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Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 276 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the participants of the New Ireland Forum are to be commended for their efforts to bring about genuine progress in the search for a just and peaceful solution to the problems of Northern Ireland.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the parties in the New Ireland Forum are to be commended for their efforts in the search for peace, justice, and reconciliation in Northern Ireland; and (2) all political parties in Northern Ireland and the British and Irish Governments should review the findings and recommendations of the Forum.

Bill· HRH.R. 5184 (98th)open

Competition in Contracting Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984

Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to prescribe procedures for soliciting and evaluating bids and proposals for, and awarding of, Government contracts. Requires any executive agency to comply with such Act in conducting any procurement activity. Requires each executive agency, except as specified, to: (1) use full and open competition in making contracts for property or services; (2) use advance procurement planning and market research in all procurements; (3) use the competitive practices or combinations best suited to the circumstances; and (4) solicit bids or proposals and state requirements in a manner designed to achieve full and open competition. Directs an agency, when using competitive practices for other than small purchases (purchases not exceeding $25,000), to solicit sealed bids if: (1) the award will be made on price-related factors; (2) it is not necessary to conduct discussions with responding sources about their bids; and (3) there is a reasonable expectation of receiving more than one bid. Requires an agency to request competitive proposals when sealed bids are not required. Allows an agency to use procurement practices that are less rigorous than full and open competition only when: (1) the agency's need for the property or services is of such unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously injured by soliciting bids or proposals from all qualified sources; (2) excluding a source from competition is necessary to establish or maintain alternative sources of supply; (3) such action is necessary to meet the goals of programs for small businesses or the socially and economically disadvantaged; or (4) disclosure of the agency's requirements to all qualified sources would compromise the national security. Requires that the use of such practices be justified by the agency's contracting officer and approved by a higher level official. Allows an agency to use noncompetitive procurement practices only when: (1) the property or services required are available from only one source; (2) such action is necessary to maintain a source or achieve industrial mobilization in the event of a national emergency or to maintain an essential research capability; (3) an international agreement or treaty or written instructions from a foreign government require such procedures; or (4) a statute requires procurement from a specified source. Requires that the use of such practices be justified by the agency's contracting officer and approved by a higher level official. Specifies the contents of the justification statement which shall include planned agency actions to remove or overcome any barrier to competition before any subsequent procurement for the same requirements. Prohibits any agency from using noncompetitive procedures on the basis of a lack of planning or concerns related to the amount of funds available for agency procurement. Requires that any justification, certification, or approval and any related record of any less rigorous or noncompetitive practices be made available for public inspection upon request, except to the extent it contains information authorized to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy. Requires agencies to use simplified practices and forms to facilitate and promote competition in small purchases. Prohibits any agency from: (1) procuring goods or services from another agency unless such other agency has procured such goods or services in compliance with the requirements of this Act; or (2) refusing to include a product of a responsible source on a qualified products list without referring the matter to the agency's advocate for competition. Authorizes an agency to reimburse a small business for the costs of qualifying a product for a qualified products list if: (1) there is only one product on such list; (2) competitive procurement would lead to significant savings for the Government; and (3) the small business would not otherwise have the resources to qualify a product for such list. Directs each agency to develop requirements for the procurement of spare parts so as to maximize competition and to insure that small and socially and economically disadvantaged businesses are not precluded from performing as prime contractors and subcontractors. Requires each agency to furnish for publication by the Secretary of Commerce a notice announcing: (1) its intention to solicit bids or proposals for a contract for property or services at a price expected to exceed $10,000; and (2) the award of such a contract if there is likely to be a subcontract. Directs an agency not to: (1) issue a solicitation earlier than 15 days after such solicitation notice is published; or (2) provide less than 30 days after such notice is published for the submission of bids. Requires that such notice include: (1) an accurate description of the property or service to be procured; (2) the name, business address, phone number, and title of the agency employee or officer to contact to obtain a copy of the solicitation; (3) a statement that all qualified sources may submit a bid or proposal; and (4) a justification of any use of noncompetitive practices. Declares that such solicitation notice requirements shall not apply: (1) if such notice would disclose agency requirements the disclosure of which would compromise national security; (2) to a proposed noncompetitive procurement that would result from an unsolicited