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Bill· SS. 1379 (99th)open

A bill to authorize the erection of a monument given to the American people as a gift of the Kingdom of Morocco, on public grounds in the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select the site for a monument given as a gift of Morocco in recognition of mutual friendship. Directs that the monument be erected on Federal land within the District of Columbia if: (1) the site and design of the monument is approved by the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission; and (2) erection of the monument begins within five years. Directs that U.S. funds may not be used to build the monument.

Bill· SS. 1393 (99th)referred

A bill to provide for a study of the use of unleaded fuel in agricultural machinery, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1985

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of the use of unleaded fuel in agricultural machinery and to report to the Congress on such study. Prohibits any reduction in the permitted lead level in gasoline below a specified level until after the Congress receives such report. Authorizes appropriations

Bill· SS. 1322 (99th)open

Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1985

Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide that if geothermal steam is produced or utilized in commercial quantities under an approved operation within any lease or administrative lease extension period, such lease shall continue for so long as geothermal steam is produced (or utilized) in commercial quantities, for a maximum continuation of an additional forty years. Sets forth conditions under which geothermal leases in effect as of July 27, 1984, shall be extended for a maximum of three successive five-year periods. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to review any cooperative or unit plan of development every five years after approval in order to eliminate any lease or part of lease not regarded as reasonably necessary to cooperative or unit operations. Makes geothermal leases in effect as of July 27, 1984, eligible for an administrative extension if an application is timely submitted.

Bill· SS. 1273 (99th)referred

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Minidoka powerplant rehabilitation and enlargement, Minidoka project, Idaho-Wyoming.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1985

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate and maintain a rehabiliation and enlargement of the existing Minidoka powerplant, Minidoka project, Idaho-Wyoming. Requires that hydroelectric power generated by such rehabilitation be delivered to the Secretary of Energy for distribution and marketing through the Federal Columbia River power system. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to construct, operate and maintain transmission facilities to connect the Minidoka powerplant to existing power transmission systems in order to distribute and market the power generated by the hydroelectric powerplant. Requires the Secretary of Energy to maintain (through purchase, if necessary) contractual deliveries of capacity and energy at contract prices to customers affected by unit outage resulting from Federal construction. Requires the powerplant rehabilitation to be compatible with existing water rights or water delivery under valid contracts. Prescribes guidelines for the establishment of interest rates by the Secretary of the Treasury on the unpaid balance of the Federal reimbursable cost of the powerplant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for the Minidoka powerplant.

Bill· SS. 1225 (99th)open

Price-Anderson Act Amendments Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1985

