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Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 116 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Reagan Administration and succeeding Administrations express to the People's Republic of China, as a continuing concern, the importance the American people attach to religious freedom, and to strongly urge that government to release from prison the five elderly Roman Catholic priests, a number of Protestant pastors and layworkers, and others of various faiths, reportedly being held on charges related to religious activities.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Reagan administration and succeeding administrations: (1) stress to China the importance the American people attach to religious freedom; and (2) urge the Chinese Government to release from prison five Roman Catholic priests and persons of various faiths who are being held because of religious activities.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 113 (98th)passed

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Elena Bonner should be allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union for the purpose of seeking medical treatment, urging that the President protest the continued violation of human rights in the Soviet Union, including the rights of Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in accordance with the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and other specified human rights agreements, the Soviet Union should permit Elena Bonner to obtain medical treatment outside of that country and allow her and Andrei Sakharov to live in the country of their choice. Urges the President to: (1) protest the detention of and charges against Elena Bonner and the continued refusal of an exit visa to her, and to call upon the Soviet Union to meet Doctor Sakharov's hunger strike demands; and (2) call upon other signatory nations of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to join in such protests and urge that the Sakharovs be allowed to emigrate to the country of their choice.

Bill· SS. 2638 (98th)open

Gypsy Moth Control Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1984

Gypsy Moth Control Act of 1984 - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a gypsy moth research program. Gives priority to the development of: (1) biological controls; and (2) appropriate technology for use on non-Federal public and private forest land. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1989 appropriations. Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to establish a gypsy moth control assistance program to encourage gypsy moth control on non-Federal lands. Provides for Federal cost-sharing to aid States in: (1) conducting gypsy moth population surveys and; (2) eradication and control efforts, including the provision of technical assistance. Authorizes FY 1985 through 1994 appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2633 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act so as to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study for the purpose of determining the extent of contamination of certain fish and whether such contamination creates a threat to public health.

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984

Amends the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to study toxic contamination in Atlantic coast estuarine and marine fish to determine if contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls or other toxicants constitute a public health hazard and, if so, the extent of such hazard. Requires a report to Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for such study.

Bill· SS. 2636 (98th)open

Real Property Disposal Policy Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984

Real Property Disposal Policy Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the Administrator of General Services to notify State and local governments and certain institutions that surplus Federal property is being considered for disposal. Requires the Administrator to submit to appropriate congressional committees, executive agencies, and local zoning agencies a description of the real property intended for disposal and of the method of disposal.

Bill· SS. 2618 (98th)open

A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to promote expansion of international trade in telecommunications products, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1984

Title I: Trade in Telecommunications - Telecommunications Trade Act of 1984 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President, during the three years following enactment of this Act, to enter into multilateral or bilateral trade agreements with foreign countries or instrumentalities which provide for the reduction or elimination of barriers to trade in telecommunications products. Authorizes the President to enter into such agreements whenever the President determines: (1) that any barriers to international trade of any foreign country or the United States unduly burden and restrict U.S. foreign trade in telecommunications products or adversely affect the U.S. economy or the imposition of such barriers is likely to result in such a burden, restriction, or effect; and (2) that attainment of the negotiating objectives will be promoted by entering into such agreement. Declares that the U.S. negotiating objectives shall be: (1) to obtain agreements that would provide competitive opportunities for U.S. exports of telecommunications products in foreign countries which are substantially equivalent to the competitive opportunities provided by the United States after the restructuring of the U.S. market for telecommunications; and (2) to avoid uncompensated reductions in barriers to foreign access to the U.S. market. Sets forth factors to be taken into account in pursuing such objectives. Directs the President, after not more than 90 days of consultations with the appropriate foreign countries or instrumentalities, to: (1) terminate, withdraw, or suspend all or part of any trade agreement entered into under this Act, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, or the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to any U.S. duty or other import restriction on telecommunications products; and (2) terminate, withdraw, or suspend the obligation of the United States with respect to such duty or other import restriction. Suspends the effect of the President's action on such duty or import restriction until three years after enactment of this Act. Directs the President to consult with the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee in carrying out this title. Title II: Telecommunications Product Classification - Telecommunications Product Classification Act - Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to create a tariff classification for and impose a duty on: (1) data processing machines designed for connection with telegraphic or telephonic apparatus, instruments, or networks; (2) office machines designed for connection to such apparatus, instruments, or networks; (3) parts designed for connection to such apparatus, instruments, or networks; and (4) machines designed for connection to such apparatus, instruments, or networks. Defines the term "entertainment broadcast band receivers" to mean radio receivers designed principally to receive signals in the AM and FM entertainment broadcast bands whether or not capable of receiving signals on other bands. Creates a tariff classification for and imposes a duty on: (1) telephone switching apparatus (including private branch exchange and key system switching apparatus); (2) telephone sets and terminal equipment; (3) other switching apparatus; and (4) other terminal apparatus. Grants duty free treatment to communications satellites to be launched in the United States for use in a global communications satellite system and other communications satellite. Creates a tariff classification for and imposes a duty on: (1) radio receivers, other than solid-state receivers; (2) solid-state radio receivers designed for motor vehicle installation; (3) other entertainment broadcast band receivers; (4) hand-held citizens band transceivers; (5) low-power radio-telephonic transceivers operating on specified frequencies; (6) cordless handset telephones; (7) transmitters; (8) telephone answering machines; (9) radio-television-phonograph combination articles designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus, instruments, or networks; (10) insulated electrical conductors with modular telephone connectors; (11) electrical equipment designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus, instruments, or networks; (12) optical fiber bundles; and (13) optical fibers and optical fiber cables.

