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Bill· SS. 2165 (98th)open
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 4477 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a talented teachers scholarship program and a national talented teachers fellowship program under title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of HEA. Establishes the talented teachers scholarship program to make grants to States for postsecondary education scholarships to outstanding high school graduates to enable them to pursue teaching careers in public elementary or secondary education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and subsequent fiscal years for such purpose. Provides for allocation of such funds among the States on the basis of population. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such grants to States which submit applications which include specified procedures and agreements. Includes among required agreements assurances that efforts will be made to attract students who: (1) are from low-income backgrounds; or (2) express a willingness or desire to teach in schools having less than average results or serving large numbers of economically disadvantaged students. Provides that each talented teacher scholar shall receive a $5,000 scholarship for each academic year of postsecondary education for study in preparation to become an elementary or secondary education teacher. Limits such individual scholarship assistance to four years of postsecondary education, as determined by the State agency. Requires that such scholarship funds be taken into consideration in determining eligibility for other student assistance under HEA. Limits the amount of an individual scholarship to an amount which when added to other student assistance under HEA does not exceed the cost of attendance. Requires that talented teacher scholars be selected by: (1) a seven-member statewide panel appointed by the chief State elected official, acting in consultation with the State education agency (SEA), or (2) by an existing panel designated by the chief State elected official and approved by the Secretary. Requires that such selections be made from students who have graduated or are graduating from high school and rank in the top ten percent of their graduating class. Requires the SEA to make applications available to high schools and in other convenient locations. Requires the statewide panel to develop criteria and procedures for selection. Permits such criteria to include grade point average, extracurricular activities, financial need, interest in teaching as expressed in an essay, and letters of recommendation. Sets forth scholarship conditions, including full-time enrollment and satisfactory progress in a course of study leading to teacher certification. Sets forth scholarship repayment provisions for recipients found by the SEA to be in noncompliance with agreements. Sets forth exceptions to such repayment provisions. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) Federal administration of State programs under specified circumstances; and (2) judicial review of the Secretary's actions toward State programs. Establishes the national talented teachers fellowship program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and subsequent fiscal years for such fellowships for outstanding teachers. Limits to two and one-half percent that portion of such funds which may be used for administration. Requires that such funds be used to award: (1) two national teacher fellowships to public school teachers teaching in each congressional district of each State, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (2) one such fellowship in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Limits fellowship awards to the average national salary of public school teachers. Prohibits receipt of an award by any individual for two consecutive years. Requires talented teacher fellows to return to a teaching position in their current school district for at least two years following the award. Permits such fellows to use such awards for such projects improving public education as the Secretary may approve, including: (1) sabbaticals for study, research, travel, or academic improvement; (2) curriculum development; (3) consultation with or assistance to other school districts; (4) development of special innovative programs; (5) community relations; or (6) model teacher programs and staff development. Establishes a National Selection Board for Talented Teaching Fellows. Sets forth provisions for membership and procedures. Requires fellowship applicants to submit proposals for projects, and indicate the extent to which they wish to continue current teaching duties, to the local education agency (LEA) for comment prior to submission to the Committee. Directs the Committee, in evaluating proposals, to: (1) consult with the LEA; (2) request recommendations from two teaching peers, the principal, and the superintendent; and (3) consider other appropriate criteria. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for such selections. Requires that announcement of such awards be: (1) made in a public ceremony; and (2) done in consultation with the Member of Congress and Senators representing the school district in which the fellows teach. Requires repayment of the fellowship award to the Federal Government in the case of fraud or gross noncompliance. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint, for up to three-year terms, up to five technical employees to administer title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training) of HEA who may be appointed and paid without regard to specified provisions of Federal law governing appointments to the competitive service and relating to classification and pay rates.
Bill· HRH.R. 4475 (98th)open
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 4472 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Older Americans Personal Welfare Education and Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish an older Americans health education and training program in order to foster and promote the design and implementation of a health education and training program for older Americans who are 60 or older; (2) enter into agreements with public or private institutions of higher education with capability in public health to carry out this Act; (3) pay no more than 90 percent of the cost of any project which is the subject of an agreement; and (4) report to Congress concerning the projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987.
Bill· HRH.R. 4503 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Student Loan Collection Improvement Amendments of 1983 - Title I - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise provisions for the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program. Revises GSL provisions for conditions for Federal loan insurance to grant lenders the option of requiring endorsement of the loan by a co-signer. Deletes a 15-year limitation on the period of the loan. Revises provisions for disbursement of loans to require that the funds borrowed be disbursed by check: (1) sent to the eligible institution the student attends or plans to attend, and made payable to the order of the student and such institution as copayees, with the endorsement of both parties required; or (2) in cases where the institution is not located in a State or where the loan is an auxiliary loan to a parent, sent to the borrower and made payable to the order of the borrower, with the endorsement of the borrower required, and a notice of disbursement sent by the lender or the Secretary of Education to the eligible institution. Revises GSL provisions for agreements with State and nonprofit private institutions for subsidy payments on loans insured under the student loan insurance program of such State or institution to also: (1) delete a 15-year limitation on the period of the loan; and (2) make similar revisions of the loan disbursement procedure. Requires that such agreements provide for: (1) independent financial and compliance audits of the guarantee agency, with regard to its performance under such an agreement, at least once every two years; and (2) recovery by the Secretary from the guarantee agency of amounts, plus interest, determined by such audits to be owing. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of State law that would set an earlier deadline for filing suit, any suit for the collection of the amount due from a GSL borrower may be filed during a six-year period: (1) after the date a guarantee agency reimburses the previous holder of the loan for its loss on account of the borrower's default; and (2) after the date on which the loan is assigned to the Secretary. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of State law to the contrary, in collecting any obligation arising from a loan made under GSL provisions, a guarantee agency which has an agreement with the Secretary shall not be subject to a defense raised by any borrower based on: (1) a claim of infancy; or (2) the action or omission of an eligible institution or lender, if such agency did not have actual notice of such defense when such agency reimbursed the previous holder of the loan for its loss. Revises provisions for payment of excess recovery to the insured to include reasonable administrative and collection costs, to the extent set forth in regulations issued by the Secretary, in the costs of the Secretary's recovery on any loan covered by Federal loan insurance pursuant to GSL provisions. Requires, under GSL provisions, each guarantee agency (as well as the Secretary) to enter into cooperative agreements with credit bureau organizations to exchange information concerning student borrowers. Deletes GSL program requirements: (1) for notice to the borrower before certain information is disclosed; (2) for establishment of a system for prompt notification of borrowers; and (3) relating to other conditions under Federal law, for Federal agency disclosure of individual records. Provides that a guarantee agency (or a credit bureau organization) which discloses or receives such information shall not be considered a Government contractor within the meaning of specified Federal law relating to Federal agency disclosure of individual records. Authorizes the Secretary and each guarantee agency to disclose specified information concerning student borrowers to the eligible institutions such borrowers attend or previously attended. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of State law to the contrary, in collecting any obligation arising from a loan made under GSL provisions, the United States shall not be subjected to a defense raised by any borrower on either a claim of infancy or the action or omission of an eligible institution or lender, if the Secretary and the Secretary's agents did not have actual notice of such defense when the Secretary reimbursed the previous holder of the loan for its loss. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for each of specified violations or failures to carry out student aid provisions or regulations or misrepresentations of financial charges by a lender or guarantee agency. Authorizes the Secretary to compromise such penalties. Title II - Revises HEA provisions for the national direct student loan (NDSL) program. Requires NDSL agreements to provide that where a note or written agreement evidencing a loan is in default despite due diligence on the part of the institution to collect such loan, that: (1) if the institution has failed to maintain an acceptable collection record generally with respect to NDSL loans, the Secretary may require such institution to assign its rights under such note or agreement to the United States, without recompense; or (2) if the institution has not failed to maintain an acceptable NDSL collection record, the Secretary may allow it to assign its rights under such note or agreement to the United States, without recompense. Requires each institution to include in its information to NDSL student borrowers a description of any penalty imposed as a consequence of default (such as liability for expenses reasonably incurred in attempts by the Secretary or institutions to collect on a loan). Revises required terms of NDSL loans to grant institutions the option of requiring NDSL loans to be endorsed by a cosigner. Makes mandatory, rather than discretionary, the assessment of a charge for failure of an NDSL borrower to pay all or part of an installment when due. Requires that such charge include the expenses reasonably incurred in attempting such collection with respect to such loan. Authorizes the Secretary, in attempting to collect any defaulted NDSL loan, to use any collection means, available to the United States, including referral to the Attorney General litigation. Directs the Secretary to continue to collect any loan assigned under provisions for assignment of rights to the United States until all appropriate collection efforts, as determined by the Secretary, have been expended. Provides for a six-year statute of limitations on specified collection suits for NDSL loans, similar to that provided by the GSL amendments under title I of this Act. Title III - Revises general provisions for student assistance programs under HEA. Revises provisions for student eligibility for any grant, loan, or work assistance under HEA to require that a student not owe a refund on grants previously received at any institution, or be in default on any loan from a student loan fund at any institution, or a loan made, insured, or guaranteed by the Secretary for attendance at any institution. Provides for a six-year statute of limitations on specified collection suits for refunds due from a student on a grant made or work assistance awarded under HEA. Requires borrowers who have defaulted on student loans under HEA to pay reasonable collection costs, in addition to other charges specified under HEA, notwithstanding State law. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for recovery by the Secretary from the eligible institution of amounts, plus interest, determined by specified audits to be owing. Title IV - Sets forth the effective dates of specified amendments made by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4508 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983
Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to revise the formula for determining the amount of grants to States for assistance for education of all handicapped children. Bases one element of such formula on the number of handicapped children in a State who are receiving special education and related services. (Deletes the provision that such children be aged three to twenty-one, inclusive.)
