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United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Infant Formula Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish uniform infant formula quality control regulations. Requires manufacturers to test each batch of formula for required nutrients and nutrient levels prior to sale and periodically thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Indian Reservation Special Magistrate and Law Enforcement Act of 1984 - Amends the judicial code to provide for the Presidential appointment of special magistrates to serve on Indian reservations and specified Indian areas which are under Federal criminal jurisdiction. Sets forth the qualification and compensation of such magistrates. Specifies their jurisdiction and powers. Prescribes procedural guidelines for defendants appearing before such special magistrates. Authorizes certain law enforcement officers, including tribal police and Bureau of Indian Affairs police, to execute orders issued by the special magistrate in criminal cases within Indian country. Provides special magistrates with periodic training conducted by the Federal Judicial Center. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2025
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of incentive stock options as an item of tax preference for purposes of the minimum tax. Repeals requirements that incentive stock options must be exercised in chronological order. Modifies the present $100,000 limit on the aggregate amount of incentive stock options which an employer may grant per year.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2025
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that for purposes of the alternative minimum tax, any gain or loss from the transfer of property to a creditor in cancellation of a debt or from the sale or exchange of property under threat of foreclosure shall not be taken into account in computing net capital gain if prior to such sale or exchange the taxpayer is insolvent.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2025
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to: (1) all zinc bearing ores; and (2) unwrought zinc through December 31, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Small Business Consumed Income Tax Act of 1985 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business corporation to elect tax treatment as a "subchapter W corporation." Defines a "subchapter W corporation" as any small business corporation which: (1) has 95 percent or more of its gross receipts for the taxable year in receipts which are not passive investment income; (2) has 95 percent or more of the aggregate adjusted bases of its assets in assets used or held for use in its trade or business; and (3) has not made an election for tax treatment as a subchapter S corporation. Allows such a corporation to make an election for treatment as a subchapter W corporation if: (1) all shareholders consent to such an election; (2) neither the corporation nor any predecessor corporation has made a previous election; (3) the gross receipts for the taxable year in which the election is made do not exceed $20,000,000; and (4) the aggregate adjusted bases of such corporation's assets do not exceed $5,000,000. Provides that such an election shall be effective for the taxable year in which made and the nine succeeding taxable years. Provides that the income of a qualified subchapter W corporation shall not be taxable to the corporation during such ten year election period. Permits the termination of such an election by revocation. Provides that actual or deemed distributions of cash or other property to a shareholder of a subchapter W corporation shall be treated as ordinary income of the shareholder to the extent of his or her pro rata share of the earnings and profits of the corporation. Provides that deemed distributions shall include: (1) taxable income of the subchapter W corporation to the extent its taxable income exceeds $1,000,000; (2) loans made by such a corporation to a shareholder or a person related to the shareholder; and (3) guarantees by such a corporation of loans made to a shareholder or a related person. Allows each shareholder of a subchapter W corporation: (1) an income tax deduction for his or her pro rata share of any net operating loss incurred by the corporation during the taxable year; and (2) an income tax credit for his or her pro rata share of any income tax credits not used by the corporation during the taxable year. Treats as ordinary income any gain realized on the sale or exchange of stock in a subchapter W corporation to the extent of the selling shareholder's pro rata share of accumulated earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Authorizes the granting of visas and admission to the United States for permanent residence to four named individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Extends educational assistance to an eligible veteran for as long as such veteran continues satisfactorily to pursue a program or course in which such veteran was enrolled on October 1, 1984. (Currently, all such assistance ends on December 31, 1984).
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Designates the main channel for the project for San Leandro Marina, California, as the Jack D. Maltester Channel. Designates the U.S. Post Office Building, Flushing, New York, as the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office Building. Requires the Postmaster General to install an appropriate plaque indicating such designation. Designates the Mid-Atlantic Program Service Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the William A. Barrett Social Security Building. Designates the U.S. Post Office Building, Moorestown, New Jersey, as the Edwin B. Forsythe Post Office Building.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Provides formulae for the distribution and use of judgment funds awarded to the Lake Superior Bands of Chippewa Indians in the States of Wisconsin and Michigan. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to divide specified funds on the basis of the population and of reservation community groups as reflected in certain census and annuity rolls. Declares that the apportioned shares of certain Chippewa Bands shall be held in trust and invested by the Secretary until the Secretary approves such Bands' proposals for their use. Requires that certain percentages of the judgment funds be administered by the Secretary for per capita distribution according to specified guidelines. Exempts the funds from: (1) State or Federal income taxes; and (2) being considered as income or resources regarding eligibility for assistance under Federal assistance programs (including the Social Security Act).
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 2025
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to conduct human contraceptive research and development.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Partnerships in Research Act - Authorizes the National Science Foundation to make grants to institutions of higher education to pay the Federal share of the costs of basic research projects designed to enhance new technologies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for such purpose. Allows an institution of higher education to use payments received under this Act in any fiscal year for such purpose. Requires the Director of the Foundation, for purposes of this Act, to prepare and publish in each fiscal year in the Federal Register a list of new technologies. Sets forth application requirements for such grants. Requires that the non-Federal share of project costs be furnished by businesses. Directs the Foundation to establish criteria for approval of applications and to adopt approval procedures designed to assure equitable distribution of such grants among the States and among types of institutions of higher education making applications. Directs the Foundation to pay a Federal share not to exceed 50 percent of project cost for each fiscal year. Allows the non-Federal share to be in cash or in kind. Limits to not more than two percent the portion of appropriations under this Act in any fiscal year which may be paid to any single institution of higher education.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2025
Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to assist in carrying out programs which: (1) prevent long-term dependency upon AFDC; (2) permit pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers to remain in school; (3) provide job counseling, employment readiness, job placement, and academic and vocational education services to pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers; and (4) integrate and coordinate services otherwise available to pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers. Sets forth: (1) requirements a State must meet in order to receive a grant; and (2) reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a systematic reporting system capable of yielding comprehensive data on which service figures and program evaluations shall be based. Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Act to Authorize the United States to Participate in Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty - Authorizes the United States to participate in and be bound by the provisions of Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (concerning application procedures for obtaining international patents). Authorizes the Patent and Trademark Office to act as an international preliminary examining authority whose duties shall include the collection and transmittal of handling and preliminary examination fees with respect to international patent applications.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Law Enforcement and Investigative Officers Civil Liability Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal judicial code to grant certain Federal district courts exclusive jurisdiction of civil claims against the United States for certain injuries or losses caused by an investigative or law enforcement officer while acting within the scope of employment but in violation of the Constitution. Empowers the head of each Federal agency to determine claims for money damages against the United States for such injuries or loss. Increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the maximum amount which an agency head may award without prior written approval of the Attorney General. Makes the United States liable for injuries or loss caused by an investigative or law enforcement officer while acting within the scope of employment but in violation of the Constitution. Provides criteria for the measure of damages based upon certain circumstances and the conduct of the offending officer. Requires that claims for such injuries must first be presented and denied by the appropriate Federal agency before the claims may be brought against the United States. Makes the remedies provided under this Act exclusive of any other civil action. Deems such remedies an equally effective substitute for recoveries sought under the Constitution against the Federal employee in an individual capacity. Requires substitution of the United States as the party defendant upon certification by the Attorney General that the defendant Federal employee was acting within the scope of employment. Subjects Federal employees to administrative investigation or disciplinary action if their actions in violation of the Constitution result in a judgment against the United States or a settlement paid by the United States. States that Federal torts claims procedure shall not apply to: (1) non-Constitutional claims; and (2) Constitutional claims arising from the activities of certain Federal instrumentalities. Retains the right of a plaintiff to a jury trial where a civil action is brought against a Federal employee in his individual capacity.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2026
Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 and the National Historic Preservation Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to invest the portions of the land and water conservation fund and of the Historic Preservation Trust Fund not required to meet current withdrawals. Specifies the types of investments which may be made. Provides that no appropriation from either such fund for any fiscal year may exceed the maximum amount to be paid into such fund for such year plus interest accruing to the fund from the preceding year's investments. Extends the authorization of appropriations for both funds through FY 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 2025