Price-Anderson Act Amendments Act of 1985 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend (from December 31, 1976, to 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act) the deadline by which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) must prescribe the terms for licensees required to maintain financial protection to cover public liability claims. Increases: (1) from $2,000,000 to $10,000,000 the minimum standard deferred premium which may be charged following any nuclear incident: and (2) from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000 the maximum standard deferred premium which may be charged following such an incident for each facility required to maintain the maximum amount of financial protection. Directs the NRC to include in its determination of the maximum amount of liability insurance available to licensees from private sources the sum of funds generated by assessing a fee of up to one mil per kilowatt hour on electricty generated and sold by each licensed civilian nuclear power reactor. Authorizes the NRC to collect such fee from all civilian nuclear power reactor licensees, on all electricity generated and sold by such licensees following a nuclear incident, upon determining that public liability from such incident exceeds (or appears likely to exceed) the sum of the private insurance and the requisite industry retrospective rating plan. Sets $500,000,000 as the maximum that shall be collected per incident. Authorizes the NRC to establish a maximum amount which the aggregate fees assessed for each facility within one calendar year may not exceed. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to enter into indemnification agreements with contractors (until August 1, 2012) for the construction or operation of production or utilization facilities for the benefit of the United States involving activities under the risk of public liability for a substantial nuclear incident (currently, the NRC has this authorization). Includes in such authorization any contracts involving the storage or disposal of spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or transuranic waste, including the transportation of such materials to a storage or disposal site or facility, and the construction and operation of such site. Directs the Secretary to make available from the nuclear waste fund the amounts necessary to compensate public liability claims related to the transportation, storage or disposal of specified nuclear waste. Requires the Secretary: (1) to determine the extent to which a nuclear incident related to such waste involves materials produced as a result of electricity generated in a civilian nuclear power reactor (or materials resulting from other activities or both); and (2) to decide the appropriate source of funds to be used in compensating public liability claims based upon that determination. Requires the Secretary to promulgate the regulations for making such determination within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to require as part of an indemnification agreement that a contractor maintain financial protection to cover any public liability relating to the contractual activity. Sets indemnification guidelines for persons indemnified against public liability claims. Sets $100,000,000 as the maximum indemnification amount for nuclear incidents occurring outside the United States. Precludes a contractor with whom an indemnification agreement has been executed, and who is engaged in activities relating to underground detonation of a nuclear explosive device, from using any immunity or defense founded in the Federal, State or municipal character of the contractor or of the work performed. (This holds the contractor liable for damages resulting from such detonation to the same extent as a private person). Sets aggregate liability guidelines for nuclear incidents which involve: (1) licensees required to maintain the maximum amount of liability insurance; and (2) contractors with whom the Secretary has entered into indemnification agreements. Requires the Secretary and the NRC to report to the Congress the causes and extent of damage from any nuclear incident which will probably require payments by the United States. States that, upon a court determination that public liability from a single nuclear incident may exceed a certain aggregate liability, the President must report to the Congress regarding: (1) the causes and extent of damage: (2) the estimated compensation requirements; and (3) compensation plans. Requires congressional approval of compensation plans by passage of an approval resolution within 60 days after submission. Authorizes the NRC to incorporate provisions in indemnity agreements which waive certain defenses by contractors and licensees based upon fault, conduct, governmental or charitable immunity. Extends such waiver to extraordinary nuclear occurrences which result from: (1) transportation of nuclear or source material; or (2) activities undertaken by the Secretary, including the storage or disposal of nuclear waste (thus imposing a strict liability standard for any extraordinary nuclear occurrence). Extends from August 1, 1987, to August 1, 2012, the authority of the NRC to enter into indemnification agreements with contractors. Extends form August 1, 1983 to August 1, 2008, the deadline by which the NRC must submit to the Congress detailed reports concerning indemnification and liability procedures under the Act.

Bill· SS. 1224 (99th)open

Softwood Lumber Stabilization Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1985

Softwood Lumber Stabilization Act of 1985 - Limits imports of softwood lumber during any calendar quarter to an amount equal to the product of the historical percentage of imports for such quarter multiplied by the total quantity of softwood lumber that the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) estimates will be consumed in the United States during such quarter. Directs the Secretary to allocate the limitation among foreign countries. Sets forth factors to be considered in making such allocation. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register every quarter specified information relating to such limitation. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to take the actions necessary to enforce this Act. Authorizes the President during the five years following enactment of this Act to enter into trade agreements providing for limitations on imports of softwood lumber into the United States.

Bill· SS. 1172 (99th)referred

A bill to provide financial assistance for the Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Program in Public Affairs at the North Carolina State University.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1985

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, for the endowment of the Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Program in Public Affairs (which is an endowment for a fellowship program, public service research, and a distinguished speaker series). Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 1157 (99th)open

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to perform studies relating to disposal of drain water and to construct interim corrective measures deemed necessary for the San Luis intercepter drain.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1985

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and take interim corrective measures for the distribution, drainage, and disposal of drainage water in the San Joaquin Valley of the Central Valley project, California. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 136 (99th)enacted

A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating the calendar week beginning with Sunday, April 13, 1986, as "National Garden Week".

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1985

Authorizes and requests the President to: (1) designate the week beginning on April 13, 1986, as National Garden Week; and (2) urge the wearing of garden flowers as a symbol of our appreciation for the contributions of our gardeners.