Bill· HRH.R. 4413 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Amends the Department of Education Organization Act ("the Act") to establish within the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: (1) an Office of Migrant Education to administer specified migrant education programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Act of 1965; and (2) an Office of Equity Training and Technical Assistance to administer specified equity training and technical assistance programs under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Requires that such offices be under the direct supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. Establishes within the Office of Educational Research and Improvement an Office of Women's Educational Equity to administer specified women's educational equity programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires that such office be under the direct supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement. Provides that the offices established under this Act shall be considered organizational entities established by the Act and shall not be subject to the reorganizational authority of the Secretary of Education under specified provisions of the Act or any other provision of law.
Bill· HRH.R. 4390 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983
National Excellence in Education Act of 1983 - Amends Chapter 2 (Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to require certain minimum standards of academic achievement and school administration as conditions for eligibility to receive Federal funds. Requires, beginning January 1, 1985, that no State or local educational agency (LEA) shall be eligible to receive funds under chapter 2 (except for subchapter A basic skills development) unless there is established within each public elementary and secondary school within its jurisdiction: (1) an average school day of not less than five hours; (2) a system for student promotion to higher grades based on academic achievement and classroom attendance; (3) a school system for evaluating teacher competence prior to hiring; and (4) a school system for determining teacher salaries based on merit and academic achievement. Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to set similar restrictions on the eligibility of States for Federal funds under such Act. Revises ECIA provisions for discretionary funds of the Secretary of Education to establish the National Excellence in Education Fund under the authority of the Secretary to make awards to States and LEAs which demonstrate exceptional improvement in academic achievement. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Commission on Excellence in Education to assist and advise in the selection of recipients for the National Excellence in Education Awards. Sets forth provisions relating to Commission membership. Requires that members have, or have had, children enrolled in public schools. Authorizes and encourages the Secretary to include current or former school administrators among the members. Sets forth provisions relating to allotment of awards. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on allotments from the Fund. Authorizes appropriations for such allotments for FY 1985 through FY 1987. Includes among those programs which the Secretary must first fund from ECIA discretionary funds a research project to develop national minimum standards of achievement for students in each elementary and secondary school grade in the subjects of mathematics, science, history, English, and foreign languages.
Bill· HRH.R. 4372 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1983
Older Americans Health Education and Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish an older Americans health education and training program in order to foster and promote the design and implementation of a health education and training program for older Americans who are 60 or older; (2) enter into agreements with public or private institutions of higher education with capability in public health to carry out this Act; (3) pay no more than 90 percent of the cost of any project which is the subject of an agreement; and (4) report to Congress concerning the projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 417 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1983
Designates the week beginning January 15, 1984, as National Jaycee Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 4350 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983
Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1983 - Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to add new provisions for student loan consolidation. Directs the Secretary of Education (or a State or nonprofit private institution or organization with which the Secretary has an agreement under provisions for Federal payments to reduce interest costs) to enter into agreements with the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) and specified eligible commercial lenders to provide consolidation loans to eligible borrowers. Provides for such consolidation of student loans made, insured, or guaranteed under part B or under part E (Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education). Requires that such consolidation loans be covered by a properly issued certificate of insurance. Provides that loans covered by a certificate of insurance issued by a State or nonprofit private institution or organization shall be considered to be insured loans for purposes of Federal reimbursements, but that no administrative cost allowance will be paid with respect to such loans. Defines eligible borrowers, for consolidation loan purposes, as those who: (1) either owe at least $5,000 to two or more lenders or programs under title IV or owe $7,500 to a single lender under part B; (2) are in repayment status, or in the grace period preceding repayment status, and are not delinquent with respect to any required payment on such indebtedness by more than 60 days; and (3) are not parent borrowers under the Auxiliary Loan program. Terminates an individual's eligibility for a consolidation loan upon receipt of a consolidation loan, except with respect to student loans received after the date of receipt of the consolidation loan. Provides that only loans received after such date shall be taken into account for the purpose of computing the outstanding indebtedness of such an individual. Sets forth requirements for such consolidation loan agreements. Requires eligible commercial lenders to agree to make consolidation loans upon application of any eligible borrower, if and only if the lender holds an outstanding loan of the borrower and the borrower has no other application pending with another lender for a consolidation loan. Requires Sallie Mae to agree to make a consolidation loan upon application of any eligible borrower, if that borrower has no other application pending with another lender for a consolidation loan. Sets forth requirements for certificates of insurance for consolidation loans. Requires that such certificates include: (1) reporting requirements of the Secretary on the lender and an identification of the office of the Department of Education, or of the State or nonprofit private institution or organization, which will process claims and perform other related administrative functions; (2) any alternative repayment terms which will be offered to borrowers by the lender; (3) a requirement that a lender who no longer proposes to make consolidation loans notify the issuer so that the certificate may be terminated; and (4) the terms upon which the issuer may limit, suspend, or terminate the lender's authority to make consolidation loans under the certificate. Provides that such consolidation loans shall be insurable only if the loan is made to an eligible borrower who has agreed to notify the holder of the loan promptly concerning any change of address and the loan is evidenced by a note or other written agreement which meets specified requirements. Sets the interest rate for such consolidation loans at nine percent per year (but at ten percent in the case of consolidation of auxiliary loans made to an independent undergraduate or graduate student). Permits consolidation loan lenders, to the extent authorized by the certificate of insurance, to establish repayment terms, including graduated and income sensitive repayment schedules. Limits repayment periods to specified maximum periods depending on the loan amount. Requires commencement of repayment within a specified period after all holders have discharged the borrower's liability on the loans selected for consolidation. Prohibits charging an origination fee or insurance premium to the borrower on any consolidation loan. Provides that no insurance premium shall be payable by the lender to the issuer of the certificate of insurance with respect to any such loan. Provides that authority to make such consolidation loans expires at the close of September 30, 1986. Provides that consolidation loans shall not be considered to be new loans made to students for purposes of determining the maximum amount of loans that can be federally- insured under specified HEA provisions. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Provides that the applicable percentage to be added in determining the special allowance on consolidation loans shall be three percent (rather than three and one half percent). Extends the authority of Sallie Mae to make consolidation loans under its current certificate of comprehensive insurance coverage from the Secretary for the first six months after the enactment of this Act. Requires that loans made under such extended consolidation authority: (1) be made only to individuals who filed applications prior to November 1, 1983; (2) bear nine percent interest; (3) use three percent as part of the formula for determining the special allowance; and (4) be repaid within 15 years. Declares that no holder of a consolidation loan made under such extended authority shall have a contractual right against the United States to receive a special allowance which is greater than that permitted under the three percent formula. Provides that HEA provisions for termination of Sallie Mae's authority to make consolidation loans shall not preclude Sallie Mae from making specified consolidation loans (with certain interest, repayment period, and special allowance terms) for which the promissory note was signed, or delivered or sent for signature, before November 1, 1983. Directs the National Institute of Education to: (1) evaluate the cost, efficiency, and impact of the consolidation loan program established by this Act; and (2) report to the Congress by June 30, 1986, on its findings and recommendations.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 268 (98th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1983
Extends the gratitude of the Senate to America's teachers.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 359 (98th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1983
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3435 (education of the handicapped).
Bill· HRH.R. 4244 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1983
High Technology Vocational Education Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for contributions of scientific and technical property used for vocational education. Specifies limits on the amount of such deduction. Expands the income tax credit for increasing research expenses to include payments made to public vocational education schools which are used to supplement teacher salaries and student loans and scholarships.