Interstate Compact - Grants congressional approval to the Midwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management, which provides for cooperation among the States of Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and such other eligible States as may in the future join, in the management of low-level radioactive waste. States that eligible parties to the compact are the States of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Permits any State not eligible for membership in the compact to petition for eligibility.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 2026
Mental Health Act of 1984 - Title I: Mental Health Benefits - Entitles residents and nonresident citizens to mental health benefits under this Act. Enumerates mental health services covered by this Act, stipulating that payments for such services shall be made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the recipient's behalf. Sets forth qualifications of psychiatric hospitals for participation in the program under this Act, including the provision of active diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services, and accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals. Requires the Secretary to administer the program with the advice and assistance of a Committee on Mental Health responsible for approval of all providers under this Act and the establishment of relevant guidelines and qualifications. Requires the Secretary to conduct a national mental health insurance feasibility study and to submit the findings to the President and Congress. Creates a mental health trust fund in the Treasury. Appropriates to the fund specified tax revenues. Creates a Board of Trustees, with the Secretary of the Treasury as the Managing Trustee, to hold the fund, report annually to Congress on the operation and status of the fund, and review general management policies. Makes it the duty of the Managing Trustee to invest such portions of the trust fund, according to specified instructions, as are not required to meet current withdrawals. Title II: Mental Health Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a series of mental health taxes on employees' income, employers' income, self-employment income, and unearned income. Sets forth rules applicable to the nondeductibility of mental health taxes from the employee's exempt wages. Excludes from an individual's gross income an employer's payment of such tax.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Special White House Conference on Protection of Children in Child Care Act - Directs the President, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to convene a Special White House Conference on Protection of Children in Child Care to: (1) improve data collection about the nature and extent of child abuse in child care centers; (2) develop model standards for the licensing of child care centers and the hiring of qualified personnel; (3) strengthen child development programs; (4) train parents and child care personnel in child abuse prevention; and (5) remove legal impediments to interagency cooperation in investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases. Requires that the Conference be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with cooperation and assistance, including assignment of personnel, by other Federal agencies. Requires the Conference to bring together Members of Congress, representatives of Federal, State, and local governments, and professional and lay people working in the child care field. Authorizes Conference participants, and participants in conferences and other activities leading up to the Conference at the local and State levels, to consider all the matters specified, with special consideration to recommendations for improving data collection so that adequate resources can be devoted to the solution of the problem. Requires the Conference, within 120 days following the date on which it is convened, to submit a final report to the President and the Congress. Requires that the findings and recommendations included in such report be made available immediately to the public. Directs the President, within 120 days after the submission of such report, to transmit recommendations to the Congress for administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations in the report. Sets forth provisions for the administration of the Conference.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2021
Deems a named individual to have completed five years of service as a Federal employee for purposes of determining disability retirement benefits eligibility.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2021
Amends Federal law to allow the Secretary of Commerce to set the sales price for certain nautical and aeronautical products created or published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Establishes a schedule for any increases in such prices; and, requires a report to Congress on the effects of any such increases. Allows for the distribution of such products without charge in certain instances.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2021
Amends the Federal criminal code to make it an offense for any person to poll any voter, within one thousand feet of any polling place, before or after such voter has voted in an election with the intent to reveal prematurely such voter's choice for any candidate or party in the election. Provides for a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Tax Equity and Efficiency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the accelerated cost recovery system (ACRS) for the depreciation of certain property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income. Allows an income tax deduction for the expense of recovery property in the year recovery property is purchased. (Current law requires that such deduction be taken over a specified number of years.) Bases the amount of such deduction on the present value (using a discount rate of 6.06 percent) of the depreciation deductions which would have been allowable under the straight-line method for an asset having an economic life equal to the average economic life of property in its class. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations assigning recovery property to one of 35 specified classes. Revises the method for calculating the investment tax credit to allow such credit in an amount equal to six percent of the nonexpensed qualified investment. Allows a corporate shareholder an income tax credit based on the amount of dividends received by such taxpayer during the taxable year. Sets forth the method for calculating the amount of such credit. Treats a corporate shareholder as having received distributions taxable as dividends in an amount equal to the shareholder's pro rata share of the undistributed earnings and profits of the corporation. Sets forth the method for calculating undistributed earnings and profits of a corporation. Provides that the amount of any dividend received by a shareholder shall be increased by the amount of the shareholder income tax credit. Sets forth special rules for the allocation of a corporation's earnings and profits in the case of actual distributions and losses. Sets forth rules for the treatment of shareholder income tax credits received by corporations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2025
Directs the Secretary of Defense to use appropriated but unused Department of Defense funds for: (1) increased mileage reimbursement travel allowances; (2) travel lodging expenses; and (3) moving expenses. Limits the use of such funds for the above purposes to the lesser of 50 percent of such funds or $250,000,000. Increases the variable housing allowance for military personnel by lowering the trigger point for determining such allowance from 80 to 75 percent of the median monthly cost of housing in the United States for members of the uniformed services. Removes restrictions on dental care coverage for spouses and children of military personnel. Establishes in the Department of Defense an Office of Military Family Services to provide counseling and information services.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
National Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to: (1) carry out a Nehemiah Housing opportunity program of construction or substantial rehabilitation of homes; and (2) provide interest-free loans to lower-income families for the purchase of such homes. Sets forth the terms and conditions for assistance for a nonprofit organization's program, including: (1) community and local government approval; (2) submission of a schedule for completion; (3) demonstration of the program's financial feasibility, including the availability of other sources of funds; (4) provisions for the completion of at least 100 homes; and (5) the location of homes in census tracts in which the median family income is not more than 80 percent of the area's median family income. Sets forth the requirements for a family's participation in such program, including: (1) a specified income to mortgage carrying charges ratio; (2) nonownership of a home for the three previous years; and (3) a downpayment of $5,000 or more. Limits to $25,000 the Federal assistance per home. Sets forth the Secretary's basis for selecting Nehemiah housing opportunity programs for assistance, including: (1) the non-Federal contribution of land and financial and other assistance; (2) the cost-effectiveness of a program; and (3) the location and magnitude of a program such that it has a significant effect on neighborhood development and employment in an area of severe economic blight. Establishes in the Treasury the Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Fund. Directs the Secretary of HUD to report annually to Congress on such programs, including recommendations for modifications. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Bank Fee Disclosure Act - Requires a depository institution, before opening any account or offering any service to a potential customer, to provide a written statement specifying: (1) all services offered; (2) the terms and conditions on which such services are offered; and (3) the fees charged for such services. Requires each depository institution, not less than once a year, to mail a written statement to each of its customers containing such information. Requires each appropriate Federal banking agency to prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires each appropriate Federal banking agency, not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, to report to Congress about services offered by depository institutions and the costs involved. Specifies the information to be included in such reports. Provides for the administrative enforcement of the requirements imposed by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Jesse Gray Housing Act - Title I: Housing Provisions - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program for the construction of 500,000 new dwelling units in public housing during each of FY 1986 through 1995. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make grants to public housing agencies; and (2) enter into contracts with public housing agencies for annual contributions. Limits the aggregate amount of budget authority obligated under such contracts entered into in any fiscal year. Provides a formula for the determination of the applicable amounts of such grants and contributions for FY 1987 through 1995 based on the consumer price index. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1995. Provides that the Secretary's annual contributions for the operation of public housing projects for each of FY 1986 through 1995 shall not exceed the amounts available for each such year from the National Housing Fund to be established in this Act. Requires the Secretary to make available financial assistance for public housing projects, especially projects that the Secretary determines would likely have been subject to demolition or other disposition. Increases the aggregate amount of budget authority permitted for contracts for annual contributions by the amount necessary for the revitalization of 100,000 public housing units in each of FY 1986 through 1995. Prohibits the Secretary from approving an application by a public housing agency for permission to demolish or dispose of all or part of a public housing project. (Currently, such approval is permitted if the Secretary makes certain determinations.) Requires each public housing agency to carry out a program of job training and employment of unemployed individuals residing in the vicinity of public housing projects in connection with any construction and revitalization of public housing. Directs each such program to give preference to such individuals who reside in public housing. Gives percentage guidelines of employment positions and job training positions for such individuals. Establishes the National Housing Fund in the Treasury as a revolving fund to be used for: (1) grants and annual contributions for the construction of public housing; and (2) annual contributions for the operation of public housing projects. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into the Fund an amount equal to the taxes received as a result of the corporate tax increase imposed under Title II of this Act. Decreases from 30 to 25 percent of adjusted income a tenant's contribution to rent under Federal low-income housing assistance programs. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit to Congress a comprehensive report concerning proposed limitations on Federal housing assistance to ensure that Federal housing assistance funds benefit only lower income families. Title II: Revenue Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the rate of tax imposed on corporations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to study flooding and soil erosion problems along Bogue Chitto Creek in Jackson, Mississippi, and undertake all necessary bank stabilization and flood protection measures.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Voluntary National Youth Service Act - Authorizes the Director of the ACTION Agency to make grants to eligible States and local governments for youth service projects. Requires the Director to designate specific activities as service categories in which project participants may serve. Sets forth criteria for such designations. Sets forth types of positions which such service categories may include. Sets forth grant eligibility requirements for States and local governments, including requirements for plans and matching funds. Requires that specified percentages of poor persons and of unemployed persons participate in such projects. Sets forth requirements relating to the amount of wages, benefits, and subsistence allowances for project participants. Requires the Director to distribute such grants among eligible States and local governments on the basis of which ones will best use such funds, as determined on the basis of the plans submitted. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Requires that project participants be not less than 17 and not more than 24 years old. Prohibits any person from serving on such a project for more than a three-year period. Requires participants to agree to serve for at least a six-month period. Prohibits acceptance for project service of any person who does not hold a high school diploma or its equivalent, unless such person has not been enrolled as a high school student during the three-month period before the date of such acceptance. Limits to ten percent of any such grant the amount which may be used for administrative expenses. Sets forth project grant review and reporting requirements. Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to provide for a second Associate Director of the ACTION Agency. Provides that such Associate Director shall carry out operational responsibility for all programs authorized under this Act. Makes other conforming amendments to such Act which add references to this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to study soil erosion problems along Purple Creek near Jackson, Mississippi, and undertake all necessary bank stabilization and flood protection measures.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Congressional Capital Investment Program Information Act of 1984 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the annual concurrent resolution on the budget to include and separately identify public civilian and military capital investment expenditures. Provides for congressional committee analysis of such expenditures.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2021
Amends the Clayton Act to permit any person liable for damages for price-fixing to claim contribution from co-conspirators for the share of such damages attributable to their sales or purchases of goods and services. Declares that a release or covenant not to sue or enforce a judgment received in settlement by one conspirator shall not discharge any co-conspirators from liability, unless expressly provided. Directs the court to reduce the claim against the co-conspirators subject to liability by the greatest of: (1) the amount stipulated by such release or covenant; (2) the amount paid in settlement; or (3) treble the actual damages attributable to the settling person's sales or purchases of goods or services. Declares that a settlement shall release the recipient from liability from contribution, unless it is not consummated.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 2024
Extends until October 12, 1984, the termination date for the continuing appropriations made by Public Law 98-455.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 2025
Amends title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and title VI (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to specify that education institutions receiving Federal financial assistance are included within prohibitions against discrimination. Provides that, for purposes of such Acts, notwithstanding the Supreme Court decisions in Grove City and others against Bell, Secretary of Education, and in North Haven against Bell, the phrase "program or activity" shall, as applied to educational institutions which are extended Federal financial assistance, mean the educational institution.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 2025
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collect specified health and safety data on pesticides used on food. Directs the Administrator to revoke a tolerance or exemption based on false, misleading, or inaccurate information. Directs EPA to take action whenever it receives information indicating that specified food residues may not be safe. Grants the manufacturer an opportunity for a hearing. Directs EPA to cancel a tolerance or exemption for a pesticide whose use has been canceled, suspended, or voluntarily withdrawn under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. Revises the administrative procedures governing amendment and repeal of tolerances and exemptions for pesticide residues on food, including an expedited procedure when presented with an imminent hazard. Prohibits the importation into the United States of raw agricultural commodities containing detectable residues of prohibited pesticides. Requires random sampling of such imports to determine if pesticide residues meet the requirements of such Act. Directs the EPA to review the exemptions from pesticide residue limits within 12 months to determine whether or not they are safe.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Medicare Clinical Training Amendments of 1984 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting hospitals in carrying out approved graduate medical education and other clinical training activities. Sets forth: (1) the method for determining the size of a State's grant; and (2) the requirements a State must meet in order to receive a grant. Requires the grants to be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. Limits the annual aggregate amount of such grants to a specified amount. Requires each State receiving a grant to establish an advisory board to develop recommendations for State policy in supporting graduate medical education and other clinical training activities, and to advise the State with respect to grant allocation requirements. Excludes from reasonable cost the direct costs of graduate medical education and other clinical training activities.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2025
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on live and processed geese.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt the harvesting of certain penaeid shrimp from provisions of such law prohibiting the illegal taking of fish, wildlife, or plants.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1984 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 to carry out foreign military credit sales. Sets the ceiling on total foreign military credit sales for FY 1985. Earmarks a specified amount of such sales for Israel. Releases Israel from its obligation to repay such credits. Earmarks specified portions of the credits earmarked for Israel for: (1) research and development in the United States for the Lavi program; and (2) procurement in Israel of defense articles and services for the Lavi program. Authorizes Israel to use any loan made available under this Act for which repayment is forgiven before using any other loan made available under this Act. Earmarks a specified amount of the foreign military credit sales for Egypt. Releases Egypt from its obligation to repay such credits. Requires, for FY 1985, the principal amount of foreign military loan guarantees with respect to Greece, South Korea, Portugal, Somalia, Spain (so long as Spain is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Sudan, Tunisia, and Turkey to be repaid within 20 years following a ten year grace period. Limits the amount of military sales credits for Tunisia and the Philippines for FY 1985. Requires the principal amount of foreign military loan guarantees for FY 1984 with respect to South Korea to be repaid within 20 years following a ten year grace period. Authorizes the President to issue such loan guaranties for a fiscal year only to the extent that Congress has by law approved the issuance during that fiscal year of guaranties for a specified maximum amount of loan principal. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) military assistance; (2) international military education and training; and (3) peacekeeping operations. Earmarks a specified amount of such military assistance for FY 1985 for Tunisia. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the President to finance the procurement of arms by friendly foreign countries and international organizations on such terms and conditions as the President may determine. Directs the President to set the interest rate and to require repayment in U.S. dollars within 12 years after the loan agreement is signed unless a longer period is specifically authorized by statute for that country or international organization. Sets forth provisions relating to the interest rates for such loans. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to maintain adequate reserves in the Guaranty Reserve Fund. Defines the actual value of a naval vessel for purposes of the sale of such vessel from Department of Defense stocks. Prohibits personnel performing defense services provided under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from performing combat activities. Requires charges for administrative services for foreign military sales to be calculated on an average percentage basis to recover the full estimated costs (excluding a pro rata share of fixed base operation costs). Authorizes the President to provide on a reciprocal basis free cataloging data and cataloging services to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or to any member government of NATO. Changes the reporting date for the annual report on international volume of arms traffic from February 1 to April 1. Requires such report to include additional information specifying the authority under which certain defense articles and services are furnished to foreign countries and international organizations. Provides for security assistance surveys in foreign countries. (Current law provides for defense requirement surveys which are included in the definition of security assistance surveys.) Requires the President to submit copies of such surveys to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Increases the details which must be included in the quarterly reports on U.S. military advisors abroad. Increases the criminal penalties for certain violations of the Arms Export Control Act. Imposes a ceiling on the amount of civil penalty for an export control violation. Includes charges for official reception and representation expenses within charges for administrative services for foreign military sales financing. Limits the amount that may be used each fiscal year for official reception and representation expenses. Prohibits using the Special Defense Acquisition Fund for research and development. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to waive the requirement that the net proceeds from the sale by foreign country of military assistance program items must be paid to the United States. Imposes ceilings on the value of additions to arms stockpiles in foreign countries for FY 1984 and 1985. Adds Pakistan, Tunisia, Yemen, Lebanon, and Venezuela to the list of countries that are authorized to have more than six members of the U.S. armed forces in their countries to carry out international security assistance programs. Authorizes the President to authorize foreign military personnel to attend professional military education institutions in the United States for free if the governments of such foreign military personnel and the United States have an agreement that provides reciprocal benefits for U.S. military personel. Encourages the President to allocate a portion of the international military education and training funds for education and training in certain maritime skills. Permits using foreign assistance funds to assist in maritime law enforcement in foreign countries. Prohibits the President's special waiver authority under the Foreign Assistance Act from being used in any fiscal year to authorize: (1) more than a specified amount in sales under the Arms Export Control Act; (2) the use of more than a specified amount of funds made available for use under such Act or the Arms Export Control Act; and (3) the use of more than a specified amount of foreign currencies. Allots the funds from among such categories if the President's special waiver authority is used to authorize an arms sale and to authorize the financing of that sale. Limits the amount of the funds made available for use under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act that may be allotted to any one country in any fiscal year unless that country is a victim of communist aggression. Limits the amounts of the total funds other than the foreign currencies that may be allocated to any one country in any fiscal year. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support a negotiated political solution to the conflict in the Western Sahara. Prohibits members of the U.S. armed forces from performing defense services under the Foreign Assistance Act or the Arms Export Control Act or conducting military education and training activities under the Foreign Assistance Act in the Western Sahara so long as the military conflict continues. Directs the President to submit a report to Congress which analyzes conventional arms exports and possible approaches to developing multilateral limitations on conventional arms sales. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should initiate discussions to limit the transfer by members of NATO to developing countries of conventional arms. Requires the President to consider, as a major criterion for determining the amount of funds which may be allocated for any country for FY 1985, whether that country's votes in the 38th United Nations General Assembly Plenary has differed from the U.S. position by more than 85 percent. Imposes a ceiling for FY 1985 on military assistance and arms sales credits and loan guarantees to Turkey. Limits the portions of such amount that may be provided for military assistance, arms sales credits, and arms loan guarantees. Requires that Greece and Turkey for FY 1985 shall each receive the same proportion of foreign military sales credits at concessional interest rates and that the average annual interest rates for such credits for Greece shall be comparable to the average annual rates for Turkey. Reaffirms U.S. policy toward the eastern Mediterranean, particularly toward a settlement in Cyprus. Reaffirms that the United States shall take full account of the observance by all parties directly involved in the Cyprus dispute of their applicable obligations under international law and treaties and that such observance shall be a factor in determining military assistance for Greece and Turkey. Authorizes military assistance for FY 1985 for Turkey or Greece only if the President certifies to Congress that: (1) such assistance for Turkey or Greece is necessary to enable that country to fulfill its NATO obligations and will not upset the current regional balance of military strength; (2) Turkey or Greece is taking steps to achieve a settlement of the Cyprus conflict and is publicly committed to the prompt withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cyprus as part of a settlement; and (3) Turkey is continuing to return to democratic rule and to improve its observance of human rights. Authorizes additional appropriations for Economic Support Fund assistance for Cyprus if the President certifies to the Congress that an agreement has been concluded by the Greek and Turkish Cypriots which is supported by Greece and Turkey and which achieves substantial progress toward settlement of the Cyprus dispute. Declares that the foreign military sales financing authorized by this Act for Jordan is provided in the hope that Jordan will enter into direct negotiations with Israel to resolve the state of war between Israel and Jordan. Prohibits using foreign military sales financing authorized by this Act to finance procurement by Jordan of certain advanced military equipment and prohibits making a specified certification under the Arms Export Control Act with respect to a proposed sale of advanced aircraft and military weapon systems, unless the President has certified to Congress that Jordan is publicly committed to the recognition of Israel and to prompt entry into direct peace negotiations with Israel. Title II: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1985. Requires that Economic Support Fund moneys made available for commodity import programs shall be used, to the maximum extent feasible, to generate local currencies and such local currencies shall be available to support certain development objectives. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering the Economic Support Fund shall submit to Congress a detailed justification for the uses and purposes of the moneys provided under the Economic Support Fund. Earmarks a specified amount for emergency assistance. Deletes the current provisions relating to: (1) Middle East programs; (2) Eastern Mediterranean programs; (3) the prohibition of funds for nuclear facilities; (4) the special requirements fund; (5) Tunisia programs; (6) Costa Rica programs; (7) Nicaragua programs; and (8) Poland programs. Earmarks specified amounts of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for: (1) Israel on a grant basis; (2) Egypt; and (3) Lebanon. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should finance and, where appropriate, participate in cooperative scientific and technological projects in the Middle East. Prohibits using FY 1985 Economic Support Fund moneys for Syria. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for the Philippines. Requires that funds provided to countries in sub-Saharan Africa under balance-of-payments support agreements shall be used to meet long term development needs in those countries according to specified criteria. Requires annual evaluations of the extent to which such agreements meet those criteria. Earmarks specified amounts of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for Southern Africa and for certain regional programs in Southern Africa. Prohibits using funds from the Economic Support Fund for education or training programs controlled by the Government of South Africa. Permits such funds to be used for programs which clearly reflect in both their character and organizational sponsorship the objective of a majority of South Africans for an end to apartheid. Earmarks specified amounts of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for: (1) Tunisia; (2) Cyprus; (3) Turkey; and (4) bilateral cooperative activities with Greece and with Turkey. Earmarks a specified amount of the Cyprus funds for confidence-building measures between the two Cypriot communities. Requires that a specified percentage of the funds for FY 1985 commodity import programs shall be used to buy agricultural commodities or agricultural-related products of United States origin. Earmarks a specified amount of the Economic Support Fund moneys for agricultural activities in Poland which are managed by the Polish Catholic Church or nongovernmental organizations. Title III: Development Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for agricultural development programs. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for disaster relief assistance in Africa. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for population planning and health programs. Prohibits using population planning funds to carry out population planning programs in the People's Republic of China or for contributions to any international organization or any private or voluntary organization which carries out a population planning program in such country if the program includes forced or coerced abortion. Earmarks specified percentages of the population planning funds for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and for the Office of Population in the Agency for International Development. Directs the President to promote activities designed to deal directly with the special health needs of children and mothers. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such activities (the Child Survival Fund). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) education and human resources development; (2) development of indigenous energy resources; (3) the private sector revolving fund; (4) the United Nations Decade for Women; (5) the Sahel development program; and (6) private and voluntary organizations. Requires the President to report to Congress within 90 (currently 30) days of deciding to continue support for the programs of private and voluntary organizations in countries which antedate a prohibition against aid to such countries. Recognizes that cooperatives provide an opportunity for people to participate directly in democratic decisionmaking. Requires that development assistance shall be provided to cooperatives which offer large numbers of low- and middle-income people in developing countries an opportunity to participate in democratic decisionmaking. Directs the President to use certain poverty measurement standards in determining target populations for U.S. development assistance and to strengthen U.S. efforts to ensure that a substantial percentage of development assistance directly improves the lives of the poor majority. Requires that development activities designed to increase the institutional capabilities of private organizations or governments or that attempt to stimulate scientific and technological research be designed and monitored to insure that the ultimate beneficiaries of these activities are the poor majority. Requires that the annual report to Congress on foreign assistance include an evaluation of the extent to which development programs directly benefit the poor majority. Recognizes that shelter, including essential urban development services, is among the most fundamental of human needs. Changes the term "housing" in the housing guarantees provisions to "shelter". Increases the ceiling on the total principal amount of outstanding housing guarantees. Extends the authority for such provisions through September 30, 1986. Authorizes the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance, in order to meet obligations pursuant to certain Federal loan guarantees, to borrow from the Treasury subject to specified limitations. Provides that the agricultural and productive credit and self-help community development programs shall not be limited to Latin American countries. Extends the authority for such programs through September 30, 1986. Earmarks ten percent of the total FY 1985 development assistance funds for activities of economically and socially disadvantaged enterprises, historically Black colleges and universities, and private and voluntary organizations which are controlled by individuals who are Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, or who are economically and socially disadvantaged. Increases the amount the President is authorized to spend to aid disadvantaged children in Asia. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1985. Extends the authority of the Foundation until September 30, 1990. Title IV: Economic Policy Initiative for Africa - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance to promote growth-oriented policy reforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Prohibits providing assistance to any country the government of which has historically misappropriated significant portions of its revenues for private purposes. Requires that agreements providing funds to finance imports by countries in sub-Saharan Africa under sector programs shall require that those imports be used to meet long-term development needs in those countries according to specified criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985. Directs the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance to consult with the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees regarding the countries to receive assistance under this title. Lists information to be included in such consultation. Requires the Administrator of such agency to report annually to such congressional committees on the degree to which recipient countries have complied with the economic policy reforms assisted by this title. Title V: Other Assistance Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for American schools and hospitals abroad and for international organizations and programs. Earmarks specified amounts for specified international organizations and programs. Prohibits funds authorized for international organizations and programs from being made available for the U.S. proportionate share for programs for the Palestine Liberation Organization or for projects whose primary purpose is to provide benefits to the Palestine Liberation Organization or entities associated with it. Directs the Secretary of State to review at least annually and to report to Congress on U.S. contributions to international organizations and programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for international narcotics control. Requires the President's report to Congress on the international narcotics control program for the last quarter of each fiscal year to include a yearly total of obligations and expenditures made and of equipment provided to carry out the program. Requires a mid-year report to Congress by August 1 of each year on activities and operations to carry out the program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) international disaster assistance; (2) antiterrorism assistance; (3) trade and development programs; and (4) the operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance programs. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1985 development assistance funds to aid refugees and displaced persons in Africa. Authorizes funding for the American University of Beirut for FY 1985 out of the funds provided by this Act for American schools and hospitals abroad and for the Economic Support Fund. Directs the Secretary of State to conduct a study of what means would be most appropriate to continue such a level of financial aid to the American University of Beirut. Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to establish a title within such Act which establishes an undergraduate scholarship program designed to bring disadvantaged students from developing countries to the United States to study. Directs the President to provide scholarships for citizens and nationals of developing countries who have completed their secondary education and who would not otherwise be able to study in the United States to study at an American school. Requires such scholarships to be in the form of grants and loans. Sets forth guidelines for the program. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with foreign governments in furtherance of such program. Requires the Board of Foreign Scholarships to advise and assist the President in discharging such program. Urges the President to take steps to expand the opportunities for Americans from all economic classes to study in developing countries. Requires the President to report to Congress annually on such program. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to urge the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance programs to increase assistance for scholarships for students of limited means to study in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for such scholarship programs for Latin America and the Caribbean. Requires the principal emphasis of such programs to be on financing undergraduate education and technical training. Requires such programs, to the maximum extent practicable, to use schools in Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the United States that can offer appropriate education and training to individuals who cannot learn English before participating in these programs. Declares that the Agency for International Development and the U.S. Information Agency should convene a conference or educational exchange programs sponsored by the United States. Requires the President to report to Congress, by January 1, 1985, on: (1) the role that educational and technical institutions in the Virgin Islands could play in the development of the Eastern Caribbean region and how these institutions might be upgraded; (2) the role that such institutions in Puerto Rico could play in the development of the Caribbean and Central American region and how those institutions might develop programs to provide educational and technical training to students in that region. Title VI: Food for Peace Program - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize commodities which the U.S. has donated for famine relief to be furnished for direct distribution, sale, barter, or other appropriate disposition. Requires that consideration be given, in the case of famine relief commodities distributed by nonprofit voluntary agencies, to nutritional and development objectives as established by those agencies. Requires that, in carrying out food for development programs, consideration shall be given to using the expertise of U.S. nonprofit voluntary agencies and cooperatives. Limits the amount of the funds available for FY 1985 to carry out the Agricultural Trade and Development Act of 1954 that shall be used for the farmer-to-farmer food production assistance program and for the recruitment and training of persons for the farmer-to-farmer program. Requires the Administrator for the Agency for International Development (AID) to report to Congress within 120 days of enactment of this Act on the manner in which the Agency intends to implement that program. Requires the President to report annually to Congress on planned programing of famine relief for the coming year. Title VII: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations to carry out such Act for FY 1985. Declares that it is U.S. policy to provide, to the maximum extent possible, opportunities for service in the Peace Corps to at least 10,000 individuals by the end of FY 1988 and thereafter. Directs the President to include in the annual report on the Peace Corps to Congress a description of the plans to carry out that policy. Provides that certain employment requirements of the Peace Corps Act do not apply to foreign national employees. Authorizes the sale of technical publications produced by the Peace Corps. Permits a specified amount of the proceeds of such sales to be credited to the currently applicable appropriation of the Peace Corps. Title VIII: Latin American and the Caribbean - Prohibits providing international military education and training for FY 1985 for Uruguay. Permits such assistance for Paraguay for FY 1985 only if Paraguay extradites Joseph Mengele. Declares that to the maximum extent possible development assistance and Economic Support Fund assistance for Haiti should be provided through private and voluntary agencies. Permits the obligation for the Government of Haiti of FY 1985 funds for development assistance, Economic Support Fund programs, and international military education and training only if the President determines that Haiti: (1) is continuing to cooperate in halting illegal emigration to the United States; (2) is cooperating fully in implementing U.S. development, food, and other economic assistance programs; (3) is continuing to comply with the fiscal performance targets set by the International Monetary Fund; and (4) is making a concerted and significant effort to improve the human rights situation. Requires the President to report to Congress every six months on the extent to which Haiti's actions are consistent with those conditions. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, military assistance or assistance under the Arms Export Control Act for Haiti for FY 1984 or 1985. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to earmark a specified amount of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for: (1) Peru; (2) Bolivia; (3) Ecuador; and (4) countries in the Eastern Caribbean. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 for assistance to the Dominican Republic. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to require the Inter-American Foundation to place primary emphasis on the enhancement of the access of poor people to essential resources and services and on the promotion of social justice and socio-economic development. Directs the Inter-American Foundation to carry out its purposes through and in response to organizations indigenous to Latin America and the Caribbean. Requires the Inter-American Foundation to make its funding decisions independently and to advise the U.S. Government and the various Latin American and Caribbean governments of its activities in their countries. Authorizes the Inter-American Foundation to make grants, loans, and loan guarantees to groups engaged in peaceful activities for specified purposes. Limits the amount of grants, loans, and loan guarantees that the Foundation may make for any particular project in any fiscal year. Authorizes the Foundation to inform the U.S. public and multilateral development institutions of knowledge gained from its development projects. Requires certain projects to have priority. Requires that all members of the Board of the Foundation shall be appointed on the basis of their experience with, understanding of, and sensitivity to community-level development processes in Latin America and the Caribbean. Requires the President of the Foundation to be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Foundation. Requires the staff of the Foundation to be employed on the basis of experience in knowledge of grass-roots, social, and economic development in the region. Lists criteria for the President of the Foundation. Repeals the provision authorizing the Secretary of State to detail employees to the Foundation. Provides that development assistance and Economic Support Fund assistance for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean should be provided, to the maximum extent possible, through experienced private and voluntary organizations. Permits the use of foreign assistance funds for training or support of foreign law enforcement forces of a country which has a long-standing democratic tradition, which does not have standing armed forces, and which does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of human rights. Directs the President to work in close consultation with the Latin American and Caribbean countries which are major sources of unauthorized immigration to develop reciprocal trade and economic development programs of mutual benefit. Congratulates President Alfonsin of Argentina. Offers congressional support to him and to the people of Argentina. Declares that it should not be U.S. policy to protect the profits of private financial institutions with loans outstanding to Argentina and other Latin American countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take the appropriate steps to: (1) encourage the restructuring of the Argentina debt and that of other democracies in Latin America; and (2) on a multilateral basis to develop plans for reducing the financial pressures on Argentina and other Latin American democracies resulting from the size and short maturity of their foreign debt. Expresses the sense of Congress that current procedures and laws of Mexico constitute a significant impediment to vehicles carrying international trade goods through Mexico. Directs the Secretary of State to begin negotiations to eliminate those impediments to international trade. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the status of those negotiations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) take steps to place the question of Cuban involvement in illicit drug trafficking on the agenda of the United Nations; (2) request the Organization of American States to consider this question as soon as possible; (3) request other appropriate international organizations and international forums to consider this question; (4) make every possible effort to obtain extradition to the United States of four specified officials of the Cuban government and to make sure that the Cuban people are informed of the facts relating to international drug trafficking by the Government of Cuba. Directs the President to report to Congress on actions taken relating to investigating Cuban involvement in illicit drug trafficking. Requires the President to direct the appropriate executive branch agencies to cooperate with the requests for assistance from the Royal Commission of Inquiry of the Bahamas which is investigating allegations of narcotics related corruption in the Bahamas. Requires the President to report to Congress on actions taken pursuant to providing such cooperation. Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions - Prohibits making development assistance funds available for the U.S. proportionate share for programs for the South-West Africa People's Organization unless the President certifies to the Congress that such funds would not be used to support the military or paramilitary activities of the South-West Africa People's Organization. Directs the Secretary to review at least annually the accounts of all international organizations receiving U.S. funding and to report to Congress on the amounts spent by each such organization for such purposes and the amount contributed by the United States to each such organization. Prohibits making development assistance funds available for the U.S. proportionate share for programs for Cuba, Iran, and Libya. Prohibits using foreign assistance funds to procure construction or engineering services from certain advanced developing countries which are not receiving any direct economic assistance from the United States. Increases the ceiling on certain foreign aid grants or agreements relating to construction projects. Requires the plans for water projects to include a computation of benefits and costs made according to specified standards. Authorizes the President to remove a country from the list of communist countries for such time as the President determines if the President reports to Congress that such action is important to the national interest. Imposes certain notification requirements for program changes of funds appropriated to carry out the Arms Export Control Act. Provides that the notification requirement does not apply to the reprogramming of less than $25,000 for international narcotics control or for international military education and training for certain countries. Directs the President to notify the chairs of the House Foreign Relations and Senate Foreign Affairs committees concerning any reprogramming of authorized funds in the International Affairs Budget Function. Requires the President to notify Congress, within 30 days of enactment of a law appropriating funds to carry out the Arms Export Control Act, of each foreign country and international organization that will be receiving funds pursuant to such law. Repeals certain obsolete provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Removes the limit on the amount of foreign assistance funds that may be used to construct living quarters, office space, and supporting facilities for personnel carrying out foreign assistance activities. Doubles the amount that may be spent on the education of the dependents of such personnel. Directs the President to report annually to Congress on the economic conditions prevailing in Egypt, Israel, and Turkey which may affect their respective ability to meet their international debt obligations and to stabilize their economies. Reaffirms U.S. policy toward the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Prohibits negotiations with the PLO or any of its representatives and prohibits recognition of the PLO (except in emergency or humanitarian situations) unless and until the PLO recognizes Israel's right to exist, accepts United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 238, and renounces the use of terrorism. Declares that the funds and authorities provided by this Act for the Middle East should help to promote peace in the Middle East. Directs the President to report to Congress by January 15, 1985, the extent to which each such country is pursuing policies that enhance the peace process and to recommend actions to advance the peace process. Expresses the sense of the Congress that all U.S. aid to Egypt is provided in the expectation that Egypt will support and fulfill the provisions of the Camp David accords and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. Requires the annual congressional presentation documents for international security and economic assistance to be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees by February 1 of each year. Directs the President to submit an annual report to the Congress which assesses, with respect to each foreign country, the degree of support by the government of each such country during the preceding year of U.S. foreign policy, including the country's voting pattern at the United Nations. Directs the President, in making assistance allocations under this Act, to consider the extent to which a country is not engaged in a consistent pattern of opposition to U.S. foreign policy. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take all appropriate measures to: (1) encourage Indonesia to allow appropriate international relief agencies increased access to East Timor; (2) encourage and assist Indonesia, Portugal, and Australia to facilitate the reunification of families separated because of developments in East Timor; (3) encourage Indonesia to allow free access to East Timor by journalists and human rights organizations; and (4) work with Portugal, Australia, and other countries and organizations to develop policies to end the suffering in East Timor. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) increase its investigations of suspected instances of lethal chemical and toxin warfare; (2) encourage the development of antidotes to such weapons; (3) urge other nations to investigate suspected instances of such warfare; (4) help United Nations investigators gain access to areas where such warfare is or has been suspected; and (5) negotiate with the Soviet Union and other nations to strengthen existing chemical and toxin warfare treaties. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President to establish appropriate accountability procedures to ensure that all funds made available to carry out such Act are used for the purposes intended. Condemns the Soviet Union's war against Afghanistan. Declares that it should be U.S. policy to secure the removal from Afghanistan of Soviet troops. Establishes a commission to be known as the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. Requires the Commission to: (1) identify and publish a list of cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings abroad which are associated with the foreign heritage of U.S. citizens; (2) encourage the preservation and protection of such places by obtaining assurances from foreign governments that they will be preserved and protected; (3) support demonstration projects to help preserve and protect such places; and (4) prepare and disseminate reports on the condition of and progress toward preserving and protecting such places. Requires the Commission to report annually to the President and Congress on its activities. Prohibits furnishing assistance to Pakistan and prohibits selling or transferring military equipment or technology to Pakistan unless the President certifies to Congress during the applicable fiscal year that Pakistan does not possess a nuclear explosive device and that the proposed U.S. assistance program will reduce significantly the risk that Pakistan will possess such a device. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support the holding of fair elections in Pakistan and to support the observance of basic human rights in Pakistan and other countries. Title X: Central America - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) foreign military sales credits; (2) military assistance programs; (3) international military education and training; and (4) the Economic Support Fund. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to add El Salvador and Honduras to the list of countries which are authorized to have more than six members of the U.S. armed forces in their countries. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) agricultural development programs in rural areas; (2) population planning programs; (3) health programs; (4) education and human resources development; (5) development of indigenous energy resources; (6) operating expenses for the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs; (7) the guaranty reserve fund; and (8) U.S. Information Agency programs for Central America. Increases the ceiling on outstanding worldwide housing guarantees. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 to carry out the Peace Corps Act. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1984 for the following programs in Central America: (1) health programs; (2) education and human resources development; (3) development of indigenous energy resources; (4) Economic Support fund programs; (5) military assistance programs; and (6) Peace Corps programs. Directs the President to impose conditions on the furnishing of military assistance and economic assistance to El Salvador in order to foster political and economic development and security in El Salvador. Directs the President to report to Congress on the policies of El Salvador for achieving political and economic development and conditions of security. Requires the President to make such report not later than August 31, 1984, and not later than January 31, 1985. Lists information to be included in the report. Authorizes providing El Salvador with up to one-half of the total military assistance and financing approved by Congress if the President determines in the August 31 report that El Salvador has made demonstrated progress in achieving specified political and economic objectives. Authorizes providing El Salvador with the remaining military assistance and financing approved by Congress if the President determines in the January 31 report that since the first report El Salvador has made additional demonstrated progress in achieving those objectives unless, within 30 days of receiving the second report, Congress enacts a joint resolution stating in substance that Congress disagrees with the President's determination. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the total number of U.S. military advisers in El Salvador, excluding those involved solely in medical training or services, should not exceed 55 unless Congress is first consulted. Requires the President, before spending any Economic Support Fund funds to provide economic stabilization assistance for El Salvador, to be satisfied that the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador has implemented or taken appropriate steps to implement the major recommendations contained in a specified study on foreign exchange policy at that bank. Lists the major recommendations of that report. Requires the President, for FY 1985, to notify the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 30 days before introducing U.S. armed forces into any Central American country for joint military exercises with the armed forces of such country. Prohibits obligating funds for military assistance or for international military education and training assistance for Guatemala for FY 1985. Prohibits issuing letters of offer of arms sales and arms sales credits and loan guarantees for Guatemala for FY 1985. Excludes from such prohibitions certain sales of training and equipment which relate to civilian engineering and construction projects and mobile medical teams. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should enter into negotiations with Central American countries to establish a Central American Development Organization; and (2) the establishment of a Central American Development Organization should be based upon specified principles. Declares that the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act should be the chair of the Central American Development Organization and should carry out the functions of the chair under the supervision of the Secretary of State. Authorizes the President to participate in the Central American Development Organization. Directs the Administrator of AID to prepare a proposal to carry out these functions and to keep specified congressional committees informed on the development of the proposal. Provides for the appointment of three members of the House of Representatives and three members of the Senate who shall be kept informed by the executive branch of all negotiations or discussions concerning the establishment of the Central American Development Organization. Requires the President to transmit to specified congressional committees any agreement which the President proposes to sign providing for the establishment of and U.S. participation in the Central American Development Organization at least 60 days before signing such agreement. Requires consultation with those committees during those 60 days. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the prohibition against providing assistance to governments to compensate owners for expropriated or nationalized property shall not apply to assistance to a foreign government to compensate nationals of that country in accordance with a land reform program if such assistance will further U.S. national interests. Authorizes the President to furnish Economic Support Fund assistance to countries and organizations to strengthen the administration of justice in Central American and Caribbean countries. Limits the amount of such assistance and the activities which such assistance may support. Directs the President to notify specified congressional committees at least 15 days before obligating funds for administration of justice programs which were previously subject to the prohibition against providing police training assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the FY 1985 agricultural development assistance funds should be used for a comprehensive rural electrification program in Central America. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance, in order to enable the Export-Import Bank of the United States to determine that there exists a reasonable assurance of repayment, to provide guarantees to the Bank for liabilities incurred in connection with short-term guarantees involving exports for the use of the private sector in Central American countries. Requires the short-term guarantees to be repayable within one year. Requires the agreement between the agency and the Bank to provide for establishment of a reserve fund. Requires copies of the agreement to be submitted to specified congressional committees. Terminates the agency's guarantee authority after September 30, 1989. Limits the amount of commitments to guarantee such credits in FY 1985. Requires the Administrator of the agency and the President of the Bank to report to Congress every six months on the amount and extension of credits during the preceding six months.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians Separation Act - Recognizes the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians as an Indian tribe separate and distinct from the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Declares the Milles Lac Band shall be known by the official name, Mille Lacs Federation of Chippewas. Declares the Federation to be a self-governing Indian tribe and authorizes it to adopt a constitution and bylaws. Makes the Federation eligible for all Federal services and benefits which are provided to Indians because of their status as Indians. Sets forth partition guidelines for trust lands held in trust for the benefit of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Substitutes the Federation as a party in pending litigation brought by or on behalf of the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians. Sets forth guidelines for the award and allocation of judgment funds between the Federation and the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Amends the criminal code and the judicial code to remove certain Federal jurisdiction over lands under the tribal jurisdiction of the Federation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Computer Software Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the copyright law to prohibit the unauthorized rental, lease or lending, of a computer program for commercial advantage.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Toxic Substances Control Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to revise the statements of findings and policy. Refers to the need for more information about toxicity and human and environmental exposure in order to identify and control unreasonable risks presented by chemical substances. Declares that chemical manufacturers and processors have a duty to be informed about toxic effects of such substances and mixtures and to take appropriate actions to prevent exposures that might be harmful to human health or the environment. Revises definitions to include the designee of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under references to "the Administrator." Includes any microorganism or other biological substance under the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of regulation. Provides that an exclusion for pesticides from TSCA jurisdiction shall not be taken to so exclude exposures to chemical substances which occur during the manufacture of a pesticide. Includes under the term "standards for the development of test data" a prescription of environmental or human monitoring or other exposure studies for test data for a chemical substance or mixture to be developed and analyzed. Revises provisions for testing of chemical substances and mixtures to provide that standards also may be prescribed for environmental or human monitoring or other exposure studies. Requires the EPA to periodically establish test methodology guidelines which may be used for development of data prescribed in rules under testing requirements and in testing agreements under provisions (as added by this Act) for testing of large volume chemicals. Directs the Administrator to review, not less than once each five years, the adequacy of the test methodology guidelines and make appropriate revisions. Deletes a requirement for an annual review of the adequacy of the standards for development of test data. Deletes the maximum limit on the total number of chemical substances and mixtures which may be on a priority list for consideration of testing requirements. Requires that interagency testing committee meetings relating to the priority list be open to the public and that announcements of such meetings be published at least two weeks in advance. Allows closed meetings to be conducted for administrative and personnel matters. Requires the committee, in making a priority list recommendation, to identify the chemical properties or effects for which testing is recommended. Sets forth a presumption that testing for the effects recommended is needed with respect to chemical substances and mixtures added to the priority list by the committee. Requires manufacturers of the listed substances to either individually or collectively submit study plans for the conduct of such testing no later than 180 days from the date of submission of the committee's report to the Administrator. Requires that manufacturers and processors of the listed substances be afforded an opportunity to provide evidence which demonstrates to the Administrator's satisfaction that such testing is not appropriate, in whole or in part. Sets forth relevant factors to be considered by the Administrator. Directs the Administrator to establish certain procedures for such decisions concerning the continued need for such testing. Specifies that the Administrator is not precluded by priority list provisions from making the required findings leading to an EPA rule requiring testing of a substance based upon an independent analysis of the issues involved. Makes specified provisions for exemptions applicable to testing conducted pursuant to priority list provisions. Adds to the membership of the interagency testing committee one member from the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Consumer Products Safety Commission. Establishes requirements for the testing of large volume chemicals. Makes subject to a test rule each chemical substance which is manufactured, processed, sold in, or imported into, the United States in aggregate quantities of 100,000,000 or more pounds per year. Requires each manufacturer of such substance to test it in accordance with specified requirements. Allows designation of other manufacturers or qualified third parties to conduct such tests and submit test data. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) the effects for which such testing is required; (2) test procedures and guidelines; (3) alternative or innovative test methods and procedures; (4) a listing procedure; (5) generally applicable reporting rules and health and safety study submission rules; (6) test scheduling; (7) exemption and modifications; (8) certification of test results; and (9) inspection and audit. Adds to prohibited acts: (1) failing or refusing to comply with any requirement for the testing of large volume chemicals; or (2) providing a false or misleading certification under such requirements. Provides that each day after such a false or misleading certification is made shall constitute a separate violation until the day such certification is withdrawn and a complete and accurate substitute certification is filed in its place. Disqualifies any corporation which knows or should have known that its certification is false or misleading from making further certifications under requirements for the testing of large volume chemicals for a five-year period (or a longer period determined by the Administrator after notice and opportunity for a hearing on the record). Provides that the term "person," when used in provisions for prohibited acts and penalties to ensure compliance with such certification requirements, shall include corporate officers and officers of other entities, in their personal as well as official capacities. Sets forth provisions for negotiated testing agreements. Authorizes the Administrator to negotiate agreements by which chemical manufacturers or processors will test the substance or mixture, upon EPA determination that adequate test data can be developed more promptly under such an agreement than under a test rule. Requires such agreements to include specified elements described under testing requirement rules. Requires publication of the text of a proposed agreement, and at least a 60-day period for public comment. Prohibits any such agreement from being based in whole or part on any information or data which has not been placed in a record which is public subject to specified confidentiality provisions. Requires that a reasonable basis for the agreement be provided by that portion of the record which is not confidential. Authorizes modifications of agreements upon petition of any person or the Administrator's own motion. Provides that such provisions for negotiated agreements do not affect the Administrator's authority to subsequently promulgate an EPA test rule requirement for any chemical substance or mixture which is subject to such an agreement. Directs the Administrator to promptly promulgate an EPA test rule to require that testing be performed if a person or group fails to conduct the testing agreed upon. Provides that specified findings requirements shall not apply to such promulgation. Adds provisions for EPA authority for expedited information gathering to support the current expedited review process when the Administrator: (1) has made the requisite finding that there may be a reasonable basis to conclude that a chemical substance or mixture presents or will present a significant risk of serious or widespread harm to human beings from cancer, gene mutations, or birth defects; and (2) finds that the EPA's ability to initiate appropriate action under specified provisions to prevent or reduce to a sufficient extent such risk or to make a finding that such risk is not unreasonable is limited due to the lack of relevant data. Authorizes the Administrator, under such circumstances, to perform or contract for additional testing and exposure studies which are reasonable and necessary to initiate appropriate action, provided that such activities are initiated within the 180-day expedited review period and the Administrator's action are published within such period. Authorizes the Administrator to seek reimbursement for the costs of such testing and exposure studies from the manufacturers and processors of the substances. Revises requirements for manufacturing and processing notices for new chemicals and those for which there is a significant new use (the pre-manufacturing notice program or PMN). Replaces references to "a significant new use" of a chemical substance with references to manufacture or processing of a chemical substance in a manner or for "a use which may lead to significant new exposure to human beings or significant new release to the environment." Authorizes the Administrator to allow a new chemical (or one involving significant new exposure or release) to be manufactured or processed when the PMN