United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1984
Dislocated Workers Act of 1984 - Title I: Employment Impact of Federal Programs - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish and maintain the capacity to estimate the employment and unemployment impact of Federal programs, and the termination of Federal programs, including programs of financial assistance. Requires that the impact reports be established and maintained on an individual program-by-program basis, with separate estimates in a State and sub-State level. Requires that such estimates include both the direct and indirect employment effects of Federal expenditures. Title II: Dislocated Workers - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to disregard, in any case in which a student is a certified dislocated worker under title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), all equity in a single principal place of residence and the amount of unemployment benefits, for purposes of computation of assets and income for the proposed family contribution schedule for determination of Pell grants. Authorizes appropriations to cover such additional entitlements, but prohibits payment of such entitlements unless funds are provided for in an appropriation Act. Amends HEA to provide that, in the case of any such dislocated worker, identified under JTPA, determinations of need for purposes of the Guaranteed Student Loan program shall be based on current income. Authorizes the Private Industry Council in every service delivery area (SDA) established under JTPA to provide information on training opportunities in the SDA, as well as the opportunities provided by this Act, to all individuals seeking training and retraining. Provides that acceptance of such training or retraining, and enrollment in a secondary institution with assistance made available pursuant to this title, shall be deemed to be acceptance of training with the approval of the State within the meaning of any other provision of Federal law relating to unemployment insurance. Excludes funds used for such purposes from specified cost limitations under JTPA. Title III: Procurement Targeting in Labor Surplus Areas - Directs the head of each Federal agency which procures supplies and equipment at a rate in excess of $1,000,000,000 in FY 1982 to set targets, in each fiscal year, for such procurement within labor surplus areas, as defined by the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the amount and percentage of contracts awarded by each Federal agency in labor surplus areas; (2) the impact of such contracts on the area unemployment rate; and (3) whether such contracts could be increased without adverse impact on Federal procurement.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1984
Fair Reduction-in-Force Practices Act of 1984 - Prohibits any executive agency, the Government Printing Office, or the Library of Congress from conducting a reduction in force unless it cannot respond to the reason for the need for a proposed reduction in force by: (1) instituting general cost-reduction measures; (2) establishing practical programs for eliminating inefficient or wasteful agency practices; (3) transferring funds between agency programs and activities; (4) reassigning employees to other positions within the agency, positions funded by trust or revolving fund accounts, or positions with a State or local government; (5) transferring or detailing employees; or (6) limiting the hours of intermittent employees and reducing the use of temporary employees. Requires an agency head to notify the exclusive representative of any unit having an employee who would be affected by a proposed reduction in force of any determination of a need for a reduction in force. Sets forth procedures governing collective bargaining over a reduction in force. Prohibits an agency from conducting a reduction in force unless: (1) after satisfying the previous requirements of this Act, it submits a report concerning the proposed reduction in force to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); and (2) OPM certifies on the basis of such report that the requirements of this Act have been met. Requires the report to OPM to: (1) describe the actions to be taken, the reasons the reduction in force is necessary, all alternatives and proposals considered and implemented, and the anticipated impact of the proposed reduction in force on the operations and management of the agency; (2) provide any views and recommendations submitted by employee or management representatives; (3) indicate the estimated total cost to the Government of the proposed reduction in force; and (4) compare the estimated savings, over three years, anticipated through the proposed reduction in force with the estimated savings anticipated through the alternatives and proposals considered and implemented. Requires such reports to be submitted to specified congressional committees and made available to certain subcommittees. Permits an agency to issue notice of a proposed reduction in force to employees no earlier than ten days after OPM certifies that the requirements of this Act have been met. Entitles an affected employee to at least 30 days' advance notice. Requires such notice to specify: (1) the personnel action to be taken and its effective date; (2) the information used in determining the employee's standing in the competition for retention; (3) the place where and time when the employee may inspect records pertaining to his or her case; (4) any exceptions to the general order of release; and (5) the employee's right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board or to use any negotiated grievance procedure available. Directs OPM to establish a Government-wide placement register for each occupational category. Requires the name of each employee specifically notified of a reduction in force to be placed on the register for each occupation for which the employee is qualified. Directs OPM to prescribe regulations prohibiting an agency from filling a vacant position by a new appointment, transfer, reemployment, reassignment, or promotion unless the agency determines that there is no qualified individual on the appropriate register. Directs OPM to match each individual on the register with the available position for which the individual is best suited and, if the individual is qualified for more than one position, with the position which would be the least disruptive for the individual (considering the duties, pay, work schedule, and location of the position). Requires each individual to be offered an appointment to the position to which he or she has been matched unless the agency offering such position objects on the ground that appointment of another person is necessary