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
Requires that each State establish and maintain an approved workfare program as a condition of its eligibility for Federal payments or other assistance under the: (1) program of aid to families with dependent children under the Social Security Act; (2) food stamp program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977; and (3) public housing and assisted housing programs under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Requires that such State workfare program shall require every State resident applying for or receiving aid under such Federal public assistance program to perform work in return for, and as a condition for, such aid. Directs the appropriate Federal agencies to promulgate guidelines for approval, supervision, and oversight of such State workfare programs. Exempts from required participation in such programs those who are: (1) under age 18 or over age 65; (2) disabled; (3) regularly employed for at least 40 hours a week; or (4) primarily responsible for the care of a child less than three years old (or for the care of a child more than two but less than six years old if suitable child care is not available at reasonable cost). Requires that each State workfare program must provide that if any individual who is required to participate in such program refuses to accept a bona fide offer of qualified employment or to perform qualified employment, in any month, neither such individual nor any other person in the family or household of which such individual is a member shall be eligible to receive any aid under such Federal public assistance programs for that month. Requires that State workfare programs include provision for job counseling, assistance in obtaining employment outside the program, and job search activities. Provides for: (1) Federal matching funds to cover administrative costs of such State programs; (2) Federal cut-offs of funds to State agencies for failure to comply with this Act; and (3) Federal agency reports to Congress on such State programs. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to prohibit the Export-Import Bank from guaranteeing, insuring, extending credit, or participating in extensions of credit to: (1) communist countries or agencies, instrumentalities, or nationals of communist countries; or (2) any other foreign country, agency, instrumentality, or national if the transaction is to be made with respect to a product or service which is for use in or sale or lease to a communist country. Repeals specified provisions of such Act which permit such transactions. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prohibit nonmarket economy countries from participating in any U.S. program or U.S. supported program which extends credits, credit guarantees, or investment guarantees, or makes grants. Repeals the President's authority to waive the freedom of emigration requirements which must be met in order to permit trade with nonmarket economy countries. Terminates any existing credits, guarantees, or grants. Repeals the procedure for waiving the President's authority.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that one-half of the cost of insurance paid by a self-employed taxpayer for medical care during the taxable year will be allowed as a business deduction.
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 · 12 September 1984
Public Broadcasting Amendments Act of 1984 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 to be used by the Secretary of Commerce to assist in the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities. Repeals a provision that requires 75 percent of the funds appropriated for such purposes in a fiscal year to be available to extend delivery of public telecommunications services to areas not receiving such services. Authorizes appropriations, to match up to a specified amount of non-Federal contributions to public broadcasting entities, for the Public Broadcasting Fund for FY 1987 through 1989. Repeals a provision that requires that a specified portion of the amount made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from the Fund be earmarked for expenses of research, training, technical assistance, engineering, instructional support, and the payment of interest on obligations. Repeals provisions requiring a public telecommunications entity to refund to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting an amount of Federal funds equal to the amount of any unrelated business income tax paid by such entity.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the application of imputed interest rules: (1) the first $250,000 of the sale price of residential property sold by an individual; (2) the first $1,000,000 of the sale price of farm property; and (3) the first $500,000 of the sale price of business, trade, or investment property.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Title I: Amendment to Federal Trade Commission Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make the sale, distribution or the production for sale or distribution of counterfeit goods or services an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce. Permits the Federal Trade Commission, on or after the date the Commission issues a complaint with respect to a sale, distribution, or production of counterfeit goods, to proceed against the counterfeit goods by process of libel for their seizure and condemnation in any district court within the jurisdiction of which such goods are found. Permits the Commission to order counterfeit goods detained for a certain period. Defines "counterfeit goods or services" with respect to trademark, patent, and copyright law. Title II: Amendments to the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 - Amends the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to require a textile fiber or wool product processed or manufactured in the United States to be so identified. Requires the product, as well as the package in which it is contained, to be labeled as to country origin. Provides that this Act shall not be construed as requiring such labeling on each hosiery product contained in a package that is so labeled. Requires catalog sales descriptions and other advertisements for textile and wool products to contain country of origin information. Requires that the identification label or imported textile and wool products be affixed to the most conspicuous place on the inner side of the product.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984
Textile Employment and Fair Trade Act of 1984 - Directs the President to limit the total quantity of textile imports during each of calendar years 1984 through 1988. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and administer an import licensing system for administration of this Act. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to enforce the import limitations and the import licensing system.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1984
