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United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1986
Establishes in the Senate the Special Committee on Families, Youth, and Children to study the impact of government policies on, and ways to assist in, matters pertaining to families, children, and adolescents. Requires an annual report from such committee and declares that it does not have legislative jurisdiction.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1986
Affirms the President's sequestration order for FY 1986 as it applies to defense programs. Disaffirms such order as it applies to all other programs. Directs the appropriate Senate committees to report to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate changes in laws within their jurisdictions: (1) required under the conference report on the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985; and (2) to provide for the payment of automatic spending increases withheld pending the effective date of, or pursuant to, such order.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Nomenclature Committee of the International Astronomical Union take action to name seven of the ten moons of Uranus discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft after the space shuttle Challenger's crew.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1986
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, from March 1, 1986, through February 28, 1987, to: (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund; (2) employ personnel; (3) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services of department or agency personnel; (4) procure consultant services; and (5) provide for the training of its professional staff.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the present three-year basis recovery rule on the taxation of retirement annuities for public employees should be maintained and provisions requiring the repeal of such treatment contained in certain tax reform legislation (H.R. 3838) should be deleted.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1986
Expresses the sense of the Senate that employee benefits should not be taxed.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1986
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the education expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) at an institution of higher education or a vocational school of the taxpayer or the child of the taxpayer unless the taxpayer has attained the age of 50 or the child has attained the age of 25. Limits the amount of such deduction to $2,000 (adjusted for inflation) for each account per calendar year. Provides that no account may have more than one beneficiary and that no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Requires any balance in an education savings account to be distributed after the eligible individual for whose benefit the account is established attains the age of 60 if the eligible individual is the taxpayer or age 30 if the eligible individual is the taxpayer's child. Requires the trustee of the education savings account to transfer five percent of the amount of any contribution to a qualified State educational fund which provides educational assistance to individuals attending eligible educational institutions within the State. Requires that amounts paid or distributed out of an education savings account must be included in the gross income of each individual who has contributed to the account in the ratio of the amounts which they contributed to such accounts, unless such amount is used exclusively to pay the educational expenses incurred by the individual for whose benefit the account is established. Requires the beneficiary of an education savings account to include pro-rata over a ten-year period amounts paid or distributed out of the account which were used exclusively to pay the educational expenses incurred by that individual after specified dates. Provides that an education savings account is exempt from taxation except for the tax on unrelated business income. Revokes the tax exemption of the account where the individual for whose benefit the account is established engages in certain prohibited transactions with the account. Imposes a ten percent penalty tax on distributions which are not used for educational expenses. Requires the trustee of an education savings account to file reports with the Secretary of the Treasury on the maintenance of the account. Imposes a penalty for failure to file any required report. Extends the deduction for contributions to an education savings account to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions. Provides that distributions from an education savings account shall not be taken into account in determining support to the extent such distribution is excluded from gross income of the individual for whose benefit the account has been established. Provides that any payment made to an education savings account for the benefit of a child shall not be treated as a gift for gift tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1986
Expresses the deep sorrow of the Senate for the fate of the space shuttle Challenger.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1986
Expresses the support and encouragement of the Senate for the United States Disabled Ski Team.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1986
Commends Bishop Desmond Tutu for his courageous work for peace and freedom in South Africa. Encourages all South Africans to heed to Bishop Tutu's call for a peaceful end to apartheid.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1985
Unitary Tax Repealer Act - Prohibits any State from imposing corporate income taxes on a worldwide unitary basis, unless: (1) the taxpayer fails to comply with certain Federal reporting requirements; or (2) neither the taxpayer nor the government of the relevant foreign country provides the State certain information relating to the income of the taxpayer. Limits the State taxation of dividends received by U.S. companies from foreign corporations. Sets forth certain definitions. Requires certain multistate and multinational corporations to file informational returns within 180 days of the due date of the Federal income tax return disclosing certain information relating to the State taxation of corporate income such as: (1) the corporation's income tax liability to each State in which it is liable to pay income tax; (2) its income subject to tax in each State; and (3) the method of calculation by which the reporting corporation computed and allocated its income subject to tax by each state. Imposes a $1,000 penalty for failure to file the informational return. Increases the penalty where the failure to file continues after the taxpayer has been notified of such requirement. Sets a maximum penalty for failure to file at $24,000. Permits the disclosure of certain tax information to a State tax agency under certain conditions. Sets forth certain procedures and restrictions relating to the information disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1985
