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United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985
Military Chaplains Faith Balance Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to increase the representation of underrepresented religious faiths among armed forces chaplains.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985
Declares that all persons in the workplace, regardless of whether they are employed in manufacturing or any other industrial or commercial enterprise, have a fundamental right to know when they are handling or are exposed to a hazardous substance which may threaten their health and well-being. Declares that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration should immediately revise its Hazardous Communication Standard so as to: (1) provide for the dissemination of meaningful information to workers on the actual identity and composition of hazardous substances which workers handle or are exposed to; (2) extend "Right to Know" protection to all workers in all industries and services which are not covered by this standard; and (3) set minimum requirements which States may improve upon through appropriate legislation. Commends the action of those State and local governments which have passed community "Right to Know" laws to safeguard the health and well-being of all their citizens in the community at large.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985
Designates September 1985 as Pediculosis Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States and the Soviet Union should enter into a joint high-level scientific study to determine the long-term climatic and environmental effects of a nuclear exchange. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in order to develop data for such study, to prepare an analysis of the consequences of a nuclear explosion on the environment. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the climatic and environmental effects of a nuclear exchange should be included in any analysis of the consequences of nuclear war and should also be considered in the nuclear weapons, arms control, and civil defense policies of both nations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take appropriate action to: (1) enforce U.S. rights under international agreements to which Japan is a party; and (2) obtain the elimination of Japanese acts and policies which deny benefits to the United States under such international agreements and which burden or restrict U.S. commerce. Directs the President, within a specified time, to: (1) report to the Congress and give notice of the actions the President has decided to take to accomplish such objectives; and (2) implement all such actions. Declares that such actions should at least negate the cumulative impact that the elimination or relaxation of the voluntary restraints on Japanese automobile imports will have on the merchandise balance of trade between Japan and the United States. Declares that action taken to accomplish this objective should be directed against competitive Japanese exports, including automobiles, telecommunication products, optical fibers, textiles, and electronic products. Declares action taken to accomplish the major objectives of the resolution should be modified or revoked only if the President determines that such minimum objective has been achieved.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1985
Automobile Consumer Protection Act of 1985 - Authorizes a consumer to notify the manufacturer, its agent, or its authorized dealer that an automobile does not conform to all applicable warranties. Requires such nonconformity to be corrected at no charge even though the corrections may have to be made after the expiration of the warranty period. Provides that if the defect or condition not in conformity with the warranty cannot be corrected after a reasonable number of attempts, the manufacturer must either replace the motor vehicle with a comparable one or refund the full purchase price less a reasonable allowance for mileage and any damage not attributable to normal wear and tear. Permits a manufacturer to allege as an affirmative defense to any such claim either that: (1) the nonconformity does not substantially impair the value of the motor vehicle; or (2) it is the result of abuse, neglect, or unauthorized modification or alterations. States that if a manufacturer has established an informal dispute procedure, the refund or replacement requirements of this Act will not apply unless the consumer resorts to such procedure. Prohibits a consumer from waiving, limiting, or disclaiming these provisions. Requires an action brought under these provisions to be commenced within four years after the date of the original delivery of the motor vehicle. Permits the court to award attorney's fees to a prevailing plaintiff.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1985
Designates the month of September 1985 as National Sewing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
International Trade and Investment Act Amendments of 1985 - Title I: Mandatory Presidential Actions Regarding Barriers to Market Access - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to: (1) identify and analyze U.S. acts, policies, or practices which constitute significant barriers to, or distortions of, foreign trade or investment in U.S. markets; and (2) estimate the trade-distorting impact on U.S. commerce of any such act, policy, or practice. Requires the USTR to submit the annual analysis of trade barriers required by the International Trade and Investment Act of 1984 to two additional congressional committees. Authorizes the President to provide certain import relief for products adversely affected by imports. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress those countries: (1) with which the United States has a substantial current account deficit; and (2) which engage in practices which constitute substantial and systematic barriers to U.S. exports of goods or services or foreign direct investment by U.S. persons and have a substantial trade distorting impact on U.S. commerce. Directs the President, upon reporting that a country meets such standards, to: (1) initiate specific action which shall have an immediate and identifiable impact on the trade imbalance with that country; (2) report to the Congress the nature of the action taken and its expected effect; (3) provide an opportunity for the presentation of views concerning such action; (4) direct the USTR to initiate negotiations with such country and initiate consultations with other trading partners on the potential effect of U.S. action; and (5) try to identify incentives that would form a basis for further negotiations to provide equitable market opportunities. Provides that actions taken by the President shall remain in effect until the satisfactory conclusion of negotiations between the