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United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984
Designates the week of April 29 through May 5, 1984, as National Week of the Ocean.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1984
Amends the Small Business Act to provide for the guaranteed payment by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) of trust certificates that are: (1) issued to persons approved under this Act; and (2) based on and backed by a trust composed of the portions of deferred participation and guaranteed loans which have been guaranteed by the SBA under the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Prohibits any State, local, or Federal law from precluding or limiting the SBA from carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States relating to certain contractual construction work performed by such individual on an Air Force base housing project in Maine.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Directs the President to designate the month of May 1984 as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. objectives in Lebanon can best be accomplished by: (1) continuing to support negotiations among the parties at the Geneva Conference on National Reconciliation that will lead to a government of national unity in Lebanon; (2) following consultation with other nations participating in the Multinational Force, redeploying U.S. armed forces to positions where their presence can demonstrate U.S. commitment to an independent Lebanon; and (3) seeking involvement of armed forces from other nations, under the auspices of the United Nations, in peacekeeping operations in the Beirut area.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1984
Designates the week beginning on May 6, 1984, as National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Prohibits any change in the standard Federal regional or subregional office structure or policy as established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circular A-105 of April 4, 1974, except by Act of Congress. Allows combinations of standard Federal regions approved pursuant to such circular before January 1, 1984, to be continued without specific approval by Act of Congress. Requires the Director of OMB to wait at least 90 days after notifying Congress of an agency's request for approval of certain regional or subregional organization plans before approving such a plan.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Designates the week of September 30 through October 6, 1984, as National High-Tech Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Recognizes the important contribution of the arts to a complete education. Urges all citizens to support efforts which strengthen artistic training and appreciation within schools.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Expresses the appreciation of Congress to the descendants of blacks who contributed to American Independence. Encourages State and local governments and private organizations to conduct activities during Black History Month 1985 in honor of black involvement in the American Revolution.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Designates the week of April 23 through April 27, 1984, as National Student Leadership Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
States that the National Open Greco-Roman and the National Open Free Style Championships serve to focus attention on the sport of amateur wrestling. Designates the week beginning April 1, 1984, as National Amateur Wrestling Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984
Designates January 1 through December 31, 1984, as the Year of Excellence in Education.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984
Designates the month of April 1984 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984
Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require each Federal agency conducting or supporting an activity (whether inside or outside the coastal zone) that produces an identifiable physical, biological, social or economic consequence in the zone or initiates a chain of events likely to result in such consequences to conduct or support that activity in a manner which is, to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with approved State management programs. Specifies circumstances in which a Federal agency activity may be inconsistent with approved management programs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984
Designates the month of June 1984 as Student Awareness of Drunk Driving Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984
Establishes in the House of Representatives the Congressional Child Care Center for the use of children of Members, officers, and employees of the House. States that the Committee on House Administration shall operate the Center. Directs the Chairman of such Committee to appoint a nonpartisan advisory board to make recommendations on management and operation of the Center, and to conduct semiannual reviews of such Center. Requires that operating expenses be recovered through child care fees. Establishes a revolving fund within the House contingent fund for the purpose of operating the Center.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984
Commission on Pay Equity - Establishes a Commission on Pay Equity which shall: (1) retain a private contractor who shall study the compensation paid to job classes in a Federal legislative branch agency in which at least 50 percent of the employees are subject to provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination in Government employment and which has the broadest range of job classification of all eligible agencies, determine whether the compensation system in that agency provides for pay equity and equal employment opportunity, and, if not, make recommendations to Congress for necessary action; and (2) based on the findings of such study, establish a comprehensive plan and make recommendations to Congress to ensure pay equity and equal employment opportunity in the legislative branch. Directs the Commission to submit to Congress appropriate interim reports and a final report within one year after its first meeting. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of such final report. Requires payment of Commission expenses from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
