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United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984
Designates the week of September 16 through September 22, 1984, as Emergency Medicine Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Republic of South Africa should release Nelson Mandela from prison and should revoke Winnie Mandela's banning order; (2) the President should use his position to secure the release of Nelson and Winnie Mandela; and (3) the President of the Senate is requested to transmit a copy of this resolution to the President and to the Prime Minister of the Republic of South Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Designates January 27, 1985, as National Jerome Kern Day.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government take immediate steps to support funding for a national storm-scale operational and research meteorological (STORM) program under the leadership of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce, with the cooperation of other interested and appropriate departments and agencies. Sets forth certain times the President should submit to Congress proposed activities of the program, including budgetary requirements, progress reports, and a statement of activities.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
Title I: Trade in Telecommunications - Telecommunications Trade Act of 1984 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President, during the three years following enactment of this Act, to enter into multilateral or bilateral trade agreements with foreign countries or instrumentalities which provide for the reduction or elimination of barriers to trade in telecommunications products. Authorizes the President to enter into such agreements whenever the President determines: (1) that any barriers to international trade of any foreign country or the United States unduly burden and restrict U.S. foreign trade in telecommunications products or adversely affect the U.S. economy or the imposition of such barriers is likely to result in such a burden, restriction, or effect; and (2) that attainment of the negotiating objectives will be promoted by entering into such agreement. Declares that the U.S. negotiating objectives shall be: (1) to obtain agreements that would provide competitive opportunities for U.S. exports of telecommunications products in foreign countries which are substantially equivalent to the competitive opportunities provided by the United States after the restructuring of the U.S. market for telecommunications; and (2) to avoid uncompensated reductions in barriers to foreign access to the U.S. market. Sets forth factors to be taken into account in pursuing such objectives. Directs the President, after not more than 90 days of consultations with the appropriate foreign countries or instrumentalities, to: (1) terminate, withdraw, or suspend all or part of any trade agreement entered into under this Act, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, or the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to any U.S. duty or other import restriction on telecommunications products; and (2) terminate, withdraw, or suspend the obligation of the United States with respect to such duty or other import restriction. Suspends the effect of the President's action on such duty or import restriction until three years after enactment of this Act. Directs the President to consult with the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee in carrying out this title. Title II: Telecommunications Product Classification - Telecommunications Product Classification Act - Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to create a tariff classification for and impose a duty on: (1) data processing machines designed for connection with telegraphic or telephonic apparatus, instruments, or networks; (2) office machines designed for connection to such apparatus, instruments, or networks; (3) parts designed for connection to such apparatus, instruments, or networks; and (4) machines designed for connection to such apparatus, instruments, or networks. Defines the term "entertainment broadcast band receivers" to mean radio receivers designed principally to receive signals in the AM and FM entertainment broadcast bands whether or not capable of receiving signals on other bands. Creates a tariff classification for and imposes a duty on: (1) telephone switching apparatus (including private branch exchange and key system switching apparatus); (2) telephone sets and terminal equipment; (3) other switching apparatus; and (4) other terminal apparatus. Grants duty free treatment to communications satellites to be launched in the United States for use in a global communications satellite system and other communications satellite. Creates a tariff classification for and imposes a duty on: (1) radio receivers, other than solid-state receivers; (2) solid-state radio receivers designed for motor vehicle installation; (3) other entertainment broadcast band receivers; (4) hand-held citizens band transceivers; (5) low-power radio-telephonic transceivers operating on specified frequencies; (6) cordless handset telephones; (7) transmitters; (8) telephone answering machines; (9) radio-television-phonograph combination articles designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus, instruments, or networks; (10) insulated electrical conductors with modular telephone connectors; (11) electrical equipment designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus, instruments, or networks; (12) optical fiber bundles; and (13) optical fibers and optical fiber cables.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act, 1985 - Title I: Authorizations of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research and development, space flight, control, and data communications, construction of facilities, and research and program management. Permits appropriations for research and development and space flight, control and data communications to be used for any items of a capital nature (other than acquisition of land) which may be required at locations other than NASA installations for the performance of research and development contracts, and for grants to nonprofit institutions of higher education, or to nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is the conduct of scientific research for purchase or construction of additional research facilities. Requires the Administrator to notify the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate committees of Congress whenever the cost of a facility exceeds a specified amount. Permits funds appropriated for research and development, space flight, control and data communications, or for construction of facilities to remain available without fiscal year limitation. Permits appropriations for research and program management to be used for scientific contributions or extraordinary expenses upon the approval of the Administrator. Permits the funds for construction of any of specified facilities: (1) in the discretion of the NASA Administrator, to be varied upward ten percent; or (2) following a report by the Administrator to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the circumstances of such action, to be varied upward 25 percent to meet unusual cost variations. Limits the total cost of all construction work to the total of the amounts specified. Permits one-half of one percent of the funds appropriated for research and development to be transferred to the "Construction of facilities" appropriations. Authorizes the expenditure of such funds, together with $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated for construction of facilities, to construct, expand, or modify laboratories and other installations. Requires the Administrator to notify the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate committees of Congress of the specific nature, cost, and reasons for such construction 30 days before expending funds. Prohibits for a period of 30 days after notice to Congress the expenditure of appropriations for deleted programs, for programs in excess of the amount authorized, and for programs which have not been presented to the appropriate committees of Congress. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that it is in the national interest that consideration be given to geographical distribution of Federal research funds whenever feasible and that NASA should explore ways of doing so. Limits the use of civil space stations constructed under this Act for peaceful purposes only. Requires NASA to enter into a contract for the development of an advanced communications technology satellite. Declares that the general welfare of the United States requires that NASA seek and encourage, to the maximum extent possible, the fullest commercial use of space. Permits the Administrator of NASA to transfer to an academic institution or nonprofit organization title to all Federal scientific research or development equipment which has been loaned to it for at least two years, provided that NASA does not need such property and it is being used by the organization holding it for a purpose consistent with the use intended when the property was loaned. Title II: National Commission on Space - National Commission on Space Act - Directs the President to establish a National Commission on Space, composed of ex officio and advisory members, plus 15 qualified individuals appointed by the President. Requires the Commission to make an investigation of existing and proposed space activities in the United States in order to assess their adequacy in meeting the present and future needs of the nation. Specifies items to be included in such study. Requires, within 12 months after the Commission is established, submission to the President and to specified congressional committees the results of such study, together with recommendations for legislation as the Commission determines to be appropriate. Terminates the Commission 60 days after it has submitted such report.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to declare as an objective of the Act that community services provided under the Act should place emphasis on maintaining a continuum of care for the vulnerable elderly. Directs the Commissioner on Aging to develop linkages with utilization and quality control peer review organizations under the Social Security Act in order to insure the development of community alternatives. Increases the number of programs related to the purposes of the Act, for purposes of Federal agency cooperation. Revises provisions relating to the appointment of members to the Federal Council on Aging. Authorizes appropriations for the Council for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987. Provides for the annual authorization of appropriations to conduct program and project evaluations in an amount not exceeding one-tenth of one percent of annual funding or $300,000, whichever is lower. Defines the term: (1) "multipurpose senior center" to mean a community facility for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services, which shall include, but not be limited to, provision of health, social, nutritional and educational services and the provision of facilities for recreational activities for older individuals; and (2) "focal point" to mean a facility established to encourage the maximum collocation and coordination of services for older individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 for grants for: (1) supportive services and senior centers; (2) congregate nutrition services; and (3) home delivered nutrition services. Permits a State to use up to one percent of its allotment for conducting effective demonstration projects in health and nutrition education. Requires a State agency designating an area agency on aging to give the right of first refusal to a unit of general purpose local government when the boundaries of such a unit and the boundaries of the area are reasonably contiguous. Requires area plans: (1) to provide supportive services for families of elderly victims of Alzheimers' disease and other neurological diseases and organic brain disorders; (2) to provide services for the prevention of elder abuse; and (3) in providing services, to give preference to older individuals, especially minorities, with the greatest economic or social needs. Requires an area agency before requesting a waiver of any requirements for furnishing services to conduct a public hearing. Repeals the authority of grant recipients to charge for meals. Permits grant recipients to request voluntary contributions for meals. Requires a State plan to provide that with respect to services for the prevention of elder abuse: (1) the State will identify the public and private nonprofit entities involved in the prevention, identification, and treatment of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (2) the State will, based on such identification, determine the extent to which the need for services for the prevention of elder abuse are unmet; (3) the State will establish, in areas where the need for services is unmet, a program for public education to identify and prevent elder abuse, receive reports of elder abuse, and refer complaints to law enforcement agencies; (4) the State will not permit involuntary or coerced participation in the program of services by alleged victims, abusers, or their households; and (5) all information gathered shall remain confidential unless all parties to the complaint agree to the release of the information, except that the information may be released to a law enforcement agency. Requires a State plan to provide assurances that each State will: (1) provide inservice training opportunities for personnel of agencies and programs funded under the Act; and (2) assign personnel to provide State leadership in developing legal assistance programs for the elderly throughout the State. Requires each State to establish at least one demonstration project for health and nutrition education to be conducted by one or more area agencies on aging. Limits State expenditures for plan administration to an amount not exceeding five percent of its allotment or $500,000, whichever is greater, except that in the case of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, the amount shall be five percent or $200,000, whichever is greater. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 for the surplus commodities program under the Act. Prohibits State agencies and area agencies on aging from requesting information or data of providers which is not pertinent to a payment made under the Act. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to States with approved State plans for: (1) supportive services for the prevention of elder abuse; and (2) inservice training and State leadership for legal assistance activities. Revises provisions relating to training, research, and discretionary projects and programs. Authorizes appropriations for such projects and programs for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987. States that the purpose of such projects and programs is to expand the knowledge and understanding of aging and the aging process, to design and test innovative ideas in programs and services for older individuals, and to help meet the needs for trained personnel in the field of aging. Directs the Commissioner to administer such projects and programs through the Administration on Aging. Provides for the special consideration of Alzheimers' disease with respect to such projects and programs. Provides for the dissemination of information with respect to project results. Directs the Commissioner, upon request, to provide assistance to State agencies on aging, to work in conjunction with State protective service agencies so as not to duplicate activities already undertaken by such protective service agencies, for the provision of technical assistance and development of training materials for personnel in State and area agencies who are engaged or intend to engage in the prevention, identification, and treatment of elder abuse. Limits to 12 percent of Federal funding the amount which shall be available for the costs of administration of a State's older American community service employment program. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate such employment program with programs of the Job Training Partnership Act, the Community Services Block Grant Act, and the Vocational Education Act of 1984, if the Secretary determines that to do so would increase job opportunities available under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Requires each State receiving funds under the older American community service employment program to report to the Secretary annually concerning the equitable distribution of funds within the State. Authorizes appropriations for such employment program for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 for grants to Indian tribes under the Act. Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to add to the definition of the term "employee." States that such term includes any individual who is a U.S. citizen employed by an employer in a workplace in a foreign country. Provides that the provisions of such Act shall not prohibit the compulsory retirement of any employee between 65 and 70 years of age who, between the two year period immediately before retirement, is employed in a bona fide executive position, if such employee is entitled to an immediate nonforfeitable annual retirement benefit of at least $44,000. (Current law provides that the benefit must be at least $27,000.)
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should direct the Secretary of Commerce to seek the discontinuance of practices that restrict the flow of U.S. travel literature to Canada. Urges the Secretary to present this issue to the Tourism Policy Council pursuant to the National Tourism Policy Act and seek the Council's recommended course of action.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Designates the U.S. Post Office Building in Moorestown, New Jersey, as the Edwin B. Forsythe Post Office Building.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Designates the Barnegat National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey as the Edwin B. Forsythe-Barnegat National Wildlife Refuge and the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey as the Edwin B. Forsythe-Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Civil Rights Act of 1984 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination by any recipient of Federal financial assistance. (Currently, discrimination is prohibited only in a program or activity receiving Federal assistance.) Defines the term "recipient" to extend comprehensive coverage for purposes of the four Acts to any State or local governmental unit, any public or private agency or entity, and any subunit successor, assignee, or transferee of any such unit, agency, or entity.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Public Transit Improvement Act of 1984 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to extend from FY 1984 to 1986 the provisions which allow recipients to transfer portions of capital assistance in exchange for operating assistance. Repeals provisions requiring certification of such transfer. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to use discretionary funds resulting from such transfer for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities. Provides that recipients which transfer funds are not eligible for discretionary grants except for emergency purposes. Increases authorized appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to obligate funds for multi-year financing in advance of construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make emergency capital grants to States and local public bodies for the repair or replacement of public transportation equipment and facilities which have been damaged and seriously disrupted as a result of a natural disaster or catastrophic occurrence. Revises the definition of "associated capital maintenance items" (for which block grants are authorized) by lowering their threshold costs from one percent to one-half of one percent. Authorizes the use of such grants to finance the leasing of facilities and equipment for use in mass transportation service. Makes funds available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 through 1987 for transit crime prevention and security. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public mass transit systems for such purpose. Requires recipients of such grants to report to the Secretary, not less than annually with respect to the amount of crime on such systems. Permits the use of operating assistance funds under the urban mass transit grant program for bus and bus-related facilities if there are no commuter rail or fixed guideway systems in operation in the fiscal year of apportionment.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Amends the National Housing Act to extend the authority for the Federal crime insurance program through FY 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress fully supports Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry and encourages Americans to participate.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1984
Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Fair Trade Act 1984 - Directs the President to review, on a country by country basis, the adequacy and effectiveness of such country's efforts to protect the intellectual property rights of U.S. nationals in the context of U.S. trade relations, including, but not limited to, negotiations with respect to a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) convention and the implementation of treaties and conventions. Requires the President to consult with private sector representatives as required by the Trade Act of 1974. Directs the President to report the results of such review to Congress within one year after enactment of this Act, including recommendations for bilateral and multilateral initiatives, negotiating plans and priorities, dealing with inadequate protections in high technology areas, and the imposition of trade suspensions or denials of trade concessions. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prohibit the President from designating as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of such Act a country which fails to provide adequate intellectual property protection to U.S. nationals or does not assume a constructive role with respect to GATT or compliance with existing treaties and conventions. Permits the President to exempt any country where substantial progress is being made upon presenting written assurances to that effect to Congress. Permits an exemption, up to one year, for any country if it would be in the security or economic interest of the United States. Requires written notification to Congress. Permits a one year extension of such exemption. Requires the President to withdraw or suspend the designation of a beneficiary developing country if after two years after the initial report under this Act is submitted, such country fails to comply with the requirements or qualify for an exemption under this Act. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to assist developing nations in establishing and enforcing effective systems for the protection of intellectual property rights. Sets forth the factors the President must consider in determining whether or not to provide such assistance, including the good faith efforts of the country in question, the relative economic importance of such country, the extent of protection deficiency, and the threat to the technological and trade interests of the United States. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1984
Age Discrimination in Employment Act Public Safety Officers Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to exclude State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters from coverage under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1984
Computer Education Assistance Act of 1984 - Title I: Acquisition of Computer Resources - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of strengthening computer education in the elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1985 through 1991. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States and for allocation of allotments within States. Provides that two percent of the appropriations for this Act be reserved for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Provides for allotment to States on the basis of school-age population and on the basis of a formula for distribution of aid for disadvantaged school children under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs the State educational agency (SEA) to allocate the State allotment to local educational agencies (LEAs) on the basis of similar factors. Allows grants under this Act to be used to pay the Federal share of: (1) planning activities; (2) acquisition of computers and other equipment for computer education; (3) teacher training programs; and (4) computer software acquisition. Sets forth requirements for State applications for grants under this Act. Sets forth requirements for local applications for payments under this Act. Makes specified provisions of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 relating to participation of children enrolled in private schools applicable to the financial assistance made available under this Act. Directs the Secretary to pay each State, from the amount allotted, the Federal share (75 percent) of the cost of the program assisted under this Act. Permits non-Federal contributions to be in cash or in kind, including plant, equipment, and services. Title II: Teacher Training Institutes - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to make grants to and contracts with specified entities to develop and operate short-term or regular session study institutes to improve the qualifications of individuals engaged or preparing to engage in the teaching, or supervising or training of teachers, of the use of computers for computer education instruction and other education programs in elementary and secondary schools. Provides that special consideration be given to grant or contract applicants who will train teachers, or supervisors or trainers of teachers, serving or preparing to serve in elementary and secondary schools that enroll substantial numbers of disadvantaged youth or in programs for children of limited English language proficiency. Provides for weekly stipends for individuals who attend such institutes. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1985 through 1991. Title III: Information Dissemination and Evaluation - Directs the Secretary, through the National Institute of Education (NIE) and the NSF, to provide advice and technical assistance to SEAs and LEAs on the expenditure of funds under title I of this Act and on the acquisition of computer software through an interagency agreement to: (1) evaluate available computer hardware and software, in terms of it usefulness in the classroom; (2) disseminate the results of such evaluation; and (3) develop model computer educational software, and make such model software (and its design premises) available to computer software producers and distributors, teachers, and school administrators. Authorizes the Secretary and the NSF to make grants and contracts to carry out such functions. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1985 through 1991. Directs the NSF, through grants to or contracts with specified entities, to conduct, assist, and foster research and experimentation on, and dissemination of, models of instruction in the operation and use of computers. Gives priority to proposals prepared with active and broad community involvement of such groups as parents, teachers, school boards and administrators, and local business. Permits funds available under such grants and contracts to be used for the acquisition of computer hardware and software. Requires the Director of the NSF to: (1) report annually to the Congress on the results of such research and experimentation; and (2) in conjunction with the NIE, disseminate information concerning such results to LEAs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1985 through 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1984
