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United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of April 21 through April 27, 1985, as National Organ Donation Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1985
Designates the week of October 6 through October 12, 1985, as National Children's Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1985
Extends through FY 1991 the revenue sharing program for local governments.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Anti-Nuclear Terrorism Act of 1985 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require every individual allowed unescorted access to a nuclear power facility to be fingerprinted. Provides that all fingerprints shall be submitted to the Attorney General for identification and appropriate processing. Authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by rule to waive such requirement under certain conditions. Allows the Commission to prescribe regulations regarding the use of information received by the Attorney General.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1985 - Amends title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and title VI (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to specify that educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance are included within prohibitions against discrimination. Provides that, for purposes of such Acts, notwithstanding the Supreme Court decisions in Grove City College and others against Bell, Secretary of Education, and in North Haven Board of Education against Bell, the phrase "program or activity" shall, as applied to educational institutions which are extended Federal financial assistance, mean the educational institution.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat the use of a public safety vehicle by a public safety employee as a working condition fringe for purposes of the tax exclusion of certain employee fringe benefits. Defines "public safety employee" to include any person working in law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency medical services.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement a flood damage prevention project at Milton, Pennsylvania, on the west branch of the Susquehanna River. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement a beach erosion control project at Presque Isle Peninsula, Pennsylvania. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement a flood damage prevention project on the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement a project for flood damage prevention on the west branch of the Susquehanna River, at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement the project for flood damage prevention at Wyoming Valley, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1985
Designates the week of November 11 through November 17, 1985, as National Reye's Syndrome Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Declares three named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Authorizes the granting of a visa and admission to the United States for permanent residence to a named individual.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Declares four named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Unfair Foreign Competition Act of 1985 - Amends the Clayton Act to include a specified antidumping provision among U.S. antitrust laws. Amends the antidumping provision to allow any person who is injured in her or his property or business by the sale or importation of an article made in a foreign country to bring a civil action against the manufacturer, exporter, or importer of such article if: (1) the article is imported or sold in the United States at less than its foreign market or constructed value; and (2) such sale or importation causes or threatens material injury to U.S. industry or labor or prevents the establishment or modernization of U.S. industry. (Currently, the cause of such an action is predicated on the intent of the importer to injure or prevent the establishment of U.S. industry or to monopolize trade.) Restricts the district court jurisdiction of such an action to the District of Columbia. Entitles a prevailing plaintiff in such an action to recover: (1) compensatory damages (currently, treble damages) or appropriate equitable relief; and (2) legal expenses. Declares that the standard of proof in such an action is a preponderance of the evidence. Places the burden of proof for rebutting a prima facie case on the defendant. Includes within the meaning of prima facie case a finding by the International Trade Commission (ITC) that dumping exists. Authorizes the district court to: (1) issue subpoenas outside its judicial district if necessary; (2) enjoin importation of articles allegedly dumped pending the defendant's compliance with any court order; (3) review, in camera, confidential or privileged material; (4) accept material under seal; and (5) disclose such material. Requires expedited treatment of such actions. Sets a four-year statute of limitations for actions under this Act. Requires the foreign market value or constructed value of an article to include the amount of any subsidy provided to the manufacturer, producer, or exporter of the article. Expresses the sense of the Congress that this Act is consistent with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirement that contemporaneous records be kept to substantiate deductions for certain travel expenses, including automobile expenses, business entertainment expenses, and expenses for gifts.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an applicable test rate of nine percent for determining whether there is imputed interest in the case of seller-financed property. Permits a lower test interest rate of 80 percent of the Treasury rate where such rates are lower than the nine percent test rate. Provides for a blended test rate for instances where the loan amount exceeds $2,000,000. Authorizes the imputation of interest in seller-financed property sales of $2,000,000 or less of ten percent or 110 percent of the Treasury rate, whichever is less, where the test interest rates have not been met. Allows for a blended imputed interest rate where the debt amount exceeds $2,000,000. Requires that all loan amounts from a single transaction or series of related transactions be aggregated for purposes of determining the loan amount. Provides that the imputed interest rules will not apply to assumptions of loans unless the terms and conditions of such debt obligations are modified in connection with the assumption. Repeals the provisions of the Code limiting the amount of interest expense a purchaser of personal use property may deduct for tax purposes. Excepts debts instruments arising from the sale or exchange of a residence from the imputed interest provisions where the obligor of the instrument uses the property as his residence. Provides that the imputed interest rules shall not apply in the case of sales or exchanges of property used in the active business of farming where the borrowed amount does not exceed $2,000,000. Requires the interest on the obligation issued in connection with such sales or exchanges to be taken into account by both the buyer and the seller on the cash receipts and disbursement method of accounting.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Authorizes the granting of visas and admission to the United States for permanent residence to four named individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the substantiation requirements for the deductibility of business expenses for passenger automobiles or other means of transportation shall be met by providing adequate records or sufficient corroborating evidence rather than contemporaneous records.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Designates the month of October 1985 as National Make-A-Wish Month.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1985
Designates 1985 as the Year of Social Security.
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 · 21 January 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 21 through April 28, 1985, as Jewish Heritage Week.
