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United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1984
Proclaims October 23, 1984, as "A Time of Remembrance" for Americans to take time to reflect on the sacrifices that have been made in the pursuit of peace and freedom.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1984
Designates the week beginning on May 19, 1985, as National Tourism Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1984
Designates October 16, 1984, as World Food Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1984
Designates August 1984 as Polish American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1984
Reaffirms that it is U.S. policy to oppose the practice of torture by foreign governments through the implementation of laws and through public and private diplomacy. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) instruct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to continue to raise the issue of torture by such governments; and (2) continue to involve the U.S. Government in the formulation of international standards and the implementation of the draft Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Requests the Secretary of State to issue specified formal instructions to each U.S. mission chief regarding U.S. policy with respect to such torture. States that the Secretary of Commerce should continue to enforce the current restrictions on the export of crime control equipment pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979. Directs the heads of U.S. departments that furnish military and law enforcement training to foreign personnel to include in such training instruction regarding international human rights standards with respect to torture.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1984
Congratulates and commends the USA Philharmonic Society for its work on behalf of the Nation's young musicians and its commitment to furthering better understanding among peoples of all nations through the language of music.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Amends the Federal criminal code to define "armor piercing ammunition." Excludes from the definition: (1) shot gun shot required by Federal or State regulations for hunting; (2) frangible projectiles for target shooting; and (3) projectiles that the Secretary of Treasury determines are primarily intended for sporting purposes. Makes it unlawful for any person to manufacture or import armor piercing ammunition. Allows for: (1) the manufacture or importation of armor piercing ammunition for the use of the United States or any State or local government; and (2) manufacture for the sole purpose of exportation. Establishes a licensing fee of $1,000 per year for manufacturers and importers of armor piercing ammunition. Imposes an additional mandatory sentence of not less than five years for any person who uses or carries a firearm and is in possession of armor piercing ammunition during the commission of a violent felony. Provides that such sentence shall not be suspended nor probation nor parole granted.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1984
Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the North Slope Borough, Alaska, the subsurface estate held by the United States to the Barrow gas fields and the Walakpa gas discovery site, related support facilites, other lands, interests, and funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and the North Slope Borough dated September 22, 1983. Incorporates such agreement into this Act. Authorizes the North Slope Borough, upon conveyance, to explore for, develop, and produce fluid hydrocarbons within the lands and interests granted. Directs the Secretary to convey to Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC) all right, title, and interest held by the United States to sand and gravel underlying the surface estate owned by UIC in the Barrow gas fields and Walakpa gas discovery site, upon execution of an easement agreement with the North Slope Borough, satisfactory to the North Slope Borough in consideration for the conveyance to UIC of such sand and gravel, providing for easements, for all purposes associated with the production of energy, including the transmission of electricity, from the Barrow gas fields, from any source of energy chosen by the North Slope Borough, to supply energy to Barrow, Wainwright, and Atkasook, and providing such easements when and where required as determined by the North Slope Borough. Amends the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to authorize the Secretary to grant such rights-of-way to the North Slope Borough as may be necessary to permit the North Slope Borough to provide energy supplies to villages on the North Slope. Provides that, in consideration for the relinquishment of rights that the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation has under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to the subsurface resources in the Barrow gas fields and the Walakpa gas discovery site conveyed to the North Slope Borough and UIC pursuant to this Act, the Secretary and Arctic Slope Regional Corporation are authorized to exchange lands and interests as set forth in the separate agreement between the Secretary and the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation dated January 24, 1984. Incorporates into this Act and ratifies the specific terms, conditions, and covenants of such agreement as to the rights, duties, and obligations of the United States and the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and as to the rights and interests of the North Slope Borough.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1984
Authorizes requesting purchasers of Federal timber to buy out pre-1982 and specified reformed contracts held with the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior. Permits cancellation of up to 55 percent of a contract's volume, with a maximum of 200,000,000 board feet and a minimum of 15,000,000 board feet for any one purchaser. Bases purchaser cost on net worth and projected contract losses. States that amounts collected from buy-outs shall be available for timber management appropriation. Limits FY 1984 Forest Service region six timber sales to 4,300,000,000 board feet. States that beginning in FY 1985 and continuing until completion of specified 1983 contract extensions (but at least through FY 1991) such region's timber sales shall be adjusted to specified levels. Treats affiliated concerns as a single entity for purposes of calculating net worth and buy-out limitations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1984
Amends the judicial code to exempt States from the statute of limitations applicable to quiet title actions against the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1984
Condemns the infringement of religious freedom by the Warsaw Pact states. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should raise the failure of the Warsaw Pact states to fulfill commitments on religious freedom undertaken in the Helsinki Final Act and to respect international law on human rights in the area of religion at every appropriate international forum, including all of the meetings of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and appropriate gatherings of the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1984
