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United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984
Designates August 21, 1984, as Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Directs the President to: (1) secure from the Southeast Asian nations a full accounting of Americans captured or missing as a result of the Vietnam conflict; and (2) work for the release of Americans listed as prisoners of war (POW) or missing-in-action (MIA) and the return of the remains of all American POWs and MIAs who died in Southeast Asia. Requires the President to submit two reports to Congress on the POW/MIA problem.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Designates March 25, 1984, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that nursing care and home health aid services may be provided on a daily basis as home health services for up to 60 days with monthly physician certification of the need for such services, and after the 60 day period, on a physician certification of exceptional circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Permits the Secretary of the Interior to acquire fee simple title to the McClintock House, Waterloo, New York, as part of the Women's Rights National Historical Park.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Securities Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission to deny trading privileges to a securities broker if such broker is subject to an order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission denying, suspending, or revoking his registration under the Commodity Exchange Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Transit Crime Prevention Act of 1984 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to increase amounts available for expenditure from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1985 and 1986. Makes specified amounts of such funds available for FY 1984 through 1986 for the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to public mass transit systems for crime prevention and security. Directs the Secretary to require each public mass transit system receiving a grant under this Act to file annual crime reports.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 6 through May 13, 1984, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Declares that Congress asks the American people to take cognizance of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Rome on June 2 through June 3, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Designates the week of October 21, through October 27, 1984, as Lupus Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Makes a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Agriculture for FY 1984 to carry out the famine relief provisions (title II) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480).
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
Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to present to Elie Wiesel a gold medal in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to world literature and human rights. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the public sale of bronze duplicates of such medal.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President of Syria should permit Syrian Jews to emigrate from Syria to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the 369th Veterans' Association.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Directs the Attorney General to make grants to the government of Nassau County, New York, for anti-terrorist and other security-related expenses associated with hosting the 1984 International Games for the Disabled. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts distributed from individual retirement accounts and self-employed or owner-employee trusts which are attributable to tax-exempt interest.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Designates March 1984 as National Eye Donor Month.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1984
Designates the month of June 1984 as Student Awareness of Drunk Driving Month.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1984
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to require an export license for the export in bulk by tanker of fresh water removed from the navigable waters of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to issue regulations providing for such export licenses. Provides for granting such licenses only if the affected States and local governments concur in the granting of the license and receive reimbursement for the exported water. Permits administrative and judicial review of such export license requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1984
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, to the extent approved in appropriation Acts, to reimburse the government of Nassau County, New York, for all necessary security related expenses associated with hosting the 1984 International Games for the Disabled. Requires the government of Nassau County to: (1) report to the Secretary all of its anticipated security related expenses associated with the games; (2) keep records of such expenses; and (3) following the games submit to the Secretary a report of all such expenses. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1984
State Infrastructure Financing Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to States for the purpose of providing capital to State infrastructure lending institutions which are authorized to make loans to local governments and their agencies and instrumentalities for the repair or construction of bridges, roads, ports, tunnels, water delivery facilities, waste facilities, and mass transportation. Sets forth the eligibility requirements a lending institution must meet in order to receive such a grant. Declares that grant funds made available under this Act shall be only for the purpose of capitalizing State infrastructure lending institutions. Limits such grants to the lesser of $2 per resident of the State or four times the State's capital contribution to the State lending institution. Authorizes the Secretary to take appropriate action to recapture any funds made available under this Act which are used for unauthorized purposes. Requires State infrastructure lending institutions to report specified information to the Secretary annually. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow married individuals to compute the amount of their income tax deduction for contributions to retirement savings accounts on the basis of the earned income of their spouses. Treats alimony payments as compensation for purposes of this deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Criminal Asset Forfeiture Reform Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to require a liberal construction of the forfeiture provisions. Allows for a civil forfeiture action in the judicial district where the defendant owning the property subject to forfeiture is found or in the judicial district in which the criminal prosecution is brought. Makes it unlawful to reinvest the proceeds of any prohibited drug transaction punishable by imprisonment for more than one year. Provides for a fine of up to $50,000 or imprisonment for up to ten years or both for violation of this Act. Exempts from such prohibition certain investments in securities where the investor does not obtain power to elect directors of the issuer.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Designates 1984 as the Year of the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Desingates April 22, 1984, as Queen Isabella I Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Honors Commander Alphonse Desjardins, founder of La Caisse Populaine de St-Marie, Manchester, New Hampshire, the first incorporated credit union in the United States
