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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 346 (99th)referred

A joint resolution to amend the joint resolution designating Captive Nations Week to recognize the status of Russia as a captive nation, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1985

Amends the joint resolution designating Captive Nations Week to add Russia, South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Nicaragua, and Mozambique to the list of captive nations. Replaces language referring to "Communist imperialism" with language referring to "Soviet expansionism."

Bill· HRH.R. 3041 (99th)passed

A bill to provide for the awarding of a special congressional gold medal to Aaron Copland.

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1985

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Aaron Copland in recognition of his contributions to American musical composition. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 3043 (99th)referred

A bill relating to restrictions on activities of United Nations employees.

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1985

Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize regulating the activities of U.N. employees (including employees of the U.N. Secretariat) outside the United Nations Headquarters District in a manner determined to be in the best interests of the United States and pursuant to the United Nations Headquarters Agreement Act. Exempts U.S. nationals from such regulations. Requires the Secretary of State to report periodically to the Congress on plans to implement this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 3006 (99th)open

A bill to correct certain inequities by providing Federal civil service credit for retirement purposes and for the purpose of computing length of service to determine entitlement to leave, compensation, life insurance, health benefits, severance pay, tenure, and status in the case of certain individuals who performed service as National Guard technicians before January 1, 1969.

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1985

Entitles individuals who performed service as National Guard technicians before January 1, 1969, to credit for such service when determining length of service for purposes of civil service retirement, leave, employee death and disability compensation, group life and health insurance, severance pay, tenure, and status.

Bill· HRH.R. 2984 (99th)referred

Military Real Property Disposal Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1985

Military Real Property Disposal Act of 1985 - Alters the criteria for triggering the notice requirements before a proposed closure or realignment of any military installation may take place. Repeals the current criterion regarding any closure and any realignment involving a reduction of more than 1,000 or more than 50 percent of the civilian personnel authorized at the installation in question. Establishes as a new criterion any closure or realignment which increases the rate of unemployment in the economic region in question by one percent or more. Requires the Secretary of Defense or the military department concerned to include a socio-economic impact statement in any justification to the Armed Services Committees concerning a closing or realignment. Reduces the waiting period following the justification from 60 to 30 days. Removes the requirement that at least 300 civilian personnel be employed at a military installation before it is considered a military installation for purposes of such closures or realignments.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 219 (99th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to the potential closing and downgrading of hundreds of local offices of the Social Security Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1985

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the: (1) local field office structure of the Social Security Administration should be maintained, strengthened, and fully staffed; and (2) proper amount of administrative costs of such offices should approximate 1.5 percent of the costs of the social security benefit programs serviced by such offices.

Bill· HRH.R. 2943 (99th)open

A bill to amend section 1964 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to certain civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity.

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1985

Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Statute (RICO) to allow a civil action to be brought by a plaintiff only when the private suit rests on an injury caused by conduct that led to the defendant's conviction of one of the predicate offenses listed in the statute or of a criminal violation of RICO itself. Requires the plaintiff to bring such action within one year of the defendant's conviction.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 213 (99th)referred

A resolution urging the Postmaster General to issue a series of commemorative stamps in honor of members of the Airborne Divisions of the United States Army who served during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985

Recognizes the efforts of the members of the Airborne Divisions of the U.S. Army who served during World War II. Urges the Postmaster General to issue commemorative stamps honoring those Divisions, and to determine the appropriate denomination, design, and period of issuance of the stamps.

Bill· HRH.R. 2852 (99th)referred

A bill to provide that past-due amounts owed by physicians and other health professionals who breached a contract under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program shall be deducted from amounts otherwise payable to the physician under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1985

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with any physician owing a past-due obligation because of a breach of contract by the physician under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program. Requires the agreement to provide that: (1) deductions will be made from amounts owed the physician under the Medicare or Medicaid (title XIX of the Act) program until the past-due obligation has been repaid; (2) Medicare payments for services provided by such physician shall only be made on the basis of an assignment; and (3) if the physician does not provide services for which payment may be made under Medicare or Medicaid or if the physician breaches any provision of the agreement then the Attorney General shall sue the physician to recover the amount owed and the physician shall be barred from Medicare and Medicaid participation until the obligation has been repaid. Prohibits barring a physician if such physician is the sole community physician. Requires a State's Medicaid program to make such deductions from amounts otherwise payable. Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for the collection of such past-due amounts through Medicare and Medicaid deductions.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 324 (99th)referred

