United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) ensure that U.S. officials carry out the pledge to resolve the issue of the Americans still missing and unaccounted for in Indochina; (2) work for the immediate release of any Americans still held captive and the return of the remains of those who died in Southeast Asia; and (3) make every effort to secure the further cooperation of Laos and Vietnam in resolving this issue.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that no law should be enacted which would: (1) increase the costs to be incurred by beneficiaries under titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; or (2) make more restrictive the eligibility requirements under such titles.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Veterans' Administration Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act - Title I: Adjudication Procedures - Codifies for Veterans Administration (VA) adjudication purposes the burden of proof and reasonable doubt standards currently provided for by VA regulation. States that a claimant has the burden of submitting sufficient evidence to justify his or her claim, and that if an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence exists regarding the merits of a claim, the VA is to resolve such doubt in favor of the claimant. States that VA subpoenas may be served either by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail. Requires the chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals to submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning the Board's current handling of cases and projections for the subsequent fiscal year. Requires the Board to: (1) provide notice to a claimant and an opportunity for a hearing before a decision may be based on "additional official information" received after a Board decision has previously been made; and (2) make its decision exclusively on evidence and material of record in the proceeding. Removes the requirement that new material sufficient to allow the Board to reopen a previously disallowed claim be in the form of official reports. Provides that the Board's discretionary authority to reopen a claim will not be diminished by a judicial decision following an appeal as provided for by this Act. Requires the Board to mail to the claimant notice of its decision and the reasons for such decision. Provides that, upon the request of a claimant, the Board shall provide an independent advisory medical opinion when there exists substantial medical disagreement with respect to a material issue in a veteran's appeal. Sets forth new procedural rules for adjudication hearings regarding: (1) oaths, affirmations, and witness examination; (2) admissibility of evidence; (3) procedural rights of claimants; (4) disqualification of a hearing officer; (5) the record of the proceedings and the claimant's right to examine and obtain a copy of such record; and (6) the exclusiveness of veterans' adjudication procedures and rights prescribed by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to provide at each stage of the appeal proceedings written notice to a claimant of the claimant's procedural rights. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of two alternative claims resolution methods: one a new intermediate-level adjudication process; the other an enhanced schedule of formal Appeals Board hearings. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on such studies. Title II: Veterans Administration Rule Making - Includes the VA's rulemaking procedures under the relevant provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Title III: Judicial Review - Provides for judicial review of VA decisions in the Federal court system. States with regard to jurisdiction: (1) the definition of final decision; (2) that judicial review of a final decision in a claim for benefits may be obtained in a civil action brought within 180 days of the Board's mailing of notice of its decision, and that such action shall be brought in Federal district court; (3) that the VA shall file the various materials constituting the record in a case together with its answer to the claimant's complaint; (4) that the court may render a decision on the pleadings; and (5) that the judicial review procedures established under this Act shall not apply to insurance and home loans. States, with regard to the reviewing court's scope of review, that such court: (1) shall decide questions of law and interpret constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions, but that questions of fact (unless unsupported by substantial evidence) will not be subject to a trial de novo; and (2) in reviewing a final decision of the VA which is adverse to a party solely because such party failed to comply with VA procedures, may only review questions concerning such procedures. Sets out provisions regarding remand, survival of actions, and appellate review. Title IV: Attorneys' Fees - Authorizes the Administrator to allow attorneys' fees above the present $10 maximum if the appealing party's claim is allowed by the VA after an initial denial. States that such fee shall be the lesser of: (1) the fee agreed upon by the party and attorney; (2) $500, unless the Administrator approves a greater amount; or (3) if the party and attorney have entered into a contingent-fee agreement, not more than 25 percent of the total of any past-due benefits awarded on the basis of such party's claim. Provides for the approval of attorneys' fees in successful veterans' claims brought before a court as provided for under this Act. States that such fees shall be determined by such court, and in contingent-fee agreements such fees shall not exceed 25 percent of the total of any past-due benefits awarded on the basis of such claim. Authorizes attorneys' fees of up to $750 in certain unsuccessful veterans' claims. Prohibits the VA from authorizing payment to a claimant's attorney based on past-due benefits unless such benefits are owed as of the date of the VA's or a court's award. States that such provisions regarding attorneys' fees shall only apply to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the VA and shall not apply in cases in which the VA is the plaintiff or in which other attorneys' fees statutes are otherwise controlling. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Sexual Assault Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for a series of graded sexual offenses consisting of: aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and abusive sexual contact. Provides for an offense involving the sexual abuse of a minor or ward. Makes such offenses neutral as to gender. Repeals the chapter on rape. Makes conforming changes to the Public Health Service Act, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, the Mental Health Systems Act, the Federal Aviation Act, and the Federal Rules of Evidence.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Repeals the requirement added by the Tax Reform Act of 1984 relating to the maintenance of contemporaneous records with respect to: (1) business travel expenses, including automobile expenses; (2) business entertainment expenses; and (3) expenses for gifts.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Antibiotic Protection Act of 1985 - Prohibits: (1) any antibiotic drug certified for human use from being added in sub-therapeutic doses to animal feed or to feed ingredients; and (2) antibiotic drugs or agents not certified for human use from being so used in animal feed unless such drugs have been demonstrated not to increase antibiotic-resistant bacteria in humans or animals.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Requires motor vehicle rental companies to provide child restraint systems in rented motor vehicles upon request. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such requirement. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits for an individual having a terminal illness shall begin with the first month such individual has such illness.
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 · 7 January 1985
State and Local Narcotics Control Assistance Act of 1985 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States to assist States and local governments to increase their drug enforcement activities. Requires such grants to be based on the relative needs of the States, taking into consideration the severity of drug trafficking and abuse and the availability of State and local resources to resolve such problems. Establishes a procedure for grant applications. Requires such an application to include a State-wide strategy for the enforcement of State drug laws. Imposes limitations on the use of such grants, including a maximum ten percent allocation for administrative purposes. Requires each State which receives a grant to submit a yearly report to the Attorney General, who shall in turn report to the Congress with respect to such grants. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for developing more effective drug abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs. Establishes a procedure for grant applications. Authorizes appropriations for both grant programs for FY 1986 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1985
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Treatment Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate 20 centers for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Requires such centers to: (1) provide a central facility for diagnosis, evaluation, and counseling; (2) develop standards of treatment and methods of delivering cost-effective services; (3) train professionals and nonprofessionals in diagnosing and treating such disorders; and (4) develop a comprehensive acute and long-term treatment program. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1990 appropriations. Directs the Secretary to make $1,000,000 available to each center for each of at least five years for teaching, training, research, and staffing. Permits eligible persons to elect to receive benefits as provided for by this Act rather than under titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), or XX (Grants to States for Service) of the Social Security Act, or under the Older Americans Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1985
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to provide that an individual who, as of September 12, 1984, was performing services for one member of a corporate group and was eligible for nontaxable air travel benefits provided by a corporate affiliate shall continue to be eligible for such benefits if as of that date: (1) the primary business of the affiliated group was air transportation of passengers; and (2) at least 50 percent of the persons performing services for the corporation for which the individual is currently performing services were employees of or had previously performed services for the second such corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Civil Liberties Act of 1985 - Title I: Recognition of Injustice and an Apology on Behalf of the Nation - States that the Congress recognizes that a grave injustice was done to both citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II. Title II: United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens - Requests the President to offer pardons of those convicted of violating laws during the internment period whose violation was based on a refusal to accept racially discriminatory treatment. Provides that Federal departments and agencies that review applications for restitution of positions, status, or entitlement lost during the internment period shall review such applications giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. Establishes within the Treasury a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires the Attorney General to pay $20,000 from the Fund to each surviving internee. Establishes a Board of Directors which shall be responsible for making disbursement from the Fund. Provides that disbursement from the Fund shall be used to: (1) sponsor research and public educational activities dealing with the internment; (2) fund studies of similar civil liberties abuses; (3) prepare and distribute hearings and findings of the Commission; and (4) promote the general welfare of the ethnic Japanese community in the United States. Title III: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution - Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act - Establishes within the Treasury the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Fund. Directs the Administrator of the Fund (the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association) to make restitution for certain Aleut losses sustained in World War II. Requires the Administrator to establish a trust of $5,000,000 and to distribute the interest of such trust for: (1) the benefit of the elderly, disabled, or seriously ill; (2) students in need of scholarship assistance; (3) preservation of Aleut cultural heritage and historical records; (4) the improvement of community centers of affected Aleut villages; and (5) other purposes to improve Aleut life. Authorizes the Administrator to rebuild and restore churches and church property damaged or destroyed in Aleut villages during World War II. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments of $12,000 from the fund to each eligible Aleut for any uncompensated personal property loss. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to implement a program for the removal and disposal of live ammunition, obsolete buildings, abandoned machinery, and other hazardous debris remaining in populated areas of the lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Aleut Corporation all right, title, and interest of the United States in Attu Island, Alaska. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides that all documents, personal testimony, and other material collected by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians shall be deposited in the National Archives of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to require that any attorney who collects debts on behalf of a client be subject to the provisions of such Act.