research proposal that demonstrates a unique or innovative research proposal; or (3) to a procurement of unusual and compelling urgency for which less rigorous procurement practices are authorized. Establishes a procurement protest system under which the Comptroller General shall decide any protest concerning alleged violations of the procurement laws submitted to the General Accounting Office by an interested party, an agency, or a U.S. court. Directs the Comptroller General to notify an agency within one working day of the receipt of a protest concerning a procurement by such agency. Requires the agency to submit a report on such procurement within a specified period. Prohibits any contract from being awarded or, if awarded within the preceding 30 days, performed after a notice of protest has been received and while the protest is pending. Authorizes the head of the agency to authorize the award or performance of a contract notwithstanding a protest after notifying the Comptroller General that compelling, urgent circumstances affecting vital interests of the United States will not permit awaiting the Comptroller General's decision. Directs the Comptroller General, upon determining that a protested solicitation, proposed award, or award does not comply with procurement law, to recommend that the agency: (1) refrain from exercising any of its options under the contract; (2) repeat competitive procedures for such contract immediately; (3) issue a new solicitation; (4) terminate the contract; (5) award a contract consistent with procurement law; or (6) comply with such recommendations as the Comptroller General determines to be necessary to comply with procurement law. Authorizes the Comptroller General, upon making such determination, to require the agency to reimburse the appropriate party for the costs of: (1) filing and pursuing the protest; and (2) preparing the contract bid or proposal. Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) provide for the inexpensive and expeditious resolution of such protests; and (2) establish an express option for deciding protests suitable for resolution within 45 days. Requires an agency to provide an interested party any nonpriveleged documents relevant to a protested procurement action. Authorizes the Comptroller General to dismiss frivilous or invalid protests. Permits any adversely affected party to obtain judicial review of an agency's action or failure to act on a contract solicitation or award. Directs the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals to review any determination of a contracting officer concerning the procurement of automatic data processing equipment that is alleged to violate procurement law. Directs the Board, when a request for such a review is filed, to: (1) promptly hold a hearing to determine whether to suspend the delegation of procurement authority for the challeged procurement pending the Board's decision; and (2) suspend such authority unless the affected agency shows that compelling, exigent circumstances affecting vital U.S. interests will not permit awaiting such decision. Authorizes the Board, upon determining that the challenged agency action violates procurement law or the conditions of any delegation of procurement authority, to suspend, revoke, or revise the delegation of authority applicable to the challenged procurement. Authorizes any interested party to appeal the Board's decision according to the provisions of the Contract Disputes Act. Declares that if the Board revokes or suspends a delegation of procurement authority after a contract has been awarded, the affected contract shall not be considered void ab initio but shall be presumed valid as to all goods or services delivered and accepted prior to such suspension or revocation. Provides that when two or more actions involving the same procurement are filed before the Board and one or more courts: (1) all the action first filed shall proceed and the other actions shall be stayed; and (2) the filing of a protest with the General Accounting Office shall not affect an interested party's rights to file and pursue actions involving Federal procurements in the courts and before the Board. Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to modify the Government-wide procurement regulations prescribed under the Office of Federal Procurement Act to conform with the requirements of this Act. Requires the head of each executive agency to designate a senior officer or employee (other than the senior procurement executive) as an advocate for competition who shall be responsible for removing barriers to, and promoting, full and open competition in agency procurement. Directs the advocate to: (1) report to the agency head on opportunities to achieve full and open competition, on solicitations with unnecessarily restrictive specifications, and on other conditions, which reduce competition; (2) advise the senior procurement executive on the validity of proposed procurements; (3) submit annual reports to the agency head on such advocate's activities, initiatives to increase competition, and barriers to competition that the advocate was unable to remove; (4) set goals for increasing competition on a fiscal year basis; (5) develop a system of personal and organizational accountability for competition; and (6) emphasize competition in procurement training and research. Requires each agency head to establish and maintain for five years a computerized file containing records of all procurements other than small purchases during each fiscal year. Requires the record of a procurement which used practices which were less rigorous than full and open competition or noncompetitive to include information identifying the reason for the use of such practices and the employees who approved such practices. Requires the information in such file to be included in the Federal Procurement Data System. Requires each agency head to submit to specified congressional committees for FY 1985 through 1987 an annual report summarizing the activities of the agency advocate for competition and describing actions the agency intends to take to increase competition for agency contracts and to reduce the number and dollar value of noncompetitive contracts.

