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
Authorizes the National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich to establish a monument to General Draza Mihailovich in the District of Columbia or its environs in recognition of the role he played saving the lives of more than 500 U.S. airmen in Yugoslavia during World War II. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that, except for specified items, neither the United States nor the District of Columbia shall bear any expense in the establishment of such memorial. Directs the Secretary to permit groundbreaking for construction of the monument only after determining that sufficient funds are available for completion of the monument. Directs that the maintenance and care of the monument shall be the responsibility of the National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of: (1) five dollar gold coins, emblematic of the centennial of the Statue of Liberty; (2) one dollar silver coins, emblematic of the use of Ellis Island; and (3) half dollar coins, emblematic of the contributions of immigrants to America. Sets forth certain features of such coins; and provides for their sale and issuance. Provides for the distribution and use of such sale funds to the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. Terminates the minting of such coins on December 31, 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
Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal criminal code to define "armor piercing ammunition." Excludes from the definition: (1) shot gun shot required by Federal or State regulations for hunting; (2) frangible projectiles for target shooting; and (3) projectiles that 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 for: (1) manufacture or importation of armor piercing ammunition for the use of the United States or any State or local government; and (2) manufacture for the sole purpose of exportation. Establishes a licensing fee of $1,000 per year for manufacturers and importers of armor piercing ammunition. Imposes an additional mandatory sentence of not less than five years for any person who uses or carries a firearm and is in possession of armor piercing ammunition during the commission of a violent felony. Provides that such sentence shall not be suspended nor probation nor parole be granted.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 - Title I: Amendments to Export Administration Act of 1979 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 (the Export Administration Act) to amend the congressional findings and declaration of policy with respect to export controls. Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) encourage friendly countries to cooperate in restricting the sale of goods and technology that can harm U.S. security; (2) sustain vigorous scientific enterprise by protecting the ability of scholars freely to communicate their research findings; (3) control the export of goods and substances banned or severely restricted in the United States; (4) cooperate with allies and other countries to minimize dependence on imports of critical resources from potential adversaries and in developing alternative supplies of such resources; and (5) continue to object to exceptions to the International Control List for the Soviet Union. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to require validated licenses (rather than qualified general licenses) authorizing multiple exports, including distribution licenses, comprehensive operations licenses, project licenses, and service supply licenses. Provides that distribution licenses shall authorize exports to distributors in countries other than controlled countries. Sets forth factors to be considered in determining whether to grant a distribution license. Prohibits using a distribution license or a comprehensive operations license in connection with exports to controlled countries. Directs the Secretary to establish a control list stating license requirements for exports of goods and technologies to all destinations to which such exports are controlled under the Export Administration Act. (Current law requires the Secretary to establish a commodity control list consisting of any goods or technology subject to export controls.) Prohibits the imposition of national security or foreign policy export controls on goods or technology if they are available in sufficient quality and quantity from sources outside the United States so that the imposition of export controls would be ineffective. Directs the President to give strong emphasis to bilateral or multilateral negotiations to eliminate foreign availability. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to cooperate in gathering and assessing information relating to foreign availability. Directs the Secretary to keep the public fully informed about changes in export control policy and procedures. Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail: (1) reexports of goods and technologies subject to national security export controls; and (2) the transfer of such goods or technologies to embassies and affiliates of proscribed countries. Deletes the provision which requires the Secretary to explain the denial of an export license application. Deletes the provision which declares that regulations issued to carry out national security export controls shall not be based on the assumption that there are effective safeguards against diversion of critical technologies to military use by countries that pose a threat to U.S. security. Directs the President to establish as a list of controlled countries those countries designated as communist countries in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Authorizes the President to add or remove a country from such list if the President determines that exports to such country would or would not harm U.S. national security. Sets forth factors the President shall consider in making such determination. Excludes from export license requirements certain exports to countries which are members of the agreement of the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (the Coordinating Committee). Directs the Secretary to review at least once a year the list of goods subject to national security export controls. Directs the Secretary to publish notice of the review and provide interested parties with an opportunity to comment. Declares that it is the intent of the Congress to encourage the use of multiple validated export licenses in lieu of individual validated licenses. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring an individual validated export license for replacement parts which are exported to replace on a one-for-one basis parts that were in a good that has been lawfully exported. Requires the Secretary to review periodically the procedures relating to multiple validated export licenses. Authorizes the Secretary to make goods which are subject to national security export controls eligible for a distribution license and other licenses authorizing multiple exports of goods. Makes technology and related goods which are subject to national security export controls eligible for a comprehensive operations license. Directs the Secretary to establish as one of the criteria for the removal of goods or technology from the list of goods subject to national security export controls the anticipated needs of the military of countries to which exports are controlled for national security purposes. Deletes as an objective of multilateral export controls negotiations reduction of such controls to a level acceptable to and enforceable by all governments participating in the Coordinating Committee. Adds several new objectives to such negotiations. Requires any nongovernmental U.S. entity which enters into commercial agreements with the government of a controlled country that is intended to result in the export of unpublished technical data of U.S. origin to report such agreement to the Secretary. Excludes educational institutions from such requirement. Directs the Secretary to conduct negotiations with other countries, including countries not participating in the Coordinating Committee, to restrict exports of goods or technology that would contribute to the military potential of countries that would be detrimental to U.S. security. Directs the Secretary, if there is reliable evidence that exports which were subject to national security controls have been diverted to an unauthorized use or consignee: (1) to deny all further exports to or by parties who divert or conspire to divert any goods or technology subject to national security controls to an unauthorized use or consignee; and (2) to take any other necessary steps to deter further unauthorized use of previously exported goods or technology. Prohibits imposing a national security export control on a good solely because it contains an embedded microprocessor if the microprocessor cannot be used or altered to perform functions other than those it performs in the good in which it is embedded. Permits imposing an export control on such a good only if the functions of the good are such that the good, if exported, would make a significant contribution to the military potential of a country that would be detrimental to U.S. national security. Directs the Secretary, with the Commissioner of Customs and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to help manufacturers or persons engaged in handling goods or technology subject to national security controls to develop security systems to prevent violations or evasions of such controls. Requires Federal agencies to keep records of their actions with respect to export license applications or revisions of the list of controlled commodities. Establishes a National Security Control Office within the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in order to assist the Secretary of Defense in carrying out responsibilities related to the national security export controls. Excludes agricultural commodities from the national security export controls. Requires the Secretary of Defense, in developing the list of militarily critical technologies, to give emphasis to keystone equipment which would reveal or give insight into the design and manufacture of a U.S. military system. Requires such list to include technologies that are not available from sources outside the United States. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to integrate the list of militarily critical technologies into the control list. Requires the President to resolve any dispute between the Secretaries over whether a good or technology on the list of militarily critical technologies should be integrated into the control list. Requires that the integrated list include only: (1) goods or technologies which are not possessed by nor available to controlled countries; and (2) goods or technologies for which functionally equivalent goods or technologies are not possessed by nor available to such countries. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a procedure for annually reviewing the goods or technology on the list. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to add items to the list. Directs the President to resolve disagreements between the Secretaries over whether items should be added to or removed from the list. Requires the establishment of adequate export controls for militarily critical technology and keystone equipment to be accompanied by suitable reductions in the controls on the products of that technology and equipment. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act on the impact that transferring items on the list of militarily critical technologies to controlled countries has had or will have on the military capabilities of those countries. Directs the Secretary to make a foreign availability determination on the Secretary's own initiative after receiving an allegation of such availability from an export license applicant or upon request of the appropriate technical advisory committee established under the Export Administration Act. Directs the Secretary to accept the applicant's representations made in writing and supported by evidence unless they are contradicted by reliable evidence, expert opinion, or intelligence information. Lists factors to be considered in making such determination. Requires that the President "actively pursue" rather than "take steps to initiate" negotiations with governments of countries which export goods that are subject to national security export controls. Establishes in the Department of Commerce an Office of Foreign Availability which shall be responsible for gathering and analyzing information relating to determinations of foreign availability under the Export Administration Act. Requires such information to be made available to the Congress every six months. Requires the Office to be under the direction of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Administration in FY 1985 and under the direction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration thereafter. Requires that representatives of the intelligence community participate in the technical advisory committees established under the Export Administration Act. Requires such committees to be consulted on questions relating to actions designed to avoid contributing to the military potential of countries that would be detrimental to U.S. security. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within 90 days on a finding by a technical advisory committee that goods or technology subject to national security export controls are available in foreign countries. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a validated export license for such goods or technology if, after six months, the foreign availability has not been eliminated. Authorizes the President to extend the validated export license requirement for one year if the President certifies to the Congress that the negotiations to eliminate the foreign availability of such goods or technology are progressing and that the absence of the export control involved would prove detrimental to U.S. national security. Changes the standard for finding foreign availability of goods subject to national security export controls from "sufficient quality" to "comparable quality" goods. Provides that the Secretary of Commerce shall exercise the foreign policy export controls in consultation with, among others, the Secretaries of Defense, Agriculture, and the Treasury and the U.S. Trade Representative. Declares that foreign policy export controls shall apply to transactions undertaken with intent to evade a foreign policy export control even if such foreign policy export control would not otherwise apply to that transaction or activity. Lists criteria which must be met before the President may impose foreign policy export controls. Directs the President to consider such criteria and the foreign policy consequences of changing the export controls in determining whether to extend the foreign policy export controls in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary, before imposing any foreign policy export controls, to consult with affected U.S. industries and with advisory committees established by the Trade Act of 1974. Directs the President, when imposing foreign policy export controls, to consult with other countries including countries with which the United States maintains export controls cooperatively. Authorizes the President to impose, expand, or extend foreign policy export controls only after consultation with the appropriate congressional committee. Requires the President to submit a report to the Congress before imposing, expanding, or extending such controls. Lists information to be included in such report. Requires the Secretary to present oral testimony annually to the appropriate congressional committees on policies and actions taken to carry out the foreign policy export controls. Declares that the foreign policy export controls provisions do not authorize export controls on donations of goods that are intended to meet basic human needs. Declares that such exclusion does not apply to export controls on medicine, medical supplies, or food, except for donations, which are in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Requires the President, before extending a foreign policy export control, to evaluate the results of international negotiations to curtail the foreign availability of the goods which shall be subject to the export control. Requires the President to report that evaluation to the Congress. Requires the Secretary, if the negotiating efforts are not successful within a specified time, to take into account the foreign availability of the goods or technology subject to a foreign policy export control. Sets forth procedures to deal with such foreign availability. Prohibits rescinding a finding that a country supports international terrorism unless the President, at least 30 days before the proposed rescission would take effect, certifies to the Congress that: (1) the country concerned has not provided support for international terrorism during the preceding six month period; and (2) the country concerned has made explicit assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future. Requires the reinstatement of a finding that a country supports international terrorism if such a finding was made before January 1, 1982, and was no longer in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, unless the President makes a specified certification to the Congress. Requires that any determination of the Secretary with respect to exporting or granting export licenses for crime control instruments shall be made with the concurrence of the Secretary of State. Requires the Secretary to identify on the control list (currently the commodity control list) which goods or technology and which countries or destinations are subject to which types of foreign policy export controls. Prohibits the President, unless and until the President makes a specified certification to the Congress, from prohibiting or curtailing through foreign policy export controls, the export or reexport of goods, technology, or other information: (1) in performance of a contract or agreement entered into before the President reports to the Congress the intention to impose export or reexport controls on such goods, technology, or information; or (2) under authorization issued under the Export Administration Act. Extends certain export controls with respect to South Africa for one year. Authorizes the President to impose foreign policy export controls with respect to an expanded number of goods or technology if: (1) the President reports to the Congress on the proposed controls; and (2) a law is enacted authorizing such controls. Provides for expedited consideration of a joint resolution authorizing such controls. Authorizes entities which represent an industry or a substantial segment of an industry which processes metallic materials capable of being recycled to petition the Secretary to monitor exports of such material or impose export controls on such material. Requires such petition to include information demonstrating that specified criteria are satisfied. Requires notice of the petition to be published in the Federal Register. Sets forth information which shall be included in such notice. Sets forth the criteria the Secretary shall use in determining whether to impose monitoring or controls on such materials. Provides for publishing regulations with respect to such monitoring or controls. Authorizes the Secretary to refuse to consider a petition with respect to such materials if a similar petition has been considered in the previous six months. Authorizes the Secretary, under specified conditions, to impose temporary controls after a petition has been filed. Permits exports of certain domestically produced crude oil only if the President so recommends to the Congress after making and publishing specified findings. Terminates the short supply export controls on domestically produced crude oil on September 30, 1990. Requires the President to notify the Congress whenever the President determines that short supply export controls