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United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1984
Designates the week of September 10 through September 16, 1984, as Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Designates the week of October 14 through October 21, 1984, as National Housing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Designates October 1984 as National Quality Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984
Designates the week beginning September 2, 1984, as Youth of America Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1984
Designates the month of October 1984 as National Spina Bifida Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to declare that an assumption of an obligation by the Secretary of Transportation does not affect the validity of the guarantee of such obligation. Makes a vessel or fishery facility for which obligations were accelerated and paid after default, eligible for a loan guarantee. Sets forth factors to be considered by the Secretary prior to making a loan guarantee. Authorizes the Secretary, in the event of a default, to assume the obligor's rights and duties under a loan or other security agreement guaranteed by the Secretary. Eliminates the authority of the Federal Maritime Commission to initiate investigations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984
Designates November 1984 as National Diabetes Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984
Designates the week of December 9 through December 15, 1984, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates the month of August 1984 as Ostomy Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1984
Designates July 17, 1984, as Spanish-American War Veterans Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Amends the Sikes Act to prohibit the sale of land or logs by the President and the leasing of land by a military department on a military reservation which is subject to a cooperative plan providing for the development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife, fish, and games conservation and rehabilitaion on such reservation unless the effects of such sale or lease will improve wildlife, fish, and game conservation and rehabilitation in a manner consistent with such plan. Provides that contracts for services to implement and enforce cooperative plans for military reservations may be made only with Federal and State agencies having responsibility for fish or wildlife conservation or management. Requires that the commanding officers of military reservations ensure that implementation and enforcement services for such plans are provided by Department of Defense personnel with professional training in those services. Revises the requirements for the distribution of profits from the sale of lands or logs from a military installation or facility.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Designates the week of October 14 through October 20, 1984, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984
Amends Rule 14 of the Inland Navigational Rules (enacted by the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 and relating to head-on situations) to declare that certain downbound vessels on the Great Lakes, Western Rivers, or other specified waters shall: (1) have the right-of-way over upbound vessels; (2) propose the manner of passage; and (3) initiate the maneuvering signals.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Designates 1984 as Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway and June 27, 1984, as St. Lawrence Seaway Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that each State should establish a clearinghouse, to work in conjunction with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to provide information on missing children within the State. Declares that each clearinghouse should: (1) provide a centralized file for statewide exchange of information; (2) cooperate with State law enforcement agencies; (3) work as a liaison between public and private organizations; (4) provide a toll-free in- State telephone line to allow persons to report missing children; (5) provide a directory of State resources; (6) publish monthly bulletins; (7) distribute emergency flyers; and (8) train individuals in the operation of the clearinghouse.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to provide that commerce does not include transportation performed in a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel that is owned, operated, or controlled by a governmental entity. Removes the requirement for posting hazardous transportation exemption renewals in the Federal Register. Revises the definition of radioactive materials to provide that the term does not include material which the Secretary of Transportation determines is of such a low order of radioactivity that when transported it does not pose an unreasonable hazard to health or safety. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with a private entity for a supplemental reporting system and data center on the transportation of hazardous substances. Changes from May 1 to June 15 of each year the date for submission of the Secretary's annual report on the transportation of hazardous materials. Declares that Federal laws relating to such transportation shall not apply to any matter subject to Federal postal laws or regulations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 6, 1984, as National Nurse Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1984 - Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion: (1) one-half of the sums authorized to be appropriated in accordance with the Interstate cost estimate for FY 1985; and (2) one-half of the sums authorized to be appropriated in accordance with the Interstate substitute cost estimate for FY 1984. Approves the Interstate cost estimate for FY 1986 and the Interstate substitute cost estimate for FY 1985. Revises the procedures for releasing Interstate substitute funds. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 by revising the FY 1985 obligation ceiling for Federal-aid highway safety construction programs based upon shortfalls experienced in the FY 1984 ceiling. Includes the installation of emergency motorist-aid call boxes as a highway safety improvement project. Makes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for emergency relief funding. Exempts tank trucks and ocean transport containers from vehicle weight and length limitations until September 1, 1988. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1985 and 1986 for highway beautification. Changes the priority primary projects for designations which are available for Federal matching funds. Increases the amounts available for FY 1985 and 1986 for the discretionary bridge program. Directs the Secretary to complete a gap on the Federal-aid primary system in an urban area in Passaic County, New Jersey, utilizing procedures to accelerate design and construction. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress, not later than 180 days after the completion of such project, on its results, including specified analyses. Directs the Secretary to carry out the following demonstration projects: (1) in Brick Township, New Jersey, to demonstrate methods of improving traffic operations and reducing accidents at a high-volume rotary intersection; (2) in the vicinity of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to demonstrate methods by which a highway construction project on the Federal-aid primary system will enhance highway safety and economic development in an area of high unemployment; (3) in the vicinity of Fort Smith, Arkansas, to demonstrate the economic growth and development benefits of widening a segment of the Federal-aid urban system connecting a community college and a large commercial center, and of improving traffic signalization on such segment; (4) in the vicinity of Moorhead, Minnesota, to demonstrate the economic and safety benefits of constructing a grade separation between a railroad line and a highway on the Federal-aid urban system; (5) in the vicinities of Fosston and Bagley, Minnesota, to demonstrate the economic and safety benefits of reconstructing two segments of a major highway on the Federal-aid primary system; (6) in Kentucky, to demonstrate methods of improving traffic flow and safety on a State highway which connects an Interstate route in the vicinity of the City of Dry Ridge with a highway on the Federal-aid primary system in the vicinity of the City of Owentown; (7) in San Bernardino County, California, in the vicinity of the Ontario International Airport, to demonstrate methods of improving highway access to an airport which is projected to incur a substantial increase in air service; (8) in Pennsylvania, to demonstrate the state of the art delineation technology by closing a gap in a multi-lane limited access road connecting the City of Altoona to the Borough of Tyrone in Blair County; (9) in Lafayette, Louisiana, to demonstrate the benefits on traffic flow and transportation of labor and materials by construction of a highway to provide limited continuous access between an Interstate route and a highway on the Federal-aid primary system; (10) in Shreveport, Louisiana, to demonstrate methods of reducing traffic congestion in the central business district, improving access to such district, providing highway continuity, and satisfying national defense requirements by connecting two Interstate routes; (11) in Miami, Florida, to demonstrate the most cost-effective method of improving interstate motor vehicle access for passengers and cargo moving to and from the port of Miami; (12) in Arkansas and Missouri, to demonstrate methods of improving highway safety and of accelerating highway construction on specified segments on the Federal-aid primary system; (13) in the vicinity of Sanford, Florida, to demonstrate methods of reducing costs and expediting construction of an interchange by contracting with a private consultant to design and construct such project; (14) in the vicinity of San Jose and Santa Clara, California, to demonstrate a unified method of reducing traffic congestion where a Federal-aid urban highway intersects with two other of such highways on a railroad crossing; (15) in the vicinity of the C&O Canal in the District of Columbia, to improve motor vehicle access at a major traffic generator without decreasing the efficiency of a Federal-aid primary highway; (16) in the vicinity of Pardee, West Virginia, to demonstrate the improvement in motor vehicle transportation of energy resources resulting from the completion of a consolidated network of modern highways; (17) in Modesto, California, to demonstrate methods by which construction of a grade separation for a railroad crossing of a primary highway enhances urban redevelopment and the effectiveness of a planned transportation center; (18) in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to demonstrate the benefits of cooperation between the private sector and the government in