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Bill· HRH.R. 5885 (98th)open

Head Start and Human Services Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984

Head Start and Human Services Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Project Head Start - Amends the Head Start Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary, for purposes of this title) to administer Project Head Start through the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services. Makes technical amendments to such Act. Authorizes appropriations for the Head Start program for FY 1985 through 1986. Requires the Secretary to reserve for training and technical assistance for each fiscal year funds which are not less than the amount spent for such activities under such Act in FY 1982. Prohibits funds reserved for discretionary payments by the Secretary under such Act from being combined with funds appropriated under any other Act if the purposes of combining funds is to make a single discretionary grant or a single discretionary payment. Authorizes the Secretary to designate a Head Start agency from among qualified applicants in a community if there is no Head Start agency or program serving such community. Requires that any such designation be governed by the program and fiscal requirements, criteria, and standards applicable on September 1, 1983, to then existing Head Start agencies. Requires that specified provisions relating to designation of Head Start agencies be carried out in FY 1985 and 1986 in accordance with the rules issued under such provisions by the Secretary as in effect on September 1, 1983. Prohibits the Secretary from making any change in the method, as in effect on April 25, 1984, of calculating income used to prescribe eligibility for the participation of persons in Head Start programs if such change would result in any reduction in, or exclusion from, participation of persons in any such programs. Prohibits any such change during the period from the date of enactment of this Act to October 1, 1986, unless such a change is specifically authorized in any Federal statute enacted after such date of enactment. Permits each Head Start program operated in a community to provide services to any eligible child for any period from age three to the age of compulsory school attendance in the State where the program operates. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance and training in connection with Head Start programs. (Under current law, the Secretary is authorized to provide such assistance and training.) Requires that such training activities include: (1) a national child development associate training and assessment program providing the necessary credentials for such personnel; and (2) training, including resource access projects, which improves the ability of such personnel to provide Head Start services to handicapped children. Prohibits funds for Head Start research, demonstration, and pilot projects from being combined with funds available to carry out any other provision of law if the purpose of combining funds is to make a single discretionary grant or a single discretionary payment to a recipient of such funds. Prohibits any revision in Head Start performance standards which would result in either the elimination of, or the reduction in the scope of, types of health, education, parent involvement, social, or other services required by the performance standards issued by the Secretary as in effect on November 2, 1978. Title II: Follow Through Programs - Amends the Follow Through Act to authorize appropriations for such program for FY 1985 and 1986. Requires the Secretary of Education (the Secretary, for purposes of this title) to provide financial assistance for research, demonstration, and pilot projects relating to the Follow Through program. (Under current law, the Secretary is authorized to provide such assistance.) Requires that such projects be designed to test or assist in the development of new approaches or methods that will aid in overcoming the special problems of primarily low-income children previously enrolled in Head Start or similar programs to develop to their full potential in kindergarten and the primary grades. Directs the Secretary to provide for a review and analysis of all previous evaluations and reports made in connection with all Follow Through programs and projects authorized by any Act of Congress in effect after August 20, 1964, and to provide a comprehensive evaluative report. Requires that such report measure the impact of such programs and projects in specified ways. Permits such review to be conducted only by persons who are not directly involved in the development, design, administration, or implementation of such programs and projects. Requires that such report be submitted to the President and Congress by January 30, 1986. Makes a technical amendment which repeals the applicability of specified Head Start Act provisions to the Follow Through Act. Adds provisions for child care information and referral services to the Follow Through Act. (Entitles such provisions the "Child Care Information and Referral Services Act.") Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, to make grants to assist public or private nonprofit organizations to establish and operate community-based child care information and referral centers. Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires that grant recipients be selected through a competitive process, taking into consideration the demonstrated ability of applicants to provide such services, and giving priority to applicants for grants of less than $75,000. Requires an applicant to make specified assurances, including an assurance that it shall obtain the following percentages of its projected budget through non-Federal sources of funding during the grant period: (1) at least 25 percent in the first and second years; (2) at least 50 percent in the third year; and (3) at least 65 percent in the fourth and fifth years. Limits to five years the aggregate period for which such grants may be made to any single center. Sets reporting requirements for centers receiving such grants. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to specified congressional committees on activities under such child care information and referral services provisions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for such child care information and referral services. Makes specified provisions for administration of the Head Start program applicable to the administration of such child information and referral services program. Title III: Community Services Programs - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to increase the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for community services grants to States to ameliorate the causes of poverty in communities. Revises grant application provisions to require States to assure that: (1) at least 85 percent of the State allotment will be used for grants to community action agencies (or to organizations serving seasonal or migrant farmworkers) for specified purposes; and (2) the remainder will be used to make grants to local governments (or to specified types of nonprofit private community organizations or to migrant and seasonal farm worker organizations) for such specified purposes. Includes services under the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 among those activities to which a State may transfer funds from a portion of its community services grant allotment. Authorizes a State, whenever it determines that a local government, or a combination of local governments, is not served by a community action agency, to: (1) use funds earmarked for grants to local governments through an existing community action agency to provide such services; or (2) if that is not feasible, establish a new community action agency to provide such services. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary, for purposes of this title) to waive for any State specified limitations relating to eligibility to receive grants, under specified conditions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct, in several States in each fiscal year, evaluations of the uses made of community services block grants; and (2) annually submit the results of such evaluations to specified congressional committees. Provides that the Director of the Office of Community Services within the Department of Health and Human Services shall be appointed by the President by and with the advise and consent of the Senate. Revises provisions relating to investigations conducted by the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the use of community service grant funds. Makes such investigations by the Comptroller General mandatory. Repeals a prohibition against the Secretary either requesting information not readily available to a State or requiring that any information be compiled, collected, or transmitted in any new form not already available. Requires the Secretary to provide for specified training and other ongoing activities of national or regional significance related to the purposes of the community services grants program, including certain special emphasis programs. (Under current law the Secretary has discretionary authority to provide for such training and other activities.) Adds to the list of such special emphasis programs a specified type of program for senior opportunities and services which is described under specified provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as in effect on August 12, 1981. Sets forth provisions for community food and nutrition programs. Directs the Secretary, through grants to public and private, nonprofit agencies, to provide for community-based, local, and statewide programs to: (1) identify food and nutritional needs of low-income populations, especially high-risk infants and children; (2) assist low-income communities to identify potential sponsors of child nutrition programs and initiate new programs in underserved or unserved areas; (3) coordinate existing private and public food assistance resources to better serve low-income populations; and (4) increase public awareness of hunger and develop strategies to minimize dependence on emergency food assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for such programs. Requires that some of such funds be expended for programs for each of the purposes specified. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for Native American programs under title VIII (the "Native American Programs Act of 1964") of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Title IV: Native American Programs - Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide 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 such 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. Specifies the percentage of appropriated funds which shall be used for financial assistance under such Act. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 322 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress regarding Americans missing in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) ensure that U.S. officials carry out his pledge to resolve the issue of the Americans still missing and unaccounted for in Indochina; (2) work for the immediate release of any Americans still held captive and the return of the remains of those who died in Southeast Asia; and (3) make every effort to secure the cooperation pledged by Laos and Vietnam in resolving this issue.

