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United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1985
Amends the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the Walsh-Healey Act to require overtime compensation only for hours of employment in excess of 40 hours in a workweek for employees of Federal Government contractors or subcontractors.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1985
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988 to be used by the Secretary of Commerce to assist in the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities. Repeals a provision that requires 75 percent of the funds appropriated for such purposes in a fiscal year to be available to extend delivery of public telecommunications services to areas not receiving such services. Authorizes appropriations, to match up to a specified amount of non-Federal contributions to public broadcasting entities, for the Public Broadcasting Fund for FY 1987 through 1990. Repeals a provision that requires that a specified portion of the amount made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from the Fund be earmarked for expenses of research, training, technical assistance, engineering, instructional support, and the payment of interest on indebtedness. Repeals provisions requiring a public telecommunications entity to refund to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting an amount of Federal funds equal to the amount of any unrelated business income tax paid by such entity.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1985
Recognizes the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Older Americans Act of 1965, and reaffirms congressional support for such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1985
Japanese Technical Literature Act of 1985 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Commerce, on a continuing basis and through the Director of the Office of Industrial Technology, to increase the availability of Japanese science and engineering literature to U.S. businesses, scientists, and engineers through increased accessibility, monitoring, screening, translation, abstracting, indexing, dissemination, and marketing. Authorizes the Secretary, in conducting such activity, to: (1) make grants to private for profit, nonprofit, and educational organizations (and, to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, enter into contracts with such organizations); (2) provide funds to, and coordinate with, other Government organizations; and (3) utilize (for all or part of this effort) the directors, staff, and facilities of the National Bureau of Standards and the National Technical Information Service. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1985
Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to deny authority to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to find a method of competition unfair if, in any action under the Sherman Act, such method of competition would be held to constitute State action. Denies the FTC authority to study, investigate, or prosecute agricultural cooperatives for any conduct not in violation of antitrust Acts. Outlines procedures which the FTC must follow before issuing any complaint against a cooperative. Denies FTC authority to issue a complaint if it believes an exemption to the conduct complained of exists in the Capper-Volstead Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to designate those individuals who may have access to documents or information received from the FTC. Requires confidentiality of such individuals. Prohibits Department of Agriculture officials or employees from requesting information regarding any complaint unless specifically authorized in writing by the FTC. Authorizes the Secretary to file with the FTC a statement regarding the applicability of the Capper-Volstead Act to the conduct which is the basis of the complaint. Denies the FTC authority to conduct any study or investigation of any agricultural marketing orders. Repeals the authority of the FTC to pay attorneys fees, expert witness fees, and other costs of participating in a rulemaking proceeding. Prohibits the FTC from instituting a civil action, in cases involving consent orders, to obtain civil penalties for unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Permits a district court to review certain FTC determinations of law that an act or practice was unfair or deceptive. Permits the FTC to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for certain rules only where it has reason to believe that the unfair or deceptive acts or practices are prevalent. Revises the effective dates for cease and desist orders issued by the FTC. Applies FTC civil investigative demand procedures only to acts, practices or methods of competition declared unlawful by a law. Requires that an unfair act or practice must be likely to cause substantial injury to consumers which is not reasonably avoidable by consumers themselves and not outweighed by countervailing benefits to consumers or to competition. Denies authority to the FTC to cancel the registration of a trademark on the ground that such mark has become the common descriptive name of an article or substance. Excludes Federal credit unions from the FTC's unfair acts and practices regulatory authority. Directs the National Credit Union Administration Board to promulgate and enforce regulations concerning unfair acts and practices by credit unions. Denies FTC authority to initiate any new rulemaking proceeding which results in a rule prohibiting commercial advertising on the basis that such advertising constitutes an unfair act or practice in or affecting commerce. Directs the FTC to submit to appropriate congressional committees a report describing complaints made, investigations undertaken, recommendations and opinions given, and consent agreements and other dispositions made by the Commission. Requires that such report shall also contain a statement of the reasons for the termination of any matter. Authorizes appropriations for the FTC for FY 1986 through 1988, including a specified amount to consolidate FTC Headquarters Offices in Washington, D.C., into no more than three buildings.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1985
