United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1985
Military Real Property Disposal Act of 1985 - Alters the criteria for triggering the notice requirements before a proposed closure or realignment of any military installation may take place. Repeals the current criterion regarding any closure and any realignment involving a reduction of more than 1,000 or more than 50 percent of the civilian personnel authorized at the installation in question. Establishes as a new criterion any closure or realignment which increases the rate of unemployment in the economic region in question by one percent or more. Requires the Secretary of Defense or the military department concerned to include a socio-economic impact statement in any justification to the Armed Services Committees concerning a closing or realignment. Reduces the waiting period following the justification from 60 to 30 days. Removes from the Federal courts jurisdiction to review the actions of Federal officers and employees with respect to such closures or realignments.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1985
Liberty Double-Eagle Bullion Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue gold double-eagle coins. Sets forth specifications for and the design of such coins. Makes such coins legal tender. Permits the sale of such coins at a price equal to the cost of minting and issuing such coins plus a surcharge equal to the amount by which the fair market value of gold bullion held by the United States and used in the minting of the coins exceeds the statutory maximum value of any gold certificates outstanding against the bullion. Requires the revenue from such surcharges to be used to reduce the national debt. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1985
Prohibits any cooperation with South Africa with respect to atomic energy. Prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing any license or authorization for the export of any nuclear materials, equipment, or technology to South Africa. States that the authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 may not be used to distribute any nuclear material, source material, or byproduct material to South Africa. Prohibits any U.S. agency or official from permitting the transfer to, or use by, South Africa of nuclear material, equipment, or technology. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from authorizing any activity which would constitute engaging in the production of special nuclear material in South Africa. Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from issuing an export license for any goods or technology which: (1) are intended for a nuclear related end use or end user; (2) have been identified as items which could be of significance for nuclear explosive purposes; or (3) are otherwise subject to certain procedures of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978. Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Secretaries of Commerce, Energy, and State to prepare lists of goods and technology transferable to South Africa notwithstanding the provisions of this Act which could help that country develop a nuclear capability. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to prohibit the export of such goods and technology. Prohibits any officer or employee of the executive branch from making available to South Africa any technology or other information which could increase that country's nuclear capability. Terminates any license or authorization described in this Act which was issued before enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1985
Consolidates the medical health care systems of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines to be administered in policy and operation solely by the Defense Health Agency (DHA). Directs the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense to organize the DHA. States that the DHA shall be comprised of two offices, the Office of Policy and Operation and the Defense Readiness Office, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary and the Surgeons General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively. Outlines the functions of each such Office. Prohibits the employment by the United States of an individual as a physician unless certain licensing and education criteria have been met.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1985
Information Dissemination and Research Accountability Act - Establishes in the National Library of Medicine a National Center for Research Accountability to assist in eliminating duplication of effort in Federal research proposals involving live animals. Directs the President to appoint as members of the Center 20 experts in the biomedical information sciences who are currently employed by a Federal agency in a capacity which qualifies them to make determinations as to whether research proposals involving live animals are duplicative of other research efforts. Sets forth provisions for a Director of the Center. Prohibits Federal agencies from carrying out or funding any research proposal involving live animals unless the proposal is submitted to the Center following agency approval. Prohibits Federal funding of any such proposal which the Center determines would duplicate other research completed or in process. Authorizes the Center to contract with private entities to assist in the conduct of comprehensive full-text literature searches. Directs the President to establish rules to preclude any conflict of interest in the awarding of such contracts. Authorizes the President to appoint uncompensated advisors to the Members of the Center. Directs the Center to report annually to the President and the Congress. Provides for modernization of biomedical information storage and dissemination by the National Library of Medicine. Directs the Library to: (1) acquire, in full-text form, all biomedical information owned or available for use by Federal agencies (except information already in the Library or classified for national security reasons); (2) transcribe and store in full-text all such information in its collection, using modern technologies; (3) translate into English all foreign-language biomedical information owned or used by the Library; (4) make available through modern technologies, at cost, to medical libraries all full-text biomedical information in its collection; (5) support, by grants and contracts, the creation of new information for teaching and demonstrations, including audiovisual aids and computer graphics technologies; (6) make available, at cost, such new information to research and teaching institutions; and (7) increase the number of persons trained in modern methods of biomedical information storage and dissemination technologies by making available stipends, awards, and grants to persons engaged in such training. Provides that the cost to those requesting such biomedical or such teaching and demonstration information shall include the Federal expenses incurred in acquiring and making it available. Authorizes the Library to award contracts to the private-sector data recording industry to improve: (1) the development of technologies for storage and dissemination of full-text biomedical information; and (2) dissemination of such information to medical libraries for research use. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint uncompensated advisors to the Library for purposes of this Act. Requires the Library to report annually to the Congress on its progress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985