Bill· HRH.R. 5845 (98th)open

Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 5863 (98th)referred

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Treatment Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Treatment Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate 20 centers for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Requires such centers to: (1) provide a central facility for diagnosis, evaluation, and counseling; (2) develop standards of treatment and methods of delivering cost-effective services; (3) train professionals and nonprofessionals in diagnosing and treating such disorders; and (4) develop a comprehensive acute and long-term treatment program. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1989 appropriations. Directs the Secretary to make $1,000,000 available to each center for each of at least five years for teaching, training, research, and staffing. Permits eligible persons to elect to receive benefits as provided for by this Act rather than under titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), or XX (Grants to States for Service) of the Social Security Act, or under the Older Americans Act of 1965.

Bill· HRH.R. 5835 (98th)open

A bill to amend Chapter 44, Title 18, United States Code, to regulate the manufacture and importation of armor piercing ammunition.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 5823 (98th)referred

Textile Employment and Fair Trade Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984

Textile Employment and Fair Trade Act of 1984 - Directs the President to limit the total quantity of textile imports during each of calendar years 1984 through 1988. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and administer an import licensing system for administration of this Act. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to enforce the import limitations and the import licensing system.

Bill· HRH.R. 5808 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to increase the amount required to be paid for overtime work and to require employees to consent in writing to working more than 40 hours per week.

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1984

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to increase the amount required to be paid for overtime work from one and one-half times to two times the regular wage rate of the employee. Requires employee consent in writing for any workweek longer than 40 hours.

Bill· HRH.R. 5754 (98th)open

A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for rates of duty on imported bicycles and bicycle parts consistent with those rates of duty maintained by the principal exporting nations of bicycles and bicycle parts to the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1984

Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to apply a uniform duty rate on imported bicycles and bicycle parts, tires, and tubes. Provides that such duty rate shall not apply to the existing suspension of duty on other specified bicycle parts.

Bill· HRH.R. 5749 (98th)open

Secondary School Basic Skills Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1984

Secondary School Basic Skills Act - Establishes a program of grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) having especially high concentrations of children from low-income families to enable such agencies to provide more effective instruction in basic skills for economically disadvantaged secondary school students. Defines "basic skills" to include reading, writing, and mathematics computational proficiency as well as comprehension and reasoning. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990. Makes certain amounts of such appropriations available for specified activities and types of grants under this Act. Makes a secondary school eligible to receive assistance under this Act for program grants only if 20 percent or more of children aged 14 to 17, inclusive, who are enrolled in such school are counted under LEA basic grant provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as modified by the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA). Requires that funds made available under this Act for program grants be used to develop new approaches to, and carry out, educational services and activities designed specifically to raise the basic skills of low achieving disadvantaged children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education, through the National Institute of Education (NIE) and from specified funds appropriated for program grants for FY 1985 through 1990, to make grants to LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other public agencies and nonprofit private organizations. Provides that such grants shall be made to such entities on behalf of and for the purpose of assisting eligible secondary schools to develop, implement, and carryout new approaches to achieving improved basic skills instruction of low- achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students. Sets forth application requirements. Requires that the application be made on behalf of the eligible school by: (1) the LEA; or (2) an institution of higher education, public agency, or private nonprofit organization if such entity will provide educational services or conduct educational activities subject to the proposal. Requires applicants to assure their participation in a national evaluation. Requires that administrators and teachers in the eligible school participate in the preparation of the proposal. Requires that the appropriate State educational agency (SEA) review and comment on the application before submittal to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to assure that: (1) eligible applicants represent various geographic regions of the country, including both rural and urban secondary schools within those various geographic regions; and (2) at least one demonstration grant is made in each State in each fiscal year, unless no applications are received from a State. Requires each LEA which desires to receive program grants under this Act to file with the Secretary an application containing specified assurances. Provides that each LEA and each institution of higher education, public agency, and private nonprofit organization applying on behalf of an eligible secondary school may receive payments for any fiscal year in which it files an application with the SEA. Sets forth requirements for such applications. Requires consultation with parents and teachers of low-achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students in program design and implementation. Establishes a National Secondary School Basic Skills Panel in NIE to: (1) identify successful model programs; and (2) advise the Secretary with respect to specified aspects of program grant applications and proposals. Directs the Secretary, through NIE, to annually conduct a national evaluation of the effectiveness and the implementation of program grants. Requires that such assessment results be submitted to Congress and disseminated to SEAs, LEAs, State legislatures, and Governors. Directs the Secretary, through NIE, to monitor grants and coordinate activities under this Act with other research activities conducted by NIE and through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Authorizes NIE, once program grants are awarded, to provide eligible recipients with technical assistance. Prohibits the Secretary from disapproving an LEA application without affording notice and opportunity for a hearing. Directs the Secretary to make payments as expeditiously as possible after approval of applications. Prohibits any grant from being made with respect to any eligible secondary school for more than two fiscal years unless there is: (1) an improved performance of the targeted secondary school students at the school on a State approved basic skills test; or (2) a decrease in the dropout rate at the school. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations relating to such prohibition.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 580 (98th)enacted