Veterans' and Survivors' Compensation Rate Increase Act of 1984 - Title I: Disability Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) veterans' disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans. Title II: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) dependency and indemnity compensation for spouses; (2) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (3) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Title III: Alternative Rate Increases; Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates for such increases. Makes the effective dates and amounts of increase contingent upon the percent of increase in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act scheduled to take effect on December 1, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates October 1984 as National Quality Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1984
Designates July 10, 1984, as Food for Peace Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Electric Consumers Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a new license to an existing licensee for a hydroelectric project authorized under such Act if the United States does not, upon the expiration of the existing license, exercise its right to take over, maintain, and operate such licensee's project, unless the Commission determines that such licensee's project will not meet the licensing standards under such Act. Provides that if the Commission determines that such licensee's project does not meet such standards, the Commission is authorized to issue a new license to a new licensee which may cover the existing licensee's project provided that the new licensee pays just compensation determined by the Commission and enters into any contracts required under the Federal Power Act. (Under current law, the Commission is authorized to issue a new license to the original licensee or to a new licensee if the United States does not exercise its rights with respect to an expired license.)
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Designates the month of September 1984 as National Sewing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1984
Coal Export Enhancement Act of 1984 - Directs the U.S. Trade Representative to establish, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, a Federal Coal Export Commission which shall meet at least four times a year for consultation on activities leading to increased cooperation among entities involved in U.S. coal exports, with the goal of expanding the U.S. share of the international coal market. Requires the Commission to examine the potential of small- and medium- sized coal companies to enter the export coal trade through export trading companies. Requires the Commission to submit its report to the President and the Congress within two years of its first meeting. Terminates the Commission upon submission of its report.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1984
Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to grant rights-of-way which traverse public lands within the national forest system for certain water usages. Identifies right-of-way grants to be subject to Federal fees. Exempts from fees all grants issued before October 21, 1976. Prescribes recordation requirements for right-of-way grants. Requires re-recording every 30 years, upon notice by the Federal Government. Authorizes the Federal Government to charge a maximum annual fee of $100 for rights-of-way granted after October 1976. Requires holders of right-of-way grants to indemnify the United States for damages caused by the holders' negligent use or occupancy of the granted right-of-way. Empowers the Secretary of the Interior to incur repair and maintenance costs caused by a holder's refusal to perform necessary repairs, and to assess such holder for such costs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1984
Designates November 1984 as National Diabetes Month.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1984
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to repeal the expiration date of the prohibition against credit card surcharges (thus making the prohibition permanent).
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1984
Designates June 14, 1984, as Baltic Freedom Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Praises the decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, invalidating the doctrine of "separate but equal." Designates May 17, 1984, as a national day of commemoration of that decision.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Designates January 27, 1985, as National Jerome Kern Day.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1984
Designates June 13, 1984, as Harmon Killebrew Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of May 7, 1984, as National Arson Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Commends Elmer E. Rasmuson for his contributions to the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission and for the promotion of its goals and purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Designates the week of November 11 through November 17, 1984, as Women in Agriculture Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1984
Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Initiative of 1984 - Expresses the sense of the Senate that it should be the policy of the United States that veterans' disability compensation be provided veterans for all disabilities arising subsequent to military service where a consensus of medical opinion would recognize such disability as having a connection to exposure during such service to ionizing radiation from atmospheric nuclear test or the occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan, or to a herbicide such as Agent orange. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish guidelines for using findings of epidemiological and clinical studies examining the possible relationship between such exposure and the manifestation of adverse health effects to resolve claims for compensation. Requires the addition of cloracne and possibly prorphyria cutanea tarda to the list of chronic diseases presumed to be service-connected for benefit purposes. Requires consideration of estimates of attributable risk when adjudicating claims for compensation based on leukemia or other cancers suffered by veterans exposed during service to ionizing radiation. Restates the function of Congress to authorize compensation to veterans for disabilities connected to exposure to such substances during service. Directs the Director of the Defense Nuclear Agency to specify minimum standards governing the preparation of radiation dose estimates for use in VA disability claims. Requires the Director to report to the Administrator and the Veterans' Affairs Committees of Congress, by December 1, 1984, on a review of the current state of determining previous radiation exposure.