Bill· HRH.R. 5143 (98th)referred

Public Employee Pension Plan Reporting and Accountability Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984

Public Employee Pension Plan Reporting and Accountability Act of 1984 - Imposes disclosure and reporting requirements upon State and local government pension plans. Establishes fiduciary standards for trustees of public employee pension benefit plans. Provides remedies and access to Federal courts. Specifies employee benefit plans which are exempt from this Act. Title I: Reporting and Disclosure - Requires the administrator of each public employee pension benefit plan to submit a registration statement to the appropriate State Governor within one year of enactment of this Act. Exempts a plan from the reporting and disclosure requirements of this Act if a State Governor certifies to the Secretary of Labor that: (1) State requirements are substantially equivalent to those of this Act; (2) the State can adequately administer its requirements; and (3) the State can adequately collect the requisite reports. Requires the Secretary of Labor to terminate any certification if a State is not meeting Federal requirements. Requires the plan administrator to: (1) publish a summary plan description; and (2) furnish such description to plan participants, beneficiaries, and specified persons. Delineates the contents of such summary plan description. Requires such description to: (1) state the rights of participants and beneficiaries; and (2) include an update whenever material modifications are made to the plan. Requires the plan administrator to publish an annual report. Specifies the contents of such report. Directs such administrator to engage an independent qualified public accountant to ascertain whether the financial statements and schedules in the annual report present fairly and in all material respects the information contained in the annual report. Requires the accountant's opinion to be included in the annual report. Requires the annual report to include a financial statement containing specified information, including the most recent annual statement of assets and liabilities of a common or a collective trust held by a bank or similar institution. Requires each plan to maintain a schedule of: (1) all assets held for investment purposes during each plan year; and (2) each transaction involving a party in interest. Requires annual reports to include, with respect to a defined benefit plan, a complete actuarial statement applicable to the appropriate plan year. Directs the plan administrator to engage an enrolled actuary to prepare such statement. Delineates the contents of the actuarial statement. Requires the annual report to include a statement from an insurance organization if any plan benefits are purchased from or guaranteed by such organization. Details the contents of such statement. Requires the enrolled actuary of the plan to make an actuarial valuation at least once every three plan years. Directs the plan administrator to furnish, upon written request of certain persons, a copy of summary plan descriptions and the status of an individual's plan benefits and contributions. Provides guidelines under which the plan administrator is directed to file the annual report with either the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) or the appropriate State Governor. Authorizes the Secretary or Governor to reject the information filed by the plan administrator, and to take the following actions: (1) retain an independent public accountant to perform an audit; (2) retain an enrolled actuary to prepare an actuarial report; or (3) bring a civil action to enforce this Act. Presents guidelines for notice and review where claims for benefits are denied. Title II: Requirements Relating to Fiduciary Functions - Requires every plan to be established and maintained by written instructions which designate at least one named fiduciary. Details the functions of named fiduciaries and trustees. Establishes fiduciary and trustee liability. Prohibits certain transactions. Authorizes the Secretary to grant specified exemptions regarding such transactions. Imposes personal liability upon fiduciaries who fail to meet the fiduciary requirements, including removal for specified violations. Prohibits persons who have been convicted of, or imprisoned for, certain offenses from holding specified positions. Requires plan fiduciaries to be bonded. Specifies exceptions. Sets forth guidelines for the bonding procedure. Sets a limitation on actions which may be brought regarding failure to meet fiduciary requirements. Title III: Administration and Enforcement - Authorizes civil actions to redress violations of this Act. Imposes personal liability upon: (1) a plan administrator who fails to comply with a request for information; or (2) any person who fails to file required forms. Authorizes a plan to sue or be sued. Grants the United States district courts exclusive jurisdiction of civil actions brought under this Act. Grants concurrent jurisdiction to State courts and Federal district courts for specified actions. Authorizes the Federal district court to award reasonable attorney's fees under certain circumstances. Provides that suits brought against the Secretary may be brought in Federal district court. Authorizes the Secretary or appropriate State official to assess and collect a civil penalty against a party in interest who has engaged in a prohibited transaction. Grants such Secretary and State official investigative powers to determine violations of this Act. Details the extent of such powers. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to administer this Act. Directs such Secretary to cooperate with State and local governments regarding the exchange of data and information. Prohibits interference with the exercise of rights by a plan participant or beneficiary. Establishes an Advisory Council on Governmental Plans, comprised of eleven members appointed by the President. Requires Council members to be qualified to appraise the plans falling under this Act. Requires the Council to: (1) report to the President and each House of Congress regarding implementation of this Act with possible recommendations for legislation; (2) advise the Secretary and make recommendations; and (3) monitor the costs incurred by plans under this Act and recommend cost reduction measures. Directs the Secretary to furnish staff services to the Council. States that this Act supersedes any State laws regarding public employee pension benefits plans. Specifies exceptions. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5159 (98th)open