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
Requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to: (1) conduct research for identifying and measuring wage discrimination; (2) assist any public or private entity in eliminating discriminatory pay practices; and (3) implement policies and procedures to prohibit employment discrimination. Requires the Commission to determine the number and nature of all charges filed under the Civil Rights Act of 1954 and to report to the Congress with a summary prepared pursuant to this Act. Requires the Commission to conduct a study in consultation with organizations representing Federal employees and analyze: (1) the procedures established by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish classifications of positions in the competitive service; and (2) the actual practice of the Director and the heads of Federal agencies in complying with the principle of equal pay for work of equal value when establishing job classifications for employees. Requires the Commission to report to the President and the Congress on its findings and provide a copy to the Director of OPM. Directs the Director to submit his comments on the report to the President and the Congress. Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, to report to the President and the Congress on actions taken to enforce the prohibitions contained in Executive Order Numbered 11246 against discrimination by Federal contractors. Requires the Attorney General, acting through the Office of Civil Rights, to report to the President and the Congress on actions taken to enforce the prohibitions against sex discrimination in compensation contained in title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order Numbered 11246, and other Federal laws. Requires Federal agencies responsible for submitting equal employment opportunity plans to include in such plans: (1) a review and identification of any discriminatory pay practices and any violation of the principle of equal pay for jobs of equal value; and (2) a plan for eliminating any such practices and remedying any such violation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Postal Service Employees' Political Activities Act of 1985 - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to encourage employees of the United States Postal Service to exercise their rights to participate or refrain from participating in political processes. Prohibits such employees from: (1) using their official authority to influence the result of any election or the political action of any person; (2) using any information obtained through employment and not publicly available for any political purposes; (3) giving or offering to give a political contribution to any individual either to vote or refrain from voting; (4) soliciting or receiving a political contribution to vote or refrain from voting; (5) knowingly giving a political contribution to a superior; (6) knowingly soliciting or receiving a political contribution from another subordinate employee; or (7) knowingly soliciting or receiving a political contribution in specified facilities or from any person who has or is seeking business relations with the employee's agency. Directs the Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission to prescribe certain exemptions to such prohibitions. Prohibits employees from engaging in political activities while on duty, while wearing a uniform or official insignia identifying their position, or in designated areas. Requires a postal employee to notify his or her agency (U.S. Postal Service or the Postal Rate Commission, as applicable) upon becoming a candidate for elective office. Permits such employee to take annual leave or leave without pay to engage in activities related to his or her candidacy. Sets forth the penalties to be imposed against any employee who is found by the Merit Systems Protection Board to have violated this Act. Requires the Postal Service to study and report to the Congress on the effects of this Act on the political activities of employees, the merit system, and matters generally contributing to the improper use of official authorities or information by employees.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends title VII (Equal Employment Opportunity) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against any individual who is physically or mentally handicapped.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal rules relating to the determination of the issue price of certain debt instruments issued for property. Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to repeal the revisions made to rules for the imputation of interest on certain deferred payments. Provides that the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied and administered as if such revisions had not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1985 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation. Provides that this Act shall not be construed to permit a finding of discrimination based on statistical differences or the fashioning of any remedy requiring a quota.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to provide alternate water supplies to replace contaminated groundwater. Makes owners or operators of a public water system or units of local government eligible for such assistance. Limits the Federal share of costs to 50 percent and also limits the maximum amount of any one grant and total grants within a State. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the Congress on such grant program, including information on the sources and extent of groundwater contamination and the number of people affected. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to make permanent the increase in the excise tax on cigarettes. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for cost-of-living adjustments in the rate of such tax. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to appropriate to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund the funds raised by such excise tax.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Permits members of the clergy and members of the uniformed services to deduct expenses related to tax-exempt housing allowances and subsistence allowances without regard to the operation of Revenue Ruling 83-3.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Vietnam Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Compensation Act - Creates a presumption of service-connection for disability purposes for veterans suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Water Resources Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act of 1985 - Imposes a ceiling on amounts authorized for projects under this Act, subject to specified automatic increases. Title I: Port Development - Port Development and Navigation Improvement Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to develop the following port projects: (1) Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia; (2) Mobile Harbor, Alabama; (3) Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf to Baton Rouge, Louisiana; (4) Texas City Channel, Texas; (5) New York Harbor and adjacent channels, New York and New Jersey; (6) Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, San Pedro Bay, California; (7) Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River, New Hampshire; (8) New Haven Harbor, Connecticut; (9) Gowanus Creek Channel, New York; (10) Kill Van Kull, New York and New Jersey; (11) Arthur Kill, New York and New Jersey; (12) New York Harbor and adjacent channels, New York and New Jersey; (13) Wilmington Harbor--Northeast Cape Fear River, North Carolina; (14) Charleston Harbor, South Carolina; (15) Savannah Harbor, Georgia; (16) Manatee Harbor, Florida; (17) Tampa Harbor, East Bay Channel, Florida; (18) San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico; (19) Crown Bay Channel--St. Thomas Harbor, Virgin Islands; (20) Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi; (21) Cleveland Harbor, Ohio; (22) Lorain Harbor, Ohio; (23) Grand Haven Harbor, Michigan; (24) Monroe Harbor, Michigan; (25) Brazos Island Harbor, Texas--Brownsville Channel; (26) Duluth-Superior, Minnesota and Wisconsin; (27) San Francisco Harbor, California--Fisherman's Wharf area; (28) Oakland Outer Harbor and Oakland Inner Harbor, California; (29) Richmond Harbor, California; (30) Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel, California; (31) Hilo Harbor, Hawaii; (32) Blair and Sitcum Waterways, Tacoma Harbor, Washington; (33) Grays Harbor, Washington; and (34) East, West, and Duwamish Waterways, Washington. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress final environmental impact statements concerning port development projects. Allows non-Federal entities to submit to the Secretary for review plans for port development not authorized by Federal law. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a report containing results and recommendations of such non-Federal port development review. Provides for the undertaking by non-Federal entities of navigation projects approved by the Secretary. Provides for reimbursement to non-Federal interests of the Federal share of any navigation project approved. Specifies the Federal share of costs for planning, designing, engineering, and surveying of navigation projects. Allows ship levies and fees to be collected in limited circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to guarantee loans to non-Federal entities to finance navigation projects. Establishes in the Treasury a Federal Port Navigation Project Financing Fund. Provides congressional consent to the levy of tonnage duties by a non-Federal interest on vessels entering deep-draft ports, subject to certain conditions. Authorizes appropriations from the Port Infrastructure Development and Improvement Trust Fund for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1983, to make reimbursements and to pay the Federal share of project costs. Expresses the policy of the Congress that use of the disposal site known as "Mud Dump" near Sandy Hook, New Jersey, shall be terminated, and replacement sites shall be designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency within four years of the enactment of this Act. Requires annual reports by the Administrator concerning such designation. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any non-Federal interest operating a project for a port for provision of emergency response services in such port. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to the non-Federal interest operating Morro Bay Harbor, California, for construction of a new port office. Title II: Inland Waterway Transportation System - Authorizes the Secretary to commence the following navigation improvement projects: (1) Oliver Lock and Dam, Black Warrior-Tombigbee River, Alabama; (2) Gallipolis Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Ohio and West Virginia; (3) Winfield Locks and Dam, Kanawha River, West Virginia; (4) Lock and Dam 7, Monongahela River, Pennsylvania; (5) Lock and Dam 8, Monongahela River, Pennsylvania; (6) Lock and Dam 26, Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois, and Missouri; and (7) Bonneville Lock and Dam, Oregon and Washington--Columbia River and tributaries, Washington. Title III: Flood Control - Authorizes the Secretary to commence the following flood control projects: (1) Quincy Coastal Streams, Massachusetts; (2) Roughans Point, Massachusetts; (3) Cazenovia Creek, New York; (4) Mamaroneck, Sheldrake, and Byram Rivers, New York and Connecticut; (5) Rahway River and Van Winkles Brook, New Jersey; (6) Robinson's Branch--Rahway River, New Jersey; (7) Green Brook Sub-Basin, Raritan River Basin, New Jersey; (8) James River Basin, Virginia; (9) Oates Creek, Georgia; (10) Village Creek, Alabama; (11) Threemile Creek, Alabama; (12) Bushley Bayou, Louisiana; (13) Louisiana State Penitentiary Levee, Mississippi River, Louisiana; (14) Sowashee Creek, Meridian, Mississippi; (15) Nonconnah Creek and St. Johns Creek, Tennessee and Mississippi; (16) Horn Lake Creek and Tributaries, Tennessee and Mississippi; (17) Muskingum River, Killbuck, Ohio; (18) Muskingum River, Mansfield, Ohio; (19) Hocking River, Logan, Ohio; (20) Hocking River, Nelsonville, Ohio; (21) Scioto River, Ohio; (22) Little Miami River, Ohio; (23) Miami River, Fairfield, Ohio; (24) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; (25) Lock Haven, Pennsylvania; (26) Schuylkill River Basin, Pottstown, Pennsylvania; (27) Saw Mill Run, Pennsylvania; (28) Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania; (29) Eight Mile Creek, Paragould, Arkansas; (30) Fourche Bayou Basin, Arkansas; (31) Helena and Vicinity, Arkansas; (32) West Memphis and Vicinity, Arkansas; (33) Mingo Creek, Oklahoma; (34) Fry Creeks, Oklahoma; (35) Maline Creek, Missouri; (36) St. John's Bayou and New Madrid Floodway, Missouri; (37) Ste. Genevieve, Missouri; (38) Brush Creek and Tributaries, Missouri and Kansas; (39) Cape Girardeau, Missouri; (40) Halstead, Kansas; (41) Upper Little Arkansas River, Kansas; (42) Rock River, Illinois; (43) Green Bay Levee and Drainage District Number 2, Iowa; (44) South Quincy Drainage and Levee District, Illinois; (45) North Branch of Chicago River, Illinois; (46) Little Calumet River, Indiana; (47) Perry Creek, Iowa; (48) Muscatine Island, Iowa; (49) Des Moines River Basin, Iowa and Minnesota; (50) Redwood River, Minnesota; (51) Root River Basin, Minnesota; (52) South Fork Zumbro River, Minnesota; (53) Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minnesota; (54) Park River, Grafton, North Dakota; (55) Fountain Creek, Colorado; (56) Metropolitan Denver, Colorado; (57) Boggy Creek, Texas; (58) Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries, Texas; (59) Lake Wichita, Holliday Creek, Texas; (60) Lower Rio Grande, Texas; (61) Sims Bayou, Texas; (62) Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico; (63) Puerco River and Tributaries, New Mexico; (64) Little Colorado River, Arizona; (65) Cache Creek Basin, California; (66) Redbank and Fancher Creeks, California; (67) Santa Ana River Mainstream, California; (68) Alenaio Stream, Hawaii; (69) Agana River, Guam; (70) Little Wood River, Idaho; (71) Yakima-Union Gap, Washington; (72) Chehalis River, Washington; (73) Centralia, Washington; (74) Licking River, Salyersville, Kentucky; (75) Gold Gulch, California; (76) Pearl River Basin, Louisiana; (77) Amite River, Louisiana; (78) Comite River, Louisiana; (79) Tangipahoa River, Louisiana; (80) Tchefuncte River, Louisiana; (81) Tickfaw River, Louisiana; (82) Bogue Chitto River, Louisiana; (83) Natalbany River, Louisiana; (84) International Levee, Noyes, Minnesota; (85) Calleguas Creek, Conejo Creek to the Pacific Ocean, California; (86) Coyote Creek, California; (87) Guadalupe River, California; (88) Monroe, West Monroe, and Ouachita Parish, Louisiana; (89) Passaic River Basin, New Jersey and New York; (90) Illinois River at Meredosia, Illinois; (91) Mission Zanja Creek, Redlands, California; (92) Rio Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico; (93) Salt and Eel Rivers, California; (94) Malhauer and Harney Lakes, Oregon; (95) O'Hare System of the Chicagoland Underflow Plan, Illinois; (96) Louisville, Kentucky; (97) Poplar Brook, New Jersey; and (98) Pearl River Basin, Mississippi. Provides that the non-Federal share of the cost of any flood control project authorized under this Act shall be 25 percent. Defines certain costs, values, and non-Federal contributions for purposes of this Act. Title IV: Shoreline Protection - Authorizes the Secretary to effectuate the following shoreline protection projects: (1) Rockaway Inlet to Norton Point, New York; (2) Cape May Inlet to Lower Township, New Jersey; (3) Atlantic Coast of Maryland (Ocean City); (4) Willoughby Spit, Virginia; (5) Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina; (6) Folly Beach, South Carolina; (7) Panama City Beaches, Florida; (8) St. Johns County, Florida; (9) Charlotte County, Florida; (10) Indian River County, Florida; (11) Dade County, Florida; (12) Monroe County, Florida; (13) Presque Isle Peninsula, Erie, Pennsylvania; (14) Casino Beach, Chicago, Illinois; (15) Illinois Beach State Park, Illinois; (16) Indiana Shoreline, Indiana; (17) Coconut Point, Tutuila Island, American Samoa; and (18) Fort Elsinboro, Sea Breeze, Gandys Beach, Reeds Beach, Pierces Point, and Fortescue, New Jersey. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a report on each site following its construction. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning in 1985. Title V: Water Resources Conservation and Development - Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the following works of improvement for water resources development and conservation: (1) Neponset River, Norfolk, Massachusetts; (2) Big River Reservoir, Rhode Island; (3) Olcott Harbor, New York; (4) Hampton Roads Debris Removal, Virginia; (5) Rudee Inlet, Virginia; (6) Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Bridges, North Carolina; (7) Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake, Georgia and South Carolina; (8) Metropolitan Atlanta Area, Georgia; (9) Jacksonville Harbor (Mill Cove), Florida; (10) Yazoo Backwater Area, Mississippi; (11) Greenville Harbor, Mississippi; (12) Vicksburg Harbor, Mississippi; (13) Memphis Harbor, Memphis, Tennessee; (14) Lake Pontchartrain North Shore, Louisiana; (15) Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana; (16) Red River Waterway, Louisiana; (17) Cabin Creek, West Virginia; (18) Obion Creek, Kentucky; (19) Muddy Boggy Creek, Parker Lake, Oklahoma; (20) Fort Gibson Lake, Oklahoma; (21) Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir, Missouri; (22) Trimble Wildlife Area, Smithville Lake, Little Platte River, Missouri; (23) St. Louis Harbor, Missouri and Illinois; (24) Missouri River Mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska; (25) Davenport, Iowa (Nahant Marsh); (26) Helena Harbor, Phillips County, Arkansas; (27) White River Navigation to Batesville, Arkansas; (28) Trinity River, Texas; (29) Cooper Lake and Channels, Texas; (30) Sacramento River Bank Protection, California; (31) Sweetwater River, California; (32) Lava Flow Control, Hawaii; (33) Wailua Falls, Wailua River, Kauai, Hawaii; (34) City Waterway, Tacoma, Washington; (35) McNary Lock and Dam, Washington and Oregon; (36) Bethel Bank Stabilization, Alaska; (37) Kodiak Harbor, Alaska; and (38) St. Paul Island, Alaska. Requires the Secretary to submit to appropriate congressional committees any final environmental impact studies on any of the above projects which may become available. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to undertake the following demonstration projects: (1) Albert Lea Lake, Minnesota; and (2) Des Moines River, Iowa. Sets up an advisory committee for the Iowa demonstration project. Authorizes the Secretary to make any purchases deemed necessary to carry out such project. Sets forth the Federal share of such projects and authorizes appropriations beginning after September 30, 1984. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake the following beach erosion control, navigation, storm protection, and other projects: (1) Hereford Inlet, Delaware Bay and Cape May Canal, New Jersey; (2) Barnegat Inlet to Longport, New Jersey; (3) Lake George, Hobart, Indiana; (4) Ohio River (various sites); (5) Bird Island, Niagara River and Lake Erie, Buffalo, New York; (6) Passaic, Pequannock, Pompton, and Ramapo Rivers, New Jersey; (7) Small Boat Harbor, Buffalo, New York; (8) Red Lake River, Minnesota; (9) Yazoo River, Mississippi; (10) Greenwood Lake and Belcher Creek, New Jersey; (11) Coosa River, Alabama; (12) Black Warrior River, Alabama; (13) Larkspur Ferry Channel, Larkspur, California; (14) Weeks Bay, Vermilion Bay, and Southwest Pass, Louisiana; (15) Swinomish Channel, La Conner, Washington; (16) Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama and Mississippi; (17) Sauk Lake, Minnesota; and (18) Muck Levee, Salt Creek, Illinois. Directs the Secretary to carry out a demonstration project for bank stabilization and development of a recreation area along the east bank of the Passaic River, New Jersey. Permits the Secretary to acquire all necessary lands and interests to carry out this project. Declares the Federal share of the cost of such project to be 100 percent. Authorizes appropriations for such project beginning with FY 1985. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake the following waterway improvement and shore protection projects: (1) Rillito River, Tucson, Arizona; (2) Pebble Beach Drive, Crescent City, California; (3) Little River, Horatio, Arkansas; (4) Swan Creek, Newport, Michigan; (5) Caney Creek, Jackson, Mississippi; and (6) Deal Lake, New Jersey. Directs the Secretary to transfer to New Hanover County, North Carolina, all title and interest to a surplus dredging vessel in Wilmington, North Carolina, known as the "Hyde hopper dredge." Authorizes the Secretary to lease specified land in Wilson County, Tennessee, to a nonprofit youth ranch in Tennessee. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to conduct for five years at multiple sites on the Platte River and its tributaries in Nebraska a flood control and erosion prevention demonstration program. Outlines measures to be taken under such program. Requires the Secretary to evaluate the environmental impacts of such project. Specifies sites on the Platte River at which such program shall be conducted. Directs the Secretary to establish a Platte River Advisory Group. Authorizes appropriations for this project beginning with FY 1985 and requires an annual report to the Congress by the Secretary on work undertaken. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake interim emergency flood control measures along Wheeling Creek in specified areas of Ohio. Authorizes appropriations for such project. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake the following navigation and flood control projects: (1) Wilson Harbor, Wilson, New York; (2) Oak Orchard Harbor, Carlton, New York; and (3) Five Mile Creek, Dallas, Texas. Title VI: Water Resources Studies - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress feasibility reports on the following water resources projects: (1) Illinois River, Hardin, Illinois; (2) Kinnickinnic River, Wisconsin; (3) Milton, Pennsylvania; and (4) Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Directs the Secretary to study the possibility of converting former industrial sites, millraces, etc. for use as new hydroelectric projects. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to study utilizing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conserve fish and wildlife. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects of alternative habitats for fish and wildlife, including man-made reefs for fish. Authorizes a study of national flood control problems. Directs the Secretary to determine the extent of shoreline erosion damage due to joint U.S.-Canadian regulation of Lake Superior. Directs the Secretary, within two years of enactment of this Act, to prepare and submit to the Congress an estimate of the long-range capital investment needs for water resources programs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Defines the information to be included in such report. Directs the Secretary to expedite completion of the study of New York Harbor and Adjacent Channels, New York and New Jersey. Directs a study of the extent and adverse environmental effects of dioxin contamination in the Passaic River-Newark Bay navigation system. Requires a report to the Congress within a year of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a list of water resource studies authorized but not reported to the Congress. Outlines information concerning such studies to be included with the list. Directs the Secretary to submit certain reports, both for congressional use and for public information. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to undertake a feasibility study of navigation improvements at Saginaw Bay and River, Michigan. Directs the Secretary to complete studies for shoreline protection and navigation improvement for the following: (1) Rancho Palos Verdes coastline, California; (2) Sunset Harbor, California; (3) Southwest Pass to Sabine Pass, offshore waters of Louisiana; and (4) Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne, Louisiana. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake a study on the feasibility of opening a channel between Jamaica Bay and Reynolds Channel, Long Island, New York, for the purpose of water quality improvement. Directs the Secretary to study land acquisition policies applicable to water resources projects carried out by the Secretary. Requires a report by the Secretary concerning such study to the appropriate congressional committees within one year of enactment of this Act. Prohibits the study of any river basin plan which has as its objective the transfer of water from either the Columbia or Arkansas River Basins to any other region or major river basin unless such study is approved by the Governors of all affected states. Directs the Secretary to immediately investigate erosion problems of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River and make a report to the Congress within six months after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study about controlling storm water runoff on a watershed basis and report to the Congress on such study within two years of enactment of this Act. Authorizes various further studies by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to complete a study of Army Corps of Engineers project evaluation and selection criteria in relation to rural areas and areas with greater percentages of low-income individuals. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to study the eradication and control of hydrilla in the Potomac River and to submit to the Congress a report on such study by September 30, 1985. Title VII: Project Modifications - Modifies the following channel improvement and flood control projects: (1) Lynnhaven Inlet and Bay, Virginia; (2) Southern Branch of Elizabeth River, Virginia; (3) Ohio River Basin; (4) Mamaroneck Harbor, New York; (5) Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana; (6) Reelfoot Lake Number 9, Kentucky; (7) Yaquina Bay and Harbor, Oregon; (8) South Platte River Basin, Colorado; (9) Sacramento River, California; (10) King Harbor, Redondo Beach, California; (11) Honolulu Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii; (12) Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, California; (13) Colorado River, Texas; (14) Niobrara, Nebraska; (15) Alabama-Coosa River, Alabama; (16) Kickapoo River, Wisconsin; (17) East St. Louis and vicinity, Illinois; (18) Winona, Minnesota; (19) Wenatchee, Washington; (20) Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois and Missouri; (21) Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana; (22) Houston Ship Channel, Greens Bayou, Texas; (23) Rio Grande bank protection, Texas; (24) Anacostia River, District of Columbia and Maryland; (25) Yazoo River, Mississippi; (26) Corte Madera Creek, California; (27) Mississippi River, Teche-Vermilion Basins, Louisiana; (28) Granger Dam, San Gabriel River, Texas; (29) Lewisville Lake, Texas; (30) Dardanelle lock and dam, Arkansas; (31) Susquehanna River, Sunbury, Pennsylvania; (32) Hudson River, New York; (33) San Lorenzo River, California; (34) Sacramento River, California; (35) New Melones Dam and Reservoir, California; (36) McMicken Dam and Outlet Channel, Gila River Basin, Arizona; (37) Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Peck Beach, New Jersey; (38) Corson Inlet and Ludlam Beach, New Jersey; (39) Townsend Inlet and Seven Mile Beach, New Jersey; (40) Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Rivers, Georgia and Florida; (41) Cowlitz and Toutle Rivers, Washington; (42) Milk River, Havre, Montana; (43) Snake River, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; (44) Curwensville Lake, Pennsylvania; (45) Waterloo, Iowa; (46) Western Tennessee tributaries, Tennessee and Kentucky; (47) Kawkawlin River, Michigan; (48) Denison Dam (Lake Texoma), Red River, Texas and Oklahoma; (49) Buffalo Ship Canal, Buffalo, New York; (50) Jackson Hole, Snake River, Wyoming; (51) Newport Bay Harbor, California; (52) South Platte River Basin, Colorado; (53) Beaver Lake, Arkansas; and (54) Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico. Modifies channel improvement and flood control projects in: (1) Saginaw River, Michigan; (2) Brunswick Harbor, Georgia; (3) Houston Ship Channel, Texas; (4) Hansen Dam, Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers, California; (5) Newport News Creek, Virginia; (6) Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania; (7) Dunkirk Harbor, New York; (8) Bayport Ship Channel, Texas; (9) Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii; (10) Bayou Lafourche and Lafourche-Jump Waterway, Louisiana; (11) Noyo, California; (12) Endicott, Johnson City, and Vestal, New York; (13) Sardis Lake, Oklahoma; (14) Cambridge Creek, Maryland; and (15) Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey. Title VIII: Water Supply - Subtitle A: Loan Program - Water Supply Rehabilitation and Conservation Act of 1983 - Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to departments, agencies, units of State or local government, or any person operating a water supply system for the purpose of improving such system. Provides that the amount of such loan shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the project. Sets limitations on the total amount of loans permitted. Enumerates conditions upon which no loan will be made. Requires approval of any loans made by both houses of the Congress. Lists requirements for loan applications, including: (1) a detailed plan and estimated cost of the project; (2) a showing that the applicant holds all necessary rights to land and water use; (3) applicant ability to finance the non-Federal portion of the project; and (4) a showing of the improvements the plan would make in water supply. Gives priority in loans to water systems currently polluted and posing a potential danger to human health. Allows the granting of loans only if the operator of a water supply system to whom the loan is granted implements a model water conservation program. Defines a "model water conservation program." Requires that the agreement reached between the Secretary and any loan grantee include: (1) the amount of the loan and its interest rate; (2) a repayment period; and (3) such provisions deemed necessary to assure prompt repayment. Allows the Secretary to increase the maximum percentage of the cost of a project in specified circumstances. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988, and such sums as may be necessary thereafter. Authorizes the following water supply projects to receive loans: (1) Buffalo, New York; (2) Berlin, New Hampshire; (3) Rochester, New Hampshire; (4) Saint Thomas, Saint Croix, and Saint John, Virgin Islands; (5) Dupage County, Illinois; (6) New York City, New York; (7) Fort Smith and Van Buren, Arkansas; (8) American Samoa; (9) William H. Harsha Lake, Ohio; (10) Totowa, New Jersey; (11) Jersey City, New Jersey; (12) Rockaway Township, New Jersey; (13) Falmouth, Kentucky; (14) Borough of Ford City, Pennsylvania; (15) Tucson, Arizona; (16) Boston, Massachusetts; (17) Cook County, Illinois; (18) Brockton, Massachusetts; (19) Hesperia, California; (20) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; (21) Huntington, West Virginia; (22) Grand Haven, Michigan; (23) Battle Creek, Michigan; (24) Western Tutuila Island, American Samoa; (25) Beccaria-Houtzdale area, Pennsylvania; (26) Blue Creek, Ohio; and (27) Morris County, New Jersey. Subtitle B: Water Supply Projects - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to survey, plan, and recommend to the Congress: (1) projects for the repair, rehabilitation, expansion, and improvement of water supply systems; and (2) projects for the construction of single and multiple-purpose water supply systems needed to meet existing and anticipated future demand. Allows no appropriation for any survey unless such appropriation has been approved by either house of the Congress. Requires the appropriate non-Federal interests to provide the necessary land, easements, and rights-of-way for any such project. Allows the Secretary to reduce the percentage amount of the project to be paid by non-Federal interests in specified circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to water supply system operators in identifying problems and initiating repair, rehabilitation, expansion, and improvement to the system. Directs the Secretary to study existing water resources projects to determine the feasibility of using such projects for water supply on an interim or permanent basis. Authorizes the Secretary to design and construct a treatment plant and water conveyance system from Lake Arcadia to Edmond, Oklahoma, with specified conditions. Authorizes and directs the construction of treatment and conveyance facilities for Parker Lake, Oklahoma. Modifies the water supply project at Caesar Creek, Ohio River Basin, Ohio. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the States, to make a detailed estimate of needed repair, rehabilitation, and construction of water supply and distribution facilities and the costs thereof in each and all of the States. Requires the transmitting of such estimate to the Congress within two years of enactment of this Act. Title IX: Namings - Designates the following reservoirs, harbors, and locks and dams: (1) Winthrop Rockefeller Reservoir, Arkansas; (2) Emmett Sanders Lock and Dam, Arkansas; (3) Joe Hardin Lock and Dam, Arkansas; (4) James W. Trimble Lock and Dam, Arkansas; (5) Arthur Ormond Lock and Dam, Arkansas; (6) Greilickville Harbor, Michigan; (7) Elvis Stahr Harbor, Kentucky; (8) Wilbur D. Mills Dam, Arkansas; (9) S.W. Taylor Memorial Park, Alabama; (10) Jack D. Maltester Channel, California; (11) Peyton S. Hawes Visitors Center, South Carolina and Georgia; and (12) H.K. Thatcher Lock and Dam, Arkansas. Title X: Project Deauthorizations - Deauthorizes the following flood control, hydroelectric power, or navigation projects, by State: (1) Alabama: (a) Alabama River; (b) Big Wills Creek Lake; (c) Crooked Creek Lake; (d) Hatchet Creek Lake; (e) Little River Lake; (f) Mill Creek Lake; (g) Terrapin Creek Lake; (h) Waxahatchee Creek Lake; (i) Weogufka Creek Lake; (j) Yellowleaf Creek; (k) Big Canoe Creek Lake; (2) Alaska: (a) Myers Chuck Harbor; (b) Nome Harbor; (c) Skagway River; (3) Arkansas: (a) Crooked Creek Lake Levee; (b) Gillette New Levee, Lower Arkansas River; (c) Murfreesboro Reservoir; (4) California: (a) Alhambra Creek; (b) Aliso Creek Dam, Santa Ana River Basin; (c) Bear River; (d) Butler Valley Dam, Mad River; (e) Eel River; (f) Sierra Madre Wash, Los Angeles County Drain Area; (g) Monterey Harbor; (h) Napa River Basin; (i) Napa River; (j) Old River; (k) San Juan Dam, Santa Ana River Basin; (l) Trabuco Dam, Santa Ana River Basin; (m) University Wash and Spring Brook; (n) Calusa to Red Bluff, Sacramento River; (o) San Joaquin River; (5) Colorado: (a) Boulder; (b) Castlewood Lake; (6) Connecticut: (a) Bridgeport Harbor--Black Rock Harbor; (b) Connecticut River below Hartford; (c) Mystic River; (d) Silver Beach to Cedar Beach; (e) Stonington Harbor; (f) Thames River; (g) New Haven Harbor; (h) Milford Harbor; (7) District of Columbia: Washington, D.C. and vicinity; (8) Florida: (a) Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Cross Bank to Key West; (b) Biscayne Bay; (c) Cedar Keys Harbor; (d) Broward County and Hillsboro Inlet; (e) Intracoastal Waterway, Sebastian Channel; (f) Jacksonville Harbor Mooring Basin; (g) Key West Harbor; (h) Miami Harbor, Miami River; (i) Okeechobee Waterway; (j) Oklawaha River; (k) Palm Beach Harbor; (l) Lake Worth Inlet to South Lake Worth Inlet; (m) Carrabelle to St. Marks; (n) Pensacola Harbor; (o) Saint Augustine Harbor; (p) Tampa Harbor; (9) Georgia: (a) Canton Lake; (b) Cartecay Lake; (c) Gilmer Lake; (d) Kingston Lake; (e) Lazer Creek Lake; (f) Lower Auchumpkee Creek Lake; (g) Spewrell Bluff Lake; (10) Hawaii: (a) Ala Wai Harbor, Oahu; (b) Hanapepe Bay Seawall, Kauai; (c) Kaunakakai Deep Draft Harbor, Molokai; (d) Waimea Beach Seawall, Kauai; (11) Idaho: (a) Mud Lake Area; (b) South Fork, Clearwater River; (c) Teton River; (d) Blackfoot Reservoir; (e) Boise Valley; (f) Cottonwood Creek Dam; (g) Heise-Roberts Levee Extension; (h) Weiser River; (i) Whitebird Creek; (12) Illinois: (a) Chicago River, Cook County; (b) Dam 43, Ohio River; (c) Farmers Drainage and Levee District; (d) Freeport; (e) Illinois Waterway Navigation Project; (f) Kenilworth, Shore of Lake Michigan; (g) Levee Unit 1, Wabash River; (h) Levees District 21, Vandalia; (i) Little Calumet River; (j) Metropolis; (k) Mississippi River between Missouri River and Minneapolis; (l) Ohio River Open Channel, Louis District; (m) Ice Pier; (n) Peoria County Levees, Peoria; (o) Shawneetown; (p) Scott County Drainage and Levee District; (q) South Beloit; (r) Waukegan Harbor; (s) William L. Springer Lake; (t) Alton Commercial Harbor; (u) Keach Drainage and Levee District, Green County; (v) Big Swan Drainage and Levee District; (w) Fort Chartres and Ivy Landing Drainage District 5; (13) Indiana: (a) Anderson, Madison County; (b) Illinois Waterway, Cal-Sag Channel, Part 2; (c) Levees between Shelby Bridge and Baums Bridge; (d) Marion; (e) Vincennes; (14) Iowa: (a) Davids Creek Lake; (b) Fort Madison Harbor; (c) Keokuk Small Boat Harbor; (d) Missouri Levee System; (15) Kansas: (a) El Dorado, West Branch, Walnut River; (b) Garnett Lake, Pottawatomie Creek; (c) Grove Lake; (d) Indian Lake; (e) Kansas River Navigation; (f) Missouri River Levee System; (g) Neodesha Lake, Verdigris River; (h) Tomahawk Lake, Blue River; (i) Towanda Lake; (j) Tuttle Creek Lake; (k) Wolf-Coffee Lake; (l) Cedar Point Lake; (m) Cow Creek-Hutchinson; (n) Missouri River Levee System; (16) Kentucky: (a) Caseyville; (b) Cloverport; (c) Concordia; (d) Louisville; (e) Middlesboro, Yellow Creek; (f) Tolu; (17) Louisiana: (a) Black Bayou Reservoir; (b) Overton-Red River Waterway above Mile 31; (c) Bayou La Fourche; (18) Maine: (a) Bar Harbor; (b) Dickey-Lincoln School project, Saint John River; (c) Kennebec River; (d) Rockland Harbor; (19) Maryland: Baltimore Harbor and channels; (20) Massachusetts: (a) Edgartown Harbor; (b) Fall River Harbor Channel; (c) Ipswich River; (d) Nantucket Harbor of Refuge Anchorage; (e) New Bedford and Fairhaven Harbor; (f) Newburyport Harbor; (g) Nookagee Lake, North Nashua River; (h) Pleasant Bay; (i) Salem Harbor; (j) Winthrop Beach; (k) Lynn Harbor; (l) Monoosnoc Brook; (m) Monoosnoc Lake; (n) Cape Cod Canal to Provincetown; (21) Michigan: (a) Forestville Harbor; (b) Middle Channel, Saint Clair River; (c) Red Run Drain, Lower Clinton River; (d) Grand Marais Harbor; (e) Keweenaw Waterway; (f) Ontonagon Harbor; (g) Sanilac Flats, Saginaw River; (h) Corunna feature, Saginaw River; (i) Owosso feature, Saginaw River; (j) Berrien County; (k) Alpena Harbor; (22) Minnesota: (a) Warroad River and Bull Dog Creek; (b) Mississippi River between the Missouri River and Minneapolis; (23) Mississippi: (a) Biloxi Harbor, Old Fort Bayou; (b) Buffalo River; (c) Pascagoula Harbor, Main Channel; (24) Missouri: (a) Angler Use Sites; (b) Braymer Lake Shoal Creek; (c) Brookfield Lake, Yellow Creek; (d) East Muddy Creek; (e) Mercer Lake; (f) Mississippi River Agricultural Area 12; (g) Pattonsburg Lake; (h) Pomme de Terre Lake; (i) Sandy Slough Remedial Measures; (j) Trenton Lake; (k) Upper Grand River; (l) Mill Creek Lake; (25) Nebraska: Little Nemaha River; (26) Nevada: (a) Gleason Creek Dam; (b) Humboldt River and Tributaries; (27) New Jersey: Newark Bay, Hackensack and Passaic Rivers; (28) New Mexico: (a) Rio Grande Floodway, San Acacia to Bosque; (b) Rio Grande Floodway, Espanola Valley Unit; (29) New York: (a) Unit 2, Five Mile Creek; (b) Unit 1, Allegany River; (c) Hudson River, New York City to Albany; (d) Ogdensburg Harbor; (e) Red Creek; (f) Ticonderoga River; (g) Cape Vincent Harbor; (h) East Chester Creek; (i) East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet, Part 2; (j) Hammondsport, Glen Brook; (30) North Carolina: (a) Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Peltier Creek; (b) Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Tidal Lock in Snows Cut; (c) Carolina Beach and Vicinity, South Area; (d) Fort Macon State Park; (e) Morehead City Harbor; (f) Ocracoke Island; (g) Ocracoke Island--Village Shore; (h) Ocracoke Inlet Jetty; (i) Roanoke River; (31) Ohio: (a) Ohio River; (b) Burlington; (c) Chesapeake; (d) Empire-Stratton; (e) Martins Ferry; (f) Powhatan Point; (g) Proctorville; (h) South Point; (32) Oregon: (a) Columbia Drainage District No. 1; (b) Deer Island Drainage District; (c) Shelton Ditch; (d) Umpqua River-Scholfield River; (e) Cascadia Lake; (f) Gate Creek Lake; (g) Grande Ronde Lake; (h) Grande Ronde Valley; (i) Holley Lake; (j) Pendleton Levees, Riverside Area; (k) Willamette River above Portland and Yamill River; (l) Willamette River at Willamette Falls; (33) Pennsylvania: (a) Brackenridge, Tarentum, and Natrona; (b) Chester River; (c) Leetsdale; (d) Muddy Creek Lake; (e) Neville Island; (f) New Kensington and Parnassus; (g) Rochester; (h) Trexler Dam and Lake; (i) Youghiogheny River Canalization; (j) Aquashicola Lake; (k) Maiden Creek Lake Earth Dam; (34) Puerto Rico: (a) Fajardo Harbor; (b) Guayanes Harbor; (35) Rhode Island: (a) Great Salt Pond; (b) Harbor of Refuge, Block Island; (c) Pawcatuck River; (d) Providence River and Harbor; (e) Westerly Hurricane Protection; (36) South Carolina: (a) Charleston Harbor, Ft. Moultrie Anchorage Area; (b) Myrtle Beach, Anchorage Basin; (c) Reedy River, Greenville; (37) Tennessee: (a) Cumberland River above Nashville; (b) Hiwassee River; (c) Rossview Lake; (d) Alabama-Coosa River Basin, Jacks River Lake; (38) Texas: (a) Alpine; (b) Brazos Island Harbor; (c) Brazos River, Velasco to Old Washington; (d) Cedar Bayou, Harris; (e) Channel to Port Bolivar; (f) Duck Creek Channel Improvement; (g) Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Channel to Harlingen; (h) Gulf Intracoastal Waterway--Chocolate Bayou; (i) Houston Ship Channels, Greens Bayou; (j) Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Matagorda Bay; (k) Lake Brownwood; (l) Lake Fork Lake - Lake Fork Creek; (m) Navasota Lake; (n) Pecan Bayou Lake; (o) Peyton Creek; (p) Plainview; (q) Roanoke Lake; (r) Sabine Neches Waterway Channel to Echo; (s) Sabine River, Echo to Morgan Bluff; (t) Trinity River; (39) Utah: Weber River and Tributaries; (40) Vermont: (a) Bennington; (b) Otter Creek; (c) Rutland Otter Creek; (41) Virginia: (a) Thimble Shoal Channel; (b) Moore's Ferry Lake; (c) Pamunkey River; (42) Virgin Islands: (a) Christiansted Harbor-St. Croix; (b) St. Thomas Harbor; (43) Wake Island: Wake Island Harbor; (44) Washington: (a) Entiat River; (b) Lower Walla Walla River; (c) Methow River; (d) Okanogan River, Okanogan; (e) Quillayute River; (f) Seattle Harbor; (g) Spokane River, Spokane; (h) Yakima River at Ellensburg; (i) Palouse River; (j) Pullman Palouse River; (k) Stillaquamish River; (45) West Virginia: (a) Moundville, Marshall County, Levees; (b) Panther Creek Lake; (c) Proctor; (d) Ravenswood; (e) Rowlesburg Lake; (f) Warwood, Wall and Drainage; (g) North Wheeling; (h) Wheeling; (i) Wheeling Island; (j) Birch Lake; (k) Woodlands; (46) Wisconsin: (a) Hudson Small Boat Harbor; (b) Cassville Small Boat Harbor; and (46) Wyoming: Buffalo. Deauthorizes the following projects after the date of enactment of this Act: (1) Eastport Harbor, Maine; (2) Onaga Lake Project, Vermillion Creek, Kansas; (3) William L. Springer Lake, Sangamon River, Illinois; and (4) Lakeport Lake, California. Title XI: General Provisions - Directs the Secretary to prepare a feasibility report for every water resource study authorized. Enumerates information to be included in such report. Directs the Secretary, before preparing a feasibility report, to perform a reconnaissance survey of the potential water resources project to define problems with the project, together with their possible solutions. Provides that non-Federal interests shall contribute 25 percent of the cost of any feasibility report or water resources survey. Establishes an Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund. Authorizes appropriations for this Fund for fiscal years beginning 1984. Authorizes use of the Fund moneys to mitigate project-induced losses to fish and wildlife production and habitat. Authorizes the Secretary to study the water resources needs of river basins and regions of the United States. Requires a report to the Congress on the results of such study before October 1, 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and develop campgrounds for individuals 62 years of age or older at any lake or reservoir under the Secretary's jurisdiction. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning 1984. Authorizes the development of and appropriations for a 62-or-older campground in Texas at the Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir. Identifies such parcel of land by metes and bounds. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake measures to prevent flood damage along the route of the Meramec River in Missouri. Authorizes the Secretary to repair dams found to be in a hazardous or unsafe condition. Authorizes the Secretary to repair the dam spillway at Schuyler County Public Water Supply District No. 1, Missouri. Directs the Secretary to make necessary repairs to the Milton Dam in Mahoning County, Ohio. Requires the Secretary to annually update the inventory of dams. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years beginning in 1984. Directs the Secretary to maintain a drift and debris removal project at Buffalo Harbor, New York. Declares Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho, to be nonnavigable water. Authorizes the Secretary, upon official State request, to provide designs, plans, and/or technical assistance to States or local governments for removing snags and other debris in navigable streams. Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance in the breakup of river and harbor ice. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to preserve historic sites under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army if such properties are entered in the National Register of Historic Places. Directs the Secretary to convey a parcel of surplus land to Metropolitan Park in Ohio for a flood control project. Directs the Secretary to maintain the navigation projects on the Delaware River in the Philadelphia and Trenton areas. Declares downstream recreation on the Gauley River, West Virginia, to be an additional project. Provides for incremental whitewater release and water storage at the Summersville Dam in West Virginia to aid in such recreation project. Recognizes the Upper Mississippi River to be a nationally significant ecosystem and commercial navigation system. Approves a master plan as a guide for future water policy on the Upper Mississippi River. Grants the consent of the Congress to Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin to enter into agreements for cooperative efforts and mutual planning in the development of such river. Designates the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association as the caretaker of the master plan. Authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with the aforementioned midwestern States, to undertake: (1) a program for planning, construction, and evaluation of fish and wildlife enhancement measures; (2) implementation of a long-term resource monitoring program; and (3) implementation of a computerized inventory and analysis system. Provides for termination of such programs ten years from the date of enactment of this Act, with specified evaluations and reports. Authorizes appropriations for ten fiscal years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to implement a program of recreational projects for the Upper Mississippi River System. Authorizes appropriations for this purpose for ten fiscal years after the date of enactment of this Act, along with specified evaluations and reports. Directs the Secretary to dispose of dredged materials from the System and to request funding for a program to facilitate productive uses of dredged materials. Declares the intent of the Congress to recognize the importance of the economic vitality of the Great Lakes region and Saint Lawrence Seaway as the "Fourth Seacoast" of the United States. Establishes the Great Lakes Commodities Marketing Board (the Board) to develop a strategy to improve the capacity of the Great Lakes region to produce, market, and transport commodities in a timely manner and to maximize the efficiency and benefits of market products produced in and/or shipped through the Great Lakes region. Requires the strategy to address environmental issues relating to transportation on the Great Lakes and marketing difficulties experienced due to late harvest seasons in the Great Lakes region. Requires such strategy to develop and analyze various information concerning marketing and shipping in the Great Lakes region. Outlines the composition and organizational rules for the Board. Requires the Board, no later than September 30, 1987, to submit a report to the President and both Houses of the Congress on strategies to assure maximum economic benefits to users of the Great Lakes region. Terminates the Board 180 days after such report is submitted. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Directs the President to invite the Government of Canada to join in the formation of an international advisory group to: (1) develop a bilateral program for improving navigation on the Great Lakes; and (2) conduct investigations and make recommendations for a systemwide navigation improvement program on the Great Lakes. Outlines the composition and organizational rules for such advisory group. Requires such group, one year after its formation and biennially thereafter, to report to the Congress and the Canadian Parliament on its progress. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a review of the environmental, economic, and social impacts of navigation in the U.S. portion of the Great Lakes. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to submit an interim report to the Congress by September 30, 1986, and a final report by September 30, 1988. Requires acquisition by the Secretary of all lands and interest before authorized construction begins on any water resources project in this Act. Establishes an Office of Environmental Policy within the Office of the Chief of Engineers to be responsible for all environmental policy matters as they relate to the water resources programs of the Army Corps of Engineers. Limits appropriations for the repair and modification of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Provides that certain prohibitions and provisions for review of activities in waters of the U.S. shall not apply to any water development projects at the Great Miami River Basin or the Great Miami River and its tributaries in Ohio. Provides a maximum time limitation for construction of any project in this Act of five years after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that any lease for projects in this Act shall continue in effect on and after December 31, 1989, until such lease is terminated by the leaseholder. Requires fair market values for such leases after such date. Enumerates conditions required before the Secretary may terminate a lease on or after December 31, 1989. Limits modifications to projects to those which: (1) do not materially alter the scope or function of the project; and (2) reflect changes in construction costs and are the result of additional plans and studies. Authorizes review by the Secretary of previous (before this Act) water projects. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a demonstration program within two years of enactment of this Act for the purpose of making modifications in the structures and operations of water projects constructed before the enactment of this Act. Requires a report to the Congress concerning such project. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the State of New York for 50 percent of the costs of maintaining and operating the New York State Barge Canal, and 50 percent of the cost of reconstructing and rehabilitating the Canal. Requires the Secretary to study the need for reconstructing and rehabilitating the New York State Barge Canal for commercial, recreational, historic, and environmental purposes. Requires the Secretary and New York State to each provide 50 percent of the annual cost of maintaining such canal. Requires a report on the Canal to both houses of the Congress within two years of enactment of this Act. Provides that no appropriation shall be made for such Canal project unless both houses of the Congress approve of such by resolution. Defines areas included within the New York State Barge Canal. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement a flood warning system for the Whitewater River, California. Requires the Secretary to provide for the employment of residents in high-unemployment areas where water projects are being constructed. Requires a report to the Congress by the Secretary within 90 days after requests for project appropriations. Requires such reports to contain current information on the potential benefits of such project to unemployed residents of the area. Requires the Secretary to amend a Federal contract with the State of Illinois concerning the use of water supply storage space on the Big Muddy River in Illinois. Directs the Secretary to make a loan to the city of Hawaiian Gardens, California, to pay the cost of acquisition and rehabilitation of a water supply system. Abolishes the California Debris Commission, transferring its duties to the Secretary. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to perform emergency work upon public or private land for ten days following a Governor's request for such emergency or disaster relief. Makes technical amendments to various flood control acts relating to amounts of appropriations. Requires the Secretary to expedite completion of a study for a new lock parallel to Poe Lock on the Saint Lawrence Seaway and submit a report to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress every January 15th on activities undertaken in the development of water resources projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986. Directs the Secretary to reevaluate the feasibility of the Elk Creek Lake feature of the project for the Rogue River, Oregon and California. Directs the Secretary to implement a study of the possibility of increased capabilities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the planning and construction of water resources projects on an expedited basis. Requires the Secretary to transmit to both Houses of the Congress an annual report specifying the amount of electricity generated, the revenues received, and the operational costs of each water resource project constructed by the Secretary. Authorizes the President to appoint a regular officer from the Armed Forces as the Federal Commissioner of the Red River Compact Commission. Amends the River and Harbor Act to provide for reconstruction of water works as necessary to provide adequate facilities for navigation. Requires congressional approval of such reconstruction before any appropriations are made. Authorizes the Secretary to construct and improve facilities at the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Port of Buffalo. Authorizes the Secretary to construct and maintain a navigation channel from the mouth of the Beaver River at Bridgewater, Pennsylvania, to New Brighton, Pennsylvania. Authorizes the Secretary to plan, design, and construct a demonstration project for groundwater recharge in the drainage basin of Tucson, Arizona. Authorizes the Secretary to modify the water delivery schedule from the central and southern Florida project to the Everglades National Park and to conduct experimental delivery programs there. Authorizes modifications in the flood control plan for central and southern Florida in order to restore the natural flow of water to the Everglades National Park. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to undertake emergency bank stabilization measures to protect bridges on Elm Creek near Decatur, Nebraska. Authorizes the Secretary to improve public access to and lessen the safety hazard of Pearson-Skubitz Big Hill Lake, Kansas. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1970 to prohibit funds from being appropriated or expended to construct chloride control projects within the Arkansas River Basin. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a feasibility restudy of the Arkansas River chloride control project and report the findings to the Congress. Requires a value engineering review during design for each water resources project whose cost is in excess of $10,000,000. Defines "value engineering review." Requires appropriate non-Federal interests to provide the necessary lands, easements, and rights-of-way for any water resources demonstration project authorized by this or any future Act. Requires the Secretary, beginning October 1, 1985, to carry out measurements and make necessary computations relating to the diversion of water from Lake Michigan and to coordinate the results with downstate interests. Defines the measurements to be taken. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1986. Provides that the total amount for construction of water resources projects shall not exceed $1,500,000,000 for each of FY 1985 and 1986, and $1,600,000,000 for each of FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to remove the Berkeley Pier, San Francisco Bay, California. Authorizes the Secretary to implement a cropland irrigation research program for the Saint John River Basin, Maine. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1985 through 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake certain construction and repair on the Tutuila Islands, American Samoa. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to increase the per-project Federal reimbursement to States or political subdivisions for water resources development projects. Directs the Secretary, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service to ensure that information relating to flood hazard areas is generally available to the public. Authorizes the Secretary to accept funds from any entity for the purpose of protecting fish and wildlife in connection with projects constructed or operated by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to take certain specified actions upon a finding that any non-Federal interest is not complying with cooperation requirements in carrying out any water resources project. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study concerning Great Lakes water use. Specifies certain analyses and reviews to be included in such study. Authorizes appropriations, beginning with FY 1985, for such study. Prohibits water from being diverted from any portion of the Great Lakes within the United States unless such diversion is approved by all eight Great Lakes States and the International Joint Commission (made up of the United States, Great Britain, and Canada). Authorizes the Secretary to remove and dispose of toxic pollutants from areas of the Buffalo River, New York, if such removal is approved by appropriate congressional committees. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study concerning toxic pollutants in such river and report the findings to the appropriate congressional committees within one year of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for such study, beginning with FY 1985. Declares Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, to be a nonnavigable waterway. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire from willing sellers land which is subject to frequent flood damage, located within the Passaic River Basin flood control study area. Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to appropriate congressional committees concerning civil works construction contracts and their availability to small businesses. Authorizes the Secretary to dispose of any dredging vessels under the control of the Corps of Engineers. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to construct a second lock adjacent to the existing lock at Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Authorizes the collection of tolls or user fees from vessels using the William G. Stone Lock in Yolo County, California. Title XII: Water Resources Policy Act - Subtitle A: Short Title - Water Resources Policy Act of 1985. Subtitle B: National Board - Establishes a National Board on Water Resources Policy (the Board) to: (1) perform studies and prepare assessments of the adequacy of water supplies in each water resource region in the United States; and (2) study and assess the adequacy of administrative and statutory means for the coordination of water and related land resources policies and programs of the several Federal agencies and make recommendations to the President and the Congress with respect to such programs. Directs the Board to assist in interagency coordination of Federal water resources research, including review, research, and recommendations to Federal agencies. Requires the Board to report annually to the Congress. Requires the Board to establish principles, standards, and procedures for Federal participants in the preparation of regional or river basin plans and for the formulation and evaluation of Federal water and related land resources projects. Directs that such principles, standards, and procedures shall be designed so as to: (1) reduce the demand for water; (2) improve efficiency in use and reduce losses and waste of water; or (3) improve land management practices to conserve water. Authorizes the Board, in carrying out its functions, to: (1) hold hearings, take testimony, and distribute reports; (2) acquire and equip necessary office space; (3) use the U.S. mails in the same manner as other departments and agencies of the United States; (4) employ personnel; (5) procure services; (6) purchase and maintain motor vehicles; and (7) incur such necessary expenses and exercise such powers as are consistent with their function. Authorizes any member of the Board to administer oaths. Makes all appropriate records and papers of the Board available for public inspection. Authorizes the head of any Federal department or agency to: (1) furnish necessary information; and (2) detail necessary temporary personnel to the Board as it requires. Establishes a regional-State water resources advisory committee (the committee). States membership qualifications for the committee. Authorizes the committee to submit to the Board recommendations on any matter before the Board, such recommendations to be included in the Board's report to the President and the Congress. Requires certain reports to be filed by the Board with the House of Representatives and the Senate. Directs that any rules promulgated by the Board shall not take effect before 90 days of continual session of the Congress after the date such reports are filed. Defines terms. Requires the Board, no later than 15 days after the President's budget is submitted to the Congress, to transmit to both houses of the Congress reports on water resources studies or projects: (1) which are not included in the President's budget submittal; (2) for which feasibility studies or construction have been previously authorized; and (3) construction of which have not been completed. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Assistance for State Water Planning and Management - Authorizes the Board to make grants to States for the development, implementation, and modification of comprehensive programs and plans for State and regional water and related land resources. Specifies application criteria for such grants. Requires such Federal grants to be matched at least dollar-for-dollar by non-Federal funds. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: General Provisions - Repeals the Water Resources Planning Act. Title XIII: Port Infrastructure Development and Improvement Trust Fund - Establishes in the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the Port Infrastructure Development and Improvement Trust Fund (the Trust Fund). Authorizes appropriations to the Trust Fund for each fiscal year beginning after 1984. Provides that amounts in the Trust Fund shall be available for: (1) feasibility studies, construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for ports by the Secretary; (2) feasibility studies, construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for ports for the Saint Lawrence Seaway by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (3) relocation of utilities and structures necessary for the construction and operation of such projects; and (4) making payments to non-Federal interests who take part in the planning, design, or construction of a port. Provides for the monthly transfer of funds from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain the Trust Fund and to report annually to the Congress concerning its financial condition. Requires the Secretary to invest in interest-bearing obligations of the United States that portion of the Trust Fund not required to meet current withdrawals. Title XIV: Bridges Over Navigable Waters - Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the owners of the Port of Houston Authority bridge and the pipeline bridge over Greens Bayou, Texas, for work done prior to the enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to transmit to the Congress a list of those bridges over navigable waters of the United States constructed, reconstructed, or removed between January 1, 1948, and January 1, 1985. Amends Federal law to grant the State of Massachusetts exclusive authority to regulate the opening of the James A. Burke Bridge. Title XV: Reports - Requires that any report required to be transmitted to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and pertaining in whole or in part to fish and wildlife mitigation, benthic environmental repercussions, or ecosystem mitigation shall also be transmitted to the House of Representatives Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
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 · 3 January 1985
National Diffusion Network Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to promote the use of exemplary educational programs, products, and practices to interested elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretary to provide information, materials, training, technical assistance, and evaluations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, public and nonprofit private educational institutions and organizations to carry out such program. Declares that such program shall be deemed to be a continuation of the National Diffusion Network for which provision is made under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds available under such Act to such program. Authorizes additional appropriations, if necessary, to carry out such program in FY 1986 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promote the establishment of family support groups to assist individuals with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder and their family members and to provide for a national coordinating network of such groups. Requires a report to the Congress within one year.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Title I: National Development Investment - National Development Investment Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to cite such Act as the National Development Investment Act and to revise the emphasis of such Act from primary Federal initiative to coordination of investments between the public and the private sectors. Sets forth the findings of the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, upon the application of an eligible State, economic development district, distressed local government (with a population under 50,000 and located outside an economic development district), Indian tribe, or nonprofit economic development organization, to make a grant for a portion of the cost of projects submitted in a development investment strategy. Sets forth activities eligible for such development investment assistance, including: (1) construction and repair of public facilities; (2) revolving loan funds to promote small business; (3) feasibility studies to enhance the investment climate; and (4) development activities which prevent economic dislocation and promote employee ownership organizations. Sets forth specific eligibility criteria for applicants for such assistance. Requires an application for a grant under this Act to include: (1) a certification that the area concerned meets certain distress requirements; (2) a certification of any responsibilities which the Secretary has agreed to perform; and (3) a development investment strategy prepared in accordance with this Act. Requires the Secretary to consider specified purposes of this Act in approving applications. Lists as criteria any one of which an area must meet in order to be eligible for a grant under this Act: (1) a per capita income of 80 percent or less of the national average; (2) an unemployment rate one percent above the national average for the most recent 24-month period for which statistics are available; or (3) a sudden economic dislocation resulting in job losses. Sets forth the information to be contained in a grant applicant's development investment strategy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to establish a revolving loan fund for making or guaranteeing loans to small businesses for initial or working capital, or for the purchase of facilities or equipment. Limits to $1,000,000 the amount of any such grant. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a maximum of 50 percent of the cost of completing the project as determined at the time of the grant application. Permits the Secretary to reduce or waive the non-Federal share of a project in the case of an Indian tribe. Limits expenditures in any one State to a maximum of 15 percent of the appropriations made pursuant to this Act, except for expenditures to Indian tribes. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating more than $2,000,000 in any fiscal year to any person, other than grants for employee ownership organizations. Requires the Secretary, each fiscal year, to obligate minimum amounts of funds for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make economic development planning grants to States, economic development districts, Indian tribes, distressed counties, and distressed units of local governments with populations over 50,000 (if located outside an economic development district). Earmarks such grants for coordination of investment for community facilities, economic development, manpower training, and transportation services. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate Federal, State, and local development investment efforts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct any demonstration program to test the feasibility of new ways to increase productivity, foster innovative technology, match labor force with labor markets, or encourage economic diversity and regional balance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to colleges, universities, and other nonprofit educational and research organizations. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine financing needs for the construction and repair of public facilities. Requires the Secretary to submit to each House of the Congress a detailed statement, including findings and recommendations, concerning such financing needs. Limits the amount of any such grant to not more than 75 percent of the cost of economic development planning or of investment strategy preparation. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988. Declares that the Secretary of Commerce shall administer this Act with the assistance of a specified Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Authorizes the Secretary to consult with other persons and agencies. Prohibits the approval of any grant unless the Secretary is satisfied that the project concerned will be properly and efficiently administered, operated, and maintained. Sets forth the powers of the Secretary under this Act. Permits the Secretary to discharge responsibilities relative to a project by accepting a certification of the grant applicant's performance of such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to make comprehensive annual reports to the Congress detailing operations under this Act. Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under this Act to be paid the prevailing rate of wage. Requires the Secretary to maintain records of approved applications available for public inspection. Requires each recipient of a grant to maintain certain specified records. Allows the Secretary and the Comptroller General access to all records of such recipients. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988. Title II: Appalachian Regional Development - Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to declare that investments under such Act shall also be made in severely distressed and underdeveloped counties lacking resources for basic services. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for the administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Authorizes the Commission to lease office space through FY 1988. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1992 for the Appalachian development highway system. Increases from 70 to 80 percent the subsequent Federal share of an Appalachian development highway segment when a participating State proceeds to construct a segment of such a highway without the aid of Federal funds. Applies such increase to projects approved after March 31, 1979. Authorizes the Commission to make grants to States and public and nonprofit entities for projects which will: (1) assist in the creation or retention of permanent private sector jobs, the upgrading of the region's manpower, or the attraction of private investment; (2) provide special assistance to severely distressed and underdeveloped counties which lack financial resources for improving basic services; (3) assist in achieving the goal of making primary health care accessible in the region; or (4) otherwise serve the purposes of this Act. Prohibits the authorization of any financial assistance to enable plant subcontractors to undertake work previously performed in another area by other subcontractors or contractors. Prohibits grants with funds authorized after October 1, 1985, from exceeding 50 percent of the costs of any approved project. Permits such grants to increase the Federal contribution to any project to such percentage as the Commission determines within specified limitations. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990. Extends the termination date of such Act from 1982 to October 1, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal criminal code to define "armor piercing ammunition." Excludes from the definition: (1) shotgun shot composed in order to comply with Federal or State law; (2) frangible projectiles for target shooting; (3) ammunition containing frangible projectiles; and (4) any ammunition or projectiles which the Secretary of the Treasury determines are primarily intended for sporting purposes. Makes it unlawful for any person to manufacture or import armor piercing ammunition. Allows: (1) the manufacture or importation of armor piercing ammunition for the use of the United States or any State or local government; (2) manufacture for the sole purpose of exportation; or (3) manufacture or importation for the purposes of testing and experimentation authorized by the Secretary. Establishes a licensing fee of $1,000 per year for manufacturers and importers of armor piercing ammunition. Authorizes the Secretary to revoke a license from a dealer for violating this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to provide, by contract with a consultant, for a report on discriminatory wage-setting practices and discriminatory wage differentials within the Federal position classification system and the prevailing rate (job grading) system. Defines "discriminatory wage-setting practices" as a practice resulting from lower rates of pay for female employees doing work comparable to that of higher-paid males. Requires OPM, within one month of receiving such report, to transmit a copy to the President and specified congressional committees, with written comments. Requires the consultant to submit such report to OPM and the Pay Equity Study Council (established by this Act) within six months after entering into its contract. Requires OPM, within ten days after the effective date of this Act, to establish a Pay Equity Study Council to assist in the selection of a consultant and comment on the final report. Requires that Council membership consist predominantly of representatives of labor organizations representing Federal female employees. Terminates the Council after it submits comments on the final report.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Water Quality Renewal Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the Clean Water Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 through 1988 for: (1) specified research, investigation, and training programs in water pollution control; (2) State and interstate pollution control programs; (3) undergraduate programs in water quality control; (4) grants for developing waste treatment management plans for areas with substantial water quality control problems; (5) water pollution control programs in agricultural areas; (6) agreements among Government agencies providing for maximum use of existing programs for water quality control; (7) grants to States for lake pollution control; and (8) carrying out the Clean Water Act generally. Increases the authorization for grants for construction of waste treatment works for FY 1984 and 1985. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1986 through 1988. Extends the compliance date for specified priority toxic pollutants, all other toxic pollutants and the application of best available technology for all other pollutants to no later than three years and six months after effluent limitations are established. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate final regulations establishing effluent limitations for direct dischargers and limitations requiring pretreatment for all the priority toxic pollutants which are discharged from certain categories of point sources in accordance with a specified schedule. Requires the Administrator to publish in the Federal Register a list of all navigable waters in each State the water quality of which is being impaired by the discharge from specific sources of toxic pollutants. Directs the Administrator to establish an individual control strategy for each listed segment of navigable waters to reduce the discharge of such pollutants so as to achieve the fishable-swimmable goal of the Clean Water Act. Increases the Federal civil penalties for violations of water quality standard requirements. Requires the Administrator to monitor, study, and report to the Congress on the effects of the impoundment and discharge of waters by dams upon the quality of navigable waters. Directs the Governor of each State to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for approval a report: (1) identifying navigable waters not meeting applicable water quality standards because of pollution from nonpoint sources (e.g., rainfall runoff as opposed to identifiable pipes); (2) identifying categories of significantly polluting nonpoint sources; (3) identifying State and local programs for controlling such pollution and improving the water quality of the navigable waters; and (4) describing administrative measures to be taken. Directs the Administrator to identify such waters and the nonpoint sources of such pollution if the Governor does not submit such report within a specified time. Requires each Governor to also submit to the Administrator for approval a four-year plan for controlling nonpoint pollution and a report identifying State or Federal agency programs which might conflict with such plan, together with recommendations for modification of existing programs. Requires each four-year plan to target offending land areas for the best land management practices, including the scheduling of targeted areas and categories of nonpoint pollution for implementation of such practices. Requires additional information by way of technical and financial means to be used to improve water quality. Directs the Administrator to consolidate and convey to the appropriate Federal agencies recommended modifications of existing programs necessary to implement States' four-year plans, which such agencies will comply with to the degree possible, consistent with existing law. Provides opportunities for revision of faulty plans. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance to a local agency to develop a four-year plan if a State fails to submit a satisfactory plan and the local agency is of sufficient geographical size. Treats such local agency as a State agency for implementation assistance purposes after such plan has been approved. Directs the Administrator to convene a management conference of the affected States when any State is unable to meet its applicable water quality standards because of pollution from nonpoint sources in another State. Requires the offending State to submit a plan for approval or revise an approved plan to reduce the pollution in the affected portion of navigable waters. Directs the Administrator to provide grants to States to assist in the implementation of approved four-year plans. Limits the Federal share to a maximum of 50 percent of costs, increased to 60 percent for watersheds with significant private participation in implementing nonpoint source pollution control measures. Sets forth other terms and conditions for such grants, including reporting and administrative requirements. Limits each grant per State to a maximum of 15 percent of total authorizations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990. Authorizes the Administrator to give funding priority to States which have implemented effective regulatory mechanisms. Directs the Administrator to make grants to assist States with approved plans in carrying out groundwater water quality protection activities which will help advance such plans. Limits the amount of such assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on the progress made in reducing nonpoint source pollution in navigable waters. Directs the Administrator to make a final report by January 1, 1988, analyzing the effectiveness of the plans and State participation. Directs the Administrator to submit to specified congressional committees a lake restoration guidance manual establishing procedures to guide future State and local efforts to improve water quality in lakes. Adds to the authorized uses of grants for construction of treatment works projects to address water quality problems due to impacts of discharges from combined storm water and sanitary sewer overflows. Increases the amount of additional funds which the Administrator shall have available for addressing water quality problems of marine bays and estuaries subject to lower levels of water quality due to the impact of discharges from combined storm water and sanitary sewer overflows. Increases to 65 percent the Federal share of construction costs under the treatment works construction grants program. (Current law provides that the 75 percent Federal share shall be decreased to 55 percent for FY 1985 and subsequent fiscal years.) Deems the activated bio-filter feature of the project for treatment works of Little Falls, Minnesota, an innovative wastewater process and technique entitled to an 85 percent grant. Authorizes the Administrator to make a grant to fund all the costs of modifying or replacing biodisc equipment (rotating biological contractors) in any publicly owned treatment works if deficiencies are not attributable to negligence. Directs the Administrator to make preconstruction agreements with grant applicants for treatment work construction assistance to specify which costs are eligible for Federal payments. Requires grantee certification that the treatment process meets the applicable effluent limitations before the Administrator approves a project. Conditions local treatment works grants on the implementation of any required areawide waste treatment management and/or State plan and State compliance with water quality reporting requirements. Qualifies for treatment works grants purposes a system of user charges imposing lower charges for low-income residential users. Requires the Administrator to allot to States treatment works construction grants for FY 1986 through 1988. Extends through FY 1988 the authorization of appropriations for minimum allotments to States and specified U.S. territories and possessions. Increases the allotment for specified U.S. territories and possessions. Extends through FY 1988 the reservation of certain amounts from State allotments for State administrative expenses. Directs the Administrator to reserve specified amounts from the allotments of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to make grants to the Interstate Sanitation Commission established by their interstate compact. Extends through FY 1988 specified provisions relating to minimum expenditures for increasing the Federal share of grants for construction of treatment works utilizing innovative processes and techniques. Requires a State to allocate at least 50 percent of its water quality management planning grant to regional and interstate public comprehensive organizations if it is useful to do so. Directs the Administrator to reserve specified appropriations for audits of such construction projects. Directs the Administrator to make grants for specified purposes from the appropriate State allotments for treatment works construction to: (1) the city of Avalon, California; (2) the owners of the Rocky River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Rocky River, Ohio; (3) Walker and Smithfield Townships, Pennsylvania; (4) the Elk Pinch Public Service District, Kanawha County, West Virginia; (5) the city of Taylor Mill, Kentucky; and (6) the city of Watsonville, California. Establishes a program of grants to States for establishment of State water pollution control revolving funds for providing assistance to municipalities and intermunicipal and interstate agencies for construction of publicly owned treatment works. Permits the modification of pH levels and the amount of iron and manganese in discharges from remined areas of coal remining operations if such operations provide potential for water quality improvement and use the best available technology. Directs the Administrator to consider the effects of specified factors on the ecosystem when developing water quality criteria, providing an ample margin of safety to protect human health and fish and wildlife resources. Directs the Administrator to publish a description of significant differences of opinion concerning a pollutant. Reduces the time in which the Administrator must promulgate guidelines establishing test procedures for the analysis of pollutants. Authorizes the Administrator to establish a single compliance date for pretreatment standards for a source subject to more than one if to do so would result in earlier total compliance and the use of compatible technologies. Extends the deadline for compliance with electroplating pretreatment standards. Directs the Administrator to maintain adequate personnel to implement pretreatment requirements. Authorizes a two-year extension for a treatment works to comply with a categorical pretreatment standard if it uses an innovative treatment system which has potential for industry-wide application and the treatment works can still comply with the terms of its permit. Revises criminal penalties. Adds civil penalties for specified violations. Revises the Clean Lakes Program to include saline as well as fresh water lakes. Directs the Administrator to make grants to State for priority projects for control of nonpoint sources of pollution contributing to the degradation of water quality in lakes. Adds provisions for grants to States to carry out approved methods and procedures to restore water quality which has deteriorated as a result of high acidity which may be due to acid deposition. Limits the amount of grants to 80 percent of costs. Requires such funds to be distributed on the basis of need. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989. Directs the Administrator to report annually to specified congressional committees on the status and trend of water quality in lakes in the United States. Directs the Administrator to study water quality problems in Lake Houston, Houston, Texas, and undertake control measures to improve water quality. Directs the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees on such study and measures. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to: (1) conduct a one-year comprehensive study of the Beaver Lake, Arkansas; (2) undertake a demonstration project for measures identified in such study for preserving and enhancing the reservoir's water quality; and (3) report, with recommendations, on such study and project to specified congressional committees. Makes specified funds available for such purposes. Directs the Administrator to undertake demonstration projects for specified cleanup operations for the following New Jersey bodies of water: (1) Greenwood Lake and Belcher Creek; (2) Deal Lake; and (3) Alcyon Lake. Directs the Administrator to report on such projects to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Expands from five to ten years the permit term under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) unless a permit modifies specified requirements or the applicant has not consistently complied with any NPDES permit held by such applicant. Requires that such permits be modified promptly to insure compliance with any new or revised effluent limitation for toxic pollutants or any new or revised requirement pursuant to water quality standards established under specified provisions of the Clean Water Act which is more stringent than those in the existing permit. Prohibits the Administrator from requiring an NPDES permit for discharges of stormwater runoff from mining operations or oil or gas operations composed entirely of flows which are from conveyances or conveyance systems used for collecting and conveying precipitation runoff and which are not contaminated with process wastes, overburden, raw materials, toxic pollutants above natural background levels, spilled product, hazardous substances, or oil, or grease. Requires any person discharging such stormwater runoff to monitor the quality of water in such flows and report at least annually to the Administrator on the results of such monitoring. Prohibits the Administrator from requiring additional pretreatment by a discharger of conventional pollutants when its publicly-owned treatment works is not meeting NPDES permit requirements because of inadequate design or operation. Authorizes a partial NPDES permit program covering a portion of the discharges into the navigable waters in such State if it covers administration of a major category of such discharges or a major component of the State's NPDES permit program. Provides that a State may return, or the Administrator may withdraw approval of, delegated NPDES permit program responsibilities. Authorizes the Administrator to make a grant to the city of New York to install additional facilities and make modifications necessary for the Newtown Creek sewage treatment plant to provide secondary treatment. Limits the grant to 75 percent of costs. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to make grants to the city of San Diego, California, for construction of a project consisting of publicly owned treatment works to provide primary or advanced treatment of municipal sewage and industrial waste for the city of Tijuana, Mexico, and for San Diego. Directs the Administrator to make grants to the county of Cochise, Arizona, for construction of a project consisting of publicly owned treatment works in Naco, Arizona, to provide primary or more advanced treatment of untreated sewage emanating from the city of Naco, Sonora, Mexico and municipal sewage or industrial waste from Naco, Arizona. Authorizes appropriations. Imposes a cap on raw sewage discharges from the drainage areas of the North River plant, Manhattan, New York, and the Red Hook Plant, Brooklyn, New York, into navigable waters (the Hudson-Raritan Estuary) if New York City fails to meet the deadlines for achieving advanced preliminary treatment contained in the consent decree of December 30, 1982 (August 1, 1986, for the North River plant; August 1, 1987, for the Red Hook plant). Permits the Administrator to raise such cap for seasonal variation or so-called acts of God. States that violations of these requirements shall be considered violations of the the Clean Water Act as well as of the consent decree. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Administrator should not agree to any further modification of the advanced preliminary treatment schedule in the consent decree. Directs the Administrator to work with New York City, implement monitoring activities for both plants, and commence enforcement actions in the event of unexcused violations. Directs the Administrator to make grants to the Metropolitan District Commission, Massachusetts, for a project to undertake emergency improvements at the Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant in Boston, Massachusetts. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Directs the Administrator to pay, in the same proportion as the Federal share of other project costs, all expenses for the relocation of facilities for the distribution of natural gas with respect to the entire wastewater treatment works known as Oakwood Beach and Red Hook projects, New York. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to remove raw sewage discharged into Brady's Run and the Beaver River, Pennsylvania, resulting from the destruction of the Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania, sewage treatment facility. Directs the Administrator to study the feasibility and desirability of eliminating the regulation of de minimus discharges of pollutants into navigable waters. Directs the Administrator to report on such study to specified congressional committees within one year after enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to study the effectiveness of specified innovative and alternative wastewater treatment processes and techniques which have been used in treatment works constructed under the Clean Water Act. Directs the Administrator to report within two years on such study to specified congressional committees. Directs the Administrator to study the water quality improvements which have been achieved by application of best available technology economically achievable pursuant to specified provisions of such Act, to reporting to specified congressional committees within two year after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to study the testing procedures for analysis of pollutants established under specified provisions of such Act. Directs the Administrator to report, on such study to specified congressional committees within one year after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to conduct biennially a state-of-the art review of such test procedures to determine their adequacy and effectiveness. Directs the Administrator to submit to such congressional committees recommendations based on such review for modifying such test procedures to improve their effectiveness. Directs the Administrator to study the pretreatment of toxic pollutants and report to the appropriate congressional committees within two years after enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to study the problem of the corrosive effects of sulfides in collection and treatment systems, the extent to which the uniform imposition of categorical pretreatment standards will exacerbate this problem, and the range of available options to deal with the effects. Requires that such study be conducted in consultation with the Los Angeles City and County sanitation agencies which have observed examples of corrosion probably caused by sulfides. Directs the Administrator to report on such study to specified congressional committees within one year after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to provide alternate water supplies to replace contaminated groundwater. Makes owners or operators of a public water system or units of local government eligible for such assistance. Limits the Federal share of costs to 50 percent, also limiting the maximum amount of any one grant and total grants within a State. Directs the Administrator to report annually to Congress on such grants program, including information on the sources and extent of groundwater contamination and the number of people affected. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988. Authorizes the Administrator to make a grant of 75 percent of construction costs to the city of Des Moines, Iowa, for construction of the Central Sewage Treatment Plant. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Administrator to make a grant to the San Diego Water Reclamation Agency, California, to demonstrate innovations in wastewater reclamation. Authorizes appropriations. Revises the meaning of the phrase "discharge of any pollutant into marine water." Requires as new conditions for the modification of treatment requirements with respect to the discharge of pollutants from a publicly owned treatment works that an applicant for such modification demonstrate that: (1) in the case of a treatment works serving a population of 50,000 or more, there is in effect a specified pretreatment program for toxic pollutants introduced into such works for which there is no pretreatment requirement in effect; and (2) the effluent which is discharged from such works is receiving primary treatment and meets the criteria for water quality established by the Administrator. Directs the Administrator to convene a management conference if the attainment or maintenance of water quality in an estuary requires the control of sources of pollution in more than one State. Requires that an interstate agency be the lead agency if it has jurisdiction over all or a significant part of the estuary. Directs the Administrator to give priority consideration to: (1) Long Island Sound; (2) Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts; (3) Delaware Bay, Delaware and New Jersey; and (4) Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Prohibits convening such a conference before a final adjudication has been made in any pending State boundary dispute involving the estuary. Requires a management conference to provide for the implementation of a master plan addressing the pollution problems of the estuary involved. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States participating in such a management conference equal to 50 percent of their implementing costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator for FY 1984 through 1988 for: (1) administrative expenses; (2) plan development grants; and (3) implementation monitoring. Directs the Administrator to continue the Chesapeake Bay program and to establish and maintain in the EPA an office of Chesapeake Bay Programs to: (1) collect and disseminate research and other information on the environmental quality of the Bay; (2) coordinate Federal and State research efforts; (3) conduct research on sediment deposition in the Bay; and (4) conduct research on how environmental changes impact on the living resources of the Bay, with particular emphasis on the impact of pollutant loadings. Directs the Administrator to make a grant to implement management mechanisms in the plan if the State has approved and committed to implement all or substantially all aspects of the plan. Requires a State or combination of States, in order to qualify for such grants, to submit a plan for proposed abatement actions and estimated costs for the approval of the Administrator. Limits such grants to 50 percent of the plan implementation costs. Limits administrative costs. Requires States to submit progress reports biennially to the Administrator for transmittal to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to make a grant to assess the principal factors having an adverse effect on the environmental quality of the Narragansett Bay in conjunction with developing and implementing a management program to improve such Bay's water quality. Limits such grants to 50 percent of the program implementation costs. Requires a State to submit a description of the proposed program for Administrator approval, demonstrating that it will: (1) establish a committee to provide advice on design and implementation of a management program and to coordinate communication on issues affecting such Bay's water quality; (2) review and coordinate Federal and State water pollution abatement programs; (3) establish methods for improving sampling data collection and a system for collecting, analyzing, storing, and disseminating such data; and (4) develop and implement water quality management practices and measures to reduce pollutant loadings in such Bay. Requires States to submit annual progress reports to the Administrator. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988 for such Chesapeake and Narragansett Bays programs. Sets forth provisions relating to the New York and New Jersey Harbor area. Directs the Administrator to: (1) collect and make available information on the environmental quality of the Harbor; (2) coordinate Federal and State improvement efforts; and (3) determine the impact of environmental changes on the living resources of the Harbor and on adjacent coastal areas, with particular emphasis on the impact of certain pollutant loadings. Directs the Administrator to make a grant to implement the management mechanisms contained in an interstate management plan for such Harbor. Allows an affected State or States to submit for Administrator approval such a plan, including the estimated cost of the proposed abatement actions. Limits the grant to 50 percent of implementation costs. Limits administrative costs. Requires such States to submit biennial progress reports on the implementation of such plans for transmittal to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988. Authorizes the Administrator to undertake a study on consumptive uses of Great Lakes water, focussing on control measures which would reduce the quantity of water consumed without adversely affecting the projected growth of the region. Requires that such study include an analysis of both existing and new technology, including assessments of water quality assessment methodologies, the economic and environmental affects of manufacturing uses, and regulation of such uses. Authorizes appropriations. Grants an exception for certain publicly owned treatment works to a time limitation relating to an application for a permit modification for less than secondary treatment involving an ocean discharge. Designates the Great Lakes National Program Office of EPA as the Great Lakes International Coordination Office to coordinate international (Canada), Federal, State, and local actions aimed at improving Lake water quality. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to carry out water quality studies of the Great Lakes under the Act. Directs the Administrator to submit annually to Congress a comprehensive assessment of the planned efforts to be pursued in the succeeding fiscal year for implementing the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 and another annual report assessing the progress of the previous year. Directs the Administrator to research the harmful effects on the health and welfare of persons caused by pollutants in water, especially the bioaccumulation of these pollutants in aquatic species and any reduction in the value of aquatic industries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988. Directs the Administrator to carry out and report to the appropriate congressional committees on a demonstration program to restore the biological integrity of acidified lakes and watersheds through liming. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Administrator to make a grant to Seattle, Washington, to construct secondary treatment works. Limits such grant to 75 percent of costs. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to make grants to States for groundwater quality protection activities. Limits such grants to 50 percent of costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989. Directs the Administrator to prepare a study-report for specified congressional committees on the feasibility of achieving compliance with specified environmental standards using the best practicable technology for the Alaska Lumber and Pulp Company, Sitka, Alaska, and the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Ketchikan, Alaska. Establishes the National Ground Water Commission to examine all aspects of the nation's groundwater. Directs the Commission to report to the President and the Congress on the findings and conclusions of a preliminary study which includes an analysis of the extent of groundwater contamination caused by hazardous and other solid waste, the regions and major water supplies most significantly affected by such contamination, and Commission recommendations for preventive or remedial measures to protect human health and the environment from the effects of such contamination. Terminates the Commission on January 1, 1987. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Sets forth provisions concerning turnkey contracts on construction grants for treatment facilities costing less than $8,000,000. Redefines point source to include a leachate collection system. Directs the Administrator to conduct studies to identify existing and potential point and nonpoint sources of pollution, and measures and practices to control such sources of pollution, in the following groundwater systems and aquifers: (1) the groundwater system of the Upper Santa Cruz Basin and the Avra-Altar Basin of Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona; (2) the Spokane-Rathdrum Valley Aquifer, Washington and Idaho; (3) the Nassau and Suffolk Counties Aquifer, New York; (4) the Whidbey Island Aquifer, Washington; and (5) the Unconsolidated Quaternary Aquifer, Rockaway River area, New Jersey. Directs the Administrator to then prepare a proposed management plan for each such groundwater system and aquifer. Directs the Administrator to submit to Congress an interim and final report on such studies and proposed management plans. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to develop a comprehensive master plan for Puget Sound, Washington, recommend priority corrective actions and compliance schedules to address point and nonpoint sources of pollution, and monitor such Sound to determine the effectiveness of such plan. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to the State of Washington if such State adopts a comprehensive master plan for such Sound. Sets the Federal share at 50 percent of costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Revises construction grant program provisions under the Clean Water Act to direct the Administrator to make a final decision within 60 days of the filing of an appeal relating to a dispute with respect to the awarding of a contract for construction of treatment works by a grantee. Directs the Administrator to identify those toxic pollutants which may be present in sewage sludge in concentrations which may adversely affect human health or the environment. Directs the Administrator to publish regulations specifying acceptable management practices for sewage sludge containing toxic pollutants and establishing numerical limitations for each such pollutant for each use of or disposal technique for sludge identified. Requires that such management practices and numerical limitations be adequate to protect the public health and environment from any reasonably anticipated adverse effects. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate management practices or operation standards if it is not feasible to prescribe numerical limitations. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct or initiate scientific studies, demonstration projects, and public information and education projects designed to promote the safe and beneficial use of sewage sludge for restoring abandoned mine sites, conditioning soil for parks and recreation areas, agricultural and horticultural uses, and other beneficial purposes. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for such studies and projects to State water pollution control agencies other public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, organizations, and individuals. Authorizes the Administrator to collect and disseminate information pertaining to the safe and beneficial use of sewage sludge. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
American Conservation Corps Act of 1985 - Establishes an American Conservation Corps within the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture. Directs the Secretaries of both departments to establish and administer a conservation and rehabilitation program on Federal public and Indian lands. Directs the Secretary of the Interior alone to establish and administer such a program on non-Federal public lands. Directs the Secretaries to assist program agencies (any Federal, State, or Indian agency responsible for the management of public lands) in establishing and operating residential and nonresidential American Conservation Corps Centers. Describes the types of projects which will receive program preference. Limits program projects to those on public lands or Indian lands, except where projects on nonpublic lands provide documented public benefits. Sets forth requirements for establishing conservation centers and eligibility criteria for enrollees in the program. Requires that preference be given to economically, socially, physically, and educationally disadvantaged youth and youth residing in areas having substantial unemployment. Requires program agencies to provide services, facilities, supplies, and equipment for conservation centers as the Secretary deems necessary. States under what conditions and for what purposes an enrollee/volunteer shall be deemed a Federal or State employee. Permits the Tennessee Valley Authority to utilize such volunteers. Sets forth compensation and reimbursement provisions for volunteers and their upkeep. Directs the Secretaries to assist program agencies in securing certification or credit for skills acquired by volunteers during their participation and to conduct cost-benefit analysis and evaluations of the program. Permits the Secretaries to conduct pilot programs for alternative approaches. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Congress within the year on a study of Civilian Conservation Corps sites suitable for a commemoration of such Corps. Sets forth study opportunities and limitations for program volunteers, including a requirement that program agencies provide job guidance and placement assistance. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to report at least annually to the President and the Congress. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make available appropriate labor market information. Sets forth employee appeal rights for workers displaced by American Conservation Corps volunteers. Sets forth funding limitations. Requires participating program agencies to certify that their programs will not displace workers. Sets forth procedures whereby State shares go to local governments when no State program agency exists. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
National Individual Training Account Act of 1985 - 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 1986 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, 1984. 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, 1986. 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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Federal Employees Health Benefits Reform Act of 1985 - Increases the amount of the Government's contribution for an employee enrolled in an employee health benefits plan from 60 to 75 percent of the average subscription charge for such plan. Increases the maximum Government contribution for an enrollee from 75 to 100 percent of such subscription charge. Requires payment of a Government differential equal to five percent of the average subscription charge, in addition to the Government's contribution, for any enrollee who is over 65 years of age and not entitled to Medicare benefits. Excludes such differential in determining the amount to be paid by the enrollee. Permits the following persons to elect to continue coverage under a Federal employees' health benefits plan for a specified period: (1) an employee who is involuntarily separated from the civil service due to a reduction in force; (2) an individual who elects to receive the lump-sum credit for civil service retirement benefits; and (3) an individual 22 years of age or older whose enrollment was based on such individual's being an unmarried child who was incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical disability which existed and did not terminate before the individual attained the age of 22. Requires such persons who elect to continue coverage to pay into the Employees Health Benefits Fund an amount equal to the sum of employee and agency contributions paid for the same level of benefits. Allows such a person to: (1) change to a lower level of benefits; (2) change coverage within 60 days after a change in family status; and (3) transfer enrollment to another plan under conditions prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Provides a temporary extension of coverage to allow persons who elected not to continue coverage or whose continued coverage is terminated to convert to a nongroup contract providing health benefits. Allows annuitants whose annuity is less than the amount required to be withheld for enrollment in a health benefits plan to pay the amount of any deficiency required for enrollment. Requires contracts for employee organization plans to require carriers to: (1) reinsure with other participating companies; (2) enter into an agreement approved by OPM with an underwriting subcontractor licensed to issue group health insurance in all States and the District of Columbia; and (3) meet minimum financial standards prescribed by OPM. Requires the service benefit plan and the indemnity benefit plan to provide, in addition to all currently authorized benefits: (1) nervous and mental disorder benefits; (2) alcoholism and substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation benefits; and (3) comprehensive dental benefits. Prohibits the OPM from entering into a contract for any service benefit, indemnity benefit, or employee organization plan which does not provide for 50 outpatient visits and 60 inpatient days of nervous and mental disorder benefits and two 28-day alcoholism treatment and rehabilitation benefits. Requires any limits on nervous and mental disorder benefits to be exceeded on a case by case basis only to the extent that a peer review mechanism determines such treatment to be necessary. Requires 80 percent of such excessive benefit claims to be paid from the balance of one percent of all contributions to the Employees Health Benefits Fund remaining after the expenses of administering provisions governing Federal employees health benefit plans are paid. Prohibits the OPM from entering into a contract with a carrier for any health benefits plan which does not provide 95 percent of the benefits that such plan or the most similar plan provided during the preceding year, unless the carrier and the OPM mutually agree to waive such requirement. Directs the OPM to: (1) provide a three week period during which enrollees in health benefits plans may change or cancel their enrollments before any contract term in which the rates or benefits of a plan will change, a new plan will be offered, or an existing plan will be terminated; and (2) make available to such enrollees information on such plans at least four weeks before such open enrollment period. Prohibits the OPM from entering into a contract for a health benefits plan which excludes anyone because of nonactive employee status. Eliminates the requirement that the group of physicians under a group-practice prepayment plan include physicians representing at least three major medical specialties.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Federal Employees' Political Activities Act of 1985 - Revises provisions which prohibit Federal and District of Columbia employees from engaging in political activities. Continues proscriptions against employees using their official authority or influence to interfere with the result of any election or to coerce the political action of any person. Prohibits employees from using any information obtained through their employment and not publicly available for any political purpose. Modifies provisions relating to the solicitation and offering of political contributions by Federal employees. Prohibits employees from: (1) giving or offering to give a political contribution to any individual either to vote or refrain from voting; (2) soliciting or receiving a contribution to vote or refrain from voting; (3) giving a contribution to a superior; (4) soliciting or receiving a contribution from a subordinate employee; (5) soliciting or receiving a contribution in specified facilities; or (6) soliciting or receiving a contribution from or giving a political contribution to an employee, Member of Congress, officer of a uniformed service, or agent of such individual, or any person who has or is seeking business interests affected by such employee's agency. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe certain exemptions to such prohibitions. Prohibits employees, with specified exceptions, from engaging in political activities while on duty, while wearing a uniform or official insignia identifying their position, or in designated areas. Allows employees holding certain restricted positions to take part in political management or a political campaign only under specified conditions. Requires an employee to notify his or her agency upon becoming a candidate for political office. Permits an employee to take annual leave or leave without pay to engage in activities related to such candidacy. Sets forth the penalties to be imposed against any employee who is found by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to have violated provisions of this Act. Permits State and local employees to run for political office if they are in federally funded positions. Directs the OPM to report to the Congress on the effect of the provisions of this Act on political participation by Federal employees, the merit system, and the improper use of official influence or information.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Continued Access to Group Health Insurance Act of 1985 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require continuation coverage under group health plans for certain spouses, former spouses, and dependent children of employees insured under such plans. Makes such continuation coverage a requirement for the allowance of a tax deduction for employer contributions to group health plans. Provides that the spouse and dependent children of an insured employee may be entitled to five years of continuation coverage under a group health plan if the insured employee: (1) dies; (2) becomes separated or divorced from his or her spouse; or (3) becomes entitled to Medicare. Makes such coverage available only if it is elected within a specified period by or on behalf of the spouse or child to be covered. Sets forth notification requirements. Sets forth a special rule relating to collective bargaining agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with specified agencies, to conduct at least ten demonstration projects to determine the feasibility of providing for alternative Medicare benefits for individuals entitled to Medicare benefits who are diagnosed as suffering from Alzheimer's disease or a related memory disorder. Directs the Secretary, in conducting such projects, to consider: (1) alternative benefits that encompass a range of outpatient services; and (2) providing alternative benefits in a manner that is analogous to the manner in which benefits for hospice care are made available under Medicare. Limits the cost of each such project. Provides for the paying for such projects.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act of 1985 - Title I: Authorizations of Appropriations - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 for famine relief in Africa for: (1) agricultural development programs; (2) international disaster assistance programs; (3) development program operating expenses; and (4) the Migration and Refugee Assistance account of the State Department. Title II: Appropriations - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 to: (1) the Department of Agriculture for Public Law 480; (2) the Agency for International Development for specified agriculture, rural development, and nutrition programs, for international disaster assistance, and for operating expenses; and (3) the Department of State for migration and refugee assistance. Declares that funds appropriated for Public Law 480, for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition programs (other than funds for rehabilitation and recovery projects), and for international disaster assistance shall be available only for those African countries which suffer from exceptional food supply problems in 1985 due to drought and other calamities. Permits the use of Public Law 480 funds to reimburse certain ongoing famine relief programs. Declares that funds for rehabilitation and recovery projects and for migration and refugee assistance shall be available only to those African countries which have suffered in the last two years from exceptional food supply problems due to drought and other calamities.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
States that the President should, at the earliest possible date: (1) request Senate advice and consent to ratification of the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaties; and (2) propose to the Soviet Union the resumption of negotiations toward conclusion of a verifiable comprehensive test ban treaty.
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