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Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3]

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Bill· HRH.R. 3230 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from the overtime requirements of that Act employees of State and local public agencies and to clarify the application of that Act to volunteers.

United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1985

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and local governments from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours. Revises the definition of "employee" under that Act to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate public agency, even if such volunteer is paid expenses or a nominal fee to perform the voluntary services.

Bill· HRH.R. 3237 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from the overtime requirements of that Act employees of State and local public agencies and to clarify the application of that Act to volunteers.

United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1985

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude the employees of States and local governments from the provisions of that Act relating to maximum hours. Revises the definition of "employee" under that Act to exclude any volunteer for a State, local, or interstate public agency, even if such volunteer is paid expenses or a nominal fee to perform the voluntary services.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 180 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the current tax incentives available to companies which operate in Puerto Rico should be retained.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1985

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Code provisions dealing with the Puerto Rico and possession tax credit (allowing domestic corporations a tax credit if certain percentages of gross income are derived from sources within a possession or from the active conduct of a trade or business within a possession) should not be revised and should be allowed to continue to operate in their present form.

Bill· HRH.R. 3041 (99th)passed

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

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1985

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

Bill· HRH.R. 2984 (99th)referred

Military Real Property Disposal Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1985

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

Bill· HRH.R. 2944 (99th)referred

Social Welfare Amendments of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1985

Social Welfare Amendments of 1985 - Amends part A (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to exclude the needs of employable parents or caretakers when determining need for AFDC purposes, if the youngest child has attained age 16. Repeals the current part C (Work Incentive Program) of title IV of the Act. Requires a State under part A to provide that each applicant for AFDC must participate in any one or more of the following employment related activities to which the State may refer the applicant: (1) an employment search program; (2) the State's community work experience program; (3) an alternative employment-directed program; (4) work supplementation; and (5) training activities under the Job Training Partnership Act. Provides for reductions in the amounts payable to a State if certain percentages of those required to participate in such employment related activities do not participate. Exempts certain individuals from participation in such activity including: (1) a child who is under age 16 or attending school full-time; (2) an individual who is over age 60, incapacitated, or providing home care for an individual who is incapacitated; (3) a parent personally providing care for a child under the age of six; (4) an individual working at least 30 hours a week; and (5) certain pregnant women. Requires AFDC applicants to seek work while their applications are pending. Requires a State's AFDC plan, subject to certain exceptions, to provide that minor unmarried caretaker parents must live with their parents in order to receive AFDC. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant to each State for the proper and efficient administration of its AFDC plan. Directs the Secretary, in addition, to make grants to States carrying out employment related programs and demonstration projects. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 2904 (99th)referred

Federal Communications Commission Network Acquisition Approval Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985

Federal Communications Commission Network Acquisition Approval Act of 1985 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to take specified actions before granting any application proposing the acquisition of ownership or control of a television network whose board of directors has not approved the acquisition. Directs the Commission to require the applicant to file specified information, including: (1) the identities, managerial expertise, and financial resources of the persons involved in the acquisition; (2) the sources of funds and the details of financial arrangements involved in the acquisition, as well as any plan to liquidate assets; (3) any reduction in service to any community that would result from the acquisition; and (4) the reasons that the acquisition would benefit the public interest, convenience, and necessity. Directs the Commission to: (1) issue a public notice indicating that such information is available for public inspection; (2) allow a party 30 days after such notice is issued to file a petition to deny the application; and (3) conduct a full evidentiary hearing on such application.

Bill· HRH.R. 2874 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to require conformity between the loan loss reserve accounts maintained by certain financial institutions for tax purposes and for financial statement purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1985

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a bank to take a deduction for the amount necessary to bring its reserve for loan losses for tax purposes up to the level of its loan loss reserve for financial statement purposes. Precludes a deduction for additions to a book reserve in excess of 1.5 percent of the total loans of the institution. Provides further that the addition to the tax reserve for which a deduction is allowed cannot exceed one-half of one percent of the total loans of the taxpayer as of the close of the taxable year, plus net charge-offs. Permits a six-year adjustment period where the tax reserve for bad debts maintained by the taxpayer as of the close of the last taxable year beginning before 1985 is less than the balance of the financial statement reserve for bad debts maintained by the taxpayer as of the close of such taxable year.

