United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families With Children and for Child-Welfare Services), V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to strike out the words "crippled" and "crippling" wherever they appear and insert instead the words "handicapped" and "disability," respectively.
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
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
Requires that funds allocated for military assistance for the Government of El Salvador or for the rebels in Nicaragua be used instead by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to prevent illegal immigration from Central America.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to condition assistance to States, local governments, and agencies on the adoption of a law enforcement officers' bill of rights which includes, as a minimum, the following: (1) allowing off-duty officers to engage in political activities; (2) granting officers specified procedural rights in connection with investigations of their conduct on duty which may lead to a personnel action; (3) requiring officer representation on any police complaint review board established in the jurisdiction; (4) prohibiting mandatory disclosure of officers' finances; and (5) establishing a law enforcement officers' grievance commission.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Directs the Department of Justice to offer a reward for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of a kidnapper if: (1) the victim of the offense is physically harmed; and (2) the offender demands a monetary ransom.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Federal Support Payment Act - Amends the judicial code to provide for the enforcement of State court-ordered child support payments in sister States. Authorizes State-ordered child support payments to be registered under specified conditions in any State court for enforcement purposes. Establishes guidelines for enforcement and contempt proceedings in such State courts. Confers original jurisdiction upon State courts over civil actions brought by citizens of sister States to order citizens of the forum State to make child support payments, subject to specified conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 to extend to all units of the legislative branch of Government the prohibition against discrimination in employment which now applies only to those units of the legislative branch having positions in the competitive civil service. Amends the National Labor Relations Act to include the United States as an employer subject to the prohibition against unfair labor practices. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to extend its coverage to the employees of any unit of the legislative branch whether or not the unit has positions in the competitive civil service. Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to include the United States as an employer subject to its provisions. Applies the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act to the legislative branch.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to allow air carriers to offer reduced rate air transportation for any individual under 16 years of age who is traveling to the United States from a foreign country to be adopted, or after being adopted, by a resident of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Permits a former President to receive the allowance provided specifically for a former President under Federal law only if he or she waives the right to any other Federal pension or annuity. Provides for the refund of the former President's contributions toward such waived pension or annuity.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking in more than one designated area of a passenger-carrying aircraft. Requires air carriers to provide a seat for any passenger who wishes to be seated in a no-smoking section.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Repeals specified provisions of Federal law concerning incentive awards for Federal employees, performance awards for the Senior Executive Service, and performance awards and the cash award program under the performance management and recognition system. Authorizes the President to pay a cash award of not to exceed $1,500 to an employee or former employee if such employee's suggestion, invention, or personal effort causes a demonstrable monetary savings to the Government. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Extends the reduced postage rates currently in effect for classroom publications to the home delivery of children's educational publications which contain no paid advertising.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to pay premium pay to an employee assigned to a computer program analyst position classified not lower than GS-9, located in an air traffic control center or terminal or a flight service station, and the duties of which are directly involved in, or responsible for, the operation and maintenance of the air traffic control system. Makes this Act applicable to such service performed after August 2, 1981, by any individual who: (1) is an FAA employee upon enactment of this Act; or (2) retired or died after such date.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Truth in Mileage Act of 1985 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to base its automobile fuel economy tests upon actual road testing. Sets forth criminal penalties for EPA employees who knowingly falsify the results of such tests.
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
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit Federal Reserve banks from purchasing obligations of foreign governments unless such obligations are denominated in the currency of the foreign country involved.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit any officer or employee of the United States, in his or her official capacity, from purchasing the currency of any foreign country unless, on the date of the proposed purchase, such currency is used to determine the value of special drawing rights established under the International Monetary Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to permit an individual who has attained retirement age and is eligible for old age insurance benefits but has not filed for such benefits to elect, on an annual basis, to have his or her employment or self-employment excluded from the term "employment" for purposes of the OASDI program and to be exempt from social security taxes. Provides that such an election: (1) does not exempt an individual's employer from paying employer's social security taxes; and (2) does not exempt an individual from paying hospital insurance taxes if he or she has filed for hospital insurance benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate as a basis of a stepchild's eligibility for child's insurance benefits the fact that such child is living with his or her stepfather or stepmother.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for public financing of advertising (television, radio, and newspaper) and related expenses in campaigns for the House of Representatives. Makes candidates who accept campaign contributions from a multicandidate political committee ineligible for such financing. Requires charges for such advertising to be submitted to the Federal Election Commission, and in turn by the Commission to the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Limits the amount of official funds available to a Member of Congress for the purchase of postage stamps to $100 for each calendar year. Requires deposit of any amount of such funds not used in the calendar year during the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to establish procedures prohibiting the procurement of property or services from any person who has recommended such procurement to the Government in a report or study funded by the Government.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Requires the President's annual budget message submitted to the Congress to be printed in red ink if the estimated expenditures exceed the estimated receipts.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Prohibits the total annual Government expenditures for the care of a former President, excepting Secret Service protection, from exceeding eight times the poverty level income for one urban family of four.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the income tax deduction for business expenses paid or incurred for regularly scheduled air transportation to the extent that such amount exceeds the normal tourist class fare for such transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Reckless Risk Recovery Act of 1985 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on financial institutions which have outstanding loans to foreign governments which are insolvent and which have received funds from the United States since they became insolvent.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to furnish a veteran who is determined to require evaluation and treatment for a mental condition the necessary hospital care and medical services for such evaluation and treatment.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any person from serving: (1) as a Representative for more than ten years in a 12-year period; (2) as a Senator for more than 12 years during any 14-year period; or (3) as a judge of the Supreme Court or an inferior court for more than ten years in a 12-year period.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes either House of the Congress to veto rules and regulations issued by the executive branch pursuant to laws passed by the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Modifies the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution to: (1) state that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself except in open court; and (2) provide that a person shall not be confronted with prior criminal convictions except where they are an element of the crime charged. Modifies the sixth amendment to entitle the accused in all criminal prosecutions to be informed of the evidence of the accusation (in addition to the nature and cause of the accusation as currently provided).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Permits States to propose constitutional amendments if the President establishes that two-thirds of the States have approved proposals for substantially identical amendments. Makes such proposed constitutional amendment part of the U.S. Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. Provides for the phased implementation of this requirement after the ratification of this amendment. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of national emergency, but never by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fourth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 39 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to two and a half percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fourth fiscal year. Requires the elimination within three fiscal years of any indebtedness incurred as a result of a national emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the appointment of electors to represent the insular areas constituting the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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