United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
National Commission on Neurofibromatosis Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within 60 days a National Commission on Neurofibromatosis which shall formulate a plan to identify the research needed to develop an effective treatment and a cure for neurofibromatosis. Sets forth operating and related provisions. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Commission to transmit interim reports. Requires the Commission to make a final report to the President and to each House of Congress within two years. Terminates the Commission three months after submission of the final report.
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 · 21 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the capital gains tax on disposition of investments in U.S. real property by foreign citizens. Repeals the withholding of tax on dispositions of U.S. real property interests and the special reporting requirements with respect to U.S. real property interests.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States shall not terminate or withdraw from any defense or security treaty unless: (1) the Senate has given its advice and consent, or both Houses have agreed to such termination or withdrawal; or (2) such treaty or the resolution of ratification of such treaty provides that the President alone can terminate it. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should report to the President pro tempore of the Senate whenever the President notifies any foreign entity that the United States intends to terminate or withdraw from any defense or security treaty or whenever the President determines that such treaty has lapsed or is suspended.
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
Federal Election Campaign Expenditure Limits Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal a specified allowance for political fund raising expenditures. Requires an additional pre-election report of receipts and disbursements by the treasurer of a congressional candidate's principal campaign committee. Reduces from $1,000 to $500 the contribution thresholds which must be reported by the principal campaign committee of a congressional candidate. Delineates specific categories in which reported campaign operating expenses must be itemized. Reduces from $1000 to $500 any independent expenditure aggregate which must be reported. Requires specified political committees which must file disbursement and receipt reports to make such reports available for public inspection and purchase. Requires political committees which make communications soliciting contributions to identify the officers, organizers, and organizations associated with such committees. Prohibits political parties from holding nominating conventions for the office of President or Vice-President before the first Monday in September of an election year. Prohibits any person or entity from incurring costs or expenditures to solicit contributions for a presidential or vice-presidential candidate before June 1 of an election year. Sets limits upon such expenditures. Raises the expenditure ceiling for: (1) nomination for the office of President from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000; and (2) election to the office of President from $20,000,000 to $25,000,000. Repeals the linkage between the Consumer Price Index and limitations placed on campaign expenditures. Sets limitations on expenditures: (1) for primary and general election campaigns for the Senate and the House of Representatives; and (2) from personal funds for the office of President, Senator, and Representative. Sets limitations on independent expenditures in connection with a clearly identified candidate. Repeals the public financing provisions of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act, the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act, and the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Barter Promotion Act of 1983 - Directs the President to coordinate Federal barter policy through the Executive Office of the President. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, the Agricultural Act of 1954, and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to require utilization of private U.S. trading companies in barter transactions. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to eliminate the restriction on multilateral bartering. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1954 and the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to eliminate certain Commodity Credit Corporation barter reimbursement requirements. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress within 60 days on the activities of the administration's interagency barter committee.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
In-Flight Medical Emergencies Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue final rules requiring passenger- carrying aircraft to carry medical supplies and equipment for the treatment of in-flight emergencies. Provides relief from State or Federal civil liability for any licensed medical personnel or air carrier employee who renders emergency medical aid on an airplane or who continues such aid until arrival at a medical facility. Extends such relief to an airplane's crew and owner or operator for providing on-board emergency medical supplies. Makes such relief from liability inapplicable if the actions were done recklessly or with gross negligence.
