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United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Designates the week of May 13 through May 19, 1984, as Smokey Bear Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 1027 (Yakima River Basin water enhancement project costs).
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to terminate the obligation of the Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (the Board) to pay the Treasury interest on revenue bonds issued to finance necessary parking facilities for the Center. Establishes in the Treasury the Kennedy Center Revenue Bond Sinking Fund to retire such obligations. Sets forth a payment schedule for the Board and terms of investment and management for the Secretary of the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take steps to: (1) issue a proclamation commemorating the Ukrainian famine of 1933; (2) issue a warning that the continued enslavement of the Ukrainian nation is a threat to world peace; and (3) convey to the Soviet people U.S. sentiments for the recovery of Ukrainian freedom and independence.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Professional Sports Team Community Protection Act - Prohibits the relocation of a professional sports team, except in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Sets forth definitions. Defines the terms: (1) "person" to mean any individual, partnership, corporation, or any unincorporated association, or any combination or association thereof; and (2) "professional sports team" or "team" to mean any group of professional athletes organized to play major league baseball, basketball, football, hockey, or soccer which has been engaged in competition in such sport for more than five years. States that the grounds for relocation specified in clause (1) or (2) of this paragraph must be met in any case where a person other than a professional sports team seeking relocation owns the stadium in which the team plays. States that the grounds for relocation specified in clause (2) of this paragraph must be met in any case where the professional sports team seeking relocation owns the stadium in which the team plays. Sets forth the following as grounds for relocation: (1) the stadium is manifestly inadequate for the purposes of properly and competitively operating the team, the stadium authority demonstrates no intent to remedy the deficiency of the stadium within a reasonable period of time, and other sports facilities in the same territory have not been made available by appropriate governmental authorities for use by the professional sports team; and (2) the team has incurred net operating losses which are a significant danger to the continued existence of the team and the team's attendance records have fallen below specified levels. Requires any person wishing to relocate a professional sports team to a metropolitan location other than its current location to: (1) furnish written notice of the relocation to the relevant league and present municipality at least eight months before the proposed relocation; and (2) offer the team for sale at fair market value to other persons who would continue to locate such team in its present location. Requires any owner of a team receiving a bona fide offer to purchase the team which, if accepted, would result in a relocation to provide notice of the offer and intent to sell eight months prior to the sale. Establishes from time to time a Professional Sports Team Relocation Arbitration Board to be composed of three members. Provides that one member shall be appointed by the owner of the team seeking relocation, one member shall be appointed by the governmental authority regulating the operation of the team's stadium, and one member shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. Requires all notices of relocation or offers of sale regarding a team to be referred to the Board. Requires the Board, within seven months of the Board's establishment, to determine if any such offers of sale would ensure that the team would remain in its current location, and are equal to or greater in value than the value of the relocation. Directs the Board to determine if the team meets any of the grounds for relocation specified in this Act. Prohibits the Board from approving any relocation if an offer of equal or greater value is received which will keep the team in its present location. Prohibits a team owner from selling or relocating without a written committment from any purchaser to keep the team in its present location, if the Board determines that: (1) any offer for sale or relocation notice which has been received regarding a team equals or exceeds the value of the original offer or petition for relocation; or (2) none of the grounds for relocation specified in this Act have been met. States that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any notice for relocation or offer of sale regarding any team if, within six months after establishment of the Board: (1) the Board has not received any offer to purchase such team which would ensure that the team would remain in its present location; and (2) the Board has not received any objection to the relocation from any appropriate governmental authority. Permits any governmental entity in a metropolitan area from which a professional sports team relocates to bring a civil action on the grounds that the relocation did not comply with the provisions of this Act. Authorizes funds to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Repeals the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require ballots and other election materials be available in a language other than English.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H.R. 71 (groundwater recharge).
