Indian organization in a nonreservation area. Requires that programs under this Act be administered within the Department of Health and Human Services (currently they may be delegated to other Federal departments and agencies). Prohibits any transfer of such administration outside of the Department. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to continue the administration of grants through the Administration for Native Americans (the Administration). Requires the Commission of such Administration to delegate all functions within the Administration. Restricts the delegation and redelegation of functions by the Secretary to personnel within the Department. Permits interagency funding agreements between the Administration and other Federal agencies. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987. Specifies the percentage of appropriated funds which shall be used for financial assistance under this Act.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 226 (98th)passed

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the persecution of members of the Baha'i religion in Iran by the Government of Iran.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983

States that the Congress: (1) holds Iran responsible for upholding the rights of the Baha'is; (2) condemns Iran's decision to destroy the Baha'i faith; and (3) calls upon the President to work with appropriate foreign governments to form an appeal to Iran concerning the Baha'is, to cooperate with the United Nations in its efforts on behalf of the Baha'is, and to provide humanitarian assistance for Baha'is who flee Iran.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 225 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the United States delegation to the United Nations to introduce a resolution in the General Assembly calling for the immediate withdrawal of all Syrian and Syrian controlled forces from Lebanon.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the United Nations to introduce before the U.N. General Assembly a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Syrian and Syrian-controlled forces from Lebanon in order to facilitate the return of peace to the country.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 227 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the adverse impact of early projections of election results by the news media.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the news media should voluntarily refrain from projecting election results before the polls close; and (2) the news media and industry, trade and professional organizations should voluntarily adopt guidelines to assure that exit interview data is not used to project election results before the polls close.

Bill· HRH.R. 4356 (98th)referred

Olmsted Heritage Landscapes Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983

Olmsted Historic Landscapes Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to prepare a State-by-State inventory of Olmsted historic landscapes. Provides that all properties on the inventory shall be part of an Olmsted historic landscape system. Requires that property identified in the inventory as nationally significant by a State historic preservation officer or by a State outdoor recreation liaison officer be studied by the Secretary for possible designation as a national landmark and, if internationally significant, for the World Heritage List. Requires that property on the inventory which meets the appropriate criteria be nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Requires periodic updating of the inventory. Directs the Secretary to: (1) promulgate general standards for preservation of historic landscapes; (2) provide technical assistance to Federal agencies, State and local governments, private organizations, and other interested individuals on the identification, commemoration, and preservation of Olmsted historic landscapes; (3) conduct and submit to Congress a thematic study of historic landscapes to identify those landscapes which would qualify as national historic landscapes; (4) establish a program for the use of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Massachusetts as a center for research and establish an advisory committee for the site; and (5) develop appropriate international activities related to the Olmsted historic landscapes. Requires the Secretary to provide for the coordination of applications for grants for the preservation of Olmsted historic landscapes. Permits State and local governments to use Federal funds made available to them for the preservation of any inventoried Olmsted historic landscape. Requires the Secretary to assist and coordinate public and private cooperation in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Secretary to conduct appropriate activities during the decade of 1985 to 1995 to commemorate the Olmsted achievements and influence on American life. Establishes the Advisory Committee on Olmsted Historic Landscapes, which shall assist the Advisory Council on Historic preservation in carrying out those of its duties under the National Historic Preservation Act that relate to Olmsted historic landscapes. Authorizes appropriations.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 208 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress in extending congratulations to Argentina for the success of recently held democratic elections.

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States congratulates Argentina on its successful conduct of democratic elections; and (2) commends the Argentine military in promoting the succession to power of the new civilian government of Argentina.