High Technology Research and Scientific Education Act of 1983 - Title I - The Credit for Increasing Research Activities; ACRS for R&D Equipment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for research and development (R&D) expenditures. Modifies the definition of qualified research for purposes of the R&D credit to narrow the category of eligible activities for which the credit is allowable. Makes depreciation of research equipment eligible for the R&D credit. Eliminates the special three-year accelerated cost recovery system (ACRS) category for research equipment. Increases contract research expenses eligible for R&D credit purposes to 75 percent of the amount paid to others for research on the taxpayer's behalf. Provides that in-house and contract research expenses paid or incurred by a regular corporation will constitute qualified research expenses for R&D credit purposes. Provides that in the case of research being conducted in partnership form, the "in carrying on" test is applied at the partnership level, and the credit is apportioned among the partners in accordance with general partnership rules. Title II - Promotion of University Research and Scientific Education - Establishes a new income tax credit equal to 25 percent of payments to universities for basic research which exceed a fixed, maintenance-of-effort floor. Calculates the maintenance-of-effort floor as the greater of the annual average of university basic research payments over 1982-1983 or one percent of the average annual R&D budget over 1981-1983. Treats the portion of the university basic research payments which is not in excess of the maintenance-of-effort floor as contract research expenses eligible for purposes of computing the regular incremental R&D credit. Allows corporations an income tax deduction for contributions of scientific and technical property or services to an institution of higher education. Defines scientific property to mean computer software or other equipment used in a trade or business, which is donated for the direct education of students and faculty, for research and experimentation, or for research training in the United States in mathematics, the physical or biological sciences, engineering, or computer science. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of the allowable deduction for contributions of scientific property or services. Limits the amount of such deduction to ten percent of taxable income computed without regard to specified deductions. Provides for an income tax exclusion for the scholarships, fellowship grants, student loan forgiveness, or stipends of a graduate student in mathematics, engineering, computer science, or the physical or biological sciences. Specifies that such tax exclusion is not forfeited merely because the student is required, as a condition of the scholarship or fellowship, to perform future service in teaching or research.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prescribe and collect an application fee for ocean dumping permits. Requires the Administrator to prescribe and collect a special fee for activities directly associated with the issuance of permits for ocean dumping, including: (1) site designations and program operations; (2) the undertaking of measures to determine compliance with permit terms; (3) the assessment of the effects of the dumping; and (4) surveillance and enforcement activities undertaken by the Coast Guard.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Sewage Sludge Dumping Amendments of 1983 - Amends a specified Federal law which amended the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ("the Act"). Revises provisions relating to the dumping of sewage sludge into ocean waters or other specified waters. Provides that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may not issue or renew any permit for such dumping: (1) after December 31, 1988; or (2) to any person other than a municipality that was authorized to dump sewage sludge into such waters under such Act, or under court order, as of January 1, 1983. Provides that sewage sludge shall be considered harmful, for purposes of such regulation of dumping, if it fails to meet the environmental impact criteria of EPA regulations issued under the Act, except that, for constituents under specified provisions of the London Dumping Convention, applicable trace contaminant limits that are binding on the United States must be defined numerically without regard to the rate of sludge discharge into the ocean. Sets a civil penalty for each act of unlawful dumping of sewage sludge at: (1) $10,000 for each act that occurs during 1989; and (2) $50,000 for each act that occurs after 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Authorizes the President, notwithstanding any time limitations, to award a medal of honor to a named individual for acts of valor performed as a naval officer during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Designates the second full week in March of each year as National Employ the Older Worker Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Commission on the Ukraine Famine Act - Establishes a Commission to be known as the Commission on the Ukraine Famine which shall study the 1932-1933 Ukraine famine in order to: (1) expand the world's knowledge of the famine; and (2) provide the American public with a better understanding of the Soviet system. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Native Americans Programs Act of 1974 to state that decisions to grant financial assistance shall not consider whether such aid accrues to the benefit of Indians who are not members of a federally recognized tribe. Prohibits the rejection of financial assistance solely on the grounds that the request serves Indians or an Indian organization in a nonreservation area. Requires that programs under this Act be administered within the Department of Health and Human Services (currently they may be delegated to other Federal departments and agencies). Prohibits any transfer of such administration outside of the Department. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to continue the administration of grants through the Administration for Native Americans (the Administration). Requires the Commission of such Administration to delegate all functions within the Administration. Restricts the delegation and redelegation of functions by the Secretary to personnel within the Department. Permits interagency funding agreements between the Administration and other Federal agencies. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987. Specifies the percentage of appropriated funds which shall be used for financial assistance under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Electric Consumers Protection Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a new license to an existing licensee for a hydroelectric project authorized under such Act if the United States does not, upon the expiration of the existing license, exercise its right to take over, maintain, and operate such licensee's project, unless the Commission determines that such licensee's project will not meet the licensing standards under such Act. Provides that if the Commission determines that such licensee's project does not meet such standards, the Commission is authorized to issue a new license to a new licensee which may cover the existing licensee's project provided that the new licensee pays just compensation determined by the Commission and enters into any contracts required under the Federal Power Act. (Under current law, the Commission is authorized to issue a new license to the original licensee or a new license to a new licensee if the United States does not exercise its rights with respect to an expired license.)