Bill· HRH.R. 4228 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1983
National Educational Computer Software Competition Act - Establishes the Commission for the Advancement of Educational Computer Software. Directs the Commission, to the extent approved in appropriation Acts, to conduct a national competition among computer manufacturers, educators, and other interested parties to develop and demonstrate low-cost, quality educational computer software designed primarily for primary and secondary school classroom use. Directs the Commission to: (1) establish a schedule for such competition according to specified guidelines; (2) judge projects submitted and invite finalists to attend a national educational software and computer fair; and (3) award first and second prizes in each of the categories of science, mathematics, reading, foreign languages, mechanical education, and any other category established by the Commission. Opens the competition to all interested parties without limitation on the number of projects any entrant may enter. Sets forth provisions for Commission membership, Director, and staff. Directs the Commission to report, with recommendations, to the President and Congress within 20 months after its initial meeting. Terminates the Commission 30 days after such report is transmitted. Authorizes appropriations.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 349 (98th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1983
Extends the gratitude of the House to America's teachers.
Bill· HRH.R. 4207 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1983
Voter Education and Participation Act of 1983 - Requires that each program assisted with funds made available under this Act: (1) develop curriculum materials for elementary, secondary, and higher education to instruct students, teachers, and community members in the importance of voting and to facilitate increased voter participation; (2) disseminate such projects and program materials; (3) train personnel to use such curriculum and program materials; and (4) cooperate with persons and organizations with a special or demonstrated interest in voter education and assist them in promoting, encouraging, developing, or producing programs, materials, public service announcements, and conferences which relate to voter education and participation. Permits curriculum development projects to include, but not be limited to, mock elections, model congresses, civics classes, local symposiums on election issues, and programs to assist students, teachers, and other members of the local educational community to register to vote. Requires any public, private, or nonprofit agency, institution, or organization desiring assistance under this Act to submit an application to the Secretary of Education within 60 days after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to ensure that specified criteria are met by programs approved for such assistance. Requires that such programs provide equal access for private, as well as public, schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 184 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1983
Designates the week of March 4 through March 10, 1984, as National Beta Club Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 4193 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1983
School Facilities Child Care Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public agencies and private nonprofit organizations having the capacity to furnish school-age child care services in order to assist such agencies and organizations to establish and operate such services in public schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Sets forth information which must be included in applications by such agencies or organizations to the Secretary for such grants. Requires the Secretary, in approving the applications, to: (1) assure that there is an equitable distribution of approved applications; (2) give priority to applications from applicants in communities with the greatest need and a shortage of economic resources for such services; and (3) give consideration to applications from applicants who can illustrate an identifiable base of community support. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of collecting data from recipients of assistance under this Act designed to provide a national needs assessment for child care services of school-age children in the United States. Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on activities under this Act together with a needs assessment of child care services for school-age children in each State. Requires the Secretary to operate a clearinghouse on school-age child care programs. Sets forth general administrative provisions with respect to carrying out this Act.
Bill· SS. 1975 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983
Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to add this Act as part A (Gifted and Talented Children) of title IX (Additional Programs) of ESEA. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 for programs for gifted and talented children. Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve 25 percent of such appropriations or $5,000,000, whichever is less, for carrying out discretionary programs. Requires that the remainder of such appropriations be available for State programs. Sets forth provisions for State programs. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) for the Federal share of the costs of planning, developing, operating, and improving programs to meet the educational needs of gifted and talented children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Permits such programs to include inservice training of personnel to teach such children. Directs the Secretary, in any fiscal year in which appropriations for such State programs are less than $15,000,000, to distribute such funds so that each SEA with an approved application receives at least $50,000. Provides for ratable reductions when appropriations are not sufficient to pay such required minimum amount to each SEA. Directs the Secretary, in any fiscal year in which such appropriations equal or exceed $15,000,000, to follow specified State allotment provisions. Requires SEA applications for such grants to contain specified assurances, including the assurance that appropriate consideration will be given to the particular educational needs of disadvantaged gifted and talented children. Prohibits a SEA from reserving more than ten percent of grant funds for program administration, technical assistance, coordination, and statewide planning. Requires a SEA to distribute, on a competitive basis, at least 90 percent of grant funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) which apply, with due regard for the quality of the proposed activities. Requires a SEA to use at least 50 percent of grant funds for programs and projects which include a component for the identification and education of disadvantaged gifted and talented children from low-income families. Permits use of grant funds for instructional equipment only if such equipment will enhance the program or project. Prohibits SEA approval of an LEA application unless the needs of children in nonprofit private elementary and secondary schools have been taken into account. Requires the SEA to provide technical assistance for proposals and programs of LEAs which are unable to compete due to smaller size or lack of financial resources. Requires that an opportunity for a hearing be afforded before the Secretary may disapprove an application which does not meet specified requirements. Sets forth provisions for discretionary programs relating to education of gifted and talented children. Authorizes the Secretary, from amounts reserved for discretionary programs, to pay the Federal share of the costs of grants or contracts to SEAs, LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other public or private organizations for: (1) projects designed to meet the educational needs of such children; (2) personnel training and supervision; (3) model projects for identification and education of such children; (4) an information clearinghouse; (5) statewide planning, development, operation, and improvement of projects and programs; and (6) research, evaluation, and related activities. Permits transfer to the National Institute of Education (NIE) of up to 20 percent of funds for such discretionary programs. Limits to 20 percent that portion of such funds which may be used for grants to institutions of higher education for the training of national leadership personnel. Sets forth application requirements for discretionary program grants and contracts. Applies specified ESEA requirements relating to private school pupil and teacher participation in such discretionary programs, unless such requirements cannot be legally met in the State. Permits NIE to carry out a program of research and related activities, including experimental and model schools, pertaining to the education of gifted and talented children from funds transferred for such purpose, notwithstanding specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act. Sets forth provisions for State allotments in any fiscal year in which appropriations for gifted and talented children programs equal or exceed $15,000,000. Directs the Secretary to allot up to one percent of such appropriations, in accordance with their respective needs, among: (1) specified territories and possessions of the United States; (2) programs in schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior; and (3) programs in overseas dependent schools of the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder among applicant States on the basis of numbers of children aged five through 17, with a $50,000 minimum allotment to each State. Sets forth provisions for reallotment of any State allotment exceeding the amount a State needs and will be able to use in a fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to administer and coordinate programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Provides that any Indian tribe which operates schools for its children shall be deemed an LEA for purposes of this Act. Limits financial assistance to any LEA to a five-year period, except assistance extended prior to the date of enactment of the Education Amendments of 1978. Makes the Federal share for any fiscal year 90 percent, but 100 percent for: (1) clearinghouse activities; (2) research, evaluation, and related activities; and (3) programs and projects involving participation of private school students. Makes conforming amendments to the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Makes a technical amendment to ESEA. Directs the Secretary of Education to reestablish the Office of Gifted and Talented in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Law· HRH.R. 4164 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983
Vocational Technical Education Act of 1983 - Establishes vocational-technical education programs to replace those under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Title I: Purpose; Authorization of Appropriations; and Allotments - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 and for succeeding fiscal years for: (1) basic State grants and State administrative responsibilities; (2) consumer and homemaking education; (3) comprehensive career guidance and counseling programs; (4) industry-education partnership for training in high-technology occupations; (5) vocational education programs for youth with special needs; and (6) adult training, retraining, and employment development. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and succeeding fiscal years for the President's Council on Vocational-Technical Education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and succeeding fiscal years for grants to State advisory councils on vocational-technical education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and succeeding fiscal years for assistance to States: (1) in preparing plans, updates, and progress reports; and (2) in conducting program evaluations. Requires a State, in order to receive any allotment under this Act, to: (1) establish a State board and a State advisory council on vocational-technical education; (2) have an approved State plan and application; (3) comply with evaluation and review and other provisions of this Act. Sets forth provisions for allotment among the States of appropriations for title II of this Act (after deduction of amounts required to be reserved for specified purposes). Bases such allotment on formulas using State allotment ratios and relative State populations of certain age groups. Allots the following percentages of title II 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. Set 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 a minimum State allotment amount. Provides for reallotment among other States of any amount which the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) determines will not be required for carrying out the State's program for any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to reserve five percent of the appropriations for State basic grants and State administrative responsibilities for any fiscal year in order to: (1) transfer an amount within specified limits in any fiscal year to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee; (2) use an additional minimum amount in any fiscal year for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education; (3) use a minimum amount in any fiscal year for the program of special institutes; and (4) use the remainder of the reserved amount for other programs authorized under title III (National Programs). Authorizes the Secretary to reserve, from the remainder of the appropriations for State basic grants and State administrative responsibilities for any fiscal year, funds for vocational educational programs to eligible Indians through Indian tribes and through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Limits such amount to not more than one percent of such remainder and approximately equivalent to an amount based on the ratio of eligible Indian population aged 15 through 24 to the total population aged 15 through 24 of all the States. Directs the Secretary, from the amount so reserved, to enter into contracts with the tribal organization of any eligible Indian tribe, upon such tribe's request, to plan, conduct, and administer programs, or portions of programs, which are authorized by and consistent with the purposes of this Act. Subjects such contracts to specified terms and conditions under the Indian Self-Determination Act and other specified Federal laws. Authorizes the Secretary, from any remaining funds so reserved, to enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of