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United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. Makes such amendment inapplicable to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Proclaims the English language to be the official language of the United States. Grants the Congress the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Directs the President to designate March 1985 as National Mental Retardation Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Children's Justice Act - Amends the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 to authorize a Children's Justice Grant Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make additional grants to States under specified provisions of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act for identification, treatment, and prevention of sexual abuse. Makes a State eligible for such assistance if the Secretary determines that the State, within one year after the enactment of this Act, has enacted specified legal and administrative changes with respect to the investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse cases. Requires a State, to be eligible for such assistance, to have in effect a child sexual abuse program which includes at least one statute or administrative procedure to carry out the following categories of reforms: (1) handling such cases so as to reduce the trauma to the child victim; (2) improving the chances of successful prosecution or legal action against child molesters; and (3) improving procedures to protect children from sexual abuse. Directs the Secretary to issue necessary regulations for such assistance program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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 the 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 be granted.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
No Free Lunch Act of 1985 - Requires that all persons be charged the cost of meals received in a Senate dining facility or an executive agency dining room that serves only high level officers and employees.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Title I: Amendments to Title 18, United States Code (18 U.S.C. 921-928) - Amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 to redefine: (1) "manufacturer" to mean any person engaged in the "business of manufacturing" (instead of "manufacture" of) firearms or ammunition; and (2) "dealer" to exclude dealers in ammunition. Adds a new definition "engaged in the business" with respect to manufacturer, dealers, and importers. Defines as a manufacturer, dealer, or importer of firearms a person who manufactures or deals in a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit. Defines "with the principal objective of livelihood and profit" to mean that the intent underlying the sale or disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining livelihood and pecuniary gain. Excludes as dealers persons making occasional sales or repairs of firearms. Eliminates certain activities involving ammunition from the coverage of the current prohibitions. Permits the interstate sale of handguns where the sale complies with the law of the licensee's State and the State of the purchaser's residence. Presumes the licensee to have actual knowledge of the published laws of the States. Revises the current prohibition against certain classes of persons transporting a firearm or ammunition in interstate commerce to extend such prohibition to possession or receipt in commerce or affecting commerce of any firearm or ammunition. Includes as additional categories illegal aliens, dishonorably discharged members of the armed forces, and U.S. citizens who renounce their citizenship. Excludes ammunition dealers from the current licensing requirements. Declares that a licensed dealer's personal collection of firearms shall not be subject to recordkeeping requirements in specific circumstances. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to revoke a license only where the holder "willfully" violates a provision of the Act. Bars the Secretary from denying or revoking a license on the basis of violations which are alleged in criminal proceedings instituted against a licensee, where such individual is not convicted of such charges. Allows the Government to voluntarily dismiss criminal charges prior to trial and still proceed with revocation. Imposes as a condition for the inspection or examination of records, documents, firearms, or ammunition that the Secretary has reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred and that evidence may be found on the premises. Requires a warrant to be issued for such search. Provides exceptions to such warrant requirement. Requires licensed collectors to maintain records of the receipt, sale, or other disposition of firearms. Requires records maintained by a licensee who has discontinued business to be delivered to the Archivist of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury and to be disposed of after 20 years. Sets forth information-gathering procedures for tracing firearms and prohibits criminal charges based solely on information provided under those procedures. Prohibits records from being kept at a centralized location or entered in a computer for storage or retrieval. Permits licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers to conduct business at temporary locations other than the one specified on a license (for example, gun shows). Establishes either a "knowing" (scienter) or a "willful" requirement with respect to general violations of the Act. Imposes additional penalties for the use of a firearm during the commission of a Federal crime of violence and for carrying a firearm in furtherance of a Federal crime of violence. Increases the penalties for the criminal misuse of