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United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the employment of any blind person, or person with impaired sight, at less than the applicable minimum wage under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitations on the aggregate amount of private activity bonds issued during the calendar year. Applies this rule to obligations issued after December 31, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985
Designates the month of November 1985 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 21 through April 28, 1985, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1985
Directs the President to: (1) secure from the Indochina nations a full accounting of Americans captured or missing as a result of the Vietnam conflict; and (2) work for the release of captive Americans and the return of the remains of those American servicemen and civilians who died in Southeast Asia. Requires the President to submit two reports to Congress on American POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Provides that certain good faith transfers of property to depositors by the Southern Industrial Banking Corporation shall not be voidable under Federal bankruptcy law.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Designates the week beginning May 5, 1985, as National Correctional Officers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) ensure that U.S. officials carry out the 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 further cooperation of Laos and Vietnam in resolving this issue.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Repeals the requirement added by the Tax Reform Act of 1984 relating to the maintenance of contemporaneous records with respect to: (1) business travel expenses, including automobile expenses; (2) business entertainment expenses; and (3) expenses for gifts.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the deduction for charitable contributions by taxpayers who do not itemize deductions.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Designates October 26, 1985, as Mule Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Designates the week of March 24 through March 30, 1985, as National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1985
Amends the Steel Import Stabilization Act to direct the U.S. Trade Representative, in negotiating with Japan and South Korea on steel products import limits, to negotiate the apportionment of the aggregate limit among specified subcategories of steel products. Directs the U.S. Trade Representative to apportion the aggregate limit if such negotiations are not successfully concluded within 30 days of the enactment of this Act. Sets forth such subcategories.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1985
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Treatment Act of 1985 - 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 1986 through 1990 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 · 3 January 1985
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Federal criminal code to repeal provisions relating to gun control.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Mail Delivery to Physically Handicapped Act of 1985 - Requires, upon approval of an application which includes a physician's certification of need, the delivery of mail to the door of handicapped individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Entitles a qualified nonprofit senior citizen organization to the reduced postal rates in effect for other qualified nonprofit organizations (currently third class mail rates).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Permits Senior Reserve Officers' Training programs (ROTC) to be established at public community colleges.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Geothermal Energy Control Act of 1985 - Establishes the National Geothermal Energy Commission. Requires the Commission to determine those areas in the United States which have a potential for the extraction of geothermal resources and to publish a list of such areas in the Federal Register. Directs the Commission to grant exclusive 99-year licenses to persons capable of carrying out exploration and development of geothermal resources in such areas. Sets forth conditions for the granting of such licenses and for extensions of license terms. Authorizes the termination of a license for any violation of the terms of the license prescribed by the Commission. Permits a licensee under this Act to apply for a license to market the geothermal resources from the licensee's area in their natural state. Requires the Commission to grant a marketing license for a geographic area which is the most reasonable area to market successfully the geothermal resources. Provides that there shall be only one marketing license per geographic area. Provides that a marketing license shall be valid for as long as the licensee holds the exploration and development license. Permits the transfer of exploration and development licenses and marketing licenses with the Commission's approval. Requires that a licensee under this Act be a U.S. citizen or a person owned or controlled by a U.S. citizen. Restricts the sale of geothermal resources which have been converted to electrical or other energy forms to existing utility companies or other persons licensed to transmit such energy. Permits the sale of geothermal resources to such a company or person for conversion into other energy forms.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal rules relating to the determination of the issue price of certain debt instruments issued for property. Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to repeal the revisions made to rules for the imputation of interest on certain deferred payments. Provides that the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied and administered as if such revisions had not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Flat Rate Tax Act of 1985 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a ten-percent tax rate on the taxable income of every individual (including any estate and trust). Increases the amount of the personal exemption from $1,000 to $2,000. Disallows income tax credits except the credit for tax withheld on wages. Repeals the minimum tax for taxpayers other than corporations. Disallows exclusions from gross income except for: (1) social security benefits; (2) veterans' benefits; and (3) interest on certain governmental securities. Disallows income tax deductions except for: (1) personal exemptions; (2) charitable contributions; (3) interest incurred for a principal residence or for investment property; (4) State and local income and real property taxes; and (5) trade and business expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Walsh-Healey Act and the Contract Work Hours Standards Act to revise overtime requirements to accommodate an alternative workweek of four ten-hour days for employees of Government contractors.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Requires the use of the current assessed values of Federal property in determining the eligibility of a local educational agency for Federal compensation for the revenue the agency fails to receive because of Federal acquisition of such property. Repeals provisions requiring the amount of such revenue to be calculated without regard to any improvements or changes made to such property since acquisition.