the BIA for the operation of vocational education programs authorized by this Act in institutions serving eligible Indians, and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to receive such funds for such purposes. Directs the BIA to expend a matching amount to pay a part of the costs of such programs. Requires the BIA to expend during each fiscal year no less than the amount expended during the prior fiscal year on vocational education programs, services, and activities. Directs the Secretary and the Commissioner to prepare a joint plan for the expenditure of funds and the evaluation of such programs. Directs the Secretary to assume responsibility for the administration of the program, with the assistance and consultation of the BIA. Requires that the sum of any State's allotments for title II programs under this Act shall not be less than the total amount of payments made to the State under allotments determined under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 for FY 1983. Provides for ratable reductions of other State allotments in order to comply with this minimum State allotment requirement. Title II: State Programs - Part A: Basic State Grants - Authorizes the Secretary, from the State allotments, to make grants to assist States in funding vocational education programs, services, and activities carried out by State boards and eligible recipients. Requires that basic State grants be used, in accordance with approved State plans, for: (1) vocational education responsive to labor market demands or designed to keep abreast of technological changes, including part D high-technology industry-education partnership programs; (2) vocational education for populations with special needs, including part E youth programs; (3) postsecondary and adult vocational education for out-of-school youth and adults, including part F adult training, retraining, and employment development programs; (4) strengthening the institutional base of vocational education by updating curricula, equipment, materials, planning, and staff skills; (5) design and implementation of planned sequential vocational programs between secondary and postsecondary education levels; (6) teaching mathematics and science through practical applications related to occupational goals; (7) assigning personnel to coordinate responsiveness to the labor market; (8) vocational student organizational activities; (9) prevocational programs; (10) information collection and dissemination; (11) special supportive services and activities, including career counseling and guidance (under part C), work-study, cooperative, on-site, and apprenticeship, technical education, research, curriculum development personnel training, overcoming sex bias and stereotyping, residential vocational-technical schools, and exemplary and innovative demonstration programs; (12) construction of area vocational-technical school; (13) support of full-time personnel for specified purposes; (14) needy student stipends; (15) placement services; (16) industrial arts; (17) day care services; (18) vocational education through arrangements with private vocational education institutions, employers, and community-based organizations (as defined under the Job Training Partnership Act); (19) administrative and supervisory costs; (20) planning, evaluation, and reporting costs; (21) entrepreneurship programs consistent with the purposes of this Act; and (22) consortia with other States. Prohibits the use of funds for needy student stipends or for day care services for students' children unless the State board makes a finding that such use of funds under this Act is necessary because of inadequate funding of other programs or inadequates services in the area. Part B: Consumer and Homemaking Education - Authorizes the Secretary, from State allotments, to make grants to assist State consumer and homemaking education programs, including: (1) instructional programs, services, and activities to prepare youth and adults for the homemaking occupation; and (2) instruction in the areas of food and nutrition, consumer education, family living and parenthood education, child development and guidance, housing, home and resource management, and clothing and textiles. Permits such grants to be used, in accordance with approved State plans, to: (1) conduct programs in economically depressed areas; (2) encourage participation of traditionally underserved populations; (3) encourage elimination of sex bias and sex stereotyping; (4) improve, expand, and update programs; and (5) address priorities and emerging concerns at the local, State, and national levels. Permits such grants to be used for specified program development and improvement and for specified support services and activities. Sets forth provisions for information dissemination and leadership. Directs the State board to ensure that experience and information gained through carrying out such programs is shared with administrators for the purpose of program planning. Requires that funds available under this part be used to assist in providing State leadership qualified by experience and preparation in home economics education. Part C: Comprehensive Career Guidance and Counseling Programs - Authorizes the Secretary, from State allotments, to make grants to assist State career guidance and counseling programs. Requires that such grants be used, in accordance with approved State plans, for comprehensive programs to meet career development, vocational education, and employment needs of students and potential students, including assistance in: (1) self-assessment, career planning and decisionmaking, and employability skills; (2) transition and placement activities; (3) maintaining themselves in established occupations; (4) developing new skills in high-technology and skill-shortage areas; and (5) developing midcareer job seeking skills clarifying career goals. Requires that such programs: (1) encourage the elimination of sex, age, and race bias and stereotyping; (2) provide for community outreach; (3) seek collaboration of family, community, business, industry and labor; and (4) be accessible to all segments of the population, including women, minorities, handicapped, and economically disadvantaged. Requires that such programs consist of: (1) instructional activities and services to help students develop specified skills; (2) counselor education, support personnel training curriculum and instructional materials development, research, demonstration, and experimental projects, equipment acquisition, and State and local leadership and supervision; and (3) opportunities for counselors to obtain firsthand experience in business and industry and for students to become acquainted with business, industry, labor market, and training posibilities. Sets forth information dissemination and leadership provisions. Part D: Industry - Education Partnership for Training in High-Technology Occupations - Authorizes the Secretary, from State allotments, to make grants to States for industry-education partnership training programs in high-technology occupations. Requires that such grants be used in accordance with approved State plans which contain specified assurances. Requires that at least 50 percent of the funds for such programs be from non-Federal sources, and that at least 50 percent of such non-Federal funds be provided by participating business and industrial firms in cash or in-kind contributions. Requires coordination of such programs with part A programs. Requires active participation of the State council in the development of such programs. Permits States to designate funds available under part A in lieu of a non-Federal portion for program costs under this part, if an eligible recipient demonstrates that it is incapable of providing all or part of such non-Federal portion. Permits such grants to be used for: (1) vocational educational programs designed to train skilled workers and technicians in high-technology occupations; (2) administrative costs; (3) training and retraining of instructional and guidance personnel; (3) curriculum, equipment, and materials development and acquisition; and (4) such other activities authorized by this title as may be essential to programs under this part, including ensuring program access for women, minorities, the handicapped, and the economically disadvantaged. Directs the State board, in approving such programs, to give special consideration to specified factors. Limits administrative cost expenditures to five percent of the State's allotment for this part. Prohibits funds made available under this part from being used to provide job placement or stipends. Part E: Vocational Education Programs for Youth with Special Needs - Defines "eligible youth" for purposes of this part as youth (up to and including age 21) who are: (1) educationally or disadvantaged individuals needing assistance to participate or succeed in regular vocational programs; (2) handicapped individuals needing special assistance, instruction, or programs to participate in or profit from vocational education; (3) individuals of limited English proficiency who require instruction in the English language, or bilingual instruction until they are proficient in English, in order to participate in or profit from vocational education; or (4) single parents and heads of households, or persons who wish to enter occupations that are not traditional for their sex, who need special assistance in preparing for employment. Authorizes the Secretary, from State allotments, to make grants to States to carry out programs, services, and activities authorized by this part. Permits such grants to be used, in accordance with State plans, for programs for eligible youth, including: (1) vocational education programs, services, and activities authorized under provisions for basic State grants and designed to meet special needs; (2) outreach, diagnostic assessment, and career guidance; (3) youth leadership development and vocational student organization activities; (4) improving institutional capacity to provide instruction and supportive services; (5) supplementary and remedial instruction; (6) open-entry, open-exit programs for individual needs; (7) worksite learning; (8) training instructional and support personnel to serve eligible youth in regular or special programs (such as bilingual programs); (9) extension of the schoolday or school year; (10) transition and work adjustment followup services; and (11) other activities to enable eligible youth to take full-advantage of high-quality vocational education. Requires eligible recipients to provide for program participation by eligible youth enrolled in nonprofit private schools in the area to be served, without commingling with State or local funds the Federal funds made available under this part to accommodate such students. Requires that at least 90 percent of the grant to each State under this part be allocated among eligible recipients, with approved plans, upon the basis of numbers of eligible youth served in the previous year and proposed to be served in the year for which such allocation is made. Requires coordination of programs under this part with programs for youth funded under title II (Training Services for the Disadvantaged) of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), including summer youth employment and training programs. Directs the State board to consult with the State job training coordinating council (established under the JTPA) in order that programs funded under this part may be taken into account in recommendations for the Governor's coordinating and special services plan required under JTPA. Part F: Adult Training, Retraining, and Employment Development - Authorizes the Secretary, from State allotments, to make grants to States for funding programs, services, and activities under this part. Permits such grants to be used, in accordance with approved State plans, for vocational education and employment development authorized under basic State grant provisions and designed to meet the needs of: (1) individuals who have graduated from or left high school and who need additional vocational education to enter the labor force; (2) unemployed individuals who need training to obtain employment or increase employability; (3) employed individuals who need retraining to retain their jobs or training to upgrade skills to qualify for higher-paid or more dependable jobs; (4) displaced homemakers and single heads of households entering or reentering the labor force; and (5) employers who need assistance in training individuals in new employment opportunities or retraining employees in new skills. Permits such grants also to be used for: (1) short-term retraining; (2) cooperative institutional and worksite programs and quick-start customized training; (3) linkages between public and private sectors, eligible individuals, and training, employment, and economic development agencies; (4) cooperative education to improve management and increase productivity; (5) training for small business entrepreneurship; (6) recruitment, job search, counseling, remedial services, information and outreach to help individuals take advantage of vocational educational programs and services, with particular attention to reaching women, older workers, individuals with limited English proficiency, the handicapped, and the disadvantaged; and (7) curriculum development, equipment and material acquisition, personnel training, pilot projects, and related and additional services and activities. Requires specified State assurances with regard to programs under this part. Requires coordination of programs under this part with programs for dislocated workers under title III (Training and Assistance for Dislocated Workers) of JTPA. Directs the State board to consult with the State job training coordinating council in order that programs under this part may be taken into account in recommendations for the Governor's coordination and special services plan. Directs the State board to encourage program coordination between eligible recipients of funds under this part and the appropriate private industry council established under JTPA. Title III: National Programs - Directs the Secretary to maintain a national vocational education data system. Requires States receiving assistance under this Act to cooperate in supplying information for such system. Directs the Secretary, in maintaining and annually updating such system, to make such system compatible with: (1) the occupational information data system established under this Act; (2) other systems developed or assisted under labor market information provisions under JTPA; and (3) other occupational supply and demand information systems developed or maintained through Federal assistance (directs