A joint resolution to express the opposition of the United States to the genocide being committed on the peoples of Ethiopia by the Communist regime in power, to encourage that regime to abandon such policies, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1985

States that the Congress supports the Ethiopian people in their efforts to end the policy of genocide conducted by the government of Ethiopia and calls upon such Government to agree to a ceasefire and to begin negotiations with the opposition leading to the establishment of a government of national reconciliation. Prohibits both the importation into the United States of Ethiopian goods and services and, except for emergency relief assistance, the exportation of U.S. goods and services to Ethiopia until such time as the President determines that the Ethiopian regime has ceased to conduct a policy of starvation of its people and has granted them fundamental human rights and the Congress has enacted a joint resolution approving such determination. Requires the President to suspend all economic assistance and to deny any security assistance to the Government of Ethiopia. Requires the President to submit a report to the Congress on the progress by the Ethiopian regime to end such policies.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 170 (99th)open

A concurrent resolution condemning the hijacking of TWA flight 847, the brutal murder of Petty Officer, 2nd Class Robert Stethem, confirming the policy of no capitulation to terrorism, and expressing our commitment to a course of action that results in the freedom of all American hostages.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1985

Supports U.S. policy which rejects capitulating to international terrorist demands. Expresses the House of Representatives' hope for the safe return of all U.S. hostages (in Lebanon), just compensation for their suffering, and just punishment and retribution for the crimes and atrocities committed by the terrorists.

Bill· HRH.R. 2814 (99th)open

A bill to provide the penalty of death for certain crimes relating to aircraft, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1985

Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. Requires the Government, for any offense punishable by death, to serve notice upon the defendant a reasonable time before trial or acceptance of a plea that it intends to seek the death penalty, as well as notice of the aggravating factors upon which it will rely. Requires a separate sentencing hearing before a jury or the court upon motion by the defendant when the defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty to an offense punishable by death. Provides that no presentence report shall be prepared in such cases. Provides that at the hearing, any information may be presented as to any matter relevant to the sentence and shall include all matters relating to any of the listed aggravating factors and to any mitigating factors. Allows the defendant to present any information relevant to sentencing, without regard to the rules of evidence, but permits information to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading of the jury. Allows the Government to present any information relevant to mitigating or aggravating factors in accordance with the rules of evidence applicable to a criminal trial in which the question of guilt or innocence is determined. Permits the Government and the defendant opportunity to rebut any information received at the hearing. Specifies mitigating factors which the defendant must establish by a preponderance of the information and aggravating factors which the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Lists threshold aggravating factors for homicide, including that the defendant: (1) intentionally killed the victim; (2) intentionally inflicted serious bodily injury which resulted in the death of the victim; or (3) intentionally participated in an act which he reasonably should have known would create grave risk of death to a person and the victim did die as a direct result of the act. Sets forth other aggravating factors. Includes among the mitigating factors that the defendant was less than 18 years old at the time of the crime. Conditions imposition of the death penalty on a unanimous finding by the jury that: (1) some aggravating factor exists in addition to a threshold factor; and (2) the aggravating factor sufficiently outweighs any mitigating factor found to exist. Directs the court to impose the death penalty upon a finding that such sentence is justified. Requires the court to instruct the jury not to consider the race, color, national origin, creed, or sex of the defendant in its consideration of the death sentence. Establishes procedures for appeal from a death sentence. Requires the court of appeals, upon considering the record and the information and procedures of the sentencing hearing, to affirm the decision if: (1) the sentence was not imposed under influence of passion, prejudice, or arbitrariness; and (2) the information supports the finding of aggravating factors or the absence of mitigating factors. Requires the court to provide a written explanation of its determination. Revises the definition of "aircraft piracy" to state that it is a continuing offense throughout the period the seizure or exercise of control continues.

Bill· HRH.R. 2819 (99th)open

A bill to amend section 2316 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to make the application of the revised wage index developed under that section prospective and to provide for periodic updating of that index.