should be imposed on refined petroleum products. Requires the President to report to the Congress the imposition of any short supply export control on an agricultural commodity. Limits the duration of such a control to one year. Provides that such control shall cease to be effective if the Congress, within 60 days of receipt of the report of such export control, fails to adopt a joint resolution approving such control. Provides for expediting consideration of such a joint resolution. Excludes from such requirement export controls: (1) which are extended under the Export Administration Act if they were approved by the Congress when they were imposed; or (2) which are imposed with respect to a country as part of the prohibition or curtailment of all exports to that country. Prohibits any short supply export control from affecting any contract to harvest unprocessed western red cedar from State lands which was entered into before October 1, 1979, and the performance of which would make red cedar available for export. Prohibits any short supply export controls on any agricultural commodity or on any forest or fishery product from affecting any contract to export entered into before the date on which the controls are imposed. Decreases the number of days permitted for review of an export license at all stages of the review process. Makes special provisions for reviewing applications for licenses to export goods or technology to member countries of the Coordinating Committee. Requires the Secretary to inform an export license applicant in writing if the Secretary receives questions or negative recommendations from other departments or agencies with respect to the application. Entitles such an applicant to respond in writing to such questions or recommendations and to respond in person to the department or agency raising such questions or recommendations. Requires the Secretary to inform an export license applicant whose application is denied, among other things: (1) what modifications in or restrictions on the goods or technology for which the license was sought would allow such export to be compatible with export controls; and (2) which Commerce Department personnel will be made reasonably available to the applicant for considerations with regard to such modifications or restrictions. Requires the Secretary to allow an export license applicant 30 days to respond to a decision denying the license application. Prohibits the Secretary from returning a license application without action if the license requirements are changed after the application has been submitted. Authorizes the Secretary to request additional information in such a case. Requires the Secretary to provide a proper classification of a good or technology on the control list within ten days of receiving a request for such classification. Requires the Secretary to respond within 30 days to an inquiry about the applicability of export license requirements to a proposed export transaction or series of transactions. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress, within 120 days of enactment of this Act, a plan to assist small businesses in the export license application process. Requires the Secretary to report every three months to specified congressional committees on the number of export license applications which during the preceding three months took more than the prescribed time to process. Requires the Secretary to report additional information with respect to such applications. Sets forth procedures for reviewing applications for an individual validated license for exports to member countries of the Coordinating Committee. Imposes penalties: (1) for conspiring or attempting to violate any provision of the Export Administration Act with knowledge that the exports involved will be used for the benefit of, or that the destination or intended destination of the goods or technology involved is, any country to which exports are restricted for national security or foreign policy purposes; (2) on persons possessing goods or technology with intent to export such goods or technology in violation of a national security or foreign policy export control or knowing or having reason to believe that the goods or technology would be so exported; and (3) on persons who take actions with intent to evade the provisions of the Export Administration Act. Requires consultation with specified congressional committees if an exception to an order issued under the Export Administration Act which revokes the authority of a U.S. person to export goods or technology is to be made. Requires persons convicted of a national security export control violation to forfeit: (1) any property interest in the goods or tangible items that were the subject of the violation; (2) any property interest in tangible property used in the export or attempt to export that was the subject of the violation; and (3) any property constituting or derived from proceeds obtained as a result of such violation. Prohibits, at the Secretary's discretion, persons with specified prior convictions from being eligible to apply for or use an export license for up to ten years after the conviction. Authorizes the Commissioner of Customs to make investigations outside the United States in order to enforce the Export Administration Act, the Export Control Act of 1949, or the Export Administration Act of 1969. Provides that any U.S. district court shall have jurisdiction to enforce such Acts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct certain investigations outside the United States. Authorizes the U.S. Customs Service, in the enforcement of the Export Administration Act, to search and seize goods or technology at U.S. ports of entry or exit and at certain places outside the United States. Sets forth actions which U.S. Customs Service officers may take to enforce the Export Administration Act. Grants the Secretary the responsibility for enforcement of the foreign boycott provisions of the Export Administration Act. Sets forth actions that may be taken in enforcing such provisions. Limits the amount that the U.S. Customs Service may spend in enforcing the Export Administration Act in FY 1985 and 1986. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the procedures for enforcement of the Export Administration Act. Requires the Secretary and the Commissioner of Customs, upon request, to share certain licensing and enforcement information. Sets forth procedures for hearings before an administrative law judge on civil penalties and sanctions for certain violations of the Export Administration Act. Requires such proceedings to be concluded within one year after submission of the complaint. Authorizes the Secretary or the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a temporary denial order, without a hearing, with respect to an export license. Limits the duration of the order to 60 days unless renewed, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, for additional 60 day periods in order to prevent an imminent violation. Lists information to be included in the order. Provides for appeal of the order to an administrative law judge whose determination shall be reviewed by the Secretary. Authorizes appeals of denials of export licenses. Sets forth appeal procedures. Designates as qualified for appointment as an administrative law judge any person who, for at least two of the ten years preceding the effective date of this Act, has served as a hearing commissioner of the Commerce Department. Directs the Secretary to report annually every license that was approved for exports to controlled countries. Directs the President to include in each annual report a detailed description of the extent of injury to U.S. industry and the extent of job displacement caused by U.S. exports to controlled countries. Directs the President to appoint an Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration to carry out the functions of the Secretary under the Export Administration Act. Directs the Secretary to designate three Assistant Secretaries of Commerce to assist the Under Secretary. Authorizes the issuance of regulations to carry out the national security export control provisions only following their submission (for review and comment) to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and other appropriate officials. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress and to consult with certain technical advisory committees if the Secretary proposes to change regulations issued pursuant to the Export Administration Act. Changes the definitions of specified terms used in such Act, including "technology" and "export." Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of the Export Administration Act FY 1985 and 1986. Extends the authority granted by such Act until September 30, 1989. Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to authorize the President to impose import controls on persons who violate any national security export control imposed under the Export Administration Act. Authorizes the President to impose import controls on persons who violate a regulation issued under a multilateral agreement to control exports for national security purposes, but only if: (1) negotiations with the parties with jurisdiction over the violation have failed to restore compliance with the regulation involved; (2) the President, after the failure of such negotiations, has notified such parties that the United States intends to impose import controls on persons who violate such regulation; and (3) a majority of parties to the multilateral agreement concur in the proposed import controls or abstain from stating a position on such import controls. Requires the Secretary to modify the office hours of the Office of Export Administration on at least four days of each workweek to accommodate exporters throughout the United States. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the President to make a specified certification to the Senate Banking Committee before issuing a license for the export of crime control equipment to a country which engages in a consistent pattern of human rights violations. Prohibits the export of horses by sea from the United States unless the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, grants a waiver for such export based on a finding that no horse is being exported for slaughter. Imposes penalties for violations of this prohibition. Directs the President to: (1) undertake a comprehensive review of the issues concerning possible changes in the existing incentives to produce crude oil from the North Slope of Alaska and possible changes in the existing distribution of such crude oil, as well as the appropriations of continuing existing controls; and (2) develop options and recommendations regarding the production and distribution of such crude oil. Requires the President to report the results of such review to the Congress within nine months of enactment of this Act. Title II: Export Promotion Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 to carry out Commerce Department export promotion programs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, on the status of Federal programs relating to the barter or exchange of commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation for materials and products produced in foreign countries. Authorizes the President: (1) to barter farm commodities for such materials in situations in which sales would otherwise not occur; and (2) to purchase such materials which are produced abroad and acquired by persons in the United States through barter for farm commodities produced in and exported from the United States through normal commercial trade channels. Directs the President to take steps to safeguard existing export markets for farm commodities operating on conventional business terms. Title III: Nuclear Exports - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit, unless specified conditions are met: (1) issuance of an export license for export to a non-nuclear weapon state of an item or related technical data which could be of significance for nuclear explosive purposes or which is likely to be diverted for use in such a facility; (2) issuance by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of a license for the export to a non-nuclear weapon state of a component part, item, or substance which the NRC has determined is especially relevant from the standpoint of export control; (3) approval by the Secretary of Energy of the retransfer to a non-nuclear weapon state of any such component part, item, or substance; and (4) authorization by the Secretary of Energy of any person to engage in the production of special nuclear material in a non-nuclear weapon state. Sets forth certain limitations on such prohibitions. Requires the Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement which the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency provides the President on proposed agreements of cooperation to include an assessment of the consistency of the text of the agreement with the requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Requires the President to submit such statement to the Senate Foreign Relations and the House Foreign Affairs Committees and to consult with such committees on the consistency of the text of the agreement with the requirements of such Act. Requires such committees to each hold hearings on the proposed agreements and submit reports recommending whether the agreement should be approved or disapproved. Declares that such agreement shall not become effective if the Congress adopts a joint (currently concurrent) resolution stating that the Congress does not favor such agreement. Provides that an agreement exempted by the President from specified conditions shall not become effective unless the Congress adopts and there is enacted a joint resolution authorizing such agreement. Provides for expediting the consideration of such a joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that a beneficiary shall be entitled to a prorated benefit for the month in which he or she dies.