1984 White House Conference on International Trade Act - Declares that it is the policy of the Congress that the Federal Government should develop and implement a policy for expanding the participation of the United States in international trade. Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on International Trade in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in international trade. Requires the Conference to bring together representatives of Federal, State, and local governments, professional and lay people, and academics. Requires a final report of the Conference, which shall include a statement of comprehensive national policy on international trade, to be submitted to the President within 180 days after the Conference adjourns. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
American Footwear Act of 1984 - Limits the imports of nonrubber footwear to 400,000,000 pairs per year. Directs the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to allocate the import limitations among foreign countries, taking into consideration: (1) average levels of imports for the period 1978 through 1982; (2) findings of unfair trade practices with respect to nonrubber footwear products; and (3) recent market trends. Requires the Secretary to publish annually in the Federal Register the permissible level of imports by country, groups of countries, or area. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to take all necessary actions to enforce this Act. Authorizes the Secretaries to issue such implementing regulations as necessary to effect the purposes of this Act and to enforce its provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Sunshine Resolution of 1984 - Amends Rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that, after the approval of any matter, House conferees shall be entitled to three days in which to file supplemental, minority, or additional views. Establishes Rule LI which requires the Speaker of the House to provide for printing of the floor schedule in the Congressional Record at least two legislative days in advance. Amends Rule XXVII to require the printing in the Record of the names of Members who have signed, or withdrawn a signature to, a motion to discharge a committee from consideration of a bill or resolution, whenever 100 Members have signed such a motion. Amends Rule I to require the broadcasting system to include frequent, wide-angle visual coverage of the chamber when the House is in session. Amends Rule X to provide for the compilation of an oversight agenda resolution. Requires the House to complete action on such resolution within 100 days after the Congress convenes. Amends Rule XI to prohibit proxy voting in committees. Establishes Rule LII which requires the body of the Congressional Record for the House to contain an accurate and verbatim account of remarks actually delivered on the floor. Limits extension and revision of remarks delivered on the floor to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors. Authorizes Members, by unanimous consent, to make insertions of remarks not actually delivered on the floor and requires such insertions to be clearly distinguished from verbatim remarks. Amends Rule X to require committee ratios to reflect the majority to minority party ratio in the House.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1984
Abolishes the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation 90 days after enactment of this Act. Requires the transfer to the Secretary of Energy of any legally binding commitments of the Corporation remaining upon the Corporation's abolition. Sets forth specified amounts of funds which shall be retained in the Energy Security Reserve until expended or no longer needed for: (1) legally binding commitments which the Corporation enters into before the date of the enactment of this Act; (2) administrative expenses of the Corporation during the 90-day period following the enactment of this Act and of the Secretary with respect to responsibilities transferred to him or her under this Act; and (3) obligations made before February 8, 1982, by the Secretary with respect to projects funded under the Defense Production Act of 1950 or under the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974. Requires that any remaining funds in the Energy Security Reserve be deposited upon enactment of this Act into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Repeals the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act of 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1984
Expresses the sense of Congress that television and radio networks and stations broadcasting coverage of the XXIII Olympiad should include public service announcements or other informational programming warning young people of the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Satellite Communications Competition Act of 1984 - Amends the Satellite Communications Act of 1962 to authorize the Communications Satellite Corporation to conduct the following activities only through a separate subsidiary: (1) research and development; (2) manufacturing or other production; (3) technical assistance and consulting regarding satellite or other telecommunication system planning, construction, or operations (other than such assistance or consulting required to be performed directly by the Corporation under the agreements of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) and the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT)); (4) any other activity as determined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); and (5) management and administrative services in direct support of such activities. Authorizes the Corporation to conduct the following activities only if it does so directly: (1) representation of the United States in INTELSAT and INMARSAT; (2) activities required to be performed directly by the Corporation under the INTELSAT and INMARSAT agreements; (3) furnishing channels of communication from INTELSAT and INMARSAT to U.S. communications common carriers and to other authorized entities, foreign and domestic; (4) any other activity as determined by the FCC; and (5) management and administrative services in direct support of such activities. Declares that any transaction between the Corporation and any subsidiary: (1) shall not be based upon any preference or discrimination arising out of such affiliation; (2) shall be conducted in the same manner as the Corporation's conduct of business with other entities; (3) shall be pursuant to a written contract; and (4) shall be fully auditable and reflect all associated costs. Permits the FCC to provide exemptions from the structural separation requirements of this Act to the extent that the need for regulation is reduced because of an increased level of competition in international telecommunications, a reduction of the competitive advantages held by the Corporation, or both. Requires the Corporation to obtain any research and development through competitive procurement procedures. Allows the FCC to provide for exceptions from such procedures, on a case by case basis, at the request of the Corporation. Requires the Corporation, if it contracts with a subsidiary for research and development pursuant to such an exception and grants such subsidiary a license for the use of any resulting invention or data, to make such a license available to any other person at the same time and under the same terms. Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations which ensure that INTELSAT or INMARSAT information is not provided by the Corporation to any subsidiary, or by a subsidiary to the Corporation or any other subsidiary, unless such information is available to the public. Directs the President to: (1) supervise and issue instructions to the Corporation with respect to its relationships and activities with foreign governments, international entities, INTELSAT, and INMARSAT and to make such instructions available to the public; and (2) designate or appoint a Government representative to oversee the Corporation's activities with respect to INTELSAT and INMARSAT to ensure compliance with such instructions. Directs the FCC to: (1) provide public notice of, and a reasonable opportunity to comment on, any agenda or notice of an INTELSAT or INMARSAT meeting; (2) make recommendations to assist the President in issuing instructions to the Corporation and to make such recommendations available to the public; (3) require the Corporation to make available to the public all INTELSAT and INMARSAT documents which are circulated to the foreign signatories; (4) prevent anticompetitive practices between the Corporation and any subsidiary; (5) assure that the Corporation does not impose upon users of the INTELSAT or INMARSAT communications system the costs of any other services or facilities; and (6) prescribe systems to assure compliance with this Act. Authorizes the FCC to issue instructions to the Corporation concerning matters within the FCC's jurisdiction, which instructions shall be made public. Provides that the instructions of the President and the instructions of the FCC, to the extent they do not conflict with those of the President, shall be binding on the Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1984
Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act of 1984 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to pay employees under 20 years of age 75 percent of the minimum wage rate between May and September of each year. Exempts such employees from special certificate requirements. Restricts such authorization to: (1) hours worked by eligible employees in compliance with applicable child labor laws; and (2) youth employed after May 1 of each year. Prohibits the removal of employees ineligible for the subminimum wage rate in order to replace them with employees who are eligible. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act. Terminates the minimum wage rate exception after September 30, 1987. Directs the Secretary of Labor to monitor the implementation of this Act and to report to the Congress concerning the employment effects of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Textile Fiber and Wool Products Identification Improvement Act - Amends the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to require a textile fiber or wool product to be so labeled if it has been processed or manufactured in the United States. Requires the product, as well as the package in which it is contained, to be labeled as to country of origin. Provides that such requirement shall not be construed as requiring such labeling on each hosiery product contained in a package as long as such package is labeled. Requires catalog sales descriptions and other advertisements for textile and wool products to contain country of origin information. Requires that the identification label on imported textile fiber or wool products be affixed to the most conspicuous place on the inner side of the product.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Title I: Organ Procurement Activities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the planning of qualified organ procurement organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the establishment, initial operation, and expansion of qualified organ procurement organizations. Sets forth eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a United States Transplantation Network to provide a central registry linking donors and potential recipients; (2) establish and maintain an organ recipient registry; (3) maintain an identifiable unit in the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate Federal organ transplant programs and policies; and (4) publish an annual report on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. Directs the Secretary to establish a Task Force on Organ Transplantation. Requires such Task Force to: (1) conduct a national conference within six months; and (2) report to the Secretary. Terminates the Task Force 12 months after such report is submitted. Requires the Secretary to make immunosuppressive drugs available, upon request and without cost, to transplant centers for use on an outpatient basis by individuals who have received an organ transplant at such centers. Requires such centers to furnish such drugs to its outpatients on the basis of the center's determination of the patient's need and the patient's inability to pay for them through insurance coverage or other resources. Requires the Comptroller General to report annually to Congress concerning the allocation of such drugs. Requires the Secretary to submit a recommendation to Congress by October 1, 1985, concerning the feasibility and desirability of authorizing reimbursements under title XVIII of the Social Security Act for immunosuppressive drugs on an outpatient basis by individuals who have received organ transplants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986. Title II: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the purchase or sale of human organs if such transfer affects commerce. Establishes criminal penalties for such violations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from an employee-recipient's income a portion of the value of an employee achievement award if it is awarded by reason of length of service, productivity or safety achievement.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Rural Housing Assistance Improvement Act of 1984 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to declare that specified provisions, requiring that a specified percentage of the dwelling units financed with rural housing assistance be available only for very low-income families or persons, shall not prohibit any Farmers Home Administration office from making any rural housing loan in a fiscal year if: (1) such office has satisfied such requirement with respect to assistance previously provided in such fiscal year; or (2) sufficient amounts of the funds available to such office for loans are reserved for loans only to very low-income families or persons so that such requirement would be satisfied if all such reserved amounts were used by the end of such fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to: (1) decrease the percentage of the funds allocated for public radio from the Broadcasting Fund that shall be available for Corporation of Public Broadcasting grants and contracts for the production or acquisition of public radio programs; and (2) increase the percentage of such funds available for distribution to public radio station licensees and permittees for use, at their discretion, for the production and acquisition of programs.
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