Bill· HRH.R. 6378 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require employers to provide conditions of employment that are free of recognized hazards which: (1) can be abated through reasonably available means; and (2) pose a substantial probability of death, serious injury or impaired health. Directs the Secretary of Labor to determine, when promulgating occupational health standards dealing with toxic substances or harmful physical agents, whether: (1) a particular standard will substantially reduce employee health risks; (2) such standard will threaten the competitive stance of the regulated industry; (3) engineering or work practice controls are readily available for use in the regulated industry; and (4) such controls can achieve the compliance levels established for the regulated industry.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 593 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1984
Honors the Chicago Cubs baseball team and wishes the team well in post-season play.
Bill· HRH.R. 6153 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984
Chapter 1 Improvement Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to eliminate the requirement that the Secretary of Education allocate funds for basic grants to local educational agencies on the basis of a specified formula involving data from the 1975 survey of income and education conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary to use the criteria of poverty from the most recent available decennial census in determining the number of children to be counted for purposes of such grants. Makes a technical amendment deleting the adjective "nonfarm," in order to conform to current census data language. Reduces (from five years to three years for FY 1985 and to two years thereafter) the maximum period of continuation of migratory status for a child of a migratory agricultural worker or migratory fisherman who resides in the area served by the State or local educational agency carrying on this program for migratory children. Revises the minimum amount required to be reserved for coordination of activities under the migrant education programs (but retains the maximum limit on any such reservation of funds).
Bill· HRH.R. 6070 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1984
Indian Education Act Reauthorization of 1984 - Amends the Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act to extend to October 1, 1985, the fiscal year used to compute grants to local educational agencies. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985. Authorizes appropriations to State educational agencies for specified purposes for FY 1985. Limits the total grants made to State educational agencies to 15 percent of the sums appropriated in any fiscal year. Amends the Indian Education Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985. Extends through FY 1985 the authorization for graduate and professional fellowships and the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. Amends the Adult Education Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 632 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1984
States that the Congress recognizes the vital role of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training and commits itself to the maintenance of a strong and effective Federal presence in apprenticeship programs.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 605 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Reaffirms that it is U.S. policy to oppose the practice of torture by foreign governments through the implementation of laws and through public and private diplomacy. Requests the President to: (1) instruct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to continue to raise the issue of torture by such governments; and (2) continue to involve the U.S. Government in the formulation of international standards, particularly the draft Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Requests the Secretary of State to issue specified formal instructions to each U.S. mission chief regarding U.S. policy with respect to such torture. States that the Secretary of Commerce should continue to enforce the current restrictions on the export of crime control equipment pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979. Directs the heads of U.S. departments that furnish military and law enforcement training to foreign personnel to include in such training instruction regarding international human rights standards with respect to torture.
Bill· HRH.R. 5567 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Child Nutrition Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to limit to ten percent the amount of unobligated funds which a State may retain at the end of any fiscal year. Permits (currently directs) the Secretary of Agriculture to reallocate any unused funds to those States which can demonstrate the ability to use funds in excess of their allocation. Provides for the reimbursement of administrative costs incurred by food stamp agencies in providing a certificate of food stamp participation to food stamp households which are to be used in the school lunch verification process. Extends the authorization of appropriations through FY 1985 for State administrative expenses. Amends the National School Lunch Act to provide for a separate special-assistance factor for reduced-price lunches with a base of 68.75 cents and for reduced-price breakfasts with a base of 32.75 cents. Sets the maximum payment for severe need reduced-price breakfasts at 45.5 cents. Requires an annual adjustment of each such separate factor based on the change in the Consumer Price Index for food away from home. Terminates the Summer Food Service Program for Children and the Child Care Food Program. Authorizes State grants through FY 1989 for child nutrition assistance. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot to States from such appropriated funds an amount which bears the same ratio to the total appropriated funds as each State's allotment under the Summer Food Service Program and the Child Care Food Program for FY 1983 bore to the total funds appropriated for those programs. Permits the Secretary to adjust the allotment level based on the funds transferred to the Department for the Head Start Program. Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year, to make payments to each State from such allotments. Provides that unobligated amounts shall remain available for the next fiscal year. Permits such amounts paid to a State to be used only for costs related to the provision of nutrition assistance to children, primarily from low-income households. Prohibits a State from using such funds to: (1) purchase or improve land, purchase, construct, or permanently improve any building or other facility, or purchase major equipment, other than food service equipment; or (2) satisfy any requirement for the expenditure of non-Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds. Permits the Secretary, in extraordinary circumstances, to waive the restrictions regarding land purchase or construction. Requires each State, as a prerequisite to receipt of such funds, to submit an intended use report to the Secretary. Requires each State to submit annual reports concerning such activities. Requires each State to establish fiscal control and fund accounting procedures. Requires each State to obtain financial and compliance audits of any grant funds which the State receives. Establishes the procedure to be followed in order to assure State compliance with nondiscrimination provisions. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to terminate the Nutrition Education and Training Program. Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate the requirement that the Food and Nutrition Service operate Child Nutrition Programs in States which do not administer these programs through their own agencies. Extends through FY 1985 the authorization for funding of the commodity distribution program. Bases commodity allotments on the actual number of meals served during the previous school year instead of an estimate of the number of meals that will be served. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend the supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) through FY 1985. Eliminates provisions which require regular reallocation of WIC program funds. Reduces from 20 to 18 percent the percentage of total WIC funds that may be available for State and local administrative costs. Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate the special assistance certification alternatives which based assistance on prior year free and reduced-price lunch eligibility.