Changes the name of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory facilities at Livermore, California, to the Livermore National Laboratory. Amends the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980 to conform to provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985
Summer Youth Employment, Training, and Education Act of 1985 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to require the addition of an education component to the summer youth employment and training programs under part B of title II (Training Services for the Disadvantaged) of JTPA. Requires that each service delivery area (SDA) be allotted an amount equal to at least 90 percent of the amount available to such area for the summer youth program in the preceding fiscal year. Requires ratable reductions in the allocation to each SDA if appropriations are not sufficient to provide such amount to each SDA. Requires that allotments to States and allocations to SDAs be: (1) made in accordance with provisions for prompt allocation of funds; and (2) available for planning purposes before the beginning of the summer months for which allotted and allocated. Requires that summer youth program funds be used so that participants spend a portion of their time on individualized, self-paced, remedial and basic academic and functional competency development and achieve specified types of performance standards established and developed in each SDA. Requires that the portion of a participant's time spent on such competency development be in addition to, and not in place of, regular employment under the summer youth program. Prohibits summer youth program funds from being used to provide employment to any individual who fails to comply with attendance standards established by the SDA with respect to such education components. Prohibits summer youth program funds from being used to compensate or reward participants for attendance at such education components, except under specified provisions which require that a portion of matching funds be used to provide bonuses to participants for achievement of academic and functional competence. Specifies that planning for summer youth programs does not have to be conducted during the summer months. Sets forth matching fund requirements for summer youth programs. Requires each private industry council (PIC), for each program year beginning after June 30, 1987, to make available from non-Federal sources an amount for use in such programs equal to at least one and one-half percent of the amount made available under JTPA for such programs in that SDA for the applicable program year. Allows each PIC, for program years beginning July 1, 1985, and July 1, 1986, to make available such matching amounts. Limits, for any program year beginning after June 30, 1987, such matching amounts to not less than $20,000 and not more than $100,000 per SDA. Requires each PIC to notify the State of the PIC's matching amount by April 1 of the preceding program year. Requires each State, for program years beginning after June 30, 1987, to provide to each PIC an amount equal to the PIC matching amount. Allows States to provide such State matching amount from non-Federal sources or to use funds available to them under part A (Adult and Youth Programs) of title II of JTPA and under chapter 2 (Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education) of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Requires each State, for program years beginning July 1, 1985, and July 1, 1986, to reserve one and one-half percent of its State allotment under part A, to be allocated to PICs in proportion to the matching amounts made available by such PICs for such program years. Requires that such matching amounts be used to: (1) support the education and training components of the summer youth programs; (2) provide bonuses to participants for achievement of academic and functional competence; and (3) after complying with (1) and (2), create additional employment opportunities under the summer youth programs. Allows matching amounts to be in cash or in-kind, but requires that in-kind matching amounts be in the form of state-of-the-art basic and remedial education materials and equipment suitable for use for summer youth programs for the applicable program year. Requires each SDA to maintain complete records on the improvements in academic and functional competency attained by participants in the summer youth programs. Requires that such records be compiled by reference to State and locally determined general education diploma and basic education competency requirements. Requires each SDA to submit summaries of such records to the State. Requires States to submit annual reports on such summaries to the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary to include an analysis of such reports in the Secretary's annual report to the Congress on employment and training programs. Provides that a specified portion of the State allotment under JTPA which is currently available for State education programs shall also be available to carry out matching requirements for summer youth programs.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985
Tax Equity and Simplification Act of 1985 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to specified congressional committees: (1) recommendations to make the provisions of this Act revenue neutral; and (2) an implementing bill. Title I: Individual Income Tax - Chapter 1: Reduction of Marginal Tax Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the number of tax brackets to three for married individuals, unmarried individuals, and married individuals filing separate returns. Reduces the marginal tax rates by establishing rates of 15 percent, 25 percent, and 35 percent for these three tax brackets. Chapter 2: Fairness for Families - Increases the zero bracket amount for married individuals, unmarried individuals, and married individuals filing separate returns. Increases the personal exemption to $2,000. Provides a combined tax credit for the elderly, blind, and disabled in accordance with the Department of the Treasury report to the President, entitled "Tax Reform For Fairness, Simplicity, and Economic Growth." (Treasury Report). Repeals the additional personal exemptions for the elderly and the blind. Repeals the deduction for two-earner married