Designates the week of March 2 through March 8, 1986, as Women's History Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1985
Expresses the disapproval of the Senate with the current informal freeze on the funds of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1985
Requires the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (the Administrator) to: (1) rescind rules, regulations, or orders which permit airlines to buy and sell landing rights at specified high density traffic airports; and (2) refrain from issuing a rule, regulation, or order regarding such airports that is inconsistent with this Act. Requires the Administrator to: (1) recall for reallocation any domestic or commuter air carrier operating rights ("slots") which are regulated at high density traffic airports and which are substantially unused; and (2) provide a mechanism for the allocation and reallocation of domestic slots. Requires that the allocation and reallocation of slots which are not made on a lottery basis shall be made semiannually by a separate Scheduling Committee established for each such high density traffic airport (unless the Committee unanimously agrees on another allocation interval). Requires the Secretary to allocate slots on lottery basis if the Committee cannot reach a unanimous allocation agreement. Requires the Administrator to recall slots currently in use in a manner that ensures that no carrier incurs the loss of an undue proportion of such slots. Prohibits the Secretary and the Administrator from permitting the transfer of slots for consideration or in a manner inconsistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary to declare null and void any such slot transfer effected between December 1, 1985 and the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1985
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the executive branch should: (1) employ the quickest, most cost efficient means to return the air traffic control system to prestrike experience levels; and (2) rehire those experienced air traffic controllers fired from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1981, who meet the Federal employment standards, necessary to return the air traffic control system to such prestrike experience levels.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1985
Proclaims October 23, 1986, as A Time of Remembrance for all victims of terrorism. Urges Americans to wear a purple ribbon in honor of the sacrifices made in pursuit of peace and freedom. Authorizes and requests the President to call upon U.S. departments, agencies, and other interested parties to fly U.S. flags at half staff.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1985
Extends the condolences of the Senate to the family members of soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division who died in service to their country.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1985
Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to document as a U.S. vessel entitled to engage in the coastwise trade any passenger vessel, if: (1) all major structural components of such vessel are fabricated and assembled in the United States, and its propulsion and auxiliary machinery systems are installed and tested in the United States; (2) such vessel is in compliance with other requirements for coastwise trade vessels; (3) such vessel is owned by a U.S. citizen; (4) the for hire carriage trade is limited to passengers and their property; and (5) such vessel's owner is agreeable to contracting with the United States for inclusion of enhanced military features. Makes this Act applicable to any passenger vessel for which a building contract has been executed within two years of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1985
Designates the week of December 1 through December 7, 1986, as National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1985
Designates May 25, 1986, as Hands Across America Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1985
Expresses the Senate's condolences to Barry Goldwater and the Goldwater family upon the death of Peggy Goldwater, the wife of Senator Goldwater.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1985
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the termination of the environmental excise tax on petroleum (Superfund taxes) from September 30, 1985, to March 31, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1985
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to extend from August 1, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the special rules concerning the allocation of research and experimental expenditures to income from sources within the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the income tax credit for increased research and experimental expenditures. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the income tax deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the moratorium on net operating loss carryover rules. Extends from January 1, 1986, until July 1, 1986, the moratorium on the issuance of regulations relating to faculty housing. Extends the targeted jobs income tax credit from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986. Extends the authorization for appropriations for administrative and publicity expenses through FY 1986. Extends from December 31, 1985, through June 30, 1986, provisions relating to the awarding of attorney's fees to a prevailing taxpayer in a Federal tax case. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the limited income tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the income tax exclusion for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans. Extends from January 1, 1986, until July 1, 1986, the income tax exclusion for certain employer-provided commuting transportation. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the limited exclusion of dividends from a public utility that are reinvested in common stock of the utility. Extends from December 31, 1985, (until June 30, 1986, the investment tax credit for specified types of energy property. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, the residential energy income tax credit. Extends from December 31, 1985, until June 30, 1986, social security coverage of retired Federal judges on active duty.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1985
Provides for the reimbursement of the city of Frederick, Maryland, of money paid in 1864 by the citizens of such city to Confederate Lt. General Jubal A. Early to save and hold harmless certain military and hospital supplies owned by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1985
Designates 1986 as the Year of the Flag.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1985
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 582 (Smithsonian Institution museum programs).