Bill· SS. 2607 (98th)referred

Anti-Hunger Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1984

Anti-Hunger Act of 1984 - Title I: School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to authorize FY 1985 through 1988 appropriations for: (1) the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); (2) State administrative expenses; (3) the childrens' summer food service program; and (4) the commodity distribution program. Provides a permanent authorization for the nutrition education and training program. Reduces the student cost of a reduced price lunch from 40 cents to 25 cents, and of a reduced price breakfast from 30 cents to 15 cents. Provides an additional six cents per breakfast to increase the nutritional quality of such program. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate related nutritional improvement regulations. Provides States with a three percent reimbursent for commodity for commodity transportation and storage costs. Eliminates the $1500 tuition limit for private school program particiaption. Increases the nubmer of reimbursable meals and snacks under the child care food program. Excludes certain medical expenses from household income for program eligibility purposes. Eliminates the requirement that free meal eligibility be the same as that required for food stamp eligibility. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring school lunch program income verification unless the direct cost of such verification is appropriated. Makes kindergartens in specified schools eligible for the special milk program. Obligates specified food service equipment appropriations for low-income area schools. States that school food facilities and personnel may be used for nonprofit nutrition programs for the elderly. Makes specified nonprofit private sponsors eligible for the summer feeding program. Prohibits States from using more than two and on-half percent of a current fiscal year's WIC appropriations for a preceding year's expenditures. Permits administrative funds to be used for technical assistance to improve State administrative systems. Includes Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) among the programs to be coordinated with the child nutrition programs. Provides for a reduction in program paperwork. Requires the secretary of Agriculture to fill vacancies on the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition within 90 days, and to hold Council meetings at least annually. Title II: Amendments to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit elderly or disabled persons to purchase low-priced prepared meals from restaurants or similar establishments. Permits an elderly person who is unable to purchase and prepare food to be considered a separate household independently of the income level of the others with whom he or she lives. Provides for thrifty food plan increases in States that tax retail food sales. Increases the covered cost of such plan to 100 percent. Revises the definition of "disabled" to mean a person receiving Federal or State blindness or disability assistance based on the same as or substantially the same criteria as used under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security. Act. Makes households each of whose members receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or AFDC assistance categorically eligible for program participation. States that denial of eligibility or termination of benefits from such programs cannot be a basis for denial of food stamp eligibility or termination of benefits. Increases the earned income deduction from 18 to 20 percent. Separates dependent care and excess shelter expense deductions. Changes the elderly or disabled medical expense threshold from $35 to five percent of the household's monthly inocme. Grnats States the option of calculating income either prospectively or retrospectively. Authorizes emergency allotment increases if the household experiences a sudden income loss of more than $100 in a month. Increases the resources limitation from $1500 to $2250, and from $3000 to $3500 for the elderly and disabled. Increases the threshold for accounting a vehicle's value against resources from $4500 to $5500. Permits States to stagger coupon issuance. Authorizes outreach activities. Provides for the participation of homeless persons in the food stam program. Authorizes the Secretary to set food stamp office hours. Extends existing seven percent State error sanctions through FY 1985. Postpones the decreased five percent rate until FY 1986. Requires States imposing a tax on food stamp purchases to transfer such funds to the Secretary of the Treasury.

Bill· SS. 2595 (98th)referred

A bill to transfer jurisdiction from the Government of the State of New York to the Federal Government for a portion of Fire Island, N.Y., and to transfer jurisdiction for Camp Hero from the Federal Government to the Government of the State of New York.