Federal Election Reform Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to place individual and multicandidate committee contributions under the indexing provisions of the Consumer Price Index. Triples the formula ceiling on expenditures made by national and State political committees for candidates in general election campaigns for Federal office. Triples from $17,500 to $52,500 the total which may be contributed to a Senatorial candidate in an election year by: (1) the national committee of a political party; or (2) by the Republican or Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committees. Increases threefold the limits placed upon individual and multicandidate political committee contributions to other congressional or Senatorial candidates in a campaign where one candidate has contributed personal funds to his or her campaign in excess of $50,000 (or $100,000 for a Senatorial candidate in a State with three or more congressional districts). Denies such increase to the candidate who has made the excess contribution. Requires a congressional or Senatorial candidate to notify all opponents and the Federal Election Commission (Commission) within five days of making a contribution which would bring such candidate's total contribution to his or her own campaign in excess of specified amounts. Applies such trebled limits and reporting requirements to campaign debts which candidates reasonably believe will require personal contributions to their campaigns in excess of specified amounts. Triggers a trebled contribution ceiling to a candidate's opponent upon: (1) receipt of notice by the Commission that such candidate has incurred campaign debts probably requiring personal expenditures in excess of specified amounts; or (2) the Commission's determination that a candidate has failed to file a timely declaration that personal contribution will likely exceed the statutory limit. Requires a multicandidate political committee soliciting voluntary contributions to disclose the prospective contributor's right to direct a portion of a contribution to a specific candidate. Requires such a committee to act as a conduit for the directed portion of the contribution or return the entire contribution. Establishes guidelines under which independent expenditures made to a clearly identified candidate or to opponents of a clearly identified candidate will be charged as contributions to the particular candidate or candidates.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1985
Designates the week of June 2 through June 8, 1985, as Future Problem Solving Program Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1985
Expresses, on the 40th anniversary of V-E Day, the Nation's deep gratitude and recognizes the enormous debt owed to the American servicemen who fought in World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1985
Title I: Recognition of Injustice and an Apology on Behalf of the Nation - States that the Congress accepts the findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians and recognizes that a grave injustice was done to both citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II. Title II: United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens - Requests the President to offer pardons to those convicted of violating laws during the internment period whose conduct was based on a refusal to accept racially or ethnically discriminatory treatment. Provides that Federal departments and agencies that review applications for restitution of positions, status, or entitlement lost during the internment period shall review such applications giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission. Establishes within the Treasury a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires the Attorney General to pay $20,000 from the Fund in compensation to each surviving internee. Establishes a Board of Directors which shall be responsible for making disbursements from the Fund. Provides that disbursements from the Fund shall be used to: (1) sponsor research and public educational activities dealing with the internment; (2) fund studies of similar civil liberties abuses; (3) prepare and distribute hearings and findings of the Commission; and (4) promote the general welfare of the ethnic Japanese community in the United States. Title III: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution - Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act - Establishes within the Treasury the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Fund. Directs the Administrator of the Fund (the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association) to make restitution for certain Aleut losses sustained in World War II. Requires the Administrator to establish a trust of $5,000,000 and to distribute the interest of such trust for: (1) the benefit of the elderly, disabled, or seriously ill; (2) students in need of scholarship assistance; (3) preservation of Aleut cultural heritage and historical records (4) the improvement of community centers of affected Aleut villages; and (5) other purposes to improve Aleut life. Authorizes the Administrator to rebuild and restore churches and church property damaged or destroyed in Aleut villages during World War II. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments of $12,000 from the fund to eligible Aleuts for any uncompensated personal property losses. Provides that such payments shall not be considered income or receipts for purposes of Federal taxes or determining eligibility for Federal benefits or assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of the Army to implement a program for the removal and disposal of live ammunition, obsolete buildings, abandoned machinery, and other hazardous debris remaining in populated areas of the lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. States that the authority contained in this Act shall be supplemental to the authority of the Secretary of Defense in administering the Environmental Restoration Defense Account and shall be exercised only in the event that such account is inadequate to eliminate hazardous military debris from populated areas of the Lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Authorizes appropriations. Provides that bidding rights for surplus Federal property might be exercised by the Aleut Corporation in lieu of conveyance of Attu Island to the Aleut people, such island having been designated as wilderness. States that the bidding rights shall be exercised by the Aleut Corporation without any preference over any other bidder. Provides that an amount equal to $500 for each acre traditionally occupied by the Aleut people on Attu Island shall be transferred to the Corporation account established by this Act and made available to the Corporation for such bidding.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1985
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that a specified prohibition against certification of labor organizations representing both "guards" and other employees, for collective bargaining unit purposes, is to be applied only in the case of "plant guards."