relieving traffic congestion caused by a railroad crossing a Federal-aid highway through construction of a highway overpass; (19) in East Milton, Massachusetts, to demonstrate the advantages of joint development and use of air rights in the construction of a deck over a depressed portion of an Interstate route; (20) in Alabama, to demonstrate methods of accelerating the widening of a high volume segment of a primary highway necessary for rapid evacuation of individuals during emergency weather conditions; (21) in the vicinity of Wilder, Kentucky, to demonstrate the economic benefits to a port facility, industrial complex, and foreign trade zone by reconstruction of a segment of an urban highway which connects an Interstate route with a port facility; (22) in Illinois, to demonstrate the safety benefits of providing additional and improved vehicular passing opportunities on, adding truck climbing lanes to, and straightening a segment of a primary highway which carries a high volume of traffic in Jo Daviess and Stephenson Counties; (23) in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to demonstrate methods of accelerating construction to eliminate a major rail-highway crossing at grade, reducing traffic delays for rail and vehicular traffic, and minimizing the impact on the surrounding urban environment; (24) in the vicinities of Pontiac and East Lansing, Michigan, to demonstrate methods of enhancing safety and promoting economic development through construction of grade separations and road widenings on a primary and urban highway; (25) in Riverside, California, to demonstrate methods of improving safety on a specified highway; (26) in Osceolo County, Michigan, to demonstrate methods of improving highway safety and traffic flow by widening and upgrading a priority primary route; (27) in Buffalo, New York, to demonstrate methods of facilitating redevelopment of a waterfront area by construction of a connector off a primary highway; and (28) in Cleveland, Ohio, to demonstrate how cost-effective investment in the transportation infrastructure needs of a neighborhood can help revitalize that neighborhood. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the results of such projects. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund, other than the Mass Transit Account, to carry out such demonstration projects. Makes a specified project on the Interstate System in Massachusetts eligible for Interstate construction funds. Declares that lands donated to California necessary for the construction of a specified State highway shall be credited toward the non-Federal share of such project, and that any excess amounts shall be credited to the non-Federal share of other specified projects in such State. Allows Arkansas to use apportioned funds for the planning, design, and construction of a specified highway. Exempts a specified business establishment in Michigan from the right-of-way restrictions prohibiting such establishments on rights-of-way on the Interstate System. Declares the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike free of restrictions on the imposition of tolls upon the repayment by the Commonwealth of Virginia of certain Federal-aid highway funds relating to such Turnpike. Declares that no report, list, schedule, or survey compiled by a State concerning the evaluation of hazardous roadway conditions or rail-highway crossings in order to plan and prioritize safety projects shall be required to be admitted into evidence or used for any other purposes in a Federal or State court. Directs the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of national railroad-highway crossing improvement and maintenance needs. Requires a report to Congress, not later than 30 months after enactment of this Act, on the results of such study, including recommendations. Permits Federal payments for interest on bonds issued in connection with any Interstate construction project. (Currently, such projects must be under construction on January 1, 1983.) Revises the apportionment formula for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System, which is currently based on vehicle miles traveled, to include gasoline and diesel consumption. Directs the Secretary to carry out the following highway construction projects in Connecticut: (1) in the vicinities of Southington and Enfield, to demonstrate the lastest construction techniques in reconstructing a segment of urban highway; and (2) in the vicinity of Kent Center, to demonstrate methods of solving safety and flooding problems on a primary highway. Requires a report to Congress on the results of such projects. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1985 to carry out such projects. Makes a specified amount of Interstate reconstruction funds available in FY 1985 through 1987 for a specified elevated highway in Chicago, Illinois. Requires the Secretary to use discretionary funds to carry out a highway substitute project in the vicinity of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine: (1) the cost-effectiveness of carrying out a project to upgrade a specified route in Pennsylvania to Interstate standards; (2) the feasibility of partially financing such project with toll revenues, using reclaimed strip mining lands for right-of-way, and avoiding encroachment on environmental areas; and (3) the alignment of such project. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1985 to carry out such study. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a feasibility study on work which can be undertaken to improve the safety, capacity, and operational characteristics of a specified bridge connecting the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columiba. Requires a report to Congress within 90 days after enactment of this Act on the results of such study. Provides for the funding of certain highway projects with Interstate discretionary funds. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to the California Transportation Commission to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and applicability of using a highway electrification system as a source of energy for highway vehicles. Requires the Commission to report to the Secretary on the results of such study within three years after completion of the test facility to be constructed with such grant. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1985 and 1986 for such grant. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States in which railroad-highway crossings owned by the Consolidated Rail Corporation are located for such States to carry out demonstration programs for the systematic inspection and service of protective devices at such crossings. Requires each State conducting such a program to report to the Secretary not later than December 30, 1986, on the results and effectiveness of such programs. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1985 and 1986 for such grants. Provides that costs to construct high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in Los Angeles County, California, shall remain eligible for Interstate construction funds and requires that the costs to complete such lanes be included in future Interstate cost estimates. Authorizes the Secretary to approve a substitute transit project for construction of a fixed guideway system on or adjacent to such HOV lanes. Provides that if the Secretary approves such substitute project, then the costs of constructing the lanes shall not be eligible for funds under the Interstate cost estimate. Declares that the substitute project must be under contract for construction by September 30, 1988, or the Secretary shall withdraw approval. Changes Buy American provisions to increase the domestic content requirements for certain manufacturers of buses and other rolling stock from 50 percent to 85 percent. Title II: Federal Mass Transportation Act of 1984 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to replace the letters of intent procedure with provisions which authorize the Secretary to enter into multi-year contracts for the construction of mass transportation facilities. Sets forth the circumstances under which the Secretary is authorized to approve advance construction for certain mass transportation projects. Prohibits the issuance of funds for new fixed guideway systems or extensions unless such projects are determined to be: (1) based on the results of alternatives analyses and preliminary engineering; (2) cost-effective; and (3) supported by local financial commitment. Increases authorized appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund, including the Mass Transit Account of such Fund, for FY 1985 through 1986 for grants for research and training in urban transportation problems. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Directs the Secretary to make such grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate one regional transportation center in each of the ten Federal regions. Sets forth criteria to be met by grant recipients. Establishes in the Department of Transportation a national advisory council to: (1) coordinate the research and training to be carried out by grant recipients; (2) disseminate the results of such research; (3) act as a clearinghouse between such centers and the transportation industry; and (4) review and evaluate programs carried out by such centers. Changes from specified amounts to such amounts as may be necessary the appropriations authorized for FY 1985 and 1986 for transportation projects substituted for withdrawn Interstate segments. Permits certain urbanized areas in receipt of sums apportioned for commuter rail or fixed guideway systems to utilize such sums for bus and bus-related facilities, if there are no commuter rail or fixed guideway systems in operation in such an area. Revises operating assistance limitations for new urbanized areas. Extends from 1984 to 1986 the authority for recipients to transfer capital assistance for operating assistance. Limits the use of discretionary amounts resulting from such transfer to the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities. Prohibits certain grant recipients, after FY 1984, from making such transfers except for emergency repairs or pursuant to predated authority. Authorizes appropriations out of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1985 through 1987 for specified activities. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to change from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Buffalo, New York, the site of a feasibility study on constructing and operating an electric trolley bus line. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to permit certain grant recipients to continue the preferential fare collection system for elderly and handicapped persons in lieu of the collection of half-fares for such persons. Makes eligible for construction assistance bus manufacturing projects which extend the life of a bus eight years or more. Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive mass transportation plan for the Virgin Islands and to report to Congress on the plan within one year of enactment of this Act. Title III: Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to revise various definitions for purposes of such Act. Permits a Federal agency to discharge its responsibilities by accepting the certification by a State agency that it will implement State law to carry out the Federal relocation assistance program, provided that the lead agency determines that such State law will accomplish the purpose and effect of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Directs the head of the lead agency to monitor State agency implementation of such certification. Permits an agency to withdraw acceptance of a certification after providing the State government with notice. Permits a Federal agency to withhold approval of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with any displacing agency found to have failed to comply with certification or State law. Requires the payment to displaced persons of actual expenses, not exceeding $10,000, necessary to reestablish a displaced small business, nonprofit organization, or displaced farm at its new site. Removes the limitation on the moving expense allowance and the fixed amount of the dislocation allowance that a person displaced from a dwelling may elect to receive in lieu of itemized expenses. Declares that such allowances shall be determined according to a schedule established by the head of a lead agency. Increases the maximum and decreases the minimum limitations on the payment a person displaced from a business or farm operation may elect to receive in lieu of itemized deductions. Declares that such amount shall be determined according to criteria established by the lead agency. (Currently, such amount is based on the annual earnings of the farm or business.) Increases the maximum amount of assistance that a displacing agency may provide to a displaced homeowner for replacement housing. Requires such assistance to include an amount necessary to: (1) meet the reasonable cost of a suitable replacement dwelling as defined in this Act; and (2) compensate the displaced person for any increased financing costs. Authorizes a displacing agency to extend the one-year period, following payment for an acquired home, during which the displaced person must purchase and occupy a replacement dwelling in order to qualify for housing replacement payments, but limits such payments to the costs of relocating such person within that one-year period. Increases the ceiling (currently $4,000) on the amount of rental housing replacement assistance provided to displaced tenants to $6,000. Permits eligible displaced tenants to apply such rental assistance toward the downpayment on a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling. Declares that displaced homeowners who meet the residency requirement for rental housing replacement assistance but not for homeowner's housing replacement assistance may qualify for rental assistance, at the discretion of the lead agency. Requires that all relocation assistance advisory programs: (1) provide information on suitable locations for displaced farming operations; and (2) assure that no person is required to move before being given a reasonable choice of suitable replacement dwellings. Provides for the designation of a single, cognizant Federal agency to establish procedures to be used by a non-Federal displacing agency to implement related activities funded by two or more Federal agencies. Authorizes advisory services to certain renters in properties acquired by a displacing agency. Directs the lead agency to require that provisions authorizing a displacing agency to use project funds to provide dwellings for displaced persons, if the project would be delayed because suitable replacement housing is not otherwise available, be used to exceed housing replacement assistance ceilings only on a case-by-case basis and for good cause. Provides that any payment a displaced person receives under State law shall replace a housing replacement or real property acquisition payment for substantially the same purpose under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act. Requires the head of the lead agency to: (1) promulgate rules to carry out such Act; (2) coordinate relocation assistance activities with Federal and federally-financed low-income housing programs; (3) monitor the implementation of such Act; and (4) perform such other duties as necessary. Declares low-income housing assistance as income for Internal Revenue purposes. Requires a State agency to pay the United States all net amounts (currently all amounts) received from the sale of surplus Federal property transferred to the agency for the purpose of providing replacement housing. Repeals the authority of any displacing agency to make loans to various organizations for planning and obtaining federally-insured mortgage financing for housing for displaced persons. Authorizes the lead agency to prescribe a procedure under which Federal agencies may acquire real property without having it appraised. Permits a displaced person to donate the real property being acquired or any of the compensation paid for such property to the acquiring agency. Sets forth the effective dates of specified provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to extend the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to provide war risk insurance and reinsurance until September 30, 1989. (Currently such authority expires on September 30, 1984.)
