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United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of April 21 through April 27, 1985, as National Organ Donation Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985
Designates August 1985 as Polish American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985
Designates the month of November 1985 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 21 through April 28, 1985, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Designates the week beginning May 5, 1985, as National Correctional Officers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) ensure that U.S. officials carry out the pledge to resolve the issue of the Americans still missing and unaccounted for in Indochina; (2) work for the immediate release of any Americans still held captive and the return of the remains of those who died in Southeast Asia; and (3) make every effort to secure the further cooperation of Laos and Vietnam in resolving this issue.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the Department of Justice (Administrator) to make grants to States for the purpose of establishing, operating, or expanding Missing Children Information Clearinghouses. Limits the grants to 50 percent of the costs of establishing and operating the Clearinghouse. Requires any State Clearinghouse to: (1) work in conjunction with the National Crime Information Center; (2) educate parents, children, and community agencies; (3) provide public information to assist in locating missing children; (4) publish a directory of organizations that provide assistance in locating missing children; (5) establish an in-State toll-free line for reporting missing children; (6) work with other public and private organizations; and (7) work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Allows the Administrator to prescribe rules necessary to carry out this Act. Grants the Comptroller General of the United States access to any books, documents, or records of any State receiving assistance for the purpose of audit. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Designates the week of March 24 through March 30, 1985, as National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Confers honorary citizenship upon Ignace Jan Paderewski. Directs the Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery to invite organizations providing commercial tours of the cemetery to recognize the entombment site of Paderewski and explain its significance.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1985
Repeals the requirement added by the Tax Reform Act of 1984 relating to the maintenance of contemporaneous records with respect to: (1) business travel expenses, including automobile expenses; (2) business entertainment expenses; and (3) expenses for gifts.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Davis-Bacon Reform Act of 1985 - Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to increase from $2,000 to $1,000,000 the threshold dollar amount subjecting certain contracts to such Act and requiring them to specify the minimum wages to be paid to laborers and mechanics. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish as the prevailing wage for a class of laborers or mechanics the entire range of wages being paid to a corresponding class of such workers in the particular urban or rural subdivision of the State in which the work is to be performed. Excludes from the computation of wages the basic hourly rates of pay for workers on local Federal projects. Establishes a separate classification for helpers of laborers or mechanics. Amends the Copeland Anti-Kickback Act to require certain contractors or subcontractors to furnish compliance statements concerning weekly wages at the beginning and conclusion of the period covered by the contract, instead of every week as the wages are paid.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to require that any attorney who collects debts on behalf of a client be subject to the provisions of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal rules relating to the determination of the issue price of certain debt instruments issued for property. Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to repeal the revisions made to rules for the imputation of interest on certain deferred payments. Provides that the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied and administered as if such revisions had not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Designates: (1) the week beginning January 19, 1987, as Shays' Rebellion Week; and (2) Sunday, January 25, 1987, as Shays' Rebellion Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Designates the week beginning September 1, 1985, as National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Designates the week of September 8 through September 14, 1985, as National Child Safety Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are not greater than total receipts. Permits the Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Requires the President and the Congress to ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in such statement. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless the Congress passes by a three-fifths vote a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed statement of receipts and outlays for that year consistent with the provisions of this article. Permits the Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Designates the week beginning May 5, 1985, as National Arson Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Establishes the Joint Committee on Intelligence. Declares that such committee has exclusive legislative jurisdiction with respect to any intelligence activity of the Federal Government and authorizations for appropriations for specified agencies and intelligence-related activities. Directs the joint committee to classify its information and records and to establish guidelines for their maintenance, use, and availability. Sets forth procedures for the disclosure of such information. Directs the joint committee to establish and carry out rules and procedures necessary to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information. Makes conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives, including abolishing the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the National Security Act of 1947.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on Hunger to conduct a continuing comprehensive study of the problems of hunger and malnutrition. Requires an annual report from such committee, including a summary of its activities.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1984
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1984 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 to carry out foreign military credit sales. Sets the ceiling on total foreign military credit sales for FY 1985. Earmarks a specified amount of such sales for Israel. Releases Israel from its obligation to repay such credits. Earmarks specified portions of the credits earmarked for Israel for: (1) research and development in the United States for the Lavi program; and (2) procurement in Israel of defense articles and services for the Lavi program. Authorizes Israel to use any loan made available under this Act for which repayment is forgiven before using any other loan made available under this Act. Earmarks a specified amount of the foreign military credit sales for Egypt. Releases Egypt from its obligation to repay such credits. Requires, for FY 1985, the principal amount of foreign military loan guarantees with respect to Greece, South Korea, Portugal, Somalia, Spain (so long as Spain is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Sudan, Tunisia, and Turkey to be repaid within 20 years following a ten year grace period. Limits the amount of military sales credits for Tunisia and the Philippines for FY 1985. Requires the principal amount of foreign military loan guarantees for FY 1984 with respect to South Korea to be repaid within 20 years following a ten year grace period. Authorizes the President to issue such loan guaranties for a fiscal year only to the extent that Congress has by law approved the issuance during that fiscal year of guaranties for a specified maximum amount of loan principal. