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United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1984
Designates the U.S. Post Office and Federal Building, Elkins, West Virginia, as the Jennings Randolph Federal Center.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1984
Suspends temporarily rule IV of the Rules for the Regulation of the Senate (prohibiting the taking of pictures in the Senate Chamber) to allow the National Geographic Society to photograph the Senate in session on September 25, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1984
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent a named Senate employee in the case of Thomas Sinito v. Unnamed F.B.I. Agents, et al.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1984
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to intervene in the name of the Senate in the case of In re George I. Benny and Alexandra Benny. Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel, during the adjournment of Congress, to intervene or appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in cases in which the constitutionality of specified provisions of the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 are placed in issue.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1984
Designates the air traffic control tower to be constructed at the McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the Tom Kesterson Tower.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 1984
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent a named Senator and any other Senator, officer, or employee in connection with the case of the State of Maryland v. Vivian Platsky David-Michel.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 1984
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in its application for a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum to obtain the presence of a named individual at a hearing.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1984
Designates the week of September 23, 1984, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1984
Designates the week beginning on May 19, 1985, as National Tourism Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Designates September 21, 1984, as World War I Aces and Aviators Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Authorizes a named Senate employee, and additional employees if requested, to testify before the Federal grand jury in the District of Maryland, except concerning matters determined privileged from disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1984
Designates the month of November 1984 as National Christmas Seal Month.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1984
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent a named Senate employee in Lyndon H. La Rouche, Jr. and The La Rouche Campaign v. Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984
Amends the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 to extend the transition period established by such Act to June 27, 1984. Extends the term of office of any bankruptcy judge who was serving on June 20, 1984, and of any bankruptcy judge who is serving on the date of enactment of this Act, to June 27, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1984
Authorizes named Senate employees to testify before the Federal grand jury in the District of Maryland in response to the request by the United States attorney, except concerning matters determined privileged from disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1984
Authorizes a named Senate employee to testify before the Federal grand jury in the Middle District of Florida in response to the request from the Office of the United States Attorney, except concerning matters determined privileged from disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act - Directs the President, acting through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Information Agency, to provide an undergraduate scholarship program for citizens and nationals of developing countries to study at American institutions of higher education. Requires that half of each payment to a student shall be in the form of a loan with repayment to be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to his or her country of origin for a period of no less than the years spent studying in the United States plus one. Sets forth guidelines for implementing the program. Directs the President, before allocating any funds, to consult with U.S. educational institutions, educational exchange organizations, U.S. missions, and the governments of participating countries on how to implement the guidelines. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with foreign governments to further the scholarship program. Urges the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs, in implementing such programs, to increase assistance for undergraduate scholarships for students of limited financial means from developing countries to study in the United States. Urges the President to take steps to expand the opportunities for Americans from all economic classes to study in developing countries. Authorizes the President to establish counseling and orientation services: (1) abroad to prepare foreign students for study in the United States; and (2) at U.S. schools to help them while they are in the United States. Directs the Board of Foreign Scholarships to advise and assist the President in the discharge of programs authorized by this Act. Requires the public and private sectors in the United States to be encouraged to contribute to the costs of the programs financed under this Act. Directs the President to engage the public and private sectors of developing countries in programs to maximize the use of program participants upon their return to their own countries. Authorizes the President to publicize the scholarship program abroad. Authorizes the President to provide English instruction abroad when necessary. Provides for funding to carry out this Act. Requires the President to report annually to Congress on the activities taken pursuant to 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 · 14 June 1984
Establishes a Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to make the necessary arrangements for the presidential inauguration in January 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984
Designates the Federal building in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the Joe L. Evins Federal Building.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1984
Authorizes a named Senate employee to testify in the case of State of Vermont v. Jeanne Keller, et al., and related cases.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1984
Authorizes a named Senate employee to testify in the case of State of Vermont v. Stephen Cram.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1984
Designates July 20, 1984, as Space Exploration Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates October 1984 as National Quality Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates July 10, 1984, as Food for Peace Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Designates the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the Sergeant Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Designates the month of September 1984 as National Sewing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent a named Senate employee in connection with testimony and the production of subpoenaed documents in the case of United States of America v. Chung Yup Yum, etc., et al. Authorizes such employee to testify and produce documents in such case, except concerning matters determined privileged from disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984
