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United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1984
Designates May 18, 1985, as Fallen Heroes Day in honor of law enforcement officers and firefighters who have died in the line of duty.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1984
Requires that every obligation of the United States be issued in registered form. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the issuance in bearer form of securities which are interests in U.S. Government-backed securities. Imposes a three percent excise tax on the issuer of registration-required U.S. Government-backed securities which are not issued in registered form. Provides that the issue price of any U.S. Government-backed security shall be treated as the principal amount of the obligation. Imposes a 30 percent withholding tax on interest received by foreigners from U.S. Government-backed securities.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1984
Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985 - Title I: Multilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 for the U.S. contribution to the: (1) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (2) International Development Association; (3) Inter-American Development Bank; (4) Asian Development Bank; (5) African Development Fund; and (6) African Development Bank. Limits the callable capital subscriptions of the United States to such development banks. Makes appropriations for FY 1985 for international organizations and programs. Earmarks specified amounts of such funds for the United Nations Development Program and the United Nations Children's Fund. Requires such funds to be made available in accordance with the Committee Report accompanying this Act. Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 for the Agency for International Development for: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition programs, including a limit on the amount that shall be available for Uganda; (2) population programs; (3) health programs, including a specified amount earmarked for Africa; (4) the child survival fund proposed in a specified bill; (5) education and human resources development programs, including a specified amount for scholarships for South African students; (6) energy and selected development activities; (7) science and technology programs; (8) the private sector revolving fund, including a limit on obligations during FY 1985; (9) loan allocation programs, including specified repayment deadlines; (10) American schools and hospitals abroad, including a requirement that the Secretary of State report to Congress on the most appropriate method of continuing financial assistance to the American University of Beirut; (11) international disaster assistance; (12) the economic policy initiative for Africa contained in a specified bill; (13) the Sahel development program, including a limit on the total contributions to such program; (14) payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (15) the overseas training and special development activities (foreign currency program); (16) the operating expenses of the Agency for International Development, including a requirement that not less than ten percent of the total FY 1985 development funds shall be available only for activities of economically and socially disadvantaged enterprises, historically black colleges and universities, and private and voluntary organizations which are controlled by black Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, or economically and socially disadvantaged individuals (including women); (17) trade and development programs; (18) housing and other credit guaranty programs; and (19) the Economic Support Fund. Limits the use of the population program funds, including: (1) prohibitions against making such funds available to the World Health Organization's Special Program of Research, to a country that includes as part of its population planning programs involuntary abortion, or to an organization which includes as part of its programs involuntary abortion; (2) an earmarking of a specified amount for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities; and (3) an earmarking of a specified amount for the Office of Population, Agency for International Development. Expresses the sense of the House Appropriations Committee to reaffirm its commitment to U.S. population assistance. Limits the use of the energy and development activities funds, including: (1) limiting the increases in funding for the Latin America and Caribbean Bureau and for the Private Enterprise Bureau; (2) requiring the transfer of specified funds to the Economic Support Fund for Zimbabwe; (3) limiting the amount available for certain projects in Guatemala; (4) limiting the amount available for Central America; and (5) prohibiting making such funds available after January 1, 1986, to any U.S. private and voluntary organization which obtains less than 25 percent of its total annual funding for international activities from sources other than the U.S. Government. Limits the use of the Economic Support Fund funds, including: (1) earmarking specified amounts for Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Turkey, Portugal, and Morocco; (2) limiting the amount that shall be made available for El Salvador, Cyprus, Zaire, and Lebanon except as provided through the regular notification process; (3) prohibiting making such funds available for Guatemala, for refugee housing or rent subsidies in Cyprus, or for the Central American Regional Program except as provided through the regular notification process; (4) imposing specified procedures on all funds available to the Philippines; and (5) earmarking a specified percentage of such funds for certain health services and limiting the amount that may be allocated for such services in any one country. Makes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) the African Development Foundation; (2) the Inter-American