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1985

Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to the prospective payment system of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, to adjust the payment amounts to hospitals for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 1985, to reflect any changes made in the hospital wage index. Provides that for discharges occurring during FY 1986, any changes in the wage index shall be derived from total gross hospital wages. Directs the Secretary to periodically adjust the hospital wage index as necessary.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 305 (99th)enacted

A joint resolution to recognize both Peace Corps volunteers and Peace Corps on the agency's 25th anniversary, 1985-1986.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1985

Designates the period of October 1, 1985, through September 30, 1986, as the time to reflect on the achievements of the Peace Corps during its 25 years and on ways such programs might be used in the future. Authorizes and requests the President to proclaim this period as a time to honor Peace Corps volunteers and reaffirm the Nation's commitment to such programs.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 306 (99th)referred

A joint resolution to request that the Secretary of State raise the case of the imprisonment of Aleksandr Shatravka with the Soviet Union.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1985

Declares that Aleksandr Shatravka should be released from imprisonment by the Soviet Union and should be accorded his full rights under international law, including freedom of the workplace and freedom of travel. Urges the Secretary of State to raise this case at appropriate world forums, including the U.N. General Assembly and review meetings of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Bill· HRH.R. 2626 (99th)open

A bill to extend the income and eligibility verification system under section 1137 of the Social Security Act so as to provide for verification of immigration status in the case of aliens applying for benefits under specified welfare and other programs.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985

Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to extend the income and eligibility verification system so as to require an applicant or benefit recipient, as a condition of eligibility for or receipt of benefits under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of such Act, title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of such Act, title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, the food stamp program, or the unemployment insurance compensation program, to declare in writing whether or not he or she is a U.S. citizen, and, if a U.S. citizen his or her immigration status and file number. Requires the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to implement a verification system of immigration status to be made available to all States by October 1, 1985.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 180 (99th)open

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should rename the control point known as Checkpoint Charlie between the American and Soviet zones of Berlin in honor of United States Army Major Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr., who lost his life at Soviet hands while carrying out his duties in the German Democratic Republic.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985

Deplores and condemns the murder of Major Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr., and calls on the Soviet Union to apologize for his murder and to indemnify his family. Calls on the President to rename Checkpoint Charlie in honor of Major Nicholson.

Bill· HRH.R. 2588 (99th)referred

Korean War Veterans Memorial Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1985

Korean War Veterans Memorial Act of 1985 - Authorizes the American Battle Monuments Commission to erect a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Korean war. Subjects the selected site, design, and plans for the construction of such memorial to the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission. Directs that, upon its completion, the memorial shall be turned over to the Department of the Interior which shall then be solely responsible for its maintenance. Authorizes appropriations.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 178 (99th)referred

A resolution establishing a temporary commission composed of political scientists and other persons from private life, to study the precedents of the House relating to election contests and to recommend to the House nonpartisan procedures for resolving such contests.

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1985

Establishes a commission to review the precedents of the House of Representatives relating to contested elections and to study the manner in which the House determined the results of the election for the office of Representative from the Eighth Congressional District of Indiana, held November 6, 1984. Requires the commission to report to the House on its findings, including recommendations, not later than the end of the 99th Congress. Terminates such commission at the end of the 99th Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 2535 (99th)open

