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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
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 - Title I: Department of State: - Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 for the Department of State for: (1) administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commission; (4) migration and refugee assistance; (5) U.S. bilateral science and technology agreements; (6) the Asia Foundation; and (7) Soviet-East European research and training. Earmarks specified amounts out of the funds authorized for the administration of foreign affairs for payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Earmarks specified amounts out of the international organizations and conferences funds for: (1) payments to the United Nations for expenses of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East; and (2) the World Commission on Environment and Development. Earmarks specified amounts of the migration and refugee assistance funds for: (1) the resettlement of Jewish refugees in Israel; and (2) contribution to the regular budget of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Declares that it is U.S. policy: (1) to contribute to the International Committee of the Red Cross an amount equal to at least 20 percent of its regular budget; and (2) to support the special appeals made by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1986 authorization for administration of foreign affairs for security-related capital projects and improvements and the salaries and expenses associated with security-related personnel. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the State Department to employ and compensate aliens for services abroad, except for purposes relating to compensation for work injuries and certain tort claims. Authorizes using State Department funds to pay for U.S. participation in arbitrations: (1) for the peaceful resolution of disputes under treaties or other international agreements; and (2) arising under contracts authorized by law for the performance of services or acquisition of property abroad. Authorizes the Secretary to provide extraordinary protective services for foreign missions to the extent necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to a State or local authority for protective services only if the Secretary has determined that circumstances exist which require extraordinary security measures which exceed those which local law enforcement agencies can reasonably be expected to take. Authorizes obligating funds for such purposes only after regulations have been issued after consultation with the appropriate congressional committees. Limits the amount of such funds that may be obligated for protective services within any single State. Requires that at least 15 percent of such funds shall be kept in reserve for protective services provided by the Secretary or for expenditures in local jurisdictions not otherwise covered by an agreement for protective services. Limits an agreement with a State or local authority for the provision of protective services to 90 days subject to renewal. Amends the Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973 to provide that the State Department need not be reimbursed for the detailing of State Department employees to another executive department or agency if the number of employees so detailed at any one time does not exceed 15 and the period of such detail does not exceed two years. Increases the number of Assistant Secretaries of State from 13 to 14. Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 to authorize the President to furnish aid under such Act not withstanding any law which restricts aid to foreign countries. Authorizes using migration and refugee assistance funds to pay for employing individuals or organizations for services abroad. Amends the International Center Act to authorize the Administrator of General Services, upon the request of the Secretary to construct facilities in the International Center, including facilities for security and maintenance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Secretary to transfer Government-owned excess property to any friendly country, international organization, the American Red Cross, or other voluntary nonprofit relief agency in order to support development assistance activities which are designed to enhance environmental protection in foreign countries if the Secretary makes a specified determination with regard to such property. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize the Secretary to acquire such property and equipment as necessary to provide training for Foreign Service personnel and to acquire a consolidated training facility within reasonable proximity to the State Department. Earmarks specified amounts of funds authorized for administration of foreign affairs for such training facility. Prohibits obligating such amounts until 30 days after certain plans and estimates are submitted to the Congress. Requires the Department of State, in order to ensure that foreign narcotics traffickers are denied visas, to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement agencies in establishing a comprehensive information system on all drug arrests of foreign nationals in the United States so such information can be sent to the appropriate U.S. embassies. Requires the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board to agree on uniform guidelines which would permit the sharing of information on durg traffickers. Requires the Chairman of the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board to report to the Congress, within six months of enactment of this Act, on steps taken to implement such information network. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within 90 days of enactment of this Act on proposals to improve the staffing and personnel management in the Bureau of International Narcotics Matters, specifically whether a narcotics specialist personnel category in the Foreign Service is an appropriate mechanism. Directs the Secretary to issue a travel advisory warning U.S. citizens of the dangers of traveling in Mexico. Requires the travel advisory to remain in effect until those responsible for the murder of Drug Enforcement Agent Enrique Camarena Salazar have been brought to trial and a verdict has been obtained. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require the Secretary to establish a health care program for the Foreign Service. (Current law authorizes such program.) Authorizes the program to include preventive and remedial care and services as necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to pay for the cost of treatment if a person who incurs an illness, injury, or medical condition which requires treatment while assigned to a post abroad or located overseas pursuant to Government authorization. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) one important element of a peaceful future for Taiwan is greater participation in the political process by all the people on Taiwan; and (2) the United States should encourage the Taiwan authorities to work vigorously toward this end. Title II: United States Information Agency - United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 for the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). Earmarks specified portions of such authorization for: (1) the Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs, the International Visitor Program, and the Humphrey Fellowship Program; (2) the worldwide book program initiative; (3) exchange-related activities associated with the 1987 Pan American Games. Title III: Board for International Broadcasting - Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations for the Board for International Broadcasting for FY 1986 and 1987. Increases the number of members of the Board to 11. Makes the Secretary an ex officio member of the Board. Prohibits the Secretary from being a member of the Board of Directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Title IV: National Endowment for Democracy - National Endowment for Democracy Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1985 and 1987 - Earmarks specified amounts of the funds authorized for FY 1986 and 1987 for the USIA for the National Endowment for Democracy. Title V: United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act - United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act - Directs the President, acting through the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), to provide an undergraduate scholarship program for citizens and nationals of developing countries to study at U.S. institutions of higher education. Requires that half of each payment to a student shall be in the form of a loan with repayment to be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to his or her country of origin for a period of no less than the number of years spent studying in the United States plus one. Sets forth guidelines for implementing the program. Directs the President, before allocating any funds, to consult with U.S. educational institutions, educational exchange organizations, U.S. missions, and the governments of participating countries on how to implement the guidelines. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with foreign governments to further the scholarship program. Urges the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs, in implementing such programs, to increase assistance for undergraduate scholarships for students of limited financial means from developing countries to study in the United States. Urges the Director of the USIA to expand opportunities for students from developing countries to receive financial aid for postgraduate study at U.S. institutions of higher education. Urges the President to take steps to expand the opportunities for Americans from all economic classes to study in developing countries. Authorizes the President to establish counseling and orientation services: (1) abroad to prepare foreign students for study in the United States; and (2) at U.S. schools to help them while they are in the United States. Directs the Board of Foreign Scholarships to advise and assist the President in the discharge of programs authorized by this Act. Requires the public and private sectors in the United States to be encouraged to contribute to the costs of the programs financed under this Act. Directs the President to engage the public and private sectors of developing countries in programs to maximize the use of program participants upon their return to their own countries. Authorizes the President to publicize the scholarship program abroad. Directs the President to encourage U.S. schools attended by students receiving scholarships under this Act to provide opportunities for U.S. students to develop their knowledge of the foreign students' cultures. Authorizes the President to provide English instruction abroad when necessary. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the activities taken pursuant to this Act. Requires the undergraduate scholarship program financed by the USIA for students from Central America for FY 1986 and 1987 to be conducted in accordance with this Act. Provides for funding to carry out other scholarship programs under this Act. Earmarks at least 25 percent of funds authorized for this title to fund grants and exchanges to Latin America and the Caribbean.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1985