firearms by making such penalties mandatory and at higher fine levels or longer prison terms than current law requires. Extends to first offenders the requirement, currently applicable only to second offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence or grant probation. Prohibits the granting of parole to first and subsequent offenders. Declares that no person shall be subject to the additional, mandatory penalties if use of the firearm or destructive device was a nonfelonious attempt to protect persons or property. Amends the forfeiture provision to subject to seizure any firearm or ammunition "involved in or used" in a knowing violation of the Gun Control Act (instead of "involved in or used or intended to be used"). Directs the court to award attorney fees to the prevailing party (other than the United States) in a proceeding for the return of seized firearms or ammunition. Requires the court to award such fees in any other action upon a finding that the action was without foundation or was initiated in bad faith. Limits seizure to firearms individually identified as involved in the violation. Revises the current procedure allowing persons who have been convicted of a crime to apply to the Secretary for relief from the firearms prohibitions. Permits any person prohibited from possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or ammunition to apply for relief. Requires, instead of permits, the Secretary to grant release, unless the applicant will be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety. Permits any person who is denied relief to seek de novo judicial review in Federal court. Imposes on the applicant the burden of proof. Makes the authority of the Secretary to permit importation of certain types of firearms and ammunition nondiscretionary. Increases the number of types of sporting firearms which may be imported. Amends the rulemaking authority of the Secretary to provide that no regulation may require the transfer of records required under this Act to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or the establishment of any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions. Requires a 90-day public comment period for proposed regulations (no period is currently specified). Prohibits the Secretary from prescribing regulations which require purchasers of black powder to complete affidavits or forms attesting to their exemption from certain provisions of the Federal criminal code. Declares any law or regulation promulgated by any State prohibiting the transfer of an unloaded and not readily accessible firearm or ammunition null and void. Title II: Amendments to Title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Repeals title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (relating to the receipt, possession, or transportation of firearms by felons, dishonorably discharged veterans, mental incompetents, illegal aliens, and persons renouncing their United States citizenship).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Provides that each item of any general or special appropriation bill and any bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations that is agreed to in the same form by both Houses of the Congress shall be enrolled as a separate bill or joint resolution for presentation to the President (line-item veto).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Product Liability Act - Preempts State product liability laws. States that this Act governs any civil action for harm caused by a product which would have been based on: (1) strict or absolute liability in tort; (2) negligence or gross negligence; (3) breach of express or implied warranty; (4) failure to discharge a duty to warn or instruct; or (5) any other theory that is the basis for an award for damages for loss or damage caused by a product. Makes a manufacturer liable if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that a product was unreasonably dangerous: (1) in construction or design; (2) because the manufacturer failed to provide adequate warnings of danger; or (3) because the product did not conform to an express warranty. Specifies the findings which must be made for such proof of unreasonable danger to be determined. Subjects a product seller to liability if the claimant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the claimant's harm was proximately caused by such seller's failure to use reasonable prudence with respect to the product. Enumerates circumstances under which such a seller is also subject to the liability of a manufacturer. Provides that all claims under this Act shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Sets forth rules with respect to conduct affecting comparative responsibility, including misuse, alteration, or modification of a product. Specifies the manner in which damages are to be apportioned. Requires that damages in any product liability claim be reduced by an amount paid as workers' compensation benefits. Prescribes a statute of limitations for recovery. Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to establish a Product Liability Review Panel to conduct an ongoing review of the adequacy of legal remedies available to persons injured by products and to report its findings and recommendations to Congress. Requires the panel to conduct a study to determine the feasibility or availability, or both, of providing compensation without regard to fault to claimants for any loss or damage caused by a product. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985. Declares that it is the intent of the Congress that, in other than exceptional cases, the Supreme Court shall not review issues relating solely to the sufficiency of the evidence in cases arising under this Act which have been finally decided by the highest court of any State.