Even Start Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1985

Even Start Act - Establishes a pilot program to combine adult basic education for parents and school readiness training for children into a single educational program. Requires that funds made available to a grant recipient under this Act be used to provide a program of adult literacy training which includes as a major component involving parents and children together to enhance the likelihood of educational achievement. Requires that each such program receiving a grant include the following elements: (1) identifying and recruiting eligible participants; (2) screening and preparing parents and children for participation (including testing, referral to necessary counseling, and related services); (3) designing programs and providing support services to suit the participants' work and other responsibilities (including child care, transportation, and scheduling and locating services to allow joint participation by parents and children); (4) establishing instruction programs that promote adult literacy, equip parents to support the education and growth of their children, and prepare children for success in regular school program; and (5) providing and monitoring integrated instructional services to participants through home-based programs. Makes eligible for participation in such programs families that: (1) include a parent eligible to participate in an adult basic education program under the Adult Education Act; and (2) reside, with a child aged four or five, in a school attendance area designated for receipt of funds under chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA). Makes eligible to apply for such program grants any agency, organization, or institution that operates an adult basic education program under the Adult Education Act and that serves an area: (1) in which the unemployment rate exceeds the national average; and (2) at least 75 percent of which is comprised of school attendance areas designated for receipt of funds under chapter 1 of ECIA. Sets forth grant application requirements, including: (1) a demonstration that the applicant can coordinate programs under the Adult Education Act with program under chapter 1 of ECIA, with other related programs such as health care, nutrition, child abuse, and substance abuse control and with State and local educational agencies; (2) a statement of methods to be used to provide program services for those most in need of them and for special populations, such as the handicapped and those with limited English proficiency; and (3) a demonstration that the applicant has qualified personnel to provide staff training and preparation. Directs the Secretary of Education to select 15 to 20 applications for final review, with two-thirds of these from urban areas and one-third from rural areas. Provides that three of these applications shall be selected for receipt of funds by a review panel composed of the Secretary, and specified members of State and local directors of programs under chapter 1 of ECIA and the Adult Education Act, chief State school officers, and representatives from a local Parent-Teacher Association and from institutions of higher education with training, respectively, in early childhood education and in adult literacy training. Sets forth program agreement requirements, including: (1) participant enrollment for at least 12 months; and (2) grant recipient provision of at least 25 percent of program costs for the third year of operation, 50 percent for the fourth year, and continued program operation after the expiration of assistance under this Act, if the program has been demonstrated to be effective. Sets forth requirements for evaluation and dissemination of results of such pilot projects. Requires that the results of such evaluation be submitted by the end of FY 1992 to the national diffusion network for possible dissemination. Directs the Secretary, in order to carry out this Act, to reserve specified amounts from FY 1987 through 1991 funds which would otherwise be available for: (1) grants to States for adult basic education and adult education programs to be carried out by local educational agencies and private nonprofit agencies; and (2) evaluation and studies under chapter 1 of ECIA. Provides that such requirement shall not apply to funds appropriated before the enactment of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 2543 (99th)referred

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for medicare payment for therapeutic shoes for individuals with severe diabetic foot disease.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1985

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for therapeutic shoes for individuals with severe diabetic foot disease, if the shoes are prescribed by a physician and fitted and furnished by a certified orthotist. Limits such coverage to one pair of shoes annually and $375 annually.

Bill· HRH.R. 2539 (99th)referred

Children's Protection Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1985

Children's Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Statute to extend the Act's coverage to the sexual exploitation of children. Authorizes a civil suit for treble damages for any person injured personally or in his or her business or property. Amends the Federal criminal code with regard to the sexual exploitation of children. Makes it a Federal offense to print or publish any statement or advertisement to receive, buy, produce, display, photograph, film, print or publish any statement or advertisement to receive, buy, produce, display, photograph, film, print or record any visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Prohibits offering participation in sexually explicit conduct with a minor. Lists factors that may be considered in determining whether a person engaged in such conduct has attained the age of 18. Provides that the Government need not establish the identify of the alleged minor in a prosecution under this section. Increases the penalties for offenses involving the transportation of minors for prohibited sexual conduct.

Law· HRH.R. 2475 (99th)enacted

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to simplify the imputed interest rules of sections 1274 and 483, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1985

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the imputation rate on seller-financed transactions from 120 percent to 100 percent of the Federal rate. Eliminates the separate testing rate for the determination of imputed interest. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make a determination of the Federal short-term, mid-term, and long-term rates on a monthly basis. Permits the use of a lower rate than the applicable Federal rate where such rate is based on the same principles as the applicable Federal rate and is appropriate for the term of the instrument. Provides that the rate used to test the adequacy of stated interest on the first $2,000,000 of seller financing cannot exceed nine percent. Provides that where the amount of seller financing is greater than $4,000,000, the test rate is 100 percent of the applicable Federal rate. Establishes a blended rate for sales between $2,000,000 and $4,000,000 equal to nine percent on an amount which phases out dollar-for-dollar as the amount of seller financing exceeds $2,000,000 and 100 percent of the applicable Federal rate on the excess. Provides that the $2,000,000 and $4,000,000 threshold amounts will be indexed for inflation after 1988. Allows the parties to elect to account for interest using the cash method of accounting where the transaction amount of seller-financing is not more than $2,000,000. Lengthens the recovery period for real property from 18 to 19 years.