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 · 28 February 1984
Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to include educational institutions receiving Federal financial assistance within the prohibition against sex discrimination.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1984
Vocational Education Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 to carry out the provisions of titles I, II, III, and IV of this Act, relating to State programs. Makes two percent of the funds appropriated for this Act for each fiscal year available to carry out the provisions of title IV, relating to national programs. Title I: Vocational Education Assistance to the States - Part A: Allotment and Allocation - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to reserve from sums appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under this Act: (1) two percent for the activities described in title IV (National Programs); and (2) two percent for the purpose of carrying out provisions for Indian programs. Directs the Secretary, from the remainder of such sums and subject to specified provisions, to allot to each State for each fiscal year an amount based on formulas using State allotment ratios and relative State populations of certain age groups. Allots the following percentages of such funds on the basis of population aged: (1) 15 through 19, 50 percent; (2) 20 through 24, 20 percent; and (3) 25 through 65, 15 percent. Allots the remaining 15 percent on the basis of the relative sums of such age group allotments. Sets forth a minimum State allotment amount, with specified exceptions, and minimum allotments for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Provides for reallotment among other States of any amount which the Secretary determines will not be required for carrying out a State's program for any fiscal year. Sets forth a formula for determining State allotment ratios based on relative State per capita income. Sets maximum and minimum limits on such ratios and sets ratios for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Sets forth provisions for within-State allocation of the State allotment. Directs each State to allocate from its allotment in each fiscal year: (1) up to four percent for administrative expenses; (2) one percent for expenses of the State Council on Vocational Education, within minimum and maximum dollar amounts; and (3) one percent for guidance and counseling activities at the State level. Requires that of the remainder of the State allotment: (1) 67 percent shall be available for activities described in title II (Programs for Vocational Education Opportunities); and (2) 33 percent shall be available for activities described in title III (Vocational Education Program Improvement, Innovation, and Expansion). Sets forth provisions for Indian programs. Directs the Secretary, upon the request of an eligible Indian tribe, to contract with the tribal organization to plan, conduct and administer vocational education programs with the two-percent reserved funds for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary, from any remaining funds from such reserved funds, to enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the operation of vocational education programs in institutions serving eligible Indians aged 15 through 24. Makes provisions of this Act applicable to the BIA as if it were a State board. Part B: State Organizational and Planning Responsibilities - Requires any State desiring to participate in the program under this Act to establish or designate a State board of vocational education to be the sole State agency responsible for the administration or supervision of the State vocational education program. Includes among State board responsibilities: (1) coordination of program policy development; (2) coordination of State plan development, approval procedures, and submission; and (3) consultation with the State council on vocational education and other appropriate State agencies, councils, and individuals involved in program planning and approval. Allows the State board to delegate any of its responsibilities, other than those listed, to other State agencies. Requires States to assign at least one individual to work full time to assist the State board to fulfill the purposes of this Act with respect to sex equity in vocational education programs. Requires each State to expend a specified minimum amount for State administration of vocational education programs under this Act. Requires States desiring to participate in programs under this Act to establish a State council on vocational education. Sets forth requirements relating to council membership, a majority of whom must be representative of business and industry. Requires the State council to advise in-State plan development and to review the State plan. Requires each State to make available a specified minimum amount for the expenses of the State council. Sets forth requirements for State plans under this Act. Requires that State plans be submitted to the Secretary and cover a three-year period in the case of the initial plan and a two-year period thereafter, with such annual revisions as the State board determines to be necessary. Requires that such planning periods be coterminous with those under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Includes among required provisions of State plans: (1) compliance with criteria for programs for the handicapped and for the disadvantaged; (2) relevant training for single working parents and homemakers desiring to enter occupations not traditionally associated with their sex; (3) program evaluation using measurements such as labor market needs; and (4) participation of private elementary and secondary school children. Sets forth requirements for State plan approval. Title II: Programs for Vocational Education Opportunities - Requires each State, from the portion of its allotment available for this title, to provide vocational education services and activities to meet the special needs, and enhance the participation, of: (1) handicapped individuals; (2) disadvantaged individuals; (3) adults who need training or retraining; (4) single working parents or individuals who have been