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1985
Requires the quarterly publication in the Congressional Record of a tabulation of the costs of processing mass-mail for Members of Congress, congressional committees, and other congressional offices. Directs the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration to provide for such publication for their respective Houses. Requires such tabulations to set forth: (1) the name of the Member, committee, or office; (2) the total number of pieces mailed; (3) the total postage and associated costs; (4) with respect to Senators, the cost per capita, based on the Senator's State population; and (5) with respect to Representatives, the cost per capita, based on the Representatives' district population. Specifies the operating costs to be included in such tabulations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1985
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to urge the President to take all appropriate and feasible steps to reduce or eliminate tariff and nontariff barriers to international trade and other distortions of international trade through: (1) the full exercise of U.S. rights under international agreements; and (2) the negotiation of trade agreements. Authorizes the President to enter into trade agreements during the five years following January 3, 1988, to reduce or eliminate trade barriers and distortions if the President finds that: (1) such barriers or distortions unduly restrict U.S. foreign trade or adversely affect the U.S. economy or are likely to result in such a restriction or effect; (2) the purposes of the Trade Act of 1974 will be promoted by the reduction or elimination of such barriers or distortions. Authorizes entering into a trade agreement only if the President, at least 150 days before such agreement is entered into: (1) notifies specified congressional committees of the negotiations of such agreement; (2) consults with each such committee regarding the negotiation; and (3) submits to each such committee a written statement of the specific negotiating objectives that the President anticipates will be achieved by such agreement and its implementing bill, a description of how such objectives will be achieved, and the specific negotiating objectives the President anticipates will not be achieved and the reasons for such failure. Provides that an implementing bill will not receive expedited congressional consideration if such conditions are not met or if a specified congressional committee disapproved the negotiation within 60 days of receiving notice of it. Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to consult with interested congressional committees at least once a year on such negotiations, their progress, and obstacles to the achievement of their objectives. Requires the President to consult with specified congressional committees before entering into any trade agreement. Requires the President, whenever entering into a trade agreement, to submit such agreement, together with a draft implementing bill and statement of proposed implementing administrative action to the Congress. Provides that a trade agreement submitted to the Congress shall enter into force with respect to the United States only if: (1) the President, at least 90 days before entering into such trade agreement, notified the Congress of the intent to enter into it and published notice of such intent; and (2) after entering into the agreement, the President sends the final legal text of the agreement to the Congress along with certain other information. Sets forth certain recommendations the President may make to the Congress to insure that foreign countries which benefit under a trade agreement are subject to obligations under the agreement. Directs the President, upon starting negotiations on a trade agreement to limit trade barriers, to try to obtain an interim agreement under which any country participating in such negotiations shall: (1) decline to impose new trade barriers or trade-distorting devices; and (2) reduce market intervention and allow market forces to govern growth of industries characterized by overcapacity or overproduction. Requires that the U.S. objectives in negotiating trade agreements under the basic authority to negotiate shall be to obtain: (1) more open, fair, and equitable market access; (2) the reduction or elimination of barriers and other trade-distorting practices; and (3) an appropriate overall balance between benefits and concessions within the agricultural, manufacturing, mining, and services sectors. Requires that the principal objectives in negotiating agreements to reduce trade barriers shall be to: (1) obtain, with respect to manufacturing, mining, agriculture, and services and with respect to related investments, equivalent competitive opportunities for U.S. exports; and (2) bring previously made trade agreements into conformity with principles promoting an open, nondiscriminatory, and fair world economic system. Authorizes the President for the five years following January 3, 1988, to: (1) proclaim an increase in an import duty or an imposition of an additional import duty in lieu of any limit on imports of an article; or (2) use import licenses in administering any of such limitations and sell such licenses at public auctions.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1985
Authorizes the Director of the U.S. Information Agency to: (1) provide for educational exchanges between U.S. and Soviet youths under 21; and (2) award higher education scholarships to exceptional students under 25 who are studying in the Soviet Union in programs approved by their own higher education institutions and maintaining satisfactory proficiency. Earmarks specified funds for FY 1986 and 1987 to carry out this Act. Refers to the activities specified in this Act as the Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange Program.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1985
Designates the week of December 1 through December 7, 1985, as National Autism Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1985
Directs the Joint Committee on Printing to compile and print as a Senate document a revised edition of the biographical directory of the Congress entitled the "Bicentennial Edition of the Directory of the United States Congress". Makes the Historian of the Senate and the Historian of the House of Representatives responsible for providing the joint committee biographical data on Members. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1985
