United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1984
Requires the President to transmit to Congress for FY 1986 and each fiscal year thereafter a balanced budget. Permits the transmittal of alternate budget proposals which, if implemented, would result in a deficit or surplus if the President determines that a balanced budget is inappropriate for any fiscal year. Requires that any such alternate budget proposals for a fiscal year include a comprehensive plan to balance the Federal budget. Requires the Committee on the Budget of each House to report by April 15 of every year a balanced budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Requires the Committee on the Budget of either House also to report a comprehensive plan to balance the Federal budget, if it determines that a balanced budget is inappropriate for any fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1984
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe schedules for operations of air carriers at an airport when necessary to ensure that the capacity of the airport is not exceeded. Provides that an antitrust exemption for an agreement on airport operation schedules may be granted if the Administrator (or a representative) is present during any negotiation of such agreement. Authorizes the Administrator to prohibit operations (takeoffs and landings) at an airport which are inconsistent with a scheduling agreement for such airport. Declares that the provisions of this Act shall cease to be in effect one year after enactment. Transfers to the Department of Transportation the authority of the Civil Aeronautics Board to grant antitrust exemptions under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the application of imputed interest rules: (1) the first $250,000 of the sale price of residential property sold by an individual; (2) the first $1,000,000 of the sale price of farm property; and (3) the first $500,000 of the sale price of business, trade, or investment property.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1984
Requires the President to transmit to Congress for FY 1986 and each fiscal year thereafter a balanced budget. Permits the transmittal of alternate budget proposals which, if implemented, would result in a deficit or surplus if the President determines that a balanced budget is inappropriate for any fiscal year. Urges the President to submit to the House and the Senate, not later than September 30, 1984, a comprehensive plan to balance the Federal budget. Requires the Committee on the Budget of each House to report, by April 15, 1985, and by April 15 of each year, a balanced budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Requires the chairmen of the budget committees and an individual designated by the President to meet from time to time and agree upon common economic and technical estimating assumptions which shall be used for the preparation and reestimation of the President's budget. Establishes a commission which shall: (1) review, with respect to FY 1986, the balanced budget proposal submitted by the President and the budgets reported by the Committees on the Budget; (2) study the effectiveness of the provisions of this Act in achieving balanced Federal budgets; and (3) make recommendations for further changes which may be necessary to achieve balanced Federal budgets. Requires the commission to transmit to the President and Congress a report not later then December 31, 1986, containing a detailed statement of its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for such legislation and administrative actions as it considers appropriate. Terminates the commission 30 days after the submission of such report.
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 · 28 June 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that in light of the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and other specified human rights agreements, the Soviet Union should: (1) provide the signatories of the Helsinki Final Act with information on the whereabouts, health, and legal status of Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner; (2) void all charges against Yelena Bonner and issue her an exit visa in order to obtain medical care outside of the Soviet Union; and (3) allow them to live in the country of their choice. Urges the President to: (1) protest the Soviet Government's continued refusal to provide such information and to issue Yelena Bonner an exits visa; and (2) call upon all other signatory nations of the Helsinki Final Act to join in such protests.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to declare that the Federal Aviation Administration shall only perform functions relating to aviation safety, except for the development and construction of a civil supersonic aircraft. Transfers to the Secretary of Transportation all functions of the Administration that do not pertain to aviation safety.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Reaffirms that it is U.S. policy to oppose the practice of torture by foreign governments through the implementation of laws and through public and private diplomacy. Requests the President to: (1) instruct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to continue to raise the issue of torture by such governments; and (2) continue to involve the U.S. Government in the formulation of international standards, particularly the draft Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Requests the Secretary of State to issue specified formal instructions to each U.S. mission chief regarding U.S. policy with respect to such torture. States that the Secretary of Commerce should continue to enforce the current restrictions on the export of crime control equipment pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979. Directs the heads of U.S. departments that furnish military and law enforcement training to foreign personnel to include in such training instruction regarding international human rights standards with respect to torture.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1984
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Georgia. Specifies those properties which the Secretary is authorized to acquire for the establishment of such site. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Carl Vinson Institute of Government Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make a grant to the State of Georgia to renovate the physical facilities of the former Lucy Cobb Institute for Girls in Athens, Georgia, to provide a central home for the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates as Andrei Sakharov Avenue the portion of 16th Street, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, between L and M Streets, and the portion of any street in any other city in the United States on which is located a consular office or mission of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Interstate Banking Act of 1984 - Amends specified Federal banking laws to: (1) permit a bank to operate out-of-State if the foreign State's statutory law specifically grants such authority; and (2) provide that in considering bank acquisitions, mergers, or reorganizations effect shall be given to any State laws authorizing such activities by out-of-State banks.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to promulgate final rules not later than December 31, 1985, prescribing standards with respect to fire safety on aircraft, including: (1) the installation of smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in lavatories; (2) fire containment and extinguishing capabilities in cargo compartments; and (3) safety appliances for crew members.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1984