couples. Provides for an inflation adjustment annually for the earned income credit. Provides for a deduction in lieu of the tax credit allowed under current law for child and dependent care expenses. Chapter 3: Fair and Neutral Taxation - Repeals the exclusion for: (1) employer-provided group term life insurance; (2) employer-provided death benefits; (3) employer-provided legal services; (4) employer-provided dependent care services; (5) employer-provided commuting services; (6) employer-provided educational assistance; (7) employer-provided cafeteria plans; (8) employee awards; (9) military allowances; and (10) parsonage allowances. Repeals provisions relating to the special treatment of incentive stock options. Repeals the tax-exemption for voluntary employee benefit associations, supplemental unemployment benefit trusts, and black lung benefit trusts. Limits the exclusion of scholarship and fellowships to those amounts used for tuition and related expenses. Repeals the exclusion for prizes and awards. Limits the charitable deduction for appreciated property to the adjusted basis of such property adjusted for inflation. Revises the charitable contribution deduction percentage limitations in accordance with the Treasury Report. Repeals the charitable contribution deduction for nonitemizers. Prohibits the deduction for expenses which are of a type generally considered to constitute entertainment, amusement, or recreation. Limits the amount of deductions for business meals to a maximum per person per meal of $10 for breakfast, $15 for lunch, and $25 for dinner. Limits the deductibility of travel expenses in accordance with the provisions of the Treasury report. Provides that the taxable income of a child under 14 years of age shall be taxed at the marginal tax rates of the child's parents in accordance with the provisions of the Treasury Report. Revises the income taxation of trusts and estates in accordance with the proposals of the Treasury Report. Chapter 4: Simplification - Directs the Internal Revenue Service to study the implementation of a return-free income tax system. Repeals: (1) the alternative minimum tax; (2) the credit for contributions for candidates for public office; and (3) the deduction for adoption expenses. Provides that deductions for employee business expenses and miscellaneous itemized deductions shall be allowed only to the extent that they exceed one percent of adjusted gross income. Chapter 5: Other Miscellaneous Reforms - Increases: (1) the overall dollar limitation on the deduction for indirect moving expenses from $3,000 to $10,000; and (2) the deduction for temporary living expenses and round trip travel expenses connected with moving from $1,000 to $3,000. Limits the moving expense deductions for moves to a foreign country to: (1) $10,000 (increased fom $6,000) for indirect moving expenses; and (2) $6,000 (increased from $4,500) for temporary living expenses and round trip travel expenses. Provides for an annual inflation adjustment for the dollar limitations. Provides that individuals who were full-time students during the base period years shall be ineligible for income averaging pursuant to the Treasury proposal. Title II: Business and Capital Income Taxes - Chapter 1: Corporate Tax Rates - Reduces the corporate tax rates by providing for three tax brackets with the rates ranging from 15 percent in the lowest tax bracket to 33 percent in the highest bracket. Provides that a corporation with taxable income in excess of $100,000 for any taxable year must increase the amount of its tax liability by the lesser of: (1) 13 percent of the excess of the corporations taxable income over $100,000; or (2) $13,000. Repeals the corporate minimum tax. Chapter 2: Taxation of Business Organizations - Repeals the partial exclusion of dividends received by individuals. Taxes limited partnerships as corporations if at any time during the taxable year the partnership has more than 35 limited partners. Chapter 3: Capital Consumption Allowances - Establishes a Real Cost Recovery System pursuant to the Treasury Report proposals to take into account the effects of inflation and the real economic loss inherent in the use of assets over time. Repeals the investment tax credit. Chapter 4: Adjustments for Effect of Inflation - Eliminates the preferential tax rate for long-term capital gains and provides for inflation adjustments to be made to the adjusted basis of property in accordance with the Treasury Report. Permits taxpayers to index inventories using an inflation adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index. Provides for an inflation adjustment to interest by excluding a fractional amount of interest receipts from income and by denying a deduction for a corresponding fraction of interest payments in accordance with the Treasury Report. Chapter 5: Income Measurement - Revises the accounting rules for multiperiod production according to the Treasury Report. Provides that an amount borrowed which is secured by an installment obligation shall be treated as a payment on the installment obligation in accordance with the Treasury Report. Limits the use of the cash method of accounting to cases where: (1) a taxpayer's business has average annual gross receipts of $5,000,000 or less; and (2) where no other method of accounting has been regularly used to ascertain the income, profit, or loss of such taxpayer's business. Repeals the reserve method for bad debt deductions. Chapter 6: Taxation of Energy and Natural Resources - Repeals the tax credits relating to: (1) residential energy; (2) producing fuel from a nonconventional source; and (3) alcohol fuels. Repeals the refund of tax on fuels used in certain taxicabs. Repeals: (1) percentage depletion; (2) expensing of intangible drilling and development costs; (3) expensing of hard mineral exploration and development costs; (4) the deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses; (5) capital gains treatment for timber, coal, and iron ore royalty income; (6) special rules for mining and solid waste reclamation and closing costs; and (7) the crude oil windfall profit tax. Chapter 7: Financial Institutions - Repeals the special rules for bad debt deduction. Prohibits any bank or other financial institution from deducting interest payments allocated to the purchasing or carrying of tax-exempt obligations pursuant to the Treasury Report. Repeals the tax-exempt status of credit unions. Repeals the special reorganization rules for financially troubled thrift institutions. Provides for the taxation of the annual increase in the cash surrender value of insurance policies pursuant to the proposals of the Treasury Report. Treats policyholder loans and partial withdrawals under life insurance policies as distributions of income to the policy holder pursuant to the proposals of the Treasury Report. Provides that investment income credited to deferred annuity contracts will be subject to tax according to the Treasury