to prevent substantial disruption to an essential agency function or to increase the percentage of women and minorities in the work force to the percentage as of April 1, 1981. Entitles an individual to remain on appropriate placement registers and to be considered for employment for two years. Requires the individual's name to be removed from such registers if: (1) the individual requests that he or she no longer be considered for employment; (2) the personnel action under the proposed reduction in force does not take effect; (3) the individual accepts an offer of an appointment under this Act; or (4) the individual is offered a position within the same commuting area and with the same pay, grade, and work schedule as the position from which the individual was released. Entitles individuals who have been affected by or notified of a reduction in force since April 1, 1981, to be placed on registers upon application. Requires OPM to prescribe regulations prohibiting an agency from filling a vacant position by new appointment, transfer, reemployment, reassignment, or promotion, even if there is no qualified individual on the retention registers, if there is available a person who, notwithstanding any minimum qualification requirements for the position: (1) receives specific notice of a proposed reduction in force and applies for consideration for vacant positions; (2) meets the educational requirements for the position; and (3) can reasonably be expected to satisfactorily perform the duties of such position within 180 days of appointment (with training, if necessary). Prohibits an agency from evaluating the performance of such an employee before 180 days after the employee is appointed. Allows the agency, after such period, to remove such employee for unacceptable performance. Disqualifies from such assignment program any individual who fails to achieve an acceptable performance rating in two consecutive positions. Permits individuals who have been notified of or affected by a reduction in force since April 1, 1981, to be assigned under such program upon application. Directs OPM to require agencies to transmit, at least monthly, a list of the employees notified of a reduction in force and a list of positions the agency plans to fill during the next six months. Requires OPM to make a list of all such positions available to such employees for inspection. Requires OPM to submit biannual reports to the President and to specified congressional committees on the implementation of the provisions of this Act. Sets forth requirements concerning the contents of such reports.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1984
Authorizes the printing as a House document of the committee print entitled "Quackery, A $10 Billion Scandal," including additional copies for the use of the Subcommittee on Health and Long-term Care of the Select Committee on Aging.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1984
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the appointment of Anne M. Burford as Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, and urges the President to withdraw her appointment.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Tax Status of Space Act - Provides that activities performed in space for U.S. persons on any spacecraft owned by U.S. persons and articles produced in space primarily for sale or use within the United States shall be treated as activities performed within and articles produced within the United States for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code and the Tariff Schedules of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Fair Employment Relations Resolution - Declares that the purpose of this resolution is to implement specified clauses of rule XLIII (prohibiting a Member, officer, or employee of the House from engaging in employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin) and rule XI (requiring that professional committee staff members be appointed without regard to race, creed, sex, or age and solely on the basis of fitness to perform their duties) of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Title I: Fair Employment Relations Board - Establishes the House Fair Employment Relations Board to: (1) make policies and guidelines for the implementation and enforcement of such rules; (2) supervise the operation of the House Fair Employment Relations Office; and (3) hear and determine complaints alleging violations of such rules. Title II: House Fair Employment Relations Office - Establishes the House Fair Employment Relations Office, headed by a Director (appointed by the Board), to: (1) develop procedures to implement the policies and guidelines of the Board; and (2) report to the House on information maintained on each category of individuals afforded equal employment opportunity by such rules. Directs the Office to utilize such information to identify discriminatory wage-setting practices. Requires the Office, upon request, to recommend to House committees improvements in their employment practices. Directs the Office to report to the House, by January 3, 1985, on the continuation or improvement of the procedures for settling complaints. Title III: Complaints of Violations of Equal Employment Opportunity - Sets forth procedures for individuals who allege discrimination in violation of rules XLIII or rule XI, including counseling and conciliation, formal complaints and hearings, and appeals to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984
Breast Cancer Treatment Informed Consent Act - Requires any State receiving funds under titles V (Maternal and Child Health Block Grant) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act or under the preventive health service provisions of the Public Health Service Act to require any physician or surgeon licensed to practice medicine in such State to inform any breast cancer patient of alternative methods of treatment for breast cancer before such treatment is begun. Requires that the patients be informed by means of: (1) a standardized written summary in layman's language and in a language understood by the patient of alternative methods of treatment; and (2) an explanation of the treatment options described in such written summary together with the risks associated with each procedure relative to each patient's particular medical circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1984