Law· HRH.R. 4280 (98th)enacted

Retirement Equity Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1983

Retirement Equity Act of 1983 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code to lower from age 25 to age 21 the age limitation for minimum participation and vesting standards for pension plans. Prohibits certain defined benefit plans from requiring, as a condition for plan participation, that employees complete period of service extending beyond the earlier of age 25 or the vesting expectation date. Lowers from age 22 to age 18 the age limitation for the computation of periods of service. States that years of service may be disregarded when computing periods of service for participation or vesting purposes if breaks in service during such a period amounted to five or more one-year breaks. Treats breaks in service due to pregnancy, birth, or adoption of a child as completed hours of service according to a specified formula. Accords such treatment only in the year of the pregnancy, birth or adoption, and only to participants who would incur a one-year break in service without such treatment. Requires pension plans which provide life annuity benefits to pay such benefits in the form of a qualified joint and survivor annuity. Requires that each pension plan participant have the option of electing, waiving, or revoking the joint and survivor annuity form of benefit. Conditions the efficacy of such election upon: (1) the written consent of a participant's spouse; (2) a written acknowledgement by a participant's spouse of the effect of such election; and (3) an official witnessing of such spousal consent by a plan representative or notary public. Limits such consent to the signatory spouse. Requires pension plans to furnish participants with written explanations of the terms and rights of election regarding joint and survivor annuities. Prohibits joint and survivor annuity payments from being less than the actuarial equivalent of payments made if the annuitant had lived to the earliest date of retirement or had separated from service on the date of death. Requires the surviving spouse's consent for any distribution of nonforfeitable benefits exceeding $3,500. Requires such benefits to be paid according to the surviving spouse's written requests. States that plans subject to funding requirements must provide benefits payable in the form of an annuity. Exempts qualified domestic relations orders from the Act's proscriptions against alienation and assignment of pension plan benefits. Sets procedural guidelines for the payment of such benefits to an alternate payee under such orders. Prohibits alternative payees from receiving any portion of any increase in a participant's accrued benefits if such increases occur after payments to such payees have begun. Declares that alternate payees under domestic relations orders are not considered to be, by virtue of such orders, participants or beneficiaries under the pension plan. Increases from $1,750 to $3,500 the allowable mandatory distribution from a retirement plan. Requires notification to participants that certain benefits may be forfeitable if the participant dies before a certain date. Sets December 31, 1984 as the effective date of this Act for existing plans. Provides transitional dates and certain effective dates for plans maintained under collective bargaining agreements.

Bill· HRH.R. 4272 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require that special consideration be given to providing assistance to older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1983

Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging: (1) in making training and recruitment grants and contracts, to give special consideration to the recruitment and training of volunteers and persons employed in or preparing for employment in that part of the field of aging which relates to providing custodial and skilled care for older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases; and (2) in making grants and contracts for demonstration projects to give special consideration for projects designed to meet the special needs of older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases and projects designed to provide family respite services with respect to older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases. Authorizes appropriations under such Act for FY 1985 for training, research, and discretionary projects and requires that a specified minimum amount be made available to carry out provisions relating to Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases.

Bill· HRH.R. 4273 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease by the Veterans' Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1983

Amends veterans' hospitalization benefits to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to carry out a screening and treatment program for eligible veterans suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Permits the furnishing of hospital or nursing home care to afflicted veterans who are at least fifty years old.

Bill· HRH.R. 4187 (98th)referred

Fair Deposit Availability Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1983

Fair Deposit Availability Act of 1983 - Requires a depository institution, before opening a deposit account, to give a customer written disclosure of its general policy on withdrawal of funds deposited by check or similar instruments into such account. Requires a depository institution to: (1) furnish its customers preprinted deposit slips, or envelopes for automatic teller machine deposits bearing a summary statement of such withdrawal policy; or (2) in the case of a particular deposit by check or similar instrument for which funds may not be immediately available for withdrawal, provide specific notice of the time the customer may withdraw such funds. Requires a depository institution to begin to compute interest on funds so deposited on the date on which such institution receives provisional credit for check or similar instrument. Permits a customer to withdraw funds at any time after a depository institution involved receives provisional credit for a check or similar instrument issued by the Federal government. Requires depository institutions to comply with certain endorsement standards. Provides for expedited notice of nonpayment of a check or similar instrument. Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to publish model disclosure forms and regulations to carry out this Act. Provides for administrative enforcement of compliance with this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for any depository institutions which fails to comply with the requirements of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4162 (98th)open

Criminal Fine Collection Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983

Criminal Fine Collection Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code with respect to the imposition, payment, and collection of fines. Lists factors that the court must consider in determining whether to impose a fine, including: (1) the ability of the defendant to pay; (2) the burden that payment will impose on the defendant; and (3) any restitution or reparation made by the defendant. States that payment of a fine is due immediately unless the court requires payment by installment or by any date certain. Permits a sentence to pay a fine to be stayed while an appeal is taken. Makes a fine delinquent if any portion of such fine is not paid within 30 days of when it is due. Provides that a fine is in default if it is more than 90 days delinquent. Allows for the modification or remission of a sentence to pay a fine. Requires the clerk to forward each fine payment to the U.S. Treasury and notify the Attorney General of its receipt. Requires the court to certify to the Attorney General when a fine exceeding $100 is imposed, modified, or remitted. Makes the Attorney General responsible for the collection of any unpaid fine for which certification has been issued. Allows the court to impose interest and monetary penalties for any willful nonpayment. Establishes civil remedies for the satisfication of an unpaid fine. Provides that a judgment imposing a fine may be enforced by execution against the property of the person fined as are judgments in civil cases. Allows the court to resentence a person upon willful failure to pay a fine to any sentence which might originally have been imposed. Provides for a statute of limitations on the liability to pay a fine of 20 years or upon death of the person fined. Provides penalties for criminal default of a fine. Makes payment of a fine a condition of probation or parole in certain circumstances. Requires the Attorney General to include in the annual crime report steps taken to implement this Act and any progress achieved in criminal fine collection.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 190 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Transportation should submit to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate full research and development program planning documentation leading to expedited use by the civilian sector of certain satellite-directed navigational aids developed by the Department of Defense for the guidance of aircraft.