Agricultural Resource Conservation Act of 1985 - Title I: Conservation Policy and Definitions - States that the Congress reaffirms U.S. policy to promote soil and water conservation, to improve water quality, and to preserve and protect natural resources through the use of effective conservation and pollution abatement programs. Title II: Conservation Acreage Reserve Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish during the 1986 through 1996 crop years a long-term conservation acreage reserve program to convert erosion-prone cropland to less intensive uses. Provides with regard to such program: (1) that the Secretary shall control program acreage so as not to adversely affect local communities; (2) the farmer or rancher shall establish approved vegetative cover on such land; (3) individual annual payments shall not exceed $50,000; (4) the Secretary shall make an annual payment and a conservation payment to participants based on bids; (5) at least ten percent of program funds shall be used for farmers and ranchers who agree to plant trees as the required vegetative cover; and (6) that the Secretary may modify a contract after providing the appropriate congressional committees with 90-day notice. Title III: Highly Erodible Land Conservation - Makes any person who cultivates crops on highly erodible land ineligible for: (1) price supports or payments; (2) farm storage facility loans; (3) crop insurance; (4) disaster payments; or (5) specified other agricultural loans. Exempts crops planted: (1) on land cultivated from 1973 through 1985; (2) before enactment of this Act; (3) under specified conservation systems; or (4) in reliance on a Soil Conservation Service determination that such land was not highly erodible. Requires anyone cultivating wheat, feed grains, rice, or cotton on highly erodible land to use appropriate conservation practices in order to qualify for price support payments. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to assure that acreage set aside for conservation uses is adequately protected from wind and water erosion. Authorizes appropriations as necessary for Commodity Credit Corporation reimbursement.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1985
Anti-Apartheid Action Act of 1985 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to earmark specified amounts of the education development assistance funds to finance scholarships for black South Africans who are attending universities, colleges, and secondary schools in South Africa and who are selected by a national or regional panel of educators appointed by the chief of the U.S. diplomatic mission to South Africa. Earmarks a specified amount of the funds available for human rights assistance for grants to nongovernmental organizations in South Africa. Requires such grants to be made by the Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. Directs the Secretary of the State (the Secretary) and other heads of Federal agencies carrying out activities in South Africa to make affirmative efforts in procuring goods and services to assist business enterprises having more than 50 percent beneficial ownership by South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans. Permits the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to issue insurance, reinsurance, and loan guaranties in connection with a project in South Africa, notwithstanding the absence of an agreement with South Africa, if such investment is otherwise eligible except that: (1) the issuance of such insurance, reinsurance, or guaranty shall only be made to promote joint ventures between businesses controlled by South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans and businesses controlled or owned by U.S. nationals; and (2) the U.S. national holds a minority interest or agrees to relinquish its majority interest during the course of the joint venture. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to direct the Export-Import Bank to take active steps to encourage the use of its facilities to guarantee, insure, extend credit, or participate in the extension of credit to businesses in South Africa that are majority owned by South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the labor practices used by the United States Government for hiring South Africans, for paying South Africans for employment services, and for the employment of South Africans arranged by contract should represent the best American labor practices and should serve as a model for the labor practices of U.S. nationals in South Africa. Requires such Government labor practices to be governed by specified principles of labor practices. Expresses the sense of the Congress that any U.S. national that employs more than 25 persons in South Africa should take the necessary steps to insure that certain principles relating to employment practices are implemented. Prohibits any Federal agency from interceding with a foreign government regarding the export marketing activities in any country of a U.S. national employing more than 25 persons in South Africa that is not implementing those employment principles. Prohibits any such national from making any new investment in South Africa. Sets forth such principles. Authorizes the Secretary to issue guidelines and, upon request, advisory opinions on compliance with such principles. Provides for implementing and enforcing this Act. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Declares that it shall be U.S. policy to impose economic sanctions against South Africa if within two years significant progress has not been made toward ending apartheid. Urges the President to raise the issue of reform in South Africa during the May 1985 economic summit and to establish with the other industrialized democracies in Inter-Allied Working Group on South Africa to monitor reforms and, if necessary, develop multilateral economic sanctions against South Africa. Directs the President to submit to the Congress on March 1, 1987 and every six months thereafter a report on the extent to which significant progress has been made toward ending apartheid, including: (1) a detailed assessment of the extent of progress made in South Africa in housing black workers with their families, abolishing the pass laws, ending the migrant labor system, allowing unrestricted labor union rights for all, and increasing local investment in black education and training; (2) a statement of any conclusions drawn by the Inter-Allied Working Group on South Africa; (3) a determination by the President on whether significant progress has been made in achieving the purposes decribed in clause 1; and (4) if the President determines that significant progress has not been made, a recommendation on which of specified sanctions should be imposed. Provides for expedited consideration of a joint resolution calling for such sanctions.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1985
Grants a Federal charter to the organization known as the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
United States · United States Congress · 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
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 · 19 April 1985
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the foreign military sales credit programs for FY 1986. Earmarks specified portions of such sales credits for Israel and for Egypt. Provides that certain amounts of the sales credits earmarked for Israel shall be available for research and development activities in the United States for the Lavi program and that a specified minimum amount of such credits shall be available for procurement in Israel of defense articles and services Grants Greece, South Korea, the Philippines, Portugal, Thailand, and Turkey extended credit terms for arms sales credits or guaranties. Sets the value of a 20 year old naval vessel of 3,000 tons or less for sales purposes. Excludes a pro rata share of fixed base operation costs from the administrative surcharge charged for foreign military arms sales. Authorizes the President to provide free cataloging data and cataloging services to the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) or its member governments if NATO or a member government provides such data and services on a reciprocal basis to the United States. Authorizes the President to provide free contract administration services in connection with certain defense contracts with NATO. Changes the method of financing foreign military sales credits. Authorizes the President to finance foreign military sales on such terms and conditions as the President may determine. Authorizes the President to charge interest at a concessionary rate if it is in the national interest. Requires foreign military loans to be repaid within 12 years unless a longer period is specifically authorized by statute for such country or international organization. Directs the President to report to the Congress within 90 days of enactment of this Act on the history of U.S. financing under the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act, including recommendations on replenishing the Guaranty Reserve Fund. Requires the President to report to the Congress by April 1, of each year, an estimate of the sales and delivery of weapons and weapons-related defense equipment by all major arms suppliers to all major recipient countries in the developing world during the preceding year. Requires the President to include in the annual report to the Congress on arms sales a report on the cash flow financing provided to certain countries. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out the European air defense agreements and, in carrying out those agreements, to: (1) provide certain articles and services to West Germany; and (2) accept from West Germany certain articles and services in return. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to take certain administrative actions in connection with the administration of the European air defense agreements. Makes special concessions in connection with the sale of certain Patriot missile fire units to West Germany. Increases the criminal penalties for certain violations of the Arms Export Control Act. Imposes maximum civil fine for such violations. Includes charges for official reception and representation expenses in the administrative surcharge charged in connection with foreign military sales. Limits the amount of funds from such source that may be used for official reception and representation expenses. Authorizes using the Special Defense Acquisition Fund to: (1) acquire defense articles and services in anticipation of their transfer, on a reimbursable basis, to the Department of Defense to replace items transferred from the inventory of the Department to foreign countries and international organizations if such items are no longer in production for use by U.S. armed forces; and (2) keep certain defense articles and services on continuous order in anticipation of their transfer to foreign countries and international organizations. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that the price for foreign military sales shall exclude the costs of salaries of members of U.S. armed forces if military assistance funds are used to pay for such sale. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for military assistance programs. Earmarks a specified amount of such authorization for Tunisia. Authorizes the President, if it is in the national interest, to waive the requirement that proceeds from the sale of military assistance program equipment by a foreign country must be paid to the United States. Imposes a limit on the value of additions to stockpiles of defense articles in foreign countries for FY 1986. Makes permanent the current list of countries where more than six members of the U.S. armed forces may be assigned. Adds to that list Pakistan, Tunisia, Sudan, El Salvador, and Honduras. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the international military education and training assistance program. Authorizes the President to provide for attendance of foreign military personnel at professional military education institutions in the United States (other than Service academies) at no charge if such attendance is pursuant to a reciprocal exchange student agreement. Encourages the President to allocate a portion of the international military education and training funds to provide training in certain maritime law enforcement skills. Exempts such training from the prohibition against using foreign assistance funds for police training. Authorizes appropriations for peacekeeping operations for FY 1986. Authorizes the President, in the event of an unforeseen emergency that requires immediate assistance, to direct the drawdown of commodities and services from the inventory and resources of any Federal agency. Limits the amount of the value of such drawdown. Authorizes appropriations to reimburse such agency in such circumstances. Requires the President to notify the Congress before exercising such authority. Earmarks a specified amount of the military assistance funds provided under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for Turkey with the understanding that the United States is acting to oppose any actions aimed at effecting a permanent bifurcation of Cyprus. Earmarks specified amounts of the arms sales credits provided for FY 1986 under the Arms Export Control Act for Turkey and for Greece. Provides that concessional financing shall be extended in the same proportion for Greece as for Turkey. Prohibits providing any FY 1986 foreign military sales credits for Lebanon. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 to exclude from the prohibition on arms sales to Chile certain safety-related aircraft equipment. Provides that lease or loan of certain naval vessels shall be made only in accordance with specified provisions of the Arms Export Control Act or of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Directs the President to submit a written presidential certification containing agreements with Saudi Arabia that specified conditions set forth in a 1981 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) communication have been met before the E-3A AWACS aircraft are transferred to Saudi Arabia. Directs the President to notify the Congress of any changes being considered by the United States in the arrangements described in such 1981 AWACS communication. Title II: Economic Support Fund - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that Economic Support Fund assistance made available for commodity import programs or other programs shall, to the maximum extent possible, be used to generate local currencies. Earmarks 50 percent of such currencies for specified development assistance programs. Requires the annual report to the Congress on foreign assistance to include a detailed justification for the uses and purposes of the funds provided through the Economic Support Fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1986. Earmarks specified amounts of such funds for Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, Tunisia, Portugal, and for emergency assistance programs. Requires the President to use at least 20 percent of the amount of such funds which are made available for commodity import programs to purchase U.S. farm commodities. Deletes certain obsolete provisions. Prohibits using FY 1986 Economic Support Fund assistance to finance a nuclear facility in a foreign country unless the President certifies to the Congress that such country is a party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, cooperates fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and pursues nuclear non-proliferation policies. Prohibits making any FY 1986 Economic Support Fund assistance available for Lebanon. Title III: Development Assistance - Adds these principles to the principles guiding U.S. development assistance policy: (1) U.S. encouragement of policy reforms is necessary if developing countries are to achieve economic growth with equity; (2) development assistance should promote private sector activity in open and competitive markets in developing countries; (3) U.S. cooperation in development should recognize as essential the need of developing countries to have access to appropriate technology in order to improve food, water, health, housing, education, agriculture, and industry; and (4) U.S. assistance should focus on establishing and upgrading the institutional capacities of developing countries in order to promote long term development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition programs, including funds for aiding private and voluntary agencies engaged in world hunger issues; (2) population and health programs, including funds for special programs for the health needs of children and mothers; (3) education and human resources development programs; (4) energy, private voluntary organizations, and selected development activities; (5) contributions to the private sector revolving fund; and (6) the Sahel development program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should continue U.S. participation in the International Fund for Agricultural development; (2) the United States should provide a special contribution to the International Fund for Agricultural Development for a special fund for Sub-Saharan African countries affected by drought and desertification; and (3) such objectives should be accomplished through a reprogramming of existing appropriations or through some procedure designed to guarantee that funding levels for international affairs programs are consistent with targets set by the applicable congressional budget resolution. Provides that nongovernmental or multilateral organizations shall not be subjected to eligibility requirements for population and health program assistance funds that are more restrictive than the requirements applicable to foreign governments. Prohibits using population planning and health program assistance funds: (1) in any country that permits infanticide or coerced abortion; and (2) by any organization which provides funds with respect to such a country. Prohibits making any development assistance funds available for population planning programs in China. Requires the United States to oppose the extension of assistance by any international organization to which the United States makes a financial contribution for any population program in China. Earmarks for private and voluntary organizations at least 15 percent of the funds appropriated for any fiscal year for various development assistance programs. Authorizes using funds made available under the Economic Support Fund for such organizations in determining compliance with such requirement. Authorizes providing development assistance to rural and urban cooperatives which offer large