National Training Incentives Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984

National Training Incentives Act of 1984 - Title I: Withdrawals from Individual Retirement Accounts and Annuities for Job Training for Displaced Workers - Sets forth provisions for certification of an unemployed individual as a displaced worker by application of such individual to the Secretary of Labor, through the appropriate employment office. Defines "displaced worker" for purposes of this title as any individual who: (1) has, as of the date of application for certification, at least 20 quarters of coverage under title II of the Social Security Act; and (2) has, within the one-year period ending on such date, received counseling relating to seeking employment from any public employment office of any State or such other agency as the Secretary has approved under specified provisions of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA). Defines "displaced workers" also as individuals who: (1) on the date of application for certification, are receiving (or are eligible to receive) regular unemployment compensation in such State; (2) on or before such date, have exhausted all right to receive regular unemployment compensation in such State in the individual's most recent benefit year; (3) on or before such date, have become unemployed (or have received notice from their employer that their employment will be terminated within six months of such notice) as a result of the permanent closure of the plant or facility of such employer where such individuals are or were employed; or (4) as of such date, have been unemployed for six months or more and have limited opportunity for employment (for any reason, including age) within a reasonable commuting distance from their principal residence in the same or any similar trade or occupation. Permits any displaced worker to withdraw, in a specified manner, an amount not to exceed the qualified amount from any individual retirement account or any individual retirement annuity established for the benefit of such worker to pay any expenses for training in a new trade or occupation. Sets forth formulas for determination of a "qualified amount." Sets forth provisions relating to the manner of such withdrawal, including provisions for issuance of training vouchers. Prohibits depositary institutions from assessing penalties for early withdrawals for purposes of such training, but provides for adjusted rates of return on investments under certain conditions. Requires that such training in an eligible training program at a qualified institution be treated as training with the approval of the State agency for purposes of specified FUTA requirements relating to approval of State unemployment laws. Prohibits denial of any unemployment compensation payment under any Federal law solely because a displaced worker is in such training at an eligible training program at a qualified institution. Sets forth definitions of eligible training programs and training expenses. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe by regulation the application procedure and the criteria to be used in determining whether a training program is eligible; and (2) in making such determination, take into account determinations made by specified other officials and entities. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Directs the Secretary to keep paperwork to the minimum necessary to administer this title and carry out the purposes of this Act. Title II: Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1954 Relating to Employee Training - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the additional tax on early withdrawals from individual retirement accounts shall not apply to specified withdrawals for training of dislocated workers. Sets forth special rules for early withdrawals from individual retirement accounts. Establishes an employee training tax credit for employers. Sets forth formulas and rules relating to such employee training credit. Title III: State Employment Service Responsibilities - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor for FY 1985 and succeeding fiscal years for reimbursement payments to States for certain administrative costs incurred pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary to allocate such funds among all States which meet specified criteria in order to assist each such State to administer public employment offices or such other agencies which the Secretary has approved under specified FUTA provisions. Makes any State eligible for such payments if its public employment offices (or other such agencies) provide: (1) certification for displaced workers; and (2) labor market and training information and job search services (including specified counseling) to assist displaced workers to enroll in an eligible training program and obtain employment as quickly as possible. Directs the Secretary, within one year after enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on: (1) the extent to which the nationwide computerized job bank and matching program authorized under specified provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act can be expected to increase employment opportunities in each State; (2) the estimated cost of making such nationwide computerized job bank and matching program fully operational in the manner intended under such provisions; (3) the extent to which the development of such nationwide computerized job bank and matching program will require changes in the existing employment service operations in each State; and (4) the feasibility of using nonprofit privately operated job-referral services, in areas where such services are available, for the referral of individuals to jobs in low-wage industries where little or no skill is a prerequisite for employment rather than using State employment service offices or such nationwide computerized job bank and matching program. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to require private industry councils to make available throughout the service delivery area (SDA) information concerning training programs in such SDA which have been recognized as eligible training programs under this Act. Makes special provision for dislocated workers with respect to Pell Grants. Provides that, notwithstanding specified provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 or any other provision of law, the determination of the amount of the expected family contribution to a student to determine the amount of a basic grant to any student who is a certified displaced worker shall be made without including in the effective family income the amount of: (1) any unemployment compensation received by the student; or (2) any distribution from an individual retirement account established to pay training expenses of such student.