Report. Modifies the life insurance company reserve deduction. Repeals the special life insurance company deductions. Limits the property and casualty insurance company reserve deductions in accordance with Treasury Report proposals. Repeals the deduction for contributions to a protection against loss account. Repeals the special tax-exemptions, tax rate reductions, and deductions of small mutual property and casualty insurance companies. Reduces the deduction for policyholder dividends allowed to mutual property and casualty insurance companies. Repeals the tax-exemptions for insurance businesses in accordance with the Treasury Report proposals. Chapter 8: State and Local Government Debt and Investments - Provides that interest on obligations issued by State or local governments shall be subject to tax if more than one percent of the proceeds are used directly or indirectly by any person other than a State or local government. Imposes limitations on arbitrage profits and advance refunding of tax-exempt bonds in accordance with the proposals of the Treasury Report. Repeals the general stock ownership corporation provisions. Chapter 9: Special Expensing and Amortization Rules - Repeals the amortization rules for: (1) trademark and trade name expenditures; (2) certified pollution control facilities; (3) rehabilitation of low income housing; (4) the cost of qualfied railroad grading and tunnel bores; (5) expenses for soil and water conservation, fertilizer and soil conditioning, and land clearing; and (6) reforestation expenditures. Chapter 10: Other Specific Subsidies - Repeals: (1) the tax credit for qualified rehabilitation expenditures; (2) special rules for book, magazine, and discount coupon income; (3) the Merchant Marine Capital Construction Fund exclusions; and (4) the possessions tax credit. Chapter 11: Other Curtailments of Tax Shelters - Limits the deduction for interest in accordance with the provisions of the Treasury Report. Extends the at-risk rules to apply to all activities, including real estate and equipment leasing. Chapter 12: Retirement Savings - Increases the dollar limit on deductions to individual retirement accounts from $2,000 to $2,500. Increases the amount of the deduction for an individual retirement account and a spousal individual retirement account from $2,250 to $2,750. Provides that all tax qualified retirement plans shall be subject to uniform minimum distribution rules in accordance with the proposals of the Treasury Report. Revises the rules relating to the deduction of contributions to qualified retirement plans in accordance with the Treasury Report proposals. Modifies the annual limits on qualified retirement plan contributions and benefits according to the Treasury Report proposals. Imposes a ten percent tax on qualified retirement plan assets reverting to the employer upon the termination of a qualified retirement plan. Repeals provisions permitting cash or deferred arrangements. Provides that qualified pension plans shall be permitted to use benefits forfeited by a separated employee to increase the benefits that other employees would otherwise receive under the plan. Chapter 13: International Issues - Imposes a per-country limitation on the foreign tax credit in accordance with the Treasury Report proposals. Modifies the sourcing rules for income and deductions in accordance with the Treasury report proposals. Replaces the "second dividend tax" with an additional tax on the profits of the United States branches of foreign corporations. Requires that foreign exchange gains and losses be treated as interest in accordance with the Treasury Report proposals. Title III: Other Tax Issues - Chapter 1: Estate and Gift Tax - Modifies the estate and gift tax in accordance with the Treasury Report proposals. Revises in accordance with the Treasury Report proposals: (1) the property value determination rules; (2) the power of appointment rules; and (3) the generation-skipping transfer tax. Expands the tax credit for tax on prior transfers. Revises the rules for installment payment of estate tax in accordance with the Treasury Report proposals. Repeals the estate tax deduction for interest payments as an administration expense. Revises the rules relating to income in respect of a decedent in accordance with the Treasury Report proposals. Replaces the maximum State death tax credit with a flat maximum credit equal to five percent of the decedent's Federal taxable estate. Repeals the capital gain treatment for redemptions of stock to pay death taxes. Chapter 2: Simplification of Certain Penalties - Consolidates the penalties relating to failure to file information returns, failure to furnish information, failure to provide information on returns, and filing false returns into one provision with uniform penalties in accordance with the Treasury Report proposals. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for the provisions of this act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985
Authorizes reduced postal rates (one-half of the usual rate) during FY 1986 and 1987 for parcels of food, medicine, or clothing sent to Poland or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985
Authorizes the Director of the Smithsonian Institution to make a grant to the Director of the Folger Theatre. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for such purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985
Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to eliminate chronological age requirements with respect to mentally retarded individuals for purposes of eligibility to receive foster grandparent services.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985
Social Security COLA Trigger Reduction Act of 1985 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to reduce from three percent to one percent the amount of increase necessary in the cost-of-living index to trigger OASDI cost-of-living adjustments. Adjusts an associated reporting requirement of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985
Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to assist States and localities in establishing and carrying out programs designed to help pregnant individuals and mothers of young children to become self-sufficient. States that it shall be the objective of each program to help achieve self-sufficiency for individuals under the age of 25 who are eligible for AFDC, who are pregnant, or who are mothers with children under the age of six, and who voluntarily elect to participate in the program by: (1) requiring such individuals to seek a high school diploma or take part in appropriate training; (2) providing each participant with academic or vocational training and job placement; (3) coordinating services available to participants; and (4) providing each participant with other services and assistance designed to meet such objective. Requires a program to meet certain requirements, including the provision of child care services, necessary transportation, and an outreach program designed to attract individuals who would be eligible for the program. Limits the size of a grant for such program to: (1) in FY 1985 and 1986, two percent of the State's AFDC Federal payment; (2) in FY 1987, three percent of such payment; and (3) in FY 1988 or any subsequent fiscal year, four percent of such payment. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the States, to establish a systematic reporting system capable of yielding comprehensive data on which service figures and program evaluations shall be based. Directs the Secretary to annually report to the Congress, and the States to annually report to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985
