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 · 24 May 1984
Uniform Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent in FY 1987, and ten percent in FY 1988, of certain Federal-aid highway funds from States in which the minimum drinking age is less than 21 years.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1984
Authorizes the Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, to erect a memorial on public ground in the District of Columbia in commemoration of the Lebanese-American poet and artist, Kahil Gibran. Provides that the memorial shall be in the form of a sculptured monument and shall be designated the Kahlil Gibran Memorial. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select a site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Prohibits the United States or the District of Columbia from expending any money for the establishment of the memorial. Provides that the authority of this resolution shall lapse unless: (1) construction is commenced within five years from the enactment of this resolution; and (2) prior to the commencement of construction, the Secretary determines that sufficient funds are available for the completion of the memorial. Makes the maintenance and care of the monument the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1984
Asbestos Workers' Recovery Act - Title I: Supplemental Benefits - Establishes a Federal supplemental benefit program for death or disability caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. Provides guidelines for: (1) the calculation of benefits in proportion to disability; (2) payment methods; and (3) payment priorities. Exempts such supplemental benefits from: (1) any tax or legal process; and (2) any offset for administrative benefits under State or Federal law. Sets guidelines for the offset of supplemental benefits where reorganization or liquidation proceedings occur under Federal bankruptcy laws. Makes supplemental benefits payable only out of the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund established by this Act. Conditions eligibility for supplemental benefits upon such benefits' being the exclusive remedy of an individual for occupational exposure to asbestos. Prescribes guidelines for the filing and payment of asbestos-related disease claims. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to apply by analogy specified portions of the Social Security Act when making determinations of: (1) entitlement to benefits; (2) review of claims; and (3) delegations of authority to State agencies. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to determine annually the average weekly wage for manufacturing workers in each State. Requires such determinations to govern decisions regarding all claims filed in the following calendar year. Requires the Secretary to rely upon: (1) prior court decisions regarding a claimant; (2) prior determinations by the appropriate workers' compensation program regarding specified eligibility criteria. Specifies exceptions. Requires the Secretary to apply the appropriate workers' compensation law when reviewing supplemental benefit claims. Creates within the Department of Health and Human Services the National Medical Panel on Asbestos-Related Diseases to: (1) decide which diseases belong to the list of asbestos-related diseases; (2) review claims to determine whether a person's disease was caused by asbestos exposure; and (3) publish certain Medical Assessment Guidance Documents. Provides guidelines for the appointment of medical scientists to the Panel from certain organizations. Directs the Panel to promulgate a list of asbestos-related diseases and to provide explanations of any decisions to include or omit a disease from such list. Outlines conditions under which the Panel shall review claims for asbestos-related diseases which do not appear on the panel's list of diseases. Requires the Panel to determine within a specified time whether the disease in the referred claim should be included on such list. Requires the Panel to publish Medical Assessment Guidance Documents including specific medical diagnostic criteria to aid parties and decisionmakers determine whether a death or disability was caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. Title II: Finance - Prescribes guidelines under which: (1) assessments are imposed against each asbestos defendant; (2) assessment allocation factors are assigned to asbestos defendants; (3) assessments are imposed against asbestos insurance policies; and (4) assessments are imposed against companies undergoing Federal bankruptcy proceedings. Sets the aggregate semiannual assessment on defendants in 1985 and 1986 at $150,000,000. Imposes interest upon assessments not paid by the due date. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) conduct studies determining assessment allocation factor amounts and assessment apportionment ratios; and (2) promulgate compliance regulations. States that assessment payments do not prejudice the right to recover or challenge such payments. Treats asbestos-related disease assessments imposed upon either an asbestos defendant or an asbestos insurance policy, for Federal income tax purposes, as ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in carrying on the trade or business, on the one hand, and insurance contract losses, on the other. Treats asbestos-related disease assessments as miscellaneous excise taxes. Establishes in the Treasury the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund (the Trust Fund). Details the manner in which such Trust Fund shall be funded and administered. Makes the Secretary of the Treasury the Managing Trustee, and delineates trustee functions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and subsequent years. Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Asbestos-Related Disease Trust Fund Conservation Committee comprised of the Managing Trustee and five public members appointed by the President. Includes among the consultation and review functions of such Committee: (1) claim disposition; (2) grant and contract awards; and (3) claims and assessments analysis. Directs the Committee to submit an annual report to the Congress regarding the performance of its responsibilities. Authorizes the Committee, with the advice and assistance of the Secretary of Labor, to instruct the Managing Trustee to award grants and contracts to specified organizations for the purpose of: (1) improving State workers' compensation programs; (2) assuring the availability of medical specialists to assist government agencies; (3) establishing medical evaluation units to determine occupational sources of asbestos-related diseases; and (4) medical treatment research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Makes the supplemental benefits under this Act and the applicable workers' compensation programs the exclusive remedy for occupational exposure to asbestos. Exempts certain persons from liability for occupational exposure to asbestos. Removes jurisdiction from State or Federal tribunals to adjudicate any claim of liability for occupational exposure to asbestos after enactment of this Act. Confers jurisdiction for judicial review of administrative acts under this Act only upon the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Confers jurisdiction for questions of assessments and constitutionality under this Act only upon a special three-judge district court established in the District Court for the District of Columbia. Requires all administrative costs and expenses of this Act to be paid out of the Trust Fund. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, of Labor, of the Treasury, and the Attorney General to submit an analysis and certification of their respective costs under this Act to the Managing Trustee for reimbursement.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1984
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named corporation in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for expenses incurred due to misinformation by the United States relating to the construction of a Veterans Administration hospital to be built by such corporation.