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Amends the Department of Education Organization Act ("the Act") to establish within the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: (1) an Office of Migrant Education to administer specified migrant education programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Act of 1965; and (2) an Office of Equity Training and Technical Assistance to administer specified equity training and technical assistance programs under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Requires that such offices be under the direct supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. Establishes within the Office of Educational Research and Improvement an Office of Women's Educational Equity to administer specified women's educational equity programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires that such office be under the direct supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement. Provides that the offices established under this Act shall be considered organizational entities established by the Act and shall not be subject to the reorganizational authority of the Secretary of Education under specified provisions of the Act or any other provision of law.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
National Acid Deposition Control Act of 1983 - Title I: Acid Deposition Control and Assistance Program - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish new requirements for acid deposition control. Sets forth direct federally mandated emission reductions and retrofit technology for the 50 fossil fuel fired electric utility generating plants which had the largest total emissions of sulfur dioxide during the calendar year 1980. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) identify each such plant which emitted sulfur dioxide during calendar year 1980 at an annual average rate equal to or exceeding three pounds per million Btu; (2) within two months after enactment of this Act, publish a list of the 50 plants which have the largest total emissions and notify the owner or operator of each of the 50 plants listed; and (3) within four months after such enactment, after notice and opportunity for comment, publish a final list of the 50 plants with the largest total emissions. Permits the owner or operator of any plant on the final list and the owner or operator of any other plant located in the same State to apply, within 18 months after enactment of this Act to substitute one or more fossil fuel fired steam generating units of such other plant for a unit of the plant on the list. Authorizes the Administrator to approve such a substitution under specified conditions. Requires the owner or operator of each plant on the final list to submit to the Administrator, by January 1, 1985, a compliance schedule, including increments of progress. Directs the Administrator to approve or disapprove such schedule, within one year after submission, and after notice and opportunity for hearing. Directs the Administrator, if such schedule is not submitted by the deadline or is not approved, to promulgate a compliance schedule for such plant on January 1, 1986. Provides for modification and publication of such schedules. Requires that each compliance schedule provide that: (1) a technological system of continuous emission reduction be used for each steam generating unit in the fossil fired electric utility generating plant concerned (other than a unit for which a substitute has been approved); and (2) sulfur dioxide emissions from such plant for the calendar year 1990 and each calendar year thereafter shall not exceed 1.2 pounds per million Btu heat input and ten percent of the total annual sulfur dioxide emissions during calendar year 1980 (90 percent reduction) or 0.6 pounds per million Btu and 30 percent of the total annual sulfur dioxide emissions during the calendar year 1980 (70 percent reduction). Sets forth procedures for determining plant compliance with such emission limitation. Sets forth similar emissions reduction requirements and procedures for substitute units. Requires that: (1) contracts be entered into for the purchase and installation of the technological systems of continuous emission reduction by January 1, 1988; (2) such systems be installed and in operation by January 1, 1990; and (3) the emission limitation be achieved for each calendar year after 1989. Directs the Administrator, from the Acid Deposition Control Fund established under this Act, to pay for 90 percent of the costs of construction and installation of the technological system of continuous emission reduction necessary for each such plant to comply with the emission limitation. Directs the Administrator, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to promulgate regulations under which such payments: (1) may be made to utilities only if they will be used entirely to reduce those electric rate increases which would otherwise result from such construction and installation; and (2) shall be made at such times as will minimize rate increases. Sets forth requirements for State plans for additional emission reductions of sulfur dioxide. Directs the Administrator, within 18 months after the enactment of this Act, to compute a State share, for each of the 48 contiguous States, of a 12,000,000 ton reduction in annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by 1993 below that of 1980 (or below that of any subsequent year designated by the Administrator as the baseline year in the case of: (1) any fossil fuel fired steam generating unit which is not part of an electric utility generating plant; or (2) any stationary source of industrial process emissions). Directs