primarily homemakers as adults; and (5) criminal offenders who are serving in a correctional institution. Limits the use of funds under this title for handicapped individuals to supplemental or additional staff, equipment, materials, and services not provided to other individuals in vocational education that are essential for handicapped individuals to participate in vocational education. Permits use of funds under this title for the improvement of vocational education programs designed to provide equal access to quality vocational education to disadvantaged individuals. Permits use of funds under this title to improve or expand vocational educational services and activities to train and retrain adult workers. Requires that such services and activities be developed in coordination with the State agency administering title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of JTPA. Permits such funds to be used for: (1) additional training under title III of JTPA; (2) vocational education programs for training or retraining adults, including programs for older Americans and displaced homemakers; and (3) costs of serving adults in other vocational programs. Permits use of funds under this title for programs for single parents and homemakers, including basic literacy instruction, educational materials for marketable skills, and assistance with child care, transportation, or scheduling to make such programs more accessible. Permits use of funds under this title for basic skills instruction for specified groups with special needs. Allows States to use funds under this title to arrange with private vocational training institutions for educational training, equipment, or services under specified circumstances. Requires that services and activities for groups with special needs under this title include, to the extent practicable, worksite programs such as cooperative vocational education, work study, and apprenticeship programs. Distributes title II assistance as follows: (1) 20 percent for handicapped individuals; (2) 40 percent for disadvantaged individuals; (3) 20 percent for adult training or retraining; (4) 19 percent for single working parents and individuals who have been primarily homemakers as adults; and (5) one percent for criminal offenders in correctional institutions. Allocates the 60 percent of title II funds which shall be available for the handicapped and disadvantaged among local educational agencies (LEAs) in a State based on the relative number of children in public schools counted under specified provisions of title I (Financial Assistance to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Children) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Sets forth provisions relating to area vocational schools, use of community-based organizations, and joint projects with other LEAs. Directs the State board to establish criteria for the distribution of the remaining 40 percent of title II funds to eligible recipients for purposes of the programs for adult training, single working parents and dislocated homemakers, and criminal offenders. Sets forth criteria for services and activities for the handicapped and for the disadvantaged. Title III: Vocational Education Program Improvement, Innovation, and Expansion - Permits each State, from the portion of its allotment available for this title, to use grants for: (1) improvement of programs within the State; (2) expansion of activities to meet student needs, particularly in economically depressed areas where there are inadequate vocational education programs; (3) introduction of new programs, particularly in economically depressed areas; (4) exemplary and innovative programs stressing new and emerging technologies and designed to strengthen vocational education services and activities; (5) guidance and counseling activities in the improvement of programs; (6) inservice and preservice training for vocational education teachers, counselors, and administrators, with special emphasis on integration of handicapped and disadvantaged students in regular vocational education courses; (7) curriculum development, including basic skills training; (8) expansion and improvement of programs at area vocational schools; and (9) equipment acquisition and facilities renovation to improve or expand programs within the State. Distributes title III assistance as follows: (1) 25 percent for activities at the State level; and (2) 75 percent for distribution among eligible recipients, or combinations of eligible recipients, pursuant to criteria established by the State board. Directs the State board, in prescribing such criteria, to give special emphasis to economically depressed urban and rural areas of the State and to area vocational education schools serving such areas. Requires that at least ten percent of title III funds available to each State in each fiscal year shall be available only for conducting consumer and homemaking education programs. Sets forth criteria for program improvement, innovation and expansion. Title IV: National Programs - Part A: Research - Directs the Secretary, in order to carry out specified research objectives, to conduct, through the National Institute of Education (NIE), applied research on aspects of vocational education specifically related to this Act. Includes in such research: (1) methods for providing quality vocational education to handicapped individuals, disadvantaged individuals, men and women in nontraditional fields, adults, single working parents or individuals who have been primarily homemakers as adults, individuals with limited English-speaking proficiency, and individuals incarcerated in correctional institutions; (2) strategies for coordinating local, State, and Federal vocational education, manpower training, and economic development programs; (3) private sector involvement in public vocational education; (4) methods of reinforcing and enhancing basic academic skills in vocational settings; and (5) curriculum and instructional methods development relating to new and emerging technologies. Directs the Secretary to: (1) operate an information clearinghouse on activities conducted by States under titles II and III, and on research contracts made by the Secretary