Foundation; (3) the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; (4) the Peace Corps; (5) the Department of State for migration and refugee assistance; (6) antiterrorism assistance; (7) international narcotics control; and (8) peacekeeping operations. Title III: Military Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 for the President for: (1) military assistance; (2) international military education and training; (3) the Special Defense Acquisition Fund; (4) the guaranty reserve fund established under the Arms Export Control Act; and (5) foreign military sales credits. Earmarks specified amounts of the military assistance funds for El Salvador and Turkey. Limits the amounts of such funds that may be made available for Zaire and that may be available for the general costs of the military assistance program. Provides that half the military assistance funds for El Salvador shall be available October 1, 1984, and the remaining half March 31, 1985. Imposes other limitations on military assistance to El Salvador. Earmarks specified amounts of foreign military sales credits for Israel (with a specified amount earmarked for the Lavi program) and Egypt, and specified amounts of military loan guarantees for El Salvador and Turkey. Prohibits making any military loan guarantees available to the Philippines or Guatemala. Declares that the minimum interest rates for such loan guarantees shall be five percent. Sets the maximum amount that shall be available at such rates. Expresses the sense of the House Appropriations Committee that no sales of sophisticated weaponry be made to Jordan unless Jordan is publicly committed to the recognition of Israel and to prompt entry into serious peace negotiations with Israel. Title IV: Export-Import Bank of the United States - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 for the Export-Import Bank to make certain expenditures and certain contracts and commitments. Prohibits the use of such funds to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments for nuclear exports to a country other than a nuclear-weapon State. Sets the maximum amounts for direct loans and loan guarantees by the Export-Import Bank. Limits the amount that the Export-Import Bank may spend for administrative expenses. Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits using any of the funds appropriated in this Act, other than appropriations for international organizations and programs, for certain water or related land resource projects proposed for construction within the United States. Limits the percentage of appropriation items, with specified exceptions, that shall be obligated or reserved during the last month of availability. Prohibits using any of the funds appropriated by this Act or any of the counterpart funds generated by this Act to pay pensions, annuities, retirement pay, or adjusted service compensation to persons serving in the armed forces of a recipient country. Prohibits using certain funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act for: (1) making payments on procurement contracts which do not authorize the termination of such contract for the convenience of the United States; or (2) paying any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations. Prohibits using any of the funds contained in title II of this Act to carry out the transfer of funds to international or multilateral lending organizations. Sets the maximum amounts of the funds appropriated or made available by this Act that shall be used for official residence expenses, entertainment expenses, and representation allowances of the Agency for International Development. Prohibits using certain funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act to finance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology or to provide assistance for the training of foreign nationals in nuclear fields. Prohibits using funds appropriated by this Act: (1) to help the government of any country repress the legitmate rights of the population; (2) for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not authorized before enactment of this Act; (3) to furnish assistance to a country which is in default for more than a year in a loan made by the United States pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated under this Act; and (4) to lobby for abortion. Prohibits obligating or spending any of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act to: (1) finance aid to Mozambique unless the President waives this prohibition upon determining and reporting to Congress that furnishing such assistance would further U.S. foreign policy interests; or (2) finance aid or reparations to Libya, Iraq, South Yemen, Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, or Syria. Prohibits obligating funds made available by this Act under an appropriation account to which they were not appropriated without the prior approval of both congressional appropriations committees. Prohibits appropriations contained in this Act from remaining available after the expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly provided in this Act. Prohibits making available any of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act to any international financial institution whose U.S. representative: (1) cannot upon request obtain the amounts and names of borrowers for all loans of such institution; or (2) cannot upon request obtain any document developed by the management of such institution. Prohibits obligating any of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to the Export-Import Bank and any of the appropriations for direct foreign assistance for any country that gives sanctuary to war criminals or international terrorists unless the President finds that national security requires otherwise. Prohibits using funds appropriated for direct assistance and Export-Import Bank funds and Overseas Private Investment Corporation funds to finance any loan or other assistance for establishing or expanding production of any commodity for export by any country other than the United States if the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. Provides that such prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if the benefits to U.S. industry and employment are likely to outweigh injury to U.S. producers. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of specified international finance institutions to oppose assistance by these institutions for the production of any commodity for export if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. Prohibits using specified funds made available under this Act for operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified to the Appropriations Committees for obligation under any of these specific headings for FY 1985 unless the appropriations committees are notified 15 days in advance. Limits expenditures for consulting services through procurement contracts. Prohibits any of the appropriations to Voluntary Organizations of the United Nations from being made available for the U.S. proportionate share for the programs for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) or for projects whose primary purpose is to provide benefits to the PLO. Prohibits U.S. employees from recognizing or negotiating with the PLO or representatives of the PLO so long as the PLO does not recognize Israel's right to exist, does not accept Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, and does not renounce the use of terrorism. Declares that none of the funds made available in this Act shall be restricted for obligation or disbursement solely as a result of the policies of a multilateral institution. Authorizes using funds appropriated under this Act to procure construction or engineering services from certain advanced developing countries if such countries permit U.S. firms to compete for construction or engineering services financed from assistance programs of such countries.
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 · 9 August 1984
Designates the month of October 1984 as National Head Injury Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning October 7, 1984, as National Port Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1984
Fair Reduction-in-Force Practices Act of 1984 - Prohibits any executive agency, the Government Printing Office, or the Library of Congress from conducting a reduction in force unless it cannot respond to the reason for the need for a proposed reduction in force by: (1) instituting general cost-reduction measures; (2) establishing practical programs for eliminating inefficient or wasteful agency practices; (3) transferring funds between agency programs and activities; (4) reassigning employees to other positions within the agency, positions funded by trust or revolving fund accounts, or positions with a State or local government; (5) transferring or detailing employees; or (6) limiting the hours of intermittent employees and reducing the use of temporary employees. Requires an agency head to notify the exclusive representative of any unit having an employee who would be affected by a proposed reduction in force of any determination of a need for a reduction in force. Sets forth procedures governing collective bargaining over a reduction in force. Prohibits an agency from conducting a reduction in force unless: (1) after satisfying the previous requirements of this Act, it submits a report concerning the proposed reduction in force to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); and (2) OPM certifies on the basis of such report that the requirements of this Act have been met. Requires the report to OPM to: (1) describe the actions to be taken, the reasons the reduction in force is necessary, all alternatives and proposals considered and implemented, and the anticipated impact of the proposed reduction in force on the operations and management of the agency; (2) provide any views and recommendations submitted by employee or management representatives; (3) indicate the estimated total cost to the Government of the proposed reduction in force; and (4) compare the estimated savings, over three years, anticipated through the proposed reduction in force with the estimated savings anticipated through the alternatives and proposals considered and implemented. Requires such reports to be submitted to specified congressional committees and made available to certain subcommittees. Permits an agency to issue notice of a proposed reduction in force to employees no earlier than ten days after OPM certifies that the requirements of this Act have been met. Entitles an affected employee to at least 30 days' advance notice. Requires such notice to specify: (1) the personnel action to be taken and its effective date; (2) the information used in determining the employee's standing in the competition for retention; (3) the place where and time when the employee may inspect records pertaining to his or her case; (4) any exceptions to the general order of release; and (5) the employee's right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board or to use any negotiated grievance procedure available. Directs OPM to establish a Government-wide placement register for each occupational category. Requires the name of each employee specifically notified of a reduction in force to be placed on the register for each occupation for which the employee is qualified. Directs OPM to prescribe regulations prohibiting an agency from filling a vacant position by a new appointment, transfer, reemployment, reassignment, or promotion unless the agency determines that there is no qualified individual on the appropriate register. Directs OPM to match each individual on the register with the available position for which the individual is best suited and, if the individual is qualified for more than one position, with the position which would be the least disruptive for the individual (considering the duties, pay, work schedule, and location of the position). Requires each individual to be offered an appointment to the position to which he or she has been