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 · 22 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the parties in the New Ireland Forum are to be commended for their efforts to promote reconciliation of the two communities in Northern Ireland; and (2) all political parties in Northern Ireland and the British and Irish Governments should review the findings and recommendations of the Forum.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1984
Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act of 1984 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to pay employees under 20 years of age 75 percent of the minimum wage rate between May and September of each year. Exempts such employees from special certificate requirements. Restricts such authorization to: (1) hours worked by eligible employees in compliance with applicable child labor laws; and (2) youth employed after May 1 of each year. Prohibits the removal of employees ineligible for the subminimum wage rate in order to replace them with employees who are eligible. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act. Terminates the minimum wage rate exception after September 30, 1987. Directs the Secretary of Labor to monitor the implementation of this Act and to report to the Congress concerning the employment effects of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the International Olympic Committee should establish a permanent Olympic facility on a site that insulates the games from international politics.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1984
Designates June 30, 1984, as Screen Actors Guild Day and extends the gratitude of the Senate to the Screen Actors Guild. Calls on all Americans to recognize and celebrate the contribution to American culture of the Guild and its members.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1984
Environmental Crimes and Penalties Amendments of 1984 - Increases penalties (civil fines, criminal fines, and criminal sentences) for specified violations of the following Acts: (1) the Toxic Substances Control Act; (2) the Clean Air Act; (3) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (hazardous waste management provisions); and (4) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund).
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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Republic of South Africa should release Nelson Mandela from prison and should revoke Winnie Mandela's banning order; (2) the President should use his position to secure the release of Nelson and Winnie Mandela; and (3) the President of the Senate is requested to transmit a copy of this resolution to the President and to the Prime Minister of the Republic of South Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government take immediate steps to support funding for a national storm-scale operational and research meteorological (STORM) program under the leadership of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce, with the cooperation of other interested and appropriate departments and agencies. Sets forth certain times the President should submit to Congress proposed activities of the program, including budgetary requirements, progress reports, and a statement of activities.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1984
Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to declare as an objective of the Act that community services provided under the Act should place emphasis on maintaining a continuum of care for the vulnerable elderly. Directs the Commissioner on Aging to develop linkages with utilization and quality control peer review organizations under the Social Security Act in order to insure the development of community alternatives. Increases the number of programs related to the purposes of the Act, for purposes of Federal agency cooperation. Revises provisions relating to the appointment of members to the Federal Council on Aging. Authorizes appropriations for the Council for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987. Provides for the annual authorization of appropriations to conduct program and project evaluations in an amount not exceeding one-tenth of one percent of annual funding or $300,000, whichever is lower. Defines the term: (1) "multipurpose senior center" to mean a community facility for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services, which shall include, but not be limited to, provision of health, social, nutritional and educational services and the provision of facilities for recreational activities for older individuals; and (2) "focal point" to mean a facility established to encourage the maximum collocation and coordination of services for older individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 for grants for: (1) supportive services and senior centers; (2) congregate nutrition services; and (3) home delivered nutrition services. Permits a State to use up to one percent of its allotment for conducting effective demonstration projects in health and nutrition education. Requires a State agency designating an area agency on aging to give the right of first refusal to a unit of general purpose local government when the boundaries of such a unit and the boundaries of the area are reasonably contiguous. Requires area plans: (1) to provide supportive services for families of elderly victims of Alzheimers' disease and other neurological diseases and organic brain disorders; (2) to provide services for the prevention of elder abuse; and (3) in providing services, to give preference to