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Transportation should submit to the appropriate congressional committees, not later than June 30, 1984, full research and development program planning documentation for the expedited civilian use of the Global Positioning System (a system which provides navigational information to aircraft).

Bill· HRH.R. 4134 (98th)reported

A bill to amend the National Trails System Act by authorizing for study the Pony Express Trail as a national historic trail.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Amends the National Trails System Act to require that the Pony Express Trail, extending from Saint Joseph, Missouri, through Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada to Sacramento, California, be studied and considered for designation as a national scenic trail. Requires that such study be completed and submitted to Congress within one fiscal year after the enactment of this Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 334 (98th)open

A resolution urging the President to give priority attention, in forthcoming discussions with Japanese government leaders, to current imbalances in the yen-dollar relationship having an adverse impact on United States goods and services in interstate and foreign commerce.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should give priority attention, in discussions with the Japanese, to the realignment of the yen-dollar exchange rates and to achieving greater equilibrium in the flow of goods, services, and investments between the two countries; and (2) measures to achieve such equilibrium should include mechanisms for close consultations and policy coordination in order to maintain acceptable fluctuations in the value of the yen, reduce disparities in the interest-rate levels, and allow equivalent access of foreign investors to domestic capital markets.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 187 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution deploring the assassination of Benigno Aquino, calling for the conduct of a thorough, independent, and impartial investigation of that assassination, and calling for free and fair elections in the Philippines.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

States that Congress: (1) deplores the assassination of Benigno Aquino; and (2) expresses its condolences to his family and to all Filipinos. Expresses the sense of the Congress that steps should be taken to achieve an independent investigation of the Aquino assassination and to bring to justice those responsible for his death. States that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support fair elections to the National Assembly in May 1984; and (2) urge the Philippine Government to take steps to secure the full participation of the opposition parties in those elections, including the reconstitution of an impartial electoral commission and the restoration of freedom of the press. Urges the United States in conducting its relations with the Philippine government to take into account the investigation and the fairness of the 1984 National Assembly elections.

Bill· HRH.R. 4098 (98th)open

Synthetic Fuels Corporation Fiscal Accountability Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1983

Synthetic Fuels Corporation Fiscal Accountability Act of 1983 - Amends the Energy Security Act to prohibit the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation from making new awards of financial assistance after the date of the enactment of this Act and before the date on which the Corporation's comprehensive strategy for achieving the national synthetic fuel production goal is approved by Congress. Makes limitations on Corporation construction projects effective upon the enactment of this Act rather than upon approval of the comprehensive strategy as provided under current law.

Bill· HRH.R. 4061 (98th)referred

A bill for the relief of Consuela Matallana.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983

Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 181 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution requesting the President of the United States to convene a National Conference on Small Business in 1984.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983

Urges the President to convene a national Conference on Small Business in 1984 to: (1) reaffirm the country's commitment to small business; (2) secure the continued leadership of small businesses with respect to the U.S. economic recovery; (3) assure that small businesses continue their leadership in maintaining the quality of life in the United States; and (4) ensure that the role that small businesses have played in the past growth and development of the United States will continue unimpeded by governmental restraints.

Bill· HRH.R. 4005 (98th)referred

Department of Defense Procurement Procedures Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1983

Department of Defense Procurement Procedures Act of 1983 - Sets forth a formula for determining the applicable percentage of Department of Defense procurement of property and services which must be made through formal advertising for fiscal years after FY 1983. Prohibits the Department of Defense from expending funds for negotiated contracts in any fiscal year following a fiscal year where the purchases and contracts made through formal advertising fall below the applicable percentage. Removes such prohibition if the Department meets or exceeds the applicable percentage during or after that fiscal year. Requires that specified information concerning a negotiated contract be part of the records of the contracting agency, including all cost and pricing data submitted by a contractor and the name of each Government official who participated in the negotiating or awarding of such contract. Requires that agency records on negotiated contracts containing classified information be maintained for at least ten years and be made available to Congress and the Comptroller General upon request. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish procedures which are similar to formal advertising procedures for the purchase of or contracting for personal or professional services. Sets forth investigatory procedures to determine the need for and price of services by a university or other educational institution.

Bill· HRH.R. 4023 (98th)referred

Federal Agricultural Policy Review and Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1983

Federal Agricultural Policy Review and Development Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) conduct an opinion survey of the agricultural community within six months as a first step in developing Federal agricultural policy for the remainder of the century; (2) investigate the feasibility of conducting scientific polling on such public policy questions; and (3) summarize and make available to the public the results of such activities.