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United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Designates a Federal building in Bangor, Maine, as the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Names a certain Federal building in Augusta, Maine, the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the American Gold Star Mothers, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Designates the week of May 7 through May 13, 1984, as National Photo Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Authorizes the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to provide documents to the Department of Labor relating to the dental plans and related operations of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Commends James Davis Range for his service to the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent a named Senator and Senate employee in the case of Judd Gregg, et al. v. Danford L. Sawyer, et al.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Amends rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide authority for Senators to serve on specified committees during the 98th Congress while continuing service on certain other committees.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Makes the following majority party committee assignments: (1) Senator Thurmond, of South Carolina, to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources; (2) Senator Humphrey, of New Hampshire, to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (3) Senator Hawkins, of Florida, to the Committee on Foreign Relations; (4) Senator Evans, of Washington, to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and on Environment and Public Works; and (5) Senator Warner, of Virginia, and Senator Evans, of Washington, to the Special Committee on Aging.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate to increase the number of Members on the following committees: Energy and Natural Resources, Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works, and the Special Committee on Aging.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to intervene in the case of Irwin B. Arieff v. U.S. Department of the Navy, in the name of certain Senators to protect the interests of the patients of the Office of Attending Physician to the Congress in the confidentiality and privacy of the records which are the subject of such action.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the 369th Veterans' Association.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1984
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent a named employee in the case of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company v. George P. Schultz, et al. Authorizes the employee to testify and produce subpoenaed documents, except those determined privileged from disclosure, in such case.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1984
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall abridge the right of persons to participate in voluntary prayer in public buildings.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to intervene in the name of the Senate in the case of Barnes, et al. v. Carmen, et al.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984
Declares the rate of pay of Members of Congress to be that which was payable for such office on December 31, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of November 18 through November 24, 1984, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984
Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of the Honorable Clement J. Zablocki, of Wisconsin.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984
Informs the President that a quorum of each House is assembled.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Designates Murry Zweben as a Parliamentarian Emeritus of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Appoints a committee to notify the President of the proposed adjournment of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Tenders the thanks of the Senate to the Honorable George Bush, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he presided over the first session of the 98th Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Authorizes the President of the Senate and the President pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and resolutions during the sine die adjournment.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Redesignates the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee and Kentucky, as the John Sherman Cooper National Recreation Area.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Designates 1984 as the Year of Water. Requests the President to welcome the delegates of the International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage in Fort Collins, Colorado.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Authorizes named congressional employees to appear, 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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and its Members and employees, in the case of In re Subpoena to Anthony J. Accardo.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983
Authorizes certain Senate employees to testify and produce documents in the case of United States of America v. Rita M. Lavelle, except concerning matters priviledged from disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983
Extends, from November 11, 1983, until February 10, 1984, the period during which Senator Daniel J. Evans is assigned to the Committees on Armed Services, Energy and Natural Resources, and Governmental Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1983
Amends rule XV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit non-germane amendments from being received during the consideration of legislation affecting the statutory limit on the public debt.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1983
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senators Bentsen, Chiles, D'Amato, Ford, Hawkins, Jepsen, Mitchell, Riegle, Sasser, and Symms in the case of Larry C. Flynt, et al. v. United States, et al.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1983
Designates November 1983 as National Christmas Seal Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1983
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senator Paula Hawkins, or any Senate employees substituted for her, in connection with subpoenas in the case of United States v. William M. Conover, et al.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1983
Designates the week of March 4 through March 10, 1984, as National Beta Club Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1983
Provides that when the Senate recesses that it do so in respect to the memory of those Americans who lost their lives in Beirut.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983
Retirement Equity Act of 1983 - Title I: Amendments Relating to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to lower the age requirement for participation in a tax- deferred retirement plan from 25 to 21. Lowers the minimum age at which years of employment begin to be credited for retirement plan vesting purposes from 22 to 18. Provides that nonvested participants in a retirement plan with a break in service of up to five years will not lose credit for pre-break periods of service. Permits limited breaks in service for paternity or maternity leave without loss of vesting credits. Requires tax-deferred retirement plans to offer survivor benefits to plan participants who have attained age 45 and have ten years of creditable service. Requires spousal consent in order for a retirement plan participant to elect not to take a joint and survivor annuity. Requires that such consent must be in writing and must be witnessed by either a plan representative or a notary public. Allows the assignment of the benefits of a retirement plan in the case of a judgment, decree or order relating to child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights pursuant to a State's domestic relations law. Sets forth rules for the tax treatment of retirement plan distributions pursuant to a divorce decree. Increases the amount of allowable mandatory distributions from a retirement plan from $1,750 to $3,500. Requires that a plan participant must be notified that benefits under the plan may be forfeited if the participant dies before a certain date. Title II: Amendments Relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to incorporate into such Act the changes made by Title I of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1983
Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act - Designates specified lands in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee as the Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness. Sets forth requirements with respect to visitor uses and management of the wilderness area. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to negotiate the transfer of legal rights and easements retained by the TVA over lands in the park which are inconsistent with the Wilderness Act or unnecessary for the operation of the Fontana Lake Dam. Designates the land formerly owned by the TVA as wilderness. Authorizes the Secretary to place a historical marker at or near the approach to the Cherokee Qualls Reservation at Soco Gap. Provides for the settlement of all claims of Swain County, North Carolina, against the United States under the agreement of July 30, 1943, providing for construction of a road along the north shore of Fontana Reservoir. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1983
Designates October 23 through October 29, 1983, as American Energy Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1983
Authorizes additional printing of the Senate document entitled "Dangerous Stalemate: Superpower Relations in Autumn 1983 - A Report of a Delegation of Eight Senators to the Soviet Union."