the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of Labor in this). Directs the Secretary to secure data about program enrollees and completers, placement and followup, staffing, and expenditures by major purposes of this Act. Establishes a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee consisting of specified Federal officials. Directs the Committee, with funds available under title I, to: (1) annually provide funds for and assist State occupational coordinating committees; (2) improve coordination among administrators and planners of programs authorized by this Act and JTPA, employment security agency administrators, researchers, and Federal, State, and local employment and training agency personnel; (3) develop and implement an occupational information system to meet common needs of vocational education and employment and training programs; and (4) study the effects of technological change on new and existing occupational areas and the required changes in knowledge and job skills. Requires each State receiving assistance under this Act to establish a State occupational information coordinating committee composed of representatives of the State board, employment security agency, economic development agency, job training coordinating council, and agency for administering programs under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Directs the State committee, with funds from the national committee, to implement an occupational information system in the State designed to meet the needs of State board programs under this Act and administering agencies under JTPA. Establishes the President's Council on Vocational-Technical Education consisting of members appointed by the President, with a majority representing the private sector of the economy and the remainder with broad experience in education and economic and human resources development (at least one of whom is a member of the National Commission for Employment Policy established under JTPA). Directs the Council to: (1) assess national needs with respect to occupations requiring less than a baccalaureate degree; (2) identify ways to encourage cooperation between the private sector of the economy and vocational-technical education; (3) evaluate program needs for updated equipment, curricula, competent staff, and other necessary components for student preparation and worker training and retraining for the workplace; (4) make appropriate recommendations; and (5) advise the President, Congress, and Secretary on the implementation of this Act, JTPA, and adequate policies for vocational- technical education programs. Directs the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the President, Congress, and Secretary every third year. Provides that the National Center for Research in Vocational Education established under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 shall continue to be operated with funds made available under this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make an annual grant for the Center's operation; and (2) on the basis of solicited applications and the advice of non-Federal experts in vocational education administration and research, designate the entity to be the Center once every five years. Requires that the Center: (1) be a nonprofit entity associated with a public or private nonprofit university which has made, or is prepared to make, a substantial financial contribution towards its establishment; and (2) have a Director, appointed by such university and assisted by the advisory committee on research and program development. Sets forth provisions for program improvement activities. Authorizes the Secretary, after consultation with the advisory committee on research and program improvement, to use funds reserved under title I to establish not less than ten research institutes for vocational education at a minimum level of $300,000 each per year. Directs the Secretary to designate these institutes for a five-year period on the basis of competitive applications, the advice of non-Federal experts in vocational education and research, and specified criteria. Requires such institutes to: (1) conduct research and leadership development activities on nationwide programs in employment-related education; and (2) serve as independent entities for research and development focused on one or more specified areas. Authorizes the Secretary to also use such reserved funds for national program improvement activities through grants and contracts to private and public entities to assist vocational educational programs and supportive services of States and eligible recipients assisted under this Act. Includes graduate fellowship awards among such activities. Authorizes the Secretary to award solicited and unsolicited grants and contracts for program improvement activities. Requires that such awards include: (1) a program of small grants to entities such as individual researchers, community colleges, and State advisory councils; (2) requests for proposals consistent with the objectives of program improvement provisions; and (3) the funding of proposals initiated in the field. Directs the Secretary, in establishing such institutes and making such awards, grants, and contracts, to require recipients to contribute, in cash or in kind, at least ten percent of the costs of the institute or project. Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that program improvement activities represent a coordinated effort; and (2) include a summary and appraisal of such activities in the report to Congress on vocational education. Authorizes the Secretary, from funds available to carry out this title, to develop and implement, through grants and contracts, cooperative employer-education demonstration programs. Requires that such programs: (1) be established and operated by employers or consortia of employers, or recognized labor organizations or building trades councils, in cooperation with State boards and eligible recipients in two or more States; (2) provide worksite job training for vocational education graduates or advanced students which is linked to classroom and laboratory instruction provided by an eligible recipient; (3) provide placement services; (4) demonstrate cooperative programs between vocational education and the private sector; and (5) where practical, involve projects (such as housing rehabilitation in inner cities or economically depressed rural areas) that will benefit the public or result in increased opportunities for the disadvantaged, the handicapped, or women. Permits funds for such cooperative demonstration programs to be used for institutional and on-the-job training, supportive services, and technical and other assistance. Permits such programs to operate on a school-year, year-long, or summer basis, and be of whatever duration the Secretary specifies as appropriate. Requires that at least 25 percent of the cost of such cooperative demonstration programs be provided in cash or in kind by the recipient of the grant or contract. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory committee on research and program improvement to advise the Secretary: (1) on selection and management of programs funded under this title; (2) with respect to policy issues in the administration of the Center and in the selection and conduct of research and demonstration projects and activities by the center (also advising the Director of the Center on such issues, selection, and conduct); and (3) in the selection of research institutes. Sets forth provisions for advisory committee membership. Provides that members shall not be Federal employees. Requires the advisory committee to meet at least three times annually at the call of the Secretary, including at least one meeting at the Center. Title IV: General Provisions - Part A: State Administrative Responsibilities - Sets forth requirements relating to the functions of State boards of vocational education. Includes among State board responsibilities: (1) appointment of a State director of vocational education and other personnel to administer this Act; and (2) convening and meeting at least four times annually. Requires the State board to assign at least one full-time individual to assist it in specified ways. Directs each State to reserve a specified amount from its basic State grant for State board functions. Sets forth requirements relating to State advisory councils on vocational-technical education. Limits membership of each council to 15, a majority of whom must be represenatatives of private sector employment. Sets forth other membership representation requirements. Sets forth council functions and duties, including biennial evaluation of vocational education program delivery systems assisted under this Act and under JTPA, and of the adequacy and effectiveness of Federal, State, local, and private efforts to strengthen and improve vocational education in the State. Directs the Secretary, from sums appropriated for such State councils and allotted in a specified manner, to make grants to State councils to carry out their functions. Sets maximum and minimum limits on the amount of each such grant. Part B: Planning and Applications - Sets forth requirements for three-year State plans, to be submitted to the Secretary. Sets forth requirements for State applications for funds for each fiscal year under this Act. Sets forth requirements for three-year local plans by eligible recipients, to be formulated with the assistance of local advisory councils and to be submitted to the State board. Part C: Evaluation and Review - Sets forth requirements for program evaluation by State boards with the assistance of the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to report every two years to the Congress on the status of vocational education in the Nation, including a summary of State program evaluations, with conclusions and recommendations. Sets forth requirements for local progress reports and amendments to local plans. Part D: Federal Administrative Responsibilities - Sets forth provisions for payments to States for administrative costs. Sets forth maintenance of effort requirements. Sets forth provisions for withholding of funds from States by the Secretary, and for judicial review of such withholding. Part E: Transitional and Conforming Amendments - Sets forth provisions for the transition from requirements (including expenditure of funds) under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to requirements under this Act. Transfers the personnel, property and records of: (1) the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education established under such Act to the President's Council on Vocational-Technical Education established under this Act and to the advisory council on research and program improvement established under this Act; and (2) the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under such Act to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee established under this Act. Repeals the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Makes conforming amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Adult Education Act, the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. Part F: Definitions of Terms - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4161 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983
School Lunch Pilot Project Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out the school lunch pilot project study to: (1) provide to participating school districts, in lieu of commodities, all cash assistance or all commodity letters of credit; (2) continue the study through June 30, 1986; (3) meet project expenses from specified sources; (4) consult with and get approval of the Comptroller General before altering such project; and (5) report to the appropriate congressional committees by December 15, 1986. Requires the Comptroller to report to the appropriate congressional committees every six months through June 30, 1986. Requires the Department of Agriculture, upon request, to compensate a participating district for losses sustained as a result of the Department's previous change in project methodology. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 337 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983
Designates the week beginning September 18, 1984, as Children as Teachers of Peace Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 4147 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of the taxpayer's dependent child or child's descendant at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,200 (adjusted for inflation) for each account per calendar year. Disallows any deduction for contributions to an account for individuals who have attained age 19. Specifies that no account may have more than one beneficiary and that no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Permits the deferral of income tax on income accumulated in such education savings accounts as long as such amounts are used exclusively for educational expenses. Specifies penalties for the use of account funds for other than educational purposes. Requires that the trustee of an education savings account file reports with the Secretary of the Treasury on the maintenance of the account. Imposes penalties for not filing required reports. Extends the deduction for contributions to an education savings account to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions. Excludes from the gross income of account beneficiaries any distributions from the account made on their behalf which are used for educational expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 4091 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1983
School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1983 - Amends the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase Federal school meal reimbursement. Amends the National School Lunch Act to increase reduced meal income eligibility limits. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase school breakfast program adjusted payments. Amends such Acts to increase private school tuition amounts for purposes of program participation. Requires annual adjustments. Amends the National School Lunch Act to increase the number of reimbursable meals and snacks under the child care food program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase FY 1984 authorizations for nutrition education and training. Amends the National School Lunch Act to exclude certain medical expenses from household income for program eligibility purposes. Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate certain references to food stamp program eligibility standards. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to make kindergartens in specified schools eligible for the special milk program.