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Directs the Secretary of Labor to pay a benefit of $50,000 to the survivors of any Federal law enforcement officer or firefighter who has died as the direct result of an injury sustained in the line of duty. Sets forth the order of precedence as to the beneficiaries of such payment. Authorizes the Secretary to make an interim payment not to exceed $3,000 to a survivor who, in the Secretary's determination, probably will receive such a benefit. Declares that no such benefit shall be subject to execution or attachment. Prohibits payment of such benefit: (1) if death was caused by the intentional misconduct, suicide, or intoxication of the officer or firefighter; and (2) to any beneficiary whose actions contributed to the death of the officer or firefighter.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to state that a food intended for human consumption shall be deemed misbranded unless it is labeled to show the amount of sodium and potassium it contains when in excess of a certain number of milligrams. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt a food from such requirement by requiring the information to be prominently displayed near its place of display or sale. Exempts from such labeling requirements any manufacturer of such foods whose total annual sales are less than a specified amount.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include medical care, or other remedial care as defined by State law, furnished by licensed registered nurses among the services to be provided under the Medicaid and Medicare programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include medical care, or other remedial care as defined by State law, furnished by licensed practical nurses among the services to be provided under the Medicaid and Medicare programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for psychologists' services under the supplementary medical insurance program (part B of title XVIII).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to decrease annuity eligibility age requirements from 60 years to 55 years for individuals who have completed 30 years of service. Makes such decrease applicable to certain disabled employees and to spouses and widows of annuitants.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program under which individuals are provided medicine for treatment of epilepsy. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to eliminate the requirement that applicant economic distress be considered the primary criterion in the selection of recipients of urban development action grants.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to continue an individual's entitlement to benefits through the month of his or her death without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt social security and railroad retirement benefits from the requirement that State unemployment compensation be reduced by the amount of pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other similar payments.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to increase primary insurance amounts and the maximum amount of benefits payable on the basis of any primary insurance amount under title II to the amounts they would have been under the computation provisions in effect immediately before the enactment of the Social Security Amendments of 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the automatic cost of living increases in benefits be made on a semiannual basis (rather than on the present annual basis).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Revises the definition of "food" under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase from 16 to 25 the number of blind and disabled persons receiving social security benefits who may reside in a group-living arrangement for purposes of food stamp eligibility.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Requires the Administrator of General Services to pay to State and local governments amounts equivalent to the property taxes that would be generated by federally owned land if such land were privately owned, provided that the federally owned land comprises at least three percent of the land area of the local government. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer an income tax deduction for expenses paid for the higher education of the taxpayer or a dependent. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,000 for each dependent.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income, estate, and gift tax deduction for contributions for the construction or maintenance of buildings which house fraternal organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow handicapped individuals an income tax deduction for expenses incurred in commuting between their residence and their principal place of employment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable income tax credit to any individual who maintains a household which includes one or more elderly qualified persons. Sets the amount of such credit at $1,000 for each such elderly person living in the household. Limits the aggregate amount creditable to $2,000 on any return for the taxable year. Defines "qualified elderly person" as any individual who: (1) has attained age 65; (2) has an impairment which, as determined by a physician, renders such individual physically or mentally incapable of caring for himself and has lasted or is expected to last six months or longer; and (3) has as a principal place of abode for more than half of the taxable year the home of the taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals to compute the amount of their income tax deduction for contributions to retirement savings accounts on the basis of the earned income of their spouses.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for expenses incurred for dependent care services while the taxpayer performs volunteer work for civic and charitable organizations. Limits such deduction to $400 per month. Reduces the allowable amount of such deduction by one-fourth of the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $20,000. Prohibits a deduction for any amounts paid to a relative of the taxpayer for dependent care services.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt nonprofit volunteer firefighting or rescue organizations from the excise tax on sales of special fuels, automotive parts, petroleum products, and communication services.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the penalty for failure to pay estimated income tax certain individuals who have attained age 62 if: (1) the taxable income of such individual is less than $20,000 ($30,000 for joint return); and (2) more than 50 percent of the gross income of such individual is retirement income.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978 and other Federal law to provide that monthly annuity payments under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 shall not be included as income for the purpose of determining eligibility for certain veterans' pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation paid by the Veterans Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who have attained age 62 an income tax credit for the amount by which their property taxes and utility bills for their principal residences have increased since such individuals reached age 62 or purchased their homes, whichever occurred later.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the adjusted gross income limitation on the income tax credit for the elderly. Provides for a cost-of-living adjustment in the amount of such credit.