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the estate tax, the gift tax, and the tax on generation-skipping transfers. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of title II benefits to individuals who have been deported pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act because of activities conducted under the direction of association with the Nazi government of Germany or its allies.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $2,500 the maximum deduction for contributions to retirement savings plans. Allows certain individuals to compute the amount of the income tax deduction for retirement savings on the basis of the earned income of their spouses without regard to any community property laws.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that one-half of the cost of insurance paid by a self-employed taxpayer for medical care during the taxable year will be allowed as a business deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the President an item veto of appropriations bills. Requires the President, in signing such a bill, to designate the provisions disapproved and return the bill to the House in which it originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceedings as other bills disapproved by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Allows the President an item veto of appropriations bills. Requires the President, in signing such a bill, to designate the provisions disapproved and return the bill to the House in which it originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceeding as other bills disapproved by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are not greater than total receipts. Permits the Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Requires the President and the Congress to ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in such statement. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless the Congress passes by a three-fifths vote a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed statement of receipts and outlays for that year consistent with the provisions of this article. Permits the Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Establishes the Joint Committee on Intelligence. Declares that such committee has exclusive legislative jurisdiction with respect to any intelligence activity of the Federal Government and authorizations for appropriations for specified agencies and intelligence-related activities. Directs the joint committee to classify its information and records and to establish guidelines for their maintenance, use, and availability. Sets forth procedures for the disclosure of such information. Directs the joint committee to establish and carry out rules and procedures necessary to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information. Makes conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives, including abolishing the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the National Security Act of 1947.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control to conduct continuing oversight and review of the problems of narcotics, drug, and polydrug abuse and control.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families to conduct a comprehensive study and review of the problems of children, youth, and families.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Requires each House of Representatives committee (except the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct) and subcommittee to be constituted in a ratio proportionate to the membership of the two political parties in the House. Requires, where practicable, the committee staffs to reflect such ratio.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Congressional Regulatory Oversight Improvements Resolution of 1985 - Title I: Establishment and Responsibilities of Joint Committee - Establishes the Joint Committee on Regulatory Affairs to monitor on a continuing basis the rulemaking activities of Federal agencies. Authorizes the joint committee to investigate agency rules on its own initiative or at the request of a Member of either House. Expresses the sense of the Congress that agencies should cooperate with any investigation. Title II: Regulatory Oversight and Review - Authorizes the joint committee to report identical concurrent resolutions disapproving an agency rule on one or more specified grounds, accompanied by a report specifying the basis for disapproval. Sets forth rules of procedure for consideration of the resolution. Prohibits, after adoption of such resolution, either House from considering legislation making or continuing appropriations for the agency in question. Authorizes the joint committee, after adoption of such resolution, to report joint resolutions requiring the agency in question to revise, repeal, or not promulgate the pertinent rule. Title III: Administrative Provisions - Requires the joint committee to adopt rules of procedure consistent, where practicable, with the rules of each House. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the committee should utilize a consolidated, nonpartisan staff. Requires the joint committee to report as soon as practicable in the 100th Congress on its activities during the preceding Congress and make recommendations necessary to improve the functions of such committee. Directs the Postmaster of the House of Representatives to operate a regulatory library to provide reference material relating to administrative law and regulatory affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Poland should comply with basic human rights agreements to which it is a signatory, such as the Helsinki accords, and initiate a policy of National Reconciliation; (2) the prosecution of those responsible for the death of Father Jerzy Popieluszko should be supported by Poland; (3) human rights monitoring committees in Poland should be supported; (4) the free flow of information on the activities of such committees can improve human rights policies in Poland and the continued improvement of human rights there would better relations between the United States and Poland; and (5) the President should convey Congress' concerns to Polish officials and to U.S. allies.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1984