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) military assistance; (2) international military education and training; and (3) peacekeeping operations. Earmarks a specified amount of such military assistance for FY 1985 for Tunisia. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the President to finance the procurement of arms by friendly foreign countries and international organizations on such terms and conditions as the President may determine. Directs the President to set the interest rate and to require repayment in U.S. dollars within 12 years after the loan agreement is signed unless a longer period is specifically authorized by statute for that country or international organization. Sets forth provisions relating to the interest rates for such loans. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to maintain adequate reserves in the Guaranty Reserve Fund. Defines the actual value of a naval vessel for purposes of the sale of such vessel from Department of Defense stocks. Prohibits personnel performing defense services provided under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from performing combat activities. Requires charges for administrative services for foreign military sales to be calculated on an average percentage basis to recover the full estimated costs (excluding a pro rata share of fixed base operation costs). Authorizes the President to provide on a reciprocal basis free cataloging data and cataloging services to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or to any member government of NATO. Changes the reporting date for the annual report on international volume of arms traffic from February 1 to April 1. Requires such report to include additional information specifying the authority under which certain defense articles and services are furnished to foreign countries and international organizations. Provides for security assistance surveys in foreign countries. (Current law provides for defense requirement surveys which are included in the definition of security assistance surveys.) Requires the President to submit copies of such surveys to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Increases the details which must be included in the quarterly reports on U.S. military advisors abroad. Increases the criminal penalties for certain violations of the Arms Export Control Act. Imposes a ceiling on the amount of civil penalty for an export control violation. Includes charges for official reception and representation expenses within charges for administrative services for foreign military sales financing. Limits the amount that may be used each fiscal year for official reception and representation expenses. Prohibits using the Special Defense Acquisition Fund for research and development. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to waive the requirement that the net proceeds from the sale by foreign country of military assistance program items must be paid to the United States. Imposes ceilings on the value of additions to arms stockpiles in foreign countries for FY 1984 and 1985. Adds Pakistan, Tunisia, Yemen, Lebanon, and Venezuela to the list of countries that are authorized to have more than six members of the U.S. armed forces in their countries to carry out international security assistance programs. Authorizes the President to authorize foreign military personnel to attend professional military education institutions in the United States for free if the governments of such foreign military personnel and the United States have an agreement that provides reciprocal benefits for U.S. military personel. Encourages the President to allocate a portion of the international military education and training funds for education and training in certain maritime skills. Permits using foreign assistance funds to assist in maritime law enforcement in foreign countries. Prohibits the President's special waiver authority under the Foreign Assistance Act from being used in any fiscal year to authorize: (1) more than a specified amount in sales under the Arms Export Control Act; (2) the use of more than a specified amount of funds made available for use under such Act or the Arms Export Control Act; and (3) the use of more than a specified amount of foreign currencies. Allots the funds from among such categories if the President's special waiver authority is used to authorize an arms sales and to authorize the financing of that sale. Limits the amount of the funds made available for use under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act that may be allotted to any one country in any fiscal year unless that country is a victim of communist aggression. Limits the amounts of the total funds other than the foreign currencies that may be allocated to any one country in any fiscal year. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support a negotiated political solution to the conflict in the Western Sahara. Prohibits members of the U.S. armed forces from performing defense services under the Foreign Assistance Act or the Arms Export Control Act or conducting military education and training activities under the Foreign Assistance Act in the Western Sahara so long as the military conflict continues. Directs the President to submit a report to Congress which analyzes conventional arms exports and possible approaches to developing multilateral limitations on conventional arms sales. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should initiate discussions to limit the transfer by members of NATO to developing countries of conventional arms. Requires the President to consider, as a major criterion for determining the amount of funds which may be allocated for any country for FY 1985, whether that country's votes in the 38th United Nations General Assembly Plenary has differed from the U.S. position by more than 85 percent. Imposes a ceiling for FY 1985 on military assistance and arms sales credits and loan guarantees to Turkey. Limits the portions of such amount that may be provided for military assistance, arms sales credits, and arms loan guarantees. Requires that Greece and Turkey for FY 1985 shall each receive the same proportion of foreign military sales credits at concessional interest rates and that the average annual interest rates for such credits for Greece shall be comparable to the average annual rates for Turkey. Reaffirms U.S. policy toward the eastern Mediterranean, particularly toward a settlement in Cyprus. Reaffirms that the United States shall take full account of the observance by all parties directly involved in the Cyprus dispute of their applicable obligations under international law and treaties and that such observance shall be a factor in determining military assistance for Greece and Turkey. Authorizes military assistance for FY 1985 for Turkey or Greece only if the President certifies to Congress that: (1) such assistance for Turkey or Greece is necessary to enable that country to fulfill its NATO obligations and will not upset the current regional balance of military strength; (2) Turkey or Greece is taking steps to achieve a settlement of the Cyprus conflict and is publicly committed to the prompt withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cyprus as part of a settlement; and (3) Turkey is continuing to return to democratic rule and to improve its observance of human rights. Authorizes additional appropriations for Economic Support Fund assistance for Cyprus if the President certifies to the Congress that an agreement has been concluded by the Greek and Turkish Cypriots which is supported by Greece and Turkey and which achieves substantial progress toward settlement of the Cyprus dispute. Declares that the foreign military sales financing authorized by this Act for Jordan is provided in the hope that Jordan will enter into direct negotiations with Israel to resolve the state of war between Israel and Jordan. Prohibits using foreign military sales financing authorized by this Act to finance procurement by Jordan of certain advanced military equipment and prohibits making a specified certification under the Arms Export Control Act with respect to a proposed sale of advanced aircraft and military weapon systems, unless the President has certified to Congress that Jordan is publicly committed to the recognition of Israel and to prompt entry into direct peace negotiations with Israel. Title II: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1985. Requires that Economic Support Fund moneys made available for commodity import programs shall be used, to the maximum extent feasible, to generate local currencies and such local currencies shall be available to support certain development objectives. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering the Economic Support Fund shall submit to Congress a detailed justification for the uses and purposes of the moneys provided under the Economic Support Fund. Earmarks a specified amount for emergency assistance. Deletes the current provisions relating to: (1) Middle East programs; (2) Eastern Mediterranean programs; (3) the prohibition of funds for nuclear facilities; (4) the special requirements fund; (5) Tunisia programs; (6) Costa Rica programs; (7) Nicaragua programs; and (8) Poland programs. Earmarks specified amounts of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for: (1) Israel on a grant basis; (2) Egypt; and (3) Lebanon. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should finance and, where appropriate, participate in cooperative scientific and technological projects in the Middle East. Prohibits using FY 1985 Economic Support Fund moneys for Syria. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for the Philippines. Requires that funds provided to countries in sub-Saharan Africa under balance-of-payments support agreements shall be used to meet long term development needs in those countries according to specified criteria. Requires annual evaluations of the extent to which such agreements meet those criteria. Earmarks specified amounts of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for Southern Africa and for certain regional programs in Southern Africa. Prohibits using funds from the Economic Support Fund for education or training programs controlled by the Government of South Africa. Permits such funds to be used for programs which clearly reflect in both their character and organizational sponsorship the objective of a majority of South Africans for an end to apartheid. Earmarks specified amounts of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for: (1) Tunisia; (2) Cyprus; (3) Turkey; and (4) bilateral cooperative activities with Greece and with Turkey. Earmarks a specified amount of the Cyprus funds for confidence-building measures between the two Cypriot communities. Requires that a specified percentage of the funds for FY 1985 commodity import programs shall be used to buy agricultural commodities or agricultural-related products of United States origin. Earmarks a specified amount of the Economic Support Fund moneys for agricultural activities in Poland which are managed by the Polish Catholic Church or nongovernmental organizations. Title III: Development Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for agricultural development programs. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for disaster relief assistance in Africa. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for population planning and health programs. Prohibits using population planning funds to carry out population planning programs in the People's Republic of China or for contributions to any international organization or any private or voluntary organization which carries out a population planning program in such country if the program includes forced or coerced abortion. Earmarks specified percentages of the population planning funds for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and for the Office of Population in the Agency for International Development. Directs the President to promote activities designed to deal directly with the special health needs of children and mothers. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such activities (the Child Survival Fund). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) education and human resources development; (2) development of indigenous energy resources; (3) the private sector revolving fund; (4) the United Nations Decade for Women; (5) the Sahel development program; and (6) private and voluntary organizations. Requires the President to report to Congress within 90 (currently 30) days of deciding to continue support for the programs of private and voluntary organizations in countries which antedate a prohibition against aid to such countries. Recognizes that cooperatives provide an opportunity for people to participate directly in democratic decisionmaking. Requires that development assistance shall be provided to cooperatives which offer large numbers of low- and middle-income people in developing countries an opportunity to participate in democratic decisionmaking. Directs the President to use certain poverty measurement standards in determining target populations for U.S. development assistance and to strengthen U.S. efforts to ensure that a substantial percentage of development assistance directly improves the lives of the poor majority. Requires that development activities designed to increase the institutional capabilities of private organizations or governments or that attempt to stimulate scientific and technological research be designed and monitored to insure that the ultimate beneficiaries of these activities are the poor majority. Requires that the annual report to Congress on foreign assistance include an evaluation of the extent to which development programs directly benefit the poor majority. Recognizes that shelter, including essential urban development services, is among the most fundamental of human needs. Changes the term "housing" in the housing guarantees provisions to "shelter". Increases the ceiling on the total principal amount of outstanding housing guarantees. Extends the authority for such provisions through September 30, 1986. Authorizes the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance, in order to meet obligations pursuant to certain Federal loan guarantees, to borrow from the Treasury subject to specified limitations. Provides that the agricultural and productive credit and self-help community development programs shall not be limited to Latin American countries. Extends the authority for such programs through September 30, 1986. Earmarks ten percent of the total FY 1985 development assistance funds for activities of economically and socially disadvantaged enterprises, historically Black colleges and universities, and private and voluntary organizations which are controlled by individuals who are Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, or who are economically and socially disadvantaged. Increases the amount the President is authorized to spend to aid disadvantaged children in Asia. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1985. Extends the authority of the Foundation until September 30, 1990. Title IV: Economic Policy Initiative for Africa - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance to promote growth-oriented policy reforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Prohibits providing assistance to any country the government of which has historically misappropriated significant portions of its revenues for private purposes. Requires that agreements providing funds to finance imports by countries in sub-Saharan Africa under sector programs shall require that those imports be used to meet long-term development needs in those countries according to specified criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985. Directs the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance to consult with the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees regarding the countries to receive assistance under this title. Lists information to be included in such consultation. Requires the Administrator of such agency to report annually to such congressional committees on the degree to which recipient countries have complied with the economic policy reforms assisted by this title. Title V: Other Assistance Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for American schools and hospitals abroad and for international organizations and programs. Earmarks specified amounts for specified international organizations and programs. Prohibits funds authorized for international organizations and programs from being made available for the U.S. proportionate share for programs for the Palestine Liberation Organization or for projects whose primary purpose is to provide benefits to the Palestine Liberation Organization or entities associated with it. Directs the Secretary of State to review at least annually and to report to Congress on U.S. contributions to international organizations and programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for international narcotics control. Requires the President's report to Congress on the international narcotics control program for the last quarter of each fiscal year to include a yearly total of obligations and expenditures made and of equipment provided to carry out the program. Requires a mid-year report to Congress by August 1 of each year on activities and operations to carry out the program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) international disaster assistance; (2) antiterrorism assistance; (3) trade and development programs; and (4) the operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance programs. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1985 development assistance funds to aid refugees and displaced persons in Africa. Authorizes funding for the American University of Beirut for FY 1985 out of the funds provided by this Act for American schools and hospitals abroad and for the Economic Support Fund. Directs the Secretary of State to conduct a study of what means would be most appropriate to continue such a level of financial aid to the American University of Beirut. Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to establish a title within such Act which establishes an undergraduate scholarship program designed to bring disadvantaged students from developing countries to the United States to study. Directs the President to provide scholarships for citizens and nationals of developing countries who have completed their secondary education and who would not otherwise be able to study in the United States to study at an American school. Requires such scholarships to be in the form of grants and loans. Sets forth guidelines for the program. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with foreign governments in furtherance of such program. Requires the Board of Foreign Scholarships to advise and assist the President in discharging such program. Urges the President to take steps to expand the opportunities for Americans from all economic classes to study in developing countries. Requires the President to report to Congress annually on such program. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to urge the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance programs to increase assistance for scholarships for students of limited means to study in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for such scholarship programs for Latin America and the Caribbean. Requires that principal emphasis of such programs to be on financing undergraduate education and technical training. Requires such programs, to the maximum extent practicable, to use schools in Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the United States that can offer appropriate education and training to individuals who cannot learn English before participating in these programs. Declares that the Agency for International Development and the U.S. Information Agency should convene a conference or educational exchange programs sponsored by the United States. Requires the President to report to Congress, by January 1, 1985, on: (1) the role that educational and technical institutions in the Virgin Islands could play in the development of the Eastern Caribbean region and how these institutions might be upgraded; (2) the role that such institutions in Puerto Rico could play in the development of the Caribbean and Central American region and how those institutions might develop programs to provide educational and technical training to students in that region. Title VI: Food for Peace Program - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize commodities which the U.S. has donated for famine relief to be furnished for direct distribution, sale, barter, or other appropriate disposition. Requires that consideration be given, in the case of famine relief commodities distributed by nonprofit voluntary agencies, to nutritional and development objectives as established by those agencies. Requires that, in carrying out food for development programs, consideration shall be given to using the expertise of U.S. nonprofit voluntary agencies and cooperatives. Limits the amount of the funds available for FY 1985 to carry out the Agricultural Trade and Development Act of 1954 that shall be used for the farmer-to-farmer food production assistance program and for the recruitment and training of persons for the farmer-to-farmer program. Requires the Administrator for the Agency for International Development (AID) to report to Congress within 120 days of enactment of this Act on the manner in which the Agency intends to implement that program. Requires the President to report annually to Congress on planned programing of famine relief for the coming year. Title VII: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations to carry out such Act for FY 1985. Declares that it is U.S. policy to provide, to the maximum extent possible, opportunities for service in the Peace Corps to at least 10,000 individuals by the end of FY 1988 and thereafter. Directs the President to include in the annual report on the Peace Corps to Congress a description of the plans to carry out that policy. Provides that certain employment requirements of the Peace Corps Act do not apply to foreign national employees. Authorizes the sale of technical publications produced by the Peace Corps. Permits a specified amount of the proceeds of such sales to be credited to the currently applicable appropriation of the Peace Corps. Title VIII: Latin American and the Caribbean - Prohibits providing international military education and training for FY 1985 for Uruguay. Permits such assistance for Paraguay for FY 1985 only if Paraguay extradites Joseph Mengele. Declares that to the maximum extent possible development assistance and Economic Support Fund assistance for Haiti should be provided through private and voluntary agencies. Permits the obligation for the Government of Haiti of FY 1985 funds for development assistance, Economic Support Fund programs, and international military education and training only if the President determines that Haiti: (1) is continuing to cooperate in halting illegal emigration to the United States from Haiti; (2) is cooperating fully in implementing U.S. development, food, and other economic assistance programs in Haiti; (3) is continuing to comply with the fiscal performance targets set by the International Monetary Fund; and (4) is making a concerted and significant effort to improve the human rights situation in Haiti. Requires the President to report to Congress every six months on the extent to which Haiti's actions are consistent with those conditions. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, military assistance or assistance under the Arms Export Control Act for Haiti for FY 1984 or 1985. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to earmark a specified amount of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for: (1) Peru; (2) Bolivia; (3) Ecuador; and (4) countries in the Eastern Caribbean. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 for assistance to the Dominican Republic. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to require the Inter-American Foundation to place primary emphasis on the enhancement of the access of poor people to essential resources and services and on the promotion of social justice and socio-economic development. Directs the Inter-American Foundation to carry out its purposes through and in response to organizations indigenous to Latin America and the Caribbean. Requires the Inter-American Foundation to make its funding decisions independently and to advise the U.S. Government and the various Latin American and Caribbean governments of its activities in their countries. Authorizes the Inter-American Foundation to make grants, loans, and loan guarantees to groups engaged in peaceful activities for specified purposes. Limits the amount of grants, loans, and loan guarantees that the Foundation may make for any particular project in any fiscal year. Authorizes the Foundation to inform the U.S. public and multilateral development institutions of knowledge gained from its development projects. Requires certain projects to have priority. Requires that all members of the Board of the Foundation shall be appointed on the basis of their experience with, understanding of, and sensitivity to community-level development processes in Latin America and the Caribbean. Requires the President of the Foundation to be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Foundation. Requires the staff of the Foundation to be employed on the basis of experience in knowledge of grass-roots, social, and economic development in the region. Lists criteria for the President of the Foundation. Repeals the provision authorizing the Secretary of State to detail employees to the Foundation. Provides that development assistance and Economic Support Fund assistance for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean should be provided, to the maximum extent possible, through experienced private and voluntary organizations. Permits the use of foreign assistance funds for training or support of foreign law enforcement forces of a country which has a long-standing democratic tradition, which does not have standing armed forces, and which does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of human rights. Directs the President to work in close consultation with the Latin American and Caribbean countries which are major sources of unauthorized immigration to develop reciprocal trade and economic development programs of mutual benefit. Congratulates President Alfonsin of Argentina. Offers congressional support to him and to the people of Argentina. Declares that it should not be U.S. policy to protect the profits of private financial institutions with loans outstanding to Argentina and other Latin American countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take the appropriate steps to: (1) encourage the restructuring of the Argentina debt and that of other democracies in Latin America; and (2) on a multilateral basis to develop plans for reducing the financial pressures on Argentina and other Latin American democracies resulting from the size and short maturity of their foreign debt. Expresses the sense of Congress that current procedures and laws of Mexico constitute a significant impediment to vehicles carrying international trade goods through Mexico. Directs the Secretary of State to begin negotiations to eliminate those impediments to international trade. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the status of those negotiations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) take steps to place the question of Cuban involvement in illicit drug trafficking on the agenda of the United Nations; (2) request the Organization of American States to consider this question as soon as possible; (3) request other appropriate international organizations and international forums to consider this question; (4) make every possible effort to obtain extradition to the United States of four specified officials of the Cuban government and to make sure that the Cuban people are informed of the facts relating to international drug trafficking by the Government of Cuba. Directs the President to report to Congress on actions taken relating to investigating Cuban involvement in illicit drug trafficking. Requires the President to direct the appropriate executive branch agencies to cooperate with the requests for assistance from the Royal Commission of Inquiry of the Bahamas which is investigating allegations of narcotics related corruption in the Bahamas. Requires the President to report to Congress on actions taken pursuant to providing such cooperation. Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions - Prohibits making development assistance funds available for the U.S. proportionate share for programs for the South-West Africa People's Organization unless the President certifies to the Congress that such funds would not be used to support the military or paramilitary activities of the South-West Africa People's Organization. Directs the Secretary to review at least annually the accounts of all international organizations receiving U.S. funding and to report to Congress on the amounts spent by each such organization for such purposes and the amount contributed by the United States to each such organization. Prohibits making development assistance funds available for the U.S. proportionate share for programs for Cuba, Iran, and Libya. Prohibits using foreign assistance funds to procure construction or engineering services from certain advanced developing countries which are not receiving any direct economic assistance from the United States. Increases the ceiling on certain foreign aid grants or agreements relating to construction projects. Requires the plans for water projects to include a computation of benefits and costs made according to specified standards. Authorizes the President to remove a country from the list of communist countries for such time as the President determines if the President reports to Congress that such action is important to the national interest. Imposes certain notification requirements for program changes of funds appropriated to carry out the Arms Export Control Act. Provides that the notification requirement does not apply to the reprogramming of less than $25,000 for international narcotics control or for international military education and training for certain countries. Directs the President to notify the chairs of the House Foreign Relations and Senate Foreign Affairs committees concerning any reprogramming of authorized funds in the International Affairs Budget Function. Requires the President to notify Congress, within 30 days of enactment of a law appropriating funds to carry out the Arms Export Control Act, of each foreign country and international organization that will be receiving funds pursuant to such law. Repeals certain obsolete provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Removes the limit on the amount of foreign assistance funds that may be used to construct living quarters, office space, and supporting facilities for personnel carrying out foreign assistance activities. Doubles the amount that may be spent on the education of the dependents of such personnel. Directs the President to report annually to Congress on the economic conditions prevailing in Egypt, Israel, and Turkey which may affect their respective ability