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Rep. Clinger, William F., Jr. [R-PA-5]

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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 459 (98th)referred

A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish additional conditions with respect to official travel of members and employees of committees.

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984

Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the expenditure of appropriated funds to defray travel expenses of committee members or employees outside of the United States or its territories or possessions, unless such committee has approved, by recorded vote, a resolution authorizing such travel. Requires that such resolution set forth: (1) a detailed itinerary; (2) the anticipated benefits that could not otherwise be achieved; (3) a certification that the travel cost is the lowest available; and (4) justification for each individual participating in such travel.

Bill· HRH.R. 5037 (98th)open

Milk Producers Prompt Payment Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984

Milk Producers Prompt Payment Act of 1984 - Provides that all milk purchased from a U.S. producer by a handler in a cash sale, and all inventories and proceeds and related products, shall be held by the handler in trust for the producer until the producer receives full payment. Exempts handlers whose total annual milk purchases do not exceed $500,000. Requires a handler to pay the full cash price to the producer within one day of receiving the milk, unless agreed otherwise. Grants producers a cause of action in U.S. district courts for handler trust or payment violations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5039 (98th)open

A bill to provide matching grants for the retrofitting and operation of certain surplus vessels used for humanitarian purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants to LIFE International to pay up to 75 percent of the costs of retrofitting and operating specified vessels transferred to the organization. Authorizes appropriations to the Maritime Administration for FY 1985 through 1987 for such grants.

Bill· HRH.R. 5044 (98th)referred

National Coal Science, Technology, and Engineering Development Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984

National Coal Science, Technology, and Engineering Development Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to carry out a national coal science, technology, and engineering program which shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy (the Assistant Secretary). Provides that the program shall consist of three research and development programs: (1) the coal science research program; (2) the process science and engineering research program; and (3) the engineering development program. States that: (1) the purpose of the coal science research program shall be to conduct research, for all coal ranks, that seeks an in-depth understanding of coal structure and process chemistry; and (2) the program shall be directed toward the understanding of how pollutant species are bound in the coal molecule and how such species can be efficiently and effectively removed. Provides that the coal science research program shall be carried out through the energy-technology centers, the national laboratories, the university community, and the private sector. States that the purpose of the process science and engineering research program shall be to conduct research, applicable to all coal ranks, in the following areas: (1) coal preparation; (2) specification fuels; (3) precombustion cleanup; (4) postcombustion cleanup; (5) utilization processes; (6) instrumentation and control; (7) solids transport; and (8) supporting research and development. Provides that the process science and engineering research program shall be carried out through the energy technology centers, the national laboratories, the university community, and the private sector. States that the purpose of the engineering development program shall be to carry out the projects listed in the following sentence, by making grants to eligible applicants, in order to establish proof of concept and produce developed processes and coal systems. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, to make grants for any one or more of the following projects: (1) constructing and operating a fine coal preparation and cleaning process facility of no more than 500 tons per day, capable of testing both physical and chemical coal cleanup devices and processes; (2) retrofitting an oil-fired boiler of at least 100 MWe using deeply, physically, or chemically cleaned coal, or any combination of such types of cleaned coal; (3) demonstrating a regenerable flue gas desulfurization system of at least 50 MWe; (4) demonstrating a combined SOX/NOX removal system of at least 50 MWe; (5) conducting a furnace retrofit of in-boiler sulfur control technology of at least 50 MWe; (6) demonstrating an atmospheric fluidized bed combustion system of at least 100 MWe; (7) demonstrating a repowering application of a pressurized fluidized bed combustor of from 50 to 100 MWe; (8) demonstrating a repowering application of combined cycle coal gasification of from 50 to 100 MWe; (9) developing and testing a coal-fueled gas turbine in a second generation combined-cycle system of at least 50 MWe; (10) developing and testing an industrial-scale coal-fueled gas turbine suitable for industrial cogeneration of at least 5 MWe; (11) testing a utility phosphoric acid fuel cell system using coal-derived gas at a size of 10 to 50 MWe; (12) demonstrating engineering feasibility of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) technology at a size of ten to 50 MWe; and (13) demonstrating an advanced coal liquefication process of at least five to ten tons of coal per day. Provides that the engineering development program shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary. States that a grant may be used only to pay for a portion of an approved project's total cost in an amount determined by the Assistant Secretary. Directs the Secretary, with the cooperation of the Assistant Secretary, to prepare a five-year national coal science, technology, and engineering development research plan. Requires the plan to be submitted by the Secretary to the President and the appropriate committees of Congress within six months of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit reports to the President and the appropriate committees of Congress concerning the program and the five-year plan. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for the coal science research program, the process science and engineering program, and the engineering development program.

