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United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Designates the week beginning on November 11, 1984, as National Blood Pressure Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1984
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H.R. 4835 (assistance for medical care in Poland).
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1984
Title I: International Development Association Act Amendments - Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Development Association to agree to pay a specified amount as the U.S. contribution to the seventh replenishment of the resources of the Association. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Title II: Inter-American Investment Corporation Act - Inter-American Investment Corporation Act - Authorizes the President to accept membership for the United States in the Inter-American Investment Corporation. Requires the Governor and Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank and their alternates to serve as Governor, Director, and alternates, respectively of the Corporation. Requires that specified reporting provisions of the Bretton Woods Agreement Act shall apply to the Corporation. Prohibits any person or agency, on behalf of the United States, from taking certain actions affecting the Corporation, unless such actions are authorized by law. Requires any Federal Reserve bank, upon request, to act as a depository or fiscal agent of the Corporation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to subscribe on behalf of the United States to a specified number of shares of stock of the Corporation. Authorizes appropriations for such subscription. Provides for the jurisdiction of U.S. courts over civil suits relating to the Corporation. Requires that certain securities issued by or guaranteed by the Corporation shall be deemed to be exempted securities within the meaning of specified provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to suspend the exemption with regard to such securities. Requires the SEC to include information on such securities in its annual reports to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the American Gold Star Mothers, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1984
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to prohibit any Department of Agriculture officer or employee who acts upon or reviews any land purchase loan applications under such Act from acquiring any interest in the land involved for five years.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1984
Designates March 21, 1984, as National Single Parent Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1984
Designates the month of May 1984 as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1984
Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 to extend the authority of the African Development Foundation until September 30, 1990. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 to carry out the purposes of the African Development Foundation.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1984
Designates the month of October 1984 as National Down's Syndrome Month.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1984
Amends the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act to authorize the permanent reappointment of any female naval officer appointed to the temporary grade of rear admiral.
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 · 29 February 1984
Amends the Small Business Act to provide for the guaranteed payment by the Small Business Administration (SBA) of trust certificates that are: (1) issued to persons approved under this Act; and (2) based on and backed by a trust composed of the portions of deferred participation and guaranteed loans which have been guaranteed by the SBA pursuant to this Act. Prohibits any State, local, or Federal law from preventing the SBA from carrying out the provisions of this Act. Provides that guaranteed obligations issued pursuant to this Act shall be considered exempt securities within the meaning of the securities laws. Requires the SBA to: (1) provide for a central registration of loans, trust certificates, and other securities sold pursuant to this Act; and (2) disclose to purchasers information describing the offer and sale of portions of loans which have been guaranteed by the SBA.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Human Services Reauthorization Act - Title I: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to extend the authorization of appropriations for low-income home energy assistance to FY 1985 through 1989. Includes in the term "energy crisis intervention" household energy related emergencies. Requires that at least five percent of a State's allotment of funds for low-income home energy assistance be reserved until March 15 of each year for energy crisis intervention, which shall be administered by public or nonprofit entities having experience in and the capacity to administer such programs. Requires as part of the annual application for an allotment of funds for low-income home energy assistance that a State agree to: (1) describe the eligibility requirements for households desiring to participate in the low-income home energy assistance program and the manner in which the State determines benefit levels; and (2) indicate the amount which the State will reserve for energy crisis intervention and the administration procedures for designating an emergency and determining the assistance to be provided and for determining the use of funds reserved for energy crisis intervention but not expended for emergencies. Provides that home energy assistance payments provided to a household by a private nonprofit organization or by an entity whose revenues are derived primarily on a rate-of-return basis regulated by the State or Federal Government shall not be considered income for such household for purposes of Federal or State law if the appropriate State agency certifies that such assistance is based on need. Decreases the maximum amount of grant money allotted for a fiscal year to States for low-income home energy