USTR and the affected country. Prohibits the President from rescinding such action based on a satisfactory conclusion of negotiations unless the President certifies to the Congress that the country subject to such action has taken specific steps to remove its market access barriers. Title II: Adjustment Plans for Industries Requesting Import Relief - Directs the International Trade Commission (ITC), within 45 days of the date that a petition for import relief is filed, to make a preliminary determination as to whether there is a reasonable indication that the serious injury or threat of serious injury to the domestic industry exists. Directs the ITC to conclude the investigation if it does not find a reasonable indication of such threat or injury. Directs the ITC to continue the investigation if it finds a reasonable indication of such injury or threat. Directs the Chairman of the ITC, if a reasonable indication of such injury or threat is found, to establish an adjustment plan board. Requires the adjustment plan board to establish a plan to enable the industry that claims it is adversely affected by imports to adjust to changing economic conditions resulting from imports or otherwise and to become more competitive internationally. Directs the board to recommend forms of import relief other than those contained in the Trade Act of 1974 if it believes that such other relief would be appropriate. Authorizes the ITC to recommend the implementation of such aspects of an approved adjustment plan as it considers appropriate. Authorizes the President to use those aspects of an approved adjustment plan for an industry adversely affected by imports. Directs the President to explain why aspects of an approved adjustment plan are not implemented. Directs the ITC, if it finds that imports are an important but not a substantial cause of serious injury or threat of injury to an industry and that relief other than an increase in import restrictions and provision of trade adjustment assistance is warranted, to recommend to the President alternative import relief. Directs the President to propose implementing such alternative import relief unless it is not in the national economic interest. Requires the President to explain to the Congress if the President decides not to implement such alternative relief.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Designates the week beginning September 15, 1985, as National Dental Hygiene Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Designates the month of October 1985 as National Make-A-Wish Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1985
Satellite Television Viewing Amendments - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the encryption of satellite cable programming for two years after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1985
Specifies 10:30 p.m., eastern standard time, as the uniform closing time for all polling places in the continental United States for presidential general elections beginning with the 1988 elections.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the third week of June 1985 as National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that transportation may be excluded from gross income as a no-additional-cost fringe benefit without regard to whether such service is offered for sale to customers. (Current law excludes employer-provided transportation only if such service is offered for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business.) Sets forth special rules for the valuation of employer-provided transportation only if such service is offered for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business. Sets forth special rules for the valuation of employer-provided transportation if the value of a flight on an employer-provided aircraft is includible in the gross income of the employees.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Recognizes the pause for the Pledge of Allegiance as part of the celebration of National Flag Day and urges all Americans to participate by reciting the Pledge in unison at a specified time on that day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of January 1986 as National Eye Health Care Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Federal Railroad Administration should immediately adopt enforcement rules prohibiting the use of alcohol and drugs by railroad employees who are on duty or scheduled to report for duty; and (2) the Department of Transportation and the Office of Management and Budget should approve such rules at the earliest practical date.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
States that the United Support of Artists for Africa should be commended for aiding the African famine victims and for demonstrating that people can make a difference in relieving the plight of those victims.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1985
Designates July 19, 1985, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1985
Directs the Postal Service to establish a program under which change-of-address forms may be transmitted to appropriate State election authorities for voter registration purposes. Directs the Postal Service to prescribe regulations under which a State may participate in such program. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1985
Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Elder Abuse Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an office known as the National Center on Elder Abuse to: (1) compile an annual summary of recently conducted research on elder abuse; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs for the prevention and treatment of such abuse; (3) compile training materials for personnel engaged in elder abuse prevention; (4) provide technical assistance for the planning and implementing of programs relating to the problems of elder abuse; and (5) investigate the causes and national incidence of elder abuse. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with public agencies or nonprofit organizations for demonstration projects designed to prevent and treat elder abuse. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the development and implementation of elder abuse prevention and treatment programs. Requires such States to have in effect a State elder abuse law with mandatory reporting provisions. Sets forth other requirements for eligibility. Prohibits the use of assistance for construction of facilities. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria to achieve equitable distribution of assistance among the States. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements concerning the mailing of taxpayer information statements relating to interest, dividends, or patronage dividends to allow such information statements to be included with normal business mailings. (Current law requires a separate mailing for such information statements.)