under this part; (2) compile an annotated bibliography of research, exemplary and innovative program projects, and curriculum development projects assisted with funds under this Act; (3) initiate leadership development and inservice education activities for State and local vocational education instructors and administrators; and (4) support meritorious, unsolicited research proposals from State and local educators relating to the goals of this Act. Limits an award to any single recipient to no more than 20 percent of the amount made available under this part in any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to conduct a national assessment of vocational education assisted under this Act, through independent studies and analysis by the NIE. Requires that descriptions and evaluations of specified aspects of such programs be included in such assessment. Directs the NIE to: (1) consult with specified congressional committees in the design and implementation of such assessment; (2) report preliminary results to Congress in January and July of 1988; and (3) submit a final report to Congress by January 1, 1989. Prohibits any review of such reports outside the Department of Education before transmittal to Congress, but allows the President and the Secretary to make additional recommendations with respect to the assessment. Limits expenditures for such assessment to no more than 20 percent of the amounts available under this part in any fiscal year. Part B: Secretarial Fund - Authorizes the Secretary, from the amounts available for this part, to carry out, directly or through grants or contracts with public and private entities, programs and projects which support: (1) model programs providing improved access to quality vocational education programs for specified groups of individuals with special needs and for men and women seeking nontraditional occupations; (2) examples of successful cooperation between the private sector and public agencies in vocational education; (3) programs to overcome national skill shortages, as designated by the Secretary in cooperation with the Secretaries of Labor, Defense, and Commerce; and (4) other activities designated by the Secretary and related to the purposes of this Act. Requires that all programs funded under this part be: (1) of direct service to individuals enrolled; and (2) capable of wide replication by service providers. Directs the Secretary to disseminate the results of programs and projects assisted under this part in a manner designed to improve the training of teachers, other instructional personnel, counselors, and administrators. Part C: Vocational Education and Occupational Information Data Systems - Directs the Secretary to develop a national vocational education data reporting and accounting system including specified information. Requires that such system be as compatible as possible with the occupational information data system developed under this Act and other information systems involving data on programs assisted under the JTPA. Requires States receiving assistance under this Act to cooperate with such system. Provides for updates and annual data acquisition plans for such system. Requires that one-third of the funds available for this part be used for such vocational education data reporting and accounting system, and that the remaining two-thirds of funds for this part be used for an occupational information system. Establishes a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee consisting of specified Federal officials. Directs the Committee, with specified funds, to: (1) improve coordination and communication among administrators and planners of programs authorized by this Act and by the JTPA, employment security agency administrators, research personnel, and employment and training planning and administering agencies at Federal, State, and local levels; (2) develop and implement an occupational information system to meet the common needs of vocational education and employment and training programs at all levels; and (3) assist State occupational information coordinating committees established under this Act. Requires each State receiving assistance under this Act to establish a State occupational information coordinating committee composed of representatives of specified State agencies. Directs the State committee, with funds from the National Coordinating Committee, to: (1) implement an occupational information system in the State to meet the common needs of programs of the State board under this Act and of the administering agencies under the JTPA; and (2) use the occupational information system to develop a career information delivery system. Sets forth requirements relating to the information base for the national vocational education data system. Part D: General Provisions - Distributes title IV assistance as follows: (1) 30 percent for part A (Research); (2) 40 percent for part B (Secretarial Fund); and (3) 30 percent for part C (Vocational Education and Occupational Information Data Systems). Title V: General Provisions - Part A: Federal Administrative Provisions - Directs the Secretary to pay from the State allotment the Federal share of the costs of carrying out the approved State plan. Sets the Federal share at 50 percent of the costs of: (1) administration of the State plan; (2) vocational education opportunities services and activities under title II described in the State plan for specified groups of individuals with special needs; and (3) vocational education improvement, innovation, and expansion programs under title III. Sets forth maintenance of effort provisions. Sets forth provisions for withholding of funds from States and for judicial review of such withholding. Sets forth provisions for audits. Part B: Transitional and Conforming Provisions - Makes the effective date of this Act October 1, 1984, but directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth transition provisions. Authorizes each State and eligible recipient of financial assistance under this Act, or under the Vocational Education Act of 1963, to expend funds received under such Acts to conduct: (1) planning for any program or activity under this Act; and (2) any other activity deemed necessary by the recipient to provide for an orderly transition to the operation of programs under this Act. Transfers, on October 1, 1984, the personnel, property, and records of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to the Nation Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under this Act. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes conforming amendments to: (1) the JTPA; (2) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (3) the Higher Education Act of 1965; (4) the Adult Education Act; (5) the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; (6) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (7) the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1984
Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require each Federal agency conducting or supporting an activity (whether inside or outside the Coastal Zone) that produces an identifiable physical, biological, social or economic consequence in the zone, or initiates a chain of events likely to result in such consequences, to conduct or support that activity in a manner which is, to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with approved State management programs. Exempts from such requirement any Federal activity that is: (1) undertaken to counter the immediate effects of a declared national emergency; (2) necessary for reasons of national security; or (3) required by any provision of a Federal law which prevents consistency with any provision of an approved State coastal zone management program.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984
Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to present to Elie Wiesel a gold medal in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to world literature and human rights. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the public sale of bronze duplicates of such medal.
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 · 31 January 1984
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Small Business, from March 1, 1984, through February 28, 1985, to: (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund; (2) employ personnel; and (3) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services of department or agency personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to permit the Secretary of Transportation, at the request of the Governor of an affected State, to exempt segments of the Interstate System from the tandem trailer and large truck requirements, upon determining that such segments cannot safely accommodate such trucks. Requires the Secretary, if any segment of the Interstate System is so exempted, to consult with affected units of local government to determine possible alternative routes.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984
Continues to apply after FY 1983 the certification requirements of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 which relate to El Salvador until Congress enacts new legislation providing conditions for U.S. military assistance to El Salvador or until September 30, 1984, whichever occurs first.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Expresses the appreciation of the Senate to certain organizations for their efforts in carrying out an emergency food distribution and shelter program.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
World Peace Tax Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit conscientious objectors to designate their income, estate, or gift tax payments for nonmilitary purposes. Establishes within the Treasury a World Peace Tax Fund to receive such tax payments. Defines a conscientious objector as an individual who is opposed to war in any form and who has been exempted from combat training in the Armed Forces under the Military Selective Service Act, or who satisfactorily demonstrates that he is conscientiously opposed to war in any form. Requires tax forms to contain a checkoff for taxpayers who wish to claim conscientious objector status and designate their tax payments for the World Peace Tax Fund. Permits the setting aside of criminal or civil penalties imposed upon a taxpayer for nonpayment of tax prior to 1979 if the taxpayer pays the tax and satisfactorily establishes that the nonpayment was due to his religious beliefs. Directs the Comptroller General to determine the percentage of actual appropriations made by the United States from the Federal budget during the preceding fiscal year for military purposes. Requires the publication of such information in the Congressional Record. Establishes a World Peace Tax Fund Board of Trustees. Sets forth the membership structure and duties of the Board. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983
Energy Information Administration Reports Reduction Act - Amends the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 to repeal requirements that the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration promulgate rules requiring reports by persons engaged in the production, processing, refining, transportation by pipeline, or distribution of energy sources. Repeals the quarterly reporting requirements imposed on the Administrator with respect to energy imports, domestic energy reserves and production, refinery activities, and energy inventories as well as reporting requirements imposed by the Administrator on persons engaged in crude oil or natural gas production. Repeals the requirement under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 that the Administrator maintain a file on U.S. exports of coal and refined petroleum products. Repeals requirements imposed upon the Energy Information Administration under the Department of Energy Organization Act for financial reports from major energy-producing companies and for annual reports to the Department of Energy. Repeals coal reserve disclosure requirements imposed on persons or governmental entities holding such reserves under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978. Repeals the middle distillate monitoring program under the Emergency Conservation Act of 1979. Amends the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 to require that reports on energy supply and consumption done by the Administrator are less detailed than those required under current law.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1983
