United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of: (1) five dollar gold coins, emblematic of the centennial of the Statue of Liberty; (2) one dollar silver coins, emblematic of the use of Ellis Island; and (3) half dollar coins, emblematic of the contributions of immigrants to America. Sets forth certain features of such coins; and provides for their sale and issuance. Provides for the distribution and use of such sale funds to the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. Terminates the minting of such coins on December 31, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Repeals specified provisions of Federal law which restrict or prohibit the private carriage of letters. Exempts letters and packages carried by private express from the requirement that all letters and packages carried by a vessel in interstate commerce be delivered promptly to the local post office upon arrival in a port.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Reciprocity Act of 1985 - Amends the Diplomatic Relations Act to limit the number of members of a diplomatic mission of a communist regime to the United States and the privileges and immunities granted to such members and their families so that the number of members and their privileges and immunities are no greater than those applicable to the U.S. mission to that communist regime. Requires the President to report to Congress on steps taken to implement this Act. Lists countries defined as communist regimes.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Congressional Approval of Agency Rules Act of 1985 - Declares that a Federal agency rule shall not become final unless the rule and a statement of its economic impact are submitted to and approved by the Congress. Permits certain emergency rules to become effective for 60 days upon promulgation. Directs each agency to submit to the Congress an economic impact statement on each of its existing final rules.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Eliminates Supreme Court and Federal district court jurisdiction to review or hear any case arising out of State law or any Act interpreting a State statute relating to abortion.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Antitrust Law Labor Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Clayton Act and the Norris-La Guardia Act to eliminate limitations on the application of the Sherman Act to labor organizations and their activities. Amends the Sherman Act to declare illegal any agreement between a labor organization and an employer under which the employer calls for a boycott of any product. Sets forth penalties to be imposed against any person who enters or attempts to enter such a contract.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Eliminates Federal court jurisdiction to hear or review State actions or laws related to compulsory attendance at public schools on the basis of a student's race, color, creed, or sex.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Hobbs Act to redefine "extortion" to mean obtaining property from another with consent by use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear thereof, or wrongful use of fear not involving force or violence, or under color of official right. Expresses congressional intent: (1) not to exclude Federal jurisdiction on the ground that conduct involving force, violence, or fear thereof takes place in the course of a legitimate business or labor dispute or on the ground that the conduct violates State or local law; and (2) not to chill legitimate labor activity by authorizing Federal prosecution for offenses occurring during a labor dispute not involving extortion. Makes it an affirmative defense to prosecution that the defendant's conduct: (1) was incidental to peaceful picketing in the course of a legitimate labor dispute; (2) consisted solely of minor bodily injury or property damage; or (3) was not intended to extort property.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Voluntary School Prayer Act of 1985 - Eliminates Supreme Court and Federal district court jurisdiction to review or hear any case arising out of State law relating to voluntary prayer in public buildings and schools.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to eliminate all provisions authorizing union security agreements (agreements which require union membership as a condition of employment).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (an Act which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Redesignates the legal public holiday of the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., as January 15, Washington's Birthday as February 22, Memorial Day as May 30, and Columbus Day as October 12.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Prohibits any Federal agency or employee from inspecting or acquiring medical or dental records of patients whose medical or dental care was not provided directly by the Federal Government or under a program receiving Federal assistance, unless the patient has authorized the disclosure. Establishes criminal penalties for violators and authorizes aggrieved persons to seek injunctive relief.
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
Directs the Comptroller General to audit, each fiscal year, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Advisory Council, the Federal Open Market Committee, and all Federal Reserve banks and their branches. Requires the Comptroller General, within six months after the end of each fiscal year, to report to the Congress on the results of such audit.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a full inventory of U.S. gold reserves and analyze the sufficiency of security measures for such reserves. Requires the General Accounting Office to review and transmit such inventory to the Congress. Amends the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 to require congressional authorization to sell gold bullion. Amends the Trading With the Enemy Act to repeal the President's authority to regulate transactions in gold or silver coin or bullion during the time of war. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal the Secretary's authority to require the exchange of gold coins, bullion, and certificates for other U.S. currency if necessary to protect the U.S. currency system. Directs the Secretary to redeem in gold all Federal Reserve and U.S. notes. Authorizes the Secretary to issue gold certificates for redeeming such notes and gold coins in denominations by weight.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
American Gold Eagle Coin Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint gold coins to be referred to as "American Eagles." Sets forth the specifications for two types of such gold coins. Declares that coins minted under this Act shall not be legal tender for public debts, public charges, taxes, duties or dues, but may be used for the payment of private debts. Sets forth the dates by which the Secretary shall begin delivery of such coins. Sets forth the formula by which the Secretary shall determine the daily price of such coins. Declares that the Secretary shall charge no seigniorage (Government revenue charge) in excess of the gold bullion value except to the extent necessary to cover the expenses for production of such coins. Permits the exchange of gold bullion for such American Eagle coins. Permits the Secretary to prescribe necessary regulations. Subjects such gold coins to taxation in the same manner as other currency of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Self-Employed Tax Status Clarification Act of 1985 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify three alternative standards for determining whether certain individuals are self-employed for purposes of social security taxation. Treats an individual as self-employed if: (1) such individual controls the total number of his or her work hours; (2) such individual does not maintain a principal place of business, or, if he or she does, such place of business is not provided, or is not provided rent-free, by the person for whom such individual performs services; (3) such individual has substantial investment in his or her business and earns income based upon sales or output rather than upon number of hours worked; (4) such individual performs services pursuant to a written contract and is provided written notice of his or her responsibility with respect