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
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
Designates the week of March 24 through March 30, 1985, as National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1984
Condemns the Government of Nicaragua for engaging in the international trafficking of narcotics.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1984
Urges the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to work for the abolition of the Compensatory Financing Facility.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1984
Designates the month of October 1984 as National Head Injury Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984
Utah State and Federal Land Management Improvement Act of 1984 - Conveys specified Federal land to the State of Utah. Specifies conditions of such conveyance. Requires all mineral revenues received on such conveyed lands to be distributed 50 percent to the State of Utah and 50 percent to the United States. Authorizes the State share to be used as the State Legislature directs. Makes the State of Utah and the United States each responsible for the collection and distribution of mineral revenues on lands each has acquired. Requires the United States and State of Utah to submit annual reports to one another detailing the mineral activity and revenues occurring on the exchanged lands. Exempts certain lands from the mineral revenue distribution requirements. Limits the distribution of revenues received from metalliferous leases on exchanged lands to ten years after the date of conveyance. Includes in each conveyance under this Act the entire surface and subsurface estate. Provides holders of rights with the right of conversion to equivalent new rights under the laws of the acquiring entity. Maintains the rights and privileges of permits and leases for domestic livestock grazing on lands affected by the exchanges under this Act. Requires the State and the United States to assume each other's rights and duties under grazing leases and permits as existed prior to the land exchanges under this Act. Prescribes guidelines to protect valid existing claims for metalliferous minerals on exchanged lands. Extinguishes any claim which is converted under State law to a preferential, noncompetitive mineral lease, sale permit or other disposition. Authorizes the State to select Federal lands of approximately equal value elsewhere in the State if the State's title to exchanged lands is encumbered for more than 20 years after enactment of this Act. Directs the State to assume all Federal rights and responsibilities concerning Federal mineral leases on lands conveyed to it. Makes all payments formerly due to the United States payable to the State. Requires the State and Federal Government, respectively, to assume all of each other's rights and responsibilities regarding nonmetalliferous leases and contracts on exchanged lands. Conveys existing water rights, rights of way, and special use agreements with the conveyed lands. Provides for payments by the United States in lieu of taxes on State lands acquired under this Act. Amends the Utah Enabling Act to provide that lands granted for the support of common schools may be used by the State at less than fair market value for public purposes by State and local agencies. Authorizes appropriations.
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 · 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 · 3 August 1984
Directs the President to designate March 1985 as National Mental Retardation Awareness Month.
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 · 17 July 1984
Financial Services Competitive Equity Act - Title I: Financial Institutions Competitive Equity - Amends the Banking Act of 1933 to allow a member bank to be affiliated with a depository institution securities affiliate. Allows an officer, director, or employee of a member bank to serve at the same time as an officer, director, or employee of any of its depository institution securities affiliates. Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt from the registration requirements of such Act the issuance of a holding company's shares in connection with a reorganization in which the holding company becomes the parent of a bank or thrift institution. Amends the definition of "appropriate regulatory agency" to make the Securities and Exchange Commission the appropriate regulatory agency for enforcing a depository institution securities affiliate's compliance with regulations governing transactions in municipal securities. Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to redefine the term "bank" to mean: (1) a bank insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; (2) any institution that both accepts deposits that are withdrawable by a check or similar means and engages in the business of making commercial loans; or (3) a State-chartered, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - insured stock savings bank which was in existence on October 15, 1982, which is engaged in the business of making commercial loans and which, on the date of this Act, is not a Federal savings bank. Defines the terms "commercial loans," "depository institution securities affiliate," and "depository institution holding company" for the purposes of such Act. Provides a 30 day notice process for the formation of a bank holding company. Requires a bank holding company to divest itself of certain nonbank banks acquired after July 1, 1983. (A "nonbank bank" is a bank holding company subsidiary with a bank charter but which, by either not offering demand deposits or not making commercial loans, avoids the definition of "bank" under the Bank Holding Company Act, thus allowing the parent company to avoid certain activities restrictions and/or restrictions on interstate ownership of bank subsidiaries.) Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to expand the types of activities in which a bank holding company may directly engage. Sets forth certain grandfather rights for companies that acquired a nonbank bank before July 1, 1983. Permits bank holding companies, after notice and subject to approval by the Federal Reserve Board, to engage in the following: (1) ownership of thrift institutions subject to bank interstate operations and branching restrictions; and (2) activities closely related to banking or managing or controlling banks. Requires a bank holding company to submit a notice to the Federal Reserve Board 60 days in advance of engaging in any such activities. Authorizes bank holding companies to acquire one or more thrift institutions. Permits bank holding companies to operate a depository institution securities affiliate. Prohibits any bank holding company that establishes or acquires a securities affiliate, or that engages in securities affiliate activities, from permitting any of its subsidiary banks to engage in any of specified securities activities. Authorizes a depository institution securities affiliate to conduct all of the securities and securities-related activities that a national bank is not prohibited from conducting. Specifies activities that may be conducted by a bank holding company or a holding company securities affiliate. Subjects all transactions between a bank and its depository institution securities affiliate to the restrictions on interaffiliate transactions contained in the Federal Reserve Act. Permits savings and loan holding companies to acquire depository institution securities affiliates. Provides that no State may prohibit an affiliation between a national banking association and a company engaged in any of the activities authorized by this Act. Subjects Federal Reserve Board orders regarding bank holding companies and securities affiliates to judicial review solely on questions relating to the Board's findings on the issue of unfair competition and of whether a proposed activity is permissible for a bank holding company. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to set forth restrictions on transactions between member banks and their affiliates. Provides for exemptions from such restrictions. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to describe the depository institution service corporation activities permissible for depository institutions. Provides grandfather rights to service corporation investors and for service corporation activities where an investment was made and the activities were commenced prior to July 1, 1983. Amends the National Housing Act to subject unitary savings and loan holding companies which are not qualified thrift lenders to the same restrictions on their activities as multiple savings and loan holding companies. Grandfathers, under specified circumstances, certain activities of unitary savings and loan holding companies that were in existence on July 1, 1983, and which do not become qualified thrift lenders. Increases the number of the activities authorized for all savings and loan holding companies. Exempts a company that acquires a Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)-insured institution pursuant to emergency thrift acquisition provisions from the restrictions on business activities applicable to savings and loan holding companies. Authorizes a holding company that was a unitary savings and loan holding company on July 1, 1983, to continue to engage in any activity in which it was engaged on June 27, 1984. Sets forth permissible activities for savings and loan holding companies. Requires a savings and loan holding company to notify the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation 60 days in advance of engaging in any such activity. Authorizes savings and loan holding companies to acquire one or more banks. Permits the activities of companies which own or control shares of a single savings and loan association to continue to engage in certain activities conducted exclusively overseas, provided such companies were chartered in a foreign country by June 1, 1984. Exempts from the prohibitions against interaffiliate transactions any transactions between FSLIC-insured thrifts and their affiliates engaged in permissible savings and loan holding company activities. Exempts from prior approval requirements the formation of a savings and loan holding company involving a simple reorganization of interest from individual ownership to holding company form. Subjects Federal Home Loan Bank Board orders under the National Housing Act to judicial review on questions related to the Board's findings regarding the issue of unfair competition and whether the proposed activity is permissible for a savings and loan holding company. Declares that no State shall prohibit the affiliation of any federally-chartered thrift institution with a company engaged in permissible activities for savings and loan holding companies. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to authorize Federal savings and loan associations to offer demand deposits to all their customers. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to require members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system to meet the qualified thrift lender asset test in order to obtain advances from a Federal Home Loan Bank. Authorizes a waiver of such requirement in appropriate circumstances. Amends the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 to extend the capital assistance programs for three years. Permits national banks to lease tangible personal property in amounts up to ten percent of the assets of the bank. Amends the National Housing Act to apply to FSLIC-insured institutions the provisions of the Bank Act of 1933 relating to affiliations between member banks and organizations engaged principally in certain securities activities, and relating to certain officer, director, or employee relationships involving member banks and a person or organization primarily engaged in certain securities activities. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to apply these same provisions to insured nonmember banks, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the establishment of holding companies for mutual thrift institutions. Amends the Homeowners' Loan Act of 1933 to authorize Federal thrift institutions to underwrite and deal in mortgage-backed securities through separate holding company subsidiaries (mortgage securities corporations). Title II: Credit Union Amendments - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to permit a term of longer than 15 years on second mortgage loans when approved by the National Credit Union Administration Board. Provides for regulation by the Board defining fidelity bond coverage for credit union officers and employees. Repeals the sunset provision concerning conservatorship authority given the Administration in the three year emergency acquisitions provisions of the Garn-St Germain Act. Title III: Bankers Bank - Permits a national banking association, if certain conditions are met, to purchase for its own account shares of stock of