the Administrator, in computing State shares, to use the best available data and, to the extent that better data is not available, to use the inventory of emissions developed under a specified memorandum of intent on transboundary air pollution signed by Canada and the United States. Makes each State share the sum of the number of tons computed, under specified formulas, for: (1) fossil fuel fired electric utility plants in the State (except those required to comply with federally mandated emission reductions under this Act); (2) other fossil fuel fired steam generating units in the State; and (3) industrial process emitters of sulfur dioxide in the State. Directs the Administrator, on the basis of specified data and within one year after enactment of this Act, to establish a national average best available control technolgoy (BACT) emission limit for sulfur dioxide for emissions units within each category of process emitters of sulfur dioxide. Permits, under regulations promulgated by the Administrator, the Governors of two or more States to reallot State shares among agreeing States, if there is an equal or greater total reduction in annual emissions of sulfur dioxide through such reallotment. Sets deadlines and procedures for submission and approval of State plans for such State shares. Sets emissions limitations applicable in the absence of an approved State plan. Requires State plans for State shares to provide for emission limitations applicable to any stationary sources (other than a source which is one of the listed 50 electric utility plants subject to direct federally mandated emission reductions) in the State for which: (1) the actual annual sulfur dioxide emission rates have been calculated by the Administrator for the baseline year; and (2) no new source standard of performance is applicable. Requires that the emission limitations for each stationary source subject to the State plan establish an allowable average annual sulfur dioxide rate at a level such that the total reduction would equal the State share. Permits State plans for State shares to provide for compliance with emission limitations through use of technological systems of continuous emission reduction or any other appropriate requirements. Directs the Administrator, from the Acid Deposition Control Fund established under this Act, to make available a portion of specified funds to each State: (1) which has in effect a State plan approved under this Act; and (2) which each plant subject to the direct federally mandated emission reduction has achieved such reduction. Sets forth a formula for determining each State's portion of such funds. Requires that such funds be used by the State, in such manner as it deems appropriate, to: (1) provide for the required State share of emissions reductions; (2) reduce, or provide refunds of, the fee on electric energy imposed under this Act; or (3) fund any other State program which it deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. Limits to five percent of the amount of the State portion the amount which may be used for administration of the State plan under this Act. Establishes a trust fund in the Treasury of the United States to be known as the Acid Deposition Control Fund, consisting of amounts generated by fees imposed under this Act. Directs the Administrator to make expenditures from the Fund in accordance with the following priorities: (1) the Administrator shall make payments to utilities for specified utility rate reductions; (2) not more than $10,000,000 may be made available for the limestone injection multistaged burner (LIMB) technology demonstration project; (3) not more than $10,000,000 may be made available in any fiscal year for accelerated research on other cleaner burning industrial processes; (4) not more than $25,000,000 per fiscal year for each of FY 1984 through 1988 may be made available for the mitigation program under title III; (5) the Administrator shall next make expenditures for payment of capital costs of control for plants subject to the direct federally mandated emissions reductions, allocating available amounts first to the facilities which first applied for such payment; and (6) if all expenditures for such capital costs which currently can be made have been made, the Administrator shall provide funding to States to assist compliance with State plans. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to be the trustee of the Fund and to report to the Congress for each fiscal year ending on or after September 30, 1984, on its financial condition and the results of its operation during such fiscal year and on its expected condition and operations during the next five fiscal years. Sets forth Fund investment duties of the Secretary. Imposes, under regulations promulgated by the Administrator, a fee for each kilowatt hour of electric energy: (1) generated in the contiguous 48 States by an electric utility; and (2) imported into the contiguous 48 States. Makes such fee effective with respect to electric energy generated, or imported after December 31, 1984. Makes the fee cease to apply on December 31, 1995. Requires that the fee be applied during each calendar quarter at a rate per kilowatt hour which is equal to 1.5 mill multiplied by the inflation adjustment for the calendar quarter in which the electric energy is generated or imported. Sets forth a formula for determining such inflation adjustment. Exempts from such fee any electric energy (including imported electric energy) which is generated by nuclear or hydroelectric power. Requires each electric utility to determine the fraction of energy sold which is exempt from the fee to state the amount subject to such fee on