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
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1984 to provide that an individual who, as of September 12, 1984, was performing services for one member of a corporate group and was eligible for nontaxable air travel benefits provided by another corporate affiliate shall continue to be eligible for such benefits if as of that date: (1) at least 50 percent of the individuals performing services for the first such corporation were or had been employees of or had previously performed services for the second such corporation; and (2) the primary business of the affiliated group was air transportation of passengers.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Grants a Federal charter to the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Sex Discrimination in the United States Code Reform Act of 1985 - Title I: Armed Forces, Soldiers' Home, Coast Guard, Lighthouse Service, and Merchant Marine - Amends Federal laws dealing with the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard to eliminate gender-based distinctions. Title II: Elimination of Gender-Based Distinctions Under the Social Security Act and the Railroad Retirement Act - Eliminates gender-based distinctions in the social security and railroad retirement programs. Title III: Amendments to United States Code - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Walsh-Healey Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Federal criminal code and other Acts (dealing with Indian affairs, transportation, public lands, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, contract law, the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, longshoremen and harbor workers, conservation programs, internee benefits, and the spouses of former Presidents, among other subjects) to eliminate gender-based distinctions. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for trade adjustment assistance for workers for FY 1986 through 1991. Extends the trade adjustment assistance programs for workers, firms, and communities through FY 1991.
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
State and Local Narcotics Control Assistance Act of 1985 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for developing more effective drug prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs. Establishes a procedure for grant applications. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States to assist States and local governments to increase their drug enforcement activities. Requires such grants to be based on the relative needs of the States, taking into consideration the severity of drug trafficking and abuse and the availability of State and local resources to resolve such problems. Establishes a procedure for grant applications. Requires such an application to include a State-wide strategy for the enforcement of State drug laws. Imposes limitations on the use of such grants, including a maximum five percent allocation for administrative purposes. Requires each State which receives a grant to submit a yearly report to the Attorney General, who shall in turn report to Congress with respect to such grants. Authorizes appropriations for both grant programs for FY 1986 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
High Technology Research and Scientific Education Act of 1985 - Title I: The Credit for Increasing Research Activities - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for research and development (R&D) expenditures. Modifies the definition of qualified research for purposes of the R&D credit to narrow the category of eligible activities for which the credit is available. Provides that all in-house and contract research expenses paid or incurred by a regular corporation shall constitute qualified R&D expenses for credit purposes if the corporation undertakes the research with the intention to use the results thereof in the active conduct of a present or future trade or business. Provides that in the case of research being conducted in the partnership form, the trade or business test is applied at the partnership level, and the credit is apportioned among the partners in accordance with general partnership rules. Title II: Promotion of University Research and Scientific Education - Establishes a new income tax credit equal to 20 percent of that portion of a corporation's payments to universities (and other nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations for basic research) which exceeds a fixed, historical "minimum university basic research" floor. Defines the fixed "minimum university basic research" floor as one percent of the annual average of the corporate taxpayer's combined qualified in-house research expenses, contract research expenses, and university basic research payments for the base period composed of the period from 1981 through 1983. Modifies the charitable contribution deduction of corporations for scientific and technical property to: (1) expand the eligible uses to which the property may be put to include direct education as well as research and research training; (2) make computer software eligible for the deduction; and (3) make state-of-the-art equipment used in the taxpayer's trade or business eligible for the deduction. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of the allowable deduction for scientific equipment. Provides for an income tax exclusion for the scholarships, fellowship grants, student loan forgiveness, or stipends of students who are enrolled in postgraduate study as degree candidates. Provides that such tax exclusion will not be forfeited merely because the student is required, as a condition of the scholarship or fellowship, to perform future service in teaching or research.
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 - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Authorizes the printing of "Developments in Aging: 1984" for the use of the Special Committee on Aging.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
States that the Senate condemns the Soviet Union's military terrorism and attempted destruction of Afghanistan. Recommends that the President provide medical, military, and food assistance to the Afghan Freedom Fighters.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should appoint a special diplomatic envoy to investigate and report on how the United States could assist Ireland, Great Britain, and communities in Northern Ireland in arriving at a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a ten percent energy investment tax credit for diesel-electric locomotives of at least 2,200 horsepower purchased by a common carrier engaged in the trade or business of using rail transportation. Requires that such locomotives be at least 15 percent more fuel efficient than any locomotive replaced by the taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the method of calculating imputed interest rates for certain deferred payments. Sets such rate at 12 percent, compounded semiannually, for total unstated interest. Sets the test rate for stated interest at ten percent, compounded semiannually.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to each select five members of their respective houses to be congressional advisors to the President with respect to implementing the comprehensive steel policy announced on September 18, 1984. Directs the U.S. Trade Representative to keep each congressional advisor informed on actions taken to implement and subsequently monitor such policy. Directs the President to establish industry and labor advisory committees to provide advice and counsel on the implementation of such policy.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to exempt Department of Housing and Urban Development public housing and urban renewal project notes from provisions concerning tax exemption for private activity bonds.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1984
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Interstate Commerce Commission decision to approve the acquisition of American Commercial Lines (a barge company) by CSX Corporation (a railroad company) misconstrues congressional intent with respect to intermodal ownership and should be reversed on appeal.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1984
Geriatric Manpower Training and Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for: (1) internal medicine and general pediatrics training grants; (2) family medicine and general dentistry training grants; (3) grants for start-up assistance and curriculum development to schools; (4) advanced nurse training program grants; and (5) nurse practitioner program grants. Makes specific amounts available, from each authorization of appropriations, for programs relating to geriatrics. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for: (1) training and instruction activities and traineeships and fellowships of the National Institute on Aging; (2) training, instruction, and traineeships relating to the mental health problems and illnesses of the elderly and the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of mentally ill elderly individuals. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for training, research, and discretionary projects and programs for FY 1986 through 1990. Sets aside for each year a specific amount for training and instructional activities.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of imputed interest for the sale or exchange of property. Allows a lower rate of imputed interest for the first $1,500,000 of the sales price of principal residences or farm lands. Reduces the rate of imputed interest for purposes of determining the issue price in the case of debt instruments issued for property. Provides that such rate of imputed interest shall not apply in determining the issue price of debt instruments issued for residences and the first $1,500,000 of the sales price for farm lands.