Bill· HRH.R. 5525 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 - Extends copyright protection to original mask works fixed in semiconductor chip products. Defines a mask work as the two- and three-dimensional features of shape, pattern, and configuration of the surface of the layers of a semiconductor chip product which portray the appearance of a product or convey information. Requires as a condition of protection that: (1) the owner of the mask work be a resident or citizen of the United States or of a country which is party to a protection treaty to which the United States is also a party on the date the work is first commercially exploited or registered; (2) the work is first commercially exploited in the United States; or (3) the mask work comes within the scope of a presidential proclamation extending reciprocal protection to the works of foreign citizens or residents. Vests exclusive rights in the mask work in the owner who may transfer, convey, or bequeath such interest. Recognizes the first registered transfer in case of a conflict. Sets the copyright term for mask works at ten years from the date of registration or first commercial exploitation, whichever comes first. Sets forth the exclusive rights of the owner of such a copyright, including the rights to: (1) reproduce the mask; (2) import or distribute a semiconductor chip product in which the mask work is embodied; and (3) cause another to perform such acts. Excludes from the applicability of an owner's exclusive rights a mask work used for educational purposes or an innocent purchaser of a semiconductor chip product. Protects works registered within two years of the date of their first commercial exploitation. Sets forth administrative procedures for the Register of Copyrights. Permits the owner of the mask work to place a notice of copyright on such works which includes the words 'mask work' or M in a circle, the year the work was first fixed in a semiconductor chip product, and the name of the owner of the work. Entitles the owner of a mask work whose protection has been infringed or whose registration of such work has been refused to institute a civil action. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the U.S. Postal Service to issue regulations for the enforcement of the right to import mask works. Permits the impoundment and seizure of mask works imported in violation of the owner's exclusive rights. Sets forth remedies for infringement, including temporary and permanent injunctive relief, actual damages, and the award of the infringer's profits to the owner. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5451 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Higher Education Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Institutional Aid - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to repeal part B (Aid to Institutions With Special Needs) of title III (Institutional Aid) of the Act. Adds the purpose of helping meet eligible institutions' special needs to the enumeration of purposes of part A (Strengthening Institutions) of title III of the Act. Revises the definitions of "eligible institution" and "full-time equivalent students" for purposes of part A. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to also consider specified factors in determining whether an institution is an eligible institution for purposes of part A. Increases to five years the maximum period for which a grant to an eligible institution under part A may be made. Provides that one-year grants to assist in preparation of plans and applications under part A may be awarded only to institutions which have not received such a grant for any prior fiscal year. Sets forth provisions for a Federal share of the costs of part A grants which shall decrease from 100 percent for the first two years to 90 percent for the third year, 80 percent for the fourth year, and 70 percent for the fifth year an institution receives such a grant. Sets forth transition provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to make continuation awards under part A to any eligible institution which received a multiple year grant awarded prior to October 1, 1984, under part A or part B grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984. Prohibits any institution from receiving a grant under this continuation award provision or under: (1) part A grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984, for a period of more than seven years in the aggregate; and (2) part B grant authority as in effect on September 30, 1984, for a period of more than five years in the aggregate. Makes an institution which has received a continuation award for such maximum period ineligible to receive a grant under part A. Redesignates part C of title III of the Act as part B of title III of the Act. Renames such part (currently "Challenge Grants for Institutions Eligible for Assistance Under Part A or Part B") "Challenge Grant Transition Awards." Repeals provisions for challenge grant program authority and for applications for such challenge grants. Sets forth new provisions for continuation awards. Authorizes the Secretary to make continuation awards, under part B Challenge Grant Transition Awards provisions, to any eligible institution which received a multiple year grant awarded prior to October 1, 1984, under challenge grant program authority as in effect on September 30, 1984. Redesignates provisions for endowment grants under a new part C heading of "Endowment Grants." Revises provisions for eligibility for such grants to conform to amendments made by this Act. Revises general provisions under part D of title III of the Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out title III of the Act for FY 1985. Provides that any funds made available for grants under part C which are not expended during the fiscal year for which such funds were appropriated shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose of making such grants until expended. Directs the Secretary to make at least 25 percent of such FY 1985 title III funds available to junior or community colleges. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount of such FY 1985 title III funds for eligible institutions that have historically served substantial numbers of black students. Title II: Student Assistance - Part A: Student Grant Amendments - Subpart 1: Pell Self-Help Grants - Revises title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act to make nomenclature amendments under which all references to "basic educational opportunity grants" or "basic grants" are replaced by references to "Pell Self-Help Grants." Revises Pell Grant award rules to provide that a student may receive only one Pell Grant for an academic year during an award year as defined by the Secretary. Sets the maximum Pell Grant for academic year 1985-1986 at $3,000. Directs the Secretary to establish the maximum amount for each succeeding academic year. Revises the formula for determining the amount of a Pell Grant which an eligible student may be paid for academic year 1985-1986 and for succeeding academic years. Provides that no Pell Grant shall be awarded if the amount of the grant would be less than $100. Revises provisions relating to the maximum eligibility period for Pell Grants. Revises provisions for determination of Pell Grant awards in case of insufficient appropriations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Pell Grant program for FY 1985. Sets forth provisions for determination of expected family contributions and cost of attendance for purposes of the Pell Grant program. Provides that for academic year 1985-1986, the living expense allowance shall not exceed: (1) $3,000 for a student not residing with his or her parents; and (2) $1,500 for student residing with his or her parents. Directs the Secretary to set appropriate limits on living expense allowances for subsequent academic years. Subpart 2: Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants - Revises provisions of title IV of the Act for supplemental educational opportunity grants. Sets forth a new formula, including a specified baseline figure for determining the amount of a supplemental grant for any student who has also received a Pell Grant. Provides that no supplemental grant shall be awarded if the amount of the grant would be less than $100. Provides that, for purposes of supplemental grants, "expected family contribution" and "cost of attendance" shall have the same meanings given to such terms under provisions for Pell Grant need analysis. Authorizes the Secretary to change by regulation a specified baseline figure for purposes of supplemental grant determinations for any academic year after 1985-1986. Revises provisions relating to the maximum eligibility period for supplemental grants. Sets forth provisions for cost sharing. Requires each institution receiving funds under the supplemental grant program or under specified provisions for transfer of allotments to provide matching funds equal to 20 percent of the amount received under such provisions, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Makes a conforming amendment which repeals specified provisions of the Student Financial Assistance Technical Amendments of 1982 as amended by a specified provision of the Student Loan Consolidation and Technical Amendments Act of 1983. Subpart 3: State Student Incentive Grant - Revises provisions of title IV of the Act for grants to States for State student incentives to eliminate a maintenance of effort requirement of such grants program. Part B: Guaranteed Student Loan Program - Revises title IV of the Act to rename part B provisions (currently "Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education") as the "Guaranteed Student Loan Program." Revises provisions relating to student eligibility for subsidized loans under the program of Federal interest subsidy payments. Revises provisions relating to deferments of repayment by student borrowers under the conditions of Federal loan insurance. Sets forth provisions relating to the need analysis to be made for students attending foreign schools, for purposes of the program of Federal interest subsidy payments. Revises provisions for Federal loan insurance limitations to provide that "undergraduate student" shall be defined in regulations of the Secretary. Provides for the recall of certain advances. Eliminates provisions authorizing appropriations for specified advances to establish or strengthen the reserve funds of State and nonprofit private loan insurance programs. Revises provisions for repayment of such advances to require that such repayment be made prior to October 1, 1985. Revises provisions relating to insurance liability limitations of Federal student loan insurance. Revises provisions relating to the amount of reimbursement to be paid a State or nonprofit private institution or