numbers of low and middle income people in developing countries an opportunity to participate directly in democratic decision making. Requires that priority consideration be given, in planning economic assistance programs, to programs that would help reduce illicit narcotics cultivation. Authorizes the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance to use resources for activities aimed at increasing awareness of the effects of production and trafficking of illicit narcotics on source and transit countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the worldwide housing guarantee program. Deletes the limitation on the average face value of such housing guarantees issued in any fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for Export-Import Bank guarantees for financing transactions involving exports for the use of the private sector in Central American countries. Increases the authorization for FY 1985 for such guarantees. Increases the amount of development assistance funds which the President is authorized to spend to help meet the needs of disadvantaged children in Asia. Title IV: Central America Democracy, Peace, and Development Initiative - Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to Central America. Directs the President to ensure that assistance authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to Central American countries is furnished in a manner which fosters demonstrated progress towards specified objectives. Terminates specified reporting requirements applicable to El Salvador. Expresses congressional support for the peace initiatives taken by the Contadora group and for the Document of Objectives which sets forth the framework for negotiating a peaceful settlement to the conflict in the region. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should enter into negotiations with Central American countries to establish a Central American Development Organization (the Organization) to help provide a continuous and coherent approach to the development of the Central American region; and (2) the Organization should be based on specified principles. Authorizes the President to participate in the Organization. Directs the administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance programs to prepare a proposal to carry out U.S. participation in the Organization and to keep the Congress informed concerning the development of such proposal. Directs the President to transmit to the Congress the text of any agreement the President proposes to sign providing for the establishment of and U.S. participation in the Organization at least 60 days before the President signs signs such agreement. Provides for congressional review of such agreement. Authorizes appropriations for non-military assistance for Central American countries for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to countries and organizations in order to strengthen the administration of justice in Latin America and the Caribbean. Requires the President to notify specified congressional committees at least 15 days before obligating funds for such purposes. Exempts from the prohibition against using U.S. funds to aid governments that nationalize property that monetary assistance made available to a government to compensate nationals of a country in accordance with a land reform program, if such land reform program is in the national interest. Urges the President to develop a plan for the expanded use of employee stock ownership plans in U.S. development efforts in Central America and the Caribbean. Establishes a Presidential Task Force on Project Economic Justice to assist in such effort. Requires the Task Force to report to the President and the Congress by December 31, 1985, on the expanded use of employee stock ownership plans in U.S. development efforts in Central America and the Caribbean. Prohibits using funds authorized by this Act, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or the Arms Export Control Act to provide assistance to any person or group engaging in an insurgency or other act of rebellion against Nicaragua. Prohibits the United States from making an agreement under which a recipient of U.S. economic or military assistance or a purchaser of U.S. military equipment shall provide assistance of any kind to persons or groups engaging in an insurgency or other act of rebellion against Nicaragua. Title V: Other Assistance Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international organizations and programs; (3) international narcotics control; (4) international disaster assistance; and (5) anti-terrorism assistance. Earmarks certain amounts of the funds authorized for international organization and programs for specified United Nations programs. Prohibits making any of such funds available for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Southwest Africa Peoples Organization, Libya, Iran, Cuba, or Syria. Changes the reporting requirements for the international narcotics control program. Requires the last quarterly report of each fiscal year to include a report on the total assistance provided during that fiscal year. Requires the President to transmit to the Congress a midyear report on such program. Extends the antiterrorism assistance programs through FY 1986. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the trade and development program and for the operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for development assistance. Title VI: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 for the Peace Corps. Title VII: African Development Foundation - Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1986. Extends the authorities of such Act through FY 1989. Title VIII: Inter-American Foundation - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to authorize appropriations for the Inter-American Foundation for FY 1986. Title IX: General Provisions - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit using foreign assistance funds for the procurement of construction or engineering services from advanced developing countries which have attained a competitive capability in international markets for such services and which are not receiving development assistance or Economic Support Fund assistance under this Act. Increases from $100,000 to $500,000 the minimum amount of a foreign aid agreement or grant which may be made only after specified plans and cost estimates have been completed. Authorizes the President to remove a country from the list of communist countries that may not receive any U.S. aid if the President determines, and reports to the Congress, that such action is important to the national interest. Prohibits furnishing Pakistan with assistance or with military equipment or technology unless the President certifies to the Congress during the fiscal year in which such assistance or military equipment or technology is furnished that Pakistan does not possess a nuclear explosive device and that the proposed U.S. aid program will reduce significantly the risk that Pakistan will possess such a device. Prohibits obligating any of the funds appropriated under the Arms Export Control Act for any programs not justified, or in excess of the amount justified, to the Congress for obligation for any fiscal year unless specified committees of the Congress are notified 15 days before such obligation. Excludes from such a notification requirement development assistance funds if the obligation will exceed the justified amount by no more than 10 percent. Provides that such notification requirement does not apply to the reprogramming of less than $25,000 for use under the international narcotics control program or for use under the international military education and training program for a country for which a program under such program for that fiscal year was justified to the Congress. Requires the President to notify the Congress, within 30 days of enactment of any law appropriating funds to carry out the Arms Export Control Act, of each country and organization to which the United States intends to provide any portion of such funds. Deletes the provision which imposes specified reporting requirements on granting military or economic assistance which exceeds by ten percent or more the amount set forth in the President's annual report on allocation of foreign assistance funds. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require the President to include all sales (currently cash sales, credits, and guaranty agreements) in the President's annual report to the Congress on military exports. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that no law shall be construed to prohibit training assistance funded by such Act and consistent with specified provisions of such Act for Brazil or Argentina as long as such countries continue to have democratically elected governments. Prohibits, subject to a specified exception, providing military assistance or extending foreign military financing to a non-nuclear weapon state which on or after enactment of this Act exports illegally from the United States any material, equipment, or technology which would contribute significantly to the ability of such country to build a nuclear explosive device, if the President determines that such illegal exports were to be used by such country to build such a device. Authorizes using funds made available under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for programs to assist in halting illegal emigration from Haiti to the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from tax withholding provisions the amounts of scholarships or fellowship grants paid by the United States to a nonresident alien who is engaged in training in the United States under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Authorizes the President to make development assistance funds and Economic Support Fund monies available for humanitarian aid to the Afghan people during FY 1985 and 1986. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make certain technical amendments. Expresses a reaffirmation of U.S. policy prohibiting negotiations with the PLO so long as the PLO does not recognize Israel's right to exist and does not accept Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338. Directs the President to report to the Congress by June 1, 1986 on efforts to achieve long term agricultural commodity agreements to help stabilize and increase the flow of concessional and commercial food stuffs with food deficit countries.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1985 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the per capita income minimums that qualify less developed countries for preferential consideration for Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) projects. Increases the number of OPIC employees whose appointments are not subject to civil service laws and regulations. Authorizes OPIC to insure against loss due to business interruption. (Current law authorizes insurance against civil strife.) Requires OPIC to report to the Congress, before issuing such insurance, an explanation of the underwriting basis upon which the business interruption insurance is to be offered. Increases from ten to 25 percent of contingent liability of investment guaranties which OPIC is authorized to issue to a single investor. Extends OPIC's authority to issue investment insurance through FY 1989. Authorizes OPIC to determine the basis for computing loss due to business interruption. Authorizes OPIC to hire an accounting firm to audit its accounts. Authorizes the General Accounting Office to conduct such audits at least every three years and report such audit to the Congress. Exempts OPIC from taxation. Deletes the provision requiring OPIC to return to the Treasury funds appropriated to OPIC before January 1, 1975. Increases the number of development assistance personnel whose appointments are exempted from civil service laws. Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the use of the words "Overseas Private Investment," "Overseas Private Investment Corporation," or "OPIC" as part of a private business.
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 the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to exempt from the cargo preference requirements activities of the Commodity Credit Corporation or the Department of Agriculture that promote the export of agricultural commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Designates 1985 as the Oil Heat Centennial Year.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1985
Designates August 29, 1985, as Railroad Retirement Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1985
Agriculture Act of 1985 - Title I: Dairy - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set milk price support levels at 90 percent of the previous three year average. Provides for: (1) automatic price support revisions on April 1 and October 1 of 1986 through 1989; and (2) additional adjustments based on Government purchase levels. Extends authority through 1989 for: (1) the dairy indemnity program; and (2) the program of dairy product transfers to the military and veterans' hospitals. Amends specified milk marketing order provisions. Title II: Wool and Mohair - Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to extend the wool program through 1989. Title III: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set loan and purchase levels for the 1986 through 1989 wheat crops at 75 percent of the preceding five year average, excluding high and low years. Limits annual adjustments to not more than ten percent. Sets 1986 target prices at not less than 1985 levels. Sets target prices beginning in 1987 at 110 percent of the preceding five year average, excluding high and low years. Limts annual adjustments to not more than five percent. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to require compliance with an acreage reduction or paid land diversion program as a condition of eligibility for program benefits. Requires the Secretary to implement an acreage reduction program if carryover stocks exceed four percent of annual world utilization. Suspends specified marketing quota and producer certificate provisions. Title IV: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set loan and purchase levels for the 1986 through 1989 corn crops at 75 percent of the preceding five year average, excluding high and low years. Limits annual adjustments to not more than ten percent. Sets loan and purchase levels for grain sorghum, barley, oats, and rye in relation to corn levels. Sets 1986 target prices at not less than 1985 levels. Sets target prices beginning in 1987 at 110 percent of the preceding five year average, excluding high and low years. Limits annual adjustments to not more than five percent. Authorizes the Secretary to require compliance with an acreage reduction or paid land diversion program as a condition of eligibility for program benefits. Requires the Secretary to implement an acreage reduction program if carryover stocks exceed four percent of annual world utilization. Title V: Cotton - Suspends specified base acreage allotment and marketing quota provisions for the 1986 through 1989 upland cotton crops. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set upland cotton loan rates at the lower of: (1) 85 percent of the average U.S. spot market price (weighted by market and month) for the preceding five years, excluding the high and low years; or (2) 90 percent of the average of comparable cotton prices, quoted C.I.F. northern Europe. Limits annual adjustments to not more than ten percent. Sets 1986 target prices at not less than 1985 levels. Sets target prices beginning in 1987 at 110 percent of the same average market price used to determine loan rates. Limits annual adjustments to not more than five percent. Directs the President to establish a special limited global import quota for upland cotton if average spot prices exceed specified levels. Authorizes the Secretary to require compliance with an acreage reduction or paid land diversion program as a condition of eligibility for program benefits. Requires the Secretary to implement an acreage reduction program if upland cotton carryover stocks exceed normal supply by more than 15 percent. Title VI: Rice - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set loan and purchase levels for the 1986 through 1989 rice crops at 75 percent of the preceding five year average, excluding high and low years. Limits annual adjustments to not more than ten percent. Sets 1986 target prices at not less than 1985 levels. Sets target prices beginning in 1987 at 110 percent of the preceding five year average, excluding high and low years. Limits annual adjustments to not more than five percent. Authorizes the Secretary to require compliance with an acreage reduction or paid land diversion program as a condition of eligibility for program benefits. Requires the Secretary to implement an acreage reduction program if rice carryover stocks exceed normal supply by more than 15 percent. Title VII: Peanuts - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish the national poundage quota for the 1986 through 1989 peanut crops at the level of the previous three-year average of domestic edible and seed use. Authorizes modifications of up to five percent. Extends price support provisions for the 1986 through 1989 peanut crops. Permits changes in support levels based upon changes in the prices paid index. Title VIII: Soybeans - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set loan and purchase levels for the 1986 through 1989 soybean crops at 75 percent of the preceding five year average, excluding high and low years. Stipulates that such level may not be less than $5.02 per bushel. Limits annual support reductions to not more than ten percent or below $4.50 per bushel. Title IX: Sugar - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set loan levels for the 1986 through 1989 sugarcane crops at 18 cents per pound. Bases sugar beet support levels on sugarcane prices. Title X: Miscellaneous - Subtitle A: Advance Diversion Payments - States that if the Secretary makes land diversion payments to assist in adjusting acreage for the 1986 through 1989 crops of wheat, feed grains, cotton, or rice, at least 50 percent of such payment shall be made available as soon as possible after program signup. Subtitle B: Grain Reserves - Terminates the producer-owned reserve storage program. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Commodity Provisions - Limits annual deficiency payments to $50,000 per person for the 1986 through 1989 crop years. Subtitle D: General Provisions - Extends the special grazing and hay program through 1989. Title XI: Agricultural Export and Public Law 480 - Subtitle A: Export Provisions - Amends the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to extend authority through 1989 for the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund. Exempts export sales financed or guaranteed by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) from cargo preference laws. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to exempt the special standby export subsidy program from cargo preference laws. Directs the Secretary to use bonus commodities from CCC to offset the adverse effects of competing countries' subsidies and currency exchanges. Exempts such exports from cargo preference laws. Subtitle B: Public Law 480 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to increase minimum export tonnage levels. Exempts such exports from cargo preference laws. Extends such programs through 1989. Title XII: Resource Conservation - Subtitle A: Conservation Reserve - Directs the Secretary to establish a conservation reserve program to convert cropland and highly erodible land to less intensive use. Subtitle B: Program Eligibility on Highly Erodible Land - Makes any person who cultivates crops on highly erodible land ineligible for price support and other agricultural loans and benefits. Subtitle C: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations. Title XIII: Effective date - Makes the provisions of this Act effective upon enactment, unless otherwise so provided.