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984
Commemorates on June 6, 1984, the fortieth anniversary of the allied forces invasion against the Nazi army. Authorizes and requests the President to designate June 6, 1984, as D-Day National Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1984
Designates the week of April 29 through May 5, 1984, as National Week of the Ocean.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Commission on the Ukraine Famine Act - Establishes a Commission to be known as the Commission on the Ukraine Famine which shall study the 1932-1933 Ukraine famine in order to: (1) expand the world's knowledge of the famine; and (2) provide the American public with a better understanding of the Soviet system. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1984
Idaho Forest Management Act of 1984 - Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Wilderness Designation - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes. Designates the following lands in Idaho as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Selkirks-Canyon Wilderness in the Panhandle National Forest; (2) the Salmo Priest Wilderness in the Panhandle National Forest; (3) the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness in the Panhandle National Forest; (4) the Mallard Larkins Wilderness in the Panhandle and Clearwater National Forests; (5) the Kelly Creek-Hoodoo Wilderness in the Clearwater National Forest; (6) the North Lick Creek Wilderness in the Payette National Forest; (7) the White Clouds Wilderness in the Sawtooth National Forest; (8) the Worm Creek Wilderness in the Caribou National Forest; and (9) the Borah Peak Wilderness in the Challis National Forest. Title II: Release of Lands for Multiple Use Management - Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final environmental impact statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Idaho shall not be subject to judicial review. Provides that national forest system lands in Idaho which have not been designated as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System by this Act or which have not been previously designated as wilderness by an Act of Congress shall be managed for multiple uses other than wilderness. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Idaho without express congressional authorization. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth requirements with respect to livestock grazing policies, State water allocation authority, buffer zones, mineral resources assessment, and aircraft landing. Specifies procedures for the disposition of existing mining claims in the White Clouds Wilderness designated by this Act. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct an inventory of, and report to Congress on, the structures which exist within the wilderness areas designated by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984
Civilian Energy Programs Authorization for Fiscal Years 1985 and 1986 - Title I: Research and Development - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1985 for the following civilian energy programs: (1) general science and research activities; (2) energy supply research and development; (3) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (4) the Geothermal Resources Development Fund; (5) fossil energy research and development; and (6) energy conservation. Authorizes the appropriation of funds from the authorization above for construction and capital equipment not related to construction for: (1) general science and research activities; (2) energy supply research and development; (3) uranium supply and enrichment activities; and (4) fossil energy research and development. Title II: Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Conservation, Regulation, and Information - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1985 for: (1) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; (2) the SPR Petroleum Account; (3) State and local energy conservation programs and the Residential Conservation Service; (4) emergency preparedness and energy regulation; (5) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and (6) the Energy Information Administration. Title III: Power Marketing Administration - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for 1985 for operation and maintenance of: (1) the Alaska Power Administration; (2) the Southeastern Power Administration; (3) the Southwestern Power Administration; and (4) the Western Area Power Administration. Title IV: Other Activities - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1985 for: (1) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (2) departmental administration; (3) the Nuclear Waste Fund; and (4) the following energy supply research and development programs: international solar energy, solar technology transfer, hydropower, nuclear waste technology, waste tretment technology, remedial action, in-house energy management, and technical information and management program. Authorizes the appropriation of funds from the authorization above for construction and capital equipment not related to construction for: (1) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (2) departmental administration; and (3) the following energy supply research and development programs: nuclear waste technology, waste treatment technology, remedial action, in-house energy management, and technical information and management program. Title V: Fiscal Year 1986 Authorization - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1986 to carry out civilian energy programs. Title VI: Repeal Provisions - Repeals title III of the Energy Security Act relating to energy targets for net imports, domestic production, and end-use consumption of energy. Repeals requirements under title X of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 with respect to the submission of recommended program levels for civilian energy programs and certain constrution authorization requests.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Designates the week beginning on November 11, 1984, as National Blood Pressure Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1984
Designates the week of June 24 through June 30, 1984, as National Safety in the Workplace Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the American Gold Star Mothers, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984
Amends Federal law to permit the costs of an advance planning study of a proposed project by the Bureau of Reclamation to be considered reimbursable construction costs and included in the allocation of construction costs to the proposed project's beneficiaries.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Repeals requirements regarding Department of Energy personnel levels under the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982 and the Continuing Appropriations Acts for FY 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Designates March 21, 1984, as National Single Parent Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1984
Designates the month of May 1984 as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1984
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 to the Executive Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984