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1985
Commemorates May 18, 1985, as the 20th anniversary of the Head Start Program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Head Start Program has been cost-effective and successful; and (2) congressional commitment to such program is reaffirmed.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1985
Urges the President to extend the voluntary restraint agreement with Japan concerning Japanese-built motor vehicles for an additional three years at a specified vehicles per year level except that the import level for each year of the restraint period will be increased by 15 percent of the previous year's level if: (1) the value of the U.S. farm commodities imported into Japan during that year exceeds by a specified dollar amount the level of such imports of the previous year's; and (2) the value of U.S. manufactured goods imported into Japan increases by a specified dollar amount during each year of the restraint period.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act of 1985 - Prohibits any employer (i.e. any business with 50 or more employees) from ordering a plant closing or permanent layoff until 90 days after the employer serves written notice of a proposal to issue such an order to: (1) the representative of the affected employees or, if none, to each affected employee; and (2) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Provides for reduction of such notification period if the Service determines that unavoidable business circumstances prevent the employer from withholding such closing or layoff until the end of such period. Provides for extension of such notification period thus prohibiting the ordering of such closing or layoff while the employer is subject to an order to continue to consult. Prohibits an employer from ordering a plant closing or permanent layoff unless the employer has: (1) met with representatives of the affected employees with respect to a proposal to order such closing or layoff; and (2) consulted in good faith with such representative for the purpose of agreeing to a mutually satisfactory alternative to or modification of such proposal. Makes such obligation to consult commence on the date of notice and continue until the end of the 90-day notification period. Provides that such consultation period shall be extended if the Service determines that the employer has failed to comply with such consultation requirements. Authorizes the Service to renew any such extension imposed. Requires the employer to disclose to the affected employees' representative information necessary for thorough evaluation of: (1) the proposal to order the closing or layoff; and (2) any alternatives or modifications suggested to such proposal. Authorizes the Service to issue protective orders to prevent disclosure of information which could compromise the employer's competitive position. Sets forth provisions for the administration and enforcement of requirements under this Act. Provides for: (1) assistance by the Service to employers, employee representatives, affected employees, State employment services, and other State and local officials; (2) investigations and injunctive actions by the Department of Labor; (3) civil actions against employers; and (4) civil actions against representatives of employees. Provides that the rights and remedies provided to employees by this Act are in addition to any other contractual, statutory, or other legal rights and remedies of the employees. Expresses the sense of the Congress that employers who, because affected employees do not have a representative, are not required to comply with the consultation and disclosure requirements under this Act should consult with and disclose information to such employees in order to reach a mutually satisfactory alternative or modification of the proposal to order the closing or layoff. Establishes a National Commission on Plant Closings and Worker Dislocation. Requires the Commission to report to the President and the Congress within 12 months of the appointment of members. Terminates the Commission 30 days after such report. Authorizes appropriations for the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Atomic Veterans Relief Act of 1985 - Provides disability benefits to veterans who participated in atomic tests or the occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki after World War II and who, within 40 years, suffer from diseases that may be attributable to ionizing radiation, including: (1) leukemia; (2) polycythemia vera; (3) carcinoma of the thyroid; (4) chromosomal damage; (5) posterior subcapsular cataracts; and (6) other radiogenic cancers. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to promulgate regulations to resolve benefit claims and provide standards for benefit determinations and the inclusion of additional diseases as the basis for benefits. Provides for survivors' benefits. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees of the Congress whenever legislative action related to the subject matter of the regulations is needed. Requires proposed and final regulations to be published in the Federal Register by the Administrator within specified periods. Establishes a presumption that a disability is service-connected for a veteran exposed to ionizing radiation while on active duty, notwithstanding the absence of Government records documenting any such exposure. Provides medical care for the treatment of genetic or congenital disorders in the natural children of affected veterans. Entitles such children to educational assistance. Requires the Administrator to carry out an outreach, screening, and counseling program to serve those veterans, dependents, and survivors entitled to benefits under this Act. Directs the Administrator to establish a research and training program for the diagnosis and treatment of disabilities caused by exposure to ionizing radiation, including a centralized registry of claims. Directs the Administrator to make a comprehensive report on these programs in the annual report to the Congress under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to permit the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the use of interstate commerce by a securities broker or dealer in order to effect any transaction in, or sale or purchase of, any Government security or other exempted security.