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take steps to place the question of the involvement by Cuba in drug trafficking on the United Nations' agenda and to request of U.N. agencies investigations and reports regarding such problem.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should request the Organization of American States to consider the question of the involvement by Cuba in drug trafficking and the need for international inspections and factfinding hearings regarding such problem.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984
Repeals the prohibition against using Department of Defense procurement funds to pay a price differential for goods and services to relieve economic dislocation. Directs the Secretary of Defense, beginning with FY 1985, to pay a price differential on nonstrategic contracts to relieve economic dislocations and provide employment in labor surplus areas. Limits the use of such differential as to percent and total value of contracts. Directs the President to report annually to Congress on the costs and benefits of such program.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Wine Equity Act of 1983 - Requires the President to direct the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to negotiate the harmonization of tariff and nontariff barriers on wine with each designated major trading country. Requires negotiations with designated major trading countries which do not export wine to the United States in order to eliminate all tariff and nontariff trade barriers of such countries to the importation of U.S. wine. Requires the President to impose tariff and nontariff trade barriers equal or substantially equivalent to the barriers applied by a designated major trading country if such country does not provide harmonization to U.S. produced-wine within 180 days of the country's designation as a designated major trading country. Provides for removing such U.S. tariff and nontariff barriers. Requires the USTR to report to specified congressional committees at the beginning and end of each negotiation. Requires the USTR to consult with such committees to identify further tariff and nontariff barriers to and potential markets for U.S. wine. Provides for assistance for the USTR from other Federal agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
National Fisheries Marketing Council Act - Establishes a National Fisheries Marketing Council to: (1) propose to and administer orders issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA (including orders for annual marketing plans); (2) establish a program of research, consumer education, advertising, and promotion to expand markets for United States fisheries and fish products; and (3) submit budgets, keep records, and file reports. Sets forth functions and duties of the Council. Provides for collection of assessments from persons in the fishing industry. Sets forth the duties of the Administrator of NOAA. Establishes a revolving fund to carry out the activities of the Council. Authorizes any receiver or importer who has paid an assessment to request and receive a refund of such assessment from the fund at the end of the calendar year. Provides a procedure for termination of the Council. Sets forth procedures for the administrative review of orders, civil enforcement proceedings, and investigations by the Administrator of NOAA Confers jurisdiction on U.S. district courts to review and enforce such orders. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the exile of Igor Ogurtsov; and (2) urge the Soviet Union to provide Igor Ogurtsov with medical care, grant his release from exile, and accept his application for an exit visa and allow him to emigrate without forcing him to renounce his views (in accordance with a specified international treaty).
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Expresses the appreciation of the Senate to certain organizations for their efforts in carrying out an emergency food distribution and shelter program.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Banking Geographic Deregulation Act of 1983 - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to permit a bank holding company to annually apply to acquire additional banks in any two States, except that a State may elect to prohibit such acquisition by out-of-State bank holding companies.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Title I: Recognition of Injustice and an Apology on Behalf of the Nation - States that the Congress accepts the findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians and recognizes that a grave injustice was done to both citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II. Title II: United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens - Requests the President to offer pardons to those convicted of violating laws during the internment period whose violation was based on a refusal to accept racially or ethnically discriminatory treatment. Provides that Federal departments and agencies that review application for restitution of positions, status, or entitlement lost during the internment period shall review such applications giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission. Establishes within the Treasury a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires the Attorney General to pay $20,000 from the Fund in compensation to surviving internees. Establishes a Board of Directors which shall be responsible for making disbursements from the Fund. Provides that disbursements from the Fund shall be used to: (1) sponsor research and public educational activities dealing with the internment; (2) fund studies of similiar civil liberties abuses; (3) prepare and distribute hearings and findings of the Commission; and (4) promote the general welfare of the ethnic Japanese community in the United States. Title III: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution - Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act - Establishes within the Treasury the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Fund. Directs the Administrator of the Fund (the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association) to make restitution for certain Aleut losses sustained in World War II. Requires the Administrator to establish a trust of $5,000,000 and to distribute the interest of such trust for: (1) the benefit of the elderly, disabled, or seriously ill; (2) students in need of scholarship assistance; (3) preservation of Aleut cultural heritage and historical records; (4) the improvement of community centers of affected Aleut villages; and (5) other purposes to improve Aleut life. Authorizes the Administrator to rebuild and restore churches and church property damaged or destroyed in Aleut villages during World War II. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments of $12,000 from the fund to eligible Aleuts for any uncompensated personal property losses. Provides that such payments shall not be considered income or receipts for purposes of Federal taxes or determining eligibility for Federal benefits or assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to implement a program for the removal and disposal of live ammunition, obsolete buildings, abandoned machinery, and other hazardous debris remaining in populated areas of the lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Aleut Corporation all right, title, and interest of the United States in Attu Island, Alaska. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides that all documents, personal testimony, and other material collected by the Commission shall be deposited in the National Archives of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) reimbursement rates for hospices not be lowered below those published August 22, 1983, in the Federal Register; (2) the Health Care Financing Administration should begin to collect reliable data on cost experiences of hospices participating in the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) so that future rate changes will reflect the accurate cost of service which terminally ill patients require; and (3) no further delay in publishing the final regulations implementing the Medicare hospice benefit will be tolerated.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983
Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983 to delay until after December 31, 1985, mandatory coverage under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program for employees of tax-exempt religious or apostolic organizations which do not have in effect on January 1, 1984, a waiver certificate (which waives such an organization's exemption from taxation for purposes of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program).
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983
States that the Congress: (1) holds Iran responsible for upholding the rights of the Baha'is; (2) condemns Iran's decision to destroy the Baha'i faith; and (3) calls upon the President to work with appropriate foreign governments to form an appeal to Iran concerning the Baha'is, to cooperate with the United Nations in its efforts on behalf of the Baha'is, and to provide humanitarian assistance for Baha'is who flee Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from Federal income taxes members of the armed forces or civilian employees of the United States who die as a result of hostile action outside the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1983
Amends the Small Business Act to provide that financings provided to State and local development companies under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not be considered when computing the total amount outstanding and committed to a borrower from the business loan and investment fund established by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1983
Declares specified lands held by the Seneca Nation of Indians to be part of the Allegany Reservation, New York.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1983
Declares specified lands held by the Seneca Nation of Indians to be part of the Allegany Reservation, New York.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1983
Directs the Administrator of General Services to assign to the Secretary of the Interior for use as a public park or recreation area certain portions of the Montauk Air Force Station in East Hampton Township, Suffolk County, New York, that had previously been declared surplus Federal property. Requires the Secretary to convey the property within 30 days of such assignment to the town of East Hampton, New York, for public park or recreation uses.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1983
Designates March 6, 1984, as Frozen Food Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1983
Major League Baseball Community Protection Act - Requires the owner of a major league baseball franchise to provide the appropriate local government authorities at least six months notice of the intent to accept a purchase offer that could result in the relocation of the franchise. Requires that an arbitration board be appointed within 30 days after such notice is provided. Allows any person, within four months after such Board is appointed, to submit to the board a purchase offer that would not result in the relocation of the franchise. Directs the board, within six months after its creation, to conduct a formal hearing on all purchase offers submitted. Prohibits the franchise owner from selling the franchise without a written commitment from the purchaser to keep the franchise in the metropolitan area if the board determines that the value of any offer not including relocation equals or exceeds the value of the original offer involving relocation. Exempts any agreement among owners of baseball franchises to abide by the relocation and arbitration procedures under this Act from application of the antitrust laws. Allows the government authority in an area from which a baseball franchise relocates in violation of this Act to bring an action in any U.S. district court for damages and equitable relief.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1983
(Measure reconsidered and repassed Senate, amended) Directs the Administrator of General Services to assign to the Secretary of the Interior for use as a public park or recreation area certain portions of the Montauk Air Force Station in East Hampton Township, Suffolk County, New York, that had previously been declared surplus Federal property. Requires the Secretary to convey the property within 30 days of such assignment to the town of East Hampton, New York, for public park or recreation uses.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1983
Requires that the U.S. Embassy in Israel and the residence of the American Ambassador to Israel shall be located in Jerusalem.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1983
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.