Bill· HRH.R. 2866 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit employees engaged in law enforcement and fire protection activities to take compensatory time off in lieu of receiving overtime compensation.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1985

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit public employees engaged in law enforcement and fire protection activities to take compensatory time off in lieu of receiving overtime compensation. Sets forth conditions under which such arrangement is permissible. Requires that such compensatory time off equal one and one-half hours for each hour the employee is employed in excess of 40 hours in a workweek.

Bill· HRH.R. 2763 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the capital gains tax on disposition of investments in United States real property by foreign citizens, to repeal the provisions providing for withholding of, and reporting on, such tax, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1985

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the capital gains tax on disposition of investments in U.S. real property by foreign citizens. Repeals the withholding of tax on dispositions of U.S. real property interests and the special reporting requirements with respect to U.S. real property interests.

Bill· HRH.R. 2720 (99th)referred

A bill to amend the Social Services Block Grant Act, to authorize consolidation of certain block grants to Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1985

Title I: Social Services Block Grant Amendments - Social Services Block Grant Amendments of 1985 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to an Indian tribe which undertakes to operate a title XX program. Provides that each State's allotment shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of any allotment to an Indian tribe within the State. Deems programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance under title XX to be programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance for purposes of applying certain Federal prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age, handicap, sex, race, color, or national origin. Title II: Consolidated Funding for Indian Tribes - Indian Tribes Consolidated Funding Act - Directs the Secretary, upon application by an Indian tribe, to consolidate grants made by the Department of Health and Human Services directly under title XX of the Social Security Act and under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981. Permits an Indian tribe to submit a single application for a consolidated grant for any fiscal year.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 305 (99th)enacted

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

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1985

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

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

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

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1985

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

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 188 (99th)referred

A resolution commending the Soil Conservation Service.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1985

Expresses the Senate's commendation of the Soil Conservation Service on its 50th anniversary, and the Senate's commitment to vigorous soil and water conservation efforts.

Bill· HRH.R. 2626 (99th)open

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

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985

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

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 156 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the support of the Congress for an initiative to involve the United States and the Soviet Union in a constructive dialogue via television to further mutual understanding.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1985

Supports the initiative of the Director of the U.S. Information Agency to: (1) arrange for a high level Soviet official to appear on American television provided the Soviet Union allows a high level American official to appear on Soviet television; and (2) plan for United States and Soviet participation in a worldwide discussion using an international satellite television network and allowing journalists to ask uncensored questions of such officials.

Bill· HRH.R. 2591 (99th)failed

A bill to award special congressional gold medals to Jan Scruggs, Robert Doubek, and Jack Wheeler.

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1985

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present gold medals to Jan Scruggs, Robert Doubek, and Jack Wheeler, in recognition of their tireless efforts to give the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the Nation. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of the medal. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 2578 (99th)passed

Young Astronaut Program Medal Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1985

Young Astronaut Program Medal Act - Commemorates the Young Astronaut Program by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and deliver to the Young Astronaut Council no more than 750,000 medals with emblems, devices, and inscriptions determined by the Secretary. Authorizes the Council to dispose of the medals at a premium and to have them delivered as required in quantities of no less than 2,000. Directs that no medals be struck after December 31, 1987. Directs the Secretary to set the price of the medals at no less than the manufacturing cost plus a surcharge of ten percent of such cost. Requires the furnishing of security sufficient to fully indemnify the United States for such costs. Directs that the medals be struck in gold, silver, and bronze and in such size or sizes as determined by the Secretary. Gives the U.S. Comptroller General the right to examine the records of the Council which are related to the medals.