organization under the program of Federal guaranty of student loans insured under non-Federal programs. Repeals provisions for Federal supplemental guarantee agreements for reimbursement of non-Federal student loans insurance programs. Revises provisions for agreements with State and nonprofit private institutions for Federal interest subsidy payments on loans insured under their student loan insurance programs to provide for uniform loan availability. Requires that such programs authorize insurance in any academic year or its equivalent (as determined by regulations of the Secretary) of loans to any individual student who is carrying at an eligible institution at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload (as determined under regulations of the Secretary.) Sets the amount of such a loan at $2,500 (currently a $1,000 minimum and $2,500 maximum range). Revises requirements relating to the repayment period for such loans. Requires that such non-Federal student loan insurance programs, under Federal interest subsidy payment standards, insure 100 percent (currently 80 percent) of the unpaid principal of loans insured by such programs, whether or not such loans are eligible for Federal interest subsidy payments. Adds to the standards for Federal interest subsidy payments to require non-Federal student loan insurance programs to provide for: (1) guarantee of loans made to students, their spouses, and their parents under the auxiliary loan program; (2) if the lender is an eligible institution, insurance of loans by only such institutions as are within the geographic area served by such State or nonprofit private institution or organization; (3) no restrictions relating to enrollment in-State or out-of-State by an otherwise eligible student; (4) no restrictions more onerous than institutional eligibility requirements under the Federal student loan insurance program, with specified exceptions; and (5) eligibility of all lenders described in specified provisions under reasonable criteria, with specified exceptions, and annual reports to the Secretary concerning such criteria. Makes a conforming amendment removing a reference to the supplemental guaranty program. Eliminates provisions for special payments for administrative and other costs to State and nonprofit private institution student loan insurance programs under guaranty and supplemental agreements. Eliminates provisions relating to multiple disbursements and escrow accounts under the Federal interest subsidy payments program. Eliminates specified "school lender" and other "origination" requirements relating to maximum annual insurable loans under Federal loan insurance limitations and under requirements for non-Federal student insurance programs receiving subsidy payments. Repeals specified restrictions on eligible institutions of higher education acting as eligible lenders or originators of student loans. Revises the definition of "eligible lender," for purposes of student loan insurance programs, to include: (1) a State or a Federal agency which is an assignee of another eligible lender; and (2) a Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, or its successor agency, which has received Federal funds under specified Federal law. Removes specified limitations on the functions of the Secretary under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program which may be delegated to regional offices of the Department of Education. Revises the definition of "eligible institution," for purposes of student loan insurance program requirements, to include a reference to auxiliary loans under the prohibition against the use of commissioned salesmen to promote the availability of a loan program at an institution. Revises auxiliary loan program provisions to make parents or a spouse of a graduate or professional student eligible for such loans. Sets forth repayment provisions for auxiliary loans made to students which are different than repayment provisions for such loans to parents or spouses. Authorizes lenders to charge fees up to $25 for checking the credit of any auxiliary loan borrower who is not a student. Establishes a ten-year maximum repayment period for an auxiliary loan made to a parent or spouse, with specified exceptions. Revises the statement of purpose for the part B Guaranteed Student Loan Program to include the encouragement of adequate loan insurance programs for borrowers participating in the auxiliary loan program. Allows auxiliary loans to be insured directly by the Secretary if the lender satisfies the Secretary that, by reason of the residences of the intended borrowers of such lenders, such lender will not have access to any single State or nonprofit private loan insurance program which will insure substantially all of the loans such lender intends to make to such borrowers. Part C: Work-Study Program - Increases the amount of the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for work-study programs under part C of title IV of the Act. Revises provisions for work-study program allotments to States and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Provides that a specified amount shall be allotted to such territories and possessions. Bases State allotments on the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in institutions of higher education in a State. Requires that the amount allotted to each State shall not be less than the amount allotted to such State in FY 1984. Eliminates specified provisions relating to criteria for allotment of remainder sums and to consolidation of allotments. Revises provisions for reallotments to eliminate certain requirements for preferences under reallotment. Eliminates provisions for a reservation from appropriations for work-study assistance to students resident in American Samoa or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands who attend eligible institutions outside of those areas. Eliminates the prohibition against any work-study program paying lower than the current Federal minimum wage. Eliminates specified maintenance of effort requirements for work-study programs. Eliminates a prohibition against criteria for distribution of work-study assistance resulting in any institution's receiving an amount less than that used during FY 1979. Provides that student need analysis for purposes of work-study programs shall be in accordance with a need analysis system approved by the Secretary. (Current law requires such need analysis to be in accordance with specified need analysis provisions of title IV of the Act.) Includes area vocational schools under the definition of "institution of higher education" for purposes of receiving work-study program assistance, but provides that work-study programs at such schools may not include work for the institution itself. Adds provisions for cooperative education and adult literacy program activities to work-study program provisions for job location and development programs. Raises the amount which an eligible institution may use from its work-study allotment for such programs and activities. Eliminates certain maintenance of effort requirements relating to such programs. Requires that an institution's annual report on such programs include a summary of student compensation received and of any activities performed by organizations participating in such programs. Requires that agreements for such programs provide for fiscal control and fund accounting procedures. Provides that, for academic year 1986-1987 and thereafter, the maximum amount of an institution's work-study program allotment that may be used for such job location and development and cooperative education activities shall not exceed one-fifth of the total amount of earnings received by students in work-study programs during the previous academic year. Provides that, for purposes of calculating such limitation, the Federal contribution to any earnings received by a student and placed in employment through a job location and development program shall be excluded unless the student is employed in an adult literacy program. Makes conforming amendments. Repeals provisions for work-study for community service-learning programs. Repeals the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for cooperative education programs under title VIII of the Act. (Such programs are similar to the cooperative education activities which this Act adds to work-study program job location and development provisions.) Part D: Special Programs for the Disadvantaged - Revises provisions for special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Removes references, in the enumeration of program aims, to "contracts" and to the training of persons serving or preparing for service in specified projects. Eliminates specified provisions relating to program grant and contract authority. Eliminates the definition of, and references to, "first generation college student." Revises provisions for the Talent Search program to rename it the Talent Search and Assistance program. Replaces references to "youths" and "youth" with references to "persons." Revises provisions for design of the talent search and assistance program to add: (1) information on available academic (as well as financial) assistance; and (2) assistance to applicants for admission to institutions of higher education, including assistance in preparing admissions and financial aid applications and forms. (Current law provides for similar services under the Educational Opportunity Centers program.) Requires that two-thirds of the persons who would participate in a talent search and assistance project proposed for funding be low-income individuals or physically handicapped. (Current law requires two-thirds of the youths participating in the project to be low-income individuals who are first-generation college students.) Removes the maximum age limit (27 years) for project participants. Provides that other participant eligibility requirements (minimum age 12 and the completion of six years of elementary education) may be waived by the Secretary because of exceptional circumstances demonstrated by the applicant. Prohibits project participants from receiving services from another project funded under the talent search and assistance program. (Current law prohibits their receiving services under such program or under the Educational Opportunity Centers program which provides for services similar to those added to the talent search program by this Act.) Requires assurances that a substantial concentration of low-income or physically handicapped persons reside in the project area, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants under the talent search and assistance program based on applications submitted by institutions of higher education, including consortia of such institutions, public and private agencies, and, in exceptional circumstances, secondary schools. Limits