assistance which a State may request to be held available for the next fiscal year. Specifies additional home energy and home energy assistance data which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to collect on a State-by-State basis. Specifies the dates by which the Secretary's annual reports on such data must be submitted to Congress. Prohibits the Secretary from using more than $350,000 in any fiscal year for demonstration and analysis of effective ways to meet the energy needs of low-income households. Title II: Community Services Block Grant - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to increase the authorization of appropriations for community services grants for FY 1985 and 1986 and to authorize appropriations for such grants for FY 1987 through 1989. Permits a State to revise the poverty line for purposes of community services grants to 125 percent of the official poverty line established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget if the State determines that such revision will serve the objectives of such grants. Revises the amount of funds which a State applying for a community services block grant must agree to make available to community action agencies and organizations serving seasonal or migrant farmworkers. Requires that the remainder of such funds be used to permit existing community action agencies to serve geographic areas not being served or to establish new community action agencies. Sets forth waiver provisions with respect to such funding requirements. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Service to provide training and ongoing activities of national and regional significance related to the purposes of the community services grant program. (Under current law, the Secretary has discretionary authority to provide such training and activities.) Permits the Secretary to make grants, loans, and loan guarantees to nonprofit private organizations applying jointly with business concerns for funding. Title III: Head Start Program - Amends the Head Start Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer the Head Start program through the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services. Authorizes the appropriations for the Head Start program for FY 1985 through 1989. Requires the Secretary to reserve for training and technical assistance for each fiscal year funds which are not less than the amount spent for such activities under such Act in FY 1982. Requires the Secretary to designate as Head Start agencies any local public or private nonprofit agency which was receiving funds under any Head Start program on August 31, 1981, if such agency meets program and fiscal requirements established by the Secretary. (Under current law, the Secretary is required to give priority in the designation of Head Start agencies to such local agencies.) Authorizes the Secretary to designate a Head Start agency from among qualified applicants in a community if there is no Head Start agency or program serving such community. Permits each Head Start program operated in a community to provide more than one year of Head Start services to children from age three to the age of compulsory school attendance in the State where the program is located. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance and training in connection with Head Start programs. (Under current law, the Secretary is authorized to provide such activities.) Specifies the types of programs which must be included in such training activities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1984
Federal Money Management Act of 1984 - Requires custodians of public money, including a disbursing official having public money not for current expenditure, to deposit funds not later than three business days after the date of receipt.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1984
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to allow a jurisdiction to conduct activities under the community development block grant program in areas in which a majority of the residents are not persons of low and moderate income if: (1) such areas have a higher proportion of low- and moderate-income persons than 75 percent of all areas in the jurisdiction; and (2) restricting such activities to the few or small areas in which a majority of the residents are low- and moderate-income persons would not address the needs of such persons in the jurisdiction generally.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1984 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 for the foreign military sales credit and guarantee program. Sets the ceiling for FY 1985 for foreign military sales credits. Earmarks a specified amount of such FY 1985 credits for Israel. Releases Israel from repaying such amount. Adds South Korea, the Philippines, and Portugal to the list of countries that shall have 20 years, following a grace period of ten years, to repay foreign military sales credits or guarantees. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1985 foreign military sales credits for Egypt. Releases Egypt from repaying such amount. Authorizes the President to charge all eligible entities the additional costs that are incurred when providing defense training. (Current law provides that countries concurrently receiving international military education and training assistance are not charged the full cost of such training.) Repeals the provision authorizing the President to enter into specified standardization agreements. 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 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or to any member government of the Organization. Authorizes the President to determine the conditions for financing defense procurement by friendly countries and international organizations. Directs the President to charge interest at a rate determined by the President. Requires repayment within 12 years after the loan agreement is signed on behalf of the United States. Requires the President to report 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. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to maintain adequate reserves in the Guaranty Reserve Fund against defaults and rescheduling of outstanding foreign military loan guarantees. Increases the criminal and civil penalties for violations of arms export and import restrictions. Provides that charges for administrative services for foreign military sales shall include charges for official reception and representation expenses. Limits the amount of official reception and representation expenses. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 for military assistance. Authorizes the President to waive the requirement that a country pay the net proceeds of the sale of military equipment that the United States had provided such country if the President determines that such a waiver is in the national interest of the United States. Increases the ceiling on the value of additions to military stockpiles in foreign countries for FY 1985. Authorizes Pakistan, Tunisia, Yemen, Lebanon, Sudan, El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela to have more than six members of the U.S. armed forces to carry out international security assistance programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for international military education and training. Authorizes the President to permit 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, in the event of an unforseen emergency that requires immediate assistance, to direct the drawdown of a certain amount of commodities and services from the inventory and resources of any U.S. agency. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency drawdown. Requires the President to notify Congress before taking such action. Title II: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the Economic Support Fund. Allocates a specified amount of such funds for emergency assistance. Title III: Development Assistance - Sets forth additional development assistance policy guidelines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition; (2) population planning and health programs; (3) education and human resources development; (4) energy, private voluntary organizations, and selected development activities; (5) the private sector revolving fund; and (6) the Sahel development program. Permits the United States to continue to support programs of private and voluntary organizations despite prohibitions on assistance to certain countries if such programs are already being supported prior to the date on which it is determined such prohibition becomes applicable. Declares that Congress recognizes that shelter, including essential urban development services, is among the most fundamental of human needs. Authorizes the President to issue guarantees to the Federal Financing Bank in connection with loans made for shelter projects. Increases the ceiling on outstanding housing loan guarantees. Authorizes commitments to guarantee such loans for any fiscal year only to the extent or in the amounts provided in appropriation Acts. Authorizes such loan guarantees through FY 1986. Requires the appropriate agency to obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury before issuing any such loan guarantees. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the guarantees will have the minimum possible impact on U.S. capital markets. Limits commitments to guarantee loans for agricultural and productive credit and self-help community development programs to the extent provided in appropriation Acts. Authorizes such loan guarantees through FY 1985. Increases the amount which the President is authorized to spend to help disadvantaged children in Asia. Title IV: Economic Policy Initiative for Africa - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to promote growth-oriented policy reforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international organizations and programs; (3) international narcotics control; (4) international disaster assistance; and (5) antiterrorism assistance. Requires the President to transmit to the Congress a quarterly report summarizing the major financial activities undertaken pursuant to the international narcotics control program. Increases the ceiling on cost estimates for certain development and assistance programs. Requires that plans for such projects shall include a cost-benefit analysis made in accordance with specified standards. Removes the People's Republic of China and Tibet from the list of communist countries which are prohibited from receiving foreign assistance funds. Imposes certain notification requirements for program changes of funds appropriated to carry out the Arms Export Control Act. Imposes such notification requirements on changes in development assistance programs only if the obligation will exceed the amount justified by more than ten percent. Provides that the notification requirement does not apply to the reprogramming of less than $25,000 for international narcotics control or for international military education and training for certain countries. Requires the President to notify Congress, within 30 days of enactment of a law appropriating funds to carry out the Arms Export Control Act, of each foreign country and international organization that will be receiving funds pursuant to such law. Eliminates the ceiling on the amount of funds that may be used to construct living quarters, office space, and supporting facilities for U.S. personnel posted outside the United States. Eliminates the ceiling on the amount of funds authorized for aid to schools for dependents of U.S. personnel posted abroad. Prohibits requiring that an earmark be applied to funds appropriated, or an authority made available, to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act in excess of the lesser of: (1) the amount of the earmark; or (2) a specified portion of the total funds appropriated or the authority made available. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) the trade and development program; and (2) operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance. 