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1985
Gives special recognition to the achievements of John James Audubon and the work he has inspired.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should pay honor to the memories of the innocent civilians and American and Allied soldiers who died at the hands of the Nazis; (2) it is fitting and appropriate for the President, in a gesture of reconciliation, to visit the Federal Republic of Germany; (3) the President should recognize the importance of the relationship between the two countries; and (4) the President should reassess his planned itinerary for his forthcoming trip to the Federal Republic of Germany.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1985
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program Authorization Act of 1985 - Extends through FY 1987 the authorization of appropriations for marine fisheries programs under: (1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program Authorization Act; (2) the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964; and (3) the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1985
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Program Support Authorization Act - Title I: Program Support: Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 to the Department of Commerce for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to carry out: (1) executive direction and administration; (2) marine services; (3) aircraft services; and (4) duties under the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere Act of 1977. Title II: Selected Ocean and Coastal Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 to the Department of Commerce for the purpose of enabling the NOAA to carry out its duties: (1) in ocean dumping research; (2) under the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978; (3) in nonliving marine resources; (4) in ocean research; (5) in ocean services; and (6) in mapping, charting, and geodesy.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1985
Grants a Federal charter to the organization known as the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1985
Extends through the school year ending June 30, 1987, a school district's eligibility under the school lunch program to continue receiving all cash or all letters of credit in lieu of commodities. Makes such districts eligible for bonus commodities on the same basis as other districts participating in the school lunch program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into agreements with private companies for processing donated commodities into end food products at the expense of the eligible recipient agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Amends the Federal Power Act to provide that, with regard to annual charges payable by licensees for benefits from Federal claims and other structures, such charges will not be assessed where Federal contracts entered into heretofore with a licensee: (1) authorize such licensee to build and own powerplants using Federally constructed irrigation facilities; and (2) provide that revenues from such licensee's powerplants (and the disposition of power therefrom) remain the property of such licensee.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Steelhead Trout Protection Act - Declares that State laws and regulations prohibiting, restricting, or regulating the taking, possession, transportation, or sale of steelhead trout shall apply to and be enforceable against Indians and Indian tribes at places within such State both within and without the boundaries of an Indian reservation in the manner and to the same extent as such laws and regulations apply to other persons. Declares that the authority provided by this Act shall be in addition to any jurisdiction to enact and enforce fish and game laws held by that State immediately preceding the date of enactment of this Act. Permits an Indian tribe to require (in addition to State license requirements) licenses and fees for fishing for steelhead trout on the tribe's Indian trust land or in waters within the tribe's reservation boundaries. Prohibits a State from requiring a license or fee from a member of an Indian tribe for such fishing or for fishing at usual and accustomed fishing grounds of such tribe. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enforce such licensing requirements of Indian tribes. Authorizes tribal enforcement personnel to makes arrests and seizures relating to violations of such requirements. Sets forth procedures and penalties relating to such violations. Confers exclusive juridiction on the U.S. Claims Court over all causes of action seeking compensation for an alleged taking of Indian treaty rights arising under or growing out of this Act. Sets forth procedures for such claims.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to extend through FY 1990 the authorization of appropriations for the making of various coastal zone management grants under such Act. Repeals a provision under the Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments of 1976 which authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to establish and pay compensation for four new positions in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Extends through FY 1987 the authorization of appropriations for activities under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to require that any attorney who collects debts on behalf of a client be subject to the provisions of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the corporate tax rates should remain graduated.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1985