Bill· HRH.R. 5015 (98th)referred

A bill entitled: the "Senior Citizens Tax Improvement Act".

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1984

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting retirees or individuals over age 65 from interest penalties with respect to any underpayment of estimated tax. Requires that such underpayment be due to reasonable cause (defined to include mistake or ignorance of the law) and not to willful neglect.

Bill· HRH.R. 5006 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to treatment of certain rural hospitals under the prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services under the medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that a hospital shall be considered to be located in an urban area for purposes of the prospective payment system if the wage level within the county (or equivalent area) in which the hospital is located is not less than the average wage level for urban areas in the State.

Bill· HRH.R. 4962 (98th)referred

A bill to specifically permit trapping in certain units of the national park system, subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984

Permits trapping in the following national park units except in zones where and during time periods when the Secretary has determined that trapping shall not be permitted because of public safety, administration, or public use reasons: (1) the Assateague Island National Seashore in Virginia and Maryland; (2) the Buffalo National River in Arkansas; (3) the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in Montana and Wyoming; (4) the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts; (5) the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in New Jersey and Pennsylvania; (6) the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Highway in Wyoming; (7) the New River Gorge National River in West Virginia; (8) the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri; (9) the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan; (10) the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan; and (11) the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 489 (98th)open

A joint resolution directing the President to secure a full accounting of Americans missing in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984

Directs the President to: (1) secure from the Indochina nations a full accounting of Americans captured or missing as a result of the Vietnam conflict; and (2) work for the release of captive Americans and the return of the remains of those American servicemen and civilians who died in Southeast Asia. Requires the President to submit two reports to Congress on American POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia.

Bill· HRH.R. 4876 (98th)open

Sexual Assault Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984

Sexual Assault Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to repeal the chapter on rape. Provides for a series of graded sexual offenses consisting of: sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery. Repeals the spousal exception for rape. Provides for an offense involving the sexual abuse of a minor. Makes such offense neutral as to gender.

Bill· HRH.R. 4832 (98th)open

National Individual Training Account Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

National Individual Training Account Act of 1984 - Title I: Individual Training Accounts - Establishes the national individual training account program to be administered by the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of the Treasury in cooperation with the States. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into agreements whereby States or State unemployment compensation agencies shall: (1) issue and redeem vouchers to pay training and relocation expenses; (2) accept contributions from employees and employers for deposit into individual training accounts and distribute any amount in any such account at such times as any distribution from such account is authorized; (3) provide individual counseling or job and training referral services to any participant in the program;and (4) cooperate with officers of the Federal Government or of any other State in carrying out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor, upon the request of a State, to provide information and to detail, on a reimbursable basis, personnel to assist such State in establishing a State individual training account program. Sets forth the duties of the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of the Treasury in administering the program established by this Act. Sets forth provisions for distributions from individual training accounts. Sets forth provisions for eligible training programs and for certification of such programs by the Secretary of Labor. Sets forth provisions for qualified relocation expenses and for approval of such expenses by the Secretary of Labor. Provides that individual training and related accounts are to be established as separate book accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund. Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 Relating to Individual Training Accounts - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions for approval of State unemployment compensation laws to require that a State have a State individual training account program which has been approved by the Secretary of Labor. Applies such requirement to certifications of such State laws for 1985 and subsequent years. Revises Federal unemployment tax provisions to add requirements relating to State individual training account programs. Revises provisions relating to itemized Federal income tax deductions for individuals and corporations to allow such deductions for employee or employer contributions to individual training accounts made after December 31, 1983. Prohibits any reduction (through an additional credit allowance) in Federal unemployment tax in the case of any large employer which refuses to participate in the national individual training account program. Defines "large employer" as one which during the calendar year employed an average of not less than 25 employees. Makes such denial of reduction applicable to calendar years beginning after December 31, 1985. Appropriates to the Secretary of Labor, for the expense of administering the Federal-State employment service, for each fiscal year ending after January 1, 1986, an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be equivalent to an unspecified portion of the amounts received in the general fund in the Treasury which are attributable to the operation of such denial of reduction in the unemployment tax rate of such large employers who refuse to participate in the national individual training account program.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 482 (98th)enacted

A joint resolution authorizing the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Authorizes the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Incorporated to erect a National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and recognition of law enforcement officials in the United States who died in the line of duty. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Fund, to select with the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial other than expenses incurred in the process of site selection and approval of design and plans.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 258 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the FY 1985 funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased above the FY 1984 levels.