Bill· HRH.R. 5110 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies and that such benefit shall be payable for such month only to the extent proportionate to the number of days in such month preceding the date of the recipient's death.

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1984

Amends title II (Old age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that a beneficiary shall be entitled to a prorated benefit for the month in which he or she dies.

Bill· HRH.R. 5081 (98th)open

Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1984

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 5064 (98th)open

Defense Spare Parts Procurement Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1984

Defense Spare Parts Procurement Reform Act - Directs the head of a defense agency to establish procedures to recognize personnel efforts to increase competition and achieve cost savings in spare parts procurement. Requires each contractor supplying a military department to mark each item with: (1) the contractor's name and stock number for the item; and (2) the original manufacturer or producer if not the contractor. Requires all technical data relating to a part delivered under the contract to carry the name of the original manufacturer or producer and the stock number. Prohibits a contractor from entering into agreements with a subcontractor which restrict sales by the subcontractor directly to the United States. Limits such prohibition to contracts involving $25,000 or more. Requires that replacement parts be procured by competitive methods when possible. Directs a contracting officer to determine the availability of a part first through the supply system of the Defense Department and then under Federal supply contracts through the General Services Administration. Requires such officer to review the procurement history and description of a part. Directs the head of the contracting agency to require a bidder on a major system to specify: (1) whether the technical data provided would be with unlimited or limited rights and with a license; and (2) the cost of the United States of acquiring unlimited rights or a license. Requires that such bidders certify that items not available with unlimited rights will be developed at private expense and that the technical data is not in the public domain. Grants the United States unlimited rights in technical data delivered under contract if such data was developed wholly or in part at Government expense or is in the public domain. Establishes a second contractor review system and penalties for false statements concerning assertions that certain technical data is private. Directs a contractor to certify the completeness and accuracy of all statements concerning technical data to be or not to be provided, including opportunities and requirements for cure if such data should prove to be inaccurate or insufficient for subsequent reprocurement purposes. Directs the head of any agency to develop a plan for an accounting system to monitor access to and ownership of data which includes the possibility of a department-wide system for the retrieval of technical data. Requires the submission of such a plan to Congress. Directs the head of each such agency, within three years, to inventory the access to or the ownership of all technical data for each major system under the agency's jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary of Defense to coordinate such inventories to allow the exchange of information. Requires the head of each such agency to designate within the agency a competition advocate for the agency, and one for each procuring activity. Sets forth the functions of such advocates, including maximizing competitive opportunities during acquisition and challenging existing, inhibiting practices. Grants such advocates direct access to agency personnel. Requires each agency head to report to Congress by December 15 of each year on the management of the acquisition of replacement parts, including the activities of the competition advocates. Requires that such reports be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and break down information by the Department as a whole as well as for each of the military departments.