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984

Directs the Administrator of General Services to assign certain portions of Montauk Air Force Station in Suffolk County, New York, to the Secretary of the Interior for use as a public park or recreation area. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey such property to the State of New York in exchange for the fee title to certain property owned by the State of New York at Fire Island, New York. Requires that the property transferred to the State of New York be used for public park or recreation purposes.

Bill· SS. 2585 (98th)referred

National Wildflower Landscaping Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1984

National Wildflower Landscaping Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to approve the planting of native wildflowers for landscaping and scenic enhancement of Federal-aid highways.

Bill· SS. 2568 (98th)open

Civil Rights Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984

Civil Rights Act of 1984 - Amends the Education Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination by any recipient of Federal financial assistance. (Currently, discrimination is prohibited only in a program or activity receiving Federal assistance.) Defines the term "recipient" to extend comprehensive coverage for purposes of the four Acts to any State or local governmental unit, any public or private agency or entity, and any subunit successor, assignee, or transferee of any such unit, agency, or entity.

Bill· SS. 2569 (98th)open

SSI Equitable Improvements and Reform Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1984

SSI Equitable Improvements and Reform Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Treatment of Income - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to exclude from income unearned income received in the form of real or personal property: (1) if it meets the existing criteria for exclusion from resources; (2) which is of a type not normally converted into cash or otherwise used for the production of income, which is not so converted or used, and which cannot be used for food or clothing; or (3) which is received as a gift or heirloom possessing emotional or sentimental value and which is not converted into cash or otherwise used for the production of income. Makes permanent SSI and AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children, part A of title IV of the Social Security Act) provisions which exempt in-kind home energy assistance provided by a private nonprofit organization. Provides for the exclusion of certain interest and dividend income. Provides that any temporary one-time income which is received by an individual in the individual's initial month of SSI eligibility shall be taken into account only for that month. Excludes from income amounts received by holocaust survivors as reparations from foreign countries. Title II: Treatment of Resources - Provides that to the extent that an overpayment results because a recipient's resources exceed the applicable limit, such overpayment shall be determined to be the lesser of: (1) the amount of benefits received or for which the recipient would have been eligible but for such resources; or (2) the amount by which the value of the resources exceeded the applicable resource limit. Modifies penalties where assets are transferred at less than fair market value. Provides that if assets are so transferred, the period of ineligibility shall bear a reasonable relationship to the uncompensated value of such resource. Permits a waiver of the penalty if: (1) the individual is in a hospital, nursing home, or other medical institution and cannot reasonably be expected to be discharged; (2) title was transferred to the individual's spouse or to the individual's child who is under age 21 or is blind or disabled; (3) the individual intended to dispose of the resource either at fair market value or for other valuable consideration; or (4) the inclusion of the resource in the individual's resources would work an undue hardship. Provides that in any event, if a State waives a similar penalty under Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) for such individual, the SSI penalty shall also be waived. Excludes from resources, for 12 months from the date of receipt, SSI or OASDI (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance, title II of the Social Security Act) underpayment amounts received in the form of a retroactive check. Increases the SSI resources limit for single individuals from $1,500 to $2,000, and for married couples from $2,250 to $3,000. Excludes from the SSI resources limit an automobile, household goods, and personal effects. (Current law also exempts such items, but only to the extent determined reasonable by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.) Title III: Determination of Benefit Amounts - Revises SSI provisions providing for a one-third reduction in benefits for an SSI recipient who lives in another person's household and who receives support and maintenance in kind from such person. Provides that an individual shall not be considered to be "living in another person's household and receiving support and maintenance in kind from such person" if such individual lives in a household with another person and such individual's pro rata share of the expenses of maintaining such household does not exceed the benefit payable to an individual with no other income who is living in another person's household and receiving support and maintenance from such person. Provides for the continuation of regular SSI benefits until the end of the second consecutive month of institutionalization if an eligible individual is institutionalized. Increases the benefits standard payable annually to: (1) an institutionalized individual from $300 to $420; and (2) an institutionalized couple from $600 to $840. Title IV: Provisions Relating to Eligibility - Provides that a disabled child who is living outside the United States with his or her parents shall maintain SSI eligibility so long as the parents retain legal residence in the United States. Provides for the payment of benefits due a deceased SSI recipient to certain individuals who contributed to the support of the deceased. (Current law provides for the payment of benefits following a beneficiary's death only to the surviving spouse.) Provides for an exemption from the requirement that an SSI applicant or recipient must file for OASDI or other pension benefits if receipt of such benefits would cause the applicant or recipient to be ineligible for SSI or Medicaid. Reduces from six months to one month the length of time that an SSI individual and spouse must live separately before they will be treated as separate individuals for SSI purposes. Title V: Overpayments, Underpayments, and Benefit Reductions - Provides that, in situations where there has not been fraud in connection with an SSI overpayment, overpayments shall be recovered through adjustments in future benefits which do not reduce any benefit payment by more than the greater of ten percent or ten dollars. Expands the SSI interim assistance program to include payment of retroactive SSI funds to a State for assistance provided during any period following the termination of an individual's SSI benefits, if and to the extent that: (1) the individual is subsequently found on reconsideration of the termination to have been eligible for such benefits; and (2) a retroactive payment of benefits for months in that period is due the individual. Repeals the penalty imposed against an SSI recipient because the group living facility in which the recipient lives fails to meet applicable standards. Increases from $100 to an amount equal to monthly SSI benefits for three months the emergency cash advances available to a presumptively eligible individual. Provides that: (1) if at any time both an overpayment and an underpayment exist in the case of an individual without a final adjustment or recovery having yet been made with respect to either of them, no such adjustment shall be made with respect to the underpayment until the individual has had a reasonable opportunity to seek a waiver of the overpayment; and (2) the existence of the underpayment shall not preclude the granting of such a waiver of the overpayment or otherwise affect the disposition thereof. Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action to recover an SSI overpayment until the Secretary has sent the SSI recipient who has been overpaid a notice containing, in clear and understandable language, certain information, including a statement of the individual's right to seek a waiver of the overpayment and to seek a reconsideration of the determination that an overpayment exists. Title VI: Extension of SSI Program - Includes the Virgin Islands and Guam within the SSI program. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the feasibility of extending the SSI program to Puerto Rico and to report the results to Congress. Title VII: Other Amendments - Directs the Secretary to conduct a statistically reliable survey of current and potential recipients of SSI benefits, with the objective of determining the extent to which the program is being used by individuals who are or may be eligible for SSI benefits and the extent to which current data (on the number of such individuals and their reasons for filing or not filing SSI applications) are accurate, and to report the results of such survey to Congress together with any recommendations. Directs the Secretary to establish and conduct an ongoing program designed to provide information about SSI benefits (and State supplementary benefits) to individuals who are not currently receiving such benefits. Directs the Secretary to assist applicants and recipients in executing and filing applications for SSI benefits and in furnishing any other information which may be required, with particular attention to cases where such applicants and recipients because of their physical or mental condition are incapable without undue difficulty of executing or filing such applications or furnishing such information. Directs the Secretary to take certain steps to assure that all information and forms for SSI applicants and recipients are clear and readily understandable. Sets forth the effective date.