the amount of any such grant to no more than 75 percent of the cost of the project. Revises provisions for the Upward Bound program. Requires that two-third of the persons who would participate in an upward bound project proposed for funding be low-income individuals or physically handicapped. Eliminates requirements that: (1) two-thirds of the youths participating in the proposed project be low-income individuals who are first generation college students; and (2) the remaining youths participating be either low-income individuals or first-generation college students. Eliminates references to contracts under such provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants based on applications submitted by those institutions of higher education which have entered into a program participation agreement with the Secretary under specified provisions of the Act and which participate in programs authorized under title IV of the Act, other than provisions for special programs for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Limits additional assistance to any institution of higher education which, on or before October 1, 1984, had received assistance under the Upward Bound program for three or more years to a period of not more than three years. Limits the amount of any grant awarded to such an institution during such three-year period to: (1) 75 percent of project cost during its first year of funding; (2) 50 percent during the second year; and (3) 25 percent during the third year. Limits Upward Bound program assistance to any institution which is not subject to the foregoing limitations, beginning on October 1, 1984, to a period of not more than five years. Limits the amount of any grant awarded to such an institution during such five-year period to: (1) 100 percent of project cost during its first year of funding; (2) 90 percent during the second year; (3) 75 percent during the third year; (4) 50 percent during the fourth year; and (5) 25 percent during the fifth year. Repeals provisions for Educational Opportunity Centers and for staff development activities under special program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Part E: National Direct Student Loans - Revises provisions for Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education (the NDSL program) under part D of title IV of the Act. Makes technical amendments. Provides that the need analysis for NDSL program purposes shall be in accordance with a need analysis system approved by the Secretary. (Current law requires such need analysis to be in accordance with specified need analysis provisions of title IV of the Act.) Revises the repayment period for direct student loans to begin six months after "the month" (currently "the date") in which the borrower ceases to carry a specified academic workload. Requires an eight percent annual interest rate on direct student loans made on or after July 1, 1985. Provides that specified deferments of repayment shall apply only to direct student loans made on or before July 1, 1985. Eliminates the six-month grace period following the completion of the study, service, or disability for which such deferment was given. Sets forth deferment provisions for direct student loans made on or after July 1, 1985. Provides that such deferments shall be: (1) not in excess of five years in the aggregate, during which the borrower has resumed study, and is carrying at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload, at an institution of higher education or at a comparable institution outside the United States approved by the Secretary for this purpose; (2) not less than six months, nor more than three years in the aggregate, during which the borrower is serving as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces; (3) not in excess of three years in the aggregate during which the borrower is in service as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act; or (4) not in excess of three years in the aggregate, during which the borrower demonstrates a financial inability to repay any loan principal or interest because of exceptional circumstances which meet criteria established by the Secretary. Revises provisions for cancellation of direct student loans for certain public service to direct the Secretary to pay to each institution for each fiscal year an amount equal to ten percent of the aggregate of the amounts of direct student loans from its student loan funds which are cancelled pursuant to such provisions. Allows such payments to be used as each institution determines appropriate. Part F: General Provisions - Revises general provisions under title IV of the Act. Eliminates general provisions relating to need analysis. Revises provisions relating to independent students. Eliminates provisions for a common Federal financial aid application form and a common pre-eligibility Federal financial aid form. Revises provisions for title IV program participation agreements to eliminate a requirement that an institution continue to spend in its own scholarship and student aid program, from sources other than the funds received under title IV of the Act, not less than the average expenditures made for that purpose during the most recent period of three fiscal years preceding the effective date of the title IV program participation agreement. Authorizes the Secretary to waive all requirements for such program participation agreements with respect to an institution of higher education outside the United States and organized under the law of a foreign nation. Raises, from ten percent to 50 percent, that portion of an institution's allotment for either the work-study program or for the supplemental grant program which may be transferred to the other program. Revises provisions for administrative expenses to authorize the Secretary to require an institution to use specified funds it receives for Pell Grant administrative expenses to carry out specific activities. Eliminates a requirement that administrative expenses payments for work-study programs be ten percent of the institution's expenditures under such programs. Title III: Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities - Revises title VII (Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities) to eliminate the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for part A (Grant for the Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Undergraduate Academic Facilities) and part B (Grants for the Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Graduate Academic Facilities). Lowers (from $80,000,000 to $18,775,000) the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for part C (Loans for Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities), and provides that none of the sums appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under this Act or otherwise available may be used for commitments for new loans under title VII of the Act. Authorizes appropriations for part D general provisions relating to recovery of payments under title VII. Title IV: Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education - Revises provisions of title X (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education). Directs the Secretary to require a recipient of assistance under part A (Establishment and Operation of Fund) to pay 50 percent of the allowable costs incurred by the recipient in carrying out a project assisted under such part. Authorizes appropriations to carry out title VII of the Act for FY 1985. Makes technical amendments. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for specified provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5382 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1984
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 ("the Act") to revise title I provisions. Retitles title I (currently "Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning") as "Targeted Educational Outreach and Informational Programs." Retitles and replaces part A (currently "Commission on National Development in Postsecondary Education") with new provisions for "Postsecondary Education Innovation and Expansion Grants." Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program, in accordance with such title I part A, to assist eligible postsecondary institutions to establish programs to enhance the educational opportunities available to adult learners. Directs the Secretary, from specified sums, to award grants to institutions with applications meeting specified criteria for such assistance. Sets the maximum award that may be made under a single application under part A at $200,000 (to remain available for expenditure for not more than a three-year period). Makes institutions of higher education, as defined under general provisions of the Act, and combinations of such institutions eligible to apply for such assistance. Sets forth permissible uses of such grant funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out part A. Retitles and replaces part B (currently "Education Outreach Programs") with new provisions for "Postsecondary Outreach Grants." Directs the Secretary, in accordance with such title I part B, to carry out a program to assist postsecondary institutions to establish and carry out programs designed to encourage the establishment and growth of off-campus educational programs. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to institutions with applications meeting specified criteria for assistance. Sets the maximum award that may be made under a single application under part B at $100,000 (to remain available for expenditure for not more than a three-year period). Makes institutions of higher education, as defined under general provisions of the Act, or combinations of such institutions, eligible for such assistance. Sets forth permissible uses of such grant funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out part B. Eliminates provisions for the National Advisory Council on Continuing Education. Sets forth new title I part C provisions for "Research Program Grants." Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, public and private institutions and organizations, and States, or any combination thereof, to support the purposes of such part C by providing assistance to such educational institutions for specified educational research, development, information, and training activities relating to postsecondary education for adult learners. Sets forth application requirements for such grants and contracts. Sets the maximum award that may be made under a single application under part C at $200,000 (to remain available for expenditure for not more than a three-year period). Sets forth permissible uses of funds under part C. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out part C. Sets forth a new title I part D ("Defined Term") which defines the term "adult learner" for purposes of title I.