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. Repeals certain obsolete provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Repeals the provision prohibiting disbursements of certain development assistance grants for 36 months. Repeals the requirement that the President transmit to Congress a semiannual report listing all voluntary contributions by the United States to international organizations. Title VI: Amendments to Other Acts - 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 prohibit withholding of amounts of scholarships or fellowship grants or per diems for subsistence paid by the U.S. Government to a nonresident alien who is engaged in a training program in the United States under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Title VII: Fiscal Year 1984 Supplemental Authorization - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1984 for payment to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Imposes a ceiling for FY 1984 on the value of additions to stockpiles of defense articles in foreign countries. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to add South Korea to the list of countries authorized for FY 1984 to repay guaranteed foreign military loans in 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 money from the Treasury to meet obligations incurred from housing loan guarantees. Title VIII - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 to carry out programs for which appropriations for FY 1985 are authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Central America Democracy, Peace, and Development Initiative Act of 1984 - Title I: Statement of Policy - Declares that U.S. policy toward Central America should be consistent and coherent and should include a long term commitment of both economic and military assistance. Sets forth the goals such policy should support. Title II: Economic and Human Development - Sets forth guiding principles for furnishing assistance to Central America. Declares that Central America needs: (1) agricultural development aid; (2) education assistance; (3) assistance for health and population needs; (4) housing and infrastructure assistance or guarantees; (5) assistance for economic stabilization programs; and (6) humanitarian relief and rehabilitation assistance for refugees and displaced persons. Declares that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation should make every effort to support projects in the region. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for Central American countries for: (1) agricultural research; (2) population planning and health programs; (3) education and human resources development; (4) energy resources development; and (5) operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for administering international development programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the housing guaranty revolving fund. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out: (1) Economic Support Fund activities for Central American countries; (2) the purposes of the Peace Corps Act for Central American countries; and (3) for the activities of U.S. Information Agency in Central American countries. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 for migration and refugee assistance. Authorizes additional loan principal for the housing guaranty program of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for Central American countries for FY 1985. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance to countries and organizations in order to strengthen the administration of justice in Central American and Caribbean countries. Requires that a specified minimum amount of money shall be available for such purpose. Earmarks some of the Economic Support Fund authorization for payments by the Agency for International Development to discharge guarantees of liabilities incurred by the Export-Import Bank: (1) covering risks of loss or nonpayment under short-term trade credits for the purpose of financing goods and services for the use of the private sector in Central American countries; and (2) which do not offer reasonable assurances of repayment. Requires that the short-term credits be repayable within one year. Requires that amounts appropriated under this authority shall not be used to discharge guarantees that are approved after September 30, 1989. Limits the amount to be provided for such guarantees in FY 1985. Permits foreign assistance funds to be used by a foreign government to compensate nationals of that country in accordance with a land reform program if the President determines that monetary assistance for such land reform program will further U.S. interests. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should enter into negotiations with those countries receiving assistance authorized by this Act in order to establish a Central American Development Organization; and (2) the establishment of the Central American Development Organization should be based upon specified principles. Authorizes the President to participate in the Central American Development Organization. Requires the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act to be chairman of the Central American Development Organization. Authorizes additional nonmilitary assistance for Central American countries for each of FY 1986 through 1989. Authorizes additional amounts for loan principal for housing guarantees for Central American countries for each of FY 1986 through 1989. Authorizes additional amounts for housing guarantees or insurance for Central American countries for FY 1986. Title III: Military Assistance, Sales, and Related Programs - Sets forth the principles upon which the Congress believes the restoration of peace and stability in Central America must be based. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for military assistance for Central American countries. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1985 for military education and training and for foreign military sales financing for Central American countries. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress semiannually beginning on July 31, 1984 describing the policies of El Salvador for achieving political development, economic development, conditions of security, and other goals. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Defines Central American countries to include Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and regional programs which benefit such countries. Authorizes the transfer of specified funds when the President determines it is necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that one-half of the cost of insurance paid by a self-employed taxpayer for medical care during the taxable year will be allowed as a business deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1984