Law· SS. 1068 (99th)enacted

OCS Paperwork and Reporting Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1985

OCS Paperwork and Reporting Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to repeal provisions requiring the Secretary of the Interior to provide: (1) a list of all shut-in and flaring oil and gas wells on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); (2) a report to the Comptroller General on such wells; and (3) certain investigations of and reports on OCS oil and gas reserves.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 46 (99th)passed

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress regarding Americans missing in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1985

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) ensure that U.S. officials carry out the pledge to resolve the issue of the Americans still missing and unaccounted for in Indochina; (2) work for the immediate release of any Americans still held captive and the return of the remains of those who died in Southeast Asia; and (3) make every effort to secure the further cooperation of Laos and Vietnam in resolving this issue.

Bill· SS. 1028 (99th)open

Beekeeper Preservation Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1985

Beekeeper Preservation Act of 1985 - Requires the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to investigate and report to the President on the effects of honey imports on certain domestic programs and on the amount of products processed in the United States from honey. Requires the President, if the ITC recommends that fees or limitations be imposed on honey imports, to: (1) impose such fees or limitations; or (2) deny the existence of the facts justifying such fees or limitations. Requires the President to take such action within 60 days of the issuance of the ITC report.

Bill· SS. 1025 (99th)open

Beekeeper Preservation Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1985

Beekeeper Preservation Act of 1985 - Requires the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to investigate and report to the President on the effects of honey imports on certain domestic programs and on the amount of products processed in the United States from honey. Requires the President, if the ITC recommends that fees or limitations be imposed on honey imports, to: (1) impose such fees or limitations; or (2) deny the existence of the facts justifying such fees or limitations. Requires the President to take such action within 60 days of the issuance of the ITC report.

Bill· SS. 979 (99th)open

Energy Policy and Conservation Amendments Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1985

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend from June 30, 1985, to June 30, 1989, the authority granted under the Act regarding: (1) domestic energy supply availability and standby energy authorities; (2) international energy program agreements and the availability of antitrust immunity to participating companies.

Bill· SS. 983 (99th)open

A bill to provide for limited extension of alternative means of providing assistance under the school lunch program and to provide for national commodity processing programs.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1985

Extends through the school year ending June 30, 1987, a school district's eligibility under the school lunch program to continue receiving all cash or all letters of credit in lieu of commodities. Makes such districts eligible for bonus commodities on the same basis as other districts participating in the school lunch program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into agreements with private companies for processing donated commodities into end food products at the expense of the eligible recipient agencies.

Bill· SS. 982 (99th)open

Wood Products Trade Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1985

Wood Products Trade Act of 1985 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President to enter into a trade agreement with Canada which provides for the reduction of imports of Canadian softwood lumber by means of voluntary restraints or elimination of the stumpage subsidy provided by Canadian Government entities. Permits such agreement to provide for the reduction or elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers to international trade in wood products. Requires the President, if such a trade agreement has not been entered into with Canada before February 26, 1986, to terminate: (1) any portion of a trade agreement that was entered into under this Act or specified sections of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 or the Tariff Act of 1930; and (2) any U.S. obligations under any other agreement with respect to the duty imposed on softwood lumber by reason of such trade agreements. Requires the duty on softwood lumber, if any portion of such trade agreements is so terminated, to be the sum of: (1) the column one rate of duty on softwood lumber; plus (2) the equilibrium rate of duty for such softwood lumber. Requires that any countervailing or antidumping duty imposed on such softwood lumber shall be in addition to such special duty. Defines "equilibrium rate of duty" on Canadian softwood lumber to be the ad valorem rate of duty equal to the excess of: (1) ten percent; over (2) the percentage of countervailing duty applicable to such softwood lumber. Terminates the equilibrium rate of duty after February 26, 1989. Requires the President to consult with specified congressional committees and with specified private sector advisory committees in carrying out this Act. Includes stumpage rights within the definition of subsidy for purposes of countervailing and antidumping duties. Defines stumpage rights. Requires any countervailing duty imposed on softwood lumber after February 26, 1986, but before February 26, 1989, to be in the form of an ad valorem duty.