Bill· HRH.R. 5325 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984
Older Americans Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to consolidate into one authorization of appropriations the authorizations of appropriations for supportive services and senior centers, congregate nutrition services, home delivered nutrition services, and administration. Authorizes amounts to be appropriated for FY 1985 through 1987 for the purposes of making grants for such services and administration. Limits to 85 percent the Federal share of all such costs, including the cost of conducting an ombudsman program. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to donate for nutrition services certain agricultural commodities acquired under the surplus commodities and price support programs. (Current law requires the Secretary to donate the commodities). Authorizes amounts to be appropriated for FY 1985 through 1987 for: (1) the Federal Council on the Aging; and (2) grants for Indian tribes. Requires a State, in order to be eligible for a State and community programs on aging grant, in addition to present requirements: (1) to provide, with respect to nutrition services and supportive services, that each project providing such services will give participating individuals a chance to make a voluntary contribution for the cost of the service provided, and that such contributions will be used for the supportive or nutrition services provided; (2) to provide, with respect to nutrition services, that the State agency will publish before the beginning of each fiscal year a statement of its goals as to the number and the cost per meal of congregate and home-delivered meals to be served in that fiscal year, and will publish after the end of each fiscal year a statement of the actual number of meals served. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to make grants or provide reimbursement to a State for disaster relief services, upon application for such grants or reimbursement. (Current law authorizes the Commissioner to provide reimbursement but not grants). Provides that such payments may be used for supportive services or nutrition services. (Current law provides only for the use of such payments for supportive services). Revises provisions for training, research, and discretionary projects and programs. Continues, with some revisions, authority to make grants for: (1) the education and training of personnel for the field of aging; (2) gerontology centers; (3) research, development, and demonstration projects; and (4) national impact activities. Authorizes amounts to be appropriated for such grants for FY 1985 through 1987. Eliminates requirements that special consideration be given to grants for: (1) special health care needs of the elderly; (2) assistance in meeting the special housing needs of the aged; (3) certain education and training for the aged; (4) the improvement of services to special categories of the elderly; and (5) transportation systems for the rural elderly. Eliminates authority for: (1) certain special projects in comprehensive long-term care; (2) special projects on legal services for the elderly; and (3) utility and home heating cost demonstration projects. Makes technical amendments. Sets forth the effective date. Amends the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 to require that reports from Federal agencies and departments to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and that reports by the Secretary to Congress, shall be made only as often as the Secretary requires the reports from the departments and agencies. (Current law requires annual reports).
Bill· HRH.R. 5276 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Adult Education Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Adult Education Act ("the Act") to redefine "adult" to mean a person who is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance under State law. Redefines "adult education" to mean instruction or services below the college level for adults who do not have: (1) the basic skills to enable them to function effectively in society; or (2) a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education (and who have not achieved an equivalent level of education). Revises other definitions for purposes of such Act. Revises provisions for grants to States to provide that such grants shall cover the full cost (currently 90 percent) of specified programs and to permit private for-profit organizations to participate in grant programs. Revises provisions relating to allotment of such grant funds among States and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Revises provisions for State plans. Permits a State, if it so provides in its State plan, to use grant funds for: (1) adult education projects (including ones serving persons with limited english speaking ability) which use innovative methods, materials, or activities or are part of community school programs carried out in cooperation with other Federal, State, or local programs; and (2) projects for training persons who are, or are planning to become, instructors or other personnel in the field of adult education. Revises provisions relating to administration of State plans to authorize the Secretary of Education to take appropriate action under specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that a State has failed to comply substantially with any provision of its State plan. Revises provisions for research, development, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation programs. Deletes requirements that the Secretary fund such programs and deletes specified funding provisions for such programs. Deletes a requirement that the Secretary operate an information clearinghouse on adult education. Authorizes the Secretary (with specified funds which the Secretary is authorized to set aside, not to exceed five percent of the funds appropriated for the Act) to support applied research, development, demonstration, evaluation and related activities which will contribute to the improvement and expansion of adult education (including opportunities for elderly persons). Authorizes the Secretary to support such activities directly, or through grants to or contracts or cooperative agreements with public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations, or individuals. Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Education to support research on the special needs of persons requiring adult education, with funds available under specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act or with funds set-aside under the Act. Authorizes the Director to support such research directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. Revises provisions for State advisory councils to delete requirements relating to council membership, certification, and meetings. Authorizes States to use grant funds to support a State advisory council which assists the State educational agency to plan, implement, or evaluate programs or activities under the Act. Extends the existence of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education until October 1, 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to set aside up to five percent of such appropriations for research, development, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation programs. Permits a State to use grant funds to pay: (1) for the development and administration of of its State plan; and (2) up to 50 percent of the local administrative costs of programs or projects carried out through local educational agencies or public or private agencies, organizations or institutions. Repeals provisions of the Act relating to: (1) program costs; (2) use of funds for special experimental demonstration projects and teacher training; (3) special projects for the elderly; and (4) an adult education program for adult immigrants. Repeals specified maintenance of effort provisions under the General Education Provisions Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5277 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Amends the Head Start Act to extend through FY 1987 the authorization of appropriations for programs under such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5253 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Authorizes financial assistance to private entities for projects which promote economic and social self-sufficiency for Native Americans.