Authorizes election agencies to mail voter registration forms, absentee ballots, and certain related materials free of postage. Declares that this Act does not apply to mail matter transmitted under the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 or the Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Reaffirms that it is U.S. policy to oppose the practice of torture by foreign governments through the implementation of laws and through public and private diplomacy. Requests the President to: (1) instruct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to continue to raise the issue of torture by such governments; and (2) continue to involve the U.S. Government in the formulation of international standards, particularly the draft Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Requests the Secretary of State to issue specified formal instructions to each U.S. mission chief regarding U.S. policy with respect to such torture. States that the Secretary of Commerce should continue to enforce the current restrictions on the export of crime control equipment pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979. Directs the heads of U.S. departments that furnish military and law enforcement training to foreign personnel to include in such training instruction regarding international human rights standards with respect to torture.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1984
Social Security Reorganization Act of 1984 - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to establish as an independent executive agency a Social Security Agency. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by a Social Security Board. Provides that the Board shall: (1) govern the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program under title II and the Supplemental Security Income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act; (2) appoint a Commissioner of Social Security to act as the chief operating officer of the Agency responsible for administering such programs; (3) constitute five of the members of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund; (4) make annual budgetary recommendations relating to the Agency to Congress; (5) make recommendations to Congress and the President with respect to the administration of such programs; (6) provide Congress and the President with all information relating to such programs; and (7) conduct policy analysis and research relating to such programs. Requires that the Office of the Board include an Office of the Actuary, an Office of Policy and Legislation, and an Office of General Counsel. Sets forth the Board's authority with respect to the appointment of employees and the organization of the Agency. Establishes an Office of the Inspector General within the Agency. Requires coordination between the Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury in the administration of titles II, XVI, and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Establishes in the Agency an Office of the Commissioner, to be headed by a Commissioner of Social Security who shall be responsible for administering the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs and for overseeing Agency operations. Provides that the Commissioner shall serve as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Requires the Commissioner to report annually to the Board and Congress on the administration of the Agency. Establishes in the Office of the Commissioner an Office of Hearings and Appeals, to be headed by a Chief Administrative Law Judge who shall assist the Commissioner in carrying out responsibilities related to hearings under the Social Security Act. Sets forth the Commissioner's authority with respect to the organization of the Office of the Commissioner and the appointment of employees. Establishes in the Agency an Office of the Ombudsman, to be headed by a Social Security Ombudsman who shall: (1) represent the concerns of the public relating to the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income program to the Commissioner, the Board, the President, and Congress; and (2) conduct studies and surveys of the administrative effectiveness and program policy goals of the Agency. Establishes in the Office of the Ombudsman a Citizens' Advisory Committee which shall prepare and transmit to Congress a biennial report assessing the administration and objectivess of such programs. Authorizes the Committee to request, and assist in the preparation of, studies and surveys by the Ombudsman. Provides for the transfer to the Agency of all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to the programs and activities to be carried out by the Agency under this Act. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security in the Department of Health and Human Services. Requires that appropriations requests by the Agency for staffing and personnel be based upon comprehensive workforce plans. Sets forth rules for the apportionment of administrative appropriations for the Agency. Provides that the Agency's authority for automated data processing procurement and facilities construction shall be provided in the form of contract authority covering the total acquisition costs. Makes amounts needed for the liquidation of contract authority so provided available from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to the extent that such amounts are not needed to meet current obligations for benefit payments. Specifies the authorities which are to be delegated to the Commissioner from the Administrator of the General Services Administration. Authorizes funds to pay the costs of the administration of titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act for which the Commissioner is responsible, the cost of title XVIII of such Act for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) is responsible, and the costs of carrying out the functions of the Agency relating to the processing of tax data under title II of such Act. Requires the Commissioner to determine how the costs of administering the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program and the Supplemental Security program should be apportioned for each fiscal year among the general fund of the Treasury, the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary to determine how the costs of administering the Medicare program should be apportioned for each fiscal year among the general fund of the Treasury, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Provides that following such determinations, the Commissioner and the Secretary shall certify to the Managing Trustee of the social security trust funds the amounts (if any) which need to be transferred from the Treasury to the trust funds or from the trust funds to the Treasury to ensure that each of the trust funds and the Treasury have borne their proper share of such administrative costs. Requires the Secretary to study and make recommendations with respect to the most effective methods of providing economic security and with respect to administrative policy for the social security programs which he or she administers. Requires the