a bank or a holding company which owns or controls such a bank. Title IV: Competitive Savings Incentive - Competitive Savings Incentive Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to provide that reserves held by the following may be in the form of vault cash, or as deposits in an Earnings Participation Account at a Federal Reserve Bank which shall receive interest earnings paid each month at the rate earned on the securities portfolio of the Federal Reserve System during that month: (1) any bank, loan association, or mutual or stock bank against accounts authorized by the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 or transaction accounts authorized after December 1, 1982; (2) any insured credit union against any comparable accounts; and (3) any other institution against any comparable accounts authorized under laws and regulations applicable to such institutions, where such reserves are held pursuant to Federal law. Title V: Consumer Leases and Lease-Purchase Agreements - Consumer Lease and Lease-Purchase Agreement Act - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to establish certain disclosure requirements for consumer lease and lease purchase agreements. Allocates liability between lessors and lessees and parties to lease purchase agreements. Grants the Federal Trade Commission primary but not exclusive enforcement authority under this Act. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations. Preempts State laws on consumer credit in specified circumstances. Title VI: Deposit Availability - Fair Deposit Availability Act of 1984 - Requires a depository institution to give a customer written disclosure of its general policy on withdrawal of funds deposited into a deposit account. Requires that interest be computed on a check deposited in an interest bearing account starting no later than the date the institution receives provisional credit for the check. Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to publish for comment a regulation for the purpose of improving the check clearing system used by depository institutions. Requires the Board to establish an Expedited Funds Availability Council to advise and consult with the Board in the exercise of its functions under this title. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to require that funds deposited by a check drawn on the Treasury, which is endorsed for deposit by a customer with an established relationship with the depository institution, be available for withdrawal when the depository institution is given provisional credit for that check. Sets forth civil penalties for institutions that fail to comply with this Act. Requires the Board to prepare a study and submit its findings to Congress on the effect of improvements and changes in the check clearing system. Title VII: Credit Deregulation and Availability - Credit Deregulation and Availability Act of 1984 - Amends the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 to state that if the applicable rate of interest allowed is greater than State law would otherwise permit for business and agricultural credit, then any lender may charge interest at the Federal rate. Sets forth a penalty for charging an interest rate higher than allowed by this title. Applies the provisions of this title to business and agricultural credit extended between April 1, 1980, and July 1, 1987. Identifies business and agricultural credit which will not be affected by this title. Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to permit the Board of Directors of each credit union to set the interest rates of the institution. Title VIII: Brokered Deposits - Brokered Deposits Act of 1984 - Amends the National Housing Act to prohibit the Federal Home Loan Bank Board from promulgating rules or regulations which would have the effect of causing the deposit insurance available to a person for deposits or accounts placed through a deposit broker to differ from the deposit insurance available to such a person for deposits or accounts not placed through a deposit broker. Prohibits an insured institution from accepting or maintaining short-term insured accounts placed through a deposit broker in excess of the lesser of: (1) 200 percent of the institution's unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus; or (2) 15 percent of total deposits. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to make similar prohibitions with respect to the FDIC Board of Directors and FDIC-insured institutions. Title IX: Fraudulent Use of Credit Cards and Debit Cards - Amends the Truth In Lending Act to prescribe a fine or imprisonment for certain fraudulent uses of credit cards, debit instruments or account numbers. Title X: Interstate Banking - Interstate Banking Act of 1984 - Authorizes interstate bank branching among States in which State laws specifically authorize such branching. Requires the President to report to Congress concerning the effect of this Act on the financial, economic, and banking environment. Terminates the statutory amendments enacted in this title five years after the date of enactment. Title XI: Miscellaneous - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to permanently exempt advances on open-end lines of credit secured by real estate from Truth-in-Lending Act rescission rights. Amends the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 to require the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to publish model forms for mobile home loan transactions subject to Board consumer regulations which apply when State usury laws are preempted. Eliminates the exemption for attorneys from the provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to provide maximum information to the private sector concerning the service activities of the Federal reserve banks. Requires the Board to establish a Payments System Advisory Council to advise and consult with it in the exercise of its payment system functions. Provides that organizations operated primarily for political purposes and not for profit are eligible to own negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) accounts. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit a company from purchasing at a price above the market any of its securities from a person who holds more than three percent of such securities and who has held them for less than two years. Prohibits, during certain tender offers for any class of securities, any increase in the current or future compensation of any officer or director.