Designates July 1984 as National Ice Cream Month and July 15, 1984, as National Ice Cream Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Designates June 18, 1984, as National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Praises the decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, invalidating the doctrine of "separate but equal." Designates May 17, 1984, as a national day of commemoration of that decision.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Authorizes a named Senate employee and such other present and former members of Senator Tower's staff as may be needed to testify and produce documents in the cases of Republicbank, Lubbock, etc., et al. v. United States of America, and The Travelers Insurance Corp. v. United States of America, except concerning matters determined privileged from disclosure. Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to assist the United States Attorney in the defense of such cases.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Tennessee Wilderness Act of 1984 - Designates the following lands in the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Big Frog Wilderness; (2) the Big Frog Wilderness Addition; (3) the Citico Creek Wilderness; and (4) the Bald River Gorge Wilderness. Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final environmental impact statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Tennessee shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Polk and Monroe Counties in Tennessee not designated as wilderness on or before the enactment of this Act from further review by the Secretary of Agriculture for their suitability as wilderness pending revision of initial national forest management plans and from management as wilderness areas. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to review the Big Frog Mountain Wilderness Study Area and the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness Study Area, both located in the Cherokee National Forest, to determine their suitability for preservation as wilderness.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Directs the President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown soldier of the Vietnam era buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Initiative of 1984 - Expresses the sense of the Senate that it should be the policy of the United States that veterans' disability compensation be provided veterans for all disabilities arising subsequent to military service where a consensus of medical opinion would recognize such disability as having a connection to exposure during such service to ionizing radiation from atmospheric nuclear test or the occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan, or to a herbicide such as Agent orange. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish guidelines for using findings of epidemiological and clinical studies examining the possible relationship between such exposure and the manifestation of adverse health effects to resolve claims for compensation. Requires the addition of cloracne and possibly prorphyria cutanea tarda to the list of chronic diseases presumed to be service-connected for benefit purposes. Requires consideration of estimates of attributable risk when adjudicating claims for compensation based on leukemia or other cancers suffered by veterans exposed during service to ionizing radiation. Restates the function of Congress to authorize compensation to veterans for disabilities connected to exposure to such substances during service. Directs the Director of the Defense Nuclear Agency to specify minimum standards governing the preparation of radiation dose estimates for use in VA disability claims. Requires the Director to report to the Administrator and the Veterans' Affairs Committees of Congress, by December 1, 1984, on a review of the current state of determining previous radiation exposure.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
(Text inserted in H. C. Res. 280 as passed Senate) Authorizes the use of the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, from May 25-28, 1984, for the remains of the unknown American of the Vietnam era to lie in state.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Civil Rights Act of 1984 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination by any recipient of Federal financial assistance. (Currently, discrimination is prohibited only in a program or activity receiving Federal assistance.) Defines the term "recipient" to extend comprehensive coverage for purposes of the four Acts to any State or local governmental unit, any public or private agency or entity, and any subunit successor, assignee, or transferee of any such unit, agency, or entity.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Amends the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 to extend the transition period established by such Act from May 1, 1984, to May 26, 1984. Extends the term of office of any bankruptcy judge who was serving on April 30, 1984, and of any bankruptcy judge who is serving on the date of the enactment of this Act to May 25, 1984.
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 · 12 April 1984
Provides for an adjournment of the Senate and the House of Representatives from April 12, 13, or 14, 1984, until April 24, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to terminate the obligation of the Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (the Board) to pay the Treasury interest on revenue bonds issued to finance necessary parking facilities for the Center. Establishes in the Treasury the Kennedy Center Revenue Bond Sinking Fund to retire such obligations. Sets forth a payment schedule for the Board and terms of investment and management for the Secretary of the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Provides for an adjournment of the Senate from April 11, 12, or 13 to April 24, 1984, and an adjournment of the House from April 12 or 13 to April 24, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1984
Amends the Federal criminal code to make technical changes to the provisions dealing with the powers of the U.S. Secret Service. Authorizes the Secret Service to investigate and make arrests in cases relating to electronic fund transfer frauds, credit card frauds, and false identification devices.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1984
Repeals provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1983 which: (1) increase veterans' disability compensation, and survivor benefits; (2) terminate the authority of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to make advance payments of educational and subsistence allowances; and (3) increase the cost of living adjustment for rates of pay under the General Schedule and other statutory pay systems to four percent.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984
Designates the week of July 1 through July 8, 1984, as National Duck Stamp Week and 1984 as the Golden Anniversary Year of the Duck Stamp.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1984
Amends the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 to extend the transition period established by such Act from April 1, 1984, to May 1, 1984. Makes the Revised Emergency Rule prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States effective during the remainder of such transition period. Permits the Conference to amend such Rule if necessary in order to provide for the orderly and expeditious consideration of bankruptcy cases and proceedings in the Federal courts.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Commemorates on June 6, 1984, the fortieth anniversary of the allied forces invasion against the Nazi army. Authorizes and requests the President to designate June 6, 1984, as D-Day National Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Commends the depository library system and the dedicated people associated with the depository library program for their significant contribution in providing free and open public access to Government information.