1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to pay an award not to exceed $500,000 to any individual who furnishes information regarding an act of terrorism: (1) against a U.S. person or U.S. property; and (2) primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. States that a reward of $100,000 or more may not be made without the approval of the President. Allows for the protection of the identity of the recipient of a reward if it is determined that such measures are necessary. Makes governmental employees who furnish information while in the performance of their duties ineligible for such payment. Authorizes appropriations. Urges the President to seek more effective international cooperation in combatting international terrorism, including: (1) severe punishment for acts of terrorism; and (2) extradition of all terrorists to the country where the terrorist incident occurred or whose citizens were victims of the incident. Provides that priority should be given to negotiations to establish a permanent international working group for combatting terrorism. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives no later than February 1, 1985, on the findings and recommendations of the Advisory Panel on Security of United States Missions Abroad. Authorizes additional appropriations for security enhancement at United States missions abroad. Requires the Secretary of State and the Director of the United States Information Agency to report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on how their agencies have allocated funds. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 with regard to hiring additional individuals for services abroad. Allows for additional procurement authority for overseas security requirements. Authorizes the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State to use government-owned vehicles for security purposes. Expresses the sense of the Congress that due to the current epidemic of worldwide terrorist activity, U.S. missions abroad should utilize danger pay allowance more extensively.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984
Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to invite each State having an approved plan under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to submit an application to establish and conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of testing whether the provision of mandatory education or vocational training (or both) for the caretaker parents of dependent children under six years of age in families receiving AFDC would enable such families to leave the AFDC rolls quickly and assist such parents in securing long-term gainful employment at earnings levels sufficient to maintain their families without public assistance. Requires any State desiring to establish and conduct such a demonstration project to submit an application to the Secretary within six-months after the enactment of this Act. Requires the application to include assurances that the proposed project would be permitted under applicable State and local law. Directs the Secretary to consider all applications submitted and to approve ten of the proposed projects within nine months after the enactment of this Act. Requires six of the approved projects to be located in urban areas and four to be located in predominantly rural areas. Prohibits the approval of a project unless: (1) it is of sufficient size and scope to demonstrate program and cost effectiveness and to permit the drawing of valid inferences for evaluation and permit the drawing of valid inferences for evaluation and policy recommendations; (2) it will be conducted for a period of not less than three nor more than five years; (3) it covers all caretaker parents in families which are eligible for aid under the applicable State plan and which include one or more children under six years of age; and (4) it complies fully with all other requirements and will contribute to the purposes of this Act. Defines "caretaker parent" to mean the parent of a dependent child under age six with whom such child is living, who is personally providing care for such child, who is eligible for AFDC, and who is or would be exempt from the manpower services, training, and employment registration requirements because that parent personally provides care for such child. Directs a State, in conducting an approved demonstration project to: (1) offer each caretaker parent in a jurisdiction involved an opportunity to participate in the project; (2) establish an individualized program for the education or vocational training of each participating caretaker parent; and (3) permit such parent to receive education or training under the program so established (from the time the youngest child in the care of such parent is six-months old, or earlier with a physician's written permission) until either the parent is employed and self-sufficient, the parent is no longer a caretaker parent, or the family has become ineligible for aid. Permits a State to make participation in the project by caretaker parents in the State mandatory rather than voluntary. Permits a jurisdiction within a State to make participation mandatory, if the State does not exercise its option. Directs the Secretary to pay each State with an approved demonstration project 90 percent of the costs incurred by the State in establishing and carrying out such project. Requires the remainder of the costs incurred to be paid from non-Federal sources. Requires the education or training for caretaker parents in such program to meet the following requirements: (1) for caretaker parents without a high school diploma; (2) after receipt of such diploma (or in the case of an individual already having a high school diploma or better), the caretaker parent must participate in an approved post-secondary education program, an approved vocational education program, or a program of employment and training under auspices of the Job Training Partnership Act; (3) the award of an academic scholarship to a caretaker parent shall not result in any loss of eligibility or benefits under AFDC or any other public assistance program, so long as the scholarship payments are made directly to the appropriate educational institution; (4) the education and training must include instruction in family management and life skills, employment and job search training, career counseling, and community-supported recreational activities; (5) appropriate English language and adjustment training must be provided for caretaker parents from immigrant groups who have language or