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 · 28 June 1984
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to allow a metropolitan city or urban county to conduct activities under the community development block grant program in areas in which a majority of the residents are not persons of low and moderate income if: (1) such areas have a higher proportion of low- and moderate-income persons than 75 percent of all areas in the jurisdiction; and (2) restricting such activities to the few areas of such jurisdiction in which a majority of the residents are low- and moderate-income persons would be plainly inappropriate to address the needs of such persons in the jurisdiction generally. Allows States to use a specified amount of the community development block grant funds received for distribution in nonentitlement areas for administrative expenses of the rental rehabilitation grant program. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) permit States to use rental rehabilitation grant funds for eligible activities in any areas which do not receive direct allocations of such funds; and (2) provide that low-income families who are displaced by activities under the rental rehabilitation grant program shall be eligible for assistance under the housing voucher program. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to repeal a provision delaying implementation of regulations limiting the use of housing assistance to only U.S. citizens and other specified residents. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to revise requirements concerning the availability of subsidized housing for very low-income families to require that: (1) at least 40 percent of the funds appropriated for rural housing loans be set aside for very low-income families; and (2) at least 30 percent of such funds allocated to each State be set aside for very low-income families. Amends the National Housing Act to authorize Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance for condominiums converted from rental units if before April 20, 1984: (1) application was made to the Secretary for a commitment to insure a mortgage covering such a unit; (2) in the case of a direct endorsement, the mortgagee received the case number assigned by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for a project unit; or (3) application was made for approval of the project for a Veterans Administration guarantee, direct loan, or insurance. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require local governments and local public agencies to retain income from outstanding urban renewal projects if it is used under the community development block grant program. Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to provide that certain funds appropriated for the special discretionary fund of the community development block grant program for FY 1984 shall be available for the neighborhood development demonstration.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should seek agreements with other nations: (1) to plan for space station activities that would permit space rescue operations; and (2) for exchange of scientific and technical information that would aid such space rescue operations pursuant to specified space and rescue agreements. Urges the President to examine other opportunities for mutually beneficial international coordination of U.S. permanent space station programs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Designates the week of October 14 through October 21, 1984, as National Housing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1984
Designates the week of September 16 through September 22, 1984, as National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1984
Designates the week beginning on October 7, 1984, as National Neighborhood Housing Services Week.
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 · 13 June 1984
Authorizes requesting purchasers of Federal timber to buy out pre-1982 and specified reformed contracts held with the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior. Permits cancellation of up to 55 percent of a contract's volume, with a maximum of 200,000,000 board feet and a minimum of 15,000,000 board feet for any one purchaser. Bases purchaser cost on net worth and projected contract losses. States that amounts collected from buy-outs shall be available for timber management appropriation. Limits FY 1984 Forest Service region six timber sales to 4,300,000,000 board feet. States that beginning in FY 1985 and continuing until completion of specified 1983 contract extensions (but at least through FY 1991) such region's timber sales shall be adjusted to specified levels. Treats affiliated concerns as a single entity for purposes of calculating net worth and buy-out limitations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1984
Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to present a gold medal to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1984
Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to eliminate provisions that prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from selling or disposing of pledged or mortgaged property acquired by the Secretary at any foreclosure or other sale unless: (1) the Secretary assures that such property will meet safety, sanitation, and energy conservation standards; (2) the recipient of the property is required to meet such standards before such property is occupied; or (3) such recipient is precluded from using such property for residential purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1984
Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to present a gold medal to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1984
Designates the portion of 16th Street, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, between L and M Streets, as Andrei Sakharov Avenue.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1984
Condemns the infringement of religious freedom by the Warsaw Pact states. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should raise the failure of the Warsaw Pact states to fulfill commitments on religious freedom undertaken in the Helsinki Final Act and to respect international law on human rights in the area of religion at every appropriate international forum, including all of the meetings of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and appropriate gatherings of the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1984
Expresses the sense of Congress that the portion of the street in the District of Columbia on which is located the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the portion of any street in any other city in the United States on which is located a consular office or mission of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, should be named Andrei Sakharov Avenue.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1984
Designates July 20, 1984, as Space Exploration Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Electric Consumers Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a new license to an existing licensee for a hydroelectric project authorized under such Act if the United States does not, upon the expiration of the existing license, exercise its right to take over, maintain, and operate such licensee's project, unless the Commission determines that such licensee's project will not meet the licensing standards under such Act. Provides that if the Commission determines that such licensee's project does not meet such standards, the Commission is authorized to issue a new license to a new licensee which may cover the existing licensee's project provided that the new licensee pays just compensation determined by the Commission and enters into any contracts required under the Federal Power Act. (Under current law, the Commission is authorized to issue a new license to the original licensee or to a new licensee if the United States does not exercise its rights with respect to an expired license.)