Authorizes the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the courageous slaves and free black persons who gave of themselves during the American Revolution. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select the site, approve the design and plans, and provide for maintenance. Prohibits the use of any Federal funds for the memorial's construction. Terminates the Foundation's authority to establish such memorial within five years from the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1985
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that no action should be taken to reduce or alter the funding for the Legal Services Corporation in any way that would reduce the availability of legal services to older individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985
Prohibits any U.S. person from making or holding any investment in South Africa. Prohibits importing any article grown or produced in South Africa. Prohibits exporting to South Africa goods, technology, or other information subject to U.S. jurisdiction, except for certain medicine and medical supplies. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit landing rights for South African aircraft, except in emergencies. Prohibits importing gold coins minted in or sold by South Africa. Prohibits tax credits or deductions for any income, war profits, or excess profits taxes paid or accrued to South Africa. Directs the President to provide for enforcement of this Act. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the targeted jobs income tax credit from 1985 to 1990. Increases the amount of wages which may be taken into account for such credit from $6,000 to $10,000 per year. Revises the definition of "members of economically disadvantaged families" to increase from 70 percent to 80 percent of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' lower living standard the amount of income a family may have in order to qualify as a member of a targeted group.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that tax-exempt interest shall not be taken into account in determining the amount of social security benefits subject to tax.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985
Comprehensive Adolescent Pregnancy Program Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to authorize the Secretary of Education to use discretionary funds to carry out a program to assist elementary and secondary schools to introduce and improve family life education programs. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such family life education assistance program either directly or through grants and contracts with institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, research organizations, and other public and private agencies. Requires such program to provide for: (1) training of educational personnel; (2) educational materials; (3) curriculum development and evaluation; (4) technical assistance; (5) a clearinghouse to evaluate, catalogue, and disseminate teacher and student materials; and (6) grants to State and local educational agencies for model family life education programs at the elementary and secondary school levels which shall be conducted with the advice of advisory committees broadly representative of the community to be served. Requires that such family life education assistance program be carried out in coordination with related activities carried out under title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act. Requires that at least ten percent of the Secretary's discretionary funds under ECIA be made available in each fiscal year for activities under such family life education assistance program. Amends title X (Population Research and voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize project grants and contracts for comprehensive services appropriate to the needs of sexually active adolescents who need and desire such services in order to avoid unintended pregnancies. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make such grants and contracts to public and nonprofit private entities to assist in the provision of such services through the voluntary family planning projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988 for title X grants and contracts for: (1) the voluntary family planning projects; (2) the comprehensive services to adolescents (as established by this Act); and (3) personnel training for family planning service programs. Revises title X provisions for family planning information and education. Authorizes grants and contracts for making available information and education to enable persons to make responsible choices concerning human sexuality, pregnancy, and parenthood. Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to make such grants to public and nonprofit private entities and such contracts to public and private (including for-profit) entities to assist in making such information and education available through appropriate community organizations to all persons desiring it. Requires: (1) special emphasis on adolescents and parents; and (2) inclusion of information about the availability of a broad range of family planning methods and services. Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to provide, directly and indirectly, technical assistance for development, implementation, and evaluation of such information and education projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988 for such family planning information and education projects. Amends title IV, part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of the Social Security Act to repeal provisions added by the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 which require consideration of parental and certain other familial income in determining the AFDC eligibility of adolescent parents who live in their parents' home. Provides for AFDC payments to a pregnant woman from the time her pregnancy is medically verified. Removes restrictions on AFDC payments to meet the needs of an unborn child or to meet the needs of a woman occasioned by or resulting from her pregnancy. Amends title XIX (Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs) (Medicaid) to require that Medicaid provide for making medical assistance available with respect to services related to abortion in the same manner as such assistance is provided with respect to other pregnancy-related services. Revises title XX of the Public Health Services Act. Changes the name of title XX from "Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects" to "Services for Pregnant Adolescents and Adolescent Parents." Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to make grants and contracts with public and nonprofit private entities to provide services for pregnant adolescents, adolescent parents, and their families. Lists such services. Allows such services to be provided to: (1) pregnant adolescents under age 18 who have decided to carry their pregnancy to term, the fathers of the infants involved in the pregnancy, individuals who have agreed to share responsibility for such infants, and the guardians of such infants; and (2) mothers of pre-school age children who were under age 18 at the time of the birth of such children, the fathers of such children, individuals who have agreed to share responsibility for such children, and the guardians of such children. Directs the Secretary of HHS, in approving applications for grants and contracts to provide such services, to give priority to and encourage applications from entities that serve an area where: (1) the incidence of adolescent childbearing is high; (2) the proportion of low income and minority families is high; and (3) adolescent pregnancy services are most needed. Requires that service providers give assurances that: (1) priority in the furnishing such services will be given to persons from low income families and to persons who may experience other barriers to such services; (2) any fees will be charged according to an approved schedule which takes into account the difficulty adolescents face in paying for such services, no fees will be charged for services to persons from low income families (except if paid by a third party), and there will be no discrimination because of an individual's inability to pay; (3) maximum use will be made of funds from other Federal or State programs; (4) the role of families will be maximized in assisting adolescents during pregnancy and parenthood, but family participation will not be required; (5) the community will be involved in program planning and implementation; and (6) reports and data will be furnished on the number and characteristics of persons served, services provided, and results achieved. Requires that such services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents be provided only on a voluntary basis and only after the individuals seeking such services have been advised of the benefits and risks of all the courses of action available and have had an opportunity to choose freely among them, including referral to another source of care when indicated. Provides that acceptance of any such information or services shall not be prerequisite to eligibility for or receipt of any other service or assistance. Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a systematic reporting system capable of yielding comprehensive data on which to base service figures and program evaluations. Directs the Secretary to report, on or before each January 1, on the activities supported under such services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent partners. Requires such report to include specified information as well as plans and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988 for such services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985
Tenants' Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to prescribe penalties for acts of violence and intimidation against persons participating in tenant organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to exempt arrest actions and interrogations in the Bahamas from the ban on participation by U.S. officers and employees in certain foreign drug arrest actions and interrogations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985
Caribbean Infrastructure Assistance Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1989 to provide for the implementation of Peace Corps technical training programs aimed at the infrastructure needs of specified countries in the Caribbean region. Lists the infrastrucutre needs of such countries.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985
Caribbean Trade Institute/International Trade Center Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of State to establish a Caribbean Trade Institute/International Trade Center in Harlem, New York City. Requires investment tax credits and depreciation tax deductions to be determined without regard to: (1) the fact that property is financed by a grant under this Act; and (2) whether the Institute/Trade Center is a tax-exempt entity. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of a building for the Institute/Trade Center and for the operational expenses of the Institute/Trade Center for the first three fiscal years ending after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985
Requires that funds be made available from appropriations under the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985 to enable the National Institutes of Health to award 6,500 new and competing research grants in FY 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1985
States that the Congress supports the restoration of democratic institutions and human rights in Chile. Calls upon Chile to negotiate with the democratic opposition. Provides that until Chile returns to democracy: (1) U.S. military and economic assistance to Chile should be denied and all joint military activities ceased; (2) the Overseas Private Investment Corporation should not issue additional investment insurance to Chile; and (3) the United States should oppose all loans and grants to Chile by certain international financial institutions unless such assistance is directed to programs which serve the needs of the people.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1985
Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood Act of 1984 - Amends title XX (Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects) of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants and projects for: (1) prenatal and postpartum care; (2) well-child infant care; (3) comprehensive family planning services to prevent unintended repeat pregnancies; and (4) educational, vocational, and other counseling services. Gives priority to under-18 year olds where the incidence of adolescent child bearing is high, where the proportion of low income and minority families is high, and where such services are most needed. Stresses the role of voluntary family support. States that services provided under this Act shall be voluntary. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a program data reporting system; and (2) report annually to Congress. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1985