Amends the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to authorize the Administrator of General Services to issue obligations, for purchase by the Secretary of the Treasury, to finance the acquisition and construction of public buildings. Specifies terms and conditions of repayment by the Secretary. Conditions the authorization of appropriations for the construction or acquisition upon approval by the appropriate congressional committees.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1984
Terminates the authority of the Secretary of Transportation (formerly subject to congressional veto) to use funds from the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project and other rail programs in excess of $29,000,000 for the rehabilitation of Union Station under the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1984
Terminates certain Commodity Futures Trading Commission user fee authority subject to congressional review under the Futures Trading Act of 1978. Preserves such authority from termination if Congress enacts approval of its exercise within 180 days.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1984
Terminates certain water project reviewing authority of the Secretary of the Army (formerly subject to congressional veto) unless such authority is approved by an act of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984
Terminates the authorities (formerly subject to congressional veto) relating to research and development by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation under title II of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984
Terminates the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration to reorganize its regional office structure under the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983 (formerly subject to congressional veto), unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984
Terminates the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury (formerly subject to congressional veto) under the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose a countervailing duty upon imported subsidized merchandise, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984
Terminates the authority of the executive branch to reorganize or transfer functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (formerly subject to congressional veto) unless the exercise of that authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1984
Terminates the authority of the Secretary of the Interior (formerly subject to congressional veto) to promulgate regulations with respect to the historic preservation program under the National Historic Preservation Act unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1984
Terminates the President's authority to amend the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea under the International Navigational Rules Act of 1977 (formerly subject to congressional veto) unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1984
Terminates certain pesticide regulation authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (formerly subject to congressional veto), unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1984
Terminates the authority of the Secretary of Energy (formerly subject to congressional veto) to issue loan guarantees and payment guarantees for alternative fuel conversion facilities, synthetic fuel conversion facilities, and municipal organic waste energy generation facilities under the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Terminates the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or any other Federal official (formerly subject to congressional veto) to promulgate regulations under title I (Hazardous Substances Releases, Liability, Compensation) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Terminates the authorities of the Secretary of Education (formerly subject to congressional veto) relating to specified schedules of expected family contributions and student need analysis for purposes of student aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965, unless the exercise of such authorities is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Terminates the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to arrange for the sale of the interest of the United States in the common stock of the Consolidated Rail Corporation under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (formerly subject to congressional veto) unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Terminates the District of Columbia Retirement Board's authority relating to the filing of an annual retirement program description under the D.C. Retirement Reform Act (formerly subject to congressional veto) unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Terminates the President's authority relating to the approval of applications for export of goods, technology, or techniques which the Secretary of Defense determines would significantly increase the military capability of any controlled country under the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act of 1975 (formerly subject to congressional veto) unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Terminates the President's authority (formerly subject to congressional veto) to allocate or acquire essential materials and equipment relating to the nonnuclear energy research, development, and demonstration program established under the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1975, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Terminates the authority of the President (formerly subject to congressional veto) to impose export controls on domestically produced crude oil and agricultural commodities under the Export Administration Act of 1979, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of the Congress within 180 days of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Terminates the President's authority (formerly subject to congressional veto) to enter into international social security agreements under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, unless the exercise of such authority is approved by an enactment of Congress within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
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