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
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
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Communications Commission should affirm that State and local regulations must not: (1) discriminate among amateur radio antennas and other types of home communications transmission or reception antennas; and (2) prohibit or frustrate the transmission or reception of amateur radio communications by federally licensed amateur radio stations, except as necessary to carry out a compelling governmental interest related to community health and safety.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Communications Commission should affirm that State and local regulations must not: (1) discriminate among home satellite reception antennas; (2) prohibit or frustrate the reception of satellite transmitted programming by the public, except as necessary to carry out a compelling government interest, or (3) restrict any means of delivering or receiving satellite programming in order to provide a competitive advantage to any other means of delivering or receiving such programming.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1984
Expresses the Senate's appreciation to members of the entertainment industry, especially the Entertainment Industries Council, for their work in discouraging and communicating the danger of drug use.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984
Expresses the Senate's appreciation to members of the entertainment industry, especially the Entertainment Industries Council, for their work in discouraging and communicating the danger of drug use.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1984
Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require that the Director and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence be appointed from among career civilian or military intelligence officers.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1984
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit willful or malicious interference to radio communications. Authorizes the United States to seize any device causing such interference on the reasonable belief that seizure is necessary to prevent continued willful or malicious interference. Subjects such device to forfeiture if it is determined that the prohibition of this Act has been violated.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1984
Amends Federal law relating to the water rights of the Ak-Chin Indian community to direct the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to deliver annually a permanent water supply to a certain part of the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation starting not later than January 1, 1988. Reduces the amount of such water supply from 85,000 to 75,000 acre-feet of surface water suitable for agricultural use. Requires the Secretary to make additional deliveries of specified acre-feet of water as requested by the Community in any year in which sufficient surface water is available. Conditions such requirement upon the Secretary's determination that sufficient capacity is available for such additional delivery. Specifies a minimum annual permanent water delivery in times of shortage. Requires the Secretary to construct and maintain water delivery systems at no cost to the community. Identifies the water sources from which the permanent water delivery shall be supplied. Reduces the annual beneficial consumptive use of Colorado River water on the Yuma Mesa Division of the Gila project from 300,000 acre-feet to 250,000 acre-feet. Restricts the use of such water to the irrigation of 40,000 acres in the Yuma Mesa Division. Requires the Secretary to pay specified sums for: (1) the repair and replacement of water delivery systems; and (2) on-farm water conservation and drainage measures. Directs the Secretary to amend certain repayment contracts in order to discharge repayment obligations owing to the United States on the date of enactment of this Act Details conditions under which the Secretary is required to pay damages measured by: (1) the costs of undelivered water; and (2) maintenance and replacement costs of on reservation wells and of the Central Arizona project. Entitles the Ak-Chin Indian Community to use the permanent water supply for any purpose. Prohibits the permanent alienation of any water right by such Community. Subjects any sale, exchange or temporary disposal of water by the Community to a contract which has been: (1) ratified by the Community Council; and (2) approved by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to sell, on an interim basis, surplus water not required for delivery to the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation. Deems the Secretary's obligation to deliver an interim water supply to the Community fully discharged upon: (1) payment by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Community for general community purposes; (2) provision of certain grants by the Secretary to the Community for economic purposes and for agricultural development.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal rules relating to the determination of the issue price of certain debt instruments issued for property. Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to repeal the revisions made to rules for the imputation of interest on certain deferred payments. Provides that the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied and administered as if such revisions had not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1984
Alzheimer's Disease Research Coordination Act of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the National Institute on Aging to coordinate Alzheimer's disease research and related research in various scientific disciplines conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) insure that a portion of the budget of the Alzheimer's disease research centers is used for related multidisciplinary research; and (2) report annually to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1984
