United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1985
Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1985 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program to promote more effective schools and excellence in education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such grants program. Allows program grants to be used to: (1) promote State educational agency (SEA) and local educational agency (LEA) awareness of effective schools information through conferences at schools and district and multidistrict offices and through onsite visits to model effective schools; (2) develop and implement systems of data collection, analysis, interpretation, and communication; (3) plan, review, and revise program activities; (4) support related effective schools efforts; (5) obtain technical assistance and consultant services from regional educational laboratories, research and development centers, institutions of higher education, and other nonprofit educational organizations; (6) design, develop, and publish educational materials on effective schools programs; (7) conduct program evaluations; and (8) otherwise identify, document, and disseminate information concerning exemplary effective schools programs. Requires that program grant applications by SEAs or LEAs demonstrate that: (1) the applicant has an effective schools improvement program in effect; (2) grant funds would be used to pay not more than one-half of the cost of any program or activity; (3) grant funds would be supplementary; and (4) independent annual evaluations will be conducted and reported. Directs the Secretary of Education, in selecting grant recipients, to: (1) consider the extent to which grant funds would be used to improve schools in districts with the greatest numbers or percentages of educationally deprived children and the extent to which the applicant's ongoing effective schools program has demonstrated the capacity to improve student achievement or behavior; (2) ensure reasonable geographic distribution of grants; and (3) designate grants as being available for a period of at least one but not more than three years. Sets forth provisions for technical assistance and program evaluation. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress by September 1, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that no changes be enacted in current law that would reduce or delay cost-of-living adjustments for beneficiaries under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Preborn Children's Civil Rights Act of 1985 - Prohibits Federal involvement in the performance of abortions, except that Federal funds may be used for medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother or the preborn child. Includes the following activities within the scope of this provision: (1) use of appropriated funds to counsel or encourage an abortion; (2) use of appropriated funds to reimburse or refer for abortions; (3) use of funds for research with respect to abortion; or (4) contracting for insurance which pays or reimburses for abortion. Prohibits any institution receiving Federal funds from discriminating against any employee, applicant, or student because of such person's opposition to abortion. Prohibits the granting of attorney fees in a civil action involving a law, ordinance, or regulation prohibiting abortion. Provides for Supreme Court review with regard to a law, ordinance, or regulation prohibiting abortion which a lower Federal court declares unconstitutional.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Home Loan Bank Board should delay until June 30, 1985, the effective date of its proposed regulations regarding limitations on direct investment in real estate, service corporations, and equity securities by federally insured savings and loan associations. Directs the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives to examine alternatives to the proposed regulations which will ensure safety and sound investment activities.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1985
Amends the Steel Import Stabilization Act to direct the U.S. Trade Representative, in negotiating with Japan and South Korea on steel products import limits, to negotiate the apportionment of the aggregate limit among specified subcategories of steel products. Directs the U.S. Trade Representative to apportion the aggregate limit if such negotiations are not successfully concluded within 30 days of the enactment of this Act. Sets forth such subcategories.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments of 1985 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that in the construction industry two or more business entities engaged in the same or similar work with common ownership or control shall be deemed a single employer. Applies the terms of a collective bargaining agreement regarding employees of such business entities to all other business entities comprising the same single employer within the geographical area covered by the agreement. States that collective bargaining agreements may only be repudiated after the National Labor Relations Board certifies election results in which a majority of the employees select a bargaining representative other than the representative with whom such agreement was made.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); (2) State administrative expenses; (3) the nutrition education training (NET) program; (4) the childrens' summer food service program; and (5) the commodity distribution program. Increases NET authorizations. Reduces the student cost of a reduced price lunch from 40 cents to 25 cents and of a reduced price breakfast from 30 cents to 15 cents. Increases reduced meal income eligibility limits from 185 percent to 195 percent of the poverty level. Provides an additional six cents per breakfast to increase the nutritional quality of such program. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate related nutritional improvement regulations. Extends the lunch program "offer versus serve" provision to the breakfast program. Permits a child to refuse one breakfast item if such refusal option is permitted by the local school food authority. Raises the program tuition limit under such Act for private schools from $1,500 to $2,500. Requires annual inflation adjustments. Increases the number of reimbursable meals and snacks under the child care food program. Excludes certain medical expenses from household income for program eligibility purposes. Eliminates the requirement that free meal eligibility be the same as that required for food stamp eligibility. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring school lunch program income verification unless the direct cost of such verification is appropriated. Makes kindergartens in specified schools eligible for the special milk program. Establishes a tiered-payment system for the child care food program. Obligates specified food service equipment appropriations for low-income area schools. States that school food facilities and personnel may be used for nonprofit nutrition programs for the elderly. Prohibits the Secretary, through FY 1986, from reducing child nutrition benefit eligibility unless legislatively directed. Qualifies children participating in the food stamp or aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) programs for free breakfasts and lunches. Makes specified nonprofit private sponsors eligible for the summer feeding program. Increases FY 1984 WIC authorizations. Extends administrative fund allocation provisions through 1988. Directs the Secretary to apportion funds so as to insure that at least 70 percent of each fiscal year's amounts have been obligated or used by the beginning of such year's fourth quarter. Provides that such requirement shall not apply to supplemental appropriations enacted after January 1 of a fiscal year or to any reallocated funds. Prohibits States from using more than two and one-half percent of a current fiscal year's WIC appropriations for a preceding year's expenditures. Permits administrative funds to be used for technical assistance to improve State administrative systems. Includes AFDC among the programs to be coordinated with the child nutrition programs. Provides for a reduction in program paperwork. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the feasibility of a universal school lunch program; and (2) report to the Congress by January 1, 1988. Extends, subject to fund availability, the alternative (cash) assistance school lunch pilot study through the school year ending June 30, 1986. Requires the Secretary, subject to fund availability and upon request, to provide financial assistance to participating school districts that sustained losses due to the methodology change for the school year ending June 30, 1983. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the State administrative expense allocation formula and procedures, including the merits of a State matching requirement; and (2) report to the Congress by January 31, 1986. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the effect on families of the child nutrition programs authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; and (2) report to the Congress by January 1, 1987. Prohibits a contract between a school food authority and a food service company to provide a la carte food service unless such company provides free and reduced price meals to eligible children.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1984
Requires that every obligation of the United States be issued in registered form. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the issuance in bearer form of securities which are interests in U.S. Government-backed securities. Imposes a three percent excise tax on the issuer of registration-required U.S. Government-backed securities which are not issued in registered form. Provides that the issue price of any U.S. Government-backed security shall be treated as the principal amount of the obligation. Imposes a 30 percent withholding tax on interest received by foreigners from U.S. Government-backed securities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984
Title I: Supplemental Benefits - Establishes a Federal supplemental benefit program for death or disability caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. Provides guidelines for: (1) the calculation of benefits in proportion to disability; (2) payment methods; and (3) payment priorities. Exempts such supplemental benefits from: (1) any tax or legal process; and (2) any offset for administrative benefits under State or Federal law. Sets guidelines for the offset of supplemental benefits where reorganization or liquidation proceedings occur under Federal bankruptcy laws. Makes supplemental benefits payable only out of the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund established by this Act. Conditions eligibility for supplemental benefits upon such benefits' being the exclusive remedy of an individual for occupational exposure to asbestos. Prescribes guidelines for the filing and payment of asbestos-related disease claims. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to apply by analogy specified portions of the Social Security Act when making determinations of: (1) entitlement to benefits; (2) review of claims; and (3) delegations of authority to State agencies. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to determine annually the average weekly wage for manufacturing workers in each State. Requires such determinations to govern decisions regarding all claims filed in the following calendar year. Requires the Secretary to rely upon: (1) prior court decisions regarding a claimant; (2) prior determinations by the appropriate workers' compensation program regarding specified eligibility criteria. Specifies exceptions. Requires the Secretary to apply the appropriate workers' compensation law when reviewing supplemental benefit claims. Creates within the Department of Health and Human Services the National Medical Panel on Asbestos-Related Diseases to: (1) decide which diseases belong to the list of asbestos-related diseases; (2) review claims to determine whether a person's disease was caused by asbestos exposure; and (3) publish certain Medical Assessment Guidance Documents. Provides guidelines for the appointment of medical scientists to the Panel from certain organizations. Directs the Panel to promulgate a list of asbestos-related diseases and to provide explanations of any decisions to include or omit a disease from such list. Outlines conditions under which the Panel shall review claims for asbestos-related diseases which do not appear on the panel's list of diseases. Requires the Panel to determine within a specified time whether the disease in the referred claim should be included on such list. Requires the Panel to publish Medical Assessment Guidance Documents including specific medical diagnostic criteria to aid parties and decisionmakers determine whether a death or disability was caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. Title II: Finance - Prescribes guidelines under which: (1) assessments are imposed against each asbestos defendant; (2) assessment allocation factors are assigned to asbestos defendants; (3) assessments are imposed against asbestos insurance policies; and (4) assessments are imposed against companies undergoing Federal bankruptcy proceedings. Sets the aggregate semiannual assessment on defendants in 1985 and 1986 at $150,000,000. Imposes interest upon assessments not paid by the due date. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) conduct studies determining assessment allocation factor amounts and assessment apportionment ratios; and (2) promulgate compliance regulations. States that assessment payments do not prejudice the right to recover or challenge such payments. Treats asbestos-related disease assessments imposed upon either an asbestos defendant or an asbestos insurance policy, for Federal income tax purposes, as ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in carrying on the trade or business, on the one hand, and insurance contract losses, on the other. Treats asbestos-related disease assessments as miscellaneous excise taxes. Establishes in the Treasury the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund (the Trust Fund). Details the manner in which such Trust Fund shall be funded and administered. Makes the Secretary of the Treasury the Managing Trustee, and delineates trustee functions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and subsequent years. Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund Conservation Committee (the Committee) comprised of the Managing Trustee and five public members appointed by the President. Includes among the consultation and review functions of such Committee: (1) claim disposition; (2) grant and contract awards; and (3) claims and assessments analysis. Directs the Committee to submit an annual report to the Congress regarding the performance of its responsibilities. Authorizes the Committee, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Labor, to instruct the Managing Trustee to award grants and contracts to specified organizations for the purpose of: (1) improving State workers' compensation programs; (2) assuring the availability of medical specialists to assist government agencies; (3) establishing medical evaluation units to determine occupational sources of asbestos-related diseases; and (4) medical treatment research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Makes the supplemental benefits under this Act and the applicable workers' compensation programs the exclusive remedy for occupational exposure to asbestos. Exempts certain persons from liability for occupational exposure to asbestos. Removes jurisdiction from State or Federal tribunals to adjudicate any claim of liability for occupational exposure to asbestos after enactment of this Act. Confers jurisdiction for judicial review of administrative acts under this Act only upon the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Confers jurisdiction for questions of assessments and constitutionality under this Act only upon a special three-judge district court established in the District Court for the District of Columbia. Requires all administrative costs and expenses of this Act to be paid out of the Trust Fund. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, of Labor, of the Treasury, and the Attorney General to submit an analysis and certification of their respective costs under this Act to the Managing Trustee for reimbursement.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984
Textile Employment and Fair Trade Act of 1984 - Directs the President to limit the total quantity of textile imports during each of calendar years 1984 through 1988. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and administer an import licensing system for administration of this Act. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to enforce the import limitations and the import licensing system.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Education for the Gifted and Talented Children and Youth Improvement Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements with State education agencies for one or more of the following purposes: (1) developing exemplary programs for gifted and talented children and youth, including summer programs and programs operated by State and local educational agencies and cooperative programs with business, industry, government, and higher education; (2) developing and supporting business, industry, government, and higher education partnerships with elementary and secondary education to plan and implement cooperative comprehensive educational programs for such children and youth; (3) promoting the development of programs for such children and youth within the State; and (4) improving methods of identifying such children and youth. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and cooperative agreements for FY 1985 through 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education, State education agencies, and private nonprofit organizations to provide preservice and inservice training to personnel involved in the education of gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1985 through 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, institutions of higher education, State education agencies, and private nonprofit organizations to conduct: (1) research on techniques for teaching gifted and talented children and youth; and (2) program evaluations, surveys, and activities to collect, develop, and disseminate information and technical assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for FY 1985 through 1987. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress and make available to the public, one year from the date of enactment of this Act: (1) a report on the state of special educational opportunities for gifted and talented children and youth; (2) a departmental plan for advancing such opportunities; and (3) recommendations to the Congress regarding future legislative activities. Requires that particular emphasis be given in programs established under this Act to the identification of gifted and talented children and youth who may not be so identified through traditional assessment methods, most notably minority and handicapped children, and youth and women. Sets forth provisions for participation by children and teachers from private schools in programs funded under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Higher Education Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) ("the Act") to revise and extend programs under the Act. Sets forth amendments to title I of the Act, renaming such title "Continuing and Community Postsecondary Education." Eliminates title I, part A provisions relating to the establishment of the Commission on National Development in Postsecondary Education. Switches title I, part B provisions for Education Outreach Programs to part A and revises such provisions. Decreases the portion of funds for Education Outreach Programs which is required to be used for State allotments from 90 to 50 percent. Increases the portion of such funds which is required to be available for Federal discretionary grants from ten to 40 percent. Requires that each State use no more than 15 percent (currently, no less than 15 and no more than 20 percent) of its allotment for Education Outreach Programs to conduct comprehensive statewide planning. Revises the formulas (based on a range of appropriation amounts for this part) for determining when a State must use at least ten percent, and when it may not use more than ten percent, of its allotment for such purpose. Deletes provisions relating to the National Advisory Council on Continuing Education, but refers to the National Advisory Council on Postsecondary Education which is established later in this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to carry out Education Outreach Programs. Removes a limitation on the portion of a State allotment which may be used to carry out continuing education programs. Adds new title I, part B provisions for Literacy Training. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education and consortia of institutions that have entered into agreements to operate literacy training programs in their own communities and in rural areas in the vicinity. Sets forth requirements for literacy training program agreements, including: (1) establishment of academic credit courses combining undergraduate training in the humanities and social sciences with experience as tutors in a literacy training program; (2) requiring students in such courses to perform at least six hours of voluntary uncompensated service each week of the academic term with a community-based or other nonprofit organization as a tutor in such organization's literacy training program; and (3) providing that such service may be compensated under the work-study program and that preference in the award of work-study assistance will be given to eligible students performing such service. Limits use of such grants for literacy training programs to covering specified program costs. Directs the Secretary, to the extent that specified funds are available, to enter into technical assistance and coordination contracts with qualified nonprofit private organizations to assist, manage, and coordinate such literacy training programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to carry out Literacy Training program provisions. Adds new title I, part C provisions for Federal Correctional Education Assistance. (Provides that such part shall be known as the "Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act.") Declares the purposes of such part to be to provide financial assistance to the States to carry out educational programs for criminal offenders in juvenile and adult correctional institutions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to enable the Secretary of Education to make grants to States under such part. Allows such appropriations to remain available until expended. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State educational agencies and grants for programs of national significance. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of funds under such part. Prohibits the use of funds for purposes inconsistent with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Sets forth permissible uses of grants made to States under such part, including: (1) academic programs for basic education, special education, bilingual or bicultural study, secondary school credit, postsecondary study, fine arts, recreation and health, and curriculum development; (2) vocational training; (3) library development and services; (4) teacher training; (5) educational release programs; (6) guidance; (7) supportive services; and (8) job training. Sets forth requirements for State applications for assistance under such part. Authorizes the Secretary to make, from specified reserved funds, grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, State correctional agencies, and other public and nonprofit organizations and institutions to meet the costs of programs of national significance which the Secretary determines give promise of improving the education of criminal offenders. Sets forth provisions for payment and withholding of funds under such part. Switches provisions for a Veteran's Cost-of-Instruction Program from title IV to title I, part D. Extends such program payments to institutions of higher education through FY 1990. Retains the formula for determining institutional eligibility for such payments, but raises the minimum number of veterans who must be enrolled in undergraduate attendance at an institution before such eligibility formula applies from 25 to 100. Makes technical and conforming amendments relating to such program. Sets forth amendments to title II (College and Research Library Assistance and Library Training and Research) of the Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for title II programs under part A (College Library Resources), part B (Library Training, Research, and Development), and part C (Strengthening Research Library Resources). Establishes a Library Unit within the Office of Postsecondary Education which shall be responsible for administering and coordinating all library programs within the Department of Education. Revises title II, part A (College Library Resources) provisions for resource development grants. Directs the Secretary, in selecting applicants for receipt of such grants, to rate each applicant who meets specified requirements in accordance with a numerical index established by regulation and based on the following factors (to be weighed according to the order in which they are listed): (1) the extent to which the institution is in the lowest quartile of applicants with respect to its library resource holdings; (2) the extent to which the institution's own effort in support of its library exceeds a specified percentage of its operating budget; (3) the number and percentage of low- income students; (4) whether the institution is eligible under title III (Institutional Aid) of the Act; and (5) such other factors as the Secretary determines relevant and useful (not to exceed ten percent of the points awarded under such index). Requires the National Institute of Education to: (1) evaluate the use of such index in allocating such funds to eligible applicants most in need; and (2) report the results of such evaluation to Congress by May 30, 1989. Revises title II, part B (Library Training, Research, and Development) provisions for research and demonstration project grants and contracts. Directs the Secretary, in selecting recipients of such funds for FY 1986 and succeeding fiscal years, to give priority to expanding the study of the uses of information transfer and communications technology in libraries. Sets forth amendments to title III (Institutional Aid) of the Act. Adds to the definition of "eligible institution" for purposes of title III, part A (Strengthening Institutions) any institution of higher education which has an enrollment of which at least 40 percent are Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Hispanic students, or combination thereof, and which also satisfies specified requirements for such eligibility. Revises title III, part B, renaming such part "Strengthening Historically and Traditionally Black Colleges and Universities." Redefines "part B institution" to mean any historically or traditionally black college or university that maintains a student body that is at least 50 percent black students. Directs the Secretary to make part B grants to institutions for specified purposes, including academic instruction in disciplines in which black Americans are underrepresented. Directs the Secretary to make allotments of grants to part B institutions according to a formula based on the numbers of Pell Grant recipients, graduates, and graduates admitted to graduate or professional schools from such institutions. Sets forth reallotment provisions. Sets forth part B grant application requirements, including requirements for annual reports to the Secretary and for auditing. Sets forth provisions for grants to eligible part B independent professional or graduate institutions. Directs the Secretary, subject to the availability of funds appropriated for such purpose, to award program grants to such postgraduate institutions as may be eligible as part B institutions except that: (1) the institution offers a medical, dental, veterinary degree, or other graduate or professional degree beyond the baccalaureate degree; and (2) such independent, postgraduate institution listed under this Act is determined by the Secretary to be making a substantial contribution to the legal, medical, dental, veterinary, or other graduate education opportunities for black Americans. Limits the duration of such grants. Sets forth authorized uses of such grants. Sets forth application requirement, including a demonstration of how grant funds will be used to improve graduate educational opportunities for black and low-income students, and lead to greater financial independence. Lists the following independent professional or graduate institutions as eligible for such grants: (1) Morehouse School of Medicine; (2) Meharry Medical School; (3) Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School; and (4) Atlanta University. Sets forth reporting and audit requirements. Sets forth criminal penalties for misuse of funds. Revises title III, part C (Challenge Grants for Institutions Eligible for Assistance Under Part A or Part B) provisions. Adds to institutions eligible for such challenge grants any institution which received a grant in FY 1981 or 1982 to assist health professions schools in financial distress from the Department of Health and Human Services under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Adds the following provisions for endowment grants (which are similar in part to those added to the Act by the Challenge Grant Amendments of 1983, Public Law 98-95). Establishes a program to provide matching endowment grants to institutions of higher education which are eligible for assistance under the challenge grant program. Authorizes the Secretary to award such matching endowment grants from sums available under the challenge grant program. Limits the endowment grant period to not more than 20 years, during which time the institution may not withdraw or expend the endowment fund corpus (the amount of the grant plus the matching amount deposited by the institution). Permits the institution, after grant period termination, to use the endowment fund corpus plus any endowment fund income for any educational purpose. Provides that institutions may receive more than one such grant, but may only receive such a grant for two fiscal years out of any period of five consecutive fiscal years. Limits the amount of an endowment grant to an institution to: (1) not less than $50,000 for any fiscal year; and (2) not more than $250,000 for FY 1984 or $500,000 for FY 1985 or any succeeding fiscal year. Permits an eligible institution to designate a foundation, which was established to raise money for the institution, as the recipient of the endowment grant. Sets forth requirements which the foundation and the institution must meet for such an award. Sets forth requirements for investment of the endowment fund corpus and income. Permits an institution to withdraw and expend the endowment fund income to defray any expenses necessary to the operation of the college. Prohibits an institution from spending more than 50 percent of the total aggregate endowment fund income earned prior to the time of expenditure. Authorizes the Secretary to permit an institution to spend more than the 50-percent limit under specified emergency circumstances. Provides for repayment by an institution of funds withdrawn prematurely from the endowment fund corpus or improperly expended from endowment fund income. Set forth auditing requirements. Directs the Secretary, in selecting eligible institutions for endowment grants, to: (1) give priority to an applicant which is a recipient of a title III grant under part A or part B, during the academic year in which the endowment grant is applied for; (2) give priority to an applicant with a greater need for such grant, based on the current market value of the applicant's existing endowment in relation to the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at such institution; and (3) consider the effort made by the applicant to build or maintain its existing endowment fund and the degree to which an applicant proposes to match the grant with nongovernmental funds. Sets forth provisions for endowment grant applications and approval. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate and recover an endowment grant, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, if the grantee institution fails to properly expend, invest, or account for endowment funds. Adds new title III, part D (Reservation for Hispanic Institution) provisions. Directs the Secretary to reserve at least $10,000,000 or 15 percent of appropriations for title III, part A (Strengthening Institutions), whichever is more, for Hispanic institutions as defined under part A. Switches title III general provisions from part D to part E, and revises such general provisions. Directs the Secretary to publish all policies and procedures required to exercise the authority to approve applications for grants under title III. Provides that no other criteria, policies, or procedures shall apply. Directs the Secretary to: (1) use the most recent and relevant data concerning the number and percentage of students receiving need-based assistance under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act in making eligibility determinations under title III, part A provisions for Strengthening Institutions; and (2) advance the base-year forward following each annual grant cycle. Adds to title III general provisions relating to waiver authority. Directs the Secretary to waive specified title III requirements (including grant eligibility criteria involving an enrollment which includes a substantial percentage of students receiving title IV need-based assistance) in the case of an institution which: (1) is extensively subsidized by the State and charges low or no tuition; (2) serves a substantial number of low- and middle-income students as a percentage of its total student population; (3) is contributing substantially to increasing higher education opportunities for black Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, and low-income individuals; or (4) is substantially increasing higher educational opportunities for individuals in rural or other isolated areas which are unserved by postsecondary institutions. Revises requirements for the Secretary's annual report to Congress to exclude discussion of part B institutions and to include discussion of part D Hispanic institutions which have been determined eligible although not satisfying specified eligibility criteria involving low institutional expenditures per student. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for institutional aid programs under parts A, B, and C of title III. Raises the percentage of part A funds which must be made available to junior or community colleges from 24 percent to 30 percent. Requires that at least $10,000,000 or 15 percent of part A funds, whichever is more, be used for Hispanic institutions. Sets forth amendments to title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act. Renames part A of title IV "Need-Based Student Assistance" and revises the statement of purpose of such part. Renames subpart 1 of part A "Pell Grants," thus conforming to the already renamed grants program. Extends the Pell Grants program through FY 1990. Revises the formulas for determining the amount of each Pell Grant. Declares that the purpose of the program is to provide a Pell Grant that: (1) as determined under specified provisions for the amount of such grants, will meet 75 percent of a student's tuition and fees not in excess of $3,000; and (2) in combination with reasonable parental or independent student contribution and supplemented by work-study and institutional block grant programs, will meet 80 percent of a student's cost of attendance, unless the institution determines that a greater amount of assistance would better serve the purposes of part A. Sets the amount of a Pell Grant for an eligible student at $3,000 for the award year from July 1, 1985, through June 30, 1986 (or for any subsequent award year, $3,000 plus the sum of specified inflation adjustments) minus the amount of the expected family contribution with respect to that student for that year. Retains provisions for proportional reductions or grants for part-time students. Revises the maximum limit on a Pell Grant amount. Provides that such Grant shall not exceed the sum of: (1) 75 percent of tuition, required books, and uniform compulsory fees, plus (2) a standard cost allowance for each award year, as determined by the institution. Limits such standard cost allowance to: (1) $1,200 for a student residing with a parent or guardian; (2) $1,600 for a student residing neither with a parent or guardian nor in specified institutional housing; or (3) $2,000 for a student residing in institutionally owned, operated, or subsidized housing. Prohibits any Pell Grant from exceeding the sum of such tuition, books, fees, and cost allowance minus the expected family contribution. Retains the $200 minimum limit for Pell Grant awards, but eliminates provisions for exceptions to such limit. Directs the Secretary, for each Pell Grant award year beginning after June 30, 1986, to publish: (1) the percentage change for the price index for the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which such award year begins; (2) an inflation adjustment, determined by a specified formula, for such award year, if the price index has increased by more than three percent; and (3) the Pell Grant amount in effect after taking into account each of the inflation adjustments determined. Sets forth provisions for family contributions scheduled for Pell Grants. Makes the period of student eligibility for Pell Grants five academic years, or the equivalent, but provides that no eligible student shall be precluded from receiving a Pell Grant for the first year of graduate or professional study because of such five-year limitation. Includes English instruction for individuals with limited English proficiency among those noncredit or remedial courses preparatory to pursuit of a baccalaureate degree for which Pell Grant support may be given to eligible students. Retains provisions relating to Pell Grant application procedures and the noncontractor status of institutions. Deletes certain provisions relating to insufficient available funds and to excess funds. Deletes title IV, part A provisions for Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (subpart 2) and Grants to States for State Student Incentives (subpart 3), but continues the purposes of such programs under a new Institutional Block Grant program. Switches to a new part C (Special Services) the title IV part A subparts 4 and 5 provisions for Special Programs for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds and Special Programs for Students Whose Families are Engaged in Migrant and Seasonal Farmwork. Deletes those subpart 6 provisions for Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education which involve certain payments to institutions of higher education, but switches to title I those provisions of subpart 6 which involve veterans' cost-of-instruction payments to institutions of higher education. Switches provisions for Work-Study Programs from title IV part C to title IV part A subpart 2, and revises such provisions. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for Work-Study Programs. Replaces provisions for allotment of work-study funds to States with provisions for allotment of such funds to institutions. Retains provisions for grants for work-study programs to institutions which enter into specified agreements. Deletes provisions relating to within-State distribution of assistance. Sets forth provisions relating to sources of matching funds. Provides that nothing in provisions for Work-Study Programs shall be construed as restricting the source (other than Work-Study Programs funds) from which the institution may pay its share of the compensation of a student employed under a work-study program covered by an agreement. Allows such share to be paid to such student in the form of services and equipment (including tuition, room, board, and books) furnished by such institution. Retains provisions for job location and development programs and agreements. Revises provisions for work study for community service-learning on behalf of low-income individuals and families to include literacy and other language-proficiency services. Establishes an Institutional Block Grant program, under title IV part A subpart 3, to permit institutions to make their own allocation decisions on the funding of certain student assistance programs. Declares that such Institutional Block Grant program is to permit such institutions to: (1) continue to provide supplemental grants, increase student employment, and operate institutional loan programs in a manner similar to that in which such activities were conducted prior to October 1, 1985, under the supplemental educational opportunity grant program, the State student incentive program, and the national direct student loan program; (2) capitalize a loan program to continue to use the Federal capital contribution to the national direct student loan (NDSL) program as part of the capital for the new loan program; and (3) supplement the funds available for work-study programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such Institutional Block Grant program. Sets forth provisions for allotment of such block grant funds to institutions based on the amount of Pell Grants and guaranteed student loans made to students at an eligible institution. Requires that an eligible institution be allotted: (1) for FY 1986, at least the sum of the amounts such institution received for 1985, under provisions in effect prior to the start of FY 1986, for Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants, Grants to States for State Student Incentives, and the national direct student loan program (NDSL); and (2) for any succeeding fiscal year, at least 90 percent of the amount such institution received for the proceeding year under Institutional Block Grant provisions. Provides for ratable reduction of such allotments when appropriations are not sufficient. Sets forth provisions relating to student eligibility for block grant assistance. Provides that such assistance may be made available only to a student who: (1) is an eligible student under title IV general provisions for student eligibility; and (2) has demonstrated need for financial assistance in accordance with the following formula. Provides that the amount of a student's need for financial assistance under the block grant program is equal to: (1) the cost of attendance (as determined under specified title IV general provisions), minus (2) the sum of the expected family contribution (computed in accordance with regulations prescribed under title IV general provisions) and any estimated financial assistance reasonably available to such student under Pell Grant and Work-Study programs. Prohibits an institution from reserving more than ten percent of its Institutional Block Grant allotment to provide assistance for less-than-half-time students who are otherwise eligible students. Sets forth a matching requirement for institutional block grant recipients. Requires each institution receiving such allotment to contribute to Institutional Block Grant programs an amount from non-Federal sources equal to at least 15 percent of such allotment. Permits the institution to allocate such institutional contribution to meet: (1) the matching requirement for grants for Work-Study Programs with respect to any block grant funds transferred for use for work-study assistance; and (2) the capital contribution requirement with respect to block grant funds deposited in the student loan fund. Sets forth authorized uses of Institutional Block Grant allotment funds. Permits such funds to be used to provide student financial assistance in the form of: (1) a grant (directly under Institution Block Grant provisions); or (2) additional work-study assistance (by a transfer of a portion of the block grant for use in accordance with provisions for Work-Study Programs). Permits such funds, together with funds available pursuant to specified provisions for student loans and for the transfer of the balance of national direct student loan (NDSL) funds, to also be used to provide student financial assistance in the form of a loan made in accordance with specified provisions for student loans. Limits the sum of the financial assistance through such direct grants, additional work-study assistance, and loans to the need of such student as determined for purposes of eligibility for Institutional Block Grant assistance. Provides that only one-half of the block grant allotment to an institution in any fiscal year may be used for making such student loans. Prohibits block grant allotment funds from being deposited in the student loan fund established by such institution if the Secretary has determined that the default rate of such institution's loan program exceeds ten percent, unless the Secretary: (1) has, for each subsequent year, determined that such institution has made substantial progress (as defined under this Act) in reducing such default rate; or (2) determines that such institution is maintaining a default rate of less than ten percent for each subsequent year. Sets forth provisions relating to student loans under the Institutional Block Grant program. Requires any institution that desires to make loans to students from funds under its block grant allotment or funds made available from the transfer of the balance of NDSL funds to enter into a specified agreement with the Secretary. Requires that such agreements provide: (1) for the establishment and maintenance of a student loan fund for the purposes of the Institutional Block Grant program; (2) for the deposit in such fund of block grant funds permitted to be used for such loans, funds from the transfer of the NDSL program balance, an institutional capital contribution equal to at least one-ninth of the block grant funds deposited, collections of principal and interest on student loans made from deposited funds or funds deposited in the student loan fund maintained under NDSL provisions in effect prior to the start of FY 1986, late charges or other fees, and any other earnings of the fund; (3) that such fund shall be used only for student loans, administrative expenses, required capital distributions, and reasonable litigation and collection costs; and (4) for protection of the U.S. financial interest and promotion of the purposes of the Institutional Block Grant program. Limits the maximum interest rate on such student loans under the Institutional Block Grant program to a percentage which is two percent less than the rate in effect under the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program as of the date of application for such loan. Provides for a capital distribution of the balance of any such student loan fund under the Institutional Block Grant program if at any time after the establishment of such fund: (1) the institution notifies the Secretary that it intends to terminate the making of loans in accordance with program requirements; or (2) the Secretary finds (after notice and opportunity for hearing) that the institution has terminated the making of loans in accordance with such requirements. Sets forth procedures for such capital distribution. Requires institutions, after such capital distribution, to make payments of a specified proportionate share of principal and interest payments received, after deduction of litigation or collection costs not already reimbursed. Provides that, if an institution has not entered into an Institutional Block Grant student loan fund agreement by the start of FY 1987, the institution's NDSL student loan fund shall be subject to a capital distribution in accordance with specified procedures to be applied in a special manner. Sets forth requirements for institutional block grant agreements. Sets forth provisions for the transfer of the balance of funds from an institution's student loan fund under the NDSL program to the institution's student loan fund under the Institutional Block Grant program. Renames title IV part B as the "Guaranteed Student Loan Program," and revises provisions relating to the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program. Declares that it is the purpose of part B to: (1) continue the GSL program established under such part as in effect prior to FY 1987; and (2) continue meeting the obligations incurred with respect to the federally- insured student loan (FISL) program (as so established), but only with respect to loans made under that program before FY 1987. Sets forth title IV part B subpart 1 provisions for Guaranteed Loan Eligibility, Amounts, and Term. Sets forth requirements for student eligibility for loans under the GSL program. Requires that a student, to be eligible for a GSL loan: (1) be eligible under title IV general provisions; (2) provide the lender with a statement from the eligible institution of the student's estimated cost of attendance and financial assistance; (3) have a family adjusted gross income of $65,000 or less; and (4) have the eligible institution provide the lender with a statement evidencing a determination of need and the amount of such need. Sets forth GSL nondiscrimination provisions. Sets forth provisions relating to the amounts of GSL loans. Raises the maximum limit on GSL loan amount in any academic year to: (1) $3,000 in the case of a student who has not successfully completed a program of undergraduate education; or (2) $7,000 in the case of a graduate or professional student. Retains limits on loan amounts to first-year students. Retains limits on aggregate unpaid principal amounts to undergraduate and to graduate or professional students, but adds provisions for computing such aggregate limits. Directs the Secretary to propose regulations to increase the aggregate limit for graduate and professional students if the Secretary: (1) finds that a substantial student dislocation will occur due to the inability of student borrowers to finance post-baccalaureate medical, dental, veterinary, legal, or other graduate degrees; (2) finds that low- and middle-income students find it impossible to pay for the cost of graduate and professional education; and (3) receives a unanimous recommendation to do so from the advisory committee on student financial assistance. Provides that expected family contribution for purposes of the GSL program shall be determined by means of the schedule established under title IV general provisions. Sets forth provisions for terms and conditions of GSL loans. Retains the five-to-ten-year repayment period, but provides that such period shall begin nine months after the month in which the student ceases to pursue a full-time course of study at an eligible institution (unless the GSL is made under a program which provides for the insurance of loans for part-time study at eligible institutions, in which case such repayment period shall begin nine months after the month in which the student ceases to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload as determined by the institution). Retains provisions allowing agreements to shorter repayment periods and entitling borrowers to accelerate repayment without penalty. Allows forbearance in the enforcement of GSL repayment, with the approval of the applicable guarantee agency. Provides that the GSL interest rate shall be the rate applicable to the borrower's outstanding balance or interest on any GSL loan made before the start of FY 1987. Provides that the GSL interest rate for borrowers who have no such outstanding balance of principal or interest on any such loan made before the start of FY 1987 shall be the current rate, as determined by specified provisions, as of the date of entering into the loan. Sets such "current rate of interest" under the GSL program at eight percent for any calendar year which is not subject to a determination of the Secretary under the following provisions. Provides that, if the Secretary determines that the average bond equivalent rates of 91-day Treasury bills auctioned for any fiscal year exceeds 13 percent, then the "current rate of interest" under the GSL program during the next calendar year (beginning after the end of such fiscal year) shall be the average of such bond equivalent rates for such fiscal year, minus four percent, rounded to the next lower whole percent. Provides that interest on the unpaid balance of any GSL loan shall be at a yearly rate equal to the applicable interest rate applied to the unpaid principal balance of the loan (exclusive of any premium for insurance which may be passed on to the borrower). Retains provisions allowing a lender to charge a borrower interest at a rate less than the applicable GSL interest rate. Retains provisions which make inapplicable to GSL loans any other provisions of law which limit the rate or amount of interest payable on loans. Raises the minimum annual GSL repayment, for an individual or a married couple, to $900 or the balance of all GSL loans (including interest), whichever is less. Revises provisions relating to periods during which periodic installments of GSL principal need not be paid. Removes the grace period with respect to borrowers who are members of the armed forces, officers in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, volunteers under the Peace Corps Act, or full-time volunteers under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. Retains borrower grace periods of specified lengths for uncompensated full-time volunteers in approved programs for tax-exempt organizations, full-time students, approved graduate fellowship program students, disabled individuals in approved rehabilitation programs, interns in the professions, termporarily totally disabled individuals or spouses unable to work because they must care for such individuals, and borrowers seeking and unable to find full-time employment. Deletes provisions which exclude such grace periods from the determination of the maximum repayment period. Retains provisions which allow: (1) deferment of interest payments until the date on which repayment of principal falls due; and (2) addition of such accrued interest to the principal on such date. Sets forth provisions relating to disbursement of GSL loans. Provides that the note or other written evidence of the GSL loan: (1) shall require the borrower to promptly notify the loan holder of any change of address; and (2) may contain provisions authorized by regulations relating to repayment in the event of default by the borrower. Revises provisions for disclosure to students of loan information. Sets forth provisions relating to GSL guarantee agencies entering into agreements with credit bureaus to exchange information concerning student borrowers. Sets forth title IV, part B, subpart 2 provisions for Federal Support for the Guaranteed Student Loan System. Revises provisions for interest subsidies for GSL loans which meet subpart 1 requirements and which are made by an eligible lender under a program of a guarantee agency and insured under a specified insurance agreement. Establishes a new method for the determination of the quarterly rate of the special allowances on GSL loans. Revises provisions for insurance agreement and obligations relating to interest subsidies for student loans insured under State or nonprofit private student loan insurance programs. Raises the maximum yearly and aggregate limits on such loans to the maximum limits for GSL loans under subpart 1. Requires that such loans be made, and subject to repayment, in accordance with the same terms and conditions (including interest rate provisions) as GSL loans under subpart 1. Retains provisions relating to procedural requirements for applications for insurance and guarantee agreements by nonprofit private institutions in States without agreements. Revises provisions for guarantee agreements and obligations relating to Federal reimbursement to non-Federal guarantee agencies in case of student borrower default on any GSL loan. Revises provisions for supplemental guarantee agreements. Requires that advances for reserve funds of insurance programs made by the Secretary under the GSL program (as in effect prior to October 1, 1986) shall be repaid within such period as the Secretary may deem appropriate in each case in the light of the maturity and solvency of the reserve fund for which the advance was made, except that such period may not in any case exceed five years after the date of disbursement of the advance. Requires that advances so repaid be deposited in the guaranteed student loan fund. Retains provisions relating to administrative cost payments to guaranteeing agencies. Retains provisions relating to guarantee agency agreements with eligible lenders for the purpose of authorizing multiple disbursements of loan proceeds. Retains provisions for discharge payments in cases of student borrower death, permanent and total disability, or bankruptcy. Retains specified restrictions on institutional lenders under the GSL program. Sets forth title IV part B (GSL program) subpart 3 provisions for Related Loan Programs. Revises provisions for parent loans to undergraduate students. Deletes provisions for graduate or professional student eligibility to be treated as "parents" for purposes of taking out "parent loans" on their own behalf. Authorizes refinancing of parent loans under specified conditions. Removes limits on the interest rate for parent loans. Requires that any insurance provided by the Secretary for parent loans shall be provided in accordance with specified requirements relating to Federal loan insurance, as in effect at the end of FY 1986. Directs the Secretary, after notice and opportunity for a hearing on the record, to terminate the status of any lender as an eligible lender under the GSL program upon determination that such lender has made parent loans in a manner inconsistent with prudent and reasonable lending practices (as determined on the basis of the lending practices that are customary among lending institutions when making loans which are not insured or guaranteed by governmental programs). Sets forth provisions for consolidation of loans under the GSL program or under the national direct student loan program (the NDSL as in effect prior to the start of FY 1986). Authorizes the Secretary or a guaranteeing authority to enter into specified consolidation loan agreements with eligible lenders. Sets the interest rate for such consolidation loans at nine and one-half percent, with specified exceptions. Terminates the authority to make such consolidation loans at the close of FY 1991. Revises provisions for a GSL lender of last resort in each State. Sets forth administrative provisions for discontinued loan programs. Provides that the Secretary shall continue to have all the duties, obligations, powers, authorities, responsibilities, rights, and privileges with respect to loans made, insured, or guaranteed under part B which are outstanding at the start of FY 1987, as the Secretary had with respect to such loans under such part as in effect prior to such date. Sets forth title IV part B (GSL program) subpart 4 provisions for Program Administration and Definitions. Retains provisions relating to the Secretary's legal powers and responsibilities under part B. Sets forth provisions barring specified defenses to loan collection. Sets forth civil penalties for specified violations by lenders or guaranteeing agencies. Sets forth statute of limitations provisions. Establishes a guaranteed student loan fund. Revises provisions relating to the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae). Deletes references to a specified authorization of appropriations for purposes of establishing Sallie Mae. Extends through FY 1991 the authority of the Secretary to guarantee payment when due of principal and interest on obligations issued by Sallie Mae in an aggregate amount determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury. Extends indefinitely a provision that the priority (in bankruptcy proceedings) in favor of the United States shall not establish a priority over the indebtedness of Sallie Mae. Deletes provisions relating to: (1) loan consolidation by Sallie Mae; and (2) Sallie Mae as a direct lender. Sets forth definitions used under part B. Sets forth title IV part C provisions for Special Services. Sets forth title IV part C subpart 1 provisions for Special Programs for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds. (Switches such provisions from title IV part A subpart 4.) Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for such special programs, including: (1) Talent Search programs; (2) Upward Bound programs; (3) special services for disadvantaged students; (4) educational opportunity centers; and (5) staff development activities. Sets forth title IV part C subpart 2 provisions for Special Programs for Students Whose Families Are Engaged in Migrant and Seasonal Farmwork. (Switches such provisions from title IV part A subpart 5.) Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for such special programs, including services under the high school equivalency program and college assistance migrant program projects. Deletes title IV part D provisions for Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education (the national direct student loan-NDSL-program). (Cf. provisions relating to the NDSL program under Institutional Block Grant provisions of title IV part A subpart 3 of this Act.) Sets forth title IV part D General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance Programs. (Switches such provisions from title IV part E.) Revises need analysis provisions to modify one of the basic criteria to be followed in promulgating regulations with respect to expected family contributions. Changes such criterion from "any educational expenses of other dependent children in the family" to "any tuition paid for other dependent children in the family." Deletes a provision which includes under "effective family income" any amount paid under the Social Security Act to, or on account of, the student which would not be paid if he or she were not a student. Directs the Secretary to use a specified series of assessment rates in determining the expected family contribution for any academic year. Directs the Secretary to approve a schedule for determining the effective family contribution and effective family income of an independent student. Revises the definition of "independent student" for title IV purposes. Raises the minimum allowance for room and board for a student without dependents residing at home with parents from $1,100 to $1,200 per academic year. Revises provisions for forms and regulations to require the Secretary to adhere to specified schedules for: (1) development and distribution of Federal multiple data entry forms; (2) guaranteed student loan need analysis; and (3) allocation of institutional block grant and college work-study funds. Provides that any additional regulatory changes initiated by the Secretary which affect the general administration of title IV programs and which have not been published in final form by April 1 prior to the start of the award year shall not be effective until the beginning of the second award year after the April 1 date. Retains provisions relating to student eligibility and institutional and financial assistance information for students. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for training in financial aid and student support services. Retains provisions relating to program participation agreements, transfer of allotments, administrative expenses, and criminal penalties. Provides for the establishment of a national center for postsecondary educational opportunity. Authorizes the Secretary, to the extent that funds are appropriated, to enter into a contract with an appropriate institution of higher education or public or private agency or organization to pay all or part of the cost of the establishment of such center. Provides that such center will: (1) coordinate development and dissemination of preeligibility information for Federal, State, and institutional student assistance and information regarding postsecondary access; (2) develop materials as necessary to increase student awareness of those Federal student assistance programs and postsecondary opportunities; and (3) operate short-term training institutes to enable junior and senior high school counselors and teachers, personnel engaged in special programs for students with disadvantaged backgrounds, college admissions personnel, and community agency staffs to more effectively counsel students regarding postsecondary opportunity and financial aid eligibility and availability. Directs the Secretary, in determining whether to enter into such a contract, to consider the ability of the applicant to involve specified associations in the operation of the center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 for such center. Deletes provisions relating to the National Commission on Student Financial Assistance. Establishes an advisory committee on student financial assistance in the Department of Education to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. Sets forth provisions for committee membership. Includes among committee duties: (1) annual reports to the Secretary and the Congress on all forms and sources of student assistance; and (2) collection and annual compilation of information from guarantee agencies on GSL borrowers. Requires guarantee agencies to submit information describing specified characteristics of: (1) GSL borrowers for whom default claims are submitted for Federal reinsurance; and (2) GSL borrowers starting with the second fiscal year following the establishment of the committee at the start of FY 1987. Revises and retitles title V of the Act "Teacher Training Programs" (thus deleting references to the already repealed part A Teacher Corps Program). Establishes, as a new part A of title V, the Carl D. Perkins Scholarship Program to make grants to States for postsecondary education scholarships to outstanding high school graduates who demonstrate an interest in teaching, to enable and encourage those individuals to pursue teaching careers in elementary or secondary education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and subsequent fiscal years for such Carl D. Perkins scholarships. Directs the Secretary to allocate such funds among the States according to population and to make specified allocations to certain U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth requirements for State applications for such grants. Includes among such requirements assurances that efforts will be made to attract students who: (1) are from low-income backgrounds; or (2) express a willingness or desire to teach in schools having less than average results or serving large numbers of economically disadvantage students. Sets such individual scholarship awards at $5,000 for each academic year of postsecondary education for study in preparation to become an elementary or secondary education teacher. Limits such scholarship assistance to four years of postsecondary education. Provides that such scholarships shall not be considered in determining eligibility for student assistance under title IV of the Act. Prohibits the individual scholarship award, when added to the title IV assistance, from exceeding the cost of attendance. Requires that Carl D. Perkins scholars be selected by a statewide panel which: (1) is appointed by the administrative head of the State educational agency, acting in consultation with the State higher education executive officer, where appropriate, and approved by the Secretary of Education; and (2) includes representatives of State legislators, school administrators, teachers, and parents. Requires that such scholar selections be made from students who rank in the top five percent of their high school graduating class. Directs the statewide panel to develop procedures and crieteria for selection, including grades, extracurricular activities, financial need, and interest in teaching as expressed in a written essay by the applicant. Authorizes the panel to require letters of recommendation. Sets forth conditions for continuation of such scholarship assistance to recipients, including full-time enrollment and satisfactory progress in a course of study leading to teacher certification. Requires scholarship recipients to agree to teach, for at least two years for each year for which assistance was received, in an elementary or secondary school or a public education program in the State in which the scholarship was awarded, within the ten-year period after completing the postsecondary education for which the scholarship was awarded. Requires repayment of scholarships by recipients found to be in noncompliance with such agreement. Sets forth exceptions to such repayment requirements. Sets forth provisions for Federal administration of State programs for such scholarships under specified circumstances and judicial review of the Secretary's disapproval of a State program. Establishes, as a new part B of title V, the "Talented Teacher Fellowship Program," a national fellowship program for outstanding teachers. Authorizes appropriations for such fellowships to outstanding teachers for FY 1986 and subsequent fiscal years. Limits to two and one-half percent that portion of such funds which may be used for administration. Requires that such funds be used to award: (1) two national teacher fellowships to public school teachers teaching in each congressional district of each State, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (2) one such fellowship in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Limits individual fellowship awards to $25,000. Prohibits any individual from receiving such award more than once. Requires talented teacher fellows to return to a teaching position in their current school district for at least two years following the award, subject to specified repayment provisions. Permits such fellows to use such awards for such projects improving public education as the Secretary may approve, including: (1) sabbaticals for study, research, travel, or academic improvement; (2) curriculum development; (3) consultation with or assistance to other school districts; (4) development of special innovation programs; (5) community relations; or (6) model teacher programs and staff development. Establishes a National Selection Board for Talented Teaching Fellows. Sets forth provisions for membership and procedures. Requires fellowship applicants to submit proposals for projects, and indicate the extent to which they wish to continue current teaching duties, to the local education agency (LEA) for comment prior to submission to the Committee. Directs the Committee, in evaluating proposals, to: (1) consult with the LEA; (2) request recommendations from two teaching peers, the principal, and the superintendent; and (3) consider other appropriate criteria. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for such selections. Requires repayment of such fellowship awards in the case of fraud or noncompliance in completing the project undertaken, as determined by regulations of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint, for up to three-year terms, up to five technical employees to administer title V Teacher Training Programs who may be appointed and paid without regard to specified provisions of Federal law governing appointments to the competitive service and relating to classification and pay rates. Deletes part C provisions for Training for Elementary and Secondary School Teachers to Teach Handicapped Children in Areas With a Shortage. Replaces part B provisions for Teacher Training Programs and part D provisions for Coordination of Education Professional Development with new parts C, D, E, and F provisions for teacher training Institutes and Workshops, Professional Development Institutional Assistance for Teacher Training and School Improvement, and Data Collection and Research on Evaluation of Education Personnel. Sets forth title V part C provisions for Institutes and Workshops ("national institutes"). Directs the Secretary, from funds available for such part, to make grants to institutions of higher education to support summer institutes and workshops for elementary and secondary school educators to improve: (1) their knowledge and skills in all areas of teaching; (2) their instructional and administrative skills; and (3) the knowledge and application of evaluation of teacher performance. Authorizes the Secretary, upon request of the State educational agency (SEA), to make grants to other public educator training agencies as established by the SEA prior to January 1, 1983. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prepare a program implementation plan for part C national institutes programs; (2) submit such plan to specified congressional committees by the start of the fiscal year preceding the award of funds for such programs. Prohibits funds from being obligated for expenditure under or expended for any such program unless: (1) a specified period of time has passed after such submission; or (2) each such committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted written notice that it has no objection to the plan. Sets forth title V part D provisions for Professional Development. Directs the Secretary, from amounts authorized for such part, to make grants to provide professional development opportunities for elementary and secondary school educators. Permits such grants to be used to: (1) establish and operate specialized seminars for elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators on instructional techniques, classroom management, use of technology and resources, motivation, and other similar areas; (2) develop training and support systems for beginning teachers, such as mentor programs; (3) assist projects to apply educational research and evaluation findings to classroom and school settings; and (4) establish and operate professional development resource centers that emphasize efforts among educators to improve teaching skills, share and adapt instructional resources, and apply innovative teaching techniques in the classroom. Requires applicants for such funding of a professional resource center to demonstrate that the grant proposal was developed in coordination with the SEA and has been approved by the local educational agency (LEA) concerned, with LEA consent to release educators to participate in center activities. Permits any institution of higher education or consortium of such institutions or nonprofit organization of teachers or administrators (or both) to apply for such grants. Provides that no such institution or consortium will be eligible for such a grant unless its application demonstrates that the grant proposal was developed, and will be carried out, with the active participation of elementary and secondary school teachers in setting goals, organizing the centers, and allocating resources. Sets forth title V part E provisions for Institutional Assistance for Teacher Training and School Improvement, including teacher education exemplary programs, and school-college partnerships. Directs the Secretary, from amounts available for such purpose, to make grants to institutions of higher education which have a school, college, or department of education to: (1) fund research and faculty improvement; (2) assess their programs and introduce curricular changes, technological improvements, and enhanced practice teaching experience; (3) improve coordination between teacher training and other departments; (4) provided incentives for programs to recruit students to prepare to be teachers in areas of particular need; and (5) promote other innovative activities within such institutions and departments. Directs the Secretary, from amounts available for such purpose, to make grants to institutions of higher education which have a school, college, or department of education to establish exemplary programs to encourage such institutions and departments to redesign and experiment with their educator training (including inservice), planning and development efforts, including teacher involvement in the assessment of the project. Gives priority to applications for such grants which include cooperative arrangements with other departments of the institution or with other institutions in the vicinity. Directs the Secretary, from specified amounts for such purpose, to make grants to promote the sharing of technological resources and faculty, and consultation on management and administration, between an elementary or secondary school or school district and an institution of higher education. Requires that applications for such grants be submitted jointly by a school or school district and an institution of higher education. Gives preference to proposals which will provide or improve services to the handicapped or economically or educationally disadvantaged children. Permits such grants to be used to promote cooperative programs between schools, colleges, and departments of education and local school districts by allowing more extensive mentor programs for students and beginning teachers which: (1) provide intensified cooperation in providing practical experience for student teachers; (2) permit faculty exchanges to give professors elementary or secondary school classroom experience and allow classroom teachers to work with student teachers in institutions of higher education; (3) assist cooperative research projects; or (4) establish experimental and innovative programs. Sets forth title V part F provisions for Data Collection and Research on Evaluation of Educational Personnel, including assessment of teaching personnel needs and a grants program for evaluation studies. Directs the Secretary to assess the current and future supply and demand for teachers, with particular attention to long-term and short-term shortages of personnel in various areas of specialization, shortages in particular States or regions, and the numbers of minorities and women entering teaching. Directs the Secretary to include the results of such assessment in the annual report to Congress under specified provisions of the Department of Education Organization Act. Directs the Secretary, through grants made by the National Institute of Education, to support studies of evaluation methods, teacher education, and professional development for teachers and other school personnel. Permits such studies to include assessments of ongoing evaluation programs, research and development on new evaluation programs, assessments of the costs and benefits of alternative evaluation methods, and studies of the degree to which evaluation programs affect teacher incentives to improve and remain in classrooms. Permits such grants to be issued to LEAs, institutions of higher education, or other organizations involved in research and evaluation on effective teaching and school performance. Provides that projects funded under such part F should include the collaboration of classroom teachers or their representatives in order to assure effective and equitable practice. Sets forth title V part G provisions for Authorization of Appropriations for Parts C, D, E, and F. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for parts C and D. Provides that a specified first portion of such appropriations shall be available for part C. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for parts E and F. Provides that a specified portion of such appropriations shall be available for certain provisions of part E and part F. Revises title VI (International Education Programs) of the Act. Renames title VI provisions for international studies centers as "language training centers." Revises such provisions to eliminate references to international studies at such centers and to emphasize intensive foreign language studies by students, faculty, and scholars in critical and less frequently taught languages. Adds to title VI new provisions for a foreign language periodical center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991 to provide assistance for the establishment and operations of such a center. Directs the Secretary, from such appropriations, to make a grant to an institution of higher education or a public or nonprofit private library institution (or consortium of such institutions) to establish and operate a foreign periodical center which will: (1) acquire foreign periodicals which are not commonly held, which are of scholarly or research importance, and which are published in foreign countries; (2) maintain current bibliographic information on such periodicals in machine readable form and enter this information into one or more of the widely available bibliographic data bases; (3) preserve such periodicals; and (4) make such periodicals available to other institutions upon request. Directs the Secretary, in the selection of a grant recipient, to approve as a recipient only an institution or consortium which has already an established library or consortium of libraries with an extensive foreign language periodical collection. Provides that nothing in provisions for such center shall be considered to amend, affect, or define specified provisions of Federal law relating to copyright. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for title VI part A (International and Foreign Language Studies). Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to provide funds to established overseas language centers administered by the Department of Education. Provides that such appropriations shall be available for three-year grants. Provides that no center shall be ineligible for a subsequent grant by reason of receiving a previous grant. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for title VI part B (Business and International Education Programs). Redesignates title VI part C (General Provisions) as part D. Adds new title VI part C provisions for Faculty and Student Study Abroad. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to support faculty study abroad. Provides that such grants shall equal $15 for each "full-time equivalent student" enrolled at an eligible instiutition, except that institutions with 500 to 1,000 such students shall be eligible for $15,000 grants. Provides for ratable reduction of such grants in case of insufficient funds. Sets forth grant application requirements, including assurances by institutions and agreements by faculty members. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such grants for faculty study abroad. Directs the Secretary, from amounts available for such purpose, to make grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, to provide assistance to enable advanced foreign language students to develop their language skills and their knowledge of foreign cultures and societies through study abroad. Allows such study to be combined with an internship in an international business enterprise. Makes any institution or consortium whose application is approved eligible for a grant for up to one-half the cost of providing such assistance. Sets forth grant application requirements, including: (1) institutional assurances that the program will provide the opportunity to combine language study with studies in specified fields for students majoring in such fields if they can qualify as proficient in the language; and (2) a description of the proposed program of study abroad in any country or geographic area or region designated by a specified title VI advisory board to be of concern to the national interest. Permits grant funds to be used to cover costs associated with the study abroad. Provides for ratable reduction of grants in case of insufficient funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such grants for student study abroad. Directs the Advisory Board for title VI programs, in addition to its other duties, to advise the Secretary and the Director of the Office of International Education on: (1) trends in student enrollment that may lead to shortages in expertise on countries, geographic areas and regions, and languages; (2) the impact of international education programs on the needs of international business, foreign policy, and education; and (3) the countries, geographic areas and regions, and languages which should be considered of concern to the national security and other interests of the United States and accorded higher priority for study and for title VI assistance. Directs the Advisory Board to establish the countries, geographic areas and regions, and languages for which grants may be made available for student study abroad after taking such priorities into account. Adds to title VI new provisions for cross-national study funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 to the National Institute of Education to cover the cost of U.S. participation in the conduct of cross-national studies in education. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish in the Department of Education a Center for International Education, to be administered by a Director of International Education who shall be appointed by the Secretary. Requires the Director to: (1) report directly to the Secretary; (2) be responsible for administration of programs under title VI of the Act (HEA); (3) consult with the Advisory Board on the conduct of such programs; and (4) perform any additional functions prescribed by the Secretary. Requires that the Center establish a clearinghouse for information on assistance available to promote the study of foreign countries, geographic areas and regions, and languages under title VI of the Act (HEA), under other Federal law, and from other public and private sources. Revises title VII (Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities) of the Act (HEA). Deletes title VII parts A and B provisions for grants for construction, reconstruction, and renovation of undergraduate (part A) and graduate (part B) academic facilities. Redesignates title VII part C provisions for Loans for Construction, Reconstruction, and Renovation of Academic Facilities as part A. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for such loan program. Raises the minimum non-Federal portion of the development cost of any project for which such a loan is made, from 20 percent to 50 percent. Adds to authorized functions of the Secretary under such loan program specified powers of foreclosure and acquisition. Adds to title VII new part B provisions for Grants for the Purchase of Laboratory, Research, and Other Instructional Equipment. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such grants program. Directs the Secretary from the amount appropriated for such program for any fiscal year, to make grants to institutions of higher education to assist in acquisition and installation of such equipment. Directs the Secretary in selecting grant recipients to insure that funds are equitably distributed among the geographic areas of the United States and among the various types of institutions of higher education. Requires such institutions to provide matching funds covering at least one-half of the total cost of the acquisition and installation of the equipment for which such grant funds are sought. Revises title VII General Provisions to make conforming amendments which delete provisions for recovery of payments under the deleted grant programs for construction of undergraduate and graduate academic facilities. Revises title VIII (Cooperative Education) of the Act. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) grants for programs of cooperative education (revising and renaming such grants program to cover comprehensive programs of cooperative education); and (2) grants and contracts for research and training. Provides that appropriations under title VIII shall not be available for the payment of compensation of students for employment by employers under arrangements pursuant to such title. Provides that a grant (under the revised program of grants for comprehensive programs of cooperative education) shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, be not less than $1,000,000 nor more than $3,500,000 for each of the five years of eligibility. Requires an institution selected for receipt of such a grant to enter into an agreement with the Secretary which contains: (1) assurances of compliance with specified requirements; and (2) a five-year budget for the program that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the institution will obtain and maintain compliance with such requirements. Revises title IX (Graduate Programs) of the Act. Adds to authorized activities which may be carried out with specified funds for research and studies under part A (Grants to Institutions of Higher Education) of title IX the identification and recruitment of minorities and women for graduate and professional education (but does not provide for extending the authorization of appropriations for part A beyond FY 1985). Revises part B (Fellowships for Graduate and Professional Study) of title IX to provide that grants by the Secretary under such part shall, subject to the appropriation of funds, be available for a period of three years. Raises to $9,000 the maximum award of a fellowship under such part for financially needy graduate and professional students. Requires the institution, in selecting recipients of such awards, to give priority to those students whose demonstrated level of financial need is the greatest. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for part B fellowships for graduate and professional study. Renames the title IX part C National Graduate Fellows Program the Jacob K. Javits Fellows Programs. Extends through FY 1990 the Secretary's authority to award fellowships under such program. Provides that such fellowships shall be known as "Jacob K. Javits Fellowships." Provides that such fellowships shall be for graduate study in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and other areas of national interest. Renames the National Graduate Fellows Program Fellowship Board the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Board. Limits to $9,000 the amount of any stipend paid to an individual awarded such a fellowship. Revises title IX part D (Assistance for Training in the Legal Profession). Increases from six months to nine months the period of preliminary training for which costs may be paid from grant or contract funds under such part. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for part D assistance for training in the legal profession. Revises title IX part E (Law School Clinical Experience Programs) to extend through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for such part E programs. Revises title X (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) of the Act. Revises title X part A (Establishment and Operation of the Fund) to require that the Director of the Fund: (1) be appointed by the Secretary with the advice of the National Board of the Fund; and (2) report directly to the Secretary and not be under the supervision or direction of any other officer of the Department of Education. Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for part A provisions for establishment and operation of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Replaces title X part B provisions for Establishment of Agencies (and which refer to the establishment of a Community College Unit within the Department of Education) with new part B provisions for a Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program. Establishes an Office of the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program within the Department of Education. Provides that the head of such office shall be a Director who shall: (1) be appointed by the Secretary with the advice of a specified advisory board established under this Act; and (2) report directly to the Secretary and not be under the supervision or direction of any other officer of the Department. Makes such Office responsible for the administration of the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program authorized under specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act (as added by the Education Amendments of 1980). Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory board for the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program to advise the Secretary and the Director with respect to such program. Sets forth provisions for Board membership and duties. Requires the Director to make available information and assistance to enable the Board to carry out its functions. Revises title XI (Urban Grant University Program). Extends through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for such title XI program. Permits other entities within the community, including the applicant university, to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of projects under such program. Provides that the Federal share of such project cost shall not exceed 90 percent. Includes planning services under title XI programs. Makes technical amendments to title XI definitions. Redesignates title XII (General Provisions) as title XIII. Adds new title XII provisions for Institutional Endowment Development. Establishes a program to provide matching endowment grants to institutions of higher education which are eligible for assistance under the challenge grant program (part C of title III of HEA). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such matching endowment grants from sums available under the challenge grant program. Limits the endowment grant period to not more than 20 years, during which time the institution may not withdraw or expend the endowment fund corpus (the amount of the grant plus the matching amount deposited by the institution). Permits the institution, after grant period termination, to use the endowment fund corpus plus any endowment fund income for any educational purpose. Provides that institutions may receive more than one such grant, but may only receive such a grant for two fiscal years out of any period of five consecutive fiscal years. Limits the amount of an endowment grant to an institution to: (1) not less than $50,000 for any fiscal year; and (2) not more than $250,000 for FY 1986 or $500,000 for FY 1987 or any succeeding fiscal year. Permits an eligible institution to designate a foundation, which was established to raise money for the institution, as the recipient of the endowment grant. Sets forth requirements which the foundation and the institution must meet for such an award. Sets forth requirements for investment of the endowment fund corpus and income. Permits an institution to withdraw and expend the endowment fund income to defray any expenses necessary to the operation of the college. Prohibits an institution from spending more than 50 percent of the total aggregate endowment fund income earned prior to the time of expenditure. Authorizes the Secretary to permit an institution to spend more than the 50-percent limit under specified emergency circumstances. Provides for repayment by an institution of funds withdrawn prematurely from the endowment fund corpus or improperly expended from endowment fund income. Set forth auditing requirements. Directs the Secretary, in selecting eligible institutions for endowment grants, to: (1) give priority to an applicant with a greater need for such grant based on the current market value of the applicant's existing endowment in relation to the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at such institution and in relation to the number of such students at such institution who are recipients of assistance under title IV part A (Need-Based Student Assistance); and (2) consider the effort made by the applicant to build or maintain its existing endowment fund and the degree to which an applicant proposes to match the grant with nongovernmental funds. Sets forth provisions for endowment grant applications and approval. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate and recover an endowment grant, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, if the grantee institution fails to properly expend, invest, or account for endowment funds. Directs the Secretary to use the most recent and relevant data concerning the number and percentage of students receiving title IV part A need-based student assistance, for purposes of making title XII institutional endowment development grant determinations. Sets limitations on the uses of title XIII grant funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and succeeding fiscal years to carry out the title XIII institutional endowment development grant program. Redesignates title XII (General Provisions) as title XIII and revises such general provisions. Sets forth a definition of "State higher education agency." Directs the Secretary, within six months after enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations in accordance with the recommendations in a May 1982 report on "Postsecondary Education in the U.S. Territories," in order to adapt programs under the Act to the needs of specified U.S. territories and possessions. Adds provisions authorizing appropriations for certain special postsecondary institutions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for: (1) Howard University; (2) Gallaudet College; and (3) programs under the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for the John W. McCormack Institute. Sets forth a requirement for congressional approval of regulations under the Act. Terminates the Secretary's authority to promulgate regulations under the Act unless such regulations are submitted for review and approval by Congress. Provides that such a regulation shall take effect only upon the enactment of a joint resolution of approval with respect to such regulation. Establishes a National Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education in the Department of Education. Sets forth provisions for Commission membership. Directs the Commission to: (1) advise the Secretary on matters affecting higher education, student assistance, college libraries and facilities, teacher preparation, endowment, and construction needs; (2) submit an annual report to the Secretary and the Congress. Sets forth provisions for biomedical education projects for economically disadvantaged students. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education to offer projects to educate, motivate, and encourage students from an economically disadvantaged background to pursue training at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the biomedical sciences. Limits the amount of such grant or contract in any fiscal year to $2,400 for each talented student from an economically disadvantaged background who was a full participant in the project in the academic year ending in that fiscal year. Sets forth requirements relating to such projects. Sets forth application requirements for such assistance. Includes among authorized uses of such project assistance monthly stipends of up to $30 per month for target students who are full-time project participants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such projects (to remain available for expenditure or obligation through FY 1991). Provides that up to five percent of such funds shall be used for project evaluations. Amends the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978 to extend through FY 1990: (1) a formula for determination of the amount of the grant to each tribally controlled community college; (2) the authorization of appropriations for technical assistance contracts; and (3) the authorization of appropriations for the tribally controlled community college endowment program.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1984 - Declares that it is the policy of Congress that access to the U.S. market for foreign-produced carbon, alloy, and specialty steel mill products should be on an equitable basis to safeguard national security, insure orderly trade in steel mill products, reduce unfair trade in steel mill products, and alleviate U.S. balance-of-payments problems. Expresses the intent of Congress to: (1) expand the economic viability of the U.S. steel industry and the jobs of its workers; (2) prevent the further decline of the domestic steel industry; and (3) temper the economic hardships resulting from unemployment in steel industry communities by encouraging reinvestment in existing steelmaking facilities. Limits annual imports of specified steel mill product categories to specified percentages of the apparent domestic supply which are based on adjusted average import penetration levels for each such product category for the years 1979, 1980, and 1981. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to allocate global product limitations among foreign countries, groups of countries, or areas. Sets forth guidelines for making such allocations. Requires the Secretary to make an annual determination of the expected apparent domestic supply in each steel mill product category. Requires the Secretary to revise such determination periodically during the year. Directs the Secretary to determine, within 90 days after the effective date of this Act, whether the steel industry companies have plans to use substantially all of the cash flow from the steel sector for reinvestment in and the modernization of the steel sector. Prohibits the import restrictions from taking effect until the Secretary determines that the steel companies have such plans. Directs the Secretary to monitor steel sector investments made and announced by the steel industry and to consult with steel industry representatives and employees in the course of such monitoring. Directs the Secretary to determine annually whether steel companies are using substantially all the cash flow from the steel sector for reinvestment in and modernization of the steel sector. Directs the Secretary to modify or suspend the relevant import restrictions if the Secretary determines that substantially less than all the cash flow from the steel sector is being used for such reinvestment and modernization and that the level of investment is not demonstrably justified by adverse financial conditions within the industry. Directs the Secretary to publish: (1) each annual determination and its rationale; and (2) the total amount of cash flow from the steel sector and the total amount used for reinvestment in and modernization of the steel sector. Requires the steel companies to provide the Secretary with the information necessary for making such determinations. Directs the Secretary to examine the supply and demand situation in the United States for a specified steel product category if requested by affected steel consumers. Sets forth criteria to be used in determining short supply. Directs the Secretary to monitor imports of fabricated steel mill products. Sets forth the method of investigating whether imports of fabricated steel products are rendering ineffective or materially interfering with the objectives of this Act. Limits the quantity of iron ore that may be entered from all sources during any calendar year after the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary to allocate global iron ore limitations among foreign countries, groups of countries or areas. Sets forth guidelines for making such allocation. Directs the Secretary, in making such allocations, to attempt first to accommodate the requirements of individual steel mills which have been traditionally dependent on ocean sourced foreign iron ore and the requirements of contractual obligations incurred before January 1, 1984. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the import restrictions on iron ore if necessary to meet the needs of such individual steel mills. Provides for the enforcement and implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Pennsylvania Wilderness Act of 1984 - Designates certain lands in Pennsylvania as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, including Allegheny Islands Wilderness-Proposed and Hickory Creek Wilderness-Proposed. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such lands in accordance with the Wilderness Act. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire lands or interests in lands within the Hickory Creek Wilderness, including oil, gas, mineral interests, and scenic easements. Requires the owner's consent for such acquisition. Limits the appropriation for such acquisitions to $2,000,000. Designates certain lands in the Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania, as the Allegheny National Recreation Area. Identifies the lands composing such area as the Allegheny Front, Cornplanter, and Tracy Ridge, including the Allegheny Reservoir. Directs the Secretary to administer the national recreation area in accordance with the following objectives: (1) minimizing the environmental impacts of mineral exploration and development, including privately owned oil and gas; (2) maximizing recreational opportunities on the Allegheny Reservoir, including motorized and non-motorized boating; (3) protection of fish and wildlife habitat; and (4) protection of watershed and free flowing streams. Directs the Secretary to publish a management plan accompanied by an environmental impact statement for the national recreation area. Presents guidelines for the plan. Provides for public participation in preparing the comprehensive management plan. Permits hunting and fishing in accordance with Federal and State laws within the boundaries of the national recreation area. Requires the Secretary to consult with the appropriate State fish and game department before implementing any regulations. Withdraws the minerals in all Federally owned lands within the national recreation area from all forms of appropriation and disposition under either mining laws or mineral leasing laws. Requires special use permit applicants to submit a plan of operations consistent with the objectives of the national recreation area, including a reclamation plan. Directs the Secretary to file maps and legal descriptions of the wilderness and national recreation areas with specified congressional committees. States that the RARE II final environmental statement shall not be subject to judicial review concerning the national forest system lands in Pennsylvania. States that the wilderness designation under this Act is not a congressional intent to create buffer zones around such wilderness area.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984