Board, the Comptroller General of the United States, and the Secretary to each submit to Congress within five years after enactment of this Act a report assessing the organizational changes made by this Act. Requires each of them to submit to Congress recommendations for further technical and conforming amendments as necessary within one year after enactment of this Act. Requires that the Social Security Act be implemented in a manner consistent with a beneficiary bill of rights providing for: (1) fair and equitable treatment of all persons by the Board, the Commissioner, and the Secretary; (2) a prohibition against discrimination on account of age, sex, race, creed, color, handicap, national origin, or economic condition; (3) prompt, professional, and effective services which are accessible to the public; (4) timely and proper benefit payments, with due process of law accorded to beneficiaries whose benefits are reduced, terminated, withheld, or assigned to a representative payee; (5) personal conferences with employees of the Agency or the Department of Health and Human Services for any beneficiary with respect to any determination by the Commissioner or the Secretary which adversely affects him or her; and (6) a full, fair, and impartial administrative appeals process. Sets forth the effective date of this Act and interim rules.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984
Establishes a commission to be known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission to: (1) encourage appropriate ceremonies and activities throughout the United States relating to the first observance of the Federal legal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.; and (2) provide advice and assistance to the Federal Government and to State and local governments and private organizations with respect to the observance of the holiday. Sets forth requirements regarding the membership and staff of the Commission. Authorizes the heads of all Government departments and agencies, upon the request of the Commission, to detail any of their personnel to the Commission and to otherwise assist the Commission in carrying out its responsibilities under this Act. Requires that all of the Commission's expenditures be made from donated funds. Directs the Commission, not later than April 20, 1986, to report to the President and the Congress concerning its activities under this Act. Terminates the Commission after the submission of such report.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Medicare Preferred Provider Organization and Competition Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through negotiations, to provide for the determination of payment rates for services by preferred provider organizations so long as the total amount of payments made under title XVIII pursuant to such rates does not exceed the lesser of: (1) 95 percent of the adjusted average per capita cost; or (2) the adjusted community rate plus the actuarial value of additional benefits provided. Defines a "preferred provider organization" as an eligible health maintenance organization or competitive medical plan which has entered into an agreement with the Secretary under which: (1) the organization will provide directly or indirectly to individuals enrolled with the organization and entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII, and enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII, all the services described in parts A and B and the organization will provide directly or indirectly to individuals enrolled with the organization and enrolled under part B (but not entitled to benefits under part A) all the services described in part B; (2) the organization may provide additional services or benefits if these services or benefits are specifically identified to the Secretary and prospective enrollees; (3) the organization agrees to meet requirements respecting access to care, quality of care, program administration, marketing and enrollment practices and materials, full and fair disclosure for enrollees, relationships with health care providers, financial viability, and protections to assure that enrollees will be held harmless in the case of the insolvency of an organization; and (4) the organization agrees to receive payment on a per capita basis. Prohibits any State from preventing any group health plan payors: (1) from negotiating or entering into contracts for alternative rates of payments with, or determining alternative rates of payment for, providers of health care services and offering the benefit of such alternative rates to group health plan beneficiaries who select such providers; or (2) with the agreement of group policyholders and subject to the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement, from limiting payment under a policy to services secured by group health plan beneficiaries from providers of health care services charging alternative rates.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a methodology for the payment for hospital outpatient care under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act on the basis of a classification of patients by the diagnosis related group (DRG) of the treatment of the patients. Requires the methodology to be designed in a manner as to deny payment for such care where payment with respect to such care was intended to be provided in the payment to the hospital under the DRG related prospective payment system. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the methodology developed. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the cost of services for which payment is made under part A (Hospital Insurance) or part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII during the 30 day period prior to, and the 60 day period after, each hospitalization for which payment is made under Medicare.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) demonstration projects in at least four States, under which: (1) the Secretary would contract with one or more health maintenance organizations or competitive medical plans (organizations) to perform the functions both of intermediaries under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII and carriers under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) with respect to benefits furnished in a State; (2) if the Secretary contracts with one organization in an area, the Secretary must permit any other organization in the area to enter into such a contract; (3) individuals residing in the State covered by the project and entitled or enrolled under part A or B of title XVIII would be required to enroll with at least one participating organization, but may elect to receive any covered service through any qualified Medicare provider; (4) an organization may offer additional benefits, at no additional cost; (5) an organization will not charge copayments or deductibles if a beneficiary is enrolled with and receives benefits directly from the organization; (6) each organization would receive payment at an annual per capita rate equal to 95 percent of the adjusted per capita cost; and (7) each organization shall have the right of final claim review for necessity and appropriateness of items and services furnished. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a protocol report concerning such demonstration projects and annual reports.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the diagnosis related group (DRG) payment system to provide that if the total operating costs for inpatient hospital services: (1) are less than or equal to the payment amount, the amount of payment with respect to such operating costs payable under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII shall be equal to the amount of such operating costs plus 50 percent of the amount by which the payment amount exceeds the amount of the operating costs; or (2) are greater than the payment amount, the amount of the payment with respect to such operating costs payable under part A shall be equal to the payment amount plus the lesser of the amount by which the amount of the operating costs exceeds the payment amount or ten percent of the payment amount. Defines the term "payment amount" to mean the total of the amounts that would otherwise be paid to a hospital without regard to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Medicare Participating Physician Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that: (1) in the case of a participating physician, payment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII shall be determined according to provisions of this Act; and (2) payment cannot be made under part B to a new physician unless that physican is a participating physician. Provides that, in general, the amount of payment shall be: (1) during January 1985 in the case of a current physician, the monthly average payment made under part B for services furnished by that physician during 1984; and (2) during any subsequent month, the amount payable for the previous month increased (or decreased) by the amount by which the amount of payment for that previous month was less (or greater) than the amount that would otherwise have been payable (without regard to this Act) under part B with respect to physicians' services furnished by that physician during the previous month. Defines a: (1) "participating physician" as one who has entered into an agreement with the Secretary under which the physician will be paid under part B only in accordance with this Act and will not charge any amount not permitted to be charged under an assignment; (2) "current physician" as one who receives payments under part B before January 1, 1985; and (3) "new physician" as one who is not a current physician.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Medical Research Checkoff Act of 1984 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate one dollar of their income tax payments to be paid over to the National Institutes of Health Medical Research Trust Fund, to be established in the Treasury by this Act. Appropriates to such trust fund an amount equal to the amount designated on tax returns. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to establish within the trust fund an account for each institute established within the National Institutes of Health.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1984
Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act - Requires each State and local government responsible for conducting elections to assure that all polling facilities for Federal elections are accessible to handicapped and elderly voters. Establishes limited exceptions in an emergency or if the chief election officer of the State determines that no accessible facilities are available and allows any handicapped or elderly voter to be assigned to the nearest accessible facility. Requires the chief election officer to report every two years to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on the number of accessible and inaccessible polling facilities. Requires the FEC to compile this information and transmit it to Congress. Requires each State or local government to provide a reasonable number of accessible permanent registration facilities except in the case where there is mail registration. Requires States to make available registration and voting aids for handicapped and elderly individuals in Federal elections. Authorizes the Attorney General or aggrieved persons to bring actions in Federal court for declaratory or injunctive relief to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1984
Homeless Persons Housing and Supportive Services Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a demonstration program to determine: (1) the feasibility of assisting nonprofit organizations in providing housing and supportive services for homeless persons; (2) the cost of acquiring, rehabilitating, and operating such housing and of providing supportive services; and (3) the social, financial, and other advantages of such housing and supportive services as a means of assisting homeless persons and as an alternative to continued institutionalization of handicapped persons. Authorizes the Secretary to provide any eligible nonprofit organization: (1) annual payments of up to 80 percent of the annual operating expenses of such housing for not more than ten years; (2) technical assistance; and (3) a non-interest bearing advance equal to the cost of acquiring and rehabilitating such housing. Waives repayment of such advance if the organization uses the housing for homeless persons for at least ten years after initial occupancy. Requires each organization receiving assistance to agree to: (1) assess the supportive services required by housing residents and employ a full-time residential supervisor to provide such services; and (2) use the housing for homeless persons for at least five years after initial occupancy. Requires each homeless person residing in housing assisted under this Act to pay as rent the amount such person would pay as rent for public housing under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress after FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 on activities under this Act and any findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Limits the annual budget authority for advances and annual payments under this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from making any advance after September 30, 1987.