Indian Coal Mining Regulatory Act of 1984 - Makes Indian lands within the exterior boundaries of any Federal Indian reservation subject to this Act. Creates within the Treasury the Tribal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund (The Tribal Fund), comprised of funds generated by surface coal mining activities within exterior boundaries of Indian reservations under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to expend specified funds in any State or to any Indian tribe for surface mining reclamation purposes. Directs the Secretary to invest on a quarterly basis all receipts accruing to the Tribal Fund in public debt securities. Requires a specified percentage of the Tribal Funds annual deposits to be allocated by the Secretary to: (1) tribes with ownership interests in the coal; and (2) Indian lands adversely affected by past mining practices. Requires specified funds to be allocated to Indian tribes from whose lands such funds were derived. Enumerates the purposes for which appropriations from the Tribal Fund may be expended by Indian tribes. Authorizes Indian tribes to submit tribal regulatory programs concerning surface coal mining operations within exterior reservation boundaries. Authorizes such tribes to adopt a partial, phased regulatory program to be implemented over a period of time. Directs the Secretary to: (1) approve or disapprove a tribal regulatory program within a certain time period; and (2) implement a Federal Indian lands program for certain aspects of Federal surface coal mining and reclamation law which have not been assumed by an Indian tribe under an approved tribal regulatory program. Authorizes any Indian tribe to contract: (1) with the Secretary for tribal participation in a Federal program; or (2) with the States for tribal participation in State regulatory programs where a mining operation extends beyond the exterior boundary of an Indian reservation. Declares the Federal Government to be the exclusive authority for the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation operations on an Indian reservation if no tribal regulatory program exists. Makes certain Federal law regarding surface owner protection applicable to all coal owned or held in trust for Indians by the United States if the coal is to be mined by methods other than underground mining techniques. Confers original jurisdiction upon tribal courts and authorities to impose civil penalties for violations regarding surface coal mining reclamation operations on Indian lands. Makes final tribal court judgments appealable to a Federal district court. Precludes any criminal jurisdiction by tribal courts over non-Indians. Authorizes civil actions by private citizens to compel compliance with this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to Indian tribes for tribal regulatory programs. Sets conflict-of-interests guidelines regarding appointments to a tribal regulatory authority. Prohibits any consideration of a mining permit application until the appropriate tribe has evaluated an archaeological, historical and cultural resources investigation of the proposed mining area. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the President and the Congress regarding implementation of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
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 · 23 July 1984
Papago-Sif Oidak Chuichu Area Water Settlement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make annual deliveries of specified quantities of water suitable for agricultural use to the Chuichu area of the Sells Papago Reservation, Arizona (the Reservation). Lists sources which may be used to supply such water. Directs the Secretary to construct and maintain water facilities to make such annual deliveries possible. Directs the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies regarding: (1) the construction on specified property in the Silver Reef area of a multi-purpose dam; and (2) flood-water diversion facilities behind Tat Momolik Dam. Directs the Secretary to construct and maintain such flood control projects subject to feasibility and Papago Tribe consent. Requires the Secretary upon the request of the Papago Tribe to construct and maintain an irrigation system within the Chuichu area of the Sells Reservation sufficient for the distribution of specified acre-feet of water. Confers responsibility upon the Papago Tribe for the cost, construction and maintenance of another such irrigation system. Conditions the Secretary's obligation regarding the water distribution systems upon agreement by the Papago Tribe to: (1) subjugate the land at no cost to the United States; and (2) assume responsibility for the maintenance and replacement of such distribution systems. Empowers the Papago Tribe to devote all water supplies to any use within or outside the Papago Reservation. Requires the Secretary to pay damages equal to the replacement costs of any water quantities which have not been delivered under this Act. Conditions the Secretary's obligation to execute this Act upon tribal waiver of certain claims against the United States regarding the Maricopa-Stanfield water basin. Requires the Secretary to implement specified water resources projects in the Vaiva Vo farms area of the Reservation. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay: (1) the Papago Tribe a certain sum for damage claims regarding the Federal taking of tribal lands in connection with the Tat Momolik Dam; and (2) compensation to Tat Momolik Village residents. Directs the Secretary to study possible detrimental effects upon a certain village resulting from the Tat Momolik Dam construction. Directs the Secretary to pay a certain amount to the Papago Tribe governing body as trustee for the Tribe. Requires such funds to be invested in interest-bearing securities. Restricts the use and expenditure of such funds. Transfers to the Papago Tribe of Arizona all water rights attached to the public lands in the South Vekol water basin.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1984