Bill· HRH.R. 4785 (98th)open

Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Amendments Regarding Objectives and Definitions - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to declare as an objective of such Act that our older people should have available a comprehensive array of community- based, long-term care services adequate to appropriately sustain them in their communities and in their homes. Title II: Amendments Regarding the Administration on Aging - Replaces provisions establishing the Administration on Aging with provisions establishing, under the general authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, an Office on Aging to be headed by the Assistant Secretary for Aging (the Assistant Secretary) who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Office on Aging shall assume the duties and functions of the Administration on Aging and that the Assistant Secretary shall assume the duties and functions of the Commissioner on Aging. Establishes in the executive branch of the Government a Federal Coordinating Board on Aging. Provides that the Secretary shall be the Chairperson of the Board and that the Assistant Secretary shall be the Vice Chairperson. Directs the Board to: (1) coordinate all Federal programs and activities related to older individuals; and (2) annually report to the President and Congress with recommendations for the development of objectives and priorities for all Federal programs and activities relating to aging and to older individuals. Authorizes funds to be appropriated for FY 1985 through 1987 for the Federal Council on Aging. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations for the administration of the Older Americans Act of 1965. Prohibits the Secretary from making grants or contracts under such Act for training, research, and discretionary projects and programs until the Secretary develops and publishes general standards to be used in evaluating such projects and programs. Title III: Grants for Programs on Aging - Defines: (1) an "older individual" as any individual who is 60 or older; and (2) "multipurpose senior centers" as community facilities for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services, including the provision of health, social, nutritional, and educational services and provision of facilities for recreational activities, for older individuals. Authorizes funds to be appropriated for FY 1985 through 1987 for social service grants and nutrition project grants under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Requires each area agency on aging to: (1) specify annually in its area plan the amount of funds spent for each category of services in the preceding year; and (2) conduct efforts to coordinate community-based, long-term care services designed to keep individuals in their homes, thereby deferring unnecessary institutionalization. Requires a State's plan under such Act in planning and operating its long-term care ombudsman program to consider the views of area agencies on aging, older individuals, and provider agencies. Authorizes funds to be appropriated for FY 1985 through 1987 for the surplus commodity program under such Act. Title IV: Training, Research, and Discretionary Programs Related to Aging - Revises provisions of the Older Americans Act of 1965 relating to training, research, and discretionary programs. Directs the Assistant Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for training, research, and discretionary programs related to aging in order to: (1) provide comprehensive and coordinated nondegree education, training programs, and curricula at institutions of higher education and at other educational organizations for practitioners in the fields of nutrition, health care, supportive services, housing, and long-term care; (2) provide inservice training opportunities to the personnel of State offices, area agencies, senior centers, and nutrition sites to strengthen their capacity to remain responsive to the needs of older individuals; and (3) provide courses on aging and the dissemination of information about aging. Directs the Office on Aging to conduct both: (1) long-term educational activities to prepare personnel for careers in the field of aging; and (2) short-term inservice training and continuing education activities for State and area agency personnel, and other personnel, in the field of aging. Requires multidisciplinary centers of gerontology to: (1) conduct research and policy analysis and function as a technical resource for the Assistant Secretary, policy makers, service providers, and Congress; (2) recruit and train personnel; (3) conduct research toward the development of information related to aging; (4) stimulate the incorporation of information on aging into the teaching of biological, behavioral, and social sciences at colleges and universities; (5) develop training programs in the field of aging; (6) serve as a repository of information and knowledge on aging; (7) provide consultation to organizations serving older individuals under provisions of this Act; and (8) provide data to the Assistant Secretary on projects and activities for which training, research, and discretionary program funds are provided. Sets forth the purposes of research and development projects under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Directs the Assistant Secretary to select for research assistance research activities which will, within three years of enactment of this Act: (1) contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a demographic data base which contains information on the population of older individuals; (2) identify the future needs of older individuals; (3) identify the kinds and comprehensiveness of programs required to satisfy such needs; and (4) identify the kinds and number of personnel required to carry out such programs. Authorizes making grants and contracts for projects designed to identify older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases and provide family respite services and other community-based care services to such individuals. Revises provisions relating to special demonstration projects on legal services for older individuals. Directs the Assistant Secretary to make grants and enter ito contracts to: (1) provide nationwide legal services support activities to State and area agencies on aging for providing, developing, or supporting legal services for older individuals; and (2) support demonstration projects to expand or improve the delivery of legal services to older individuals with social or economic needs. Authorizes funds to be appropriated for FY 1985 through 1987 training, research, and discretionary programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) be responsible for the administration, implementation, and making of grants and contracts for such programs; and (2) annually provide a report on the expenditure of funds for such programs. Title V: Community Service Employment - Amends the Older Americans Community Service Employment Act to authorize funds to be appropriated for FY 1985 through 1987. Increases the number of part-time employment positions provided under such Act. Title VI: Grants for Indian Tribes - Authorizes funds to be appropriated for FY 1985 through 1987 under the Older Americans Act of 1965 for grants to Indian tribes. Title VII: Amendments to Other Laws; Effective Dates - Sets forth conforming amendments and effective dates.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 474 (98th)referred