Bill· SS. 2554 (98th)open

Public Transit Improvement Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984

Public Transit Improvement Act of 1984 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to extend from FY 1984 to 1986 the provisions which allow recipients to transfer portions of capital assistance in exchange for operating assistance. Repeals provisions requiring certification of such transfer. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to use discretionary funds resulting from such transfer for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities. Provides that recipients which transfer funds are not eligible for discretionary grants except for emergency purposes. Increases authorized appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and authorizes appropriations for FY 1987. Authorizes the Secretary to obligate funds for multi-year financing in advance of construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make emergency capital grants to States and local public bodies for the repair or replacement of public transportation equipment and facilities which have been damaged and seriously disrupted as a result of a natural disaster or catastrophic occurrence. Revises the definition of "associated capital maintenance items" (for which block grants are authorized) by lowering their threshold costs from one percent to one-half of one percent. Authorizes the use of such grants to finance the leasing of facilities and equipment for use in mass transportation service. Makes funds available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 through 1987 for transit crime prevention and security. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public mass transit systems for such purpose. Requires recipients of such grants to report to the Secretary, not less than annually with respect to the amount of crime on such systems. Permits the use of operating assistance funds under the urban mass transit grant program for bus and bus-related facilities if there are no commuter rail or fixed guideway systems in operation in the fiscal year of apportionment.

Bill· SS. 2540 (98th)open

Age Discrimination in Employment Act Public Safety Officers Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1984

Age Discrimination in Employment Act Public Safety Officers Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to exclude State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters from coverage under the Act.