Establishes a working capital fund to assist in the management of certain support activities of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior. Credits the funds with appropriations made for the purpose of providing or increasing capital. Credits the fund with certain appropriations and payments for providing materials, supplies, equipment, work, and services as authorized by law. Provides that charges to users shall be at rates approximately equal to the cost of furnishing the materials, supplies, equipment, facilities, and services. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Impact Aid Authorization Act of 1984 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations through FY 1989 for the impact aid program for federally affected schools. Increases the authority for reimbursements to eligible local educational agencies for revenues lost from federally owned, nontaxable property. Requires the Secretary of Education, not later than November 15, of each year, to publish the percentage change in the price index published for October of the preceding fiscal year and October of the fiscal year in which such publication is made. Bases the amount authorized for such impact aid programs on such percentage change. Limits such percentage change to no more than five percent. Repeals the three-year phaseout of impact aid to federally affected schools whose students' parents either live or work on Federal property. Authorizes appropriations for such impact aid through FY 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Petroleum Overcharge Restitution Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to distribute the following restitutionary amounts, which are held or received as a result of a settlement, order, or judgment involving overcharges resulting from alleged petroleum pricing violations under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973: (1) amounts held in escrow on the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) amounts received after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes in the Treasury the Petroleum Overcharge Restitution Fund into which shall be deposited restitutionary amounts which the Secretary determines: (1) exceed amounts needed for refunds to persons who sustained economic injury from overcharges; or (2) cannot be refunded to persons who sustained economic injury because they cannot be reasonably identified or because the amount of injury such persons sustained cannot reasonably be determined or is so small that distribution is not reasonably feasible. Authorizes to be appropriated for FY 1985 through 1989 funds for: (1) the weatherization assistance program for low-income persons under the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976; (2) the energy conservation program for schools and hospitals under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act; and (3) the low-income home energy assistance program under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Redesignates the River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho as the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Directs the President to: (1) secure from the Southeast Asian nations a full accounting of Americans captured or missing as a result of the Vietnam conflict; and (2) work for the release of Americans listed as prisoners of war (POW) or missing-in-action (MIA) and the return of the remains of all American POWs and MIAs who died in Southeast Asia. Requires the President to submit two reports to Congress on the POW/MIA problem.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Designates the week of April 15 through April 21, 1984, as National Recreational Sports Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Designates the week of October 21, through October 27, 1984, as Lupus Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 746 (Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor).
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the American athletes be congratulated for their significant accomplishments at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Declares that the United States encourages all young American athletes to take great pride in the accomplishments of the 1984 American Olympic team. Expresses the special congratulations of the Senate to Phil and Holly Mahre, to whom on the day of Phil's achievement of his Olympic gold medal, was born their first son.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Designates the week of November 19 through November 25, 1984, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984
Designates the week of May 20 through May 26, 1984, as National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
States that the National Open Greco-Roman and the National Open Free Style Championships serve to focus attention on the sport of amateur wrestling. Designates the week beginning April 1, 1984, as National Amateur Wrestling Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Designates March 1984 as National Eye Donor Month.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
States that the United States renounces the Yalta agreement and declares that such agreement is no longer binding. Expresses the United States' solidarity with the aspirations of the peoples of the Baltic States and Eastern Europe.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1984
Broadcasters' Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to declare that provisions requiring a broadcast station licensee to provide equal opportunities for station access to political candidates and prohibiting the licensee from censoring a candidate's broadcast do not require the licensee to broadcast any material the broadcast of which the licensee believes would violate any criminal law. Provides that a licensee's refusal to broadcast material based on such belief shall be a defense to any revocation action by the Federal Communications Commission and shall not be used adversely against the licensee in a comparative licensing process. Permits a broadcaster to petition any appropriate U.S. district court for a determination as to whether the broadcast of such material would violate a criminal law and for declaratory judgment relief. Allows a candidate whose broadcast is denied to petition the court for such a determination and for declaratory judgment relief with respect to such denial.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1984
Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to repeal the provision which gives a district four and one-half years from the date of enactment to amend its existing repayment of water service contracts to comply with such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1984
Designates the week of May 20 through May 26, 1984, as National Arts With the Handicapped Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1984
