Bill· HRH.R. 6284 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1984
Sexual Assault Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for a series of graded sexual offenses consisting of: aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and abusive sexual contact. Provides for an offense involving the sexual abuse of a minor or ward. Makes such offenses neutral as to gender. Repeals the chapter on rape. Makes conforming changes to the Public Health Service Act, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, the Mental Health Systems Act, the Federal Aviation Act and the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Bill· HRH.R. 6288 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1984
Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the use of title XX grants for any child care services unless: (1) the State has established and is monitoring and enforcing appropriate out-of-home child care standards; and (2) such services meet such standards and all other applicable standards of State and local law. Requires a State, as a condition of eligibility for title XX payments for child care services, to establish, monitor, and enforce appropriate standards governing the provision of out-of-home child care services.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 638 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Designates the month of October 1984 as National Head Injury Awareness Month.
Bill· HRH.R. 6099 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1984
Amends Federal mining law to subject rights under any Federal mining claim to the rights of the United States to manage and dispose of mineral material surface resources. (Current law subjects such rights to the U.S. right to manage and dispose of vegetative surface resources.) Makes more mineral material available to locators of Federal mining claims, under certain circumstances.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 631 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1984
Designates the week beginning on October 7, 1984, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 6032 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitations on the aggregate amount of private activity bonds issued during any calendar year.
Bill· HRH.R. 6021 (98th)referred
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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 629 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1984
Designates the week beginning on May 19, 1985, as National Tourism Week.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 626 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Designates the month of November 1984 as National Christmas Seal Month.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 609 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1984
Designates December 12, 1984, as National Tumor Registrar Recognition Day.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 608 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Designates October 1984 as National Quality Month.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 605 (98th)enacted
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.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 597 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984
Designates the week beginning September 2, 1984, as Youth of America Week.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 594 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1984
Designates the week beginning February 17, 1985, as a time to recognize the contributions of volunteers who give their time to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters to youths in need of adult companionship.
Bill· HRH.R. 5865 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Bail Reform Act of 1984 - Repeals the Bail Reform Act of 1966 and sets forth new bail procedures. Authorizes a judicial officer to consider the safety of any person or the community when making a pretrial release determination. Establishes as a mandatory release condition that the person not commit a Federal, State, or local crime during release. Authorizes pretrial release upon execution of an unsecured appearance bond. Expands the discretionary release conditions to require that the defendant: (1) maintain employment or an educational program; (2) avoid contact with an alleged victim or potential witness; (3) report to a law enforcement or pretrial service agency; (4) comply with a curfew; (5) refrain from possessing a firearm or using alcohol or narcotic drugs; (6) undergo medical treatment; (7) forfeit designated property upon failure to appear; and (8) return to custody at specified hours. Authorizes a judicial officer to order the detention for up to ten days of a person who is presently on pretrial release for a felony under Federal, State, or local law or on probation or parole or release pending sentencing or appeal for any offense, if no conditions will assure his appearance and the safety of the community and any other person. Provides for the detention of an alien whose presence in the United States is not under color of law. Authorizes a judicial officer to order the pretrial detention of a person upon finding that no condition will reasonably assure such person's appearance and the safety of any other person and the community. Requires that a detention hearing be held in any case involving: (1) a crime of violence; (2) any offense punishable by life imprisonment or death; (3) a narcotics offense punishable by at least ten years imprisonment; or (4) any offense committed after the person has been convicted of two or more offenses for which a hearing is mandated. Permits the government or the court to move for a detention hearing in any other case involving a serious risk of flight or obstruction of justice. Enumerates additional factors to be considered by the judicial officer in making a release determination, including the defendant's past conduct, history of drug or alcohol abuse, criminal history, and the nature and seriousness of the danger to the community or any person. Requires the detention of a person who has appealed his conviction unless the judicial officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that: (1) such person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to another person or property; and (2) the appeal raises a substantial question of law or fact. Requires the detention of a person awaiting sentencing unless the officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to any other person or the community. Authorizes a U.S. attorney to appeal a release order. Provides additional penalties for failing to appear before the court or surrender for service of sentence as required. Establishes mandatory additional penalties for commission of an offense while on pretrial release. Subjects a person who has been conditionally released and violates a condition of release to revocation of release and prosecution for contempt of court. Grants new authority to law enforcement officers to arrest a person who violates certain pretrial release conditions.
Bill· HRH.R. 5855 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Atomic Bomb Fallout Compensation Act of 1983 - Establishes a Federal tort claims procedure for cancer related nuclear fallout from Nevada bomb tests. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish a list of radiation related cancers. Requires the Secretary of Energy to publish charts giving average environmental exposure levels for geographic areas subjected to radioactive fallout resulting from open air atomic bomb tests at the Nevada test site between 1951 and 1962. Makes Federal data available for discovery by a party in an action for cancer related to nuclear fallout from the Nevada tests. Authorizes a court to make in camera inspections of certain exempt Federal data. Sets formulae for the calculation of damages where a certain probability of causation has been established. Makes this Act the exclusive remedy for radiation-related cancer caused by nuclear fallout from the tests. States that recovery under this Act is in addition to rights and benefits available under other Federal programs. Sets a statute of limitations. Exempts funds awarded under this Act from any liability for Federal, State or local income taxes. Sets a ceiling upon fees which attorneys may collect for actions brought under this Act. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of such ceilings.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 590 (98th)open
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.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 518 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Sunshine Resolution of 1984 - Amends Rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that, after the approval of any matter, House conferees shall be entitled to three days in which to file supplemental, minority, or additional views. Establishes Rule LI which requires the Speaker of the House to provide for printing of the floor schedule in the Congressional Record at least two legislative days in advance. Amends Rule XXVII to require the printing in the Record of the names of Members who have signed, or withdrawn a signature to, a motion to discharge a committee from consideration of a bill or resolution, whenever 100 Members have signed such a motion. Amends Rule I to require the broadcasting system to include frequent, wide-angle visual coverage of the chamber when the House is in session. Amends Rule X to provide for the compilation of an oversight agenda resolution. Requires the House to complete action on such resolution within 100 days after the Congress convenes. Amends Rule XI to prohibit proxy voting in committees. Establishes Rule LII which requires the body of the Congressional Record for the House to contain an accurate and verbatim account of remarks actually delivered on the floor. Limits extension and revision of remarks delivered on the floor to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors. Authorizes Members, by unanimous consent, to make insertions of remarks not actually delivered on the floor and requires such insertions to be clearly distinguished from verbatim remarks. Amends Rule X to require committee ratios to reflect the majority to minority party ratio in the House.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 583 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1984
Designates January 27, 1985, as National Jerome Kern Day.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 315 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1984
Expresses the sense of Congress that television and radio networks and stations broadcasting coverage of the XXIII Olympiad should include public service announcements or other informational programming warning young people of the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 513 (98th)referred
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.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 572 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984
Designates July 10, 1984, as Food for Peace Day.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 566 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Designates the week beginning on October 7, 1984, as National Neighborhood Housing Services Week.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 563 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Designates June 18, 1984, as National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Day.
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