Pension Plan South African Investments Reporting Act of 1985 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require each employee pension benefit plan to report annually to the Secretary of Labor describing the plan's investments in the Republic of South Africa and its administrative satellite countries, including the Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Ciske, and Venda. Prohibits, with respect to such reporting requirement: (1) any exemption for small plans; and (2) any alternative method of compliance. Sets forth provisions for civil enforcement of such reporting requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1985
South African Labor Relations Reform Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to investigate: (1) South African labor practices and policies in terms of the extent to which such policies and practices vary from certain internationally accepted standards; (2) the extent to which U.S. policies can promote such standards in South Africa; and (3) the extent to which South African labor policies and practices cause the export of U.S. capital and jobs. Directs the Secretary to report on such investigation to the Congress. Lists specified statutory revisions to be analyzed in such report.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1985
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of title II benefits to individuals who have been deported pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act because of activities conducted under the direction of association with the Nazi government of Germany or its allies.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985
Voluntary National Youth Service Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States and local governments for youth service projects. Requires the Secretary to designate specified activities as service categories in which project participants may serve. Sets forth criteria for such designations. Sets forth types of positions which such service categories may include. Sets forth grant eligibility requirements for States and local governments, including requirements for plans and matching funds. Requires that specified percentages of poor persons and of unemployed persons participate in such projects. Sets forth requirements relating to the amount of wages, benefits, and subsistence allowances for project participants. Requires the Secretary to distribute such grants among eligible States and local governments on the basis of which ones will best use such funds, as determined on the basis of the plans submitted. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Requires that project participants be not less than 17 and not more than 24 years old. Prohibits any person from serving on such a project for more than a two-year period. Requires participants to agree to serve for at least a six-month period. Prohibits acceptance for project service of any person who does not hold a high school diploma or its equivalent, unless such person has not been enrolled as a high school student during the three-month period before the date of such acceptance. Limits to 15 percent of any such grant the amount which may be used for administrative expenses. Sets forth project grant review and reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress on the activities conducted under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985
Professional Sports Franchise Community Protection Act - Title I: Professional Sports Franchise Relocations - Declares that no professional sports franchise may relocate unless: (1) the relevant league determines that the proposed relocation is necessary and appropriate; and (2) the Professional Sports Franchise Arbitration Board (established under this Act) approves. Permits the relevant league, in accordance with rules the league adopts, to decide whether a proposed relocation is necessary and appropriate. List factors to be considered by the league for such a determination, including: (1) the adequacy of the stadium; (2) fan support; and (3) operating losses. Prescribes a notice requirement for clubs seeking relocation. Requires establishment of a Professional Sports Franchise Arbitration Board (Board) within 30 days after notice of a proposed relocation is delivered to the stadium authority and to the local government. Specifies Board membership requirements. Provides for the Board's termination upon reaching a final decision on a proposed relocation or upon the conclusion of litigation involving any proposed relocation in which the Board is named as a defendant. Directs the Board to conduct formal hearings on the record to determine whether the proposed relocation is necessary and appropriate, and to consider any offer of retention submitted to the Board. Directs the Board to disapprove any proposed relocation which is not necessary and appropriate. Permits the Board to disapprove a proposed relocation where the franchise has not submitted requested information. Directs anyone seeking to make an offer of retention to make such an offer to the owner of the franchise and provide notice to the following: (1) the league; (2) the stadium authority; (3) the locality; and (4) the Board. Instructs the Board, where the Board has determined a proposed relocation was necessary, to determine whether the value of any offer of retention is equal to or greater than the value of the proposed relocation. Directs the Board to approve such a relocation where the value of the offer of retention is insufficient. Directs the Board to reject a proposed relocation where: (1) the value of an offer of retention is equal to or greater than the proposed relocation; and (2) the offer of retention would not result in a change of franchise ownership. Directs the Board to forward all necessary and appropriate information to the league where: (1) the value of an offer of retention is equal to or greater than the proposed relocation; and (2) the offer of retention would result in a change of franchise ownership. Instructs the league to review such offers forwarded by the Board and determine whether they satisfy its criteria for a transfer of league membership. Directs the Board to disapprove the proposed relocation where the criteria for a membership transfer have been satisfied, and approve the relocation where the criteria have not been satisfied. Allows the Board to indicate its preference where more than one offer satisfies league criteria. Requires an owner who elects to accept a retention offer to accept any offer preferred by the league. Requires an owner seeking relocation and an offeror making an offer of retention to provide the Board access to all relevant financial information. Permits a community to bring an action seeking judicial review in an appropriate Federal district court solely on the question of whether the league specifically considered the factors identified in this Act in reaching its decision. Permits a franchise