to meet their international debt obligations and to stabilize their economies. Reaffirms U.S. policy toward the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Prohibits negotiations with the PLO or any of its representatives and prohibits recognition of the PLO (except in emergency or humanitarian situations) unless and until the PLO recognizes Israel's right to exist, accepts United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 238, and renounces the use of terrorism. Declares that the funds and authorities provided by this Act for the Middle East should help to promote peace in the Middle East. Directs the President to report to Congress by January 15, 1985, the extent to which each such country is pursuing policies that enhance the peace process and to recommend actions to advance the peace process. Expresses the sense of the Congress that all U.S. aid to Egypt is provided in the expectation that Egypt will support and fulfill the provisions of the Camp David accords and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. Requires the annual congressional presentation documents for international security and economic assistance to be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees by February 1 of each year. Directs the President to submit an annual report to the Congress which assesses, with respect to each foreign country, the degree of support by the government of each such country during the preceding year of U.S. foreign policy, including the country's voting pattern at the United Nations. Directs the President, in making assistance allocations under this Act, to consider the extent to which a country is not engaged in a consistent pattern of opposition to U.S. foreign policy. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take all appropriate measures to: (1) encourage Indonesia to allow appropriate international relief agencies increased access to East Timor; (2) encourage and assist Indonesia, Portugal, and Australia to facilitate the reunification of families separated because of developments in East Timor; (3) encourage Indonesia to allow free access to East Timor by journalists and human rights organizations; and (4) work with Portugal, Australia, and other countries and organizations to develop policies to end the suffering in East Timor. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) increase its investigations of suspected instances of lethal chemical and toxin warfare; (2) encourage the development of antidotes to such weapons; (3) urge other nations to investigate suspected instances of such warfare; (4) help United Nations investigators gain access to areas where such warfare is or has been suspected; and (5) negotiate with the Soviet Union and other nations to strengthen existing chemical and toxin warfare treaties. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President to establish appropriate accountability procedures to ensure that all funds made available to carry out such Act are used for the purposes intended. Condemns the Soviet Union's war against Afghanistan. Declares that it should be U.S. policy to secure the removal from Afghanistan of Soviet troops. Establishes a commission to be known as the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. Requires the Commission to: (1) identify and publish a list of cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings abroad which are associated with the foreign heritage of U.S. citizens; (2) encourage the preservation and protection of such places by obtaining assurances from foreign governments that they will be preserved and protected; (3) support demonstration projects to help preserve and protect such places; and (4) prepare and disseminate reports on the condition of and progress toward preserving and protecting such places. Requires the Commission to report annually to the President and Congress on its activities. Prohibits furnishing assistance to Pakistan and prohibits selling or transferring military equipment or technology to Pakistan unless the President certifies to Congress during the applicable fiscal year that Pakistan does not possess a nuclear explosive device and that the proposed U.S. assistance program will reduce significantly the risk that Pakistan will possess such a device. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support the holding of fair elections in Pakistan and to support the observance of basic human rights in Pakistan and other countries. Title X: Central America - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) foreign military sales credits; (2) military assistance programs; (3) international military education and training; and (4) the Economic Support Fund. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to add El Salvador and Honduras to the list of countries which are authorized to have more than six members of the U.S. armed forces in their countries. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) agricultural development programs in rural areas; (2) population planning programs; (3) health programs; (4) education and human resources development; (5) development of indigenous energy resources; (6) operating expenses for the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs; (7) the guaranty reserve fund; and (8) U.S. Information Agency programs for Central America. Increases the ceiling on outstanding worldwide housing guarantees. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 to carry out the Peace Corps Act. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1984 for the following programs in Central America: (1) health programs; (2) education and human resources development; (3) development of indigenous energy resources; (4) Economic Support fund programs; (5) military assistance programs; and (6) Peace Corps programs. Directs the President to impose conditions on the furnishing of military assistance and economic assistance to El Salvador in order to foster political and economic development and security in El Salvador. Directs the President to report to Congress on the policies of El Salvador for achieving political and economic development and conditions of security. Requires the President to make such report not later than August 31, 1984, and not later than January 31, 1985. Lists information to be included in the report. Authorizes providing El Salvador with up to one-half of the total military assistance and financing approved by Congress if the President determines in the August 31 report that El Salvador has made demonstrated progress in achieving specified political and economic objectives. Authorizes providing El Salvador with the remaining military assistance and financing approved by Congress if the President determines in the January 31 report that since the first report El Salvador has made additional demonstrated progress in achieving those objectives unless, within 30 days of receiving the second report, Congress enacts a joint resolution stating in substance that Congress disagrees with the President's determination. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the total number of U.S. military advisers in El Salvador, excluding those involved solely in medical training or services, should not exceed 55 unless Congress is first consulted. Requires the President, before spending any Economic Support Fund funds to provide economic stabilization assistance for El Salvador, to be satisfied that the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador has implemented or taken appropriate steps to implement the major recommendations contained in a specified study on foreign exchange policy at that bank. Lists the major recommendations of that report. Requires the President, for FY 1985, to notify the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 30 days before introducing U.S. armed forces into any Central American country for joint military exercises with the armed forces of such country. Prohibits obligating funds for military assistance or for international military education and training assistance for Guatemala for FY 1985. Prohibits issuing letters of offer of arms sales and arms sales credits and loan guarantees for Guatemala for FY 1985. Excludes from such prohibitions certain sales of training and equipment which relate to civilian engineering and construction projects and mobile medical teams. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should enter into negotiations with Central American countries to establish a Central American Development Organization; and (2) the establishment of a Central American Development Organization should be based upon specified principles. Declares that the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act should be the chair of the Central American Development Organization and should carry out the functions of the chair under the supervision of the Secretary of State. Authorizes the President to participate in the Central American Development Organization. Directs the Administrator of AID to prepare a proposal to carry out these functions and to keep specified congressional committees informed on the development of the proposal. Provides for the appointment of three members of the House of Representatives and three members of the Senate who shall be kept informed by the executive branch of all negotiations or discussions concerning the establishment of the Central American Development Organization. Requires the President to transmit to specified congressional committees any agreement which the President proposes to sign providing for the establishment of and U.S. participation in the Central American Development Organization at least 60 days before signing such agreement. Requires consultation with those committees during those 60 days. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the prohibition against providing assistance to governments to compensate owners for expropriated or nationalized property shall not apply to assistance to a foreign government to compensate nationals of that country in accordance with a land reform program if such assistance will further U.S. national interests. Authorizes the President to furnish Economic Support Fund assistance to countries and organizations to strengthen the administration of justice in Central American and Caribbean countries. Limits the amount of such assistance and the activities which such assistance may support. Directs the President to notify specified congressional committees at least 15 days before obligating funds for administration of justice programs which were previously subject to the prohibition against providing police training assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the FY 1985 agricultural development assistance funds should be used for a comprehensive rural electrification program in Central America. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance, in order to enable the Export-Import Bank of the United States to determine that there exists a reasonable assurance of repayment, to provide guarantees to the Bank for liabilities incurred in connection with short-term guarantees involving exports for the use of the private sector in Central American countries. Requires the short-term guarantees to be repayable within one year. Requires the agreement between the agency and the Bank to provide for establishment of a reserve fund. Requires copies of the agreement to be submitted to specified congressional committees. Terminates the agency's guarantee authority after September 30, 1989. Limits the amount of commitments to guarantee such credits in FY 1985. Requires the Administrator of the agency and the President of the Bank to report to Congress every six months on the amount and extension of credits during the preceding six months.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984
Directs the President to designate February 16, 1985, as Lithuanian Independence Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1984
1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to pay an award not to exceed $500,000 to any individual who furnishes information regarding an act of terrorism: (1) against a U.S. person or U.S. property; and (2) primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. States that a reward of $100,000 or more may not be made without the approval of the President. Allows for the protection of the identity of the recipient of a reward if it is determined that such measures are necessary. Makes governmental employees who furnish information while in the performance of their duties ineligible for such payment. Authorizes appropriations. Urges the President to seek more effective international cooperation in combatting international terrorism, including: (1) severe punishment for acts of terrorism; and (2) extradition of all terrorists to the country where the terrorist incident occurred or whose citizens were victims of the incident. Provides that priority should be given to negotiations to establish a permanent international working group for combatting terrorism. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives no later than February 1, 1985, on the findings and recommendations of the Advisory Panel on Security of United States Missions Abroad. Authorizes additional appropriations for security enhancement at United States missions abroad. Requires the Secretary of State and the Director of the United States Information Agency to report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on how their agencies have allocated funds. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 with regard to hiring additional individuals for services abroad. Allows for additional procurement authority for overseas security requirements. Authorizes the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State to use government-owned vehicles for security purposes. Expresses the sense of the Congress that due to the current epidemic of worldwide terrorist activity, U.S. missions abroad should utilize danger pay allowance more extensively.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1984
President's Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1984 - Title I: President's Emergency Fund - Establishes the President's Emergency Food Assistance Fund (the Fund). Authorizes the President to furnish assistance from the Fund to alleviate acute food shortages abroad. Authorizes the President to use in the Fund funds made available under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 or under certain chapters of the Economic Support Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the President to submit an annual report which details all the activities funded by this Act. Title II: Food for Peace Program - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to pay the transportation costs from points of entry to storage and distribution sites for commodities for urgent and extraordinary relief requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should commend the Government of Guatemala for holding free elections and should encourage such government to continue the democratic process by holding general elections in 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1984
Amends the judicial code to increase from two to three the number of bankruptcy judgeships for the Central District of Illinois.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1984
