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United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1985
Commends the Rural Electrification Administration and dedicated individuals for their contributions to the progress made by the Nation during the past 50 years in achieving the electrification of rural America.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1985
Designates the first Sunday in August as National Day of Peace.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1985
Designates the week of June 23 through June 29, 1985, as Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week.
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 · 25 April 1985
Federal Communications Commission Authorization Act of 1985 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations for the Federal Communications Commission for FY 1986 and 1987. Extends the effectiveness of provisions concerning the reimbursement of travel expenses of Commission officers or employees through FY 1987. Changes the deadline for the Commission's annual report to the Congress from January 31 to March 31. Sets forth a schedule of charges to be implemented and assessed by the Commission for specified administrative services. Directs the Commission to review and adjust such charges (in certain increments) every two years to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. Exempts from such charges specified radio public services. Permits the Commission to: (1) dismiss any application or other filing for failure to pay any charge in a timely manner; and (2) waive or defer payment of a charge to promote the public interest.
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
Amends the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control and Prevention Act of 1970 to modify the definition of "customs waters" with respect to U.S. jurisdiction over drug traffickers in international waters. States that, within the definition, an event still qualifies as an arrangement even though the terms of the arrangement, or consent to it, is communicated by radio, telephone, or other similar means, or even though the arrangement is not very specific as to the vessel to which it applies.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the last Friday of April each year as National Arbor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1985
Designates May 6, 1985, as Dr. Jonas E. Salk Day.
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 · 23 April 1985
Designates May 25, 1985, as Missing Children Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1985
Authorizes the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Subjects the Fraternity's design and plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Directs the Secretary to: (1) select a site for the memorial with the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission; (2) prohibit its construction unless sufficient funds are available for its completion; (3) provide for the maintenance of the memorial upon its completion. Provides that U.S. funds may not be used to establish the memorial. Directs that the authority to establish the memorial is contingent upon its construction beginning within five years.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1985
Designates the week beginning September 22, 1985, as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1985
Urges the President to: (1) institute a total boycott and embargo of U.S. trade with Nicaragua; (2) call upon the Organization of American States to institute a total trade boycott and embargo of Nicaragua; (3) call upon other countries not to trade with Nicaragua; and (4) maintain the boycott and embargo until the President finds and certifies to the Congress that Nicaragua has ceased to threaten its neighbors, reduced its military strength, and eliminated the presence of all Soviet Bloc and Cuban military advisors.
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
Lifeline Telephone Service Act of 1985 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a fund from which payments shall be made to exchange common carriers which provide lifeline telephone service. Directs the Federal Communications Commission to determine uniform surcharges on charges for interstate telephone toll service to provide sufficient funds for such payments beginning January 1, 1986. Provides that the amount of such payments to a carrier shall equal 50 percent of the amount of revenue lost by the carrier as a result of providing such service. Directs each State communications commission which desires to participate in providing lifeline service to establish rules for the provision of such provision of lifeline service by carriers. Allows such a commission to restrict eligibility for such service based on low-income criteria accounting for the needs of the elderly, the unemployed, the disabled, and single heads of households.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Grants a Federal charter to the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Incorporated.