Trade Enhancement Act of 1985 - Imposes a surcharge duty on imports from Japan if the United States had a deficit in its bilateral merchandise trade with Japan of more than $4,250,000,000 for the most recent calendar quarter. Authorizes the President to impose a surcharge duty on imports from any other country if: (1) the United States had a deficit in its bilateral merchandise trade with such country that exceeded a specified amount for the most recent quarter; and (2) the President determines, after consultation with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), that such country is or has, within the most recent calendar quarter, engaged in unfair traced practices. Requires the USTR to determine the quarterly trade balance of each country other than Japan. Requires the amount of a surcharge duty to be determined at the start of each quarter. Sets forth the formula for determining the amount of such surcharge. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to calculate and publish the bilateral merchandise trade figures for the United States with respect to trade with each foreign country. Excludes from such calculation products which are sold to a government or private entity of a foreign country and then resold to the government of another country or to a private entity located in another country within two fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Soviet Union, on a reimbursable basis, equipment and services for the improvement of the United States/Soviet Union Direct Communication Link for crisis control.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Authorization Act of 1985 - Title I: Authorizations of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987: (1) under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966; and (2) for the bumper standards, automobile consumer information study, and odometer requirements provisions of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to derive a specified maximum amount from unobligated highway safety program funds to implement a national program encouraging the use of safety belts and passive restraints (airbags) in passenger automobiles. Title II: Drunk Driving Incentive Grants - Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to carry out highway safety programs. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund to implement alcohol traffic safety programs for FY 1987. Title III: Directs the Secretary of Transportation to reopen certain rulemaking proceedings to implement the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish performance criteria for occupant protection in side impact under dynamic crash tests; and (2) apply the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard to light trucks, vans, and multipurpose passenger vehicles. Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to require the Secretary to promulgate a Federal motor vehicle safety standard establishing passenger automobile crashworthiness rating and labeling requirements for such automobiles manufactured on or after September 1, 1986. Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require the Secretary to require automobile dealers to make available to prospective purchasers data comparing the crashworthiness of passenger automobiles.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1988 for the following programs: (1) project grants and contracts for family planning services; (2) training grants and contracts; and (3) informational and educational materials.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Automobile Occupant Protection Improvement Act of 1985 - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to require passenger automobile manufacturers to install front seat airbags in each passenger automobile manufactured for the American domestic market. Sets deadlines by which such airbags must be installed. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to dissemminate information to the public about the performance and benefits of airbags.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Bumper Improvement Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to amend a certain bumper standard to ensure that it is identical to the bumper standard in effect on January 1, 1982. Declares that the Secretary is not prohibited from imposing a stricter standard than the standard to be restored.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 regarding urban development action grant criteria to establish the following selection criteria: (1) the ratio of private investment dollars to grant funds (at least three to one); (2) the ratio of permanent jobs to be created to the amount of grant funds; (3) the proportion of such jobs likely to go to unemployed and poor people and minorities; (4) the project's impact on local revenues; and (5) other appropriate economic benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
National Commission on Illiteracy Act - Establishes a National Commission on Illiteracy. Provides for Commission members to be appointed by the President and by specified congressional officers. Directs the Commission to conduct a full and complete study of the causes of illiteracy, including a study of methods of teaching reading and of methods of teacher training relating to classroom reading instruction. Directs the Commission to: (1) assess the factors which contribute to illiteracy; (2) recommend programs and policies for, and the appropriate local, State, and Federal role in, illiteracy prevention; and (3) assemble, analyze, and publicize its findings. Directs the Commission to submit to the President and the Congress: (1) such interim reports as it deems advisable; and (2) within 12 months after its first meeting, a final report of the study and investigation, with recommendations. Sets forth provisions relating to Commission administration, member compensation, and powers. Terminates the Commission 90 days after the submission of its final report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program as an elective alternative remedy to judicial action for specified vaccine-related injuries. Prescribes the contents of any petition for compensation. Grants sole authority to determine eligibility and compensation to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Sets forth injuries deemed vaccine-related for compensation purposes. Sets compensation limits. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct studies on pertussis and rubella vaccines, and develop related information materials. Establishes an Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines to advise the Secretary on the implementation of such program and recommend research priorities and changes in vaccine-related injury standards. Establishes in the Treasury a National Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. Authorizes FY 1985 funds. Requires the Secretary to establish annual surcharges on vaccine manufacturers to finance the Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to establish an insurance pool to cover injury claims relating to vaccines for which adequate general liability and product liability insurance is unavailable. Provides for Federal reinsurance of insurance companies participating in such a pool. Prescribes a procedure for determining the necessity of and for establishing such a pool. Authorizes the Secretary to establish in the Treasury a National Childhood Vaccine Fund to pay reinsurance claims. Requires health care providers who vaccinate patients and the manufacturers of specified vaccines to keep specified records. Requires the Secretary to: (1) make a pediatric vaccine-risk study; (2) determine the circumstances under which any such vaccine should be delayed or not given; and (3) direct pediatric health care providers to distribute such information to parents and legal guardians. Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage the development of vaccines that result in fewer major adverse reactions than those currently on the market; and (2) assure improvements in the vaccine industry to reduce the risks of major adverse reactions. Directs the Secretary to provide grants for the education, treatment, and care of multiple handicapped persons, with priority given to the needs of persons with vaccine-related neurological impairments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through FY 1990. Entitles any person to commence a civil action against the Secretary where the Secretary allegedly has failed to perform a duty under this Act. Provides for judicial review of the Secretary's regulatory actions in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations through FY 1987 for the following programs: (1) the national earthquake hazards reduction program; (2) geological surveys; (3) the National Science Foundation; and (4) the National Bureau of Standards. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to maintain a written plan for the earthquake hazards reduction program and submit such plan to the Congress. Declares that such plans shall be updated at least every two years.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for FY 1986 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 to the Secretary of Commerce for the following activities performed by the National Bureau of Standards (the Bureau): (1) measurement research and standards; (2) materials science and engineering; (3) engineering measurements and standards; (4) computer science and technology; (5) Center for Fire Research; (6) technical competence fund; and (7) central technical support. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 to the Secretary for the activities of the Office of Productivity, Technology and Innovation. Amends Federal law relating to the National Technical Information Service (the Service) to authorize the Secretary to: (1) make scientific, technical, and engineering information available through the Service without regard to specified Federal requirements that Government printing and binding be done at the Government Printing Office; and (2) acquire capital equipment and inventories from receipts for work or services performed or to be performed by the Service. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1986 to the Secretary for: (1) the Service's patent licensing activities; (2) the Bureau's expenses incurred outside the United States (to be paid for in excess foreign currency); and (3) adjustments in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits. Provides that appropriations made under the authority provided in this Act shall remain available for periods specified in the Acts making such appropriations. Requires that sufficient income from the Working Capital Fund remain outside the general fund of the Treasury to ensure the availability of working capital necessary to replace equipment and inventories of the Bureau. Requires that fees for specified services provided by the Bureau be at least sufficient to meet these and specified other capital requirements. Provides that the Director of the Bureau shall be compensated at the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule. Authorizes the Bureau, on its own initiative but only after consultation with local authorities, to investigate structural failures in structures used or occupied by the general public. Prohibits any part of any report resulting from such investigation from being admitted as evidence or used in any suit or action for damages arising out of any matter mentioned in such report.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Hospice Extension Act - Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to extend hospice benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for an additional three years.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Job Skills Partnership Act - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to add a new title V, the Job Skills Partnership Program. (Redesignates the current title V as title VI.) Establishes the Job Skills Partnership Program to facilitate the formation of partnership relationships among business and State and local government institutions to provide for the development and expansion of programs of skills training and education directly consistent with employment needs. Earmarks for such Program five percent of the funds for part A (Adult and Youth Programs) of title II (Training Services for the Disadvantaged) and five percent of funds for title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers). Sets forth formulas for determination of Program allotments to States, based on size of civilian labor force, with maximum and minimum limits. Limits eligibility to participate in job skills programs receiving title V assistance to individuals who are: (1) economically disadvantaged; (2) dislocated workers, identified under specified title III provisions; or (3) workers already employed by an existing industry or business, where job skills upgrading or retraining is necessary to avoid dislocation or where upgrading of existing employees would create new vacancies for other persons eligible for title V programs. Allows up to ten percent of title V program participants to be individuals who do not meet such eligibility criteria but who have encountered barriers to employment (such as individuals with limited English proficiency, displaced homemakers, teenage parents, handicapped, older workers, veterans, criminal offenders, alcoholics, or addicts). Permits title V assistance to States to be used to assist eligible individuals to obtain unsubsidized employment through a job skills program. Provides that such program shall be a cooperative course of instruction bringing together government and businesses to prepare individuals for employment in a specific trade, occupation, or profession. Provides that such programs may involve: (1) short-term skills training; (2) on-the-job