Designates the week beginning on October 7, 1984, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal rules relating to the determination of the issue price of certain debt instruments issued for property. Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to repeal the revisions made to rules for the imputation of interest on certain deferred payments. Provides that the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied and administered as if such revisions had not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Grants congressional approval of the Compact of Free Association between the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands. Declares that the defense sites of the United States established in the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia in accordance with such Compact and its related agreements are within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. Provides that upon the effective date of the Compact of Free Association the laws of the United States generally applicable to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall continue to apply to the Republic of Palau. Makes the Republic of Palau eligible for such proportion of Federal assistance as it would otherwise have been eligible to receive under such laws prior to the effective date of the Compact.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Designates November 1984 as National Hospice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that in light of the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and other specified human rights agreements, the Soviet Union should: (1) provide the signatories of the Helsinki Final Act with information on the whereabouts, health, and legal status of Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner; (2) void all charges against Yelena Bonner and issue her an exit visa in order to obtain medical care outside of the Soviet Union; and (3) allow them to live in the country of their choice. Urges the President to: (1) protest the Soviet Government's continued refusal to provide such information and to issue Yelena Bonner an exits visa; and (2) call upon all other signatory nations of the Helsinki Final Act to join in such protests.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any member of a foreign diplomatic mission or any member of a foreign consular post in the United States entitled to immunity from criminal jurisdiction to use a firearm to commit any act constituting a felony under the criminal laws of the United States or any State. Establishes a fine of $10,000 or imprisonment for 10 years or both.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Reaffirms that it is U.S. policy to oppose the practice of torture by foreign governments through the implementation of laws and through public and private diplomacy. Requests the President to: (1) instruct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to continue to raise the issue of torture by such governments; and (2) continue to involve the U.S. Government in the formulation of international standards, particularly the draft Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Requests the Secretary of State to issue specified formal instructions to each U.S. mission chief regarding U.S. policy with respect to such torture. States that the Secretary of Commerce should continue to enforce the current restrictions on the export of crime control equipment pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979. Directs the heads of U.S. departments that furnish military and law enforcement training to foreign personnel to include in such training instruction regarding international human rights standards with respect to torture.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Designates October 1984 as National Quality Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Urges the United States Postal Service to issue a postage stamp honoring astronauts Roger B. Chaffee, Virgil I. Grissom, and Edward H. White.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1984
Designates July 9, 1984, as African Refugees Relief Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984
Designates the week beginning September 2, 1984, as Youth of America Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1984
Designates the week beginning September 16, 1984, as National Osteopathic Medicine Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates the portion of 16th Street, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, between L and M Streets, as Andrei Sakharov Avenue.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates as Andrei Sakharov Avenue the portion of 16th Street, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, between L and M Streets, and the portion of any street in any other city in the United States on which is located a consular office or mission of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1984
Designates January 27, 1985, as National Jerome Kern Day.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1984
Authorizes the Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, to erect a memorial on public ground in the District of Columbia in commemoration of the Lebanese-American poet and artist, Kahlil Gibran. Provides that the memorial shall be in the form of a sculptured monument and shall be designated the Kahlil Gibran Memorial. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select a site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Prohibits the United States or the District of Columbia from expending any money for the establishment of the memorial. Provides that the authority of this resolution shall lapse unless: (1) construction is commenced within five years from the enactment of this resolution; and (2) prior to the commencement of construction, the Secretary determines that sufficient funds are available for the completion of the memorial. Makes the maintenance and care of the monument the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Designates August 1984 as Polish American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1984
Designates the week beginning on September 9, 1984, as National Community Leadership Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984
Designates July 10, 1984, as Food for Peace Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Designates 1984 as Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway and June 27, 1984, as St. Lawrence Seaway Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Prohibition Against Training or Support of Terrorist Organizations Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit U.S. nationals, resident aliens, and businesses from serving in, training, assisting, or recruiting for an international terrorist group or the armed forces or an intelligence agency of any foreign government. Provides for a fine of not more than five times the total compensation received for such violation, or $100,000, whichever is greater, or imprisonment for not more than 10 years. Provides for the forfeiture of any property obtained as the result of such violation.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Act for Rewards for Information Concerning Terrorist Acts - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide a reward not to exceed $500,000 to any individual who furnishes information regarding an act of terrorism directed against a U.S. person or U.S. property. Authorizes the Attorney General or the Secretary of State to determine whether an individual is entitled to a reward and the amount to be paid. Provides that a reward of $100,000 or more may not be made without the approval of the President. Allows for the protection of the identity of the recipient of a reward if it is determined that such measures are necessary. Authorizes appropriations. Makes Federal, State and local officers and employees ineligible for such payment.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Designates June 18, 1984, as National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should express to the Soviet Union the U.S. disapproval of the Soviet Union's: (1) systematic nondelivery of U.S. mail addressed to persons in the Soviet Union; and (2) violation of specified treaties governing international mail. States that at the meeting of the Congress of the Universal Postal Union in Hamburg, Germany, U.S. representatives should; (1) bring such violations to the attention of the Union; (2) request that an investigation of such violations be conducted by the Union; and (3) consider possible sanctions against the Soviet Union for such violations.