A joint resolution to call on the President to convene an advisory panel and a summit conference to reduce the deficit in the budget of the United States and to apply basic principles to guide Federal budget deficit reduction plans.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Directs the President to establish an advisory panel to develop a comprehensive set of options for reducing Federal budget deficits. Requires the President to convene a summit conference for the purpose of developing agreement among congressional leaders and administration officials on comprehensive deficit reduction options presented to them by the advisory panel. Requires the summit conference to develop and report to Congress, not later than May 15, 1984, a comprehensive plan to reduce the projected deficits in the budget. Declares that such deficit reduction plan shall not readjust current economic expectations, Federal Government accounting procedures, or any other practice which is not directly related to the level of Federal spending or taxation.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 257 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution to reaffirm the commitment of the Congress to award Federal funds for scientific research projects and facilities solely on the basis of scientific merit as determined by a peer review process.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984

Declares that Congress reaffirms its commitment to the principle that funds for the support of scientific research projects and facilities should be awarded solely on the basis of scientific merit as determined in a fair and open competition review by peers. Urges interested parties to refrain from action that would bypass such a process.

Bill· HRH.R. 4775 (98th)open

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1984

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per region, necessary to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center in each Federal region. Makes any remainder of such appropriations available for metropolitan training centers. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with an institution of higher education (or consortium of such institutions) in each Federal region to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center. Permits the contractor to associate with a private management agency for performance of such contract. Requires the contractor to: (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the local educational agencies (LEAs) in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects. Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would: (1) emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education; and (2) assure provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in the average daily attendance is less than 2,500. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with LEAs, intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit institutions (or consortium of such entities) to establish and operate metropolitan training centers in eligible LEAs. Defines an eligible LEA as any LEA which is located, in part or in whole, within a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more. Requires such contractors to: (1) make center services available on an equitable basis, taking account of the contributions of various LEAs to center costs, to school administrators from each of the LEAs located, in part or in whole, within the SMSA; (2) perform specified functions which are also required of regional center contractors; and (3) coordinate metropolitan center operations with those of the regional center. Directs the Secretary, in selecting such contractors, to: (1) accept only those applications which demonstrate the existence of a prior agreement, among LEAs with more than one-half of the pupils in average daily attendance within the SMSA, to utilize the center; and (2) take into account whether their programs would emphasize provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in average daily attendance is more than 2,500 and would give preference to consortia of LEAs. Requires contracts under this Act to: (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee including representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs; (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds. Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 430 (98th)passed

A resolution entitled: "The Mandela Freedom Resolution".

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1984

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the: (1) Republic of South Africa should release Nelson Mandela from prison and should revoke Winnie Mandela's banning order; (2) President should use his position to secure the release of Nelson and Winnie Mandela; and (3) Speaker of the House is requested to transmit a copy of this resolution to the President and to the Republic of South Africa.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 454 (98th)enacted

A joint resolution honoring the contribution of blacks to American independence.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984

Expresses the appreciation of Congress to the descendants of blacks who contributed to American Independence. Encourages State and local governments and private organizations to conduct activities during Black History Month 1985 in honor of black involvement in the American Revolution.