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Designates the week of October 20 through October 26, 1985, as Lupus Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from exempting from such Act any class of credit transactions that are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. Permits the Board to exempt (for five years) a type or class of business or commercial transactions only after determining that application of such Act to such transactions would not contribute substantially to effecting the purposes of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985 - Limits the total quantity of 1985 imports of textiles and textile products from a major exporting country to the lesser of an amount equal to 101 percent: (1) of the total quantity of textile products imported from such country if the total had increased by six percent annually (one percent annually for wool products) during 1981 through 1984; or (2) if the United States has an agreement with such country providing for an annual growth rate of less than six percent, of the total quantity of such products from such country imported during 1984. Limits the total quantity of 1985 imports of textiles and textile products from an exporting country to an amount equal to the total quantity of such products imported from such country during 1984 plus: (1) 15 percent of such quantity in the case of a category that is not an import sensitive category; or (2) one percent in the case of an import sensitive category. Provides for changing the classification of a country, except for a Caribbean country, from an exporting country to a major exporting country if the total textile imports from such country equals or exceeds one and one-quarter percent of all textiles imported into the United States. Sets forth a formula for adjusting the growth of textile imports annually. Sets forth certain minimum quantities of textile imports that all countries shall be allowed to export to the United States. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to enforce this Act. Directs the Secretary, within six months of enactment of this Act, to establish an import licensing system under which an importer of textiles will be required to present an import permit as a condition of entry of such textiles. Directs the President to report to the Congress annually on the administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Depositor Protection Act of 1985 - Title I: Required Deposit Insurance - Part A: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Amendments - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the deposits of all State banks (including institutions which receive trust funds) to be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or an approved State program. Provides that any State bank that applies and is rejected for FDIC insurance shall be an interim insured bank for purposes of such Act. Limits to $10,000 the maximum amount of deposits such a bank may insure for any depositor. Requires such limitation to be prominently displayed. Requires the FDIC Board of Directors to inform each interim insured bank of the reasons for denying its insurance application. Allows such a bank five years to remedy such reasons or have its interim insured status terminated. Prohibits an insured bank from terminating its insured status unless it ceases to engage in the business of receiving deposits or its insured status is terminated by the FDIC Board. Terminates a bank's authority to receive deposits two years after its insured status is terminated. Part B: Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Amendments - Amends the National Housing Act to require the accounts of all building and loan, savings and loan, and homestead associations and cooperative banks to be insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) or an approved State program. Provides for limited interim insurance and termination of the insured status and business of such entities as provided under Part A for State banks. Part C: Credit Unions - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to require all credit union accounts to be insured by the National Credit Union Administration Board (NCUAB) or an approved State program. Provides for limited interim insurance and termination of the insured status and business of a credit union as provided for a State bank under Part A. Title II: State Insurance Funds - Directs the FDIC Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and the NCUAB to establish minimum standards for State insurance programs. Requires each State program to register with the appropriate Federal agency in order to become an approved State program and to comply with such minimum standards within two years in order to remain an approved program. Requires the appropriate Federal agency to examine and certify each program annually. Prohibits any institution insured by a State program from including in any advertisement, announcement, or solicitation any statement that its accounts are insured by a federally approved program.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Designates April 24, 1985, as National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man (especially for remembering the Armenian genocide in Turkey).