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1984
Designates the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge and the Barnegat National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey collectively as the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Designates the week of May 13 through May 19, 1984, as Smokey Bear Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Designates the week of September 16 through September 22, 1984, as Emergency Medicine Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Designates the week of November 19 through November 25, 1984, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Designates July 1984 as National Ice Cream Month and July 15, 1984, as National Ice Cream Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1984
Designates the week beginning December 2, 1984, as National Senior Citizens Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984
Designates the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge and the Barnegat National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey collectively as the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to terminate certain functions of the Civil Aeronautics Board and transfer others to the Department of Transportation. Transfers to the Department the authority of the Board concerning: (1) consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control; (2) interlocking relationships; (3) pooling and other agreements; and (4) antitrust exemptions. (Currently, such authority is scheduled for transfer to the Department of Justice effective January 1, 1985). Terminates such authority of the Department of Transportation on January 1, 1989. Terminates the authority of the Board with respect to the air carriage of mail, tariffs of air carriers, and rates of service on January 1, 1985. Terminates the authority of the Board with respect to stock ownership disclosures, loans and financial aid approvals, special operating authorizations, and certain rate-making provisions on January 1, 1985. Deems all authority of the Board not otherwise terminated or transferred on or before January 1, 1985, to be transferred to the Department of Transportation. Transfers to the Secretary of Transportation all functions, powers, and duties of the Board under specified provisions of law. Requires the Secretary to collect and disseminate certain information on passengers traveling in interstate and overseas air transportation. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees by July 1, 1987, with respect to consolidation transactions, interlocking relationships, and agreements that have been exempted under the antitrust laws and recommend whether such authority should be retained or repealed. Authorizes air carriers to incorporate by reference in any ticket or other written instrument any of the terms of the contract of carriage in air transportation. Makes miscellaneous amendments to conform to provisions of this Act. Transfers to the appropriate agencies the personnel, assets, liabilities, and records connected with any function transferred by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Designates the week of May 20 through May 26, 1984, as National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Designates the week of September 23 through September 29, 1984, as National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Designates the week beginning November 25, 1984, as National Home Care Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of May 27 through June 2, 1984, as National Animal Health Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1984
Designates June 6, 1984, as D-Day National Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984
Designates April 13, 1984, the birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement, as Education Day, U.S.A.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for administering title I of such Act. Authorizes either the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Secretary of the Army, in order to recover certain program costs, to collect an additional fee as a condition for issuing or maintaining an ocean dumping permit for dredged or certain other materials. States that such fee does not apply to other Federal agencies. Requires that the fee charged to non-Federal entities for disposal of dredged material be equal to the total cost of the dredged material program attributable to such entities.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1984 - Declares that it is the policy of Congress that access to the U.S. market for foreign-produced carbon, alloy, and specialty steel mill products should be on an equitable basis to safeguard national security, insure orderly trade in steel mill products, reduce unfair trade in steel mill products, and alleviate U.S. balance-of-payments problems. Expresses the intent of Congress to: (1) expand the economic viability of the U.S. steel industry and the jobs of its workers; (2) prevent the further decline of the domestic steel industry; and (3) temper the economic hardships resulting from unemployment in steel industry communities by encouraging reinvestment in existing steelmaking facilities. Limits annual imports of specified steel mill product categories to specified percentages of the apparent domestic supply which are based on adjusted average import penetration levels for each such product category for the years 1979, 1980, and 1981. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to allocate global product limitations among foreign countries, groups of countries, or areas. Sets forth guidelines for making such allocations. Requires the Secretary to make an annual determination of the expected apparent domestic supply in each steel mill product category. Requires the Secretary to revise such determination periodically during the year. Directs the Secretary to determine, within 90 days after the effective date of this Act, whether the steel industry companies have plans to use substantially all of the cash flow from the steel sector for reinvestment in and the modernization of the steel sector. Prohibits the import restrictions from taking effect until the Secretary determines that the steel companies have such plans. Directs the Secretary to monitor steel sector investments made and announced by the steel industry and to consult with steel industry representatives and employees in the course of such monitoring. Directs the Secretary to determine annually whether steel companies are using substantially all the cash flow from the steel sector for reinvestment in and modernization of the steel sector. Directs the Secretary to modify or suspend the relevant import restrictions if the Secretary determines that substantially less than all the cash flow from the steel sector is being used for such reinvestment and modernization and that the level of investment is not demonstrably justified by adverse financial conditions within the industry. Directs the Secretary to publish: (1) each annual determination and its rationale; and (2) the