United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt agricultural vehicles from the rules relating to the limitation on the investment tax credit and depreciation deduction for certain property used for personal purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Steel Import Stabilization Act to direct the U.S. Trade Representative, in negotiating with Japan and South Korea on steel products import limits, to negotiate the apportionment of the aggregate limit among specified subcategories of steel products. Directs the U.S. Trade Representative to apportion the aggregate limit if such negotiations are not successfully concluded within 30 days of the enactment of this Act. Sets forth such subcategories.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Compassionate Pain Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 60-month program under which parenteral diacetylmorphine shall be made available through hospital and other prescribed pharmacies for the relief of pain from terminal cancer (as defined by this Act). Directs the Secretary to provide for the manufacture of such drug. Permits physicians registered under the Controlled Substances Act to prescribe such drug. States that for purposes of such program the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and titles II and III of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 shall not apply with respect to: (1) the importing of opium; and (2) the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of parenteral diacetylmorphine. Requires: (1) the Secretary to make program reports to specified congressional committees; and (2) the Comptroller General of the United States to make a program report to such committees upon expiration of 56 months after the date the program is established. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees concerning: (1) the extent of research activities in the management of pain which have received funds through the National Institutes of Health; (2) the ways in which the Federal Government supports the training of health personnel in pain management; and (3) recommendations for expanding and improving the training of health personnel in pain management. Permits the Secretary at any time six months after implementation of the program to modify or terminate the program.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Deficit Reduction Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to vote on the question of agreeing to any concurrent resolution on the budget or any amendment thereto or any conference report thereon for FY 1986 or any subsequent fiscal year if the adoption of such a measure would cause the Federal deficit to exceed a certain limit. Provides for an exception to such limitation in any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to define certain terms for the purposes of such Act and to include provisions limiting the budget deficit. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the information to be included in any concurrent resolution on the budget or any revision in order to provide for deficit reduction. Requires a deficit reduction bill or resolution to be reported by either a House or Senate committee if a concurrent resolution on the budget contains directions to one or more committees to determine and recommend changes in laws, bills, or resolutions. Requires Congress to complete action on any such bill or resolution not later than 60 days after the adoption of the concurrent resolution requiring such bill or resolution to be reported. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to eliminate the second concurrent resolution on the budget and provide for annual adoption of a single concurrent resolution on the budget. Prohibits the estimated expenditures set forth in any Budget submitted to the Congress by the President for any fiscal year from exceeding estimated receipts by an amount that is greater than the maximum deficit amount established for such fiscal year under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Permits the President, for reasons of national security or economic necessity, to submit two budgets, only one of which complies with such requirements. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to set forth impoundment procedures for deficit reduction, including periodic deficit estimates by the Congressional Budget Office, rescission proposals by the President, and the effects of rescission legislation by the Congress. Establishes a National Bipartisan Commission on the Budget. Directs the Commission to: (1) review the President's budget submitted for FY 1986; (2) consult with public and private sector experts about reforming Federal budget deficits; (3) recommend spending levels and changes in Federal law necessary to reduce the budget deficit and achieve a balanced budget by FY 1994; and (4) report its findings to Congress by August 1, 1985. Terminates the Commission 30 days after such report is submitted. Prohibits any law enacted after enactment of this Act from waiving or limiting any provision of this Act, unless such law does so in specific terms.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits the Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Requires the President and the Congress to ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in such statement. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless the Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts by a three-fifths vote and such bill has become has become law. Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed statement of receipts and outlays for that year consistent with the provisions of this article. Permits the Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall abridge the right of persons to participate in voluntary prayer in public schools or institutions. States that no person shall be required by the United States or by any State to participate in prayer. Prohibits the United States or any State from composing words of prayer to be said in the public schools.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Expresses the sense of Congress that an effective Rural Electrification Administration program is essential to providing affordable and dependable electric power and telephone service to rural America.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Approves the interstate highway cost estimate for FY 1985 and 1986 and the interstate substitute cost estimate for FY 1984, 1985, and 1986. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to adjust and reallocate the minimum allocation made on March 9, 1984, to reflect the apportionments made under this Act. Approves the interstate highway cost estimate for FY 1987 and 1988. Revises the procedure for releasing interstate construction funds and interstate substitute funds, including allowing the Secretary to release such funds without congressional approval. Makes FY 1984 funds apportioned for highway or public mass transit projects available for obligation through FY 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should ensure that small businesses and the agricultural industry are represented on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors by a person of demonstrable experience in small business and agricultural matters.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Customs Service should suspend the operation of interim regulations, for at least six months, to permit the completion of a comprehensive analysis, with the participation by retailers and other specified groups, of the effects of such regulations on U.S. imports of textiles and apparel.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1984