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of the Public Health Service Act) to add new part F provisions for the regulation of underground storage tanks containing substances other than hazardous waste. Defines "hazardous substances," for purposes of part F, as: (1) any substance defined under specified provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) (CERCLA), but not including substances regulated as hazardous wastes under the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (2) petroleum, including oil or any fraction thereof; and (3) natural gas liquids or gas liquids, except that the term "gas liquids" does not include propane or butane having in the container an absolute pressure exceeding 40 pounds per square inch absolute at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Defines "owner or operator," "person," and "release." Defines "underground storage tank" to include underground pipes connected to such a tank, and lists the following exclusions from this term: (1) farm or residential underground storage tanks of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes; (2) underground storage tanks used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored; (3) residential septic tanks; (4) pipelines regulated under the National Gas Pipeline Act of 1968, as amended; or (5) unenclosed surface impoundments, pits, ponds, lagoons, or basins. Sets forth notification and certification requirements. Requires owners of underground storage tanks used for storing hazardous substances to notify designated State or local agencies of specified information relating to such tanks. Requires owners of such tanks which are operational as of the date of enactment of this Act to provide specified information within 12 months of such enactment date. Requires owners of such tanks which are nonoperational as of such enactment date but which were operational after January 1, 1974, to supply specified information within 12 months of such enactment date. Requires owners or operators that install or bring into use an underground storage tank after the initial notification for operational tanks to notify the designated State or local agency within 30 days of installation or use. Directs the Governor of each State, within 90 days of such enactment date, to designate the appropriate State or local agencies to receive such notifications. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 180 days of such enactment date and in consultation with designated State and local officials, to prescribe in greater detail the form and content of such notifications. Provides that, if a Governor chooses not to designate a State or local agency for such purpose, such notifications shall be submitted to the Administrator. Requires the State, if such notifications are submitted to a designated State or local agency, to compile the submitted information into a comprehensive inventory and furnish such inventory to the Administrator within 18 months of such enactment date. Directs the Administrator, or the appropriate official in a State with an approved program, to issue a certificate to: (1) the owner of each tank for which a complete and valid notification was received under specified provisions, within 30 months of such enactment date; and (2) the owner or operator of a tank installed or brought into use after the initial certification, within 30 days of notification by the owner or operator. Sets forth provisions for release detection, prevention, and correction regulations applicable to all owners and operators of underground storage tanks used for storing hazardous substances, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Directs the Administrator to promulgate such regulations, after opportunity for public comment and within 18 months after enactment of this Act. Requires that such regulations include requirements respecting specified areas, including: (1) valid certification; (2) leak detection or inventory systems and tank testing; (3) records of such testing, inventory, or detection; (4) reporting releases and corrective actions; (5) standards of performance for new underground tanks, including specified requirements; (6) corrective actions; (7) closure to prevent future release; and (8) evidence of financial responsibility for taking corrective action and for bodily injury and property damage to third parties. Prohibits, until the effective date of such regulations and after 180 days from the enactment of this Act, any person from installing or beginning to use an underground storage tank to store hazardous substances unless such tank is cathodically protected against corrosion, constructed of a noncorrosive material, or contained in a manner designed to prevent the release into the environment of any stored hazardous substances. Sets forth provisions relating to approval of State programs by the Administrator. Sets forth provisions relating to inspections, monitoring, and testing. Sets forth provisions for confidentiality of information, and criminal penalties for violations of such confidentiality. Requires that all information reported to, or otherwise obtained by, the EPA under this Act be made available, upon written request, to any duly authorized committee of the Congress. Sets forth provisions for Federal enforcement of requirements under this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for specified violations. Makes requirements under this Act applicable to Federal facilities. Authorizes the President to grant exemptions from such requirements upon determination that it is in the paramount interest of the United States to do so. Requires the President to report annually to Congress on such exemptions and the reasons for granting them. Provides that nothing in this Act shall preclude or deny any State or local authority to regulate more stringently underground storage tanks used to store hazardous substances. Directs the Administrator, within 36 months after the enactment of this Act, to study the following underground storage tanks exempted under the definition of "underground storage tanks: (1) farm or residential underground storage tanks of $1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes; and (2) underground storage tanks used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored. Requires that such study include estimates of the number and location of such tanks and an analysis of the extent to which there may be releases or threatened releases from such tanks into the environment. Directs the Administrator to report to the President and the Congress on the results of the study, with recommendations as to whether or not such tanks should be subject to regulation under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator to carry out this Act for FY 1984 through 1988. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988 for grants to States to assist States in implementing approved State underground storage tank programs. Includes underground storage tank regulations under provisions for judicial review of regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Amends CERCLA to include under the definition of "hazardous substance" for purposes of such Act gasoline and other liquid hydrocarbons or natural gas liquids or gas liquids released or threatening to be released into ground water or subsurface soils from an underground storage tank as defined under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take steps to: (1) issue a proclamation commemorating the Ukrainian famine of 1933; (2) issue a warning that the continued enslavement of the Ukrainian nation is a threat to world peace; and (3) convey to the Soviet people U.S. sentiments for the recovery of Ukrainian freedom and independence.