Designates March 25, 1984, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that nursing care and home health aid services may be provided on a daily basis as home health services for up to 60 days with monthly physician certification of the need for such services, and after the 60 day period, on a physician certification of exceptional circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for the Peace Corps for FY 1985 and 1986. Provides that a specified limitation on the President's authority relating to appointment of members of the Foreign Service applies only to U.S. citizens. Permits receipts from the sale of technical publications produced by the Peace Corps to be credited to the currently applicable Peace Corps appropriation.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 6 through May 13, 1984, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Civilian Agency Multiyear Contracting Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize a Federal agency to enter into a multiyear contract (not exceeding five years) for the purchase of property or services if: (1) adequate appropriations are available to make contract payments for the first year; (2) there is a reasonable expectation that the agency will request adequate funding for the contract period; (3) the contract will serve the Government's best interests by reducing costs, promoting economies in performance, improving contractor performance, and encouraging competition; (4) the minimum need and specifications for such services or property will remain stable; and (5) the contract will not inhibit small business participation. Allows such a contract to provide that performance during the second or any subsequent year is contingent on the appropriation of funds for that year and that a cancellation charge shall be paid to the contractor if performance is cancelled. Requires cancellation of contract performance or termination of the contract if no appropriations are available for the contract during the second or subsequent year of the contract term.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Makes a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Agriculture for FY 1984 to carry out the famine relief provisions (title II) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480).
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Highway Revenue Equity Act - Provides that for purposes of determining the minimum allocation for any State for highway projects, the amount of taxes paid into the Highway Trust Fund with respect to gasohol and certain methanol and ethanol fuels shall be determined as if such fuels were taxed as gasoline.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Designates the week of October 7 through October 13, 1984, as National Birds of Prey Conservation Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Designates the week beginning April 22, 1984, as National Dance Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1984
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President of Syria should permit Syrian Jews to emigrate from Syria to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1984
Authorizes the use of the rotunda of the United States Capitol on April 30, 1984, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. for a ceremony commemorating the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust. Requires that the physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony be carried out under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1984
Grants a Federal charter to the 369th Veterans' Association.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1984
Designates March 1984 as National Eye Donor Month.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1984
Expresses the appreciation of Congress to the descendants of blacks who contributed to American independence. Encourages State and local governments and private organizations to conduct activities during Black History Month 1985 in honor of black involvement in the American Revolution.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1984
Commends the President for his support for specified confidence building measures between the United States and the Soviet Union. Urges the President to pursue negotiations with the Soviet Union concerning such measures, adding to such negotiations the establishment of nuclear risk reduction centers in both countries.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1984
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of May 6 through May 12, 1984, as Senior Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Designates 1984 as the Year of the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, from March 1, 1984, through February 28, 1985, to: (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund; (2) employ personnel; (3) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services of department or agency personnel; (4) procure consultant services; and (5) provide for the training of its professional staff.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984