each billing document. Directs the Administrator to make payments from the Fund to each electric utility which has sold electric energy to any individual customer who certifies that, at the time of such certification, he or she is: (1) receiving aid to families with dependent children under the Social Security Act; (2) receiving supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act; (3) receiving low-income home energy assistance under the Low-Income Energy Assistance Act of 1981; (4) a member of a household receiving food stamps under the Food Stamp Act of 1977; or (5) receiving payments under specified Federal law relating to veterans or under specified provisions of the Veterans and Survivors Pensions Improvement Act of 1978. Requires that such certification be made within 180 days after the date of the sale of the electric energy with respect to which such payment is made. Prohibits any such payment unless the Administrator determines that: (1) under applicable rate schedules, the full amount of such payment will be used to reduce the electric rates of the certified customer; and (2) the utility has established adequate procedures to assure that each customer will be informed, in the utility's periodic billings, of such payment and such rate reduction. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of such payment. Directs the Administrator to promulgate within six months after enactment of this Act regulations setting forth: (1) the time and manner required for payment of such fee; (2) related reporting requirements; and (3) requirements applicable to the exemption and rate reduction. Establishes civil penalties for: (1) electric utilities (or importers of electric energy) which fail or refuse to pay such fees or to file required reports; and (2) any person who makes false or misleading statements in such required documents. Directs the Administrator to bring civil actions in such cases. Establishes additional criminal penalties for: (1) electric utilities (or importers of electric energy) which knowingly commit such violations; and (2) persons who knowingly file any false certificate or document to obtain an exemption from the fee. Directs the Administrator to carry out a full-scale demonstration project to demonstrate the feasibility of the limestone injected multistaged burner (LIMB) technology. Limits the amount authorized to be appropriated from the Fund for such project to $10,000,000. Directs the Administrator to make such grants, contracts, and other arrangements to accelerate the research necessary to develop advanced industrial processes, including atmospheric fluidized bed construction and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), other than the LIMB technology which may result in lower levels of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Limits to $10,000,000 in each of fiscal year 1985 through 1989 the amount which is authorized to be appropriated for the Fund for such research. Makes conforming amendments. Title II: Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions - Directs the Administrator to revise standards of performance for new stationary sources for emissions of nitrogen oxides from electric utility steam generating units which burn bituminous or subbituminous coal and which commence construction from such units at a rate which exceeds: (1) 0.30 pounds per million Btu, in the case of subbituminous coal; and (2) 0.40 pounds per million Btu, in the case of bituminous coal. Adds to provisions relating to emissions from mobile sources to set the following nitrogen oxide emission standards for model year 1986 and after truck and truck engines: (1) gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or less - 1.2 grams per vehicle mile; (2) 6,000 to 8,500 pounds - 1.7 grams per vehicle mile; and (3) more than 8,500 pounds - 4.0 grams per brake horsepower-hour. Title III: Acid Deposition Damage Mitigation Program - Allows any State to prepare and submit for the approval of the Administrator and for comment by the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: (1) a survey of water quality deterioration in such State which has resulted from acid deposition; (2) a proposal for research mitigating the effects of acid deposition on terrestial and aquatic ecosystems; and (3) proposed methods and procedures to restore the quality of water in such State which has deteriorated as a result of acid deposition. Directs the Administrator, after consultation with the Director, to provide from the Fund financial assistance to States to carry out measures and procedures for restoration which have been approved by the Administrator. Limits the amount granted under this title to any State for any fiscal year to 80 percent of the funds expended by such State in such year for carrying out such methods and procedures. Directs the Administrator to provide for equitable distribution of sums appropriated under this title among States with approved methods and procedures. Requires that such distribution be based on the relative need of such State for the restoration of water quality which has deteriorated as a result of acid deposition. Provides that the amount of any grant to a State under this title shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other Federal financial assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Designates March 1984 as National Eye Donor Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Designates the week beginning March 4, 1984, as Women's History Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Requires the President to submit to Congress, and the Congress to adopt, for FY 1985 and each year thereafter, a "pay as you go" budget which freezes all revenues and outlays at current levels. Requires any future legislative reductions in revenues to be offset by equivalent reductions in outlays and any spending above the outlay baseline to be offset by equivalent increases in revenues or reductions in outlays so that no spending increase results in an increase in the deficit.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