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to provide that an individual who, as of September 12, 1984, was performing services for one member of a corporate group and was eligible for nontaxable air travel benefits provided by a corporate affiliate shall continue to be eligible for such benefits if as of that date: (1) the primary business of the affiliated group was air transportation of passengers; and (2) at least 50 percent of the persons performing services for the corporation for which the individual is currently performing services were employees of or had previously performed services for the second such corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1984
Designates the week beginning February 17, 1985, as a time to recognize the contributions of volunteers who give their time to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters to youths in need of adult companionship.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984
Amends the national cemeteries and memorials provisions of Federal law to require that each grave marker in a national cemetery be upright unless the deceased or the deceased's survivor requests a flat marker. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to designate within each national cemetery a section with flat markers and a section with upright markers.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal rules relating to the determination of the issue price of certain debt instruments issued for property. Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to repeal the revisions made to rules for the imputation of interest on certain deferred payments. Provides that the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied and administered as if such revisions had not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should direct appropriate members of the Administration to: (1) pursue discussions with Canada directed toward resolving problems relating to U.S. imports of Canadian pork; and (2) use all available authorities to protect the economic viability of the U.S. pork industry and to promote free and fair trade.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1984
Enterprise Zone Act of 1984 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of enterprise zones by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for purposes of extending the tax incentives and regulatory flexibility measures provided by this Act. Provides that State and local governments shall nominate areas for such designation. Limits the total number of designated areas to 75 (25 per year over a three-year period). Requires that at least one-third of such area be in rural areas. Limits the period during which such designations shall remain in effect. Provides that the Secretary may designate such zones only if: (1) the area is within the jurisdiction of the local government; (2) the boundary of the area is continuous; (3) the area has a population of at least 4,000 if any portion thereof is located within a standard metropolitan statistical area (within a population of at least 50,000) or 1,000 otherwise, or it is within an Indian reservation; and (4) the area meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action which may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, or receiving commitments of private entities to assist employees and residents of the area. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to designate enterprise zones on December 31, 1988, or three years after the publication of regulations pertaining to such zones, whichever is later. Describes areas to which preference shall be given in deciding to designate enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress every four years a report on the effects of such enterprise zones' designation. Requires that any property tax reduction effected by a local government under the terms of this Act be disregarded for purposes of determining the eligibility of a State or local government for Federal assistance or benefits. States that designation of an enterprise zone shall not give displaced persons from such an area any rights or benefits under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Exempts enterprise zones from certain requirements relating to Federal environmental policy. Title II: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Subtitle A: Credits for Employers and Employees - Allows employers located in enterprise zones a nonrefundable income tax credit for increased employment expenditures and employment of the disadvantaged. Sets the amount of such credit at ten percent of the increase in payroll (taking into account a maximum of $15,000 in wages per year per employee) plus 50 percent of the wages paid to certain disadvantaged workers for the first three years of the enterprise zone designation. Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Disallows a deduction for the portion of wages taken into account for such credit. Allows employees located in enterprise zones a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to five percent of qualified wages earned per year (taking into account a maximum of $9,000 in wages per year). Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Requires every employer to furnish to each qualified enterprise zone employee a written statement showing the amount of qualified wages paid. Subtitle B: Credits for Investment in Tangible Property in Enterprise Zones - Allows businesses an additional investment tax credit for investment in certain tangible property located in enterprise zones. Limits such credit to five percent for zone personal property and ten percent for new zone construction property, including rental property. Requires that the property subject to such credit be predominantly used in the zone, be purchased after zone designation, and not be acquired from relatives or related corporations. Requires the recapture of such credit upon early disposition of the property. Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Subtitle C: Reduction in Capital Gains Tax - Eliminates the capital gains tax on property of corporations acquired after the enterprise zone designation and used in a zone business. Qualifies certain low-income rental housing located in an enterprise zone for such treatment. Permits property to remain qualified for purposes of the revised capital gains treatment after a designation of an enterprise zone has terminated. Exempts gain from the sale or exchange of property used in a business in an enterprise zone from the computation of the minimum tax. Allows noncorporate taxpayers to deduct from gross income 100 percent of any net capital gain from qualified enterprise zone property. Subtitle D: Rules Relating to Industrial Development Bonds - Provides that limitations on the cost recovery deductions for property financed with tax-exempt industrial development bonds shall not apply to enterprise zone property. Provides that the termination of the small issue exemption shall not apply to industrial development bonds the proceeds of which are used to finance facilities in such enterprise zones. Subtitle E: Sense of the Congress with Respect to Tax Simplification - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should simplify the administration and enforcement of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code affected by this Act. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Revises the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions to include qualified businesses (as defined in Title II of this Act), governments, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon request by a designating government, to waive or modify rules and regulations which pertain to the carrying out of projects or activities within an enterprise zone. Requires agencies to approve such request if the resulting benefits of job creation, community development, or economic revitalization outweigh the public interest in continuation of the rule unchanged. Disallows waiver or modification of a rule that would directly violate a statutory requirement (including the Davis-Bacon Act and Fair Labor Standards Act) or which would present a danger to the public health and safety. Provides that such waivers or modifications of a rule shall remain in effect as long as the zone designations. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to promote the coordination of all enterprise zone programs and consolidate all periodic reports required under such programs into one summary report. Title IV: Establishment of Foreign-Trade Zones in Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Board to consider on a priority basis and expedite the processing of applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to, and expedite applications for, the establishment of ports of entry necessary to establish such zones. States that to the maximum extent practicable, foreign-trade zones should be established within enterprise zones.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1984
Directs the President to conduct a comprehensive review of U.S. policies with respect to Bulgaria in light of that Government's participation in and support for narcotics trafficking, arms smuggling, and terrorism. Lists options which shall be assessed in the review. Directs the President to report to Congress on the results of the review.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should request, in accordance with the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets, that the Secretary General of the United Nations convene a review conference to determine what steps should be taken to end Bulgaria's abuses of that Convention in facilitating the transportation of illicit narcotics, arms, and terrorists; and (2) the President should encourage other parties to the TIR Convention to use procedures provided in the Convention to end such abuses by Bulgaria.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1984
Proclaims October 23, 1984, as "A Time of Remembrance" for Americans to take time to reflect on the sacrifices that have been made in the pursuit of peace and freedom.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1984
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make available the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program pumping power to the Hilltop irrigation projects and the Gray Goose irrigation projects, South Dakota.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1984
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1985 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for FY 1985 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (3) the Bureau of Government Financial Operations; (4) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (5) the U.S. Customs Service; (6) Bureau of the Mint; (7) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (8) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); (9) payments where energy credits exceed liability for tax; and (10) the U.S. Secret Service. Limits the transfer of appropriations within the IRS to one percent. Makes appropriations to the Treasury Department in this Act available for uniforms or allowances. Requires the conduct of officers and employees of the IRS in connection with collection of any underpayment of tax to comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated by this Act to disqualify or issue an unfavorable advance determination letter, with respect to any tax-qualified pension plan which has vesting requirements or provides for nonforfeitable rights to benefits equal to or more stringent than 4/40. Prohibits the use of funds to implement changes shortening the time granted, or altering the mode of payment permitted, for payment of excise taxes by law or regulations in effect on January 1, 1981. Declares that no more than two percent of any appropriations in this Act for the Department of the Treasury may be transferred between such appropriations. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that duties determined to be due on a liquidation or reliquidation shall be due upon that date and shall be considered delinquent unless received within 25 days. Requires interest to be paid on any amounts paid as increased or additional duties where a determination is made to reliquidate an entry. Repeals the capitalization limitation for the Capital Fund in the Office of the Secretary. Prohibits the use of funds to impose or assess any excise tax on the manufacture of recreational equipment in all cases where less than 50 items are manufactured or produced per annum. Prohibits the use of funds to place the United States Secret Service, the Customs Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms under the operation, oversight, or jurisdiction of the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury. Prohibits the use of funds by the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of imposing or collecting any tax on the use of any copper-, lead-, or zinc-bearing compound, solution, or chemical, to the extent that the alleged use arises out of the presence of such compound, solution, or chemical in the process of smelting, refining, or otherwise extracting copper, lead, or zinc metal from ores, concentrates or other metal-bearing materials. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to admit duty-free any article provided by the Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the joint astronomical project being undertaken by the Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona and the Max Planck Institute. Title II: Postal Service - Postal Service Appropriation Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations to the Postal Service for FY 1985 for payment to the Postal Service Fund. Title III: Executive Office of the President - Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations to the Executive Office of the President for FY 1985 for: (1) compensation of the President; (2) the Office of Administration; (3) the White House Office; (4) the Executive Residence at the White House; (5) the official residence of the Vice President; (6) special assistance to the President; (7) the Council of Economic Advisers; (8) the Office of Policy Development; (9) the National Security Council; (10) the Office of Management and Budget; (11) the Office of Federal Procurement Policy; and (12) unanticipated needs. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1985 - Makes appropriations for FY 1985 to the following independent agencies: (1) the Administrative Conference of the United States; (2) the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; (3) the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; (4) the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries; (5) the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped; (6) the Federal Election Commission; (7) the General Services Administration (GSA) for the Federal Buildings Fund (with amounts for repairs and alterations to specified federal buildings); (8) the National Archives and Records Service; (9) the Federal Property Resources Service (including transfer of funds); (10) the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund; (11) general management and administration; (12) Office of Information Resources Management; (13) the Office of Inspector General; (14) allowances and office staff for former presidents'; and (15) Presidential transition expenses. Credits the appropriate appropriation or fund available to the GSA with: (1) cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government corporations; and (2) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to GSA, in connection with property transferred to GSA. Allows such appropriations or funds to be so transferred, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget. Makes funds available to the General Services Administration for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. Makes appropriations available for payment to the General Services Administration for charges for space, services, and public improvements to buildings and facilities. Permits the transfer, if approved in advance by the Appropriations Committees, of up to one percent of the personnel compensation made available in appropriations for operating expenses and salaries and expenses (excluding the Federal Buildings Fund) between such appropriations for mandatory program requirements. Permits funds in the Federal Buildings Fund to be transferred between activities only to the extent necessary for mandatory program requirements. Makes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) the Office of Personnel Management (including transfer of trust funds); (2) the Government payment for annuitants and employees' health benefits; (3) the payment to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (4) the Merit Systems Protection Board (including a transfer of funds); (5) the Office of Special Counsel; (6) the Federal Labor Relations Authority; and (7) the U.S. Tax Court. Title V: General Provisions (This Act) - Places limitations on expenses for travel. Prohibits the availability of any appropriations to pay the salary of any person filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who left to enter the armed forces and, after discharge, has made timely application for restoration. Prohibits the use of any appropriation for the purchase or sale of real estate, or for establishing new offices inside or outside the District of Columbia, except for programs approved by Congress and appropriated. Prohibits any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. Limits the expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service, through a procurement contract. Prohibits the availability of any appropriation for the procurement of any hand or measuring tool not produced in the United States or its possessions, except in the case of insufficient quantity and unsatisfactory quality. Prohibits the use of any of the funds made available to the General Services Administration by this Act for the procurement by contract of any service which is performed by veterans in their capacities as employees of the GSA. Gives priority in the contracting of non-veteran services to nonprofit agencies for the blind or severely handicapped. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act for administrative expenses in connection with implementing or enforcing any provisions of the rule TD ATF-66 issued by the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on labeling and advertising of wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages, except if necessary to comply with a final order of the Federal court system. Prohibits appropriated fund use for the sale, lease, rental, excessing, surplusing, or disposal of any portion of Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii, or for the sale, transfer, or lease of the Hickam Air Force Base Administrative Annex unless by transfer to the State of Hawaii for airport development purposes. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for the Department of the Treasury to eliminate any existing requirement for sureties on customs bonds. Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for any activity or for paying the salary of any government employee where it would result in a decision, rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit or otherwise prevent the Customs Service from enforcing certain provisions of the 1930 Tariff Act. Prohibits the use of funds to transfer control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located in Glynco, Georgia, out of the Treasury Department. Reserves ten percent of the budget authority provided for FY 1985 for consulting services, management and professional services, and special studies and analyses for any agency, department, or entity subject to apportionment by the Executive. Exempts from such reservation any agency, department, or entity whose budget request for 1985 for such purposes did not amount to more than $5,000,000. Prohibits the use of appropriations made available by this Act for the procurement of, or for the payment of, the salary of any person engaged in the procurement of stainless steel flatware not produced in the United States or its possessions except in the case of insufficient quantity and