National Coal Science, Technology, and Engineering Development Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to carry out a national coal science, technology, and engineering program which shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy (the Assistant Secretary). Provides that the program shall consist of three research and development programs: (1) the coal science research program; (2) the process science and engineering research program; and (3) the engineering development program. States that: (1) the purpose of the coal science research program shall be to conduct research, for all coal ranks, that seeks an in-depth understanding of coal structure and process chemistry; and (2) the program shall be directed toward the understanding of how pollutant species are bound in the coal molecule and how such species can be efficiently and effectively removed. Provides that the coal science research program shall be carried out through the energy-technology centers, the national laboratories, the university community, and the private sector. States that the purpose of the process science and engineering research program shall be to conduct research, applicable to all coal ranks, in the following areas: (1) coal preparation; (2) specification fuels; (3) precombustion cleanup; (4) postcombustion cleanup; (5) utilization processes; (6) instrumentation and control; (7) solids transport; and (8) supporting research and development. Provides that the process science and engineering research program shall be carried out through the energy technology centers, the national laboratories, the university community, and the private sector. States that the purpose of the engineering development program shall be to carry out the projects listed in the following sentence, by making grants to eligible applicants, in order to establish proof of concept and produce developed processes and coal systems. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, to make grants for any one or more of the following projects: (1) constructing and operating a fine coal preparation and cleaning process facility of no more than 500 tons per day, capable of testing both physical and chemical coal cleanup devices and processes; (2) retrofitting an oil-fired boiler of at least 100 MWe using deeply, physically, or chemically cleaned coal, or any combination of such types of cleaned coal; (3) demonstrating a regenerable flue gas desulfurization system of at least 50 MWe; (4) demonstrating a combined SOX/NOX removal system of at least 50 MWe; (5) conducting a furnace retrofit of in-boiler sulfur control technology of at least 50 MWe; (6) demonstrating an atmospheric fluidized bed combustion system of at least 100 MWe; (7) demonstrating a repowering application of a pressurized fluidized bed combustor of from 50 to 100 MWe; (8) demonstrating a repowering application of combined cycle coal gasification of from 50 to 100 MWe; (9) developing and testing a coal-fueled gas turbine in a second generation combined-cycle system of at least 50 MWe; (10) developing and testing an industrial-scale coal-fueled gas turbine suitable for industrial cogeneration of at least 5 MWe; (11) testing a utility phosphoric acid fuel cell system using coal-derived gas at a size of 10 to 50 MWe; (12) demonstrating engineering feasibility of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) technology at a size of ten to 50 MWe; and (13) demonstrating an advanced coal liquefication process of at least five to ten tons of coal per day. Provides that the engineering development program shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary. States that a grant may be used only to pay for a portion of an approved project's total cost in an amount determined by the Assistant Secretary. Directs the Secretary, with the cooperation of the Assistant Secretary, to prepare a five-year national coal science, technology, and engineering development research plan. Requires the plan to be submitted by the Secretary to the President and the appropriate committees of Congress within six months of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit reports to the President and the appropriate committees of Congress concerning the program and the five-year plan. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for the coal science research program, the process science and engineering program, and the engineering development program.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1984
Youth Incentive Employment Act - Establishes a program to provide part-time school year employment and full-time (or part-time with training) summer employment to economically disadvantaged youths who pursue further education and training. Provides that an individual may qualify to be an eligible youth for program participation purposes if such individual: (1) is 16 to 19 years of age, inclusive, at the time of assignment to a worksite; (2) is economically disadvantaged; (3) is not employed; (4) resides in the service delivery area (SDA) of the administering entity; and (5) has entered into a commitment to pursue further education and training. Requires such individuals to sign a written commitment to: (1) attend either a secondary school for a diploma, an alternative education program for a high school equivalency certificate, a remedial education program, or a skill training program; and (2) meet attendance and performance standards of such school or program and at the worksite to which the individual is referred for employment under this Act. Gives priority for selection under youth incentive plans to eligible youths with documented educational deficiencies. Terminates an individual's status as an eligible youth upon a finding by the administering entity, after an opportunity for a hearing, that the individual has failed to comply with the commitment. Requires that funds provided under this Act be used to establish and assist programs which assist eligible youth with qualifying employment in the form of: (1) part-time employment during the regular school year, not to exceed 20 hours per week; (2) part-time employment, during the months between regular school years, which is combined with remediation, classroom instruction, or on-the-job or apprenticeship training; and (3) full-time employment for a period of at least eight weeks during the months between regular school years, not to exceed 40 hours per week. Permits funds provided under this Act to be used to pay up to the following percentages of the wages and benefits and the costs of any employer-provided instruction and training of an eligible youth: (1) 100 percent during the first six months of qualifying employment; and (2) 75 percent during any succeeding months of such qualifying employment. Prohibits the use of funds provided under this Act to pay any portion of the wages and benefits of any individual: (1) for full-time employment during the months between the regular school year with a for-profit institution or organization unless such employment is a continuation of employment with that employer during the regular school year; or (2) if the employer has failed to develop or enforce attendance and performance standards consistent with youth incentive plan provisions. Sets forth general requirements for receipt and restrictions on the use of funds under this Act. Provides that the administering entity for any SDA under this Act is the same entity selected to administer the job training plan for that SDA pursuant to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Requires administering entities to: (1) develop and submit to the Secretary of Labor a youth incentive employment plan; and (2) provide from other Federal or State sources, or from local public or private sources, at least 20 percent of program costs for each program year, in cash or in kind. Requires that, of the funds provided to an administering entity for any program year under this Act: (1) at least 70 percent be expended for wages and benefits for qualifying employment, and child care, transportation, or other supportive service expenses for individuals engaged in such employment; (2) not more than 15 percent be used for the cost of administering programs under this Act; and (3) any remainder be used for worksite supervision, supplies, training aids and alternative or remedial education expenses. Sets forth requirements relating to youth incentive plans. Requires such plan to contain specified provisions, including: (1) provision for outreach services and programs to encourage participation in qualifying employment by eligible youths who are school dropouts, as well as by inschool youths; (2) assurances that special efforts will be made to recruit youth from families receiving public assistance, including parents of dependent children who meet the age requirement of this Act; and (3) a description of any arrangements made with labor organizations to enable youths to enter into apprenticeship training as part of employment provided under this Act. Requires that such plans, before they are submitted to the Secretary, be: (1) approved by the appropriate chief elected officials and the private industry council for the SDA; and (2) submitted for review and comment to the State job training coordinating council, and include any comments of such council and any reasons for nonconformance with such council's suggestions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) approve any plan submitted in compliance with the requirements of this Act; and (2) only disapprove a plan after notice and opportunity for a hearing to the administering entity. Sets forth special conditions relating to activities using funds under this Act. Requires that wage rates under this Act be the higher of the applicable minimum wage or the prevailing rate of pay for individuals employed in similar positions by the same employer, with specified exceptions in cases of labor organization representation. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe wage rates within specified limits for youth participants for projects financed under $5,000 to which Davis-Bacon Act provisions would otherwise apply. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and succeeding fiscal years for allocation to administering entities for programs under this Act. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount of such appropriations for allotment among Native American eligible entities, on an equitable basis, taking into account the extent to which regular employment opportunities have been lacking for long-term periods among individuals within the jurisdiction of such entities. Requires that the remainder be allocated among administering entities that have in effect an approved youth incentive plan on the basis of numbers in each SDA of: (1) economically disadvantaged youth; (2) unemployed residents; and (3) excess unemployed residents (i.e. those in excess of six and one-half percent of the civilian labor force in the SDA). Requires that such allocations to an administering entity for an SDA be paid to the JTPA grant recipient for that SDA. Provides for a program year basis for funding beginning with FY 1986. Makes FY 1985 appropriations available both to funds activities for the period between October 1, 1984, and July 1, 1985, and for the program year beginning July 1, 1985. Authorizes additional appropriations for the transition to program year funding. Makes specified administrative and enforcement provisions of JTPA applicable to programs under this Act. Requires the administering entity to make quarterly reports to the Secretary on the youth incentive projects authorized under this Act. Requires such reports to include specified topics. Directs the Secretary to compile such reports and submit a summary of the findings to the Congress in the annual report for employment and training programs required under JTPA.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Directs the President to: (1) secure from the Indochina nations a full accounting of Americans captured or missing as a result of the Vietnam conflict; and (2) work for the release of captive Americans and the return of the remains of those American servicemen and civilians who died in Southeast Asia. Requires the President to submit two reports to Congress on American POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Amends the Bankruptcy Code to permit a trustee to reject or assume a collective bargaining agreement made under the authority of title II of the Railway Labor Act or the National Labor Relations Act only if and after the court approves such rejection or assumption. Requires notice to all parties and a hearing before the court may approve such a rejection. Prohibits the court from approving the rejection of a collective bargaining agreement if, absent the rejection: (1) the jobs covered by such agreement will be lost; and (2) any financial reorganization of the debtor will fail. Declares that a rejection of a collective bargaining agreement constitutes a breach at the time of such rejection. Declares that no provision of this Act shall be construed to permit the trustee unilaterally to terminate or alter any of the terms and conditions of such a collective bargaining agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize payments as trade readjustment allowances for up to 26 additional weeks in the 26 week period that begins with the first week of trade readjustment training if the training is approved after the last week of entitlement to trade readjustment allowances that are otherwise payable.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Authorizes the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Incorporated to erect a National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and recognition of law enforcement officials in the United States who died in the line of duty. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Fund, to select with the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial other than expenses incurred in the process of site selection and approval of design and plans.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Prohibits any reduction in force within the Employment and Training Administration which would reduce the number of civilian employees below a specified level during the period from the enactment of this Act until September 30, 1984. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in carrying out a reduction in force, to retain Native American personnel having particular competence and experience in the selection, administration, monitoring, and evaluation of Native American employment and training programs under the Job Training Partnership Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Effective Schools Development in Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program to promote more effective schools and excellence in education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for such grants program. Allows program grants to be used to: (1) promote State educational agency (SEA) and local educational agency (LEA) awareness of effective schools information through conferences at schools and district and multidistrict offices and through onsite visits to model effective schools; (2) develop and implement systems of data collection, analysis, interpretation, and communication; (3) plan, review, and revise program activities; (4) support related effective schools efforts; (5) obtain technical assistance and consultant services from regional educational laboratories, research and development centers, institutions of higher education, and other nonprofit educational organizations; (6) design, develop, and publish educational materials on effective schools programs; (7) conduct program evaluations; and (8) otherwise identify, document, and disseminate information concerning exemplary effective schools programs. Requires that program grant applications by SEAs or LEAs demonstrate that: (1) the applicant has an effective schools improvement program in effect; (2) grant funds would be used to pay not more than one-half of the cost of any program or activity; (3) grant funds would be supplementary; and (4) independent annual evaluations will be conducted and reported. Directs the Secretary of Education, in selecting grant recipients, to: (1) consider the extent to which grant funds would be used to improve schools in districts with the greatest numbers or percentages of educationally deprived children and the extent to which the applicant's ongoing effective schools program has demonstrated the capacity to improve student achievement or behavior; (2) ensure reasonable geographic distribution of grants; and (3) designate grants as being available for a period of at least one but not more than three years. Sets forth provisions for technical assistance and program evaluation.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the news media should voluntarily refrain from projecting election results before the polls close; and (2) the news media and industry, trade and professional organizations should voluntarily adopt guidelines to assure that exit interview data is not used to project election results before the polls close.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983
Industrial Competitiveness Act - Title I: Council on Industrial Competitiveness - Establishes in the executive branch an independent agency to be known as the Council on Industrial Competitiveness. Sets forth the duties of the Council including the duty to: (1) collect and analyze information concerning current and future economic trends and market opportunities; (2) create forums where national leaders will identify national economic problems; (3) provide policy recommendations regarding specific issues concerning industrial strategies; and (4) evaluate existing government policies and business practices in terms of their competitive impact. Sets forth the membership and powers of the Council. Requires the Council to report to Congress and the President, within one year of enactment of this title, recommendations for changes in Federal policy necessary to implement effective industrial strategies. Requires the Council to report annually to the President, Congress, and the Bank for Industrial Competitiveness on the major industrial development priorities of the United States and the policies needed to meet such priorities. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Bank for Industrial Competitiveness - Subtitle A: Bank for Industrial Competitiveness - Establishes the Bank for Industrial Competititveness which shall be an agency of the United States. Sets forth the powers of the Bank and the qualifications for members of the board of directors. Authorizes the Bank to provide financial assistance to: (1) businesses in mature or linkage industries which require revitalization and modernization in order to be competitive in a world market; and (2) businesses in emerging industries which require financial assistance to develop and market new products or technologies. Limits the amount of aid for each project to 30 percent of the funding necessary to carry out the project. Sets forth the requirements for applications for such assistance. Sets forth the terms and conditions for financial assistance from the Bank. Terminates the authority of the Bank to make loans, issue loan guarantees, and purchase capital stock of applicants ten years after the effective date of this title. Sets forth the amount of capital stock the Bank shall have. Authorizes the Bank to issue obligations to provide sufficient funds to carry out the Bank's purposes and to renew, refund or pay other obligations. Limits the amount of the Bank's outstanding obligations to five times the paid-in capital of the Bank. Prohibits any of the loans made, guaranteed, or committed to be guaranteed under this title from being eligible for purchase by, or commitment to purchase by, or sale or issuance to, any Federal agency or government-owned entity. Exempts obligations of the Bank from taxation. Authorizes the Bank to enter into appropriate agreements respecting obligations of the Bank. Sets forth provisions dealing with moneys of the Bank. Exempts from taxation all property of the Bank except for the Bank's real property. Authorizes the Bank to inspect all documents of an applicant relating to the applicant's financial affairs and to all facilities and properties of the applicant. Requires the Bank to submit an annual report to the President and Congress. Terminates the Bank 30 years after the effective date of this title. Subtitle B: Secondary Markets for Industrial Mortgages - Authorizes the Bank to purchase and to make commitments to purchase industrial mortgages from any qualified financial institution. Authorizes the Bank to set priorities regarding the types of industrial mortgages to be purchased. Sets forth conditions which such mortgages must meet. Prohibits an industrial mortgage from being purchased unless specified conditions are met. Authorizes the Bank to set aside mortgages held by it and to issue and sell securities based upon the set aside mortgages. Subtitle C: Investment in Public Industrial Development Banks - Authorizes the Bank to invest in the stock of public industrial development finance institutions established at the State, local, or regional levels. Requires that the Bank be given, in return for its investment, one or more seats on the Board of Directors of the public development bank in which it invests. Prohibits the Bank from contracting with institutions that offer no reasonable prospect of return. Sets forth conditions for participation by the Bank in public industrial development banks. Subtitle D: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations beginning in FY 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983
Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1983 - Declares that it is the policy of Congress that access to the U.S. market for foreign-produced carbon, alloy, and specialty steel mill products should be on an equitable basis to safeguard national security, insure orderly trade in steel mill products, reduce unfair trade in steel mill products, and alleviate U.S. balance-of-payments problems. Limits annual imports of specified steel mill product categories to specified percentages of the apparent domestic supply which are based on adjusted average import penetration levels for each such product category for the years 1979, 1980, and 1981. Directs the Secretary to allocate global product limitations among foreign countries, groups of countries, or areas. Sets forth guidelines for making such allocations. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to make an annual determination of the expected apparent domestic supply in each steel mill product category. Requires the Secretary to revise such determination periodically during the year. Directs the Secretary to monitor capital investments in steel operations made and announced by the steel industry. Authorizes the Secretary to consult with steel industry representatives with respect to such investments. Requires the Secretary to consult with such representatives and with steel industry employees if the Secretary believes that the capital investment made or announced is substantially less than the cash flow generated from steel operations. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and authorizes the Secretary to modify or suspend import limits on steel mill products if the Secretary determines that commercial conditions or other relevant considerations do not justify such reduced level of capital investment in steel operations. Directs the Secretary to examine the supply and demand situation in the United States for a specified steel product category if reguested by affected steel consumers. Sets forth criteria to be used in determining short supply. Directs the Secretary to monitor imports of fabricated steel mill products. Sets forth the method of investigating whether imports of fabricated steel products are rendering ineffective or materially interfering with the objectives of this Act. Limits the quantity of iron ore that may be entered from any source other than Canada during any calendar year after 1983. Directs the Secretary to allocate global iron ore limitations among foreign countries, groups of countries or areas (excluding Canada from any such allocation). Sets forth guidelines for making such allocation. Provides for the enforcement and implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1983
Interstate Compact - Grants the consent of Congress to the Interstate High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Network Compact as participated in by Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1983
Designates the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania, as the James E. Van Zandt Veterans Administration Medical Center. Designates the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Dublin, Georgia, as the Carl Vinson Veterans Administration Medical Center.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1983
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Lady Bird Johnson in recognition of her humanitarian efforts and contributions to the beautification of America. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the striking of such medal and bronze duplicates for sale to the public. Declares such medals to be national medals. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983
Comprehensive Trade Law Reform Act of 1983 - Title I: Countervailing and Antidumping Duties - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to direct the administering authority to order the suspension of all entries of merchandise subject to a preliminary determination in an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation if the preliminary determination of the International Trade Commission (ITC) is affirmative. Imposes the burden of persuasion with respect to allegations in such investigations upon the person in possession of the specific information necessary to verify or negate such allegations. Establishes within the Department of Commerce the Small Business International Trade Advocate Office (Advocate) which shall assist small businesses in the preparation for, and participation in, any proceedings related to the administration of the U.S. trade laws (including arguing on behalf of petitioners who are financially unable to prosecute antidumping and countervailing duty investigations). Provides that the Advocate may request the ITC to conduct on behalf of small businesses no more than three fact- finding investigations in a given fiscal year. Requires the Advocate each fiscal year to report its activities to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the administering authority and the ITC to make available under a protective order confidential information submitted by a party to an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation upon receipt of an application which describes the information requested. (Current law requires that the application must describe the information with particularity and must set forth the reasons for the request.) Requires that the information to be disclosed shall include all confidential information available to or prepared by the administering authority during an investigation, excluding customer names and the identity of market research organizations. Declares that it shall not be a requirement of disclosure that the person making the request demonstrate a need to have access to the information. Requires the administering authority or ITC to act upon requests for such information within ten days. Directs the ITC, in determining material injury or the threat of material injury in antidumping or countervailing duty investigations, to consider the cumulative impact of imports of merchandise under investigation when combined with imports of the same class or kind which are subject to similar investigations. Declares that in determining whether a petition requesting an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation states a cause of action the absence of a history of imports in sufficient volume to be a present cause of material injury shall not be a basis for a negative determination when a capability to increase exports is asserted. Amends the definition of the nature of a subsidy to require the ITC, in determining whether there is a threat of material injury, to consider information other than the information presented to it by the administering authority and to consider whether the alleged subsidy is related to a promotional program benefitting a specific industry. Sets forth the time periods to be considered by the ITC in determining material injury or threat of material injury. Requires the ITC, in determining threat of material injury, to consider evidence of: (1) increasing domestic inventories of imported merchandise; (2) new or increased capability to manufacture or export such merchandise in the countries under investigation or shift of production and exports among industry product lines; and (3) any effort by a foreign government or instrumentality to promote the development or growth of export capability of the industry under investigation through a combination of policies or programs. Authorizes the imposition of countervailing duties upon merchandise which is likely to be imported into the United States if such merchandise meets all the other requirements for the imposition of countervailing duties. Requires the imposition of countervailing or antidumping duties on merchandise if a U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded by sales of imports or offers of sales of imports. Requires the ITC to make its preliminary determination in antidumping or countervailing duty investigations on the basis of the information contained in the petition and any information received by way of questionnaire response. Provides an extension of time for making a preliminary determination if the ITC does not believe the information contained in the hearing and the questionnaire responses establish material injury. Requires the ITC, in such a case, to schedule a hearing during which interested parties may address the factual issues of concern to the ITC. Permits an extension of time during which the preliminary determination by the administering authority in an antidumping or countervailing duty case may be made only if the petitioner files a timely request for such extension and the case is extraordinarily difficult. (Current law permits such extension if either of these conditions is met.) Excludes claims for antidumping and countervailing duties from the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise Government claims. Amends the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 to require the ITC, in cases involving revocation of countervailing duties, not to base a negative determination of potential material injury on any export taxes, duties, or other charges levied on the export of merchandise to the United States specifically intended to offset the subsidy received. Directs the administering authority, upon being notified of a negative determination of potential material injury based upon clear and convincing evidence presented by any party seeking revocation, to revoke an existing countervailing duty order and refund the countervailing duties that had been collected. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the ITC and the administering authority from reviewing a final determination in a countervailing or antidumping duty case or the suspension of an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation less than five years after publication of notice of that determination or suspension. Authorizes the administering authority, after review, to revoke a countervailing or antidumping duty order or to terminate a suspended investigation. Prohibits the administering authority from taking such actions unless, upon clear and convincing evidence presented by any party seeking revocation or termination of a suspended investigation: (1) the administering authority finds that it is substantially unlikely that subsidized sales or sales at less than fair value will be resumed; and (2) the ITC makes a negative determination of potential material injury to U.S. industries by imports covered by the order or investigation. Prohibits the administering authority from revoking a countervailing duty order or terminating a suspended investigation on the basis of any export taxes, duties, or other charges levied on exports to the United States specifically intended to offset the subsidy received. Prohibits the administering authority from revoking a countervailing or antidumping duty order or terminating a suspended investigation unless the affected foreign manufacturers, producers, or exporters give assurances that they shall not receives subsidies or make sales at less than fair value. Sets forth penalties for violations of such assurances. Requires the administering authority and the ITC to continue an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation if the administering authority, within 20 days of publication of the notice of suspension of an investigation, receives a request for continuation of the investigation from the petitioner. Changes the definition of "interested parties" to include: (1) a trade or business association at least ten percent of whose members manufacture, produce, or wholesale a like product in the United States; and (2) a coalition which includes one or more certified unions or recognized groups of workers associated with the production of a like product in the United States and one or more entities which manufacture, produce, or wholesale a like product in the United States. Changes the definition of "like product." Directs the administering authority to reimburse petitioners, upon request, for the costs of preparing an investigation petition and of participating in an investigation if the investigation results in the issuance of a countervailing or antidumping duty order or a suspension agreement. Requires the payments to be made out of an account which shall be established by the administering authority and into which all countervailing and antidumping duties shall be paid. Declares that there shall be no presumption for or against agency action in any civil proceeding arising under the antidumping or countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930. Permits the administering authority to extend the deadline for a final determination in a countervailing duty investigation to the date of its final determination in an antidumping duty investigation if an antidumping duty investigation is initiated simultaneously with the countervailing duty investigation. Adds definitions of "negative determination" and of "affirmative determination" with respect to antidumping and countervailing duty determinations. Authorizes the administering authority to suspend a countervailing duty investigation if the subsidizing government or the exporters who account for substantially all of the imports of the merchandise subject to the investigation agree: (1) to eliminate the subsidy program completely within six months, except that the administering authority shall not accept an agreement unless the suppression or undercutting of price levels of domestic products by imports of that merchandise will be prevented; or (2) to cease exports of that merchandise to the United States within six months. Authorizes the administering authority, for the purpose of determining the net subsidy, to subtract from the gross subsidy only the amount of: (1) any payment made to qualify for or to receive the benefit of the subsidy; and (2) any loss in the value of the subsidy resulting from its deferred receipt if the deferral is mandated by Government order. Changes the definition of "subsidy" to include a domestic subsidy provided directly or indirectly to a supplier of any input to the class or kind of merchandise imported into the United States. Amends the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 to require the ITC to review countervailing duty orders, upon request, if the request is received before a countervailing duty petition is filed with the administration authority. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit designating a country as a country under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures until the country has committed itself under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to eliminate its export subsidies. Permits countries which are beneficiary developing countries under the Trade Act of 1974 to be designated as countries under the Agreement if, in lieu of such commitment such country agrees: (1) to phase out existing export subsidies within five years; (2) not to increase existing export subsidies, nor extend such subsidies to new merchandise, nor introduce new export subsidies; and (3) to eliminate within one year export subsidies on merchandise which the ITC determines is either produced by an import sensitive U.S. industry or already competitive in the U.S. market and would be competitive in the absence of export subsidies. Requires the President to review the status of and compliance with such agreements at least once during each 12-month period following the date on which the agreement becomes effective and upon the request of certain interested parties. Sets forth the effect of a finding by the President that a country designated as "a country under the Agreement" has not honored its commitments relating to eliminating subsidies. Requires that a countervailing duty order shall presumptively apply to all merchandise of the class of kind which have been determined to materially injure U.S. industries and which are exported from the country investigated, except that differing duties may be imposed if the administering authority determines that there is a significant differential between companies receiving subsidy benefits or if a State-owned enterprise is involved. Adds to the definition of "subsidy" specified programs and protections when used as part of a program to develop a significant export capability in a particular product sector. Requires that the foreign market value of the merchandise under investigation shall be the constructed value of the merchandise if the administering authority determines that the cost to the foreign producer of any foreign material incorporated in the merchandise under investigation is unreasonable. Requires that the cost of such preference or subsidy shall be included in the constructed value of the imported merchandise. Authorizes the administering authority to accept an agreement to restrict the volume of imports of merchandise into the United States (with either the government of the country where the merchandise which is being investigated is produced or with the exporters of such merchandise who account for substantially all the imports of such merchandise) if the agreement will eliminate completely the injurious effect of such imports. Authorizes the administering authority to prescribe regulations governing the entry or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of merchandise covered by: (1) agreements to eliminate completely sales at less than fair value or to cease exports of merchandise; or (2) agreements to eliminate injurious effect. Requires the administering authority to have received the written consent of the petitioner before suspending an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation. Prohibits making an adjustment to the foreign market value of an import for specified differences in circumstances of sale or discounts. Requires the purchase price and exporter's sales price to be adjusted by being reduced by, among other costs, the costs relating to the circumstances of sale. Requires that "cost relating to" circumstances of sale rather than "differences in" circumstances of sale shall be taken into account if they cause a difference between the U.S. price and the foreign market value of the merchandise. Requires that the foreign market value of imported merchandise shall be the weighted average price of all sales or offers for sale of such merchandise subject to specified conditions. Prohibits the administering authority from using items selected by foreign manufacturers, producers, or exporters, or the U.S. importers of merchandise under investigation when the authority uses averaging or sampling techniques to determine the foreign market value of such merchandise. Revises the definition of sales at less than the costs of production to include sales through a related party if such sales are made below the cost of production including related party