A joint resolution authorizing the Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1984

Authorizes the Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, to erect a memorial on public ground in the District of Columbia in commemoration of the Lebanese-American poet and artist, Kahlil Gibran. Provides that the memorial shall be in the form of a sculptured monument and shall be designated the Kahlil Gibran Memorial. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select a site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Prohibits the United States or the District of Columbia from expending any money for the establishment of the memorial. Provides that the authority of this resolution shall lapse unless: (1) construction is commenced within five years from the enactment of this resolution; and (2) prior to the commencement of construction, the Secretary determines that sufficient funds are available for the completion of the memorial. Makes the maintenance and care of the monument the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 310 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the participants in the New Ireland Forum are to be commended for their efforts to bring about genuine progress in the search for a just and peaceful solution to the problems of Northern Ireland.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the parties in the New Ireland Forum are to be commended for their efforts to promote reconciliation of the two communities in Northern Ireland; and (2) all political parties in Northern Ireland and the British and Irish Governments should review the findings and recommendations of the Forum.

Bill· HRH.R. 5611 (98th)referred

A bill to authorize the Eleventh Airborne Divison Association to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984

Authorizes the Eleventh Airborne Division Association to establish a memorial on Federal land located in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor the Eleventh Airborne Division, United States Army. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Association, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Terminates the authority under this Act five years after enactment unless the site preparation has begun and it has been determined that funds are available to complete the memorial. Provides that the United States shall not be charged with any expenses associated with the establishment of the memorial. Directs the Secretary to maintain the memorial.

Bill· HRH.R. 5593 (98th)open

Clean Coal Production and Utilization Technology Demonstration Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984

Clean Coal Production and Utilization Technology Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a technology demonstration program of advanced systems to: (1) reduce air pollution from coal-burning powerplants and other facilities; and (2) prove more efficient and environmentally acceptable processes for producing coal-derived fuels. States that such program and its funding shall be in addition to the Research and Base Technology activity contained in the existing fossil energy research and development budget of the Department of Energy. Directs the Secretary to prepare detailed specifications for advanced systems to demonstrate: (1) five specified near-term technologies; (2) seven longer-term, second generation technologies; and (3) any other advanced technologies which may appear promising for extracting gas and oil from shale and coal through field tests, with an emphasis on exploiting these resources in the Eastern region of the United States. Directs the Secretary within six months from the date of the enactment of this Act to solicit proposals from the public to construct, install, and operate these systems pursuant to such detailed specifications, on a cooperative basis with appropriate assistance from the Secretary, in one or more new or existing electric powerplants. Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning the selection of a proposal at least 45 days prior to accepting any proposal for technology demonstration. Directs the Secretary, within eight months following the date of the enactment of this Act, to prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a five-year national coal engineering, development, and technology demonstration plan. Requires such plan to be updated annually and submitted to such committees by January 31 of each succeeding year. Makes available, pursuant to authorization and annual appropriation to the Secretary of Energy for use in carrying out this Act, a specified amount of the funds deposited in the Energy Security Reserve pursuant to provisions of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act of 1980. Authorizes an amount to be appropriated for FY 1986 from such reallocated funds to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5586 (98th)referred

Professional Development Resource Center Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984