Bill· HRH.R. 4642 (98th)open

Fair Insurance Coverage Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984

Fair Insurance Coverage Act - Prohibits any insurer from discriminating in an insurance contract against any person because of blindness. Includes within the prohibition refusing to make or negotiate a contract for insurance or giving different treatment with respect to terms, conditions, rates, or benefits because of blindness. Establishes a preference for State actions prior to judicial enforcement under this Act. Authorizes any aggrieved person, in the absence of State actions or jurisdiction, to bring an action under this Act for individual relief. Authorizes the Attorney General of the United States to bring an action for injunctive relief whenever there is reasonable cause to believe a person is engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination or when an individual is aggrieved and an issue of general public importance is raised. Grants the Federal district courts jurisdiction of such actions regardless of the amount in controversy. Allows a court to order monetary, equitable, or other appropriate relief, including punitive damages.

Bill· HRH.R. 4621 (98th)referred

A bill to delay for two years the mandatory coverage of employees of religious organizations under Social Security.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984

Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983 to delay until after December 31, 1985, mandatory coverage under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program for employees of tax-exempt religious or apostolic organizations which do not have in effect on January 1, 1984, a waiver certificate (which waives such an organization's exemption from taxation for purposes of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program).

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 395 (98th)referred

A resolution calling upon the television and radio industry and other members of the news media voluntarily to refrain from projecting presidential election results or making predictions in presidential elections on election day until all the polls throughout the United States have closed.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984

Calls upon the news media to voluntarily refrain from: (1) projecting presidential election results; or (2) predicting the outcome of such elections until all polling places have closed.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 242 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the United States Ambassador to the United Nations to introduce a resolution in the United Nations Security Council to establish a United Nations peacekeeping force to replace the multinational peacekeeping force now deployed in Beirut, Lebanon.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to introduce a resolution in the U.N. Security Council to establish a U.N. peacekeeping force to replace the Multinational Force in Lebanon.

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. 4477 (98th)open

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to the States to establish postsecondary education scholarship programs to encourage outstanding high school graduates to enter the teaching profession, and to establish a national fellowship program for talented teachers.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a talented teachers scholarship program and a national talented teachers fellowship program under title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of HEA. Establishes the talented teachers scholarship program to make grants to States for postsecondary education scholarships to outstanding high school graduates to enable them to pursue teaching careers in public elementary or secondary education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and subsequent fiscal years for such purpose. Provides for allocation of such funds among the States on the basis of population. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such grants to States which submit applications which include specified procedures and agreements. Includes among required agreements assurances that efforts will be made to attract students who: (1) are from low-income backgrounds; or (2) express a willingness or desire to teach in schools having less than average results or serving large numbers of economically disadvantaged students. Provides that each talented teacher scholar shall receive a $5,000 scholarship for each academic year of postsecondary education for study in preparation to become an elementary or secondary education teacher. Limits such individual scholarship assistance to four years of postsecondary education, as determined by the State agency. Requires that such scholarship funds be taken into consideration in determining eligibility for other student assistance under HEA. Limits the amount of an individual scholarship to an amount which when added to other student assistance under HEA does not exceed the cost of attendance. Requires that talented teacher scholars be selected by: (1) a seven-member statewide panel appointed by the chief State elected official, acting in consultation with the State education agency (SEA), or (2) by an existing panel designated by the chief State elected official and approved by the Secretary. Requires that such selections be made from students who have graduated or are graduating from high school and rank in the top ten percent of their graduating class. Requires the SEA to make applications available to high schools and in other convenient locations. Requires the statewide panel to develop criteria and procedures for selection. Permits such criteria to include grade point average, extracurricular activities, financial need, interest in teaching as expressed in an essay, and letters of recommendation. Sets forth scholarship conditions, including full-time enrollment and satisfactory progress in a course of study leading to teacher certification. Sets forth scholarship repayment provisions for recipients found by the SEA to be in noncompliance with agreements. Sets forth exceptions to such repayment provisions. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) Federal administration of State programs under specified circumstances; and (2) judicial review of the Secretary's actions toward State programs. Establishes the national talented teachers fellowship program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and subsequent fiscal years for such fellowships for outstanding teachers. Limits to two and one-half percent that portion of such funds which may be used for administration. Requires that such funds be used to award: (1) two national teacher fellowships to public school teachers teaching in each congressional district of each State, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (2) one such fellowship in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Limits fellowship awards to the average national salary of public school teachers. Prohibits receipt of an award by any individual for two consecutive years. Requires talented teacher fellows to return to a teaching position in their current school district for at least two years following the award. Permits such fellows to use such awards for such projects improving public education as the Secretary may approve, including: (1) sabbaticals for study, research, travel, or academic improvement; (2) curriculum development; (3) consultation with or assistance to other school districts; (4) development of special innovative programs; (5) community relations; or (6) model teacher programs and staff development. Establishes a National Selection Board for Talented Teaching Fellows. Sets forth provisions for membership and procedures. Requires fellowship applicants to submit proposals for projects, and indicate the extent to which they wish to continue current teaching duties, to the local education agency (LEA) for comment prior to submission to the Committee. Directs the Committee, in evaluating proposals, to: (1) consult with the LEA; (2) request recommendations from two teaching peers, the principal, and the superintendent; and (3) consider other appropriate criteria. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for such selections. Requires that announcement of such awards be: (1) made in a public ceremony; and (2) done in consultation with the Member of Congress and Senators representing the school district in which the fellows teach. Requires repayment of the fellowship award to the Federal Government in the case of fraud or gross noncompliance. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint, for up to three-year terms, up to five technical employees to administer title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training) of HEA who may be appointed and paid without regard to specified provisions of Federal law governing appointments to the competitive service and relating to classification and pay rates.