unsatisfactory quality. Title VI: General Provisions (Department, Agencies, and Corporations) - Prohibits any appropriation in this Act from being used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by Congress. Fixes the maximum allowable amounts during the current fiscal year for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle. Prohibits any appropriation from being used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless such person is: (1) a citizen of the United States; (2) eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen and is residing in the United States; (3) owes allegiance to the United States; (4) an alien from one of a specified number of countries; or (5) a refugee from one of a specified number of countries. Makes certain appropriations available for expenses of travel also available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances. Makes appropriations available for payment to the General Services Administration for charges for space and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements. Prohibits any appropriation from being paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she as been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve such nomination. Makes specified funds available for rent in the District of Columbia. Permits the use by Federal agencies of foreign credits owed to or owned by the United States for any purpose for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year. Denies funds to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the U.S. Postal Service who tries to prevent other officers or employees from communicating with Members or Committees of Congress (whistle blowing), or who tries to discipline any officer or employee who does so communicate. Prohibits the use of appropriations made available by this Act for interagency financing of boards, commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups which do not have prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality. Makes specified funds available for the employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or occupied by the United States or the Postal Service. Prohibits the use of funds made available by this or any other Act for administrative expenses in connection with the designation for construction, arranging for financing, or execution of contracts or agreements for financing or construction of any additional purchase contract projects pursuant to the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 during the period beginning October 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1985. Prohibits the use of funds for the purchase of passenger automobiles with an EPA estimate of less than 22 miles per gallon, except in specified cases. Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved by a resolution of disapproval duly adopted. Limits the amount which any agency may pay the Administrator of the General Services Administration per square foot for rental of space and services. Limits the amount that may be paid to any prevailing rate employee for FY 1985 or 1986. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with any Federal employees health plan which provides any benefits or coverages for abortions, under such negotiated plans after the last day of the contracts currently in force. Makes an exemption to such prohibition where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. Limits the amount of funds that appointed Federal officials may use to renovate, remodel, furnish, or redecorate their offices. Revises the powers, authorities, and duties of the U.S. Secret Service to provide for protection of major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates. Authorizes the Secret Service to detect and arrest individuals committing any offense against the U.S. laws relating to electronic fund transfer frauds, credit and debit card frauds, and false identification documents or devices.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the deductions of a taxpayer attributable to farming to the sum of: (1) the gross income of such taxpayer from the trade or business of farming for such taxable year, plus; (2) an amount equal to the national median family income for the previous year. Excludes from this tax-loss limitation those individuals, partnerships, or corporations which receive more taxable income from farm than non-farm sources in three out of the previous seven years. Provides that where the taxpayer engages in more than one trade or business of farming, all such trade or businesses shall be treated as a single trade or business.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the sale or exchange of land used as a farm or in a closely held business from rules requiring the imputation of interest on certain deferred payments.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1984
Congratulates and commends the United States of America Philharmonic Society for its work on behalf of the Nation's young musicians and its commitment to furthering better understanding among peoples of all nations through the language of music.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1984
Congratulates and commends the USA Philharmonic Society for its work on behalf of the Nation's young musicians and its commitment to furthering better understanding among peoples of all nations through the language of music.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1984
Title I: Automobiles - Prohibits an automobile manufacturer from selling or leasing or offering to sell or lease any new automobile in interstate commerce to any person (including an automobile dealer) during a sales period at a price higher than the lowest price at which the manufacturer sells, leases, or offers for sale or lease any other automobile of the same model, similarly equipped, during that sales period. Prohibits an automobile manufacturer from offering any incentive in connection with the sale or lease in interstate commerce of any model of new automobile unless all automobile dealers authorized by the manufacturer to sell such model have been notified, in advance, of the incentive and it remains in effect for at least 14 days. Sets forth exceptions to such prohibitions, including provision for qualified regional incentive sales programs. Permits any person to bring an action against an automobile manufacturer to require compliance with this Act. Declares that nothing in this Act shall repeal, modify, or otherwise affect the application of any provision of the Federal antitrust laws. Pre-empts State laws only to the extent inconsistent with this Act. Title II: Trucks - Prohibits any truck manufacturer from selling or leasing or offering to sell or lease any new truck in interstate commerce to any person (including a truck dealer) during a sales period at a price higher than the lowest price at which the manufacturer sells, leases, or offers to sell or lease any other new truck of the same model, similarly equipped, during that sales