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United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Cocaine and Health Report Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit a report to the Congress, by September 30, 1986, regarding: (1) the health consequences of cocaine use; (2) the number of cocaine users; (3) specified consequences and effects of cocaine use; and (4) appropriate recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Directs the President to take steps to ensure: (1) substantial equivalence between the number, status, and privileges and immunities of Soviet officers or employees in the United States and the number, status, and privileges and immunities of U.S. officers and employees in the Soviet Union; and (2) that comparable restrictions regarding travel, accommodations and facilities are imposed on Soviet officers and employees living in the United States as are imposed on U.S. officers and employees living in the Soviet Union. Requires the President to report to the Congress on actions taken to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
States that the House of Representatives condemns the Soviet Union's military terrorism and attempted destruction of Afghanistan. Recommends that the President provide medical, military, and food assistance to the Afghan Freedom Fighters.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1985
States that the House of Representatives supports Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry on May 5, 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that Social Security cost-of-living adjustments should not be reduced or eliminated.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1985
Requires the initial report of the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board to include: (1) a comprehensive assessment of the current and potential contribution of synthetic narcotic analogs (designer drugs) to the illegal narcotics problem in the United States; (2) proposals for illegal drug law enforcement strategies to prevent the manufacture and distribution of synthetic narcotic analogs; and (3) recommendations to the Congress for necessary legislation to eliminate the manufacture and distribution of illegal synthetic narcotic analogs.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1985
Federal Drug Law Enforcement Agent Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize awards of up to $100,000 to any individual who provides original information which leads to the arrest and conviction of a person who kidnaps or kills a Federal drug law enforcement agent. Provides that the money for such rewards be taken from the forfeiture proceeds within the Department of Justice.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1985
Hazardous Waste Reduction Act of 1985 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the receipt of: (1) taxable hazardous waste in any qualified hazardous waste management unit; and (2) taxable hazardous waste for export or for disposal in the ocean pursuant to a permit. Provides that the tax rate for all forms of land and ocean waste disposal, except underground injection wells, shall be $20 for each ton of hazardous waste. Provides that the tax rate for each ton of hazardous waste placed in underground injection wells shall be five dollars per ton. Authorizes the Secretary of Treasury to increase the rates of tax on such hazardous waste where the tax revenue falls below projections for any year. Requires the tax to be paid by the owner or operator of the qualified waste management unit at which the taxable waste is received or by the person exporting the taxable hazardous waste or the person holding the permit for transport for ocean disposal. Requires the tax to be paid at the close of the calendar quarter during which the taxable hazardous waste became subject to tax. Imposes a tax of $20 per ton on hazardous waste placed in a facility other than a qualified hazardous waste management unit or pursuant to a permit for export or ocean dumping. Makes the person placing the hazardous material in the facility or location liable for the tax. Provides that such tax will not apply with respect to small quantity generator waste, or with respect to the placement of taxable hazardous waste in any facility, vehicle, or location if such placement is not required to comply with permit, interim status, or manifest requirement under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Provides that the tax does not apply to the placement of taxable hazardous waste in a vehicle which is required to transport such taxable hazardous waste. Exempts from the tax waste removed from a Superfund site or a closed interim status facility or waste required to be studied. Exempts from the tax qualified wastewater treatment facilities. Provides that the exemption for qualified wastewater treatment facilities shall not apply after November 8, 1988, unless the facility is in compliance with certain minimum technological requirements or meets certain interim status surface impoundments requirements. Permits a tax credit where the taxable hazardous waste is moved from one unit or facility to another. Provides that where the taxable waste is moved from a surface impoundment to an underground injection well, the credit is the difference between the tax on the surface impoundment and the tax on the underground injection. Permits a tax credit for all waste rendered nonhazardous by reason of treatment or conversion within 12 months of receipt at the unit or facility. Prohibits the tax credit for treatment or conversion at a qualified wastewater treatment facility. Prohibits the tax credit for land treatment. Provides that the tax credit will not apply to any treatment or conversion which violates any requirement of Federal or State law relating to the management of hazardous taxable waste. Provides that this tax shall apply for the period from January 1, 1986, through September 30, 1990. Requires every person subject to this tax to keep records, render such statements, make such returns, and comply with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may require. Provides that the revenues from this tax shall be deposited in the Hazardous Substance Superfund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make various reports to the Congress concerning different aspects of this tax on hazardous waste disposal.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1985
Prohibits the imposition of import quotas on sugar and repeals any existing quotas on sugar. Authorizes increases or decreases in the tariff on sugar if such change is appropriate to give effect to the interests of domestic sugar producers and materially affected contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 to authorize the President to rebate to the government of any foreign country the fees charged for imports of sugar from that country. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize price supports for sugar and sugarcane producers.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1985
Limits progress payments under defense contracts to 80 percent of the total costs of performing the contract (85 percent with a small business). Authorizes the Secretary of Defense and the heads of Federal agencies to provide progress payments at a different rate under certain circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1985