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Designates the month of June 1985 as Youth Suicide Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Directs the President to designate May 1985 as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to authorize the award of a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs to the parents or guardian of a handicapped child or youth who is the prevailing party in a civil suit under such Act to protect the child's right to a free appropriate public education. Requires the party seeking such an award to submit an application, including an itemized statement of such fees and expenses from the attorneys or expert witnesses. Authorizes the court to: (1) increase the amount awarded to the prevailing party if the court finds that the local or State educational agency or the intermediate educational unit has engaged in conduct which unduly and unreasonably protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy; or (2) reduce or deny an award if it finds that the prevailing party engaged in such conduct. Prohibits such awards from being paid with funds provided to the State under such Act. Provides that such amendments shall apply to actions and proceedings brought on or after July 4, 1984, and actions and proceedings brought prior to such date which were pending on such date. Provides that nothing in the Education of the Handicapped Act shall be construed to restrict or limit the rights, procedures, and remedies under the Constitution, title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or other Federal statutes prohibiting discrimination. Provides that specified provisions under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 relating to nondiscrimination toward the handicapped under Federal grants and programs shall be carried out in accordance with regulations in effect on July 4, 1984. Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to provide for: (1) public access to hearing decisions; and (2) an informal complaint resolution procedure. Provides that any decision regarding participation in an informal complaint resolution meeting with the State or local educational agency or intermediate educational unit shall not affect the availability or provision of any rights of the parents or guardian of the handicapped child under procedural safeguard provisions of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985 - Prohibits any U.S. person from making any loan to South Africa or to any organization owned or controlled by South Africa. Excludes from such prohibition a loan for any educational, housing, or health facility which: (1) is available to everyone on a nondiscriminatory basis; and (2) is located in an area accessible to all population groups. Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to loans for which an agreement is entered into before enactment of this Act. Directs the President to issue regulations prohibiting U.S. persons from making any investment (including bank loans) in South Africa. Excludes from such prohibition: (1) an investment which consists of earnings derived from a business enterprise in South Africa established before enactment of this Act and which is made in that business enterprise; or (2) the purchase of certain securities in such business enterprises. Prohibits any person, including U.S. banks, from importing into the United States any gold coin minted in or offered for sale by South Africa. Authorizes the President to waive the prohibitions against investments in South African businesses and against importing South African gold coins if: (1) the Government of South Africa meets at least one of seven conditions; (2) the President submits to the Congress a determination that such conditions are met; and (3) a joint resolution is enacted approving such determination. Authorizes the President to extend the waivers. Provides for expedited consideration of such joint resolution. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit exporting computers, computer software, or goods or technology intended to service computers to or for use by South Africa or any organization owned or controlled by South Africa. Excludes from such prohibition donations of computers to primary and secondary schools. Declares that certain termination provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1979 shall not apply to such prohibition. Provides for enforcement of this Act. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the President to attempt to persuade through negotiations other countries to adopt restrictions on new investment in South Africa, on bank loans and computer sales to South Africa, and on the importation of krugerrands. Directs the President to submit annual reports to the Congress on the status of negotiations. Terminates the provisions of this Act and all the regulations issued to carry out this Act upon enactment of a joint resolution approving a determination submitted by the President to the Congress that apartheid in South Africa has been abolished.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Designates the month of April 1985 as Fair Housing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Designates: (1) the week of April 1 through April 7, 1985, as World Health Week; and (2) April 7, 1985, as World Health Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Designates April 2, 1985, as Education Day, U.S.A.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should ratify the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Declares that the House will act expeditiously on the necessary implementing legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should investigate the activities of Dr. Josef Mengele; (2) Federal agencies should cooperate in collecting information concerning him; (3) the United States should request that specified nations in which Dr. Mengele is reported to have resided commence internal investigations relating to his residence; (4) the Attorney General should report to the Congress on the progress of the Mengele investigation; and (5) the United States, in conjunction with the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel, should establish an international task force to support such investigation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1985