States that the Congress: (1) holds Iran responsible for upholding the rights of the Baha'is; (2) condemns Iran's decision to destroy the Baha'i faith; and (3) calls upon the President to work with appropriate foreign governments to form an appeal to Iran concerning the Baha'is, to cooperate with the United Nations in its efforts on behalf of the Baha'is, and to provide humanitarian assistance for Baha'is who flee Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the United Nations to introduce before the U.N. General Assembly a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Syrian and Syrian-controlled forces from Lebanon in order to facilitate the return of peace to the country.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the news media should voluntarily refrain from projecting election results before the polls close; and (2) the news media and industry, trade and professional organizations should voluntarily adopt guidelines to assure that exit interview data is not used to project election results before the polls close.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.J. Res. 1 (Equal Rights Amendment).
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1983
Designates July 1 through July 8, 1984, as National Duck Stamp Week, and 1984 as the Golden Anniversary Year of the Duck Stamp.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983
Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the dumping of municipal sludge, except as provided in the Act. (Current law prohibits dumping sludge, except as provided in the Act.) Defines "municipal sludge" as solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated by a wastewater treatment plant. Authorizes issuance of a dumping permit for any hazardous waste identified and listed under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1979 only if the waste will be incinerated at sea or rapidly neutralized in the marine environment. Authorizes the issuance of a dumping permit for municipal sludge only if: (1) the plant generating the sludge is in compliance with requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and (2) a suitable land-based alternative to ocean disposal is not available. Requires, rather than permits, the imposition of processing fees for permits. Sets forth provisions regarding the dumping of municipal sludge in the New York Bight Apex. Prohibits dumping in the Apex after the earlier of December 31, 1986, or the day the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that municipal sludge can reasonably be dumped elsewhere. Permits dumping, however, after December 1, 1986: (1) if dumping in the Apex will result in less harm than dumping elsewhere; and (2) until a more suitable location is found. Imposes fees for municipal sludge dumped in the Apex of: (1) $25 for each dry ton dumped during 1984; (2) $40 for each dry ton dumped during 1985; and (3) $55 for each dry ton dumped after 1985. Requires the fees, whether used by the Administrator or local authorities, to be utilized as specified for the improvement of the Apex. Provides for trust accounts for local authorities for any fee amounts not paid to the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to: (1) prepare a comprehensive assessment of disposal options for municipal sludge generated by local authorities; (2) prepare a New York Bight Apex Restoration Plan; and (3) carry out base-line monitoring of alternative sites. Requires the assessment and plan to be submitted to Congress. Requires the assessment to be prepared in consultation with State and local officials from New York and New Jersey. Requires the Administrator to submit a report to Congress on the technological and economic feasibility of establishing and implementing quality standards for the disposal of municipal sludge through ocean or land-based methods. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 to the Environmental Protection Agency for purposes of preparing the New York Bight Apex Restoration Plan.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983
Designates the week beginning April 8, 1984, as National Mental Health Counselors Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an energy investment tax credit for equipment designed to use sail power on vessels. Specifies that qualified equipment shall include: (1) masts; (2) standing and running rigging; (3) sails; (4) deck hardware related to hoisting, trimming, or otherwise controlling sails; and (5) rotor systems. Specifies that such credit shall apply to periods after December 31, 1984, and prior to January 1, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1983
Designates June 4 through June 10, 1984, as National Fishing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1983