Authorizes the Joint Committee on the Library to temporarily place a bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the rotunda of the Capitol in January 1986 and to hold dedication ceremonies in the rotunda at that time. Directs that such proceedings be printed as a Senate document.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1985
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Senate to pay a gratuity to the parents of a deceased Senate employee.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1985
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Senate to pay a gratuity to the surviving spouse of a deceased Senate employee.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1985
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Senate to pay a gratuity to the surviving spouse of a deceased Senate employee.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1985
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Senate to pay a gratuity to the surviving spouse of a deceased Senate employee.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1985
Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Employees' Civil Service Retirement Credit Act of 1985 - Includes as creditable service for purposes of civil service retirement any service performed after June 18, 1952, as an employee paid from nonappropriated funds of the military if such service involved conducting an arts and crafts, drama, music, library, service club, youth activities, sports, or recreation program for armed forces personnel. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to accept the certification of the Secretary of the appropriate military department concerning such service. Requires each nonappropriated fund instrumentality that employed an individual who qualifies for such creditable service to pay to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund the amount that would have been deducted from the pay of such individual, plus interest. Provides for a redetermination of civil service annuities based on amendments made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1985
Interstate Compact - Grants congressional approval to the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact which provides for cooperation between the States of Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland regarding the management of low-level radioactive waste.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1985
Senatorial Election Campaign Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for public financing of Senate general election campaigns. Sets forth conditions of eligibility for, and entitlement to, payment. Establishes the formula for determining such payments, based upon State voting-age populations and whether a candidate is of a minor or major political party. Declares that eligible candidates are entitled to such payments only to defray qualified campaign expenses. Authorizes additional entitlements to opponents of nonpublicly financed candidates to match those contributions or expenditures raised, incurred, or expended which are in excess of the opponent's entitlement. Requires the Federal Election Commission to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the full amount to which an eligible candidate is entitled. Directs the Secretary to establish the Senate General Election Campaign Fund for the deposit of funds for payments to eligible candidates. Directs the Commission, after each election, to audit the campaign expenses of publicly financed candidates. Requires such candidates to repay any excess amounts received. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Commission to report to the Senate after each election on actions taken under such Act. Provides for judicial review of such Commission actions.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1985
Designates the week of April 6 through April 12, 1986, as World Health Week and April 7, 1986, as World Health Day.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1985
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should begin talks with the Government of the Soviet Union aimed at creating a jointly administered U.S.-Soviet student exchange program. Sets forth certain aspects of such exchange program.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1985
Designates September 19, 1986, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1985
Dedicates the Cumberland terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park to J. Glenn Beall, Sr., in recognition of his outstanding efforts to protect the canal and tow path from development. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to design, locate, erect, and maintain a memorial to J. Glenn Beall, Sr., within the exterior boundaries of the park. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1985
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, in providing assistance to developing countries, to: (1) place a high priority on conservation and sustainable management of tropical forests; and (2) take certain steps (including engaging in dialogues on conserving forest resources and information exchanges with recipient countries, supporting projects and activities which offer alternatives to colonizing forests, supporting related training and research programs, helping to end destructive agricultural practices, and denying any assistance for certain activities harmful to the forests). Directs the President, whenever feasible, to accomplish the objectives of this Act through projects managed by private and voluntary and other nongovernmental organizations. Requires the annual report to the Congress on foreign aid programs to include a report on the implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1985
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations to help developing countries protect and maintain wildlife habitats and develop sound wildlife management and plant conservation programs. Requires each country development strategy statement or other country plan prepared by the Agency for International Development (AID) to include a detailed plan to assist that country in the conservation of biological diversity. States that, whenever feasible, such protection, maintenance, management, and conservation activities shall be accomplished through projects managed by private and voluntary organizations and other nongovernmental organizations. Directs AID to allocate at least a specified sum for projects managed by such organizations. Directs the Administrator of AID to take certain steps, including: (1) cooperating with appropriate organizations; (2) looking to the World Conservation Strategy as an overall guide; (3) engaging in dialogues and exchanges of information with recipient countries which stress the importance of conserving biological diversity; (4) supporting training and education which improve the capacity of recipient countries to prevent loss of biological diversity; and (5) the denial of any assistance for actions which invade or significantly degrade national parks or similar protected areas. Requires the annual report to the Congress on foreign aid programs to include a report on implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1985