marketing costs. Requires such sales to be disregarded in determining foreign market value if they have been made over an extended period of time and in substantial quantities. (Current law requires that such sales, in order to be disregarded must also have been at prices which do not permit recovery of all costs within a reasonable period of time in the normal course of trade.) Includes within the definition of "exporter" for purposes of determining U.S. price, any person who owns or controls five percent (currently 20 percent) or more of the voting power or control in the business carried on by the person by whom or for whose account the merchandise is imported into the United States and also five percent (currently 20 percent) or more of such power or control in the business of the exporter, manufacturer, or producer. Requires that any differences between the U.S. price and the foreign market value of imported merchandise which are due to circumstances of sales shall reflect the actual selling expenses incurred by the purchasers in their markets. Repeals the provision for posting security in lieu of estimated antidumping duties pending an early determination of the antidumping duty. Authorizes the administering authority, upon request by an interested party, to negotiate settlement agreements the implementation of which shall be subject to the withdrawal of the petitions resulting in the antidumping or countervailing duty investigation. Provides for the enforcement of such agreements. Title II: Escape Clause - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize an entity which is representative of an industry (including an industry which produces parts irrevocably destined for incorporation in an article like or directly competitve with an imported article) to petition the ITC for import relief. Requires that the ITC, in determining whether increased imports of an article are causing or threatening serious injury to domestic industries, shall take into account whether the article under investigation is incorporated in an imported article. Deletes the provision which defines "substantial cause" for purposes of injury determination as a cause which is important and not less than any other cause. Requires that the ITC, whenever it has reason to believe that the increased imports are attributable to circumstances which come within the purview of other remedial provisions of law, shall promptly notify the appropriate agency and such agency shall initiate the appropriate action. Requires that an affirmative determination of serious injury under this title shall be considered to be an affirmative determination of material injury under other remedial provisions of law if the affirmative determination of serious injury has been made within 12 months of the date on which the petition was filed under the other statutes. Requires that the ITC, if it finds that a serious injury or the threat of a serious injury exists, shall, in order to prevent or remedy such injury: (1) find the amount of increase in or imposition of any duty; (2) determine a tariff rate quota on such article; (3) determine the quantitative import restriction on the import into the United States of such article; or (4) recommend any combination of such actions. Requires at least six months to elapse between investigations of import injury. Requires the ITC to determine, within 45 days of the filing of a petition, whether or not a reasonable indication that conditions for an affirmative finding of serious import injury exist if a petitioner alleges that imports of an article have increased by more than ten percent in volume or 20 percent relative to domestic production in the previous 12 months. Requires the Commissioner of Customs, if the ITC makes an affirmative determination of such indication, to order the suspension of liquidation of entry of such articles. Requires the suspension to continue until: (1) the ITC makes a negative determination of serious injury; or (2) import relief actions take effect. Requires an additional duty to be imposed on any article that is subject to a suspension of liquidation of entry if the ITC makes an affirmative determination of import injury. Deletes the provision authorizing the President to grant trade adjustment assistance instead of import relief to an industry which has been seriously injured by imports. Directs the President, if the President finds that it is in the national economic interest to provide import relief, to either place into effect the determination of the ITC or to negotiate one or more orderly marketing agreements pursuant to the ITC's determination. Requires the President, if the President determines that the import relief recommended by the ITC is not in the national economic interest and that there are alternatives which offset the injury to the same extent as the ITC's recommendations, to transmit to Congress a document setting forth: (1) such determination; (2) the reasons why the ITC's recommendation is not in the national economic interest; (3) other information with respect to the alternatives; and (4) proposed legislation to implement the President's recommendation. Provides for expedited consideration of the President's proposal in the Congress. Requires the President, within 31 days of the submission of such proposal to Congress to: (1) proclaim the actions recommended by the ITC if Congress does not enact the President's proposal; or (2) take the action recommended in the President's proposal. Requires that the import relief proclamation, if it provides for the imposition of or an increase in the rate of duty, shall also provide for periodic review and adjustment of the duty rate in order to maintain substantially the same amount of import relief that has been proclaimed. Requires that bilateral or multilateral orderly marketing agreements negotiated by the President shall limit the export from foreign countries and the import into the United States of articles subject to the import relief proclamation. Prohibits an orderly marketing agreement from becoming effective unless the ITC determines that it provides at least the same level and duration of import relief as found by the ITC to be necessary. Requires the President to proclaim the import relief found by the ITC if the ITC finds that the orderly marketing agreement does not provide the necessary import relief or if the ITC is evenly divided on the question. Requires the import relief to last for not less than five years and not more than ten years. (Current law terminates import relief after five years unless renewed.) Authorizes the import relief to be phased down during the period of such relief but only after the first three years have elapsed. Deletes the provisions providing for extension of import relief. Authorizes the President to reduce or terminate import relief but only after at least five years have elapsed. Requires at least one year to elapse between the end of a period of import relief with respect to an article and the beginning of a new investigation into import relief with respect to such article. (Current law requires two years to elapse between investigations.) Title III: Enforcement of United States Rights - Authorizes the administering authority, based upon information available to it or upon a petition filed with it, to initiate investigations relating to the enforcement of U.S. rights under trade agreements and relating to the U.S. response to certain unfair foreign trade practices. (Current law authorizes the President to begin such investigations.) Authorizes the administering authority to take specified steps to enforce such rights or to respond to the foreign trade practices. Declares that a foreign practice that denies fair and equitable market opportunities to U.S. goods or services or denies to U.S. businesses fair and equitable opportunities for the establishment of an enterprise shall be considered an unreasonable practice which burdens U.S. commerce. Declares that foreign industrial targeting of a specific sector or sectors of the economy shall be considered an unreasonable practice that burdens U.S. commerce. Requires the administering authority to take action if a foreign government has engaged in industrial targeting which causes or threatens to cause material injury to a U.S. industry or which materially retards the establishment of an industry in the United States. Authorizes any interested person to file a petition with the administering authority requesting action to enforce U.S. rights under trade agreements and to respond to certain foreign trade practices. Requires the administering authority to review the sufficiency of the allegations of the petition within 20 days of its filing date. Requires the administering authority, if it finds that the petition provides the basis for action, to publish the petition and provide an opportunity for hearing. Requires the administering authority, if it finds no basis for action in the petition, to reject the petition and inform the petitioner of the reasons for the rejection. Deletes the provision requiring consultation with the affected foreign country regarding issues raised by the petition. Directs the administering authority to present questionnaires to the affected foreign governments and foreign enterprises to develop information about the allegations. Requires the administering authority to verify the information provided by such governments and enterprises and relied upon by the administering authority. Requires the final determination of the administering authority to be based upon the best information available if the foreign governments or entities do not respond to the questionnaires or if the responses cannot be verified. Requires the administering authority to issue a preliminary determination within five months of the initiation of the investigation. Requires the administering authority, if the preliminary determination is affirmative, to take specified actions on a provisional basis. Requires the administering authority to make a final determination within 11 months of the initiation of the investigation. Requires specified actions to be taken within 30 days if the final determination is affirmative. Requires the administering authority to consult closely with the petitioner on the nature of the action taken. Directs the administering authority to make confidential information submitted during an investigation available upon request. Prohibits disclosing customer names and the identity of market research organizations. Authorizes the administering authority, if the contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) disapprove an action taken by the United States, to modify or terminate the action or take such other action as it deems appropriate to compensate an adversely affected foreign country. Defines "administering authority" to mean the U.S. Trade Representative or any other U.S. officer to whom the responsibilities of the administering authority under this title are transferred by law. Requires the administering authority to collect data on foreign nontariff trade barriers, foreign barriers to investment, and foreign government programs to promote particular industries. Requires the administering authority to report quarterly to Congress on the information collected. Provides for judicial review of determinations of the administering authority by the U.S. Court of International Trade. Requires the Court to hold unlawful any determination found to be unsupported by substantial evidence on the record or otherwise not in accordance with law. Title IV: Private Remedies - Amends the Revenue Act of 1916 to permit a civil suit against manufacturers, exporters, or importers of an article if: (1) the article is manufactured or produced in a foreign country and imported or sold within the United States at a price less than the foreign market value or constructed value of such article; (2) the importation or sales cause or threaten material injury to U.S. industry or labor or prevent the establishment or modernization of any industry in the United States; and (3) the person filing the suit is injured in business or property because of the importation or sale. Authorizes a plaintiff, if a defendant is found liable, to recover the costs of the action, damages for the injury sustained, or appropriate equitable relief. (Current law provides for criminal penalties and treble damages in civil suits.) Declares that the standard of proof in such actions is the preponderance of the evidence. Grants subpoena power to the district court involved in the case. Makes the District Director of the U.S. Customs Service for the port through which the article is commonly imported the agent of the manufacturer or exporter for service of process. Imposes a four year statute of limitation on such actions. Supends the running of the statute of limitation during certain administrative proceedings under the Tariff Act of 1930. Authorizes the court to enjoin further importation, sale, or distribution of the article or take any other action authorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure if the defendant fails to comply with court orders. Preserves the confidentiality of information used in such action. Requires such an action to be expedited in every way possible. Includes within the foreign market value or constructed value of the article any subsidy provided to the manufacturer, producer, or exporter of the article. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the provisions of this title are consistent with the GATT. Title V: Miscellaneous - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1983
School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1983 - Amends the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase Federal school meal reimbursement. Amends the National School Lunch Act to increase reduced meal income eligibility limits. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase school breakfast program adjusted payments. Amends such Acts to increase private school tuition amounts for purposes of program participation. Requires annual adjustments. Amends the National School Lunch Act to increase the number of reimbursable meals and snacks under the child care food program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase FY 1984 authorizations for nutrition education and training. Amends the National School Lunch Act to exclude certain medical expenses from household income for program eligibility purposes. Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate certain references to food stamp program eligibility standards. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to make kindergartens in specified schools eligible for the special milk program.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1983
Alternative Energy Tax Incentives Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the residential energy income tax credit for renewable energy sources for five years from 1985 to 1990. Reduces the qualifying percentage for energy source expenditures by specified increments between 1985 and 1990. Increases from 15 percent to 20 percent the investment tax credit for solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean thermal property. Extends such tax credit for five years from 1985 to 1990. Extends the investment tax credit for hydroelectric generating property and biomass property for five years from 1985 to 1990. Reestablishes the credit for cogeneration property until 1990. Qualifies until 1995 affirmative commitments for solar, wind, geothermal, ocean thermal, biomass, and cogeneration projects begun by December 31, 1990. Eliminates the 20 percent limitation for oil and natural gas used in cogeneration facilities. Qualifies as biomass property methane- containing gas produced by anaerobic digestion from nonfossil waste materials. Revises the definition of geothermal deposit to lower the required temperature to 104 degrees Fahrenheit (from 122 degrees Fahrenheit). Includes shale oil property and tar sands equipment as energy property for purposes of the investment tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should urge the Japanese to extend the current voluntary auto export limits beyond March 31, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the proposed United States Steel-British Steel purchase agreement is adverse to the interests of the United States, the steel industry, and U.S. steel workers; and (2) the Secretary of Commerce take action under existing laws, including the United States-European Community Steel arrangement, to determine if there are any violations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1983
Federal Supplemental Compensation Extension Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 to extend the payment of benefits under the Federal supplemental unemployment compensation program for six months, through March 31, 1984. Increases the number of weeks for which such benefits are payable. Revises formulas and tables for determining the amounts in accounts established after March 31, 1983, and the amounts in accounts established before April 1, 1983. Sets forth a transitional rule for determining an individual's eligibility for additional weeks of compensation. Directs the Secretary of Labor to require modifications of agreements with States under such Act to conform with amendments made by this Act within a specified period.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1983
Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to include individuals filing claims for regular, extended, additional, or supplemental compensation in determining the insured unemployment rate (IUR) in a State for purposes of the Federal-State extended unemployment compensation program. Revises State trigger provisions for such program to set: (1) the State "on" indicator for such program for any week if the IUR under State law for the period consisting of such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks equalled or exceeded four percent; and (2) the State "off" for any week if the IUR under State law for the period consisting of such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks is less than four percent. Provides that, for State trigger purposes, the IUR for any 13-week period shall be determined by reference to the average monthly covered employment under State law for the first four of the most recent six calendar quarters ending before the close of such period. Reinstates the national trigger for such program. Bases national trigger determinations on whether the seasonally adjusted IUR for all States equals or exceeds four-and-one half percent (as determined for periods and in a manner similar to that under State trigger provisions). Makes technical amendments. Repeals the 20-week work requirement for purposes of program eligibility determinations. Prohibits the denial of extended compensation payments to any recipient (who submits documentation to the Secretary of Labor) for any week because such recipient is in training or attending an accredited educational institution on a substantially full-time basis, or because of the application of State law to any such recipient relating to availability for work, the active search for work, or the refusal to accept work on account of such training or attendance, unless the State agency determines that such training or attendance will not improve the opportunities for employment of the recipient. Increases the number of weeks for which extended unemployment compensation is payable. Directs the Secretary of Labor to study: (1) the feasibility of having extended unemployment compensation payable on the basis of area triggers instead of State triggers; and (2) the changes in State law which would be necessary or appropriate to implement area triggers. Directs the Secretary to report, with recommendations, on such study to the Congress within two years after the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Wine Equity Act of 1983 - Requires the President to direct the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to negotiate the harmonization of tariff and nontariff barriers on wine with each designated major trading country. Requires negotiations with designated major trading countries which do not export wine to the United States in order to eliminate all tariff and nontariff trade barriers of such countries to the importation of U.S. wine. Requires the President to impose tariff and nontariff trade barriers equal or substantially equivalent to the barriers applied by a designated major trading country if such country does not provide harmonization to U.S. produced-wine with 180 days of the country's designation as a designated major trading country. Provides for removing such U.S. tariff and nontariff barriers. Requires the USTR to report to specified congressional committees at the beginning and end of each negotiation. Requires the USTR to consult with such committees to identify further tariff and nontariff barriers to and potential markets for U.S. wine. Provides for assistance for the USTR from other Federal agencies.
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