Missing Children's Assistance Act of 1983 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to establish and maintain a national toll-free telephone line for reporting information regarding the location of missing children. Directs the Administrator to establish a national resource center and clearinghouse to: (1) provide technical assistance to State and local governments and agencies in locating missing children; (2) coordinate public and private efforts to recover missing children; and (3) disseminate information on innovative missing childrens' programs, services, and legislation. Requires the Administrator to publish an annual summary of research on missing children and prepare a comprehensive plan for coordinating activities of all agencies and organizations responsible for missing children. Authorizes the Administrator, in consultation with the Advisory Board on Missing Children, to make grants for research or demonstration or service programs designed to: (1) educate parents and community agencies on ways to prevent the abduction of children; (2) assist in the recovery or tracking of missing children; (3) aid communities in collecting material to assist parents in the identification of their children; (4) demonstrate the psychological consequences of a child's abduction; and (5) collect data on investigative practices utilized by law enforcement agencies. Requires the Administrator to appoint an Advisory Board on Missing Children to assist the Administrator in coordinating programs and activities relating to missing children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1983
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging: (1) in making training and recruitment grants and contracts, to give special consideration to the recruitment and training of volunteers and persons employed in or preparing for employment in that part of the field of aging which relates to providing custodial and skilled care for older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases; and (2) in making grants and contracts for demonstration projects to give special consideration for projects designed to meet the special needs of older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases and projects designed to provide family respite services with respect to older individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases. Authorizes appropriations under such Act for FY 1985 for training, research, and discretionary projects and requires that a specified minimum amount be made available to carry out provisions relating to Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1983
Amends veterans' hospitalization benefits to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to carry out a screening and treatment program for eligible veterans suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Permits the furnishing of hospital or nursing home care to afflicted veterans who are at least fifty years old.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for the home care expenses of individual taxpayers who maintain a household which includes a dependent of the taxpayer who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Permits this deduction whether or not the taxpayer itemizes deductions.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1983
Designates November 12, 1983, as Anti-Defamation League Day in honor of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1983
Amends the charter of the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) by extending eligibility for membership to individuals who qualify on or after May 8, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1983
Extends the tributes of the House to Johnny Bench for his career in, and contributions to, baseball.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1983
School Facilities Child Care Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public agencies and private nonprofit organizations having the capacity to furnish school-age child care services in order to assist such agencies and organizations to establish and operate such services in public schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Sets forth information which must be included in applications by such agencies or organizations to the Secretary for such grants. Requires the Secretary, in approving the applications, to: (1) assure that there is an equitable distribution of approved applications; (2) give priority to applications from applicants in communities with the greatest need and a shortage of economic resources for such services; and (3) give consideration to applications from applicants who can illustrate an identifiable base of community support. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of collecting data from recipients of assistance under this Act designed to provide a national needs assessment for child care services of school-age children in the United States. Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on activities under this Act together with a needs assessment of child care services for school-age children in each State. Requires the Secretary to operate a clearinghouse on school-age child care programs. Sets forth general administrative provisions with respect to carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983
School Lunch Pilot Project Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out the school lunch pilot project study to: (1) provide to participating school districts, in lieu of commodities, all cash assistance or all commodity letters of credit; (2) continue the study through June 30, 1986; (3) meet project expenses from specified sources; (4) consult with and get approval of the Comptroller General before altering such project; and (5) report to the appropriate congressional committees by December 15, 1986. Requires the Comptroller to report to the appropriate congressional committees every six months through June 30, 1986. Requires the Department of Agriculture, upon request, to compensate a participating district for losses sustained as a result of the Department's previous change in project methodology. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983
Designates July 20, 1984, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.