Home Audio Recording Act - Amends the copyright law to exempt from liability for infringement of copyright any individual who makes an audio recording of a musical work or sound recording solely for private household use. Requires the compulsory licensing of manufacturers and importers of audio recording devices and media. Sets forth procedures for: (1) determining royalty fees to be paid by such manufacturers and importers; and (2) distributing such fees to the owners of copyright of sound recordings included in radio or television transmissions or distributed in the form of phonorecords. Provides for the determination of royalty fees by: (1) voluntary negotiation between importers and manufacturers and representatives of copyright owners; or (2) Copyright Royalty Tribunal proceedings when a voluntary agreement is not reached. Specifies criteria to be considered by the Tribunal in determining royalty fees.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1985
Renames Bloomington Lake, Maryland and West Virginia, as the Jennings Randolph Lake.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1985
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1985
Even Start Act - Establishes a pilot program to combine adult basic education for parents and school readiness training for children into a single educational program. Requires that funds made available to a grant recipient under this Act be used to provide a program of adult literacy training which includes as a major component involving parents and children together to enhance the likelihood of educational achievement. Requires that each such program receiving a grant include the following elements: (1) identifying and recruiting eligible participants; (2) screening and preparing parents and children for participation (including testing, referral to necessary counseling, and related services); (3) carrying out programs and furnishing support services to suit the participants' work and other responsibilities (including child care, transportation, and scheduling and locating services to allow joint participation by parents and children); (4) establishing instruction programs that promote adult literacy, equip parents to support the education and growth of their children, and prepare children for success in regular school programs; (5) providing and monitoring integrated instructional services to participants through home-based programs (including direct limited access cable television and other media, where applicable); and (6) coordinating programs assisted under this Act with programs assisted under chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) in the area. Makes eligible for participation in such programs families that: (1) include a parent eligible to participate in an adult basic education program under the Adult Education Act; and (2) reside in a school attendance area designated for receipt of funds under chapter 1 of ECIA with a child aged two through seven who is enrolled in or will, upon reaching school age, enroll in a school in which 20 percent of the students are eligible to participate in programs assisted by chapter 1 of ECIA. Makes eligible to apply for such program grants any agency, organization, or institution that operates an adult basic education program under the Adult Education Act. Sets forth grant application requirements, including: (1) a demonstration that the applicant can coordinate programs under the Adult Education Act with program under chapter 1 of ECIA, with other related programs such as Head Start, health care, nutrition, child abuse, and substance abuse control and with State and local educational agencies; (2) a statement of methods to be used to provide program services for those most in need of them and for special populations, such as the handicapped and those with limited English proficiency; and (3) a demonstration that the applicant has qualified personnel to provide staff training and preparation. Directs the Secretary of Education to select 15 to 20 applications for final review. Requires that these selected applicants serve areas in which the unemployment rates are higher and the need for the programs for which assistance is sought is the greatest. Requires that two-thirds of these selected applicants serve urban areas and that one-third serve rural areas. Provides that applications shall be selected for receipt of funds by a review panel composed of the Secretary, and specified members of State and local directors of programs under chapter 1 of ECIA and the Adult Education Act, a chief State school officer, a representative from a local Parent-Teacher Association, and professionals with training, respectively, in early childhood education and in adult literacy training. Sets forth program agreement requirements, including: (1) participant enrollment for at least 12 months; and (2) grant recipient provision of at least 25 percent of program costs for the third year of operation, 50 percent for the fourth year, and continued program operation after the expiration of assistance under this Act, if the program has been demonstrated to be effective. Sets forth requirements for evaluation and dissemination of results of such pilot projects. Requires that the results of such evaluation be submitted by the end of FY 1992 to the national diffusion network for possible dissemination. Limits the amount of funds available for this Act which may be used to carry out such evaluation and dissemination activities. Directs the Secretary, in order to carry out this Act, to reserve specified amounts from FY 1987 through 1991 funds which would otherwise be available for programs under chapter 2 (Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education) of ECIA.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1985
Designates the week beginning October 6, 1985, as National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week.