to income and self-employment taxes; and (5) the recipient of such individual's services files returns disclosing payments made to such individual. Treats an individual as self-employed if such individual: (1) has a substantial investment in the assets used to perform such service; (2) owns the assets or holds them under a lease agreement; (3) is responsible for the maintenance of the assets; (4) bears the principal burden of the operating costs of the assets; (5) is responsible for supplying personal services necessary in the performance of the business; and (6) performs such services pursuant to a contract. Provides that failure of the taxpayer to file information returns with respect to remuneration received while self-employed shall not disqualify him or her from being treated as self-employed unless such failure is willful or intentional. Treats an individual as self-employed if such individual performs similar services for five or more clients during the preceding year or is expected to perform services for five or more such clients during the taxable year. States that no inference shall be made about the employment status of a taxpayer for failure to comply with any of the criteria specified by this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate on taxpayer compliance with the self-employment criteria specified by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that benefit payments shall not be subject to Federal, State, or local taxation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to abolish the United States Metric Board established by that Act and to eliminate the Board's responsibilities in the area of metric conversion. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to carry out a program of coordination and education with respect to the metric system. Directs the Comptroller General to analyze and publish any adverse effects of increasing metric conversion.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Limits U.S. contributions to the budget of the United Nations and affiliated agencies to an amount which bears the same ratio to the total U.N. budget as the U.S. population bears to the total population of U.N. member nations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for the educational expenses paid for the elementary, secondary, college, or vocational education of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse or dependents. Limits the amount of the credit to $2,000 for any individual for whom such expenses are paid. Excludes from the definition of "educational expenses" any amount paid for meals, lodging, or similar personal expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the estate tax, the gift tax, and the tax on generation-skipping transfers. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of title II benefits to individuals who have been deported pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act because of activities conducted under the direction of association with the Nazi government of Germany or its allies.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that a married individual who resides in the same household as or in a separate household from such individual's spouse and who files a separate return may elect to have the Secretary of the Treasury recompute the taxes of such individual and such individual's spouse as though they were filing a single joint return. Provides that the amount of any reduction in tax as a result of such computation shall be paid (without interest) to such individual and such individual's spouse in the same proportion that each individual's taxable income bears to the aggregate taxable income.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow married individuals filing separate income tax returns to elect to be taxed at rates applicable to unmarried individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the restrictions on investment in tangible investment assets by individual retirement accounts and individually directed accounts. Allows such investments except for: (1) the acquisition of a tangible investment asset from the individual (or his or her beneficiaries) for whose benefit the account was created; or (2) the transfer (by distribution or otherwise) of a tangible investment asset from an account to the individual (or his or her beneficiaries) for whose benefit the account has been created.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $2,500 the maximum deduction for contributions to retirement savings plans. Allows certain individuals to compute the amount of the income tax deduction for retirement savings on the basis of the earned income of their spouses without regard to any community property laws.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the President an item veto of appropriations bills. Requires the President, in signing such a bill, to designate the provisions disapproved and return the bill to the House in which it originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceedings as other bills disapproved by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person who has been elected to: (1) the Senate two times from being eligible for election or appointment to the Senate; and (2) the House of Representatives six times from being eligible for election to the House.
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
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
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Constitution provides that all citizens have the right to keep and bear arms and that such right supersedes the power and authority of any government.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1984
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to provide that an individual who, as of September 12, 1984, was performing services for one member of a corporate group and was eligible for nontaxable air travel benefits provided by a corporate affiliate shall continue to be eligible for such benefits if as of that date: (1) the primary business of the affiliated group was air transportation of passengers; and (2) at least 50 percent of the persons performing services for the corporation for which the individual is currently performing services were employees of or had previously performed services for the second such corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act to provide that States which allow certain small businesses to pay a nonexperience-based State unemployment tax rate below 5.4 percent may gradually increase the unemployment tax rate for such businesses over a four-year period to equal the new 5.4 percent standard State unemployment tax rate for 1985 and thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1984
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Reciprocity Act of 1984 - Amends the Diplomatic Relations Act to limit the number of members of a diplomatic mission of a communist regime to the United States and the privileges and immunities granted to such members and their families so that the number of members and their privileges and immunities are no greater than those applicable to the U.S. mission to that communist regime. Requires the President to report to Congress on steps taken to implement this Act. Lists countries defined as communist regimes.
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
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should make every effort to convene an international conference on terrorism: (1) at which participating countries would share intelligence about international terrorist organizations and discuss counterterrorism strategy and techniques; and (2) which would result in the adoption of a Convention for the Suppression of International Terrorism to strengthen international law with respect to terrorist acts. Provides for the establishment by the Convention of effective procedures for dealing with such international terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1984
Repeals the Service Contract Act of 1965. Provides that any provision of law requiring the payment of wages and benefits at rates determined by reference to determinations of the Secretary of Labor under such Act shall cease to be effective on the enactment date of this Act. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect rights and duties under contracts entered into prior to such enactment date.
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