total amount of cash flow from the steel sector and the total amount used for reinvestment in and modernization of the steel sector. Requires the steel companies to provide the Secretary with the information necessary for making such determinations. Directs the Secretary to examine the supply and demand situation in the United States for a specified steel product category if requested by affected steel consumers. Sets forth criteria to be used in determining short supply. Directs the Secretary to monitor imports of fabricated steel mill products. Sets forth the method of investigating whether imports of fabricated steel products are rendering ineffective or materially interfering with the objectives of this Act. Limits the quantity of iron ore that may be entered from all sources during any calendar year after the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary to allocate global iron ore limitations among foreign countries, groups of countries or areas. Sets forth guidelines for making such allocation. Directs the Secretary, in making such allocations, to attempt first to accommodate the requirements of individual steel mills which have been traditionally dependent on ocean sourced foreign iron ore and the requirements of contractual obligations incurred before January 1, 1984. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the import restrictions on iron ore if necessary to meet the needs of such individual steel mills. Provides for the enforcement and implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1984
Amends the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 to carry out such Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1984
Establishes in the Department of Transportation the Office of Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1984
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation, in the event of a default, to assume the obligor's rights and duties under a loan or other security agreement guaranteed by the Secretary to finance the purchase of vessels. Exempts from the automatic stay of bankruptcy proceedings the commencement of an action to foreclose a mortgage on a vessel by the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce under the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920 and the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Terminates the authority of the Federal Maritime Commission to initiate investigations necessary to carry out the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Reserves such investigations to the Secretary of Transportation. Extends the authority of the Secretary to provide war risk insurance and reinsurance until September 30, 1989. (Currently such authority expires on September 30, 1984.)
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Coastal and Inland Waterways Navigation Safety Act of 1984 - Postpones the termination date of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee from October 6, 1985, to September 30, 1990. Amends the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 to exempt power-driven towing vessels operating below the Huey P. Long Bridge on the Mississippi River (Louisiana) from the towing light requirements. Removes the authority for members of the Rules of the Road Advisory Council who are not Federal officials or employees to be compensated while engaged in the business of the Council. Postpones the termination date of such Council from December 24, 1985, to September 30, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning on November 18, 1984, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984
Designates the month of June 1984 as Veterans' Preference Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Designates the month of September 1984 as National Sewing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion one-half of the sums authorized to be appropriated in accordance with the interstate cost estimate for FY 1985, and one-half of the sums to be apportioned in accordance with the interstate substitute cost estimate for FY 1984. Specifies apportionment factors.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide for the apportionment of funds for interstate highway construction for FY 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Amends the Bankruptcy Code to permit a trustee to reject or assume a collective bargaining agreement made under the authority of title II of the Railway Labor Act or the National Labor Relations Act only if and after the court approves such rejection or assumption. Requires notice to all parties and a hearing before the court may approve such a rejection. Prohibits the court from approving the rejection of a collective bargaining agreement if, absent the rejection: (1) the jobs covered by such agreement will be lost; and (2) any financial reorganization of the debtor will fail. Declares that a rejection of a collective bargaining agreement constitutes a breach at the time of such rejection. Declares that no provision of this Act shall be construed to permit the trustee unilaterally to terminate or alter any of the terms and conditions of such a collective bargaining agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Designates the week of October 21 through October 27, 1984, as Lupus Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Atlantic Striped Bass Restoration Act of 1984 - Imposes a three-year moratorium on fishing for Atlantic striped bass in order to allow restoration of such species. Authorizes the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to terminate or extend (for up to 24 months) the moratorium under specified circumstances. Sets forth procedures for consultation, public notice, and opportunity for public comment prior to final determinations of moratorium termination or extension. Exempts such determinations from judicial review. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for noncompliances with the provision under this Act. Declares that any vessel connected with a violation shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States. Grants jurisdiction to the United States district courts over civil forfeitures. Directs the Administrator to enforce this Act as well as monitor the Atlantic striped bass fisheries in certain waters. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Authorizes the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Incorporated to erect a National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and recognition of law enforcement officials in the United States who died in the line of duty. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Fund, to select with the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial other than expenses incurred in the process of site selection and approval of design and plans.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Designates the week beginning May 20, 1984, as National Arts with the Handicapped Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984
Designates the week of April 29 through May 5, 1984, as National Week of the Ocean.