Bill· HRH.R. 5226 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Permits for-profit private entities to be used for specified purposes under such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5144 (98th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Public Employee Pension Plan Reporting and Accountability Act of 1984 - Imposes disclosure and reporting requirements upon State and local government pension plans. Establishes fiduciary standards for trustees of public employee pension benefit plans. Provides remedies and access to Federal courts. Specifies employee benefit plans which are exempt from this Act. Title I: Reporting and Disclosure - Requires the administrator of each public employee pension benefit plan to submit a registration statement to the appropriate State Governor within one year of enactment of this Act. Exempts a plan from the reporting and disclosure requirements of this Act if a State Governor certifies to the Secretary of Labor that: (1) State requirements are substantially equivalent to those of this Act; (2) the State can adequately administer its requirements; and (3) the State can adequately collect the requisite reports. Requires the Secretary of Labor to terminate any certification if a State is not meeting Federal requirements. Requires the plan administrator to: (1) publish a summary plan description; and (2) furnish such description to plan participants, beneficiaries, and specified persons. Delineates the contents of such summary plan description. Requires such description to: (1) state the rights of participants and beneficiaries; and (2) include an update whenever material modifications are made to the plan. Requires the plan administrator to publish an annual report. Specifies the contents of such report. Directs such administrator to engage an independent qualified public accountant to ascertain whether the financial statements and schedules in the annual report present fairly and in all material respects the information contained in the annual report. Requires the accountant's opinion to be included in the annual report. Requires the annual report to include a financial statement containing specified information, including the most recent annual statement of assets and liabilities of a common or a collective trust held by a bank or similar institution. Requires each plan to maintain a schedule of: (1) all assets held for investment purposes during each plan year; and (2) each transaction involving a party in interest. Requires annual reports to include, with respect to a defined benefit plan, a complete actuarial statement applicable to the appropriate plan year. Directs the plan administrator to engage an enrolled actuary to prepare such statement. Delineates the contents of the actuarial statement. Requires the annual report to include a statement from an insurance organization if any plan benefits are purchased from or guaranteed by such organization. Details the contents of such statement. Requires the enrolled actuary of the plan to make an actuarial valuation at least once every three plan years. Directs the plan administrator to furnish, upon written request of certain persons, a copy of summary plan descriptions and the status of an individual's plan benefits and contributions. Provides guidelines under which the plan administrator is directed to file the annual report with either the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) or the appropriate State Governor. Authorizes the Secretary or Governor to reject the information filed by the plan administrator, and to take the following actions: (1) retain an independent public accountant to perform an audit; (2) retain an enrolled actuary to prepare an actuarial report; or (3) bring a civil action to enforce this Act. Presents guidelines for notice and review where claims for benefits are denied. Title II: Requirements Relating to Fiduciary Functions - Requires every plan to be established and maintained by written instructions which designate at least one named fiduciary. Details the functions of named fiduciaries and trustees. Establishes fiduciary and trustee liability. Prohibits certain transactions. Authorizes the Secretary to grant specified exemptions regarding such transactions. Imposes personal liability upon fiduciaries who fail to meet the fiduciary requirements, including removal for specified violations. Prohibits persons who have been convicted of, or imprisoned for, certain offenses from holding specified positions. Requires plan fiduciaries to be bonded. Specifies exceptions. Sets forth guidelines for the bonding procedure. Sets a limitation on actions which may be brought regarding failure to meet fiduciary requirements. Title III: Administration and Enforcement - Authorizes civil actions to redress violations of this Act. Imposes personal liability upon: (1) a plan administrator who fails to comply with a request for information; or (2) any person who fails to file required forms. Authorizes a plan to sue or be sued. Grants the United States district courts exclusive jurisdiction of civil actions brought under this Act. Grants concurrent jurisdiction to State courts and Federal district courts for specified actions. Authorizes the Federal district court to award reasonable attorney's fees under certain circumstances. Provides that suits brought against the Secretary may be brought in Federal district court. Authorizes the Secretary or appropriate State official to assess and collect a civil penalty against a party in interest who has engaged in a prohibited transaction. Grants such Secretary and State official investigative powers to determine violations of this Act. Details the extent of such powers. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to administer this Act. Directs such Secretary to cooperate with State and local governments regarding the exchange of data and information. Prohibits interference with the exercise of rights by a plan participant or beneficiary. Establishes an Advisory Council on Governmental Plans, comprised of eleven members appointed by the President. Requires Council members to be qualified to appraise the plans falling under this Act. Requires the Council to: (1) report to the President and each House of Congress regarding implementation of this Act with possible recommendations for legislation; (2) advise the Secretary and make recommendations; and (3) monitor the costs incurred by plans under this Act and recommend cost reduction measures. Directs the Secretary to furnish staff services to the Council. States that this Act supersedes any State laws regarding public employee pension benefits plans. Specifies exceptions. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Matters Relating to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 Affecting Public Employee Pension Benefit Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt public employee pension benefit plans from: (1) the limitation on benefits and contributions; (2) taxation; and (3) the application of tax on prohibited transactions. Treats certain information requirements as satisfying the directive of the Code if a public employee pension benefit plan meets specified requirements of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5143 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Public Employee Pension Plan Reporting and Accountability Act of 1984 - Imposes disclosure and reporting requirements upon State and local government pension plans. Establishes fiduciary standards for trustees of public employee pension benefit plans. Provides remedies and access to Federal courts. Specifies employee benefit plans which are exempt from this Act. Title I: Reporting and Disclosure - Requires the administrator of each public employee pension benefit plan to submit a registration statement to the appropriate State Governor within one year of enactment of this Act. Exempts a plan from the reporting and disclosure requirements of this Act if a State Governor certifies to the Secretary of Labor that: (1) State requirements are substantially equivalent to those of this Act; (2) the State can adequately administer its requirements; and (3) the State can adequately collect the requisite reports. Requires the Secretary of Labor to terminate any certification if a State is not meeting Federal requirements. Requires the plan administrator to: (1) publish a summary plan description; and (2) furnish such description to plan participants, beneficiaries, and specified persons. Delineates the contents of such summary plan description. Requires such description to: (1) state the rights of participants and beneficiaries; and (2) include an update whenever material modifications are made to the plan. Requires the plan administrator to publish an annual report. Specifies the contents of such report. Directs such administrator to engage an independent qualified public accountant to ascertain whether the financial statements and schedules in the annual report present fairly and in all material respects the information contained in the annual report. Requires the accountant's opinion to be included in the annual report. Requires the annual report to include a financial statement containing specified information, including the most recent annual statement of assets and liabilities of a common or a collective trust held by a bank or similar institution. Requires each plan to maintain a schedule of: (1) all assets held for investment purposes during each plan year; and (2) each transaction involving a party in interest. Requires annual reports to include, with respect to a defined benefit plan, a complete actuarial statement applicable to the appropriate plan year. Directs the plan administrator to engage an enrolled actuary to prepare such statement. Delineates the contents of the actuarial statement. Requires the annual report to include a statement from an insurance organization if any plan benefits are purchased from or guaranteed by such organization. Details the contents of such statement. Requires the enrolled actuary of the plan to make an actuarial valuation at least once every three plan