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 Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense for any person to operate or direct the operation of a common carrier while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Imposes a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
Iran Claims Act - Authorizes the U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to determine the validity of claims by U.S. nationals against Iran which are settled en bloc by the United States. Requires the Commission to apply in the following order: (1) the terms of any settlement agreement; (2) the relevant provisions of the Declarations of the Government of Algeria of January 19, 1981, giving consideration to the interpretations of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal; and (3) applicable principles of international law, justice, and equity. Requires the Commission to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury any awards made. Authorizes the Secretary to make payments of the lesser of $10,000 or the principal amount of an award. Deducts two percent of the amount of an award as reimbursement to the U.S. Government for expenses incurred in the arbitration of the claim and the maintenance of the Security Account established to cover such awards. Declares that such deduction shall not apply to an amount awarded for an en bloc settlement. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for expenses incurred in the settlement or arbitration of such claims. Prohibits the disclosure of records pertaining to the arbitration of claims before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal except for certain U.S. documents.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 for the U.S. Information Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985
States that the Congress condemns the passage of Resolution 3379 by the United Nations General Assembly, which equates Zionism with racial discrimination and urges the U.S. Ambassador and the U.S. delegation to the United Nations to take appropriate actions to erase such resolution from the U.N. record.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to increase the authorization of appropriations for FY 1985 for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 to carry out such Act. Provides that the Deputy Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency shall be compensated at level III on the Executive Schedule. Provides that the Assistant Directors of such Agency shall be compensated at level IV on the Executive Schedule.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985
Designates the month of October 1985 as National Foster Grandparent Month.
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
Requires the Director of the U.S. Information Agency to make available, upon request, to the Department of Defense and to the military departments photographs of military operations and military related activities in Vietnam for purposes of the development and publication of military histories.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Designates March 21, 1986, as Henry Ossian Flipper Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985
Commends Lieutenant General Lincoln D. Faurer for exceptionally distinguished service to the U.S. Air Force, the national and defense intelligence communities, and the national security of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to vote for an increase in the authorized capital stock of the Bank and to subscribe on behalf of the United States to a specified number of additional shares of such stock. Authorizes appropriations to pay for such shares. Amends the International Finance Corporation Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Finance Corporation to vote for an increase in the authorized capital stock of the Corporation and to subscribe on behalf of the United States to a specified number of additional shares of such stock. Authorizes appropriations to pay for such shares. Amends the African Development Fund Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the African Development Fund to contribute a specified amount to the Fund. Authorizes appropriations to pay for such contribution.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act of 1985 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance for famine relief, rehabilitation, and recovery in Africa. Requires that the funds appropriated for such relief shall be used primarily for grants to private and voluntary organizations and international organizations. Requires that a significant portion of the amount appropriated for such relief be used for emergency health projects. Authorizes transferring a specified portion of the amount appropriated for such relief to the operating expenses of the Agency for International Development. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 for such relief. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 to the Department of State for migration and refugee assistance in Africa. Authorizes making available to the United Nations Office of Emergency Operations in Africa up to 54 percent of such funds to address the needs created by refugees and displaced persons in Africa. Provides that the remainder of such funds shall be used by the Bureau for Refugee Programs of the Department of State for emergency relief and recovery efforts in Africa. Provides for reimbursement of the Department of Defense if the Department of Defense furnishes goods or services for African supplemental famine assistance. Requires that amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be available only for aid in those African countries that have suffered during 1984 and 1985 from exceptional food supply problems due to drought and other calamities. Directs the President to ensure that adequate procedures have been established so that assistance is provided to the famine victims for whom it is intended. Directs the President to report to the Congress by June 30, 1985, on the U.S. contribution to meet emergency needs for African famine assistance. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a final report on this Act by September 30, 1985. Sets forth the information to be included in such report.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985
Designates July 19, 1985, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1985
Designates the week beginning on May 5, 1985, as National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1985
Prohibits the cargo preference laws from applying to export activities of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) or the Department of Agriculture under which: (1) stocks of farm commodities or the products thereof acquired by the CCC are made available to U.S. exporters, users, or foreign purchasers for the maintenance or expansion of commercial export markets for U.S. farm commodities; (2) commercial credit guarantees are blended with direct interest-free credits from the CCC to reduce the interest rate on export sales of U.S. farm commodities; or (3) the CCC or the Department of Agriculture promotes commercial exports of U.S. farm commodities. Exempts from such prohibition export activity undertaken to fulfill an agreement entered into before enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1985
Title I: Department of State - Department of State Authorization Act for fiscal years 1986 and 1987 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 for the Department of State for: (1) administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; and (4) other activities. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to delete the requirement of authorization of funds before the Secretary of State may perform certain basic actions. Permits the Secretary to employ aliens, by contract, for services abroad provided they shall not be regarded as U.S. employees for the purpose of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Management. Prohibits a proposed reprograming of funds appropriated for the Department of State which involves $500,000 or 20 percent of such funds unless the Congress is notified 15 days before the proposed reprograming. Requires that funds appropriated to the Department of State shall be available for expenses of international arbitrations. Requires the Director of the Office of Foreign Mission to impose a surcharge on a foreign mission if a member of that foreign mission has not satisfied a final court judgment against such member or is not legally liable, provided the Director receives notice of the court proceeding at the time it is initiated. Authorizes the Secretary to provide extraordinary protective services for foreign missions to the extent necessary. Authorizes special agents of the Department of State and the Foreign Service: (1) to conduct investigations concerning illegal passport or visa issuance or use; (2) to serve search warrants, arrest warrants, subpoenas, and summonses to conduct such investigations; (3) to protect in both the United States and abroad heads of foreign states, distinguished visitors to the United States, the Secretary of State, foreign missions, and other specified persons; (4) to carry firearms if qualified and authorized to do so; and (5) to make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence or if they have reasonable grounds to believe the arrested person has committed specified offenses and is fleeing the area. Amends the Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973 to repeal the limits on detailing Department of State personnel to other agencies. Increases the number of Assistant Secretaries of State from 13 to 16. Provides that all the Assistant Secretaries of State, the Director General of the Foreign Service, and the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service shall be compensated at level IV of the Executive Schedule. Authorizes spending contributions for international peacekeeping operations of the United Nations on territorial or governmental transition activities in the Middle East. Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 to authorize the President to furnish assistance and make contributions under such Act notwithstanding any law which restricts assistance to foreign countries. Authorizes using funds made available for such Act for contracting for personal services abroad provided that persons working under such contracts shall not be regarded as U.S. employees for purposes of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Management. Amends the International Center Act to authorize the Administrator of General Services, upon request of the Secretary, to construct facilities in the International Center, including facilities for security and maintenance. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize the Secretary to acquire a consolidated training facility for the Foreign Service Institute in reasonable proximity to the Department of State. Earmarks for the Foreign Service Institute facilities a specified amount of the FY 1987 and 1988 appropriations for the State Department for administration of foreign affairs. Authorizes the Secretary to make an annual grant to the American-Australian Bicentennial Foundation in support of preparations for American participation in the Australian bicentennial.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1985
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the foreign military sales credit programs for FY 1986. Earmarks specified portions of such sales credits for Israel and for Egypt. Grants Greece, South Korea, the Philippines, Portugal, Thailand, and Turkey extended credit terms for arms sales credits or guarantees. Excludes a pro rata share of fixed base operation costs from the administrative surcharge charged for foreign military arms sales. Authorizes the President to provide free cataloging data and cataloging services to the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) or its member governments if NATO or a member government provides such data and services on a reciprocal basis to the United States. Authorizes the President to provide free contract administration services in connection with certain defense contracts with NATO. Changes the method of financing foreign military sales credits. Authorizes the President to finance foreign military sales on such terms and conditions as the President may determine. Authorizes the President to charge interest at a concessionary rate if it is in the national interest. Requires foreign military loans to be repaid within 12 years unless a longer period is specifically authorized by statute for such country or international organization. Authorizes and makes appropriations as may be necessary to pay claims under foreign military loan guarantees to the extent funds in the guarantee reserve are inadequate. Requires the President to report to the Congress, by April 1 of each year, an estimate of the sales and delivery of weapons and weapons-related defense equipment by all major arms suppliers to all major recipient countries in the developing world during the preceding year. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out the European air defense agreements and, in carrying out those agreements, to: (1) provide certain articles and services to West Germany; and (2) accept from West Germany certain articles and services in return. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to take certain administrative actions in connection with the administration of the European air defense agreements. Makes special concessions in connection with the sale of certain Patriot missile fire units to West Germany. Authorizes inclusion of certain material (relating to letters of offer to sell major defense equipment) in the President's quarterly reports to the President on military exports to be contained in a classified addendum. Increases the criminal penalties for certain violations of the Arms Export Control Act. Imposes a maximum civil fine for such violations. Includes charges for official reception and representation expenses in the administrative surcharge charged in connection with foreign military sales. Limits the amount of funds from such source that may be used for official reception and representation expenses. Declares that no law shall be construed to prohibit the sale or licensing for export of items essential to the safe operation of any defense article. Authorizes using the Special Defense Acquisition Fund to: (1) acquire defense articles and services in anticipation of their transfer, on a reimbursable basis, to the Department of Defense to replace items transferred from the inventory of the Department to foreign countries and international organizations if such items are no longer in production for use by U.S. armed forces; and (2) keep certain defense articles and services on continuous order in anticipation of their transfer to foreign countries and international organizations. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 for military assistance programs. Provides that if military assistance funds are used to pay for foreign military sales the prices shall exclude the costs of salaries of members of U.S. armed forces. Authorizes the President, if it is in the national interest, to waive the requirement that proceeds from the sale of military assistance program equipment by a foreign country must be paid to the United States. Imposes a limit on the value of additions to stockpiles of defense articles in foreign countries for FY 1986. Makes permanent the current list of countries where more than six members of the U.S. armed forces may be assigned. Adds to that list Pakistan, Tunisia, Sudan, El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for international military education and training assistance. Authorizes the President to provide for attendance of foreign military personnel at professional military education institutions in the United States (other than Service academies) at no charge if such attendance is pursuant to a reciprocal exchange student agreement. Encourages the President to allocate a portion of the international military education and training funds to provide training in certain maritime law enforcement skills. Exempts such training from the prohibition against using foreign assistance funds for police training. Authorizes appropriations for peacekeeping operations for FY 1986. Authorizes the President, in the event of an unforeseen emergency that requires immediate assistance, to direct the drawdown of commodities and services from the inventory and resources of any Federal agency. Limits the amount of the value of such drawdown. Authorizes appropriations to reimburse such agency in such circumstances. Requires the President to notify the Congress before exercising such authority. Title II: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1986. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for emergency economic assistance. Deletes certain obsolete provisions. Title III: Development Assistance - Adds these principles to the principles guiding U.S. development assistance policy: (1) U.S. encouragement of policy reforms is necessary if developing countries are to achieve economic growth with equity; (2) development assistance should promote private sector activity in open and competitive markets in developing countries; (3) U.S. cooperation in development should recognize as essential the need of developing countries to have access to appropriate technology in order to improve food, water, health, housing, education, agriculture, and industry; and (4) U.S. assistance should focus on establishing and upgrading the institutional capacities of developing countries in order to promote long term development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition programs, including funds for aiding private and voluntary organizations engaged in world hunger issues; (2) population and health development; (3) education and human resources development; (4) energy, private voluntary organizations, and selected development activities; (5) contributions to the private sector revolving fund; and (6) the Sahel development program. Deletes the provision authorizing additional appropriations for the Child Survival Fund. Requires that priority consideration be given, in planning economic assistance programs, to programs that would help reduce illicit narcotics cultivation. Authorizes the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance to use resources for activities aimed at increasing awareness of the effects of production and trafficking of illicit narcotics on source and transit countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the worldwide housing guarantee program. Deletes the limitation on the average face value of such housing guarantees issued in any fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for Export-Import Bank guarantees for financing transactions involving exports for the use of the private sector in Central American countries. Increases the authorization for FY 1985 for such guarantees. Increases the amount of development assistance funds which the President is authorized to spend to help meet the needs of disadvantaged children in Asia. Title IV: Central America Democracy, Peace, and Development Initiative - Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to Central America. Directs the President to ensure that assistance authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to Central American countries is furnished in a manner which fosters demonstrated progress towards specified objectives. Terminates specified reporting requirements applicable to El Salvador. Expresses congressional support for the peace initiatives taken by the Contadora group and for the Document of Objectives which sets forth the framework for negotiating a peaceful settlement to the conflict in the region. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should enter into negotiations with Central American countries to establish a multilateral organization for the development of the Central American region; and (2) the organization should be based on specified principles. Authorizes the President to participate in such organization. Directs the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance programs to prepare a proposal to carry out U.S. participation in such organization and to keep the Congress informed concerning the development of such proposal. Directs the President to transmit to the Congress the text of any agreement the President proposes to sign providing for the establishment of and U.S. participation in such organization at least 60 days before the President signs such agreement. Provides for congressional review of such agreement. Authorizes appropriations for non-military assistance for Central American countries for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to countries and organizations in order to strengthen the administration of justice in Latin America and the Caribbean. Requires the President to notify specified congressional committees at least 15 days before obligating funds for such purposes. Exempts from the prohibition against using U.S. funds to aid governments that nationalize property that monetary assistance made available to a government to compensate nationals of a country in accordance with a land reform program, if such land reform program is in the national interest. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international organizations and programs; (3) international narcotics control; (4) international disaster assistance; and (5) anti-terrorism assistance. Changes the reporting requirements for the international narcotics control program. Requires the last quarterly report of each fiscal year to include a report on the total assistance provided during that fiscal year. Requires the President to transmit to the Congress a midyear report on such program. Repeals the provision which prohibits making available for antiterrorism assistance programs equipment and commodities included in the U.S. Munitions List. Repeals the termination date for antiterrorism assistance programs. Increases the dollar amount of agreements or grants for foreign assistance that can be made without meeting certain requirements. Authorizes the President to remove a country from the list of communist countries prohibited from receiving U.S. aid if the President reports to the Congress that such action is important to the national interest. Prohibits obligating any of the funds appropriated under the Arms Export Control Act for any programs not justified, or in excess of the amount justified, to the Congress for obligation for any fiscal year unless specified committees of the Congress are notified 15 days before such obligation. Excludes from such a notification requirement development assistance funds if the obligation will exceed the justified amount by no more than ten percent. Provides that such notification requirement does not apply to the reprogramming of less than $25,000 for use under the international narcotics control program or for use under the international military education and training program for a country for which a program under such program for that fiscal year was justified to the Congress. Requires the President to notify the Congress, within 30 days of enactment of any law appropriating funds to carry out the Arms Export Control Act, of each country and organization to which the United States intends to provide any portion of such funds. Deletes the provision which imposes specified reporting requirements on granting military or economic assistance which exceeds by ten percent or more the amount set forth in the President's annual report on allocation of foreign assistance funds. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require the President to include all sales (currently cash sales, credits, and guaranty agreements) in the President's annual report to the Congress on military exports. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit any Federal law from being construed to prohibit assistance to any country pursuant to the Peace Corps Act, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, or for certain training activities funded under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the trade and development program and for the operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for development assistance. Authorizes using funds made available under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for programs with Haiti to assist in halting significant illegal emigration from Haiti to the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from deduction or withholding requirements scholarships, fellowship grants, or per diem paid by the Federal Government to any nonresident alien who is engaged in any program of training in the United States under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Authorizes the President to make available funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out development assistance or economic assistance programs for FY 1985 and 1986 for the provision of food, medicine, or other humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make certain technical amendments. Title VI: Food for Peace Program - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to make famine relief commodities available to carry out programs subject to specified conditions. Authorizes using funds from the food for development program for education in developing countries. Title VII: Authorization for the Fiscal Year 1987 and Effective Date - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to carry out programs and activities for which appropriations for FY 1986 are authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1985
Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for the Peace Corps for FY 1986 and 1987. Permits receipts from the sale of technical publications produced by the Peace Corps to be credited to the currently applicable Peace Corps appropriation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1985
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of May 1985 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1985
Recognizes the achievements of the University of Arizona in honor of its centennial observance.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Designates March 22, 1985, as National Energy Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1985
Commemorates May 18, 1985, as the 20th anniversary of the Head Start Program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Head Start Program has been cost-effective and successful; and (2) congressional support for such program is reaffirmed.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1985
Authorizes the President to maintain U.S. membership in the International Jute Organization.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1985
Designates the month of February 1986 as National Black (Afro-American) History Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 regarding urban development action grant criteria to place major emphasis on private investment leveraging and job creation, especially for low-income persons and minorities, including the unemployed. Limits fiscal year grant amounts to any single community.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to authorize appropriations for the Inter-American Foundation for FY 1986 and 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 to extend the authority of the African Development Foundation until September 30, 1990. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 to carry out the purposes of the African Development Foundation.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1985
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on certain ethyl alcohol that is used as a fuel. Provides, under specified circumstances, for a refund of such additional duties paid on such alcohol.