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Financial Institutions Equity Act of 1984 - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to redefine the term "bank" as either a bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, an institution eligible to apply for such insurance, or a State or federally chartered institution that accepts transaction accounts and makes commercial loans. Prohibits any bank from engaging in any tandem operation with its bank holding company or any subsidiary or affiliate of such holding company, unless the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System determines that such tandem operation is not likely to cause unfair competition or pose risks to consumers. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that the provisions of the Banking Act of 1933 relating to affiliations between member banks and organizations engaged principally in certain securities activities, and relating to officer, director, or employee relationships involving a member bank and a person or an organization primarily engaged in certain securities activities, shall apply to every nonmember insured or uninsured bank in the same manner and to the same extent as if such nonmember bank were a member. Permits any affiliation or relationship that becomes unlawful because of such restriction to continue for a period of two years after enactment of this Act. Declares that for the purposes of the Banking Act of 1933, engaging in the business of receiving deposits through affiliates shall be deemed the same as engaging in the business of receiving deposits directly by a person, firm, corporation, association, business trust, or other similar organization. Prohibits, after the date of enactment of this Act, any depository institution, bank holding company, savings and loan holding company or multiple savings and loan holding company from providing retail securities brokerage services. Permits any such activity which was taking place on May 24, 1984, to continue for a period not to exceed two years after enactment of this Act. Amends the National Housing Act to make savings and loan holding companies owning institutions insured under State law subject to the same requirements as institutions insured under such Act. Prohibits a savings and loan holding company, or any subsidiary that is not an insured or uninsured institution, from commencing or continuing any business activity other than those specified for multiple savings and loan holding companies and their subsidiaries. Permits any such existing activity to continue for two years after the date of enactment of this Act. Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to a unitary savings and loan holding company the subsidiary insured or uninsured institution of which is a qualified institution. Prohibits a savings and loan holding company, the subsidiary insured or uninsured institution of which is a nonqualified institution, from commencing, or continuing for more than two years, any business activity not permissible for a multiple savings and loan holding company. Declares that for the ten-year period following enactment of this Act a qualified institution shall also include an institution chartered (as of May 24, 1984) as a mutual savings bank or a savings bank under Federal or state law. Requires the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation to determine that such institution: (1) does not decrease the percentage of its assets invested in residential mortgages and related investments below the percentage it held on the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) increases such percentage by amounts equal to specified percentages. Prohibits any savings and loan holding company from commencing or continuing for more than two years any activity not permitted a multiple savings and loan holding company, if in any case an institution owned or controlled by such holding company engages in tandem operations. Prohibits nonqualified institutions from engaging in any commercial lending activity. Prohibits from engaging in commercial lending activities any institution owned by a unitary savings and loan holding company that engages in activities not permitted for a multiple savings and loan holding company. Declares that the provisions of the Banking Act of 1933 relating to affiliations between member banks and organizations engaged principally in certain securities activities, and relating to officer, director, or employee relationships involving a member bank and a person or organization primarily engaged in certain securities activities, shall apply to every insured or uninsured institution in the same manner and to the same extent as if such institution were a member of the Federal Reserve System. Prohibits any State chartered depository institution engaged in activities not authorized by the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 or the National Housing Act as of such date, from continuing such activities unless such activities are conducted within such State and solely for its residents. Permits a State chartered depository institution, pursuant to State law, to engage in any activity authorized by the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 or the National Housing Act. Permits any State, after January 1, 1983, to enact a law permitting State chartered depository institutions to engage in activities not authorized pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 or the National Housing Act, so long as such activities are within such State and solely for its residents. Declares that in any case in which a depository institution commences any activity which becomes prohibited under this Act between May 24, 1984, and the date of enactment of this Act, such depository institution shall cease such prohibited activity on the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1984
Census Awareness and Accountability Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to each decennial and mid-decade census, to submit to the committees of Congress having legislative jurisdiction over the census, not later than 18 months before the appropriate census date, a report containing the Secretary's determination concerning the procedure for estimating and adjusting for any overcount or undercount in any tabulation of total population by State or other geographical area which may occur in such census (including the estimated total cost and the projected timetable for carrying out such procedures). Directs the Secretary to establish a program to provide grants to States and local units of government in order to promote activities designed to minimize the extent of any undercounts which may occur in the decennial census. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for such grants.
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