Designates the week of May 18 through May 24, 1985, as National Food Bank Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Narcotics Importation, Manufacture, and Control Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase the criminal penalties for: (1) importing or exporting controlled substances; (2) bringing or possessing on board a vessel, aircraft, or vehicle a controlled substance; and (3) manufacturing or distributing a controlled substance. Prohibits granting a suspended or probationary sentence for persons convicted of such offenses. Denies such persons eligibility for parole. Permits imposing criminal penalties for attempts or conspiracies to commit such offenses. Requires such penalties to be imposed in the same manner and to the same extent as is prescribed for actually committing the offenses involved. Prohibits granting a suspended or probationary sentence for persons convicted of such attempts or conspiracies and denies such persons eligibility for parole if such sentences and parole are precluded for actually committing the offenses involved. Requires that any person who manufactures a controlled substance shall be imprisoned for the entire maximum term of imprisonment for such violation. Prohibits granting a suspended or probationary sentence and denies such persons eligibility for parole.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Amusement Ride Safety Commission Joint Resolution - Establishes a National Commission on Amusement Ride Safety to conduct an investigation of the scope and adequacy of safety measures employed to protect the public from unreasonable risks of injuries from amusement rides. Directs the Commission to review; (1) Federal, State, and local laws; (2) voluntary safety standards; and (3) self-regulation measures. Directs the Commission to determine the uniformity of application and quality of enforcement of such laws, standards, and self-enforcement mechanisms. Directs the Commission to transmit to the President and the Congress a final report, not later than 18 months after enactment of this resolution. Grants the Commission the power to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, and order any person to give testimony by deposition.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Designates the week beginning September 22, 1985, as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Designates the week of June 23 through June 29, 1985, as Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Soviet Union should be condemned for the murder of Major Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr., and actions inconsistent with the 1947 Military Liaison Missions Agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985
Federal Drug Law Enforcement Agent Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize awards of up to $100,000 to any individual who provides original information which leads to the arrest and conviction of a person who kidnaps or kills a Federal drug law enforcement agent. Provides that the money for such rewards be taken from the forfeiture proceeds within the Department of Justice.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985
Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 1985 - Title I: Commission for the Study of Youth Suicide - Establishes the Commission for the Study of Youth Suicide. Directs the Commission to conduct a study that will: (1) examine the causes of suicide among children and youth; (2) identify the most promising strategies for intervening in and preventing suicide; and (3) analyze the options available for assisting States and communities in implementing youth suicide prevention programs. Directs the Commission to prepare both a short- and long-range national plan for the prevention of youth suicide. Directs the Commission, within 15 months after the date of its initial meeting, to transmit to the President and the Congress a report containing a detailed statement of the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study. Provides for the membership of the Commission, including the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and of Education, or their delegates, and citizen leaders including some chosen from lists submitted by the American Association of Suicidology, the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychiatric Association. Provides for a Commission Director and staff and for Commission powers. Terminates the Commission 90 days after its report is transmitted. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1986 and 1987. Title II: Grants for Programs to Prevent Suicide among Children and Youth - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), in cooperation with the Secretary of Education, to make grants for establishment and operation of youth suicide prevention projects to each applicant whose application is approved. Provides a list of the types of such projects which may be eligible for such grants (including youth school programs, community resources (such as 24-hour "teen hot-lines"), educational materials and public service announcements, and national and international conferences on youth suicide prevention. Requires that such grants be made under terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Education. Limits the amount of such grant award to any one applicant to not more than: (1) a total of $500,000 for FY 1986 through 1988; and (2) 50 percent of the estimated cost of the project for any fiscal year. Makes States, local governments, and private nonprofit agencies eligible to apply for such grants. Directs the Secretary to approve an application if the applicant qualifies under specified provisions and meets such other requirements as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation. Requires that applications contain such information and assurances as the Secretary considers necessary. Sets forth qualification requirements for grant applicants. Requires an applicant that is a State or local government to have in effect and be implementing a primary suicide prevention program directed at children and youth. Requires an applicant that is a private nonprofit agency to demonstrate, in a manner prescribed by regulation by the Secretary, that the agency is cooperating with other private agencies and with Federal, State, and local governments to help prevent suicide among children and youth. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to submit to the President and the Congress an annual report evaluating the types and effectiveness of programs and activities assisted under this Act during the preceding fiscal year. Requires that the last such report transmitted contain recommendations on the desirability of continuing such grants. Sets forth auditing provisions. Terminates the grants program established by this title three years after the first grant is awarded. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for grants under this title in specified limited amounts for FY 1986 through 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985
Military Chaplains Faith Balance Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to increase the representation of underrepresented religious faiths among armed forces chaplains.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985
Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act to require agencies to promulgate regulations with regard to the procedures for: (1) designating certain information confidential; and (2) handling requests for such confidential information. Provides for de novo judicial review by a U.S. district court of an agency decision to withhold or disclose records. Directs a court to assess attorney's fees against a submitter where the submitter's reasons for withholding information were not substantially justified. Provides for a sliding fee schedule based upon use (commercial or non-commercial) and the nature of the requester (e.g., individual, educational or scientific institution, news organization, or governmental agency). Permits expedited access to records upon a showing of compelling need. Allows the Special Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board to take action against agency personnel for arbitrary and capricious behavior with regard to the withholding, removal, or alteration of a record or with regard to the fee estimate. Requires the annual report of an agency to include: (1) the number of requests made; (2) the number of fee waivers requested and granted; and (3) the average length of time to comply with requests and appeals. Revises the current exemption given to law enforcement records to permit the withholding of law enforcement records if such disclosure would endanger the life or physical safety of any individual. Exempts from disclosure requirements any informant records maintained under an informant's name or personal identifier unless the status as informant has been officially acknowledged.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1985