older individuals, especially minorities, with the greatest economic or social needs. Requires an area agency before requesting a waiver of any requirements for furnishing services to conduct a public hearing. Repeals the authority of grant recipients to charge for meals. Permits grant recipients to request voluntary contributions for meals. Requires a State plan to provide that with respect to services for the prevention of elder abuse: (1) the State will identify the public and private nonprofit entities involved in the prevention, identification, and treatment of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (2) the State will, based on such identification, determine the extent to which the need for services for the prevention of elder abuse are unmet; (3) the State will establish, in areas where the need for services is unmet, a program for public education to identify and prevent elder abuse, receive reports of elder abuse, and refer complaints to law enforcement agencies; (4) the State will not permit involuntary or coerced participation in the program of services by alleged victims, abusers, or their households; and (5) all information gathered shall remain confidential unless all parties to the complaint agree to the release of the information, except that the information may be released to a law enforcement agency. Requires a State plan to provide assurances that each State will: (1) provide inservice training opportunities for personnel of agencies and programs funded under the Act; and (2) assign personnel to provide State leadership in developing legal assistance programs for the elderly throughout the State. Requires each State to establish at least one demonstration project for health and nutrition education to be conducted by one or more area agencies on aging. Limits State expenditures for plan administration to an amount not exceeding five percent of its allotment or $500,000, whichever is greater, except that in the case of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, the amount shall be five percent or $200,000, whichever is greater. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 for the surplus commodities program under the Act. Prohibits State agencies and area agencies on aging from requesting information or data of providers which is not pertinent to a payment made under the Act. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to States with approved State plans for: (1) supportive services for the prevention of elder abuse; and (2) inservice training and State leadership for legal assistance activities. Revises provisions relating to training, research, and discretionary projects and programs. Authorizes appropriations for such projects and programs for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987. States that the purpose of such projects and programs is to expand the knowledge and understanding of aging and the aging process, to design and test innovative ideas in programs and services for older individuals, and to help meet the needs for trained personnel in the field of aging. Directs the Commissioner to administer such projects and programs through the Administration on Aging. Provides for the special consideration of Alzheimers' disease with respect to such projects and programs. Provides for the dissemination of information with respect to project results. Directs the Commissioner, upon request, to provide assistance to State agencies on aging, to work in conjunction with State protective service agencies so as not to duplicate activities already undertaken by such protective service agencies, for the provision of technical assistance and development of training materials for personnel in State and area agencies who are engaged or intend to engage in the prevention, identification, and treatment of elder abuse. Limits to 12 percent of Federal funding the amount which shall be available for the costs of administration of a State's older American community service employment program. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate such employment program with programs of the Job Training Partnership Act, the Community Services Block Grant Act, and the Vocational Education Act of 1984, if the Secretary determines that to do so would increase job opportunities available under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Requires each State receiving funds under the older American community service employment program to report to the Secretary annually concerning the equitable distribution of funds within the State. Authorizes appropriations for such employment program for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985, 1986, and 1987 for grants to Indian tribes under the Act. Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to add to the definition of the term "employee." States that such term includes any individual who is a U.S. citizen employed by an employer in a workplace in a foreign country. Provides that the provisions of such Act shall not prohibit the compulsory retirement of any employee between 65 and 70 years of age who, between the two year period immediately before retirement, is employed in a bona fide executive position, if such employee is entitled to an immediate nonforfeitable annual retirement benefit of at least $44,000. (Current law provides that the benefit must be at least $27,000.)
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1984
Authorizes the President to maintain U.S. membership in the Office International de la Vigne et du Vin (the International Office of the Vine and Wine).