Bill· HRH.R. 5037 (98th)open

Milk Producers Prompt Payment Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984

Milk Producers Prompt Payment Act of 1984 - Provides that all milk purchased from a U.S. producer by a handler in a cash sale, and all inventories and proceeds and related products, shall be held by the handler in trust for the producer until the producer receives full payment. Exempts handlers whose total annual milk purchases do not exceed $500,000. Requires a handler to pay the full cash price to the producer within one day of receiving the milk, unless agreed otherwise. Grants producers a cause of action in U.S. district courts for handler trust or payment violations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5030 (98th)referred

Anti-Fraudulent Adoption Practices Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984

Antifraudulent Adoption Practices Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense for any person to knowingly and willfully make any false statement or conceal any material fact in connection with an adoption or the placement of a child in a home for permanent free care. Makes it unlawful for any person to solicit or receive money for arranging for an adoption or for a placement for permanent free care. Provides for the following exceptions: (1) licensed agencies; (2) fees received for professional legal or medical services; and (3) the person soliciting or receiving a fee is the natural parent of a child or the prospective adoptive parent. Provides for imprisonment for not more than five years and/or a fine of not more than $10,000. Makes it a Federal offense for any person to use force or duress to cause any other individual to travel in interstate or foreign commerce in connection with an adoption. Provides for imprisonment for not more than ten years and/or a fine of not more than $20,000. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) review model adoption legislation and procedures and propose necessary changes to insure against fraudulent practices; (2) coordinate with national, State, and volunteer organizations to improve State adoption legislation; and (3) assist States in the development of improved procedures for controlling illegal adoption practices. Grants the Federal district courts jurisdiction to hear any civil action involving fraudulent adoption practices regardless of the amount in controversy.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 270 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution protesting the denial by the International Olympic Committee of accreditation by Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty correspondents covering the Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, urging the International Olympic Committee to grant accreditation to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty to cover the Olympic Games, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984

States that the Congress: (1) protests the denial by the International Olympic Committee of accreditation to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) correspondents covering the winter Olympic games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and urges such Committee to grant accreditation to RFE/RL correspondents to cover future Olympic games, including the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles; and (2) calls upon the President to encourage the accreditation by the International Olympic Committee of RFE/RL correspondents who are recognized and supported by the U.S. Olympic Committee to cover the Olympic games.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 451 (98th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to David Phillip Vetter, of Spring, Texas, to be presented to his family in his memory.

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1984

Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to David Phillip Vetter, of Spring, Texas, to be presented to his family in his memory as the oldest survivor of congenital severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).

Bill· HRH.R. 5011 (98th)referred

A bill to clarify the intent of Congress in adopting title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, to prohibit any educational institution which receives any federal assistance, direct or indirect, from discriminating on the basis of sex, to provide that federal departments and agencies may terminate or deny all federal financial assistance to any educational institution which discriminates on the basis of sex, and to protect women against sex discrimination by educational institutions receiving any form of federal financial assistance.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984

Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.

Bill· HRH.R. 5006 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to treatment of certain rural hospitals under the prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services under the medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that a hospital shall be considered to be located in an urban area for purposes of the prospective payment system if the wage level within the county (or equivalent area) in which the hospital is located is not less than the average wage level for urban areas in the State.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 268 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the United States delegation to the United Nations to request the Secretary General to seek the cooperation of the Government of Vietnam with the Governments of the United States, People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, Canada, and the Philippines in ascertaining the fate or whereabouts of the 81 crewmen of the sunken United States registered vessel GLOMAR Java Sea.