Amends the American-Mexican Boundary Treaty Act of 1972 to prohibit construction of any new works or modification of existing works on the U.S. side of either the main channel or adjacent lands subject to overflow of the limitrophe sections of either the Rio Grande or the Colorado River without: (1) having submitted an application to the U.S. Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; and (2) having received from the U.S. Commissioner a permit authorizing the work. Requires that the location and plans for the proposed works be included in the application. Requires the U.S. Commissioner to issue such a permit unless the joint commission determines that the proposed works could cause deflection or obstruction of the normal flow or flood flows of the Rio Grande or the Colorado River that could change the international boundary. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Requires Federal agencies proposing to undertake construction projects in such areas to coordinate with the U.S. Commissioner to secure approval of the proposed project.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the food stamp plan as well as other food assistance programs should remain national programs and the block grant concept proposed by the President's Task Force on Food Assistance Programs should not be adopted.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for FY 1985 through FY 1989 to assist States in carrying on the work of a competent and qualified mining and mineral resources research institute at one public college or university (or private college or university if a State does not have an eligible public college or university) in the State meeting eligibility requirements. Provides that funds appropriated shall be made available for grants to be matched on a basis of no less than one and one-half non-Federal dollars for each Federal dollar during FY 1985 and 1986, and no less than two non-Federal dollars for each Federal dollar during FY 1987 through FY 1989. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 1985 through FY 1989 which shall be made available to institutes to meet the necessary expenses for purposes of: (1) specific mineral research and demonstration projects of broad application which could not otherwise be undertaken; and (2) research into any aspects of mining and mineral resources problems related to the mission of the Department of the Interior which are not otherwise being studied. Sets forth funding criteria. Requires each institute to: (1) set forth its plan to provide for the training of individuals as mineral engineers and scientists; (2) set forth policies and procedures to assure that Federal funds made available under this Act will supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available for purposes of this Act, and in no case supplant such funds; and (3) report annually to the Secretary concerning amounts received under this Act and projects undertaken pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe necessary rules and regulations; and (2) report to Congress annually concerning the receipts, expenditures, and work of the institutes in all States under the provisions of this Act. Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed to authorize Federal control of education at any college or university. Directs the Secretary to assure that programs authorized by this Act are not redundant. Authorizes appropriations necessary to print and publish the results of activities carried out by institutes under this Act and for administrative planning and direction. Directs the Secretary to establish a center for cataloging current and projected scientific research in all fields of mining and mineral resources. Directs the President to clarify agency responsibility for Federal mining and mineral resources research and to provide interagency coordination of such research. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources Research to consult with and make recommendations to the Secretary on all matters relating to mining and mineral resources research as required by this Act. Requires the Committee to: (1) develop a national plan for research and development in mining and mineral resources and to formulate and recommend a program to implement the plan utilizing resources provided for under this Act; and (2) submit such plan to the Secretary, the President, and Congress by March 1, 1986, and to update the plan annually. Requires the Committee to determine the eligibility of a college or university to participate as a mining and mineral resources research institute under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Job Opportunity Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the expiration date for the targeted jobs tax credit from December 31, 1984, to December 31, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
High Technology Research and Scientific Education Act of 1983 - Title I: The Credit for Increasing Research Activities; ACRS for R&D Equipment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for research and development (R&D) expenditures. Modifies the definition of qualified research for purposes of the R&D credit to narrow the category of eligible activities for which the credit is allowable. Makes depreciation of research equipment eligible for the R&D credit. Eliminates the special three-year accelerated cost recovery system (ACRS) category for research equipment. Increases contract research expenses eligible for R&D credit purposes to 75 percent of the amount paid to others for research on the taxpayer's behalf. Provides that in-house and contract research expenses paid or incurred by a regular corporation will constitute qualified research expenses for R&D credit purposes. Provides that in the case of research being conducted in partnership form, the "in carrying on" test is applied at the partnership level, and the credit is apportioned among the partners in accordance with general partnership rules. Title II: Promotion of University Research and Scientific Education - Establishes a new income tax credit equal to 25 percent of payments to universities for basic research which exceed a fixed, maintenance-of-effort floor. Calculates the maintenance-of-effort floor as the greater of the annual average of university basic research payments over 1982-1983 or one percent of the average annual R&D budget over 1981-1983. Treats the portion of the university basic research payments which is not in excess of the maintenance-of-effort floor as contract research expenses eligible for purposes of computing the regular incremental R&D credit. Allows corporations an income tax deduction for contributions of scientific and technical property or services to an institution of higher education. Defines scientific property to mean computer software or other equipment used in a trade or business, which is donated for the direct education of students and faculty, for research and experimentation, or for research training in the United States in mathematics, the physical or biological sciences, engineering, or computer science. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of the allowable deduction for contributions of scientific property or services. Limits the amount of such deduction to ten percent of taxable income computed without regard to specified deductions. Provides for an income tax exclusion for the scholarships, fellowship grants, student loan forgiveness, or stipends of a graduate student in mathematics, engineering, computer science, or the physical or biological sciences. Specifies that such tax exclusion is not forfeited merely because the student is required, as a condition of the scholarship or fellowship, to perform future service in teaching or research.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Hazardous Air Pollutant Control Act of 1983 - Amends the Clean Air Act ("the Act") to revise provisions relating to hazardous air pollutants. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to identify at least 25 substances or materials for which the Administrator intends to make a decision by December 31, 1985, on whether to include such substances or materials on the list of hazardous air pollutants established under provisions for national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants ("the NESHAPs list"). Requires that such identification include: (1) polycyclic organic matter, nickel, toluene, coke oven emissions, acrylonitrile, carbon tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene, methyl chloroform, CFC-113, manganese, chromium, cadmium, chlorobenzenes, dioxin, vinylidene chloride, epichlorohydrin, chloroform, hexachlorocyclopentadiene, ethylene oxide, and ethylene dichloride; and (2) each other substance or material under EPA evaluation for inclusion on the NESHAPs list for which EPA has positive data from one or more tests indicating carcinogenicity in humans or other mammals. Directs the Administrator, within one year of such enactment date, to identify at least 15 additional substances or materials for which an inclusion decision will be made by December 31, 1986. Requires that first consideration, in both such identifications, be given to specified substances and materials which the EPA has been evaluating. Directs the National Toxicology Program, through its Director, to recommend substances or materials which should be so identified, and to continue to recommend substances and materials which may be appropriate for inclusion on the NESHAPs list. Directs the Administrator, at the time the additional substances or materials are identified, to also identify any additional research, study, or evaluation which may be useful in making a determination. Directs the Administrator, in cooperation with the National Toxicology Program, to: (1) establish a schedule for initiating and completing such research, study, or evaluation; (2) identify the agency which will undertake it; and (3) identify the source and amount of funding for it, if such funding is not provided through the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund. Directs the Administrator, within 30 days after publication of any report under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act, to publish a notice identifying each substance or material listed in such report which is known or may reasonably be anticipated to be an air pollutant. Requires such notice to allow 60 days for interested parties to submit information and comment on whether any substance or material identified in such notice is a hazardous air pollutant. Directs the Administrator, by December 31, 1985, in the case of those substances in the first identification and by December 31, 1986, in the case of the additional substances identified, to publish the determination of whether each substance or material is a hazardous air pollutant to be included on the NESHAPs list (along with the basis and the available information for such determination) after opportunity for submittal of information by interested parties. Directs the Administrator, within one year after the required date for issuance of each notice relating to the Public Health Service Act list, to determine whether each substance or material identified in each such notice is a hazardous air pollutant. Directs the Administrator, within 30 days after the identification of any substance or material required under this Act, to establish a docket for each such substance or material. Requires that such docket include all relevant information and analyses in the possession of the Administrator, all written comments and documentary information received from any person, and detailed written summaries of oral communications from or to any person on such issue. Requires that a substance or material be included on the NESHAPs list, by operation of law, if the Administrator: (1) fails to make a determination by the appropriate deadline; or (2) determines that such substance or material is a hazardous air pollutant. Directs the Administrator to specify the chemical forms of a substance or material which are determined to be hazardous air pollutants when including such substance or material on the NESHAPs list. Allows any interested party to petition the Administrator to remove any substance or material from the NESHAPs list, but only on the basis of information which was not available to the Administrator before the inclusion on such list. Directs the Administrator, within 120 days after receipt, to: (1) make a finding whether the petition is based on such information; (2) if there is such a basis, to publish a notice of such finding and provide opportunity for public comment; and (3) within 120 days after such notice, publish a determination whether the substance or material is a hazardous air pollutant. Provides that the pendency of any such petition shall not suspend the running time of