matched unless the agency offering such position objects on the ground that appointment of another person is necessary to prevent substantial disruption to an essential agency function or to increase the percentage of women and minorities in the work force to the percentage as of April 1, 1981. Entitles an individual to remain on appropriate placement registers and to be considered for employment for two years. Requires the individual's name to be removed from such registers if: (1) the individual requests that he or she no longer be considered for employment; (2) the personnel action under the proposed reduction in force does not take effect; (3) the individual accepts an offer of an appointment under this Act; or (4) the individual is offered a position within the same commuting area and with the same pay, grade, and work schedule as the position from which the individual was released. Entitles individuals who have been affected by or notified of a reduction in force since April 1, 1981, to be placed on registers upon application. Requires OPM to prescribe regulations prohibiting an agency from filling a vacant position by new appointment, transfer, reemployment, reassignment, or promotion, even if there is no qualified individual on the retention registers, if there is available a person who, notwithstanding any minimum qualification requirements for the position: (1) receives specific notice of a proposed reduction in force and applies for consideration for vacant positions; (2) meets the educational requirements for the position; and (3) can reasonably be expected to satisfactorily perform the duties of such position within 180 days of appointment (with training, if necessary). Prohibits an agency from evaluating the performance of such an employee before 180 days after the employee is appointed. Allows the agency, after such period, to remove such employee for unacceptable performance. Disqualifies from such assignment program any individual who fails to achieve an acceptable performance rating in two consecutive positions. Permits individuals who have been notified of or affected by a reduction in force since April 1, 1981, to be assigned under such program upon application. Directs OPM to require agencies to transmit, at least monthly, a list of the employees notified of a reduction in force and a list of positions the agency plans to fill during the next six months. Requires OPM to make a list of all such positions available to such employees for inspection. Requires OPM to submit biannual reports to the President and to specified congressional committees on the implementation of the provisions of this Act. Sets forth requirements concerning the contents of such reports.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1984
Designates the week beginning on October 7, 1984, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1984
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the appointment of Anne M. Burford as Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, and urges the President to withdraw her appointment.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Designates the month of November 1984 as National Christmas Seal Month.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Designates November 1984 as National Hospice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984
Commends the heroism of the Afghan resistance in its fight to keep Afghanistan free and independent. Condemns the massive Soviet bombing of Afghanistan.
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 · 26 June 1984
Designates October 1984 as National Quality Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Designates the week of October 14 through October 21, 1984, as National Housing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1984
Designates July 9, 1984, as African Refugees Relief Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1984
Designates the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, as the National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1984
Social Security Reorganization Act of 1984 - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to establish as an independent executive agency a Social Security Agency. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by a Social Security Board. Provides that the Board shall: (1) govern the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program under title II and the Supplemental Security Income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act; (2) appoint a Commissioner of Social Security to act as the chief operating officer of the Agency responsible for administering such programs; (3) constitute five of the members of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund; (4) make annual budgetary recommendations relating to the Agency to Congress; (5) make recommendations to Congress and the President with respect to the administration of such programs; (6) provide Congress and the President with all information relating to such programs; and (7) conduct policy analysis and research relating to such programs. Requires that the Office of the Board include an Office of the Actuary, an Office of Policy and Legislation, and an Office of General Counsel. Sets forth the Board's authority with respect to the appointment of employees and the organization of the Agency. Establishes an Office of the Inspector General within the Agency. Requires coordination between the Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury in the administration of titles II, XVI, and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Establishes in the Agency an Office of the Commissioner, to be headed by a Commissioner of Social Security who shall be responsible for administering the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs and for overseeing Agency operations. Provides that the Commissioner shall serve as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Requires the Commissioner to report annually to the Board and Congress on the administration