Bill· SS. 954 (99th)open

Steelhead Trout Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1985

Steelhead Trout Protection Act - Declares that State laws and regulations prohibiting, restricting, or regulating the taking, possession, transportation, or sale of steelhead trout shall apply to and be enforceable against Indians and Indian tribes at places within such State both within and without the boundaries of an Indian reservation in the manner and to the same extent as such laws and regulations apply to other persons. Declares that the authority provided by this Act shall be in addition to any jurisdiction to enact and enforce fish and game laws held by that State immediately preceding the date of enactment of this Act. Permits an Indian tribe to require (in addition to State license requirements) licenses and fees for fishing for steelhead trout on the tribe's Indian trust land or in waters within the tribe's reservation boundaries. Prohibits a State from requiring a license or fee from a member of an Indian tribe for such fishing or for fishing at usual and accustomed fishing grounds of such tribe. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enforce such licensing requirements of Indian tribes. Authorizes tribal enforcement personnel to makes arrests and seizures relating to violations of such requirements. Sets forth procedures and penalties relating to such violations. Confers exclusive juridiction on the U.S. Claims Court over all causes of action seeking compensation for an alleged taking of Indian treaty rights arising under or growing out of this Act. Sets forth procedures for such claims.

Bill· SS. 925 (99th)open

A bill to deny most-favored-nation trading status to Afghanistan.

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.

Bill· SS. 865 (99th)passed

A bill to award special congressional gold medals to Jan Scruggs, Robert Doubek, and Jack Wheeler.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present gold medals to Jan Scruggs, Robert Doubek, and Jack Wheeler in recognition of their efforts to give the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the Nation. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 130 (99th)open

A resolution relative to the Sport Fish Restoration Trust Fund.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1985

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the administration should comply with the automatic appropriation and earmarking provisions of the Wallop/Breaux Sport Fish Restoration Trust Fund and support adequate appropriation for the Boating Safety Account in such Fund. States that funds owed to the States from such Fund should not be withheld or delayed.

Bill· SS. 835 (99th)open

Food Stamp Reform Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1985

Food Stamp Reform Act of 1985 - Title I: Definitions - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for charging households for allotments, except households containing an elderly or disabled member and households with less than a specified income. Provides for the deposit of such charges in a separate account maintained by the Treasury. Requires State agencies to institute procedures for the deduction of household allotment charges from payments a household receives under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) of the Social Security Act and to have allotments distributed with such payments. Grants State agencies the option of determining whether or not individuals who live with others constitute a separate household. Removes certain provisions for adjusting the thrifty food plan and the excess shelter expense deduction. Title II: Eligible Households - Makes certain households ineligible for the food stamp program if such a household's income exceeds a specified poverty line. (Currently such households cannot exceed the poverty line by more than 30 percent.) Includes nonrecurring lump-sum payments and energy assistance payments as household income. Decreases the monthly household income standard deduction from $85 to $60. Permits States to establish resource limitations comparable to eligibility determinations under the Social Security Act for the AFDC program and the supplemental security income program. Title III: Eligibility Disqualifications - Reduces from six to three years the maximum age of a dependent child which exempts an individual from work registration. Continues such exemption for any individual caring for a child between three and six where adequate child care is not available. Title IV: Issuance and Use of Coupons - Prohibits the issuance of cash change from purchases made with food stamp coupons. Requires coupon users to pay cash for amounts which exceed the value of the lowest coupon denomination. Title V: Value of Allotment - Eliminates the $10 minimum value of allotments. Title VI: Administration - Grants States the option of providing expedited service to certain families in immediate need of coupons. (Currently States are required to provide such service.) Requires the issuance of photographic identification cards to all household members (currently, such cards are required only in certain areas). Requires a household member to countersign coupons at the times of issuance and use. Title VII: Collection and Disposition of Claims - Sets forth procedures for the collection of an overissuance of food stamp coupons through unemployment compensation benefits. Title VIII: Administrative Cost-Sharing and Quality Controls - Revises State agency liability provisions to make such agencies liable for payment error rates above three percent. Title IX: Effective Date - Declares the amendments made by this Act effective on October 1, 1985, unless otherwise provided.

Bill· SS. 797 (99th)open

Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985

Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act of 1985 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to pay employees under 20 years of age 75 percent of the minimum wage rate between May and September of each year. Exempts such employees from special certificate requirements. Restricts such authorization to: (1) hours worked by eligible employees in compliance with applicable child labor laws; and (2) youth employed after May 1 of each year. Prohibits the removal of employees ineligible for the subminimum wage rate in order to replace them with employees who are eligible. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to monitor the implementation of this Act and to report to the Congress concerning the employment effects of this Act. Terminates such minimum wage rate exception after September 30, 1987.