Life Insurance Tax Act of 1983 - Title I: Life Insurance Provisions - Subtitle A: Taxation of Life Insurance Companies - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set the rate of tax on a life insurance company at the corporate rate on its life insurance company taxable income (LICTI). Sets forth an alternative tax in the case of capital gains. Defines life insurance company taxable income as life insurance gross income reduced by life insurance deductions. Defines life insurance gross income as the sum of: (1) premiums; (2) decreases in certain reserves; and (3) other amounts generally includible by a taxpayer in gross income. Allows three types of deductions: (1) general life insurance deductions; (2) the special life insurance deduction; and (3) the small life insurance company deduction. Sets forth definitions and special rules for each type of deduction. Sets forth rules for the calculation of net increases and decreases in reserves. Requires life insurance companies to use either the accrual method of accounting or a method permitted under regulations which combines an accrual method with another recognized method. Sets forth rules for the amortization of premiums and accrual of discount. Sets forth rules for the computation of a company's share and the policyholders' share of investment income. Sets forth rules for the tax treatment of foreign life insurance companies. Requires an adjustment to LICTI where a required surplus held in the United States is less than a specified amount. Sets forth rules for the tax treatment of contiguous country branches of domestic life insurance companies. Provides that life insurance company taxable income which has an existing policyholders surplus account shall be increased by any direct or indirect distribution to shareholders from such account. Defines "life insurance company" as an insurance company which is engaged in the business of issuing life insurance and annuity contracts or noncancellable contracts of health and life insurance if its life insurance reserves plus unearned premiums and unpaid losses comprise more than 50 percent of its total reserves. Sets forth rules for the tax treatment of variable contracts. Sets forth rules relating to capital gains and losses of a life insurance company. Sets forth the effective date for the provisions of this Act. Provides transitional rules. Subtitle B: Taxation of Life Insurance Products - Redefines "life insurance contract" for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code. Defines such a contract as any contract, which is a life insurance contract under applicable State or foreign law, but only if the contract meets either of two alternatives: (1) a cash value accumulation test; or (2) a test consisting of a guideline premium requirement and a cash value corridor requirement. Specifies requirements of each such test. Sets forth rules for contracts not meeting the life insurance definition. Sets forth transitional rules. Treats as distributed to a contract holder any amount of an annuity contract held by an individual who dies before the annuity starting date. Exempts any such amounts from the five-percent penalty tax on a premature distribution from an annuity. Limits the amount of the interest deduction allowed in the case of life insurance loans. Sets forth rules for the calculation of such limit. Extends to former employees and key employees the limitations on group-term life insurance purchased for employees. Subtitle C: Nondeductible Contributions to Individual Retirement Plans - Allows certain nondeductible contributions to individual retirement accounts and annuities. Limits such contributions to the least of: (1) $1,750; (2) the excess of compensation includible in gross income over the amount allowable as a deduction under present rules; or (3) an amount designated by the taxpayer as a nondeductible contribution. Subtitle D: Studies - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to specified committees of the Congress on the revenues received by this Act and to compare the amount of such revenues and the amount anticipated by reason of changes made by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and this Act. Requires the Secretary to make annual reports in the years 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989 concerning the impact of this Act on specified segments and products of the life insurance industry.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1983
Commission on Civil Rights Resolution - Establishes within the legislative branch an eight member Commission on Civil Rights (Commission). Provides rules of procedure for Commission hearings. Requires the Commission to: (1) investigate allegations of citizens' being denied their right to vote by reason of their color, religion, sex, age, handicap or national origin; (2) study and collect information concerning discrimination or a denial of equal protection; (3) appraise Federal laws and policy with respect to discrimination and the denial of equal protection; and (4) serve as a national clearinghouse for such information. Prohibits the Commission from investigating any membership practice or internal operation of any fraternal organization, college or university fraternity or sorority, private club or religious organization. Prohibits the Commission from collecting or studying information with respect to abortion. Directs the Commission to appraise the laws and policies of the Federal Government with respect to denials of equal protection involving Americans who are members of eastern - and southern - European ethic groups.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983