of the Agency. Establishes in the Office of the Commissioner an Office of Hearings and Appeals, to be headed by a Chief Administrative Law Judge who shall assist the Commissioner in carrying out responsibilities related to hearings under the Social Security Act. Sets forth the Commissioner's authority with respect to the organization of the Office of the Commissioner and the appointment of employees. Establishes in the Agency an Office of the Ombudsman, to be headed by a Social Security Ombudsman who shall: (1) represent the concerns of the public relating to the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income program to the Commissioner, the Board, the President, and Congress; and (2) conduct studies and surveys of the administrative effectiveness and program policy goals of the Agency. Establishes in the Office of the Ombudsman a Citizens' Advisory Committee which shall prepare and transmit to Congress a biennial report assessing the administration and objectivess of such programs. Authorizes the Committee to request, and assist in the preparation of, studies and surveys by the Ombudsman. Provides for the transfer to the Agency of all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to the programs and activities to be carried out by the Agency under this Act. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security in the Department of Health and Human Services. Requires that appropriations requests by the Agency for staffing and personnel be based upon comprehensive workforce plans. Sets forth rules for the apportionment of administrative appropriations for the Agency. Provides that the Agency's authority for automated data processing procurement and facilities construction shall be provided in the form of contract authority covering the total acquisition costs. Makes amounts needed for the liquidation of contract authority so provided available from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to the extent that such amounts are not needed to meet current obligations for benefit payments. Specifies the authorities which are to be delegated to the Commissioner from the Administrator of the General Services Administration. Authorizes funds to pay the costs of the administration of titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act for which the Commissioner is responsible, the cost of title XVIII of such Act for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) is responsible, and the costs of carrying out the functions of the Agency relating to the processing of tax data under title II of such Act. Requires the Commissioner to determine how the costs of administering the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program and the Supplemental Security program should be apportioned for each fiscal year among the general fund of the Treasury, the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary to determine how the costs of administering the Medicare program should be apportioned for each fiscal year among the general fund of the Treasury, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Provides that following such determinations, the Commissioner and the Secretary shall certify to the Managing Trustee of the social security trust funds the amounts (if any) which need to be transferred from the Treasury to the trust funds or from the trust funds to the Treasury to ensure that each of the trust funds and the Treasury have borne their proper share of such administrative costs. Requires the Secretary to study and make recommendations with respect to the most effective methods of providing economic security and with respect to administrative policy for the social security programs which he or she administers. Requires the Board, the Comptroller General of the United States, and the Secretary to each submit to Congress within five years after enactment of this Act a report assessing the organizational changes made by this Act. Requires each of them to submit to Congress recommendations for further technical and conforming amendments as necessary within one year after enactment of this Act. Requires that the Social Security Act be implemented in a manner consistent with a beneficiary bill of rights providing for: (1) fair and equitable treatment of all persons by the Board, the Commissioner, and the Secretary; (2) a prohibition against discrimination on account of age, sex, race, creed, color, handicap, national origin, or economic condition; (3) prompt, professional, and effective services which are accessible to the public; (4) timely and proper benefit payments, with due process of law accorded to beneficiaries whose benefits are reduced, terminated, withheld, or assigned to a representative payee; (5) personal conferences with employees of the Agency or the Department of Health and Human Services for any beneficiary with respect to any determination by the Commissioner or the Secretary which adversely affects him or her; and (6) a full, fair, and impartial administrative appeals process. Sets forth the effective date of this Act and interim rules.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984
Designates the week beginning September 2, 1984, as Youth of America Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1984
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 Treasury determines are primarily intended for sporting purposes. Makes it unlawful for any person to manufacture or import armor piercing ammunition. Allows for: (1) the 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 granted.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984
Designates the week of December 9 through December 15, 1984, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates the month of August 1984 as Ostomy Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Designates August 1984 as Polish American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that current tax incentives for renewable energy sources should be extended.
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