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Uniform Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent in FY 1987, and ten percent in FY 1988, of certain Federal-aid highway funds from States in which the minimum drinking age is less than 21 years.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Designates the week of December 9 through December 15, 1984, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Federal Deposit Insurance Improvements Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to allow the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to define any terms used in such Act which are not specifically defined by it, and to interpret the definitions of any terms that are so specifically defined. Allows any appointive director of the Corporation to serve in office after the expiration of his term until his successor has been appointed and qualified. Permits the Corporation to set the assessment credit for any insured bank on the basis of the risks that the bank may present to the Permanent Insurance Fund. Grants the Corporation enforcement powers over national and State member banks. Authorizes the Board of Directors of the Corporation to charge reasonable fees for the examinations of banks. Broadens the definition of "affiliate" to include subsidiaries of insured banks. Requires the Corporation serve as a receiver for all closed insured banks. Sets priorities for payment of claims against the estate of a failed bank. States that the Corporation as receiver of a closed insured bank shall not be required to furnish bond and shall have the right to appoint agents to assist it in its duties as such receiver. Eliminates the requirement that banking agencies must seek reports from the Comptroller of the Currency and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Requires the agencies to request such reports from the Attorney General. Drops the requirement that the Corporation must approve domestic bank branches in advance.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Insured Institutions Improvements Act of 1984 - Title I: Insurance of Accounts - Savings Insurance Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) to establish classes of accounts and to determine whether accounts in any such class constitute insured accounts. Authorizes the FSLIC to assess an additional premium against institutions which engage in activities not authorized for Federal associations or which exceed certain percentage-of-assets limitations. Title II: Enforcement - Savings Institutions Enforcement Act of 1984 - Amends the National Housing Act to extend the authority of the FSLIC concerning cease and desist proceedings to include institution-related parties that it determines are engaging in an unsafe or unsound practice in conducting the business of an insured institution. Requires the FSLIC to show some dissipation of assets or some weakening of an insured institution (currently a substantial dissipation of assets or a serious weakening) in order to constitute grounds for issuing a temporary cease and desist order. Revises provisions dealing with the suspension or removal of directors and officers and with civil penalties assessed against violators of cease and desist orders. Authorizes petitions for injunctive relief against violators. Title III: Payment of Insurance - Insurance Amendments of 1984 - Amends the National Housing Act to state that the FSLIC, where it pays insurance on accounts of a defaulted institution, shall be subrogated to all rights of the insured member to the extent of such payment. Permits the FSLIC to withhold payment of insurance to insured depositors to the extent of any liability as stockholder or any liability to the institution or the receiver (other than a liability as borrower under a note that has not defaulted). Title IV: Receivership Powers, Automatic Stay, and Priorities - Receivership Improvement Act of 1984 - Amends the National Housing Act to provide that the FSLIC, in connection with its activities as receiver, shall not be required to furnish bond, but may employ necessary personnel and pay related expenses from the receivership funds. Provides for an automatic stay on claims against the receiver with specified exceptions. Establishes priorities among claimants against the estates of failed institutions. Title V: Change in Control Amendments - Change in Control Amendments of 1984 - Authorizes the FSLIC to issue a conditional approval of a change in control of a savings and loan holding company. Sets forth penalties for violations of approved conditions of change in control. Extends to ten days the time within which the FSLIC must notify the proposed acquisitor after a decision to disapprove a proposed change in control. Requires the acquisition notice filed with the FSLIC to include a detailed business plan for the association for three years after acquisition. Adds to the list of conditions under which the FSLIC may disapprove a change of control. Title VI: Holding Companies - Holding Company Amendments of 1984 - Amends the National Housing Act to extend the definition of "uninsured institution" to include any deposit or account taking organization, other than a Federal savings bank, which is not insured by the FSLIC. Changes the definition of "control" to include a person who directly, indirectly or acting in concert with another person or through a subsidiary has contributed more than 25 percent of the capital of such institution. Prohibits savings and loan holding companies from directly or indirectly engaging in the activities of an underwriter or market-maker in: (1) equity securities; or (2) debt securities other than those secured by interests in real estate or that are eligible to be underwritten by national banks. Sets forth certain prohibited transactions between insured institutions and their savings and loan holding companies and affiliates. Sets forth conditions under which the FSLIC shall not approve any holding company acquisition. Prohibits the FSLIC from approving a transaction which would result in a savings and loan holding company that is itself uninsured or that has control of an uninsured institution, unless certain conditions are met. Title VII: Qualified Thrift Lenders - Qualified Thrift Lender Act of 1984 - Amends the National Housing Act to set forth the conditions for FSLIC insurance of qualified thrift lenders, including State-chartered mutual savings banks and FDIC-insured stock savings banks. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to limit to qualified thrift lenders eligibility for Federal Home Loan Bank advances by members with insured deposits. Sets forth limitations on the investment authority of a qualified thrift lender. Sets forth conditions concerning branching and emergency thrift acquisitions. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to make applicable to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the FSLIC travel and subsistence expenses provisions which are applicable to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to permit Federal associations to accept demand deposits without limitation. Eliminates the requirement that negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) accounts be issued only to individuals or to non-business type organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1984
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to extend the authorities under such Act through June 28, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1984
Designates June 14, 1984, as Baltic Freedom Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Designates July 17, 1984, as Spanish American War Veteran 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 · 2 May 1984
Act for Rewards for Information Concerning Terrorist Acts - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide a reward not to exceed $500,000 to any individual who furnishes information regarding an act of terrorism directed against a U.S. person or U.S. property. Authorizes the Attorney General or the Secretary of State to determine whether an individual is entitled to a reward and the amount to be paid. Provides that a reward of $100,000 or more may not be made without the approval of the President. Allows for the protection of the identity of the recipient of a reward if it is determined that such measures are necessary. Authorizes appropriations. Makes Federal, State and local officers and employees ineligible for such payment.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Act for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Hostage-Taking - Provides for the implementation of the International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages. Amends the kidnapping provisions of the Federal Criminal Code to include within the prohibition threatening to kill, injure, or continue to detain the kidnap victim in order to compel a third party to do or abstain from doing any act as a condition for the release of the victim. Imposes a penalty of 20 years imprisonment for such hostage-taking. Authorizes the United States, if the kidnap victim is an internationally protected person or if the kidnapping is a hostage-taking, to exercise jurisdiction if: (1) the offense was committed within the United States; (2) the alleged offender is a U.S. national; (3) the victim was a U.S. national; or (4) the offender is present within the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General to request aid from any Federal, State, or local agency in the course of enforcing the prohibition against hostage-taking.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Aircraft Sabotage Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense to willfully: (1) set fire, damage, destroy or interfere with the operation of any aircraft; (2) place a destructive device or substance in or in proximity to any aircraft in order to make it unusable or hazardous to work; (3) damage any air navigation facility; (4) damage, destroy, or disable any appliance, structure, ramp, landing area or property used in connection with the operation or maintenance of any such aircraft; (5) incapacitate or use violence against any individual on such aircraft; (6) communicate false information endangering the safety of such aircraft; or (7) attempt to accomplish any of the above. Provides for a fine of not more than $100,000 or imprisonment for not more than 20 years or both. Establishes a separate offense with regard to using violence against any individual on board or destroying or damaging an aircraft registered in a country other than the United States. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the definition of "special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States". Makes it a Federal criminal act to impart or convey threats dealing with the destruction of aircraft, motor vehicles, trains or vessels. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide civil and criminal penalties for conveying false information in regard to aircraft piracy, crimes on aircraft and interference with flight crew members. Prohibits any person, except authorized law enforcement officers or government employees from carrying a concealed or dangerous weapon in flight. Increases the criminal fines for certain aircraft violations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Prohibition Against Training or Support of Terrorist Organizations Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit U.S. nationals, resident aliens, and businesses from serving in, training, assisting or recruiting for an international terrorist group or the armed forces or an intelligence agency of any foreign government. Provides for a fine of not more than five times the total compensation received for such violation, or $100,000, whichever is greater, or imprisonment for not more than 10 years. Provides for the forfeiture of any property obtained as the result of such an offense.