Bill· SS. 2532 (98th)open

Computer Education Assistance Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1984

Computer Education Assistance Act of 1984 - Title I: Acquisition of Computer Resources - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of strengthening computer education in the elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1985 through 1991. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States and for allocation of allotments within States. Provides that two percent of the appropriations for this Act be reserved for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Provides for allotment to States on the basis of school-age population and on the basis of a formula for distribution of aid for disadvantaged school children under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs the State educational agency (SEA) to allocate the State allotment to local educational agencies (LEAs) on the basis of similar factors. Allows grants under this Act to be used to pay the Federal share of: (1) planning activities; (2) acquisition of computers and other equipment for computer education; (3) teacher training programs; and (4) computer software acquisition. Sets forth requirements for State applications for grants under this Act. Sets forth requirements for local applications for payments under this Act. Makes specified provisions of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 relating to participation of children enrolled in private schools applicable to the financial assistance made available under this Act. Directs the Secretary to pay each State, from the amount allotted, the Federal share (75 percent) of the cost of the program assisted under this Act. Permits non-Federal contributions to be in cash or in kind, including plant, equipment, and services. Title II: Teacher Training Institutes - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to make grants to and contracts with specified entities to develop and operate short-term or regular session study institutes to improve the qualifications of individuals engaged or preparing to engage in the teaching, or supervising or training of teachers, of the use of computers for computer education instruction and other education programs in elementary and secondary schools. Provides that special consideration be given to grant or contract applicants who will train teachers, or supervisors or trainers of teachers, serving or preparing to serve in elementary and secondary schools that enroll substantial numbers of disadvantaged youth or in programs for children of limited English language proficiency. Provides for weekly stipends for individuals who attend such institutes. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title for FY 1985 through 1991. Title III: Information Dissemination and Evaluation - Directs the Secretary, through the National Institute of Education (NIE) and the NSF, to provide advice and technical assistance to SEAs and LEAs on the expenditure of funds under title I of this Act and on the acquisition of computer software through an interagency agreement to: (1) evaluate available computer hardware and software, in terms of it usefulness in the classroom; (2) disseminate the results of such evaluation; and (3) develop model computer educational software, and make such model software (and its design premises) available to computer software producers and distributors, teachers, and school administrators. Authorizes the Secretary and the NSF to make grants and contracts to carry out such functions. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1985 through 1991. Directs the NSF, through grants to or contracts with specified entities, to conduct, assist, and foster research and experimentation on, and dissemination of, models of instruction in the operation and use of computers. Gives priority to proposals prepared with active and broad community involvement of such groups as parents, teachers, school boards and administrators, and local business. Permits funds available under such grants and contracts to be used for the acquisition of computer hardware and software. Requires the Director of the NSF to: (1) report annually to the Congress on the results of such research and experimentation; and (2) in conjunction with the NIE, disseminate information concerning such results to LEAs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1985 through 1991.

Bill· SS. 2512 (98th)open

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1984

Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per region, necessary to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center in each Federal region. Makes up to $10,000,000 of such appropriations available for metropolitan training centers. Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with an institution of higher education (or consortium of such institutions) in each Federal region to establish and operate a regional technical assistance center. Permits the contractor to associate with a private management agency for performance of such contract. Requires the contractor to: (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the local educational agencies (LEAs) in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects. Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would: (1) emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education; and (2) assure provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in the average daily attendance is less than 2,500. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with LEAs, intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit institutions (or consortium of such entities) to establish and operate metropolitan training centers in eligible LEAs. Defines an eligible LEA as any LEA which is located, in part or in whole, within a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more. Requires such contractors to: (1) make center services available on an equitable basis, taking account of the contributions of various LEAs to center costs, to school administrators from each of the LEAs located, in part or in whole, within the SMSA; (2) perform specified functions which are also required of regional center contractors; and (3) coordinate metropolitan center operations with those of the regional center. Directs the Secretary, in selecting such contractors, to: (1) accept only those applications which demonstrate the existence of a prior agreement, among LEAs with more than one-half of the pupils in average daily attendance within the SMSA, to utilize the center; and (2) take into account whether their programs would emphasize provision of assistance to school administrators from LEAs in which the number of pupils in average daily attendance is more than 2,500 and would give preference to consortia of LEAs. Requires contracts under this Act to: (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee including representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs; (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds. Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Permits the non- Federal matching contribution to be in cash or in kind, in the case of contracts for metropolitan training centers. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.

Bill· SS. 2513 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect groundwater resources and to prevent leaks and releases from underground storage tanks.