years. Directs the plan administrator to furnish, upon written request of certain persons, a copy of summary plan descriptions and the status of an individual's plan benefits and contributions. Provides guidelines under which the plan administrator is directed to file the annual report with either the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) or the appropriate State Governor. Authorizes the Secretary or Governor to reject the information filed by the plan administrator, and to take the following actions: (1) retain an independent public accountant to perform an audit; (2) retain an enrolled actuary to prepare an actuarial report; or (3) bring a civil action to enforce this Act. Presents guidelines for notice and review where claims for benefits are denied. Title II: Requirements Relating to Fiduciary Functions - Requires every plan to be established and maintained by written instructions which designate at least one named fiduciary. Details the functions of named fiduciaries and trustees. Establishes fiduciary and trustee liability. Prohibits certain transactions. Authorizes the Secretary to grant specified exemptions regarding such transactions. Imposes personal liability upon fiduciaries who fail to meet the fiduciary requirements, including removal for specified violations. Prohibits persons who have been convicted of, or imprisoned for, certain offenses from holding specified positions. Requires plan fiduciaries to be bonded. Specifies exceptions. Sets forth guidelines for the bonding procedure. Sets a limitation on actions which may be brought regarding failure to meet fiduciary requirements. Title III: Administration and Enforcement - Authorizes civil actions to redress violations of this Act. Imposes personal liability upon: (1) a plan administrator who fails to comply with a request for information; or (2) any person who fails to file required forms. Authorizes a plan to sue or be sued. Grants the United States district courts exclusive jurisdiction of civil actions brought under this Act. Grants concurrent jurisdiction to State courts and Federal district courts for specified actions. Authorizes the Federal district court to award reasonable attorney's fees under certain circumstances. Provides that suits brought against the Secretary may be brought in Federal district court. Authorizes the Secretary or appropriate State official to assess and collect a civil penalty against a party in interest who has engaged in a prohibited transaction. Grants such Secretary and State official investigative powers to determine violations of this Act. Details the extent of such powers. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to administer this Act. Directs such Secretary to cooperate with State and local governments regarding the exchange of data and information. Prohibits interference with the exercise of rights by a plan participant or beneficiary. Establishes an Advisory Council on Governmental Plans, comprised of eleven members appointed by the President. Requires Council members to be qualified to appraise the plans falling under this Act. Requires the Council to: (1) report to the President and each House of Congress regarding implementation of this Act with possible recommendations for legislation; (2) advise the Secretary and make recommendations; and (3) monitor the costs incurred by plans under this Act and recommend cost reduction measures. Directs the Secretary to furnish staff services to the Council. States that this Act supersedes any State laws regarding public employee pension benefits plans. Specifies exceptions. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 500 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning on November 18, 1984, as National Family Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 4834 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
No-Fault Multiemployer Plan Termination Insurance Reform Act of 1984 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to redefine the circumstances which trigger withdrawal liability for employers in the trucking and warehousing industries. Identifies such circumstances as: (1) the resumption or continuation by an employer of the same type of business in the same area of the pension plan within five years after such employer's contribution obligation has ceased and the employer does not renew it; and (2) the transfer by such employers of specified business assets to purchasers operating the same type of business in the same area of the plan who have no contribution obligation to any pension plan for such work. Details the conditions under which: (1) a pension plan is deemed a "trucking and warehousing plan" for purposes of this Act; (2) the cessation of an employer's contribution obligation due to loss of a contract is not considered a complete withdrawal from a pension plan; (3) the sale of an employer's business assets at auction (or in connection with Federal bankruptcy proceedings) is not considered a complete withdrawal from a pension plan; and (4) an employer's withdrawal of substantially all of the contribution base units to a plan is considered a partial or complete withdrawal from such a plan. Details the conditions under which a partial withdrawal from a trucking and warehousing pension plan occurs. Specifies exceptions. Authorizes a plan sponsor or authorized fiduciary to decline to pursue a claim for withdrawal liability under certain circumstances. Allows suspension of an employer's withdrawal liability payments, pending review of the liability determination, if the employer either posts bond or pays into escrow an amount equal to its required contribution in the last plan year ending before the alleged withdrawal. Sets forth procedural guidelines for notice and review before a plan sponsor may claim withdrawal liability from an employer deemed to have partially or completely withdrawn from a plan. Outlines the procedure under which the sponsor of a trucking and warehousing plan shall terminate a single-employer plan. Provides notification procedures if an actuary determines that a trucking and warehousing plan faces an accumulated funding deficiency. Establishes an involuntary withdrawal liability payment fund and a program under which the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall pay 90 percent of the liability incurred for involuntary withdrawal from a plan. Provides for assessments against covered plans for payments into the fund. Applies the program to involuntary withdrawals from all plans with mandatory coverage. Authorizes the Corporation to provide optional coverage. Sets standards to ascertain withdrawal liability based upon the involuntary withdrawal of an employer resulting from a certified change of collective bargaining representative. Requires the Corporation to provide for regular 12-month assessment periods for assessing each covered plan for its allocated portion of payments to the fund. Authorizes division of the fund into: (1) a mandatory coverage account; and (2) an optional coverage account. Defines the conditions under which an involuntary withdrawal occurs. Authorizes the Corporation to transfer moneys from a specified pension guaranty fund to the involuntary withdrawal liability payment fund if it determines that such a transfer is advisable to meet funding deficiencies. States that such a transfer of funds must be repaid. Sets guidelines for the Corporation to promulgate regulations for the reimbursement of withdrawals which occurred before the involuntary withdrawal liability payment program was enacted. Creates an exemption from withdrawal liability if the amount of unfunded vested benefits of a plan as of the end of a plan year is not greater than zero and the employer withdraws from such plan within a specified time. Directs the Corporation to issue regulations prescribing: (1) adjustments to the formulae used to allocate unfunded vested benefits where employer withdrawal from a plan occurs after an exemption period; and (2) the actuarial assumptions used to determine unfunded vested benefits and withdrawal liability. (Currently, the Corporation's authority to prescribe such regulations is discretionary.) States that a complete or partial withdrawal from a plan does not occur if the purchaser in a bona fide conveyance assumes the former employer's plan contribution obligations. Prescribes guidelines for the determination of: (1) complete or partial withdrawal by the seller; (2) amount of unfunded vested benefits allocable to the seller; (3) complete or partial withdrawal by the purchaser; and (4) the amount of unfunded vested benefits allocable to the purchaser. Authorizes the Corporation to impose additional requirements to reduce unreasonable risks to the plan if the purchaser is in a less favorable financial position than the seller immediately after conveyance of the business. Prescribes transitional rules for: (1) past business conveyances causing no withdrawal; and (2) past business conveyances causing exempt withdrawal. Prescribes guidelines under which the sponsor of a multiemployer plan shall furnish, upon an employer's request, information necessary to compute withdrawal liability and potential withdrawal liability. Authorizes the Corporation, upon request, to approve rules for the reduction or elimination of withdrawal liability. Sets quidelines under which such approval will be granted. Provides that the funding standard account for a plan year shall be charged with sums computed according to specified formulae. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code. Reduces from 25 years to 15 years the schedule for amortization of a plan's unfunded vested benefits liability in the case of a plan in reorganization under bankruptcy law. Establishes formulae for minimum contribution requirements if a plan does not meet specified asset/benefit ratios. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code. Voids any withdrawal liability incurred as the result of the complete or partial withdrawal from a multiemployer plan under certain Acts prior to September 26, 1980. Requires refund of any amounts paid as a result of such liability.