(Motion to refer to Committee on House Administration passed House, roll call #24 (168-167)) Proclaims March 17 through March 23, 1985, to be Camp Fire Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Paraguay should carry out an investigation to locate and arrest Josef Mengele and extradite him to the Federal Republic of Germany; and (2) the United States should take actions to ensure that Josef Mengele is brought to justice.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Income and Jobs Action Act of 1985 - Declares that every adult American able and willing to earn a living has the right to a choice among opportunities for paid employment (part- or full-time) at decent wages or for self-employment. Directs all Federal agencies to plan and carry out their policies and programs so all adult Americans may exercise this right. Prohibits the Federal Reserve System or any other Federal agency from promoting recession, stagnation, or involuntary unemployment as a means of reducing wages and salaries or inflation. Declares that every adult American unable to work for pay has the right to an adequate standard of living that rises with increases in the wealth and productivity of the society. Provides that no adult American shall be judged unable to work merely because of the unavailability of suitable paid employment opportunities at a given time or place or because of the lack of previous employment. Requires, in the absence of such opportunities and until such opportunities can be provided, that an adult American able and willing to work for pay shall be provided with whatever income is required to maintain a moderate level of living, as defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Directs the President, in the first annual message at the beginning of the first session of the Congress after the enactment of this Act, to include specific proposals for a Conversion Planning Fund, to be administered by agencies determined by the President. Provides that such Fund shall promote short- and long-term plans for coping with declines in civilian or military activities by developing specific policies, programs, and projects (including feasibility studies, education, on-the-job training, and inducements for necessary and desirable labor mobility) for the expansion of economic activities in sectors where additional or improved goods or services are needed. Requires, in addition to such other funds as may be authorized, that such Fund include no less than one percent of the amount appropriated for military purposes during each subsequent year. Directs the President, within six months after the enactment of this Act and thereafter in each annual economic report and budget message, to transmit to Congress a staged program to create conditions under which the rights set forth in this Act may be enjoyed and to describe how the Conversion Planning Fund may be most productively used. Sets forth requirements for the design of such program, including provisions for locally based over-all planning. Directs the President, as part of such annual program, to transmit to Congress a short- and long-range schedule for implementing the purposes of the Act. Requires that such schedule include reductions in: (1) the military budget; (2) wasteful tax expenditures and loopholes; and (3) interest rates and Federal deficits. Requires that such schedule include: (1) recommendations for the appropriate use and direction of public and private pension funds; (2) the creation or promotion of private and public development banks, particularly in neighborhoods and other areas of high unemployment and poverty; (3) the promotion of educational activities within each State in accordance with locally-based overall planning, with special attention to educational processes that promote and use the creative abilities of businesses, labor unions, nonprofit voluntary and cooperative organizations, and the unemployed; and (4) timetables for developing the conditions for progress in attaining the policy goals of this Act. Requires that any outlays proposed under such plan and program be presented in terms not only of gross outlays, but also of net outlays, computed with a full estimation of specified factors.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Designates the week of August 25 through August 31, 1985, as National CPR Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 1985 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on petroleum products imported into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing. Sets the amount of such tax at: (1) $10 per barrel for crude oil; and (2) an amount dependent on the Btu content of petroleum products other than crude oil.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1985
Amends the Federal Tort Claims Act to permit actions to be brought against the United States for money damages for injury, loss of property, or death due to exposure to radiation by a Government contractor carrying out an atomic weapons testing program. Provides for substitution of the United States as defendant if such action is brought against the contractor.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1985
Designates the Point Reyes Wilderness, Point Reyes National Seashore, California, as the Phillip Burton Wilderness. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1985
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that a divorced spouse or a surviving divorced spouse can qualify for benefits based on an insured's wage record if the marriage lasted for at least a year. (Current law requires the marriage to have lasted ten years.) Provides that such benefits shall be reduced to an amount equal to ten percent of such benefit, as otherwise determined, multiplied by the number of ten years of the marriage.