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, from March 1, 1984, through February 28, 1985, 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 · 27 January 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of May 6 through May 12, 1984, as Senior Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of November 18 through November 24, 1984, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should supplement its January 25, 1984, revision of the access charge decision to provide additional support for high-cost rural exchanges and use a uniform, nationwide rate of return to determine eligibility for such support; (2) the FCC should continue its policy of rate integration for interstate toll services to include the noncontiguous States and territories; (3) the FCC should establish a separate mechanism to ensure affordable telephone service for poverty-level consumers; (4) the FCC should institute no flat end user charges for residential and single-line business customers until it has determined that such charges will not threaten universal basic telephone service and provided the Senate with specified notice; (5) any flat end user charges that are instituted should be phased in more gradually than provided under the FCC's original access charge decision and should not exceed four dollars a month per line prior to 1990; (6) the accrued pension and related benefits of any person who was employed by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (ATT) or a Bell System company on December 31, 1983, should be transferred when that employee transfers to any entity that was an ATT affiliate on such date; and (7) ATT, its subsidiaries, and the former Bell System companies should be allowed to enter into interchange agreements to protect the pensions and other benefits of nonsupervisory, nonpolicymaking employees who were employed with such companies on December 31, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) U.S. negotiators, in negotiations with Japan, should insist that Japan dismantle all nontariff barriers to imports of beef; and (2) if progress is not made toward the dismantling of such nontariff barriers by a specified time, the U.S. Trade Representative should seek appropriate relief under U.S. and international trade law.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984
Designates January 1 through December 31, 1984, as the Year of Excellence in Education.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for FY 1985 through FY 1989 to assist States in carrying on the work of a competent and qualified mining and mineral resources research institute at one public college or university (or private college or university if a State does not have an eligible public college or university) in the State meeting eligibility requirements. Provides that funds appropriated shall be made available for grants to be matched on a basis of no less than one and one-half non-Federal dollars for each Federal dollar during FY 1985 and 1986, and no less than two non-Federal dollars for each Federal dollar during FY 1987 through FY 1989. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 1985 through FY 1989 which shall be made available to institutes to meet the necessary expenses for purposes of: (1) specific mineral research and demonstration projects of broad application which could not otherwise be undertaken; and (2) research into any aspects of mining and mineral resources problems related to the mission of the Department of the Interior which are not otherwise being studied. Sets forth funding criteria. Requires each institute to: (1) set forth its plan to provide for the training of individuals as mineral engineers and scientists; (2) set forth policies and procedures to assure that Federal funds made available under this Act will supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available for purposes of this Act, and in no case supplant such funds; and (3) report annually to the Secretary concerning amounts received under this Act and projects undertaken pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe necessary rules and regulations; and (2) report to Congress annually concerning the receipts, expenditures, and work of the institutes in all States under the provisions of this Act. Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed to authorize Federal control of education at any college or university. Directs the Secretary to assure that programs authorized by this Act are not redundant. Authorizes appropriations necessary to print and publish the results of activities carried out by institutes under this Act and for administrative planning and direction. Directs the Secretary to establish a center for cataloging current and projected scientific research in all fields of mining and mineral resources. Directs the President to clarify agency responsibility for Federal mining and mineral resources research and to provide interagency coordination of such research. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources Research to consult with and make recommendations to the Secretary on all matters relating to mining and mineral resources research as required by this Act. Requires the Committee to: (1) develop a national plan for research and development in mining and mineral resources and to formulate and recommend a program to implement the plan utilizing resources provided for under this Act; and (2) submit such plan to the Secretary, the President, and Congress by March 1, 1986, and to update the plan annually. Requires the Committee to determine the eligibility of a college or university to participate as a mining and mineral resources research institute under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit industrial homework pursued by individuals (including craftswork and the performance of services in such individuals' residences) if their employers comply with the minimum wage and maximum hours provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Wine Equity Act of 1983 - Requires the President to direct the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to negotiate the harmonization of tariff and nontariff barriers on wine with each designated major trading country. Requires negotiations with designated major trading countries which do not export wine to the United States in order to eliminate all tariff and nontariff trade barriers of such countries to the importation of U.S. wine. Requires the President to impose tariff and nontariff trade barriers equal or substantially equivalent to the barriers applied by a designated major trading country if such country does not provide harmonization to U.S. produced-wine within 180 days of the country's designation as a designated major trading country. Provides for removing such U.S. tariff and nontariff barriers. Requires the USTR to report to specified congressional committees at the beginning and end of each negotiation. Requires the USTR to consult with such committees to identify further tariff and nontariff barriers to and potential markets for U.S. wine. Provides for assistance for the USTR from other Federal agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Displaced Homemakers Opportunity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for expenses of occupational training, received either on the job or through a qualified training organization, of displaced homemakers. Defines "displaced homemaker" as an individual who: (1) was a homemaker for five years; (2) had no, or insufficient, occupational skills at the time of hiring; (3) entered the work force due to the death or disability of, or divorce from, the wage-earning spouse; and (4) is employed by the taxpayer at the close of the taxable year. Excludes from such definition any individual with respect to whom the taxpayer has been allowed a targeted jobs tax credit. Provides for the recapture of the tax benefit received under this Act in the event the taxpayer discharges a displaced homemaker without reasonable cause.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the exile of Igor Ogurtsov; and (2) urge the Soviet Union to provide Igor Ogurtsov with medical care, grant his release from exile, and accept his application for an exit visa and allow him to emigrate without forcing him to renounce his views (in accordance with a specified international treaty).
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Redesignates the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee and Kentucky, as the John Sherman Cooper National Recreation Area.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Designates November 25 through December 1, 1984, as National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week.