cultural adjustment difficulties; (6) special training must be provided for physically handicapped participants; (7) education and training for each participate in the project must be provided for at least 20 hours per week and must be coordinated with available child care services; (8) any caretaker parent who has completed all of the education and training required by this Act shall remain a participant in the project for 20 hours a week of job search and placement assistance (with associated child care) until either the parent is employed and self-sufficient, the parent is no longer a caretaker parent, or the family has become ineligible for AFDC. Provides that in the case of a caretaker parent who ceases to be a participant in the project because he or she has completed all of the education and training required by this Act and has become employed: (1) the parent will be provided with child care services, as necessary, without charge for a six-month period, and for an additional six-month period subject to the payment of a gradually increasing portion of the cost of such services; and (2) the parent shall be considered for a 12-month period to be still a project participant for purposes of receiving Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act). Requires all of the child care and transportation which is necessary for a caretaker parent to participate in a demonstration project to be included, without charge to the caretaker parent, as a part of the project. Requires each approved project to be designed so as to provide an effective demonstration of: (1) the planning and design of quality and cost-effective approaches to child and infant care, utilizing group services provided by the participants themselves or utilizing any other child care services which may be available; (2) the cost-effective utilization of existing publicly-funded educational, vocational, and other training programs; (3) coordination with other community service providers, including job developers; and (4) cost- effective and creative approaches to the utilization of transportation facilities. Prohibits participation in an approved project by a caretaker parent from resulting in any loss of eligibility or benefits under AFDC or any other public assistance program. Provides that if any caretaker parent refuses to undergo any education or training required by this Act or otherwise fails to participate in an approved demonstration project, without a reasonable basis for such refusal or failure as determined on medical, psychological, psychiatric, or other grounds by an appropriate licensed practitioner in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary (subject to a State being granted a waiver): (1) such parent's needs shall not be taken into account in determining need under AFDC with respect to the parent's family; and (2) any AFDC payments shall be made in the form of protective payments. Permits any State whose application for a demonstration project is approved to submit to the Secretary a request for the waiver of any requirement which would otherwise apply with respect to the project under title XI or title IV of the Social Security Act. Directs the Secretary, if authorized, to approve the request upon a determination that the waiver is necessary in order for the project to accomplish its purpose. Requires each approved demonstration project to have a voluntary advisory group to assist in developing the program and in monitoring the project. Sets forth reporting requirements (including reports to Congress). Requires each State in which a demonstration project is located to submit to the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require concerning a project. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Amends the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985 to require that: (1) at least five percent of the funds earmarked for the Agency for International Development shall be available only for the delivery of primary health care services and basic health education, training for health care workers, and medical supplies and equipment for primary health care, with such assistance to be provided through private and voluntary organizations and international organizations wherever appropriate; (2) not more than one-third of the amount allocated for such services may be used in any one country; and (3) funds allocated to carry out these provisions shall remain available until September 30, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should commend the Government of Guatemala for holding free elections and should encourage such government to continue the democratic process by holding general elections in 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1984
Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984 to limit eligibility for commemorative bronze medals for families of American personnel missing in Southeast Asia to families of those listed as missing or unaccounted for as of the end of U.S. participation in hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1984
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Reciprocity Act of 1984 - Amends the Diplomatic Relations Act to limit the number of members of a diplomatic mission of a communist regime to the United States and the privileges and immunities granted to such members and their families so that the number of members and their privileges and immunities are no greater than those applicable to the U.S. mission to that communist regime. Requires the President to report to Congress on steps taken to implement this Act. Lists countries defined as communist regimes.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1984
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 · 25 July 1984
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit any expenditure of official campaign funds for foreign travel. Applies the Federal restriction regarding the acceptance of gifts by Federal employees from foreign governments to: (1) presidential or vice-presidential candidates; (2) congressional candidates; and (3) campaign staffers of presidential or congressional candidates. Delegates the functions of the employing agency to the Federal Election Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
State and Local Narcotics Control Assistance Act of 1984 - 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 Congress with respect to such grants. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for developing more effective drug prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programs. Establishes a procedure for grant applications. Authorizes appropriations for both grant programs for FY 1986 through 1990.
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