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 · 11 April 1984
Repeals the requirement under the Alaska Federal-Civilian Energy Efficiency Swap Act of 1980 for biennial reports by the Secretary of Energy on actions taken by Federal agencies in Alaska pursuant to such Act with respect to the sale of electric energy.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1984
States that the United States joins in recognizing the anniversaries of the Warsaw uprising and the Polish resistance to the World War II invasion of Poland.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1984
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to a named individual all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land in the White Mountains National Recreation Area, Alaska, upon proper application and payment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1984
Designates the week of July 1 through July 8, 1984, as National Duck Stamp Week and 1984 as the Golden Anniversary Year of the Duck Stamp.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1984
Veterans' Administration Health Care Amendments of 1984 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to designate one office in each Veterans Administration (VA) health care facility and central office to provide referrals to veterans for outside care. Grants priority to veterans 50 percent service disabled or age 65 or older. Authorizes the Administrator to contract for halfway house care at prevailing community rates as part of the alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program. Directs the Administrator to establish the parameters of treatment under such program. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the Veterans' Affairs Committees on a survey of all such VA programs. Makes such programs permanent. Includes devices for the hearing-impaired among the medical services the VA will provide to eligible veterans. Directs the Administrator to establish within the Mental Health and Behavorial Sciences Services of the Department of Medicine and Surgery the position of Associate Director for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder to develop policies and coordinate services for the treatment of Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Requires the Associate Director to: (1) coordinate inpatient care by medical region and ensure referrals and followup care; and (2) conduct education and training programs for Department employees. Directs the Chief Medical Director to establish a task force on the care and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder to advise the Director on policy regarding treatment modes and standards. Requires the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees within nine months on the posttraumatic stress disorder program. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees by the end of FY 1985 on programs, current and prospective, to provide care and support to terminally and chronically ill veterans and their families.
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 · 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.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1984
Designates the week of September 23 through September 29, 1984, as National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week.
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 · 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.
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.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Designating the week of November 12 through November 18, 1984, as National Reye's Syndrome Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Designates July 1, 1984, through July 1, 1985, as Year of the Ocean.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 16, 1984, as Ethnic American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984
Balanced Budget Constitutional Convention Convening Resolution - Requires that, within 30 days of the receipt of any additional application of a State legislature calling for the convening of a constitutional convention on a balanced budget amendment, the Vice President in his capacity as President of the Senate determine whether or not the application is made in the manner described by this resolution. Requires each such determination to be published in the Congressional Record. Requires the Vice President to convene such a convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, not later than 180 days after the date of the publication of a second additional State application. Requires each State to appoint delegates to the constitutional convention in a number equal to the number of Representatives and Senators to which the State is entitled in Congress. Sets forth procedures for the proceedings of the convention and adoption of amendments. Requires the presiding officer of the convention, within 30 days after the termination of proceedings, to transmit all records of official proceedings of the convention to the Archivist of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Designates the week beginning March 4, 1984 as National Weights and Measures Week.
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 · 9 February 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should explore: (1) in coordination with other member countries of the multinational force in Lebanon, the formation of a more broadly based force in Lebanon comprised of oil-consuming countries dependent on Middle East oil imports; (2) in discussions with the Soviet Union, the transferral of the peacekeeping responsibilities in Lebanon to a United Nations peacekeeping force or to forces from neutral countries; and (3) replacing the onshore presence of U.S. Marines in Lebanon with U.S. military advisers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984
Honors Doctor William R. and Dorothy Jane Wood for their contributions to the community of Fairbanks, Alaska.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting retirees or individuals over age 65 from interest penalties with respect to any underpayment of estimated tax. Requires that such underpayment be due to reasonable cause (defined to include mistake or ignorance of the law) and not to willful neglect.