Bill· HRH.R. 4097 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1983
Children's Television Education Act of 1983 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require that every television broadcast station broadcast each Monday through Friday a minimum of one hour per day of programming specifically designed to enhance the education of children. Directs the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations necessary to carry out such requirement. Requires that such regulations be initially prescribed within 180 days after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Commission, beginning four years after such enactment, and periodically thereafter, to review the effectiveness of such regulations and amend or supplement them as necessary. Permits such regulations to require a greater amount of broadcasting of children's educational television programing than the specified minimum required under this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 330 (98th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1983
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3324 (clinical education programs).
Bill· HRH.R. 4066 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1983
John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs Endowment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide funds to assist in the development of the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts. Permits such payments to be used in furtherance of the Institute's mission of research, instruction, and civic education related to public policy and the role of representative government in the United States. Requires that funds appropriated pursuant to this Act be made available to the Institute on or after January 1, 1984, and prior to the close of FY 1986. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1984 through 1986. Limits the aggregate amount of such appropriations. Provides that such appropriations shall remain available until expended.
Bill· SS. 1913 (98th)reported
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 4056 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983
School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1983 - Amends the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase Federal school meal reimbursement. Amends the National School Lunch Act to increase reduced meal income eligibility limits. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase school breakfast program adjusted payments. Amends such Acts to increase private school tuition amounts for purposes of program participation. Requires annual adjustments. Amends the National School Lunch Act to increase the number of reimbursable meals and snacks under the child care food program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase FY 1984 authorizations for nutrition education and training. Amends the National School Lunch Act to exclude certain medical expenses from household income for program eligibility purposes. Amends the National School Lunch Act to eliminate certain references to food stamp program eligibility standards. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to make kindergartens in specified schools eligible for the special milk program.
Bill· HRH.R. 4047 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983
Robotics and Automated Manufacturing Systems Research and Education Act of 1983 - Establishes Centers for Industrial Technology, as described in the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, devoted to robotics and automated manufacturing. Requires each center to investigate a discrete segment of robotics and automated manufacturing systems. Sets forth areas of emphasis, including: (1) manufacturing process; (2) control system; (3) software development; and (4) human and economic factors associated with the introduction of robots and automated manufacturing systems into society. Requires at least one center to research products and processes which can be commercially developed within five years. Requires all centers to promote domestic technology transfer to private industry and the public sector through reports, meetings, and visiting scientists. Directs each center to coordinate its research activities with other centers. Requires the directors of the centers to meet at least annually. Establishes a Federal Research Center on Robotics and Automated Manufacturing at the National Bureau of Standards. Requires such Center to focus on measurements and standards required in robotics and automated manufacturing systems and on systems integration. Requires such Center to coordinate research with the Centers for Industrial Technology, including an annual meeting of all directors. Directs the National Science Foundation to provide grants for relevant research. Directs the Department of Commerce to promote limited research and development partnerships. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support the education of professionals needed in robotics and automated manufacturing systems through graduate fellowships, traineeships, equipment, and other resources. Directs the National Research Council to establish a National Robotics and Automated Manufacturing Systems Program Review Board. Requires such Board to review all aspects of Federal involvement with robotics and automated manufacturing systems, including: (1) activities under this Act; (2) applicable tax laws; (3) the National Robot and Automated Manufacturing Systems Leasing Corporation; and (4) relevant activities of the Department of Defense and other agencies. Authorizes appropriations to the National Science Foundation and the Department of Commerce for FY 1984 through 1990 for the centers, board, limited partnerships, and education and training support established, authorized, and provided by this Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 379 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983
Designates the week beginning November 6, 1983, as A Week of Education: The New Arms Race or New Ways of Thinking?
Bill· HRH.R. 4036 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of the taxpayer or taxpayer's dependent child at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Limits the amount of such deduction to $2,000 (adjusted for inflation) for each account per calendar year. Provides that no account may have more than one beneficiary and that no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account. Requires the trustee of an education savings account to transfer five percent of the amount of any contribution to the trust to a State educational fund which is established by State law, the assets of which are used to provide scholarship assistance to individuals attending educational institutions within the state. Permits the deferral of income tax on income accumulated in such education savings accounts as long as such amounts are used exclusively for educational expenses. Sets forth penalties for the use of account funds for other than educational purposes. Requires that the trustee of an education savings account file reports with the Secretary of the Treasury on the maintenance of the account. Imposes penalties for not filing required reports. Extends the deduction for contributions to an education savings account to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions. Includes in the gross income of account beneficiaries over a ten-year period beginning at age 25 an amount equal to ten percent of the amounts paid or used on their behalf for educational expenses.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 377 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Designates the week of October 17 through October 24, 1983, as National Adult Continuing Education Week.
Bill· SS. 1905 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation to assist in the development of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 4024 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation to assist in the development of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 3994 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1983
Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act ("the Act") to provide for postsecondary education programs and for secondary education and transitional services for handicapped individuals. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to or contracts with institutions of higher education (including junior and community colleges, vocational and technical institutions, and other appropriate nonprofit educational agencies) to develop and operate specially designed programs of postsecondary, vocational, technical, continuing, or adult education for handicapped individuals. Directs the Secretary to make such grants and contracts on a competitive basis and to give priority consideration to model centers and programs for individuals with handicapping conditions: (1) for developing and adapting programs of postsecondary, vocational, technical, continuing, or adult education to meet the special needs of handicapped individuals; and (2) for programs that coordinate, facilitate, and encourage education of handicapped individuals with their nonhandicapped peers. Directs the Secretary to make grants or contracts for a national clearinghouse on postsecondary education for handicapped individuals. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education, State education agencies, local education agencies, and other appropriate public and private nonprofit institutions or agencies for: (1) services to assist handicapped individuals in the transition to postsecondary education, vocational training, competitive employment, continuing education, and adult services; and (2) programs for secondary education, including specially designed vocational programs for competitive employment and research and development projects for exemplary service delivery modeling, replication, and dissemination. Sets forth types of projects which may be assisted by such grants and contracts. Requires an evaluation of such secondary education and transitional services to be submitted to appropriate congressional committees by January 1986. Defines "handicapped individual," for purposes of the postsecondary education programs and secondary education and transition services, as mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, orthopedically impaired, or other health impaired persons, or persons with specific learning disabilities, who by reason thereof require special education and related services. Requires that the results of the Secretary's evaluations under part C (Centers and Services to Meet Special Needs of the Handicapped) of the Act be analyzed and submitted to the appropriate congressional committees.