Bill· SS. 800 (99th)open

A bill to increase the maximum annual dollar amount limitation on deductions allowed under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for contributions to an individual retirement account of a spouse and to provide that the limitation relating to the amount of compensation received shall be computed on the basis of the combined compensation of a husband and wife.

United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1985

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the maximum dollar amount limitation to $2,000 on deductions allowed for contributions to an individual retirement account of a spouse and to provide that the deduction for the individual retirement account shall be computed for married individuals on the basis of their combined compensation.

Bill· SS. 729 (99th)open

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make permanent the rules relating to imputed interest and assumption of loans, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1985

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an applicable test rate of nine percent for determining whether there is imputed interest in the case of seller-financed property. Permits a lower test interest rate of 80 percent of the Federal Treasury rate where such rates are lower than the nine percent test rate. Provides for a blended test rate for instances where the loan amount exceeds $4,000,000. Authorizes the imputation of interest in seller-financed property sales of $4,000,000 or less of ten percent or 110 percent of the Federal Treasury rates, whichever is less, where the test interest rates have not been met. Allows for a blended imputed interest rate where the debt amount exceeds $4,000,000. Requires that all loan amounts from a single transaction or series of related transactions be aggregated for purposes of determining the loan amount. Provides that the imputed interest rules will not apply to assumptions of loans unless the terms and conditions of such debt obligations are modified in connection with the assumption. Repeals the provisions of the Code limiting the amount of interest expense a purchaser of personal use property may deduct for tax purposes. Excepts debt instruments arising from the sale or exchange of a residence from the imputed interest provisions where the obligor of the instrument uses the property as his residence. Provides that the imputed interest rules shall not apply in the case of sales or exchanges of property where the borrowed amount does not exceed $4,000,000. Requires the interest on the obligation issued in connection with such sales or exchanges to be taken into account by both the buyer and the seller on the cash receipts and disbursement method of accounting unless both buyer and seller agree to use the accrual receipts and disbursement method of accounting.

Bill· SS. 704 (99th)open

Intercircuit Panel of the United States Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985

Intercircuit Panel of the United States Act - Establishes an Intercircuit Panel of the United States Courts of Appeals composed of nine circuit judges and four alternate judges designated by the Supreme Court. Directs the Chief Justice to designate the presiding judge of the Panel. Places the principal office of such Panel in the District of Columbia. Grants the Panel jurisdiction over cases referred to it by the Supreme Court. Declares that decisions of the Panel shall be binding on all U.S. courts unless modified or overruled by the Supreme Court. Directs the Panel, in consultation with the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, to submit to the Supreme Court, the Judicial Conference of the United States, the President, and the Congress a comprehensive report on its activities. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Panel five years after the date of its first referral.

Bill· SS. 721 (99th)open

Agricultural Trade Amendment Act of 1985

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985

Agricultural Trade Amendment Act of 1985 - Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Act to provide that agricultural exports, except for those under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (P.L. 480), shall not be subject to cargo preference requirements.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 91 (99th)referred

A joint resolution to designate March 21, 1985, as "Afghanistan Day".

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1985

Designates March 21, 1985, as Afghanistan Day. Condemns the Soviet Union for the attempted subjugation of Afghanistan. Calls upon the Soviet Union to commit itself to a negotiated political settlement for Afghanistan.

Bill· SS. 686 (99th)open

Willow Creek Winter Stock Water Supply Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1985

Willow Creek Winter Stock Water Supply Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make payments to certain claimants in full settlement of all claims against the United States relating to the loss of winter stock water from Willow Creek, Idaho. Requires the Secretary to make such payments only if: (1) the claimant notifies the Secretary of the claim within one year of the enactment of this Act; (2) the claimant provides an affidavit proving use of such water prior to December 31, 1979; and (3) the claimant executes a satisfactory waiver and release of all claims against the United States relating to such water. Sets forth procedures for the determination of payment eligibility and amount. Authorizes appropriations.