Designates the month of September 1985 as National Sewing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Resources Cost Cutting and Conservation Act of 1985 - Provides for the implementation of user fees for: (1) summer recreation homes on Forest Service land; (2) specified agricultural marketing services; and (3) electric power sold by a Federal Power Marketing Administration. Requires reports to the Congress on: (1) a proposed auction-bid system of user fees for domestic livestock grazing on public rangelands; and (2) current policy regarding the sale of firewood from national forests.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Federal Health Care Cost Cutting Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to report to the Congress concerning actions taken to implement the recommendations of the September 1, 1982, GAO report entitled "Millions Can Be Saved Through Better Energy Management in Federal Hospitals." Amends part B (Peer Review of the Utilization and Quality of Health Care Services) of title XI and titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require second opinions with respect to elective surgery procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Federal Motor Vehicle Expenditure Control Act of 1985 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to: (1) direct the head of each executive agency to designate one person from the agency to establish and operate a central monitoring system for the oversight of agency motor vehicle operations and related activities; (2) require the head of each executive agency to develop a system to collect and analyze all costs incurred by the agency with respect to motor vehicles used by the agency; and (3) promulgate standards governing the establishment and operation by executive agencies of such system. Directs the head of each executive agency to include with its requests for each fiscal year a statement containing specified information concerning motor vehicle acquisition, leasing, operating, maintenance, and disposal costs. Requires such statement to explain: (1) why the agency's motor vehicle requirements cannot be met through the Interagency Motor Pool System operated by the Administrator of General Services; or (2) how such requirements could be met through a qualified contractor in the private sector. Directs the President to report to the Congress with a summary and analysis of such statements. Requires the Director and Administrator of General Services to direct the heads of executive agencies to consolidate motor vehicle administration and maintenance facilities if consolidation would be cost effective. Directs the Administrator to take such actions as necessary to reduce motor vehicle storage and disposal costs. Provides that of the total amount of budget authority provided for FY 1986 that would otherwise be available for the operation, maintenance, leasing, and acquisition of nontactical, non-law enforcement motor vehicles, $100,000,000 of the amount intended for such purposes in the President's FY 1986 budget shall not be made available. Requires the Director to report to the appropriate House and Senate committees with respect to the implementation of such budget restriction. Requires reports to the Congress from the Director, the Administrator, and the U.S. Comptroller General with respect to the implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Department of Defense Cost Savings Act of 1985 - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of any military department from operating or allowing a commissary to operate on any military installation unless: (1) such installation is located outside a metropolitan area; and (2) not more than one retail store offering the same food supplies as those of the commissary is located within ten miles of the installation. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish and implement a competitive rate program applicable to the transportation of household goods to and from Alaska and Hawaii. Repeals Federal law which prohibits utilizing such a rate system. Requires, before the closure or realignment of any military bases occur, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned to file with the Armed Services Committees of the House and Senate a concise statement of findings together with a succinct justification for such base closure. Reduces from 60 days to 30 days the waiting period required after such reports are submitted before any specific closure action may be taken. Maintains the 60-day waiting period in areas with a higher-than-average unemployment rate or if such closure or realignment would increase unemployment in such area by one percent or more. Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to establish and implement an aircraft fuel conservation program. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the same date concerning such program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Prohibits interstate and foreign commerce in any article of fur derived from an animal trapped in a steel jaw leghold trap. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reward nongovernment informers for information leading to a conviction under this Act. Makes the Secretary, with the assistance of appropriate Federal or State personnel, responsible for enforcing this Act. Empowers enforcement officials to detain, search, and seize suspected merchandise or documents and to make arrests with and without warrants. Subjects seized merchandise to forfeiture.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Designates the week beginning September 15, 1985, as National Dental Hygiene Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
States that the United States does not recognize any spheres of influence in Europe and repudiates the negative consequences of the Yalta agreements of 1945. Proclaims hope for the self-determination of people subjected to Soviet despotism and expresses solidarity with the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Designates the month of October 1985 as National Make-A-Wish Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1985
Permits a gas utility holding company registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to: (1) acquire interests in cogeneration facilities; and (2) be exempt from utility rate regulation under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of January 1986 as National Eye Health Care Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
States that the United Support of Artists for Africa should be commended for aiding the African famine victims and for demonstrating that people can make a difference in relieving the plight of those victims.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 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 their business or property.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1985
Designates the week of July 25 through July 31, 1985, as National Disability in Entertainment Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1985
Designates July 19, 1985, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1985
Designates May 1985 as Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1985
Grants a Federal charter to the Franco-American War Veterans, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements concerning the mailing of taxpayer information statements relating to interest, dividends, or patronage dividends to allow such information statements to be included with normal business mailings. (Current law requires a separate mailing for such information statements.)