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 · 17 April 1985
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to add Afghanistan to the list of communist countries the imports from which are subject to the column two rate of duty. Prohibits granting nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) treatment to the products of Afghanistan. Prohibits entering into a commercial agreement with Afghanistan pursuant to the Trade Act of 1974. Prohibits Afghanistan from participating in any program under which the United States extends credit, credit guarantees, or investment guarantees.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in addition to the amounts already paid to States, to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and nonprofit private entities to provide any of the following services: (1) comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care; (2) well-child care for the infant involved; (3) comprehensive family planning services to prevent unintended repeat pregnancies; (4) education and vocational counseling services; (5) family life and parenting education; (6) counseling services; and (7) other services designed to improve the availability of comprehensive services to assist pregnant teenagers, young parents, and their families. Permits such services to be provided to: (1) pregnant teenagers under age 18 who have decided to carry their pregnancy to term, the fathers of such infants, individuals who have taken responsibility for such infants, and the guardians of such infants; and (2) mothers of pre-school age children who were under age 18 at the birth of such children, the fathers of such children, individuals who have agreed to take responsibility for such infants, and the guardians of such infants. Sets forth requirements to be fulfilled in order to receive a grant, including requirements that: (1) priority in furnishing services will be given low income families; and (2) if fees are charged for such services, they will be based on income. Requires that services be provided only on a voluntary basis. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for each of FY 1986 through 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Designates August 29, 1985, as Railroad Retirement Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1985
Designates the month of October 1985 as National Spina Bifida Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of May 1985 as National Child Safety Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1985
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on Library and Information Services, to be held not later than 1989, to develop recommendations for improvement of such services and their public use. Requires that the Conference be planned and conducted by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences. Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, the Director of the National Library of Medicine, and the Director of the National Agricultural Library, upon request, to detail personnel to the Commission. Requires the Conference to submit a final report to the President within 120 days following its close. Directs that the final report be made public, and within 90 days after receipt by the President, transmitted to the Congress with recommendations. Establishes an advisory committee to assist in planning and conducting the Conference. Includes among its appointed members the Secretary of Education and the Librarian of Congress. Authorizes appropriations as necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend to January 1, 1989, the termination date for the deduction for expenses incurred in connection with the elimination of architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and the elderly.
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 · 4 April 1985
Directs the President to designate May 1985 as Older Americans Month.
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
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1989, the duty on dicyclohexylbenzothiazolesulfenamide.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Provides, for taxable years prior to 1985, that rural letter carriers are permitted to compute the amount of the deduction for the use of their automobile in performing services involving the collection and delivery of mail on a rural route by: (1) using the amount received as equipment maintenance allowances from the United States Postal Service; or (2) using the form entitled "Worksheet for Use of Rural Carrier in Reporting Equipment Allowance and Claiming Transportation Expense Deduction." Provides, for taxable years beginning after 1984, that rural letter carriers are permitted to compute the amount of their deduction for use of their automobile in performing such services: (1) by using a standard mileage rate for all such miles of such use equal to 150 percent of the basic standard rate; or (2) by calculating the equipment allowance deduction equal to the operating expenses. Removes the 50 percent of business use limitation contained in the Internal Revenue Code for rural letter carriers who claim the investment tax credit and the depreciation deduction for their automobiles.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission, not to exceed $2,300,000 in any fiscal year, for FY 1986 through FY 1988. Permits the Commission to lease office space through FY 1988. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of highways in the Appalachian region for FY 1986 through FY 1992. Increases from 70 percent to 80 percent the maximum Federal share of such highway construction costs. Allows for Federal supplements to the Federal grant-in-aid programs to continue through FY 1988. Permits the Commission to provide assistance for demonstration projects showing the development of the region's economic resources. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1988. Sets forth an October 1, 1988, termination date for specified sections of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present gold medals to Jan Scruggs, Robert Doubek, and Jack Wheeler in recognition of their efforts to give the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the Nation. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
American Footwear Industry Recovery Act of 1985 - Limits the imports of nonrubber footwear into the United States to 450,000,000 pairs per 12-month period for eight years. Directs the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to allocate the import limitations among foreign countries, taking into consideration: (1) average levels of imports for the period 1978 through 1982; (2) findings of unfair trade practices with respect to nonrubber footwear products; (3) recent market trends; and (4) such other considerations as the Secretary deems appropriate. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to take all necessary actions to enforce this Act. Authorizes the Secretaries to issue such implementing regulations as necessary to effect the purposes of this Act and to enforce its provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Proclaims October 23, 1985, as A Time of Remembrance for all victims of terrorism. Urges Americans to wear a purple ribbon in honor of the sacrifices made in pursuit of peace and freedom. Authorizes and requests the President to call upon U.S. departments, agencies, and other interested parties to fly U.S. flags at half staff.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985
Designates the month of May 1985 as Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month.