United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the United Nations to request the Secretary General to seek the cooperation of Vietnam with the United States and specified other countries in ascertaining the whereabouts of the crewmen of the sunken U.S. vessel GLOMAR Java Sea.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 489 (98th)open

A joint resolution directing the President to secure a full accounting of Americans missing in Southeast Asia.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 4907 (98th)referred

Social Security Disability Benefits Continuation Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984

Social Security Disability Benefits Continuation Act of 1984 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to extend provisions providing for the continued payment of disability benefits during administrative appeal of a determination that a disability benefit receipient is no longer entitled to such benefits. (Under current law, such provisions apply with respect to disability determinations made prior to October 31, 1983.) Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to permit recipients of benefits based on disability or blindness who are determined to be no longer eligible for such benefits to elect to have the payment of such benefits continued during administrative appeal of such determinations. Provides that such benefit payments shall be considered overpayments if the Secretary of Health and Human Services affirms such a determination upon appeal.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 260 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should allow Igor Ogurtsov to be released from internal exile and allowed to emigrate to the West without renouncing his views.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the exile of Igor Ogurtsov; and (2) urge the Soviet Union to provide Igor Ogurtsov with medical care, grant his release from exile, and accept his application for an exit visa and allow him to emigrate without forcing him to renounce his views (in accordance with a specified international treaty).

Bill· HRH.R. 4821 (98th)open

Single Audit Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Single Audit Act of 1984 - Amends title 31 of the United States Code to add a new chapter 75 - Requirements for Single Audits. Establishes single financial audit requirements for State and local governments that receive $100,000 or more in Federal assistance in any fiscal year. Declares that a financial and compliance audit conducted in accordance with this Act shall be in lieu of any other financial and compliance audit which a State or local government is required to conduct under any other Federal law or regulation. Requires a Federal agency to conduct any additional audits necessary to carry out its responsibilities under Federal law or regulation. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prescribe regulations to implement this Act. Declares that the provisions of this Act shall apply to any State or local government with respect to any of its fiscal years which begin on or after the date of enactment. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on or before May 1, 1986, and annually thereafter, to submit to Congress a report on operations of such audits. Requires such report to identify each State or local government which is failing to comply.

Bill· HRH.R. 4832 (98th)open

National Individual Training Account Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

National Individual Training Account Act of 1984 - Title I: Individual Training Accounts - Establishes the national individual training account program to be administered by the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of the Treasury in cooperation with the States. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into agreements whereby States or State unemployment compensation agencies shall: (1) issue and redeem vouchers to pay training and relocation expenses; (2) accept contributions from employees and employers for deposit into individual training accounts and distribute any amount in any such account at such times as any distribution from such account is authorized; (3) provide individual counseling or job and training referral services to any participant in the program;and (4) cooperate with officers of the Federal Government or of any other State in carrying out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor, upon the request of a State, to provide information and to detail, on a reimbursable basis, personnel to assist such State in establishing a State individual training account program. Sets forth the duties of the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of the Treasury in administering the program established by this Act. Sets forth provisions for distributions from individual training accounts. Sets forth provisions for eligible training programs and for certification of such programs by the Secretary of Labor. Sets forth provisions for qualified relocation expenses and for approval of such expenses by the Secretary of Labor. Provides that individual training and related accounts are to be established as separate book accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund. Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 Relating to Individual Training Accounts - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions for approval of State unemployment compensation laws to require that a State have a State individual training account program which has been approved by the Secretary of Labor. Applies such requirement to certifications of such State laws for 1985 and subsequent years. Revises Federal unemployment tax provisions to add requirements relating to State individual training account programs. Revises provisions relating to itemized Federal income tax deductions for individuals and corporations to allow such deductions for employee or employer contributions to individual training accounts made after December 31, 1983. Prohibits any reduction (through an additional credit allowance) in Federal unemployment tax in the case of any large employer which refuses to participate in the national individual training account program. Defines "large employer" as one which during the calendar year employed an average of not less than 25 employees. Makes such denial of reduction applicable to calendar years beginning after December 31, 1985. Appropriates to the Secretary of Labor, for the expense of administering the Federal-State employment service, for each fiscal year ending after January 1, 1986, an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be equivalent to an unspecified portion of the amounts received in the general fund in the Treasury which are attributable to the operation of such denial of reduction in the unemployment tax rate of such large employers who refuse to participate in the national individual training account program.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 482 (98th)enacted

A joint resolution authorizing the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs.

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.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 258 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the FY 1985 funding levels for Federal foreign language and international education and exchange programs should be maintained or increased above the FY 1984 levels.