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Control Act - Makes it a Federal criminal offense for any person to use the U.S. Postal Service or any private parcel service in interstate commerce as part of a scheme to sell drug paraphernalia. Imposes a penalty of imprisonment for not more than three years and a fine of not more than $100,000. Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of any paraphernalia involved in a violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Requires the Secretary of the Army to disclose petroleum product information (regarding petroleum transported by vessel) to any State taxing agency requesting such information for the purpose of State tax law administration. Confines the disclosure of such information to State employees or legal representatives of a State taxing agency. Prescribes guidelines for such disclosure. Requires a requesting State to have laws in effect exempting such information from public disclosure and protecting its confidentiality. Increases from $200 to $500 the penalty imposed on owners and agents of vessels plying Federal navigable waters who fail to furnish certain information requested by the Secretary of the Army.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985 - Limits the total quantity of 1985 imports of textiles and textile products from a major exporting country to the lesser of an amount equal to 101 percent: (1) of the total quantity of textile products imported from such country if the total had increased by six percent annually (one percent annually for wool products) during 1981 through 1984; or (2) if the United States has an agreement with such country providing for an annual growth rate of less than six percent, of the total quantity of such products from such country imported during 1984. Limits the total quantity of 1985 imports of textiles and textile products from an exporting country to an amount equal to the total quantity of such products imported from such country during 1984 plus: (1) 15 percent of such quantity in the case of a category that is not an import sensitive category; or (2) one percent in the case of an import sensitive category. Provides for changing the classification of a country, except for a Caribbean country, from an exporting country to a major exporting country if the total textile imports from such country equals or exceeds one and one-quarter percent of all textiles imported into the United States. Sets forth a formula for adjusting the growth of textile imports annually. Sets forth certain minimum quantities of textile imports that all countries shall be allowed to export to the United States. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to enforce this Act. Directs the Secretary, within six months of enactment of this Act, to establish an import licensing system under which an importer of textiles will be required to present an import permit as a condition of entry of such textiles. Directs the President to report to the Congress annually on the administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Department of Defense Competitive Procurement Act of 1985 - Prohibits the amount of competitive defense procurements made during a fiscal year from being less than: (1) the applicable percentage for that year; and (2) the amount of all applicable procurements made by the Department of Defense during that year. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the purchase of goods or services in an other-than-competitive procedure if in any fiscal year the amount of competitive defense procurements is less than that required. Defines "competitive defense procurements," "applicable percentage," and "applicable procurements" for purposes of such requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Designates April 24, 1985, as National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man (especially for remembering the Armenian genocide in Turkey).
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Designates the month of June 1985 as Youth Suicide Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Social Security Trust Funds Act of 1985 - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to exclude from Federal budget totals and limitations: (1) the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund; and (2) employment related social security taxes. Repeals superseded provisions relating to budgetary treatment of social security trust operations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Designates the month of April 1985 as Fair Housing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Designates April 2, 1985, as Education Day, U.S.A.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the income tax deduction for State and local taxes should not be repealed.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should investigate the activities of Dr. Josef Mengele; (2) Federal agencies should cooperate in collecting information concerning him; (3) the United States should request that specified nations in which Dr. Mengele is reported to have resided commence internal investigations relating to his residence; (4) the Attorney General should report to the Congress on the progress of the Mengele investigation; and (5) the United States, in conjunction with the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel, should establish an international task force to support such investigation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1985
Age Discrimination in Employment Act Public Safety Officers Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to exclude State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters from coverage under such Act.