any statutory or judicial time limit for the proposal or promulgation of NESHAPs standards. Provides that neither the identification for determination purposes nor the automatic listing due to failure to meet the deadline shall be deemed a presumption that a substance or material is a hazardous air pollutant. Directs the Administrator to identify the categories of sources which emit, in significant amounts, each hazardous air pollutant on the NESHAPs list. Requires that such identification include specified categories of stationary sources. Extends from 180 days to one year the period after proposal of emission standards during which the Administrator must establish final emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs). Requires that NESHAPs be established at a level requiring the greatest degree of emission reduction of such pollutant through the application of the best system of continuous emission reduction available for the class or category of source, taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any nonair quality health or environmental impacts (BACT - the Best Available Control Technology). Directs the Administrator to determine whether such emission standard is adequate to protect the public health from such hazardous air pollutant with an adequate margin of safety; and, if not, to establish such standard at a more stringent level. Requires that NESHAPs be at least as stringent as the most stringent emission limitation shown by an adequate operating history to have been achieved in practice by a source of the same category or in a category with similar air pollutant control characteristics (LAER-the Lowest Achievable Emission Rate). Authorizes the Administrator to distinguish among classes, types, sizes, and periods of remaining useful life for sources within a category of sources for purposes of establishing NESHAPs. Revises NESHAPs prohibitions to require permits for: (1) construction of new sources or modification of existing sources which emit or will emit any substance or material included on the NESHAPs list; and (2) operation of existing stationary sources which emit a hazardous air pollutant in violation of a NESHAPs standard. Directs the Administrator to determine specified standards relating to such permits. Directs the Administrator, in the case of such permits for operation of an existing source, to provide for compliance with NESHAPs standards as expeditiously as practicable, but in no event later than two years after the promulgation of the standard. Requires that all such permits include specified monitoring requirements. Limits the period of validity for such permits to seven years, with provisions for renewal. Requires fees to cover costs of reviewing and acting upon such permit applications and implementing and enforcing the terms and conditions of such permits and renewals. Requires that notice and opportunity for a hearing be provided within the locality where the source is located before any such permit or renewal may be issued. Directs the Administrator to delegate NESHAPs implementation and enforcement authority to a State only if the State procedure: (1) provides necessary assurances that the State will have adequate personnel, funding, and authority to carry out such implementation and enforcement; and (2) contains provisions equivalent to those provided under this Act for the issuance and renewal of permits, including requirements for monitoring and permit fees. Provides that the grant or denial of a permit or permit renewal by a State to which such a delegation has been made shall be deemed an action of the Administrator for purposes of judicial review provisions of the Act. Requires that design, equipment, work practice, and operational standards be consistent with specified requirements under NESHAPs provisions. Allows a citizen lawsuit against the Administrator for failure to perform a nondiscretionary act or duty with respect to NESHAPs provisions, or with respect to provisions for listing certain unregulated pollutants, to be commenced ten days after the plaintiff has given notice to the Administrator. Provides that specified amendments made by this Act shall not affect any NESHAP emission standard promulgated prior to the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the second full week in March of each year as National Employ the Older Worker Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Designates the week of March 8, 1984, as Women's History Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Directs the Senate legal counsel to bring civil action to enforce a specified subpoena of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to Anthony J. Accardo.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Redesignates the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee and Kentucky, as the John Sherman Cooper National Recreation Area.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) be commended for his efforts to negotiate a multilateral agreement banning chemical weapons; and (2) propose the resumption of negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve a verifiable ban on chemical weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Grants a Federal charter to the organization known as the National Academy of Public Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983
Residential Mortgage Investment Act of 1983 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from specified prohibited transactions: (1) any qualified mortgage transaction engaged in by an employee benefit plan if such transaction received the prior approval of an independent fiduciary; (2) the purchase, retention, or sale by an employee benefit plan of interests in Federal or State guaranteed residential mortgage loans; and (3) any participation or dealings by an employee benefit plan in residential mortgage-backed securities if such securities bear one of the three highest ratings of a nationally recognized rating service. Prohibits the promulgation of rules or orders which limit, interpret or implement: (1) the exemptions or definitions of this Act; and (2) the term "reasonable rate of interest."