Law· HRH.R. 3979 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1983
Comprehensive Smoking Education Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to inform the public of the health hazards of cigarettes through research, demonstration, and educational activities. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to coordinate such Federal and private activities. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress biennially (with the first report due by January 1, 1984). Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to require cigarette packages to carry one of three specified label warnings on a rotating basis. Makes it unlawful to advertise cigarettes without one of three specified warnings. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, import, or package cigarettes commercially without disclosing tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide levels on the package. Requires the Secretary to test such levels at least once a year. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, import, or package cigarettes commercially without first filing with the Secretary a list of chemical additives (types and amounts). Requires the Secretary to report at least annually to Congress regarding cigarette additives and their health hazards. Increases the fine for violation of such Act from $10,000 to $100,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 3978 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1983
School Facilities Child Care Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public agencies and private nonprofit organizations having the capacity to furnish school-age child care services to assist such agencies and organizations to establish and operate school-age child care services in public schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Sets forth information which must be included in applications by such agencies or organizations to the Secretary for such grants. Requires the Secretary, in approving the applications, to: (1) assure that there is an equitable distribution of approved applications; (2) give priority to applications from applicants in communities with the greatest need and a shortage of economic resources for such services; and (3) give consideration to applicants illustrating an identifiable base of community support Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of collecting data from recipients of assistance under this Act designed to provide a national-needs assessment for child care services of school-age children in the United States. Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on activities under this Act together with a needs assessment of child care services for school-age children in each State. Requires the Secretary to operate a clearinghouse on school-age child care programs. Sets forth general administrative provisions with respect to carrying out this Act.
Law· SS. 1872 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1983
Challenge Grant Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a program to provide matching endowment grants to institutions of higher education which are eligible for assistance under the challenge grant program (part C of title III of HEA). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such matching endowment grants from sums available under the challenge grant program. Limits the endowment grant period to not more than 20 years, during which time the institution may not withdraw or expend the endowment fund corpus (the amount of the grant plus the matching amount deposited by the institution). Permits the institution, after grant period termination, to use the endowment fund corpus plus any endowment fund income for any educational purpose. Provides that institutions may receive more than one such grant, but may only receive such a grant for two fiscal years out of any period of five consecutive fiscal years. Limits the amount of an endowment grant to an institution to: (1) not less than $50,000 for any fiscal year; and (2) not more than $250,000 for FY 1984 or $500,000 for FY 1985 or any succeeding fiscal year. Permits an eligible institution to designate a foundation, which was established to raise money for the institution, as the recipient of the endowment grant. Sets forth requirements which the foundation and the institution must meet for such an award. Sets forth requirements for investment of the endowment fund corpus and income. Permits an institution to withdraw and expend the endowment fund income to defray any expenses necessary to the operation of the college. Prohibits an institution from spending more than 50 percent of the total aggregate endowment fund income earned prior to the time of expenditure. Authorizes the Secretary to permit an institution to spend more than the 50-percent limit under specified emergency circumstances. Provides for repayment by an institution of funds withdrawn prematurely from the endowment fund corpus or improperly expended from endowment fund income. Set forth auditing requirements. Directs the Secretary, in selecting eligible institutions for endowment grants, to: (1) give priority to an applicant which is a recipient of an institutional aid (title III) grant under provisions for strengthening institutions (part A) or for aid to institutions with special needs (part B), during the academic year in which the endowment grant is applied for; (2) give priority to an applicant with a greater need for such grant, based on the current market value of the applicant's existing endowment in relation to the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at such institution; and (3) consider the effort made by the applicant to build or maintain its existing endowment fund and the degree to which an applicant proposes to match the grant with nongovernmental funds. Sets forth provisions for endowment grant applications and approval. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate and recover an endowment grant, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, if the grantee institution fails to properly expend, invest, or account for endowment funds. Provides that, of the amounts appropriated for the challenge grant program (part C), the following amounts shall be available for endowment grants: (1) 20 percent in FY 1984; and (2) 100 percent in FY 1985. Authorizes the Secretary, for each fiscal year, to: (1) reserve from the appropriation for aid to institutions with special needs (part B) not more than an amount equal to the aggregate amount grantees receiving part B grants would contribute to the cost of such grants, assuming the grant amounts remain the same as those received in the prior fiscal year; and (2) use those funds to award endowment grants to eligible institutions. Directs the Secretary, in reserving and awarding such funds, to continue to set aside funds in specified amounts for junior and community colleges, institutions planning to award a bachelor's degree, and institutions with special needs that historically serve substantial numbers of black students. Amends the Omnibus Education Reconciliation Act of 1981 "Omnibus Act" to increase the total amount which may be appropriated for FY 1984 to carry out title III (Institutional Aid) of HEA. Increases the total amount which may be appropriated for FY 1984 to carry out a specified Federal law relating to Howard University. Authorizes appropriations, notwithstanding specified provisions of the Omnibus Act, of sums necessary to carry out provisions for grants for the construction, reconstruction, and renovation of academic facilities under parts A (undergraduate) and B (graduate) of title VII of HEA. Sets forth provisions for the use and distribution of funds appropriated by Public Law 98-63 for part B of title VII of HEA (grants for construction, reconstruction, and renovation of graduate academic facilities).
Bill· SS. 1869 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1983
Computer Literacy Act of 1983 - Title I: Acquisition of Computer Hardware - Directs the Secretary of Education to allocate funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the acquisition of computer hardware for use in school classrooms. Directs the Secretary to allocate a specified amount to each State educational agency (SEA) for monitoring and enforcement. Sets forth requirements for LEA applications for such funds, to be approved by SEAs. Sets forth State responsibilities under this title. Sets forth provisions for participation of children from private schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1993 to carry out this title. Title II: Teacher Training Institutes - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to arrange for short-term or regular session institutes for advanced study to improve the qualifications of individuals who are engaged in, or preparing to engage in: (1) teaching the operation and use of new technologies; or (2) supervising or training such teachers. Directs the NSF to make grants or contracts for the development and operation of such institutes by nonprofit professional scientific or engineering organizations, science museums, regional science education centers, SEAs, and institutions of higher education (including community colleges). Requires that special consideration for such grants and contracts be given to institutes training teachers, or supervisors or trainers of teachers, serving or preparing to serve in elementary and secondary schools enrolling substantial numbers of culturally, economically, socially, and educationally handicapped youth, or in programs for children of limited English language proficiency. Provides for stipends for individuals who attend such institutes. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1993 to carry out this title. Title III: Information Dissemination and Evaluation - Directs the National Institute of Education (NIE) and the NSF to provide advice and technical assistance to SEAs and LEAs on the expenditure of funds under title I and on acquisition of suitable computer software, by: (1) evaluating and disseminating information on available computer hardware and software's classroom usefulness; and (2) developing model educational software and making this available to computer software producers and distributors, teachers, and school administrators. Directs NIE and NSF to carry out such functions under grants or contracts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1993 for such purpose. Directs the NSF to conduct, assist, and foster research and experimentation on, and dissemination of, models of instruction in the operation and use of computers. Directs the NSF to do so: (1) through grants to or contracts with nonprofit professional scientific or engineering organizations, science museums, regional science education centers, public television, SEAs, and institutions of higher education (including community colleges); and (2) giving priority to proposals prepared with active and broad community involvement or proposals to establish model training programs for adults. Permits funds from such grants or contracts to be used for the acquisition of computer hardware and software. Requires the Director of NSF to: (1) report to Congress annually on the results of such research and experimentation; and (2) in conjunction with NIE, disseminate information on such results to LEAs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to 1993 for such research, experimentation, and dissemination.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 313 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1983
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2144 (endowment grants for developing educational institutions).