Bill· HRH.R. 4793 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984
Vocational Education Consolidation Act of 1984 - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act in a specified amount for FY 1985 and in such sums as may be necessary for FY 1986 through 1989. Provides that funds appropriated under specified provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act (also known as the Vocational Education Act of 1917) shall be considered as funds appropriated for this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to reserve up to five percent of such appropriations for national programs under part C of this Act. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder of such appropriations to States and insular areas according to a formula based on: (1) relative numbers of unemployed persons aged 15 through 19, 20 through 44, and 45 through 64; and (2) relative per capita income. Provides for minimum allotments and for reallotment under specified circumstances. Requires States to submit annual proposed use reports to the Secretary, after making such reports available for public comment, in order to receive funds under part B of this Act. Requires States to provide for financial and compliance audits of programs supported by funds received under this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the status of vocational education in the Nation. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education for the period for which funds are appropriated under this Act. Provides for the applicability of specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act to programs under this Act. Part B: State Programs - Directs the Secretary to make grants to each State, in accordance with its allotment under part A, to establish, expand, and improve vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities. Authorizes each State to set aside that portion of such allotment as is required for the State's administration of the programs, projects, services, and activities described in its proposed use report. Requires each State to use, from the remainder of its allotment for each fiscal year, at least: (1) 30 percent for subpart 1 programs (Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training); and (2) 30 percent for subpart 2 programs (Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education). Requires that, of such funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs, at least ten percent be used to meet the special needs of handicapped persons and at least 20 percent be used to meet the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons. Authorizes a State to use up to 50 percent of funds for subparts 1 and 2 programs to pay an eligible recipient's administrative cost. Authorizes a State to use funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of any State or local advisory council which assists the planning, implementation, or evaluation of a program, project, service, or activity under this Act. Prohibits a State from using funds from its allotment to pay for the cost of stipends or construction. Authorizes each State to: (1) use its allotment directly, or to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible recipients, to carry out part B programs; and (2) prescribe the manner in which grants and contracts are made to eligible recipients and whatever terms, consistent with Federal requirements, are reasonable and necessary for administration of part B programs. Subpart 1: Economic Development and Skilled Work Force Training - Requires that skilled work force training conducted under this part correspond to current State or local economic needs or plans specifically described in the proposed use report. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this subpart for one or more specified activities relating to vocational education programs, projects, services, and activities that foster State and local economic development by training or retraining persons in occupational skills needed by business and industry. Requires each State and eligible recipient to make its best efforts to recruit for enrollment or participation in this subpart's programs persons whose jobs have been lost or jeopardized by technological or economic change. Subpart 2: Strengthening State and Local Systems of Vocational Education - Requires States, in using funds reserved for this part, to give careful consideration to the special needs of educationally disadvantaged persons, handicapped persons, and persons with limited English proficiency. Requires States to use the amount reserved for this part for one or more specified activities relating to strengthening of State and local vocational education systems so that all persons, regardless of sex, can participate in programs designed to provide needed job skills and foster economic development. Part C: National Programs - Directs the Secretary to use funds reserved for this part to support one or more programs, projects, services, or activities authorized under specified provisions of this part. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations for specified research-related activities. Authorizes the Secretary to support a National Center for Research in Vocational Education to conduct one or more of such activities, including information dissemination. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of any Indian tribe eligible to contract with the Secretary of the Interior for administration of programs under specified Acts, to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with the tribal organization to plan, conduct, and administer vocational education programs authorized under part B of this Act which are consistent with tribal economic development plans. Directs the Secretary to award funds for such programs on a competitive basis. Authorizes the Secretary to support the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Job Training Partnership Act, as amended by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to support directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, specified program improvement activities to meet national skilled work force needs. Part D: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Part E: Conforming Amendments; Repeals; Effective Date - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to revise definitions of local and State educational agencies under such Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to such Act. Establishes, under such Act, a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee which shall serve as the successor to the entity previously established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes technical and conforming amendments to other specified Federal laws. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds appropriated for use during FY 1984 or FY 1985 under such Act that are not obligated by July 1, 1985, by a State or other recipient shall remain available for obligation under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4738 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for retraining expenses for individuals who are unemployed. Sets the amount of such credit at 50 percent of an individual's retraining expenses up to a limit of $1,000. Sets forth rules for the carryback and carryforward of such income tax credit. Defines "retraining expenses" as: (1) any tuition or fees for an eligible training program at a qualified institution; (2) expenses for books, supplies, or equipment; and (3) any other expense directly related to participation in such a training program (other than food, lodging, or travel).
Bill· HRH.R. 4696 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1984
Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to provide that no agency shall rely on any exemption within such Act in order to withhold from any individual any record which is otherwise accessible under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 401 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984
Authorizes expenditures by the Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations of the Committee on Education and Labor for the second session of the 98th Congress, including the procurement of consultant services.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 400 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1984
Authorizes expenditures by the House Committee on Education and Labor for the second session of the 98th Congress, including the procurement of consultant services and assistance for specialized training for its professional staff.
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