or aggrieved party to bring an action in an appropriate Federal district court seeking judicial review of a Board's decision solely on the question of whether the Board specifically considered the factors identified in this Act in reaching that decision. Prohibits a franchise, community, or aggrieved party from seeking judicial review of a league or Board decision on relocation, except as specified above. Provides that any person or community may bring an action to enjoin any failure to comply with any provision of this Act or failure to comply with any league or Board decision under this Act. Applies this title to any proposed relocation of a professional baseball, basketball, football, or hockey franchise. Title II: Access to Facilities - Declares that all publicly owned or operated stadiums shall be available to all professional sports franchises without discrimination. Provides that a public authority may refuse a request under this title where: (1) the date requested is already scheduled; or (2) the requested use would impose a substantial burden on the continued use of such facility by a contracting party. Permits a franchise denied access to a stadium under this Act to bring an action for damages and equitable relief in an appropriate district court of the United States. Title III: Expansion - Declares that the following actions are in violation of the Sherman Act: (1) the failure of Major League Baseball (MLB) to increase its membership for the 1988 season by two; (2) the failure of the National Football League (NFL) to increase its membership for the 1988 season by two, one of which is to be located in Baltimore; and (3) the failure of the NFL to increase its membership for the 1990 season by an additional two teams, one of which is to be located in Oakland. Provides that an action may be brought under the Clayton Act by any person who submits an application to MLB or the NFL for such expansion if the relevant league fails to comply with this title. Provides that MLB is subject to the Sherman Act and any other provision of the antitrust laws for the purposes of this title. Declares that discussions between members of the National and American Leagues of MLB regarding the number and location of teams are not in violation of antitrust laws. Permits the sharing of telecast revenues by member clubs. Provides that any expansion franchise becoming a member of a professional sports league after the date of a revenue sharing agreement shall share in the revenues in the same manner as existing franchises. Allows the league to share such revenues with such expansion franchises only in proportion to the period of time during such contract the franchise is a league member. Title IV: General Provisions - Directs the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to conduct periodic oversight hearings on the effect of this Act. Permits the city of Oakland, California, to pursue its eminent domain proceeding or any other litigation pending on January 1, 1984, against the Los Angeles Raiders.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985
Equal Access to Public Accommodations Act of 1985 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit sex discrimination in public accommodations and in private clubs which are not open to the public but which are used in substantial degree for business purposes of their members.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985
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, communications, writing, and mathematics proficiency, as well as problem-solving comprehension, and reasoning.) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1991. 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 12 to 17, inclusive, who are enrolled in such school: (1) 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); or (2) qualify for a free school lunch under the National School Lunch Act of 1946. 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, from specified funds appropriated for program grants for FY 1985 through 1990, to make grants to enable eligible secondary schools to develop, implement, and carry out new approaches to achieving improved basic skills instruction of low-achieving economically disadvantaged secondary school students. Requires that the grant application be made on behalf of the eligible secondary 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, teachers, and parents in the eligible school participate in the preparation of the proposal. Requires that the appropriate State educational agency (SEA) be provided on opportunity to 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. Allows any eligible applicant organization to apply for a five-year grant, subject to specified restrictions, on behalf of an eligible secondary school. 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. Directs the Secretary, through the National Institute of Education (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. Directs 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 nationally normed basic skills test; or (2) a decrease in the dropout rate at the school. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations relating to such requirement. Authorizes the Secretary to grant a waiver of such requirement for one additional academic year of programming if external conditions warrant.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985
Women's Business Ownership Act of 1985 - Establishes the National Commission on Women's Business Ownership to review: (1) the status of women owned small businesses nationwide; (2) the role of the Federal Government in aid to and the promotion of women owned small businesses; (3) data collection procedures and the availability of data relating to women owned businesses, women owned small businesses, and small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged women; (4) other Federal initiatives relating to women owned small businesses, including those relating to Federal procurements; and (5) special impediments suffered by small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged women. Directs the Commission to recommend: (1) new private sector initiatives which would provide management and technical assistance to women owned small businesses; (2) ways to promote greater access to financing and procurement opportunities for such businesses; and (3) other measures relating to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged women. Terminates the Commission on the date that it transmits its final report to the President and to each House of the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 regarding urban development action grant criteria to require at least one-half of aggregate grant amounts to be made solely on the basis of specified criteria, of which job creation, especially for low-income persons and minorities, shall be given priority. Requires a report to the Congress.
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