period. Prohibits a truck manufacturer from offering any incentive in connection with the sale or lease of any model of new truck in interstate commerce unless all truck dealers authorized by the truck manufacturer to sell that model have been notified, in advance, of the incentive and it remains in effect for at least 30 days. Sets forth exceptions to such prohibition. Prohibits any truck dealer owned by a truck manufacturer from selling or leasing or offering to sell or lease any new truck in interstate commerce to any person at a price lower than the price at which the dealer bought the truck from the manufacturer. Permits any person to bring an action against a truck manufacturer to require compliance with this Act. Declares that nothing in this Act shall repeal, modify, or otherwise affect the application of any provision of the Federal antitrust laws. Pre-empts State laws only to the extent inconsistent with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Amends the Federal criminal code to define "armor piercing ammunition." Excludes from the definition: (1) shot gun shot required by Federal or State regulations for hunting; (2) frangible projectiles for target shooting; and (3) projectiles that the Secretary of Treasury determines are primarily intended for sporting purposes. Makes it unlawful for any person to manufacture or import armor piercing ammunition. Allows for: (1) the manufacture or importation of armor piercing ammunition for the use of the United States or any State or local government; and (2) manufacture for the sole purpose of exportation. Establishes a licensing fee of $1,000 per year for manufacturers and importers of armor piercing ammunition. Imposes an additional mandatory sentence of not less than five years for any person who uses or carries a firearm and is in possession of armor piercing ammunition during the commission of a violent felony. Provides that such sentence shall not be suspended nor probation nor parole granted.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Administration should continue to oppose the imposition of restrictions by the European Community (EC) on imports of nongrain feed ingredients and corn gluten as a means to shift to other countries part of the cost of its domestic agricultural policies; and (2) imposition of a consumption tax on vegetable oils and fats by the EC would restrain trade and violate the tariff bindings in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on soybeans and soybean products. States that if EC action is taken to inhibit the importation of such products, then the United States should restrict EC imports by the same proportion of reduced U.S. export products.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the National Conference of State Legislatures should survey the States to compile and categorize child protection legislation. Declares that State legislatures should consider and enact laws which contain innovative approaches to the handling of child sexual abuse cases and which protect the victims' legal rights. Specifies a list of considerations including: (1) the establishment of interdisciplinary teams of professionals; (2) the selection of a victim-witness advocate; (3) the establishment of special procedures for child-victim testimony; and (4) the establishment of procedures to check the criminal records of adults working with children.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1984
Energy Security Reserve Amendments of 1984 - Rescinds $9,000,000,000 of the funds appropriated to the Energy Security Reserve by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1980. Prohibits the obligation of funds available to carry out title I of the Energy Security Act to those projects whose products will cost significantly more than projected market prices of competing fuels over the life of the project.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Authorizes the city of Aberdeen, South Dakota, to retain perpetual easements for the maintenance and construction of waterlines on certain property after railroad rights-of-way are abandoned on such property.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Authorizes the Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, to erect a memorial on public ground in the District of Columbia in commemoration of the Lebanese-American poet and artist, Kahil Gibran. Provides that the memorial shall be in the form of a sculptured monument and shall be designated the Kahlil Gibran Memorial. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select a site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Prohibits the United States or the District of Columbia from expending any money for the establishment of the memorial. Provides that the authority of this resolution shall lapse unless: (1) construction is commenced within five years from the enactment of this resolution; and (2) prior to the commencement of construction, the Secretary determines that sufficient funds are available for the completion of the memorial. Makes the maintenance and care of the monument the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1984
Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to grant rights-of-way which traverse public lands within the national forest system for certain water usages. Identifies right-of-way grants to be subject to Federal fees. Exempts from fees all grants issued before October 21, 1976. Prescribes recordation requirements for right-of-way grants. Requires re-recording every 30 years, upon notice by the Federal Government. Authorizes the Federal Government to charge a maximum annual fee of $100 for rights-of-way granted after October 1976. Requires holders of right-of-way grants to indemnify the United States for damages caused by the holders' negligent use or occupancy of the granted right-of-way. Empowers the Secretary of the Interior to incur repair and maintenance costs caused by a holder's refusal to perform necessary repairs, and to assess such holder for such costs.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984
Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act of 1984 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to pay employees under 20 years of age 75 percent of the minimum wage rate between May and September of each year. Exempts such employees from special certificate requirements. Restricts such authorization to: (1) hours worked by eligible employees in compliance with applicable child labor laws; and (2) youth employed after May 1 of each year. Prohibits the removal of employees ineligible for the subminimum wage rate in order to replace them with employees who are eligible. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act. Terminates the minimum wage rate exception after September 30, 1987. Directs the Secretary of Labor to monitor the implementation of this Act and to report to the Congress concerning the employment effects of this Act.
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