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. 4485 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for the establishment of the National Information Clearinghouse on Aging, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to establish within the Administration on Aging the National Information Clearinghouse on Aging. Requires the Clearinghouse to: (1) compile and disseminate information relating to federally funded projects related to aging; (2) publish annually a summary of the information collected; (3) compile information regarding State legislation related to programs or services for older individuals; (4) make available a national toll-free telephone number for information concerning programs and services for older individuals; and (5) cooperate with other Federal, State, and local information and referral services. Directs the Commissioner to report annually to Congress concerning research, demonstration, evaluation, and training programs carried out with funds made available under the Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions of this Act for FY 1985 through 1987.

Bill· HRH.R. 4440 (98th)referred

Human Needs and World Security Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Human Needs and World Security Act - Requires that for FY 1985: (1) not less than $102,000,000 shall be provided to the United Nations Children's Fund with the Fund's excess FY 1984 funds to be devoted to the provision of low-cost preventive health measures associated with the "child health revolution" developed by United Nations agencies; (2) not less than $90,000,000 shall be provided for the International Fund for Agricultural Development; and (3) not less than $175,000,000 shall be provided for health care activities with excess FY 1984 funds to be devoted to preventive health care activities directly benefitting the poor majority. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the Peace Corps. Requires that $700,000,000 shall be available to carry out famine relief under the Agriculture Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 for FY 1985. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the Inter-American Development Bank for assistance under the Bank's program for financing small projects. Limits for FY 1985 the aggregate amount of foreign military sales credits, foreign military sales guarantees, military assistance, and international military education and training. Limits the amount of assistance provided during FY 1985 through the Economic Support Fund.

Bill· HRH.R. 4392 (98th)referred

Magnetohydrodynamics Research, Development and Demonstration Policy Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983

Magnetohydrodynamics Research, Development and Demonstration Policy Act of 1983 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to conduct research and development which will clarify the scientific and technical issues that directly affect the development and commercial acceptance of magnetohydrodynamic technology (technology for the production of electricity from coal). Requires the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive program management plan for the magnetohydrodynamic research, development, and demonstration activities under this Act and to transmit such program to Congress. Directs the Secretary to enter into international cooperative agreements to conduct magnetohydrodynamic research and development. Requires the Secretary to offer to enter into an agreement with the owner of an existing coal-fired electric powerplant and other appropriate parties for a proof of concept demonstration of magnetohydrodynamic technology with respect to such powerplant. Provides that the parties to such agreement shall be selected on the basis of competitive bids. Requires the establishment of a Technical Review Panel for Magnetohydrodynamics which shall make recommendations to the Energy Research Advisory Board with respect to the magnetohydrodynamics research, development, and demonstration activities under this Act. Requires that the Panel's report be transmitted to the Secretary and Congress. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress annually on activities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986.