Amends the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase Federal school meal (lunch and breakfast) reimbursement. Amends the National School Lunch Act to provide funds to the States for donated commodity storage and transportation. Eliminates the tie between eligibility for such program and for the food stamp program. Delays the requirement that local school authorities verify application information until the completion of an Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 pilot study. Excludes certain medical expenses from household income for program eligibility purposes. Lowers the student cost of reduced-price lunches. Increases the number of reimbursable meals and snacks under the child care food program. Amends such Acts to eliminate private school tuition eligibility limits. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to permit all kindergarten children in nonprofit schools to participate in the special milk program. Increases reimbursement amounts for breakfast nutrition improvement. Lowers the student cost of reduced-price breakfasts. Makes the existing nutrition education authorization permanent.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1983
Calls for special recognition during 1987, the bicentennial year of the United States Constitution, of the constitutional foundation for patent and copyright laws.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Requires an executive agency to which the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 applies to determine before procuring supplies or services from a multiple-award schedule of the Federal Supply Schedule whether the supplies or services are available from a local private commercial source. Requires the agency to purchase the commercial product if the product is of the same quality as the product available under a multiple-award schedule and has the same or lower price. Directs the Administrator of General Services to report to Congress on actions taken, including promulgation of regulations, to carry out the above requirements. Prohibits a contractor from being awarded a contract (unless there are extraordinary or extenuating circumstances) during the two-year period beginning on the date on which the latest multiple-award schedule contract with such contractor terminates, if there are no purchases of supplies or services from such contractor under a multiple-award schedule contract during any three-year period. Prohibits an executive agency from using sums in any imprest fund to make small purchases in an amount (subject to increase or decrease according to the Producer Price Increase) exceeding, for one transaction: (1) $500; or (2) under emergency conditions, $650.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Urges the Secretary of Education to postpone further action on the reorganization of certain programs in the Department of Education until a study by the General Accounting Office determines that such reorganization would not reduce the ability of the Department to achieve the goals intended by Congress when it authorized the affected programs.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1983
National Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplant Reimbursement Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within 60 days a National Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplant Reimbursement to develop a plan for a comprehensive organ donor network and organ procurement system. Sets forth membership and operating provisions. Authorizes the Task Force to submit interim reports to the President and each House of Congress, and a final report within six months after its establishment. Terminates such Task Force three months after submitting such final report.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that gratitude and commendation be extended to community arson prevention organizations and that the U.S. Fire Administration is to be encouraged to work to reduce the crime of arson and develop national fire prevention policy.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Voting Rights for the Handicapped and the Elderly Act - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate guidelines to assure that registration and polling place facilities used for Federal elections are readily accessible to handicapped and elderly individuals. Sets forth minimum requirements for these guidelines. Requires States to make available registration and voting aids for handicapped and elderly individuals in Federal elections. Authorizes the Attorney General and aggrieved persons to bring actions in Federal court to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Capital Formation Tax Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the income tax deduction for net capital gains to 80 percent on the sale of stock if the following requirements are met: (1) the stock must be purchased through an initial stock offering; (2) the stock must be purchased from the initial offeror, underwriter, broker, or agent; (3) the stock must represent contributions to capital or paid-in surplus; and (4) the stock must have been held for at least five years at the time of the sale or exchange.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1983
Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce to continue to use diplomatic and legal means to achieve worldwide compliance with the International Whaling Commission moratorium on commercial whaling.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that the States should: (1) adopt the International Symbol of Access to identify vehicles carrying the physically handicapped and grant only to such vehicles access to special parking privileges; and (2) enter into agreements of reciprocity relating to special parking privileges granted to handicapped persons.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1983
Authorizes the President to present on behalf of Congress a gold medal to Danny Thomas in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding work as an American. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by said Secretary. Provides, effective October 1, 1983, funds not to exceed $22,000 to carry out the purposes of the Act. Provides that the Secretary may cause bronze duplicates of the medal to be coined and sold under regulations prescribed by the Secretary at a price sufficient to cover the costs of producing the gold medal. Directs that the appropriation used to carry out the provisions of the Act shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds from such coin sales. Provides that the medals are to be national medals.
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