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983
Alternative Energy Tax Incentives Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the residential energy income tax credit for renewable energy sources for five years from 1985 to 1990. Reduces the qualifying percentage for energy source expenditures by specified increments between 1985 and 1990. Increases from 15 percent to 20 percent the investment tax credit for solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean thermal property. Extends such tax credit for five years from 1985 to 1990. Extends the investment tax credit for hydroelectric generating property and biomass property for five years from 1985 to 1990. Reestablishes the credit for cogeneration property until 1990. Qualifies until 1995 affirmative commitments for solar, wind, geothermal, ocean thermal, biomass, and cogeneration projects begun by December 31, 1990. Eliminates the 20 percent limitation for oil and natural gas used in cogeneration facilities. Qualifies as biomass property methane-containing gas produced by anaerobic digestion from nonfossil waste materials. Revises the definition of geothermal deposit to lower the required temperature to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. (Present regulations require a temperature of 122 degrees Fahrenheit.) Includes shale oil property and tar sands equipment as energy property for purposes of the investment tax credit. Grants a 15 percent depletion allowance for tar sands. Allows an investment tax credit for photovoltaic energy property. Defines photovoltaic property.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Authorizes a named Senate employee to testify in the case of Little Earth of United Tribes, Inc. et al. v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al., except concerning matters privileged from disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent two named Senate employees, and any other committees, Members, officers or other Senate employees, in the cases of D.J. Haughton, et al., v. Unigard Mutual Insurance et al. in the Superior Court for Los Angeles County in California and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation to assist in the development of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1983
Designates October 1, 1983, the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1983
Assigns Senator Daniel J. Evans to membership on the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs, until November 11, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1983
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to intervene in the name of the Select Committee on Intelligence in the case of Maryann Paisley v. Central Intelligence Agency, et al.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1983
Challenge Grant Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a program to provide matching endowment grants to institutions of higher education which are eligible for assistance under the challenge grant program (part C of title III of HEA). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such matching endowment grants from sums available under the challenge grant program. Limits the endowment grant period to not more than 20 years, during which time the institution may not withdraw or expend the endowment fund corpus (the amount of the grant plus the matching amount deposited by the institution). Permits the institution, after grant period termination, to use the endowment fund corpus plus any endowment fund income for any educational purpose. Provides that institutions may receive more than one such grant, but may only receive such a grant for two fiscal years out of any period of five consecutive fiscal years. Limits the amount of an endowment grant to an institution to: (1) not less than $50,000 for any fiscal year; and (2) not more than $250,000 for FY 1984 or $500,000 for FY 1985 or any succeeding fiscal year. Permits an eligible institution to designate a foundation, which was established to raise money for the institution, as the recipient of the endowment grant. Sets forth requirements which the foundation and the institution must meet for such an award. Sets forth requirements for investment of the endowment fund corpus and income. Permits an institution to withdraw and expend the endowment fund income to defray any expenses necessary to the operation of the college. Prohibits an institution from spending more than 50 percent of the total aggregate endowment fund income earned prior to the time of expenditure. Authorizes the Secretary to permit an institution to spend more than the 50-percent limit under specified emergency circumstances. Provides for repayment by an institution of funds withdrawn prematurely from the endowment fund corpus or improperly expended from endowment fund income. Set forth auditing requirements. Directs the Secretary, in selecting eligible institutions for endowment grants, to: (1) give priority to an applicant which is a recipient of an institutional aid (title III) grant under provisions for strengthening institutions (part A) or for aid to institutions with special needs (part B), during the academic year in which the endowment grant is applied for; (2) give priority to an applicant with a greater need for such grant, based on the current market value of the applicant's existing endowment in relation to the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at such institution; and (3) consider the effort made by the applicant to build or maintain its existing endowment fund and the degree to which an applicant proposes to match the grant with nongovernmental funds. Sets forth provisions for endowment grant applications and approval. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate and recover an endowment grant, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, if the grantee institution fails to properly expend, invest, or account for endowment funds. Provides that, of the amounts appropriated for the challenge grant program (part C), the following amounts shall be available for endowment grants: (1) 20 percent in FY 1984; and (2) 100 percent in FY 1985. Authorizes the Secretary, for each fiscal year, to: (1) reserve from the appropriation for aid to institutions with special needs (part B) not more than an amount equal to the aggregate amount grantees receiving part B grants would contribute to the cost of such grants, assuming the grant amounts remain the same as those received in the prior fiscal year; and (2) use those funds to award endowment grants to eligible institutions. Directs the Secretary, in reserving and awarding such funds, to continue to set aside funds in specified amounts for junior and community colleges, institutions planning to award a bachelor's degree, and institutions with special needs that historically serve substantial numbers of black students. Amends the Omnibus Education Reconciliation Act of 1981 "Omnibus Act" to increase the total amount which may be appropriated for FY 1984 to carry out title III (Institutional Aid) of HEA. Increases the total amount which may be appropriated for FY 1984 to carry out a specified Federal law relating to Howard University. Authorizes appropriations, notwithstanding specified provisions of the Omnibus Act, of sums necessary to carry out provisions for grants for the construction, reconstruction, and renovation of academic facilities under parts A (undergraduate) and B (graduate) of title VII of HEA. Sets forth provisions for the use and distribution of funds appropriated by Public Law 98-63 for part B of title VII of HEA (grants for construction, reconstruction, and renovation of graduate academic facilities).
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1983
Deems a named deceased individual to have incurred a disability contracted in the line of duty in the active naval service during a period of war as a result of exposure to radiation from the detonation of a nuclear device over the Bikini Atoll, for purposes of determining eligibility for veterans' disability benefits. Declares that receipt of benefits by such individual's survivors pursuant to this Act shall be in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States based upon such exposure.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1983
Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution - Authorizes the President, for purposes of the War Powers Resolution, to continue the participation by U.S. armed forces in the Multinational Force in Lebanon, subject to specified conditions. States that such conditions will not preclude such protective measures as are necessary to ensure the safety of such Multinational Force in Lebanon. Requires the President to report to Congress, at least every six months, with respect to the situation in Lebanon. Requires specified information to be included in such reports. Declares the participation of the armed forces of other countries in the Multinational Force in Lebanon to be essential. States Congress' belief that U.S. policy should promote Israeli, Syrian, and Lebanese discussions aimed at the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon and the establishment of conditions that will permit the Lebanese armed forces to carry out their responsibilities in the Beirut area. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should discuss with members of the U.N. Security Council the establishment of a U.N. peacekeeping force to replace the Multinational Force in Lebanon. Requires an analysis of the implications of the response to such discussions to be included in the President's report to Congress. Provides that the continued participation of the U.S. armed forces in the Multinational Force in Lebanon shall be authorized for 18 months, unless the Congress extends it for a longer period. Requires such participation to terminate sooner upon the: (1) withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon, unless the President makes a specified certification to the Congress; or (2) assumption by the United Nations or Lebanon of the responsibilities of the Multinational Force in Lebanon; or (3) implementation of other effective security arrangements in the area. Provides that nothing in this resolution shall: (1) preclude the President from withdrawing U.S. armed forces participation in such Multinational Force in Lebanon if circumstances warrant it or Congress from directing such a withdrawal; or (2) modify, limit, or supersede any provision of the War Powers Resolution or a specified part of the Lebanon Emergency Assistance Act of 1983 (relating to congressional authorization for the expansion in the number or role of U.S. armed forces in Lebanon).
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1983
Makes corrections in the enrollment of S. 602 (broadcasting to Cuba).