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1984
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1984 - Title I: Fiscal Year 1984 Supplemental Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1984 for payment to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Imposes a ceiling on additions to stockpiles of defense articles in foreign countries for FY 1984. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require the principal amount of foreign military loan guarantees for FY 1984 with respect to South Korea to be repaid within 20 years following a ten year grace period. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance to borrow from the Treasury to meet obligations incurred by housing loan guarantees. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to set the interest rate for such borrowing. Title II: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to express the sense of the Congress that the President should initiate discussions to limit the transfer by members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to developing countries of conventional arms. Defines the actual value of a naval vessel for purposes of the sale of such vessel from Department of Defense stocks. Prohibits personnel performing defense services provided under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from performing combat activities. Requires charges for administrative services for foreign military sales to be calculated on an average percentage basis to recover the full estimated costs (excluding a pro rata share of fixed base operation costs). Authorizes the President to provide on a reciprocal basis free cataloging data and cataloging services to NATO or to any member government of NATO. Sets forth provisions governing the interest rate on foreign military sales credits and loan guarantees. Requires the President to submit to Congress by April 1 of each year an estimate of the sale and delivery of weapons and weapons-related defense equipment by all major arms suppliers to all major recipient countries in the developing world during the preceding calendar year. Requires the annual report on military sales to include an estimate of: (1) the total value and quantity of defense articles and services furnished by the United States to each foreign country and organization for the fiscal year ending September 30 of the preceding year; and (2) the total amount of foreign military sales credits and loan guarantees made with respect to each country and additional information if the total value of such sales to a country is expected to exceed by $100,000,000 or more the amount of credits and guarantees previously available to such country. Requires the President to include as an addendum to each quarterly report on defense requirement surveys the text of all such surveys completed during the preceding quarter. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for foreign military sales credits. Sets the ceiling for FY 1985 for such credits. Earmarks a specified amount of such credits for Israel on a grant basis. Allots specified amounts of the credits earmarked for Israel for: (1) research and development in the United States for the Lavi program; and (2) the procurement in Israel of defense articles and services for the Lavi program. Authorizes Israel to use any loan which is or was made available under the Arms Export Control Act and for which repayment is or was forgiven before using any other loan made available under such Act. Requires repayment within 20 years following a grace period of 10 years the principal amount of financing provided through foreign military sales credits at a specified interest rate or through foreign military sales loan guarantees with respect to Greece, South Korea, Morocco, the Philippines, Portugal, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Turkey except that: (1) such principal amount of financing shall be repaid by a country within 12 years of the signing of the loan agreement if the country is in arrears on its payments under the credit sales or loan guarantees program; and (2) not more than 22 percent of the total financing provided through credit sales and loan guarantees in any fiscal year may be repaid in more than 12 years after each such loan agreement is signed. Earmarks specified amounts of FY 1985 foreign military sales credits for Egypt and for the Philippines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to maintain adequate reserves in the Guaranty Reserve Fund. Deletes the requirement that the President report promptly to the Congress whenever the total amount in the reserve is reduced to a specified amount. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a new numbered certification of a proposed arms sale if the proposal provides equipment, articles, or services which have a significantly greater capability or which contain significantly more sensitive technology than that described in the original certification. Authorizes the House Foreign Affairs Committee or the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to require new numbered certifications on other proposals to upgrade major defense equipment, articles, or services if either determines that the upgrade constitutes a significantly greater capability or contains significantly more sensitive technology than the original certification. Increases the penalties for violations of arms export and import restrictions. Prohibits using funds or guarantees made available through the Arms Export Control Act for procurement outside the United States unless the President certifies to Congress that the national interest will be furthered by such procurement or unless specifically authorized by law. Requires administrative charges for foreign military sales to include recovery of extraordinary expenses. Limits the amount of expenses attributable to representational activities that may be recovered during any fiscal year. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 for military assistance programs including a specified amount earmarked for Zaire. Sets the ceiling for FY 1985 additions to stockpiles of defense articles in foreign countries. Adds Pakistan, Tunisia, Yemen, Lebanon, Sudan, El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela to the list of countries which may have more than six U.S. military personnel to carry out international security assistance programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for international military education and training. Authorizes the President to authorize foreign military personnel to attend professional military education institutions in the United States for free if the governments of such foreign military personnel and the United States have an agreement that provides reciprocal benefits for U.S. military personnel. Encourages the President to allocate a portion of the international military education and training funds for education and training in certain maritime skills. Permits using foreign assistance funds to assist in maritime law enforcement in foreign countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for peacekeeping operations. Authorizes the President to direct the drawdown of a limited amount of commodities and services from any Federal agency if the President determines that an unforeseen emergency requires immediate peacekeeping assistance. Prohibits the President from exercising such authority