Gila Bend Land Exchange and Settlement Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to exchange a certain acreage of arable land for an equivalent acreage of arable land if the Papago Tribe consents. Requires such exchange within a five-year period. Directs the Secretary to give priority under such exchange to lands with State- recognized surface water rights which are practicably irrigable. Declares that the exchanged lands shall be held in trust for the Papago Tribe as part of the Gila Bend Indian Reservation (the Reservation). Provides that surface and ground water rights which belonged to the Reservation prior to the exchange shall be severed and transferred to the exchanged lands. Entitles the Tribe to a certain amount of water for specified uses. Requires the Secretary to acquire and deliver water from enumerated sources in order to meet such tribal entitlement. Requires the Secretary to undertake, upon tribal request, certain irrigation projects on the Reservation for the distribution of specified acre-feet of water. Requires the Secretary to: (1) execute an additional land exchange for use as a village site; and (2) establish a water management plan for the Reservation. Empowers the Papago Tribe to devote all water supplies to any use. Retains the Tribe's right to exclusive use of land or flood waters which were part of the Reservation prior to the land exchanges. Requires the Secretary to pay damages equivalent to the acquisition or replacement costs of land or water quantities which have not been delivered under this Act. Conditions the Secretary's obligation to implement certain water distribution systems upon: (1) tribal subjugation of the land for which such systems are to be implemented; and (2) tribal responsibility for the water systems upon completion of such projects. Conditions the Secretary's obligation to execute this Act upon tribal waiver of certain claims against the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to pay specified amounts to the tribal governing body as trustee for the benefit of the Tribe as a whole and for the San Lucy district of the Tribe in particular. Restricts the use and expenditure of such trust funds for specified purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1984
Congratulates and commends the United States of America Philharmonic Society for its work on behalf of the Nation's young musicians and its commitment to furthering better understanding among peoples of all nations through the language of music.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1984
Congratulates and commends the USA Philharmonic Society for its work on behalf of the Nation's young musicians and its commitment to furthering better understanding among peoples of all nations through the language of music.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 5 June 1984
Native American Culture and Art Development Act - Establishes a corporation to be known as the Institute of Native American Culture and Arts Development, with a board of trustees including Native Americans from the private sector, appointed by the President, and Members of Congress. Identifies the Institute's primary functions as: (1) scholarly study and instruction in Native American arts and culture; and (2) the establishment of degree-awarding programs in Native American art and culture. Establishes within the Institute: (1) a Center for Culture and Art Studies; and (2) a Center for Research and Cultural Exchange. Establishes the Institute as non-profit and tax-exempt. Prohibits the Institute from engaging in any political activity regarding elective public office. Transfers to the Institute the functions of the Institute of American Indian Arts. Directs the President of the Institute to submit an annual report to the Congress and the Board. Establishes the Institute of American Indian Arts, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the site of the Institute of Native American Culture and Arts Development. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1985 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (Agency) and the Department of Defense. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees of any intent to spend funds other than as specifically authorized. Prohibits reprogramming or fund transfers except in restricted circumstances. Provides that the authorization of appropriations shall not constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence to employ civilian personnel in excess of the ceiling for such personnel when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notice to the appropriate congressional committees whenever such authority is exercised. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1985. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 211 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: Administrative Provisions Relating to Intelligence Agencies - Transfers to the Director of Central Intelligence from the Administrator of General Services authority to protect Agency facilities, property, and personnel. Title V: Defense Intelligence Agency Personnel Management Improvements - Revises certain management policies regarding civilian personnel within the Defense Intelligence Agency (including hiring and compensation). Exempts the Defense Intelligence Agency from civil service laws. Permits the Defense Intelligence Agency to withhold disclosure of information on its organization, function or personnel except for information required by the National Security Act of 1947. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to terminate employment of any civilian officer or employee when it is in the interest of the United States. Title VI: Representation Counterintelligence and Official Representation - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the numbers, status, privileges and immunities within the United States of official representatives of any foreign government engaged in intelligence activities harmful to U.S. security should not exceed the respective numbers, status, privileges and immunities within such country of official representatives of the United States. Makes the President responsible for action to achieve this goal with respect to the number of persons granted diplomatic status. Provides for annual reports by the President to the appropriate congressional committees on the actions taken to implement these objectives. Title VII: General Provisions - Allows increases in employee benefits as authorized by law.
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 · 15 May 1984
Designates June 30, 1984, as Screen Actors Guild Day and extends the gratitude of the Senate to the Screen Actors Guild. Calls on all Americans to recognize and celebrate the contribution to American culture of the Guild and its members.
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