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of the Honorable Edwin B. Forsythe, of New Jersey.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that congressional action is necessary to consummate any sale of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and that congressional hearings should be held regarding the activities of the Department of Transportation with respect to such sale.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business, not earlier than January 1, 1985, and not later than September 1, 1986, to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the Conference. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such conference. Requires a final report of the Conference, within six months from the date such conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Designates the week of September 23 through September 29, 1984, as National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Designates a Federal building in Bangor, Maine, as the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Names a certain Federal building in Augusta, Maine, the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984
Designates the month of March 1985 as National Hemophilia Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Commission on the Ukraine Famine Act - Establishes a Commission to be known as the Commission on the Ukraine Famine which shall study the 1932-1933 Ukraine famine in order to: (1) expand the world's knowledge of the famine; and (2) provide the American public with a better understanding of the Soviet system. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations for: (1) FY 1985 through 1987 to be used by the Secretary of Commerce to assist in the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities; and (2) FY 1987 through 1989 for the Public Broadcasting Fund used by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to assist in supporting the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of programs and projects to: (1) prevent incidents of family violence; and (2) provide shelter and related assistance for victims and dependents of victims of family violence. Sets forth requirements for grant applications. Limits to five percent of such grant funds the amount which may be used for State administrative costs. Requires that at least 70 percent of such funds be distributed to nonprofit private organizations (including religious and charitable organizations and voluntary associations). Requires that the remainder be distributed to local public agencies. Requires the State, in distributing such funds, to give special emphasis to the support of community-based projects of demonstrated effectiveness, particularly those with the primary purpose of operating shelters for victims and dependents and those which provide counseling, alcohol and drug abuse treatment, and self-help services to abusers and victims. Prohibits projects receiving grant funds from: (1) requiring a minimum length of stay for shelter residents; or (2) censoring mail or telephone calls of shelter residents, or interfering in any way with reconciliation efforts, unless requested to do so by the resident. Requires States receiving grants to certify, within one year after receipt of such funds, to the Secretary that the State has a procedure for the eviction of an abusing spouse from a shared residence. Permits grant funds to be used to provide shelter and related assistance to victims of violence by individuals with whom they reside, provided that victims of family violence are first served. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to Indian tribes and intertribal organizations for such projects for the prevention of family violence and for shelters and related assistance for victims and dependents. Sets forth limits on the amount of such grants to single entities other than States. Prohibits direct payments to victims or dependents. Prohibits imposition of income eligibility standards. Requires local grant recipients to provide local shares of grant funds. Requires that at least 75 percent of grant funds be distributed to entities to provide immediate shelter and related assistance to victims and dependents. Sets forth formulas for allotment of such grant funds to States and to specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth provisions for administration of programs under this title. Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain records on programs under this title and coordinate all Federal programs relating to family violence; (2) support research on the provision of shelter and related assistance to victims and dependents; and (3) establish a national information and resource clearinghouse on family violence to be coordinated with the information clearinghouse maintained by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or contracts with, public or nonprofit private entities to provide technical assistance, training, and outreach services. Directs the Secretary to review, evaluate, and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the program (particularly in relation to repeated incidents of family violence) under this title, within two years after funds are first obligated for program grants. Sets forth prohibitions against discrimination in programs funded under this title. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986 to carry out this title. Requires that: (1) 90 percent of such appropriations be used for grants to States, with between one-half and one percent of those appropriations to be available for grants to Indian tribes and intertribal organizations; and (2) ten percent of such appropriations be used by the Secretary to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary to establish an office to be known as the National Center on Elder Abuse. Directs the Secretary, through the Center, to do the following with respect to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation: (1) compile, publish, and disseminate a summary annually of recently conducted research; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs showing promise of success in prevention, identification, and treatment; (3) compile, publish, and disseminate personnel training materials; (4) provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations in planning, improving, developing, and carrying out related programs and activities; (5) conduct research into causes, prevention, treatment, and identification; and (6) make a complete study and investigation (in consultation with the National Institute on Aging) of the national incidence, including a determination of the extent to which incidents are increasing in number or severity. Directs the Secretary, within 18 months after enactment of this Act, to report to the President and Congress on the results of such research, with appropriate recommendations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the activities of the Center. Directs the Attorney General to make grants for regionally-based training and technical assistance for local and State law enforcement agency personnel to respond to incidents of family violence. Provides for awarding of such grants on a competitive basis. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) select recipients who have demonstrated their effectiveness in preparing such personnel to handle such incidents; and (2) give priority to application proposals to develop, demonstrate, or disseminate information about improved techniques for law enforcement officers' response to such incidents. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for each of the fiscal years for which this title is in effect. Directs the Secretary to study: (1) the necessity and impact of mandatory reporting requirements relating to incidents of family violence, particularly elder abuse; and (2) the effect of immunity on the mandatory reporting process. Directs the Secretary, within 18 months after enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the results of such study, with appropriate recommendations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such study.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the American Gold Star Mothers, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984
Commends the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Commission for its efforts to: (1) restore and preserve the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island; (2) establish a lasting memorial to the immigrants who created America; (3) plan and implement centennial celebration events; (4) develop plans ensuring continuing support of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island National Monument; and (5) raise $230,000,000 to accomplish these goals.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Designates July 1, 1984, through July 1, 1985, as Year of the Ocean.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Designates March 21, 1984, as National Single Parent Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Impact Aid Authorization Act of 1984 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations through FY 1989 for the impact aid program for federally affected schools. Increases the authority for reimbursements to eligible local educational agencies for revenues lost from federally owned, nontaxable property. Requires the Secretary of Education, not later than November 15, of each year, to publish the percentage change in the price index published for October of the preceding fiscal year and October of the fiscal year in which such publication is made. Bases the amount authorized for such impact aid programs on such percentage change. Limits such percentage change to no more than five percent. Repeals the three-year phaseout of impact aid to federally affected schools whose students' parents either live or work on Federal property. Authorizes appropriations for such impact aid through FY 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Human Services Reauthorization Act - Title I: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to extend the authorization of appropriations for low-income home energy assistance to FY 1985 through 1989. Includes in the term "energy crisis intervention" household energy related emergencies. Requires that at least five percent of a State's allotment of funds for low-income home energy assistance be reserved until March 15 of each year for energy crisis intervention, which shall be administered by public or nonprofit entities having experience in and the capacity to administer such programs. Requires as part of the annual application for an allotment of funds for low-income home energy assistance that a State agree to: (1) describe the eligibility requirements for households desiring to participate in the low-income home energy assistance program and the manner in which the State determines benefit levels; and (2) indicate the amount which the State will reserve for energy crisis intervention and the administration procedures for designating an emergency and determining the assistance to be provided and for determining the use of funds reserved for energy crisis intervention but not expended for emergencies. Provides that home energy assistance payments provided to a household by a private nonprofit organization or by an entity whose revenues are derived primarily on a rate-of-return basis regulated by the State or Federal Government shall not be considered income for such household for purposes of Federal or State law if the appropriate State agency certifies that such assistance is based on need. Decreases the maximum amount of grant money allotted for a fiscal year to States for low-income home energy assistance which a State may request to be held available for the next fiscal year. Specifies additional home energy and home energy assistance data which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to collect on a State-by-State basis. Specifies the dates by which the Secretary's annual reports on such data must be submitted to Congress. Prohibits the Secretary from using more than $350,000 in any fiscal year for demonstration and analysis of effective ways to meet the energy needs of low-income households. Title II: Community Services Block Grant - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to increase the authorization of appropriations for community services grants for FY 1985 and 1986 and to authorize appropriations for such grants for FY 1987 through 1989. Permits a State to revise the poverty line for purposes of community services grants to 125 percent of the official poverty line established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget if the State determines that such revision will serve the objectives of such grants. Revises the amount of funds which a State applying for a community services block grant must agree to make available to community action agencies and organizations serving seasonal or migrant farmworkers. Requires that the remainder of such funds be used to permit existing community action agencies to serve geographic areas not being served or to establish new community action agencies. Sets forth waiver provisions with respect to such funding requirements. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Service to provide training and ongoing activities of national and regional significance related to the purposes of the community services grant program. (Under current law, the Secretary has discretionary authority to provide such training and activities.) Permits the Secretary to make grants, loans, and loan guarantees to nonprofit private organizations applying jointly with business concerns for funding. Title III: Head Start Program - Amends the Head Start Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer the Head Start program through the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services. Authorizes the appropriations for the Head Start program for FY 1985 through 1989. Requires the Secretary to reserve for training and technical assistance for each fiscal year funds which are not less than the amount spent for such activities under such Act in FY 1982. Requires the Secretary to designate as Head Start agencies any local public or private nonprofit agency which was receiving funds under any Head Start program on August 31, 1981, if such agency meets program and fiscal requirements established by the Secretary. (Under current law, the Secretary is required to give priority in the designation of Head Start agencies to such local agencies.) Authorizes the Secretary to designate a Head Start agency from among qualified applicants in a community if there is no Head Start agency or program serving such community. Permits each Head Start program operated in a community to provide more than one year of Head Start services to children from age three to the age of compulsory school attendance in the State where the program is located. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance and training in connection with Head Start programs. (Under current law, the Secretary is authorized to provide such activities.) Specifies the types of programs which must be included in such training activities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to allow a jurisdiction to conduct activities under the community development block grant program in areas in which a majority of the residents are not persons of low and moderate income if: (1) such areas have a higher proportion of low- and moderate-income persons than 75 percent of all areas in the jurisdiction; and (2) restricting such activities to the few or small areas in which a majority of the residents are low- and moderate-income persons would not address the needs of such persons in the jurisdiction generally.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984
Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Designates March 25, 1984, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Designates the week beginning May 6, 1984, as National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Communications Commission should not institute flat end user charges for residential and single line business customers: (1) until it documents that such charges will not threaten universal basic telephone service and submits such findings to the Senate in time for the Senate to exercise its oversight function; (2) before June 1985; and (3) in excess of four dollars per month per line prior to 1990. Directs the Commission, if it institutes such charges, to: (1) ensure the institution of reduced cost basic telephone or lifelong service for those people who otherwise could not afford basic telephone or lifelong services and exempt such persons from such charges; (2) implement a plan to provide small rural telephone companies with high costs assistance in addition to that announced by the Commission in July 1983 in order to ensure affordable basic telephone service to their customers; and (3) review the tariffs for interexchange telecommunications services to ensure that the prices for such services are reduced as much as possible. Directs the Commission to implement justified changes in pricing levels, mechanisms, and structures for telecommunications services gradually to minimize the impact on the viability of alternative networks, the vitality of competition, and the maintenance of universal service. Prohibits the Commission from increasing the flat end user charge above four dollars before additional study and congressional oversight. Directs the Commission to expand the exemption from surcharges on private line surcharges to include users who verify that they do not interconnect with the public switched telephone network.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require each Federal agency conducting or supporting an activity (whether inside or outside the Coastal Zone) that produces an identifiable physical, biological, social or economic consequence in the zone, or initiates a chain of events likely to result in such consequences, to conduct or support that activity in a manner which is, to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with approved State management programs. Exempts from such requirement any Federal activity that is: (1) undertaken to counter the immediate effects of a declared national emergency; (2) necessary for reasons of national security; or (3) required by any provision of a Federal law which prevents consistency with any provision of an approved State coastal zone management program.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Transit Crime Prevention Act of 1984 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to increase amounts available for expenditure from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1985 and 1986. Makes specified amounts of such funds available for FY 1984 through 1986 for the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to public mass transit systems for crime prevention and security. Directs the Secretary to require each public mass transit system receiving a grant under this Act to file annual crime reports.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 6 through May 13, 1984, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Declares that Congress asks the American people to take cognizance of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Rome on June 2 through June 3, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the President should submit a revised budget proposal containing specific provisions to reduce the Federal deficit by a total of at least $200,000,000,000 over the next three fiscal years. Calls for the Congress to act expeditiously through legislative procedures to consider such proposals and enact a deficit reduction package.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Designates the week of October 21, through October 27, 1984, as Lupus Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Petroleum Consumer Overcharge Restitution Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to disburse to the States: (1) funds from accounts held in escrow as a result of alleged petroleum pricing and allocation violations, subtracting amounts necessary to pay all identifiable legitimate overcharge claims; and (2) in addition to such funds, all other amounts hereafter collected as a result of petroleum pricing and allocation violations which are attributable to injuries to unidentifiable parties and are not necessary to satisfy the claims of identifiable injured claimants. States that such disbursements shall be available for energy conservation programs. Directs the Comptroller General to review the use of such funds.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Designates the week beginning April 22, 1984, as National Dance Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to present to Elie Wiesel a gold medal in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to world literature and human rights. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the public sale of bronze duplicates of such medal.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984
Designates the week of May 20 through May 26, 1984, as National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week.