Law· HRH.R. 3913 (98th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1983
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for FY 1984. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1984 - Makes appropriations for FY 1984 to the Department of Labor for the following agencies and purposes: (1) the Employment and Training Administration for program administration, employment and training assistance, community service employment for older Americans, Federal unemployment benefits and allowances, grants to States for unemployment insurance and employment services, and advances to the Unemployment Trust Funds and other funds; (2) the Labor-Management Services Administration for salaries and expenses and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (3) the Employment Standards Administration for salaries and expenses, special benefits, and the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (4) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for salaries and expenses; (5) the Mine Safety and Health Administration for salaries and expenses; (6) the Bureau of Labor Statistics for salaries and expenses; (7) departmental management, salaries and expenses; (8) the special foreign currency program; and (9) Office of the Inspector General. Makes such appropriations which are available for salaries and expenses available for supplies, services, and rental of conference space within the District of Columbia, as deemed necessary for the settlement of labor-management disputes. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriation Act, 1984 - Makes appropriations for FY 1984 to the Department of Health and Human Services for the following agencies: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration for health resources and services; (2) the Medical Facilities Guarantee and Loan Fund for Federal interest subsidies for medical facilities; (3) the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control for disease control; (5) the National Institutes of Health for the National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Dental Research, the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Eye Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institute on Aging, and Research Resources, the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, the National Library of Medicine, buildings and facilities, and the Office of the Director; (6) the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health and Saint Elizabeths Hospital; (7) the Office of Assistant Secretary for Health for public health service management; (8) retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers; (9) the Health Care Financing Administration for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and program management; (10) the Social Security Administration for payments to Social Security trust funds, special benefits for disabled coal miners, supplemental security income program, specified assistance payments programs, child support enforcement, low-income home energy assistance program; (11) the Office of Human Development Services for social services block grants, human development services, family social services, and work incentives; (12) the Office of Community Services for community services block grants; (13) departmental management; (14) the Office of the Inspector General; (15) the Office for Civil Rights; and (16) policy research. Prohibits any of the funds appropriated for grants-in-aid of State agencies from being withheld from the agencies of any State which have established a merit system and classification and compensation plan covering their employees because of any disapproval of the manner of their selection or the rates of pay. Prohibits the use of any of the funds appropriated by this Act to pay any recipient of a research grant an amount equal to the full cost of such research. Makes specified funds available for expenses for active commissioned officers in the Public Health Service Reserve Corps and for a limited number of commissioned officers in the Regular Corps. Make such funds also available for specified activities of the Corps. Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. Permits States to remain free not to fund abortions to the extent that they in their sole discretion deem appropriate. Makes funds advanced to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund from appropriations in this Act available for the expenses of sharing medical care facilities and resources under the Public Health Service Act. Makes funds appropriated in this title for the Social Security Administration and the Office of Child Support Enforcement available for official reception and representation expenses related to income maintenance or child support enforcement activities. Makes funds appropriated by this title for the Health Care Financing Administration available for official reception and representation expenses. Prohibits the use of any funds for basic pay, special pay, basic allowances for subsistence and basic allowance for quarters of the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service above a specified level. Prohibits the use of funds to transfer the general administration of programs authorized under the Native American Programs Act from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of the Interior. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriation Act, 1984 - Makes appropriations for FY 1984 to the Department of Education for the following purposes: (1) compensatory education for the disadvantaged; (2) special programs; (3) bilingual education; (4) education for the handicapped; (5) vocational and adult education; (6) student financial assistance; (7) guaranteed student loans; (8) higher education; (9) higher education facilities loan and insurance; (10) college housing loans; (11) educational research and statistics; (12) education and research overseas (special foreign currency program); (13) libraries; (14) Special Institutions for the American Printing House for the Blind, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Gallaudet College, and Howard University; (15) the Office for Civil Rights for salaries and expenses; (16) departmental management for salaries and expenses; and (17) the Office of the Inspector General for salaries and expenses. Prohibits withholding of funds appropriated by this title for grants- in-aid to cover State agency operating expenses because of any disapproval of their personnel or manner of personnel selection if a merit system and classification and compensation plan is in operation. Subjects the funds appropriated in this Act to the American Printing House for the Blind, Howard University, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet College to an audit by the Secretary of Education. Prohibits the use of any funds provided by this Act to pay any recipient of a research grant an amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such research. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act to: (1) force any school or school district which is desegregated to take any action to force the busing of students, to force on account of race, creed, or color the abolishment of any such school, or to force the transfer or assignment of any student attending such a school to or from a particular school over the protest of the student's parents; (2) transport students or teachers in order to overcome racial imbalance or to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system; or (3) transport any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home. Prohibits the use of any of the funds appropriated in this Act to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1984 to: (1) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the public broadcasting fund; (2) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for salaries and expenses; (3) the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for salaries and expenses; (4) the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for salaries and expenses; (5) the National Labor Relations Board for salaries and expenses; (6) the National Mediation Board for salaries and expenses; (7) the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for salaries and expenses; (8) the Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account; (9) the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home for operation and maintenance; and (10) the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission. Title V: General Provisions - Limits the expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds appropriated for salaries and expenses under this Act. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for any loan, loan guarantee, grant, salary, or other remuneration for any individual applying for admission, attending, employed by, teaching at, or doing research at an institution of higher education who has engaged in conduct on or after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of (or the assistance to others in the use of) force or the threat of force or the seizure of property under the control of an institution of higher education, to require or prevent the availability of certain curricula, or to prevent the faculty, administrative officials, or students in such institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies at such institution. Authorizes the Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act, provided that such transferred balances are used for the same purposes, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated. Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from: (1) remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly provided; (2) being used for publicity or propaganda to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself or for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships; (3) being used to pay for activities by grant or contract recipients or their agents designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress; or (4) being used for research, experimental, or other activities presenting a danger to participants or subjects, without their written, informed consent (or that of parents or legal guardians, in the case of minors). Authorizes the Secretaries to make available a specified amount, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I, II, and III, for official reception and representation expenses. Authorizes the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board to make available specified amounts for such expenses.
Bill· SS. 1849 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1983
Computer Education Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of strengthening computer education in the elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1985 through 1988. Sets forth provisions for allotments to States and for allocation of allotments within States. Provides that two percent of the appropriations for this Act be reserved for specified territories and possessions of the United States. Provides for allotment to States on the basis of school-age population and on the basis of a formula for distribution of aid for disadvantaged school children under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs the State educational agency (SEA) to allocate the State allotment to local educational agencies (LEAs) on the basis of similar factors and such other factors as the SEA determines to be essential in carrying out this Act. Allows grants under this Act to be used to pay the Federal share of: (1) planning activities; (2) acquisition of computers and other equipment for computer education; (3) teacher training programs; and (4) software acquisition. Sets forth requirements for State applications for grants under this Act. Sets forth requirements for local applications for payments under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary, through the National Institute of Education, to make grants to or contracts with public agencies and private organizations, including business concerns, for the development, analysis, and dissemination of information relating to improved instruction in computer education. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1985 through 1988. Makes specified provisions of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 relating to participation of children enrolled in private schools applicable to the financial assistance made available under this Act. Directs the Secretary to pay each State, from the amount allotted, the Federal share (75 percent) of the cost of the program assisted under this Act. Permits non-Federal contributions to be in cash or in kind, including plant, equipment, and services.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 160 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1983
Designates the week of October 17 through October 24, 1983, as National Adult Continuing Education Week.
Bill· SS. 1795 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Foreign Language Assistance for National Security Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies to fund model programs, designed and operated by local educational agencies, for the improvement and expansion of foreign language study for children aged five through 17 who reside within their school districts. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount of such grants based on state population. Sets forth provisions relating to the availability of such funds. Sets forth grant application requirements for State educational agencies, including provisions for periodic student proficiency evaluation. Provides for program participation by private school children. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State agencies to fund model foreign language programs designed and operated at community and junior colleges. Bases the amount of such grants on State population. Sets forth grant application requirements, including periodic student proficiency evaluation. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to cover part of the costs of undergraduate foreign language instruction. Sets forth formulas to determine whether an institution is eligible for such grants, based on the percentage of its student body enrolled in qualified postsecondary language courses. Provides that to be eligible for such grants an institution must require that: (1) each entering student have successfully completed at least two years of secondary school foreign language instruction; or (2) each graduating student have earned two years post secondary credit in a foreign language (or have demonstrated equivalent competence in a foreign language). Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards, including reporting requirements, for programs assisted by such grants. Sets forth formulas for determing the amounts of such grants, based on numbers of undergraduate students enrolled in such courses. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, in each Federal region for summer intensive language training institutes for exceptional secondary school students. Bases the amount of each grant on the number of students (up to a limited number) enrolled in such institute. Sets forth application requirements for such grants. Directs the Secretary to encourage, to the extent possible, diversity in the languages taught in summer institutes. Bases awarding of such grants on the excellence of the proposed program, taking specified elements into consideration. Permits such grant fund to be used to cover costs associated with enrollment in an institute. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, in each Federal region for summer language training institutes for the professional development of the proficiency of elementary and secondary school language teachers. Bases the amount of each grant on the number of students (up to a limited number) enrolled in such institute. Sets forth application requirements for such grants. Bases awarding of such grants on the excellence of the proposed program, taking specified elements into consideration. Permits such grant fund to be used to cover costs associated with enrollment in an institute. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make matching grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, to assist advanced foreign language students to develop their language skills and knowledge of foreign cultures and societies through study abroad. Allows such study abroad to be combined with an internship. Limits the amount of each grant to one-half the cost of providing such assistance. Sets forth application requirements for such grants. Permits grant funds to be used to cover costs associated with enrollment in an institute. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Prohibits any grant or contract under this Act except to such extent, or in such amounts, as may be provided in appropriation Acts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986 to carry out grant programs under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3831 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Provides for a 15-year delimiting period for a veteran to complete a program of education.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 343 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Designates the month of October 1983, as International Youth Exchange Month.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 157 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 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.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 155 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
States national policy that the Federal Government, recognizing the primary responsibility of State and local governments for education, provide leadership and appropriate support to States and local schools for the promotion of excellence in education.