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 · 3 April 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the administration should comply with the automatic appropriation and earmarking provisions of the Wallop/Breaux Sport Fish Restoration Trust Fund and support adequate appropriation for the Boating Safety Account in such Fund. States that funds owed to the States from such Fund should not be withheld or delayed.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Farm Emergency Credit Act of 1985 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make advance (recourse) price support loans available for 1985 to producers unable to secure sufficient credit elsewhere. Makes up to one-third of such crop eligible for advance payments. Permits loan conversion to nonrecourse status upon harvest and availability as loan collateral. Administers such program through the Commodity Credit Corporation and the local farmer committees. Requires a participating producer to: (1) obtain crop insurance if available; and (2) use his crop as loan collateral. Limits loans to any single person to $30,000. Directs the Secretary to take immediate steps to make personnel and other Department of Agriculture resources available to improve the administration of such program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Child-Care Standards Improvement Act of 1985 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act to require the Governor of each State, as a condition of the State's eligibility for receiving title XX Federal payments, to establish or designate a State Advisory Committee on Child-Care Standards which shall: (1) examine, investigate, and study the State's laws, regulations, and procedures for licensing, regulating, and monitoring child-care services and programs within the State; and (2) prepare a report outlining the committee's findings and recommendations, including a description of the current status of child-care licensing, regulating, or monitoring within the State to be submitted to each State's Governor for transmittal, along with the Governor's comments, to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Establishes a National Advisory Committee on Child-Care Standards in order to assist and provide guidance to the States in improving the quality of child-care services. Requires each State Advisory Committee and the National Advisory Committee to review the options for child-care standards published by the Department of Health and Human Services in January 1985 and the final 1980 HEW Day Care Regulations. Directs the National Advisory Committee to issue recommended standards for child-care programs, after first publishing proposed standards and receiving comments. Terminates the National Advisory Committee 90 days after the publication of the final recommended standards. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1988 for grants to States to carry out their plans for correcting the deficiencies in or improving the licensing, regulating, or monitoring of child-care programs. Requires each State, in order to receive a grant, to submit a plan to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out the recommendations contained in its report.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
National Science Center for Communications and Electronics Act of 1985 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to provide a suitable location at or near Fort Gordon, Georgia, for the construction of a national science center for communications and electronics, and to provide operation and maintenance funds for such center. Requires prior approval by the Secretary of the design of the center. Authorizes the Secretary to accept and assume control of such center, and to accept gifts made for the benefit of such center. Allows the Secretary to appoint an advisory board for assistance in the operation of such center. Authorizes the Secretary to open the center to the public and to charge fees for its use. Sets up a special fund to deposit such fees as are collected. Provides for an audit of such fund at least every two years and the reporting of such audit to the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Prohibits U.S. aid to Bolivia, beginning in FY 1986, unless the President certifies to the Congress that coca production in Bolivia is at least ten percent less than the level during the preceding fiscal year. Permits a carryover of the amount of reduction if it exceeds ten percent. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of specified international financial institutions to oppose aid by such institutions to Bolivia during FY 1986 or thereafter unless the President certifies that Bolivian coca production has been reduced.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Requires the initial report of the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board, as required by the National Narcotics Act of 1984, to include: (1) a comprehensive assessment of the current and potential contribution of designer drugs (synthetic narcotic analogs or variations of existing controlled substances) to the illegal narcotics problem in the United States; (2) proposals for illegal drug law enforcement strategies to prevent the manufacture and distribution of synthetic narcotic analogs; and (3) recommendations to the Congress for necessary legislation to eliminate the manufacture and distribution of illegal synthetic narcotic analogs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Designates the month of May 1985 as Better Hearing and Speech Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Designates the week beginning May 12, 1985, as National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to extend the authorization of appropriations for five years, through FY 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for outpatient occupational therapy services.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Skilled Enlisted Reserve Training Act - Directs the Secretary of each military department to establish a skilled enlisted reserve training program to obtain adequate numbers of enlisted members with critical technical skills. Permits each Secretary to enter into an agreement with a qualified person under which the Secretary agrees to provide educational assistance in a technical field in exchange for that person's agreement to serve either: (1) on active duty for one month for each month of assistance received; or (2) in the reserves for four months for each month of assistance received. Sets a monthly maximum payment of $300 for such assistance and a maximum length of such assistance at 24 months. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Requires accepted members to complete basic training before beginning technical training. Sets forth penalties for noncompletion of training, including possible reimbursement of educational assistance. Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to approve the courses and educational institution before the Secretary may enter into an agreement with a member. Permits the Veterans Administration to provide educational assistance under this Act. Directs the President to make an annual report to the Congress concerning such program. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Designates the week beginning September 8, 1985, as National Osteopathic Medicine Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Designates 1985 as the 75th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.