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1984

Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of the Public Health Service Act) to add new part F provisions for the regulation of underground storage tanks containing substances other than hazardous waste. Defines "hazardous substances," for purposes of part F, as: (1) any substance defined under specified provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) (CERCLA), but not including substances regulated as hazardous wastes under the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (2) petroleum, including oil or any fraction thereof; and (3) natural gas liquids or gas liquids, except that the term "gas liquids" does not include propane or butane having in the container an absolute pressure exceeding 40 pounds per square inch absolute at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Defines "owner or operator," "person," and "release." Defines "underground storage tank" to include underground pipes connected to such a tank, and lists the following exclusions from this term: (1) farm or residential underground storage tanks of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes; (2) underground storage tanks used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored; (3) residential septic tanks; (4) pipelines regulated under the National Gas Pipeline Act of 1968, as amended; or (5) unenclosed surface impoundments, pits, ponds, lagoons, or basins. Sets forth notification and certification requirements. Requires owners of underground storage tanks used for storing hazardous substances to notify designated State or local agencies of specified information relating to such tanks. Requires owners of such tanks which are operational as of the date of enactment of this Act to provide specified information within 12 months of such enactment date. Requires owners of such tanks which are nonoperational as of such enactment date but which were operational after January 1, 1974, to supply specified information within 12 months of such enactment date. Requires owners or operators that install or bring into use an underground storage tank after the initial notification for operational tanks to notify the designated State or local agency within 30 days of installation or use. Directs the Governor of each State, within 90 days of such enactment date, to designate the appropriate State or local agencies to receive such notifications. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 180 days of such enactment date and in consultation with designated State and local officials, to prescribe in greater detail the form and content of such notifications. Provides that, if a Governor chooses not to designate a State or local agency for such purpose, such notifications shall be submitted to the Administrator. Requires the State, if such notifications are submitted to a designated State or local agency, to compile the submitted information into a comprehensive inventory and furnish such inventory to the Administrator within 18 months of such enactment date. Directs the Administrator, or the appropriate official in a State with an approved program, to issue a certificate to: (1) the owner of each tank for which a complete and valid notification was received under specified provisions, within 30 months of such enactment date; and (2) the owner or operator of a tank installed or brought into use after the initial certification, within 30 days of notification by the owner or operator. Sets forth provisions for release detection, prevention, and correction regulations applicable to all owners and operators of underground storage tanks used for storing hazardous substances, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Directs the Administrator to promulgate such regulations, after opportunity for public comment and within 18 months after enactment of this Act. Requires that such regulations include requirements respecting specified areas, including: (1) valid certification; (2) leak detection or inventory systems and tank testing; (3) records of such testing, inventory, or detection; (4) reporting releases and corrective actions; (5) standards of performance for new underground tanks, including specified requirements; (6) corrective actions; (7) closure to prevent future release; and (8) evidence of financial responsibility for taking corrective action and for bodily injury and property damage to third parties. Prohibits, until the effective date of such regulations and after 180 days from the enactment of this Act, any person from installing or beginning to use an underground storage tank to store hazardous substances unless such tank is cathodically protected against corrosion, constructed of a noncorrosive material, or contained in a manner designed to prevent the release into the environment of any stored hazardous substances. Sets forth provisions relating to approval of State programs by the Administrator. Sets forth provisions relating to inspections, monitoring, and testing. Sets forth provisions for confidentiality of information, and criminal penalties for violations of such confidentiality. Requires that all information reported to, or otherwise obtained by, the EPA under this Act be made available, upon written request, to any duly authorized committee of the Congress. Sets forth provisions for Federal enforcement of requirements under this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for specified violations. Makes requirements under this Act applicable to Federal facilities. Authorizes the President to grant exemptions from such requirements upon determination that it is in the paramount interest of the United States to do so. Requires the President to report annually to Congress on such exemptions and the reasons for granting them. Provides that nothing in this Act shall preclude or deny any State or local authority to regulate more stringently underground storage tanks used to store hazardous substances. Directs the Administrator, within 36 months after the enactment of this Act, to study the following underground storage tanks exempted under the definition of "underground storage tanks: (1) farm or residential underground storage tanks of $1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes; and (2) underground storage tanks used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored. Requires that such study include estimates of the number and location of such tanks and an analysis of the extent to which there may be releases or threatened releases from such tanks into the environment. Directs the Administrator to report to the President and the Congress on the results of the study, with recommendations as to whether or not such tanks should be subject to regulation under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator to carry out this Act for FY 1984 through 1988. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1988 for grants to States to assist States in implementing approved State underground storage tank programs. Includes underground storage tank regulations under provisions for judicial review of regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Amends CERCLA to include under the definition of "hazardous substance" for purposes of such Act gasoline and other liquid hydrocarbons or natural gas liquids or gas liquids released or threatening to be released into ground water or subsurface soils from an underground storage tank as defined under this Act.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 101 (98th)reported

A concurrent resolution to commemorate the Ukrainian famine of 1933.

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.