Professional Development Resource Center Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for grants for professional development resource centers for teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education, in making grants under this Act, to ensure that eligible applicants within each State receive sufficient funds to plan, establish, or operate at least one such center within the State in each fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortia of LEAs for assistance in planning, establishing, and operating such centers. Defines "professional development resource center" as any year-round site operated by an LEA, a combination of LEAs, or an educational service agency which serves teachers from public and non-public schools of a State or from an area or community within a State. Requires that, through such centers and with the assistance of consultants and experts, teachers shall conduct activities to advance the goal of professional excellence and improvement of teaching skills for the teachers they serve. Provides that such activities may include but are not limited to: (1) developing and disseminating curricula designed to meet the educational needs of the persons in the community, area, or State being served, including the use of educational research findings or new or improved methods, practices, and techniques in the development of such curricula (including the use of technology and telecommunications); (2) training teachers to better meet the educational needs of students and to become familiar with developments in curriculum, testing, and research and its applicability to improvement of teaching skills; and (3) disseminating information to those served by the center and to other such centers nationally. Requires that such centers be planned and operated under the supervision of a professional development policy board, the majority of which shall be representatives or designees of the elementary and secondary classroom teachers to be served by such center. Requires that such board also include representatives or designees of the school boards of the LEAs served by such center, and at least one representative designated by institutions of higher education located in the area, including but not limited to institutions that have departments, schools, or colleges of education. Requires that LEA, or LEA consortium, applications for such grants be approved by the State education agency (SEA) before they are transmitted to the Secretary for approval. Provides for LEA petitions to the Secretary to request further SEA consideration of applications. Sets forth criteria which such applications must meet in order for such a grant to be approved. Gives preference to applications which involve teachers as instructors as well as learners in center activities. Directs the Secretary, in approving applications, to: (1) take into account the resources which the applicant will provide in addition to Federal funds provided under this or any other Federal program; and (2) substantially involve teachers in reviewing and recommending programs for funding. Permits any LEA having an application approved under this Act to contract with an institution of higher education to carry out activities under, or provide technical assistance in connection with, such application. Authorizes the Secretary to expend directly ten percent of the funds expended under this Act to make grants to institutions of higher education to operate professional development resource centers.

Bill· HRH.R. 5596 (98th)referred

Education for Gifted and Talented Children and Youth Improvement Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984

Education for the Gifted and Talented Children and Youth Improvement Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements with State education agencies for one or more of the following purposes: (1) developing exemplary programs for gifted and talented children and youth, including summer programs and programs operated by State and local educational agencies and cooperative programs with business, industry, government, and higher education; (2) developing and supporting business, industry, government, and higher education partnerships with elementary and secondary education to plan and implement cooperative comprehensive educational programs for such children and youth; (3) promoting the development of programs for such children and youth within the State; and (4) improving methods of identifying such children and youth. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and cooperative agreements for FY 1985 through 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education, State education agencies, and private nonprofit organizations to provide preservice and inservice training to personnel involved in the education of gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1985 through 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, institutions of higher education, State education agencies, and private nonprofit organizations to conduct: (1) research on techniques for teaching gifted and talented children and youth; and (2) program evaluations, surveys, and activities to collect, develop, and disseminate information and technical assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for FY 1985 through 1987. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress and make available to the public, one year from the date of enactment of this Act: (1) a report on the state of special educational opportunities for gifted and talented children and youth; (2) a departmental plan for advancing such opportunities; and (3) recommendations to the Congress regarding future legislative activities. Requires that particular emphasis be given in programs established under this Act to the identification of gifted and talented children and youth who may not be so identified through traditional assessment methods, most notably minority and handicapped children, and youth and women. Sets forth provisions for participation by children and teachers from private schools in programs funded under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5525 (98th)open

Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984

Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 - Extends copyright protection to original mask works fixed in semiconductor chip products. Defines a mask work as the two- and three-dimensional features of shape, pattern, and configuration of the surface of the layers of a semiconductor chip product which portray the appearance of a product or convey information. Requires as a condition of protection that: (1) the owner of the mask work be a resident or citizen of the United States or of a country which is party to a protection treaty to which the United States is also a party on the date the work is first commercially exploited or registered; (2) the work is first commercially exploited in the United States; or (3) the mask work comes within the scope of a presidential proclamation extending reciprocal protection to the works of foreign citizens or residents. Vests exclusive rights in the mask work in the owner who may transfer, convey, or bequeath such interest. Recognizes the first registered transfer in case of a conflict. Sets the copyright term for mask works at ten years from the date of registration or first commercial exploitation, whichever comes first. Sets forth the exclusive rights of the owner of such a copyright, including the rights to: (1) reproduce the mask; (2) import or distribute a semiconductor chip product in which the mask work is embodied; and (3) cause another to perform such acts. Excludes from the applicability of an owner's exclusive rights a mask work used for educational purposes or an innocent purchaser of a semiconductor chip product. Protects works registered within two years of the date of their first commercial exploitation. Sets forth administrative procedures for the Register of Copyrights. Permits the owner of the mask work to place a notice of copyright on such works which includes the words 'mask work' or M in a circle, the year the work was first fixed in a semiconductor chip product, and the name of the owner of the work. Entitles the owner of a mask work whose protection has been infringed or whose registration of such work has been refused to institute a civil action. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the U.S. Postal Service to issue regulations for the enforcement of the right to import mask works. Permits the impoundment and seizure of mask works imported in violation of the owner's exclusive rights. Sets forth remedies for infringement, including temporary and permanent injunctive relief, actual damages, and the award of the infringer's profits to the owner. Authorizes appropriations.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 293 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to using the total unemployment rate as the basis for determining the availability of extended and supplemental benefits for the unemployed.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the seasonally adjusted total unemployment rate (TUR) should be used to determine the availability of extended benefits and Federal supplemental compensation of the unemployed; (2) if the seasonally adjusted TUR is not currently available for a State, an alternative method of calculating such TUR should be developed and implemented with respect to determining the availability of such benefits; and (3) the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other agencies involved with the gathering of unemployment data should take all steps necessary to improve U.S. capability to measure accurately the level of total unemployment and should recommend ways to improve current unemployment compensation benefit formulas so that such benefits are made available in areas of greatest need.

Bill· HRH.R. 5490 (98th)open

Civil Rights Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984

Civil Rights Act of 1984 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination by any recipient of Federal financial assistance. (Currently, discrimination is prohibited only in a program or activity receiving Federal assistance.) Defines the term "recipient" to extend comprehensive coverage for purposes of the four Acts to any State or local governmental unit, any public or private agency or entity, and any subunit, successor, assignee, or transfereee of any such unit, agency, or entity.

Bill· HRH.R. 5396 (98th)referred

A bill to authorize the National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich to establish a monument to General Draza Mihailovich in Washington, District of Columbia, or its environs, in recognition of the role he played in saving the lives of more than 500 United States airmen in Yugoslavia during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1984

Authorizes the National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich to establish a monument to General Draza Mihailovich in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in recognition of the role he played saving the lives of more than 500 U.S. airmen in Yugoslavia during World War II. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the establishment of such memorial. Directs the Secretary to permit groundbreaking for construction of the monument only after determining that sufficient funds are available for completion of the monument. Directs that the maintenance and care of the monument shall be the responsibility of the National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 283 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of congress concerning the use and supplying of chemical and biological weapons.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the use of chemical and biological weapons pose grave threats and that the United States should: (1) increase its investigations of suspected instances of chemical and biological warfare; (2) encourage the development of antidotes for such weapons, especially for the mycotoxin; (3) urge other nations to investigate suspected instances of such warfare; (4) help U.N. investigators gain access to areas where such warfare is suspected; and (5) negotiate with the Soviet Union and other nations to strengthen existing treaties regarding such warfare by ensuring compliance with such treaties.