unless the President notifies the Congress before the date he intends to exercise the authority. Earmarks a specified amount of FY 1985 military assistance funds for Turkey only if the President certifies to Congress that the formerly Greek-Cypriot occupied area of Famagusta/Varosha has been returned to the Government of Cyprus. Limits the amount of credits that may be extended and guarantees that may be issued under the Arms Export Control Act for Turkey for FY 1985. Imposes specified conditions on the loan or lease of certain navy vessels. Title III: Economic Support Fund - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that, to the maximum extent feasible, funds made available through the Economic Support Fund for commodity import programs or other program assistance shall be used to generate local currencies of which at least half shall be available to support development activities. Requires the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance programs to be responsible for administering the Economic Support Fund. Requires such agency to submit annually to Congress a detailed justification for the uses and purposes of the Economic Support Fund. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the Economic Support Fund for: (1) Israel and Egypt; and (2) for countries other than Israel and Egypt. Directs the President to use between 20 and 35 percent of the Economic Support Fund appropriations made available for commodity import programs to purchase U.S. agricultural commodities and agricultural-related products. Requires one-half of such amount to be used to buy processed or value-added products of such commodities. Establishes the principle that the Economic Support Fund appropriations that are allocated to Israel will not be less than the annual debt repayment from Israel to the United States. Earmarks specified amounts of the Economic Support Fund authorization for FY 1985 for Israel and Egypt on a grant basis. Provides that all of the funds allocated for Israel for FY 1985 shall be available as a cash transfer and that a limited amount of the Economic Support Fund assistance for Egypt may be available only in FY 1984 as a cash grant. Authorizes using a specified amount of the funds provided to Egypt through the Economic Support Fund for FY 1985 to build agricultural extension services in Egypt for the small farmer. Prohibits making any of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund appropriations available to Syria. Earmarks specified amounts of FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorizations for Tunisia, Morocco, Cyprus, and the Philippines. Limits the amount of such funds that may be available for Zaire. Imposes a ceiling on the amount of FY 1985 Economic Support Fund appropriations that may be made available for emergency use when the U.S. national interests urgently require economic support to promote economic or political stability. Deletes the current provisions relating to: (1) Middle East programs; (2) Eastern Mediterranean programs; (3) the prohibition of funds for nuclear facilities; (4) the special requirements fund; (5) Tunisia programs; (6) Costa Rica programs; (7) Nicaragua programs; and (8) Poland programs. Title IV: Development Assistance - Sets forth as additional principles of U.S. development assistance policy that: (1) U.S. encouragement of policy reforms is necessary if developing countries are to achieve economic growth with equity; (2) development assistance should promote private sector activity in open and competitive markets in developing countries; (3) U.S. cooperation in development should recognize as essential the need of developing countries to have access to appropriate technology; and (4) U.S. assistance should focus on establishing and upgrading the institutional capacities of developing countries. Urges the President to apply U.S. technology and skills to address the urban problems of developing countries. Directs the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs to ensure that no assistance will be used for establishing or expanding production of any commodity for export by a country other than the United States if the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected to become operative and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. Requires the Administrator of such agency to report annually to Congress on the implementation of aid programs for the urban problems of developing countries and on the programs to ensure that development assistance does not contribute to a surplus of commodities on world markets. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for agricultural development programs. Directs the President to undertake activities designed to deal directly with the special health needs of children and mothers. Authorizes appropriations for a Child Survival Fund. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) voluntary population planning and health programs; (2) education and human resources development; (3) energy, private voluntary organizations, and selected development activities; (4) the private sector revolving fund; (5) programs that support the original goals of the United Nations Decade for Women; and (6) the Sahel development program. Earmarks 15 percent of the total amount of certain development assistance appropriations of any fiscal year for private and voluntary organizations. Recognizes that cooperatives provide an opportunity for people to participate directly in democratic decisionmaking. Requires that development assistance shall be provided to cooperatives which offer large numbers of low-and middle-income people in developing countries an opportunity to participate in democratic decisionmaking. Directs the President to use certain poverty measurement standards in determining target populations for U.S. development assistance and to strengthen U.S. efforts to assure that a substantial percentage of development assistance directly improves the lives of the poor majority. Requires that development activities designed to increase the institutional capabilities of private organizations or governments or that attempt to stimulate scientific and technological research shall be designed and monitored to insure that the ultimate beneficiaries of these activities are the poor majority. Requires that the annual report to Congress on foreign assistance shall include an evaluation of the extent to which development programs directly benefit the poor majority. Recognizes that shelter, including essential urban development services, is among the most fundamental of human needs. Changes the term "housing" in the housing guarantees provisions to "shelter". Increases the ceiling on the total principal amount of outstanding housing guarantees. Extends the authority for such provisions through September 30, 1986. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance, before issuing any worldwide housing guarantees, to obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury on the conditions of the guarantees. Extends the authority for the agricultural and productive credit and self- help community development programs through September 30, 1985. Increases the amount the President is authorized to spend to aid disadvantaged children in Asia. Title V: African Development Foundation - Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 for the African Development Foundation. Extends the authority for the Foundation through September 30, 1990. Title VI: Economic Policy Initiative for Africa - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance to promote growth-oriented policy reforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires programs funded under this title to be used as short to medium-term assistance programs designed to promote major economic policy reforms that will stimulate economic development. Prohibits providing assistance to any country the government of which has historically misappropriated significant portions of its revenues for private purposes. Prohibits using assistance provided under this title to enable countries to meet commitments to private or governmental lenders or to fulfill repayment requirements of the International Monetary Fund. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for purposes of this title. Directs the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance to consult with the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees regarding the countries to receive assistance under this title. Lists information to be included in such consultation. Requires the Administrator of such agency to report annually to such congressional committees on the degree to which recipient countries have complied with the economic policy reforms assisted by this title. Title VII: Other Assistance Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for American schools and hospitals abroad. Establishes in the Treasury the American University in Beirut Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual payments out of the Trust Fund to the American University in Beirut. Provides for the administration of the Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for international organizations and programs. Allocates specified amounts for specified organizations and programs. Prohibits any of such funds to be made available for the U.S. proportionate share for any program for the Palestine Liberation Organization, the South West Africa Peoples Organization, Cuba, Iran, or Libya. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for international narcotics control programs. Requires the President to transmit to the Congress a quarterly report summarizing the major financial activities undertaken pursuant to the international narcotics control program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) international disaster assistance; (2) antiterrorism assistance; (3) trade and development programs; (4) operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs. Authorizes using funds made available under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist in halting significant illegal emigration from Haiti to the United States. Provides for the carry-over into FY 1985 of the authorizations which were made in the International Security and Development Assistance Authorizations Act of 1983 but which were not appropriated before October 1, 1984. Title VIII: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 to carry out such Act. Imposes limits on the appointments to the Peace Corps of U.S. citizens. Authorizes the sale at cost of technical publications produced by the Peace Corps. Title IX: International Development Association Act Amendments - Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Development Association to pay a specified amount as the U.S. contribution to the seventh replenishment of the Association's resources. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the U.S. Governor to agree to a supplemental U.S. contribution to the seventh replenishment if the President reports to Congress that the seriousness of the economic conditions in recipient countries warrant such supplemental contribution. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 for payment of such supplemental contribution. Title X: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of foreign assistance funds to purchase construction or engineering services from developing countries which have an international competitive capability for such services and which are not receiving any development assistance or Economic Support Fund assistance. Expresses the intent of the Congress that the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance intensify efforts to assist suppliers of United States - origin goods and services to compete effectively for procurement opportunities arising from use of development assistance, Economic Support Fund assistance, and multilateral development bank funding. Requires such agency to report annually to Congress on its implementation of such assistance. Provides that the Department of State shall determine whether Government-owned excess property shall be made available to foreign countries. Authorizes the Secretary of State to transfer to any friendly country, international organization, the American Red Cross, or certain voluntary nonprofit relief agencies such Government-owned excess property in order to support development assistance activities which are designed to enhance environmental protection in foreign countries if the Secretary of State makes a specified determination. Increases the amount which the United States can grant for development assistance projects requiring detailed plans and cost estimates. Authorizes furnishing assistance to the People's Republic of China (and Tibet) under the Foreign Assistance Act if the President reports to Congress that extending eligibility to the People's Republic of China (and Tibet) is important to U.S. security. Directs the President, in determining the level of U.S. assistance to a country, to consider the extent to which the government of such country permits a government-owned entity or nationals of that country to engage in the unauthorized broadcast of copyrighted material belong to U.S. copyright owners. Requires that a country whose government-owned entity engages in such broadcasts shall receive only one-half of the proposed U.S. assistance for such country. Authorizes the President to waive such limit if the President determines such action is in the national interest. Prohibits furnishing assistance to Pakistan and prohibits selling or transferring military equipment or technology to Pakistan unless the President certifies to Congress during the applicable fiscal year that Pakistan does not possess a nuclear explosive device and that the proposed U.S. assistance program will reduce significantly the risk that Pakistan will possess such a device. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support the holding of fair elections in Pakistan and to support the observance of basic human rights in Pakistan and other countries. Directs the President to notify the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee concerning any reprograming of authorized funds in the International Affairs Budget Function in the same way as the President notifies the Senate Appropriations Committee. Excludes from such congressional notification requirement reprograming of less than $50,000 for use under: (1) international narcotics control programs; and (2) international military education and training programs. Requires the President to report to Congress on aid provided under the Arms Export Control Act. Requires such report to be made within 30 days of enactment of a law appropriating such funds. Deletes the requirement that the President report to Congress before granting certain foreign assistance which exceeds by ten percent or more the assistance which the President reported to Congress. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to delete the requirement that the President report to Congress on the amounts of and recipients of foreign military credit sales and guarantees. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to delete the limit on the amount of funds that may be used to construct facilities for U.S. Government personnel carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act. Increases the amount of funds that may be used to educate the dependents of such personnel. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to make mandatory retirement based on relative performance applicable to all tenured members of the Foreign Service. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the tax withholding provisions the scholarship or fellowship grants of nonresident aliens who are engaged in training programs in the United States under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Requires the President to report to Congress within 180 days of enactment of this Act on the status of the programs of the Agency for International Development in Egypt. Directs the President to report to Congress on efforts to achieve long-term agricultural commodity agreements. Establishes an Assistant Secretary of State for Political- Military Affairs to administer the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs of the State Department. Declares that Congress deplores the assassination of Benigno Aquino. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the investigation of his assassination should continue and that the Government of the Philippines should bring to justice all those responsible for that assassination. Declares that it should be U.S. policy to support free and fair elections in the Philippines in May, 1984. Urges the Government of the Philippines to take the necessary steps to achieve such free and fair elections. Declares that the United States should take into account the conduct of the investigation into the Aquino assassination and the fairness of the elections in the conduct of its relations with the Philippines. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) take steps to place the question of Cuban involvement in illicit drug trafficking on the agenda of the United Nations; (2) request the Organization of American States to consider this question as soon as possible; (3) request other appropriate international organizations and international forums to consider this question; and (4) make every possible effort to obtain the extradition of four Cuban officials who have been indicted on charges of smuggling narcotics into the United States and to assure that U.S. communications resources will be used to inform Cubans of drug trafficking by Cuba. Directs the President to report to Congress on actions taken relating to investigating Cuban involvement in illicit drug trafficking. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the preservation of the national concensus in the Sudan is of paramount importance to that country's peace and security and that the Government of the Sudan should seize every opportunity to address the grievances of its people through peaceful means. Reaffirms U.S. policy toward the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Prohibits negotiations with the PLO or any of its representatives and prohibits recognition of the PLO unless and until the PLO recognizes Israel's right to exist, accepts United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 238, and renounces the use of terrorism. Repeals specified provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1984
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 2582 (foreign assistance programs funding).
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.
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.
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 · 11 April 1984
Interstate Compact - Grants the consent of Congress to the Interstate High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Network Compact between the States of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation as necessary to assist in the implementation of such compact.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) all nations should condemn chemical warfare and should bring any such use to the attention of the United Nations; and (2) the United States should give attention to negotiation of a verifiable agreement, open to participation by all nations, banning the production and stockpiling of lethal chemical agents.
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 · 10 April 1984
States that the Senate: (1) welcomes the visit of Prime Minister Prem of Thailand and his delegation to the United States; and (2) commends the efforts of Thailand both in providing asylum to the refugees from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and in suppressing piracy against boat refugees. Expresses the Senate's strong support for the security of Thailand.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1984
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to undertake a study on consumptive uses of Great Lakes water. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct such study, in cooperation with other interested Federal agencies and the eight Great Lake States and their local governments, of all possible control measures which can be implemented to reduce the quantity of Great Lakes water consumed without adversely affecting the projected growth of the Great Lakes region. Requires that such study include an analysis of both existing and new technology which appears to be feasible in the foreseeable future. Requires that such study include at a minimum: (1) a review of methodologies used to forecast Great Lakes consumptive uses; (2) a discussion of environmental and economic impacts associated with various types of cooling systems for thermal electric generating plants; (3) an analysis of the effect of laws, regulations, and national policy objectives on consumptive uses of Great Lakes water used in manufacturing; (4) an analysis of the economic effects on a consuming industry and other Great Lakes interests associated with a particular consumptive use control strategy; (5) an analysis of associated environmental impacts, both singularly and in combination with other consumptive use control strategies; and (6) a summary discussion of recommendations of methods of controlling consumptive uses so as to maximize benefits to the Great Lakes ecosystem and also provide for continued full economic growth for consuming industries as well as other industries which depend on the use of Great Lakes water. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1984 - Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to add new provisions for student loan consolidation. Directs the Secretary of Education (or a State or nonprofit private institution or organization with which the Secretary has an agreement under provisions for Federal payments to reduce interest costs) to enter into agreements with the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) and specified eligible commercial lenders and State agencies to provide consolidation loans to eligible borrowers. Provides for such consolidation of student loans made, insured, or guaranteed under part B or under part E (Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education). Requires that such consolidation loans be covered by a properly issued certificate of insurance. Provides that loans covered by a certificate of insurance issued by a State or nonprofit private institution or organization shall be considered to be insured loans for purposes of Federal reimbursements, but that no administrative cost allowance will be paid with respect to such loans. Defines eligible borrowers, for consolidation loan purposes, as those who: (1) owe at least $5,000 to one or more lenders or programs under title IV; (2) have not carried at least one-half the normal full-time academic work-load at an eligible institution during the previous four months; (3) if in repayment status are not delinquent with respect to any required payment on such indebtedness by more than 90 days; (4) are not parent borrowers under the Auxiliary Loan program; and (5) certify, subject to specified penalties, that they are not currently receiving compensation for employment for which the total annualized monthly rate of pay of the borrower is in excess of 200 percent of the outstanding principal balance of all such loans (provides for deductions for dependent children in determining such total annualized monthly rate of pay). Terminates an individual's eligibility for a consolidation loan upon receipt of a consolidation loan, except with respect to student loans received after the date of receipt of the consolidation loan. Provides that only loans received after such date shall be taken into account for the purpose of computing the outstanding indebtedness of such an individual. Sets forth requirements for such consolidation loan agreements. Requires eligible commercial lenders to agree to make consolidation loans: (1) upon application of any eligible borrower, if the lender holds an outstanding loan of the borrower which is selected by the borrower for such consolidation; and (2) to other eligible borrowers only to the extent permitted by the Secretary in an agreement under specified provisions. Requires specified State lending agencies to make such consolidation loans, subject to the availability of funds allocated for such purpose, to any eligible borrower who: (1) is, or was at the time of receiving a loan which is selected for consolidation, a resident of the State of such lender; or (2) received loans under title IV while attending an institution of higher education in the State of such lender. Permits such State lending agencies to elect to limit the further availability of their consolidation loans to those borrowers for whom the State lending agency is the holder of a loan selected for consolidation. Requires Sallie Mae to agree to make a consolidation loan upon application of any eligible borrower, if that borrower has no other application pending with another lender for a consolidation loan. Sets forth requirements for such consolidation loan agreements. Limits the making of any such consolidation loan from the proceeds of any tax-exempt bond or other obligation to an amount no greater than 15 percent of the total outstanding principal on all loans under title IV held by a lender. Requires lenders to notify borrowers of the availability and terms of consolidation loans. Directs the Secretary to issue certificates of comprehensive insurance coverage to lenders which have entered into such consolidation loan agreements. Sets forth required provisions for such certificates. Provides that such consolidation loans shall be insurable only if the loan is made to an eligible borrower who has agreed to notify the holder of the loan promptly concerning any change of address and the loan is evidenced by a note or other written agreement which meets specified requirements. Sets the interest rate for such consolidation loans at nine percent per year except that in the case of a consolidation of auxiliary loans made to an independent undergraduate or graduate student the consolidation loan shall have an annual interest rate equal to the highest applicable interest rate on such auxiliary loans (either 12 or 14 percent). Permits consolidation loan lenders, except as provided in specified provisions, to establish repayment terms, including graduated and income sensitive repayment schedules. Limits the initial repayment period to a specified maximum period. Sets minimum monthly installment requirements. Provides that such initial repayment schedule shall continue to be effective unless the borrower demonstrates, pursuant to specified requirements, to the lender that the borrower's eligibility index is less than or equal to a specified level. Provides for determination of such eligibility index on the basis of the dependent-adjusted gross income on the borrower's Federal income tax return for the preceding taxable year. Requires commencement of repayment within a specified period after all holders have discharged the borrower's liability on the loans selected for consolidation. Prohibits charging an origination fee or insurance premium to the borrower on any consolidation loan. Provides that no insurance premium shall be payable by the lender to the issuer of the certificate of insurance with respect to any such loan. Authorizes the Secretary, after a hearing and a determination of need, to enter into an agreement with specified eligible lenders from another State to consolidate loans in any State where specified eligible lenders from that State have not entered into such an agreement. Requires that notice of such hearing be sent to the Governor of the affected State and to specified lenders. Permits the Governor and lenders to present evidence and testimony and examine witnesses at such hearing. Requires that full consideration be given to the views of the Governor and lenders. Provides that authority to make such consolidation loans shall expire at the close of FY 1986. Provides that consolidation loans shall not be considered to be new loans made to students for purposes of determining the maximum amount of loans that can be federally-insured under specified HEA provisions. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Provides that the applicable percentage to be added in determining the special allowance on consolidation loans shall be three percent (rather than three and one half percent). Directs the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the cost, efficiency, and impact of the consolidation loan program established by this Act; and (2) report to the Congress by June 30, 1986, on findings and recommendations relating to such evaluation.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the suspension of the two year period in which an individual must purchase a new residence for nonrecognition of gain on the sale of an old residence which is granted to members of the armed forces who are stationed overseas or who are required to reside in Government-owned quarters shall be extended to the later of four years after the date of the sale of the old residence (as currently provided) or one year after the date on which the taxpayer is no longer stationed overseas or required to reside in Government-owned quarters.
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 · 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 · 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.
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