skills training; (2) skills training operated by the private sector, including labor organizations or consortia of employers; or (4) skills upgrading or retraining for workers already employed by an existing business where necessary to avoid dislocation or where such upgrading would create new vacancies for the unemployed. Prohibits title V assistance from being used for subsidized employment of any kind. Limits to five percent that portion of a State's allotment which may be used for administrative expenses. Sets the business share of contribution to such job skills programs at 50 percent, the State share at 25 percent, and the Federal share at 25 percent. Directs the State Governor, in order for the State to receive title V assistance, to designate as an entity to administer the job skills program: (1) an existing or newly created State agency, quasi-public corporation, or public nonprofit corporation, to be the statewide agency administering the program; or (2) private industry councils, as provided for under title I of JTPA, to administer the program in each service delivery area. Sets forth the functions of such designated administrative entities. Sets forth requirements for job skills program plans, and for the review and approval of such plans. Sets forth provisions for the selection of service providers under such plans. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe annual performance standards for title V programs, based on placement, retention in unsubsidized employment, increase in earnings, and reductions in welfare dependency. Sets forth program requirements for meeting such standards and procedures to be followed when such standards are not met. Makes specified JTPA provisions relating to State responsibilities, program requirements, and fiscal administration applicable to title V programs. Provides that nothing in title V shall be construed to limit State or private industry council authority to establish other or augmented job skills programs and courses, involving State and business matching contributions, through financial assistance provided under titles II and III of JTPA. Sets forth provisions earmarking specified JTPA funds (as noted above) for title V programs. Adds definitions of "equipment," "financial support," "job skills program," and "technical assistance." Makes technical and conforming amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) be commended for his efforts to negotiate a multilateral agreement banning chemical weapons; (2) continue to pursue such an agreement; and (3) seek the continuation and the development of bilateral discussions between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve a verifiable ban on chemical weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Export-Import Bank of the United States shall continue to provide preliminary and advance commitments for loans which may require approval on or after October 1, 1985, unless and until the Congress directs the Bank to alter its programs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Designates March 21, 1985, as Afghanistan Day. Condemns the Soviet Union for the attempted subjugation of Afghanistan. Calls upon the Soviet Union to commit itself to a negotiated political settlement for Afghanistan.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1985
Designates the month of April 1985 as Fair Housing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Balanced Budget Procedures Act of 1985 - States that if the total outlays would exceed the total revenues set forth for FY 1990 under conditions of high employment in any budget submitted by the President for FY 1987 through 1989, then the President shall also submit an alternative budget in which total outlays would not exceed total revenues for FY 1990 under conditions of high employment. Requires the President, by March 15 of any year in which such an alternative budget is submitted, to submit recommendations and proposals for changes in Federal laws which would be required in order to achieve a balanced budget for FY 1990, with high employment. Requires the Budget Committee of each House, not later than April 15 before each fiscal year from FY 1987 through 1990, to report: (1) a first concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year in which total outlays and total revenues for FY 1990 would be in balance under conditions of high employment; or (2) an alternative concurrent resolution providing such balance. Requires that any presidential budget for a fiscal year that assumes conditions of high employment and recommends that total outlays exceed total revenues be accompanied by an alternative budget in which total outlays do not exceed total revenues. Requires that any presidential budget which assumes that conditions of high employment will not exist during a given fiscal year, and recommends that total outlays exceed total revenues by a certain amount for such fiscal year, be accompanied by an alternative budget in which total outlays would not exceed total revenues under conditions of high employment. Requires the President, not later than March 15 of any year in which an alternative budget is submitted, to submit recommendations and proposals for changes in Federal laws which will, if enacted, reduce the amount by which total outlays would exceed total revenues for such fiscal year under conditions of high employment.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) pursue with the Soviet Union the resolution of concerns with respect to compliance with existing strategic arms control agreements and seek corrective actions through confidential diplomatic channels such as the Standing Consultative Commission and the renewed nuclear arms negotiations; and (2) continue to refrain from undercutting existing strategic offensive arms agreements so long as the Soviet Union does the same or until a new agreement is concluded. Urges the Soviet Union to take positive steps to resolve U.S. concerns with regard to compliance with such agreements. Directs the President to report to the Congress regarding the Soviets' adherence to such no-undercut policy, the implications of the deployment of additional U.S. strategic offensive weapons on such policy and on U.S. security, and the future of U.S. interim restraint policy (including possible modifications). Urges the President to consider the impact of any change to this current policy with regard to existing strategic offensive arms agreements on the long-term security interests of the United States and its allies and to consult with the Congress before making such a change in policy.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 regarding urban development action grant criteria to place major emphasis on private investment leveraging and job creation, especially for low-income persons and minorities, including the unemployed. Limits fiscal year grant amounts to any single community.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to maintain and enforce its rules requiring cable television systems to carry the signals of local television broadcast stations. Declares that the Commission shall retain authority to modify such rules to facilitate administration but not to alter the substance of, or principles embodied in, such rules.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Designates October 16, 1985, as World Food Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1985
Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 - Provides for the appointment of four U.S. Commissioners to the Pacific Salmon Commission established by the Pacific Salmon Treaty between the United States and Canada (the Treaty). Provides for the appointment of U.S. Panel members to the Southern, Northern, and Fraser River Panels established by the Treaty. Sets forth the voting requirements for U.S. Commissioners and members of the various Panels. Authorizes the Secretary of State (the Secretary) to: (1) receive and transmit communications of and to the Commission and Panels; (2) in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, approve, disapprove, object to, or withdraw objections to fishery regimes and Fraser River Panel regulations proposed in accordance with the Treaty; and (3) act upon or refer to other appropriate authority any other communications of, and to the Commission and Panels. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) arrange for cooperation in carrying out the Treaty with U.S. agencies, the States, treaty Indian tribes, private institutions and organizations; and (2) executive memoranda to reflect such agreements. Authorizes U.S. agencies to cooperate in scientific and other programs to assist the Commission and Panels in carrying out their responsibilities under the Treaty. Provides for the preemption of State or treaty Indian tribe actions if such actions place the United States in jeopardy of not fulfilling its international obligations under the Treaty. Sets forth the procedures for promulgating regulations to carry out the U.S. international obligations under the Treaty. Makes it unlawful for any person or vessel subject to U.S. jurisdiction to: (1) violate this Act, or any regulation adopted under this Act, or any Fraser River Panel regulation approved by the United States under the Treaty; (2) refuse to permit an authorized search or inspection of a fishing vessel under such person's control; (3) interfere with an authorized officer in the conduct of such a search or inspection; (4) resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this Act; (5) ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have custody of any fish taken and retained in violation of this Act; or (6) interfere with the apprehension or arrest of another person knowing such person has violated this Act. Sets forth penalties for such violations. Sets forth as the general standard for U.S. actions with respect to the Treaty that the U.S. actions shall: (1) consider the best scientific information available; (2) result in measures necessary and appropriate for the conservation and use of the Pacific salmon; and (3) be consistent with U.S. obligations under the Treaty, domestic Indian treaties and other applicable law. Requires the U.S. Commissioners and Panel members to appoint an advisory committee. Sets forth administrative provisions. Authorizes appropriations. Repeals the Sockeye Salmon or Pink Salmon Fishing Act of July 29, 1947, as amended. Directs the Secretary to dispose of any U.S. property held by the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1985
Directs that proceedings in the Senate Chamber be broadcast by radio and television: (1) continuously when the Senate is in session (except when a closed door meeting is ordered); and (2) subject to certain provisions of the Standing Rules of the Senate pertaining to the Senate gallery. Requires that broadcasts be supervised and operated by the Senate and made available on a live basis and free of charge to specified entities. Requires the television broadcasts to follow the Presiding Officer and Senators who are recognized to speak. Directs the Architect of the Capitol to provide for the construction and acquisition of broadcasting facilities and equipment. Sets forth duties of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate with respect to the operation and maintenance of such equipment and the disposition of audio and video tape recordings. Directs the Librarian of Congress and the Archivist of the United States to receive, store, and make such recordings available to the public at no cost for viewing or listening on the premises. Authorizes the charging of a fee equal to the cost involved through distribution of taped copies. Provides for a test period of Senate broadcasting equipment. Prohibits the use of tape duplications of broadcast coverage for political or commercial purposes. Requires that changes in regulations made by this resolution be made only by Senate resolution. Authorizes expenditures, limited to a specified amount, to carry out this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Japan should substantially reduce its tariffs on processed forest products; (2) Japan should begin to reduce substantially its nontariff barriers on imports of processed forest products; and (3) any refusal by Japan to take such actions will seriously impede the development of better trade relations between the United States and Japan and will be taken into account when the Congress considers other issues affecting the relationship between Japan and the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Job Corps has been a cost effective and successful program that should be continued as a separate component of the Job Training Partnership Act; (2) the commitment of the Congress to the program is reaffirmed; and (3) sufficient appropriations should be made available to maintain the youth program.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the administration should perform specified actions with regard to emergency agricultural credit.