Bill· SS. 2489 (98th)open

Small Business Competition Enhancement Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984

Small Business Competition Enhancement Act of 1984 - Amends the Small Business Act to set forth specified evaluation considerations which must be weighed by Federal agencies with respect to solicitations for competitive and noncompetitive awards of development or production contracts for a major system. Provides a waiver for certain evaluation considerations if the contracting officer determines in writing that such requirement would not be applicable to the production contract or would not be in the best interests of the Government. Requires an agency before it can establish any prequalification requirement with respect to the awarding of a contract to: (1) prepare a written justification stating the reasons for the restriction and why free and open competition is not feasible; (2) specify in writing and make available upon request all standards which a contractor, or its product, must meet in order to become qualified; (3) provide an opportunity for a contractor to demonstrate its ability to meet such standards; and (4) inform such contractor as to whether qualification has been attained. Sets forth procedures an agency must follow in the event that the number of available qualified sources or products is less than five. Sets forth additional information which is to be included in all notices of proposed competitive and noncompetitive civilian and defense procurement actions of $10,000 and above. Requires an agency to: (1) publicly post solicitations which would have been synopsized in the Commerce Business Daily if it had equalled or exceeded the applicable dollar threshold for such publication; and (2) make available to small businesses the solicitation package for solicitations posted in abstract form and permit the copying of such solicitation. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that small businesses and small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals shall have to the maximum extent possible the opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontracts which are in excess of $10,000 and are not for personal services for subsystems, assemblies, components, and related services for major systems. Requires an agency with responsibility for a major system to include provisions relating to specified technical data in all production contracts in order to foster competitive procurement of spare parts requirements to maintain such systems. Provides a waiver for such provisions if the contracting officer determines in writing that any such provision would not be applicable to the production contract or would not be in the best interests of the Government. Requires an agency: (1) within one year after the enactment of this Act, to develop a plan for the management of such technical data received under contracts for the development, production, modification, or maintenance of major systems within its jurisdiction; and (2) within five years after the enactment of this Act, to complete implementation of such management plan and include the technical data for each major system within its jurisdiction. Specifies other matters the management plan shall address. Requires the Comptroller General, not later than 18 months after the enactment of this Act, to transmit to the Congress a report evaluating the plans of specified Federal agencies for the management of technical data for major systems within their jurisdiction. Requires a contracting officer, under specified circumstances, to initiate a review of the validity of restrictions on the Government's rights in technical data furnished under contract. Sets forth procedures for the certification of such restrictions. Requires the Small Business Administration to assign to each major procurement center a breakout procurement center representative who shall: (1) participate in evaluating the maintenance of a major system during its service life and determine whether requirements are to be procured through other than free and open competition; (2) review procurement method codes that restrict competition among small businesses and to request reevaluation of such restrictions by agency personnel; (3) review restrictions on competition that arise out of restrictions on the Government's rights in technical data and, when appropriate, recommend that the contracting officer initiate a review of the validity of such restriction; (4) obtain technical data for the preparation of a competitive solicitation package; and (5) have access to the unclassified procurement records and other data of the procurement center. Directs each agency to assign technical advisors to assist each breakout procurement center representative.

Bill· SS. 2490 (98th)open

Library Services and Construction Act Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984

Library Services and Construction Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Library Services and Construction Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for: (1) library services; (2) public library construction; (3) interlibrary cooperation; (4) library services for Indian tribes; (5) foreign language materials acquisition; and (6) library literacy programs. Requires a specified percentage of such funds to be made available to Indian tribes. Allows grants to States for library services to be used for assisting libraries: (1) to serve as community information or referral centers; and (2) to provide literacy programs for adults and school dropouts in cooperation with other agencies and organizations. Sets forth additional requirements for a State's annual program for library services. Restricts the Federal share of the cost of public library construction to one-third of the total cost of each project. Requires that a specified portion of such funds be returned to the Federal government if within 20 years after completion a library constructed with Federal funds is no longer used for library purposes. Sets forth resource sharing requirements for State basic and long-range library programs. Deletes provisions for grants to States for older readers services, but revises required plan priorities to include programs and projects that serve the elderly. Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to Indian tribes that have submitted an approved application for library services for Indians living on or near reservations. Provides that funds made available by such grants may be used for: (1) training of Indians as library personnel; (2) purchase of library materials; (3) special library programs for Indians; (4) salaries of library personnel; (5) construction, purchase, renovation, or remodeling of library buildings and facilities; (6) transportation to enable Indians to have access to library services; (7) dissemination of information about library services; (8) assessment of tribal library needs; and (9) contracts to provide library services. Amends the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Act to direct the Librarian of Congress to permit the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science to access the Subject Content Oriental Retriever for Processing Information On-Line (SCORPIO).

Bill· SS. 2487 (98th)open

White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1984

White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business, not earlier than January 1, 1985, and not later than September 1, 1986, to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the Conference. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such conference. Requires a final report of the Conference, within six months from the date such conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 358 (98th)referred

A resolution commending the Government of Colombia for its major achievement in seizing large amounts of cocaine, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1984

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Colombian Special Anti-Narcotics Unit should be commended for its seizure of large amounts of cocaine on March 10, 1984; and (2) the United States should continue to cooperate with Colombia to assist and encourage efforts to destroy drug producing crops and counter the flow of dangerous drugs to the United States.

Bill· SS. 2456 (98th)open

Commission on the Ukraine Famine Act

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.

Bill· SS. 2436 (98th)open

A bill to authorize appropriations of funds for activities of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1984

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations for: (1) FY 1985 through 1987 to be used by the Secretary of Commerce to assist in the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities; and (2) FY 1987 through 1989 for the Public Broadcasting Fund used by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Bill· SS. 2430 (98th)referred

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to assist in supporting the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of programs and projects to: (1) prevent incidents of family violence; and (2) provide shelter and related assistance for victims and dependents of victims of family violence. Sets forth requirements for grant applications. Limits to five percent of such grant funds the amount which may be used for State administrative costs. Requires that at least 70 percent of such funds be distributed to nonprofit private organizations (including religious and charitable organizations and voluntary associations). Requires that the remainder be distributed to local public agencies. Requires the State, in distributing such funds, to give special emphasis to the support of community-based projects of demonstrated effectiveness, particularly those with the primary purpose of operating shelters for victims and dependents and those which provide counseling, alcohol and drug abuse treatment, and self-help services to abusers and victims. Prohibits projects receiving grant funds from: (1) requiring a minimum length of stay for shelter residents; or (2) censoring mail or telephone calls of shelter residents, or interfering in any way with reconciliation efforts, unless requested to do so by the resident. Requires States receiving grants to certify, within one year after receipt of such funds, to the Secretary that the State has a procedure for the eviction of an abusing spouse from a shared residence. Permits grant funds to be used to provide shelter and related assistance to victims of violence by individuals with whom they reside, provided that victims of family violence are first served. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to Indian tribes and intertribal organizations for such projects for the prevention of family violence and for shelters and related assistance for victims and dependents. Sets forth limits on the amount of such grants to single entities other than States. Prohibits direct payments to victims or dependents. Prohibits imposition of income eligibility standards. Requires local grant recipients to provide local shares of grant funds. Requires that at least 75 percent of grant funds be distributed to entities to provide immediate shelter and related assistance to victims and dependents. Sets forth formulas for allotment of such grant funds to States and to specified U.S. territories and possessions. Sets forth provisions for administration of programs under this title. Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain records on programs under this title and coordinate all Federal programs relating to family violence; (2) support research on the provision of shelter and related assistance to victims and dependents; and (3) establish a national information and resource clearinghouse on family violence to be coordinated with the information clearinghouse maintained by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or contracts with, public or nonprofit private entities to provide technical assistance, training, and outreach services. Directs the Secretary to review, evaluate, and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the program (particularly in relation to repeated incidents of family violence) under this title, within two years after funds are first obligated for program grants. Sets forth prohibitions against discrimination in programs funded under this title. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986 to carry out this title. Requires that: (1) 90 percent of such appropriations be used for grants to States, with between one-half and one percent of those appropriations to be available for grants to Indian tribes and intertribal organizations; and (2) ten percent of such appropriations be used by the Secretary to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary to establish an office to be known as the National Center on Elder Abuse. Directs the Secretary, through the Center, to do the following with respect to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation: (1) compile, publish, and disseminate a summary annually of recently conducted research; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs showing promise of success in prevention, identification, and treatment; (3) compile, publish, and disseminate personnel training materials; (4) provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations in planning, improving, developing, and carrying out related programs and activities; (5) conduct research into causes, prevention, treatment, and identification; and (6) make a complete study and investigation (in consultation with the National Institute on Aging) of the national incidence, including a determination of the extent to which incidents are increasing in number or severity. Directs the Secretary, within 18 months after enactment of this Act, to report to the President and Congress on the results of such research, with appropriate recommendations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the activities of the Center. Directs the Attorney General to make grants for regionally-based training and technical assistance for local and State law enforcement agency personnel to respond to incidents of family violence. Provides for awarding of such grants on a competitive basis. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) select recipients who have demonstrated their effectiveness in preparing such personnel to handle such incidents; and (2) give priority to application proposals to develop, demonstrate, or disseminate information about improved techniques for law enforcement officers' response to such incidents. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for each of the fiscal years for which this title is in effect. Directs the Secretary to study: (1) the necessity and impact of mandatory reporting requirements relating to incidents of family violence, particularly elder abuse; and (2) the effect of immunity on the mandatory reporting process. Directs the Secretary, within 18 months after enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the results of such study, with appropriate recommendations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such study.