program notice review is completed and there has been a determination that specified actions concerning such notice will not be taken by the EPA. Revises PMN program requirements for submission of test data. Makes it the manufacturer's or processor's duty to submit data which makes a specified demonstration to the satisfaction of the Administrator. (Current law requires the submission of data which the manufacturer or processor believes makes such a showing.) Revises the required content of PMN program notices to include: (1) specific information and data concerning the substance's physical and chemical properties, associated physical hazards and toxicological properties, and the manner, duration, magnitude, and extent of human exposure or environmental release; and (2) a reasoned evaluation, based on such data and information, of the potential acute and chronic human health effects and adverse environmental effects of the substance under its anticipated conditions of manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use and disposal. Requires that such data include certain test data recommended by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with exceptions under specified conditions. Revises PMN program provisions for EPA orders prohibiting or limiting manufacture of a chemical substance for which a PMN program notice has been received pending development of information. Directs the Administrator to notify the manufacturer or processor who submitted the notice of the determinations which underlie such a proposed order. Allows specific objections to the proposed order to be filed, within 30 days after such manufacturer or processor receives such notification, by such manufacturer or processor or by any person who is likely to obtain the chemical substance directly or indirectly from them. Sets forth procedures for consideration of and determinations concerning such objections. Provides that such orders shall apply to the manufacturer or processor who submitted the notice. Authorizes the Administrator to make such order apply to any other person, whether or not the person was a party to the issuance of the order, who: (1) manufactures the substance for the manufacturer or processor; or (2) processes, distributes in commerce, uses, or disposes of the chemical substance after obtaining it, directly or indirectly, as a chemical substance or as part of a mixture, from such manufacturer or processor. Provides that such order shall not apply to any person who has received a direct notice of the order either from the Administrator or under the following provision. Provides that an order may require any person subject to the order who distributes in commerce the chemical substance, either as a chemical substance or as part of a mixture, to provide a copy of the order to persons to whom the substance is distributed. Provides that any person subject to such an order who complies with its provisions shall be considered in compliance with TSCA with respect to those activities subject to the order. Makes the exclusive remedy for judicial review of the Administrator's decision to issue such an order after consideration of an objection the commencement by the person who filed the objection of a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia or the U.S. district court for the district of such person's residence or principal place of business. Requires such action to be filed within 60 days after the order becomes effective. Specifies that PMN program requirements apply to the release in the environment of any genetically engineered microorganism in any quantity for scientific experimentation, analysis, research, or development, whether or not these activities are noncommercial or commercial. Directs the Administrator, within one year after enactment, to promulgate a list of categories of chemical substances pursuant to PMN program provisions which authorize the EPA listing of chemical substances whose manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal, or any combination of such activities, presents or may present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. Requires that such list contain at a minimum certain categories of chemical substances. Sets forth a table describing such categories. Authorizes the Administrator to delete from or refine, by rule, the list of categories set forth in such table, on the basis that the chemical substances thus removed from the list do not meet the requirement of actually or potentially presenting an unreasonable risk through such activities. Revises provisions for EPA regulation of hazardous chemical substances and mixtures. Deletes a provision that requires the Administrator to use the least burdensome of specified requirements. Expands the scope of such regulation by adding EPA authority to: (1) prohibit the use or disposal of a hazardous chemical substance or mixture; (2) limit the amount of such a substance or mixture which may be used or disposed of; (3) limit the manufacturing, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal of such a substance or mixture, where such activities give rise to release to the environment or human exposure in excess of levels specified by the Administrator in a rule imposing the requirement; (4) require that such substance or mixture or its containers be marked with or accompanied by warning and instructions with respect to its manufacture or processing (in addition to other specified activities); or (5) prohibit or otherwise regulate any manner or method of manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal of such substance or mixture. Deletes certain limitations on the Administrator's authority to promulgate rules for such EPA regulation of hazardous chemical substances or mixtures under TSCA. Directs the Administrator, in promulgating such a rule, to make a reasonable attempt to impose the least burdensome requirements consistent with the primary goal of abating unreasonable risk to human health or the environment in a timely manner. Provides that the Administrator's judgment in this regard is discretionary and shall not be overruled in response to a challenge to such requirement except to the extent that it is arbitrary and capricious. Makes requirements for reporting and retention of information applicable to distributors, users, or disposers of chemical substances (while continuing the current distinction between large and small quantity activities). Authorizes the Administrator, as an alternative to a specified rule for reporting and retention of information, to require, by written request, any manufacturer, processor, commercial distributor, user, or disposer of a chemical substance to submit information to carry out TSCA. Requires the person involved to provide, within a reasonable time, the requested information insofar as it is known or reasonably ascertainable at the time of the request. Adds information requirements relating to: (1) amounts of chemical substances or mixtures used or disposed of; (2) impurities resulting from the manufacture, processing, use, or disposal of chemical substances or mixtures; (3) the extent of human exposure; (4) the delivery movement, or holding of chemicals, including the quantity, the date of shipment, and receipt, and the consignor and consignee; and (5) such data as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the economic consequences of activities undertaken. Revises reporting and retention of information requirements relating to small quantity activities to add coverage of chemical substances or mixtures: (1) which are subject to a negotiated testing agreement; or (2) where the Administrator has reason to believe that the activities of the small manufacturer, processor, distributor, user or disposer may present an unreasonable risk of injury to human health and the environment and where additional information is needed to ascertain the nature and extent of such risk. Directs the Administrator to publish a current inventory of chemical substances at least every five years. Repeals specified provisions for the relationship of TSCA to other Federal laws (including certain provisions involving to filing of reports and waiting periods). Retains provisions for coordination with other Federal laws and provisions specifying TSCA's relationship to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Repeals the general prohibition against TSCA's applicability to chemical substances or mixtures intented solely for export. Includes under export notice requirements chemical substances or mixtures which are subject to a negotiated testing agreement. Revises provisions for disclosure of data. Grants State authorities the same access to such information as that currently afforded to Federal authorities. Requires that designations of confidentiality for information be: (1) accompanied by statements of justification by the entity submitting the data; and (2) signed by an officer of such entity, with an affirmation that such officer believes such designation is valid. Provides that such confidentiality designations shall remain in effect until the chemical is manufactured. Allows redesignation, at the time manufacturing commences, of data which is believed to be still entitled to confidential treatment. Provides that, except for such provisions relating to the time of manufacture, such confidentiality designations shall remain in effect for three years from the date of such designation, subject to specified provisions. Allows renewals for additional three-year periods. Subjects any person who solicits disclosure or obtains confidential material knowing that its release was unlawful to the same criminal penalties as a person who wrongfully discloses such data. Directs the Administrator, within one year of enactment of this Act, to submit to the Congress: (1) a report on how TSCA information-gathering authorities have been and could be used to support other chemical regulatory programs; and (2) a report on the relationship between the authorities and requirements under TSCA and the activities of small businesses.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Agency for Technological Innovation Act of 1984 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings and purposes of this Act. Title II - Establishes the Agency for Technological Innovation, composed of: (1) the Office of Innovation Policy; (2) the Office of Program Evaluation and Development; (3) the National Innovation Board; (4) the Interagency Coordinating Council on Innovation; (5) the Directorate for Human and Organizational Resources; (6) the Directorate for Enterprise Development; (7) the Directorate for Production Research and Development; and (8) the Directorate for Information and Technology Transfer. Requires the Agency to be headed by a Director. Requires the Director, through the Assistant Director of Innovation Policy, to: (1) conduct research, studies, and analyses relating to technological innovation; (2) publish the results of such research, etc. in appropriate publications; and (3) report to Congress on current technological innovation issues by January 1 of each year. Requires the Director, through the Office of Program Evaluation and Development, to: (1) develop and assess programs supported and conducted by the Agency; and (2) conduct research on the process of technological innovation. Requires the National Innovation Board to provide advice and assistance to the Director concerning the policies and programs of the Agency. Provides organizational rules and authorities for the Board. Requires the Interagency Coordinating Council on Innovation to prepare and transmit to the Director every three months a report concerning its activities, together with certain recommendations. Provides that the Directorate for Human and Organizational Resources shall be composed of: (1) the Division of Technical Education; (2) the Division of Manpower Training; and (3) the Division of Managerial Innovation. Outlines certain responsibilities of the Director within each such Division, including the evaluation of certain programs and the making of appropriate grants for technical training and educational programs. Requires the Directorate for Enterprise Development to be composed of: (1) the Division of Cooperative Research and Development; (2) the Division of State and Local Initiatives; (3) the Division of Small Business Innovation; and (4) the Division of Capital Resources for Innovation. Requires the Director to: (1) study the development and formation of new enterprises; (2) make grants toward the development of cooperative enterprises; and (3) promote successful models for the development of new enterprises. Outlines certain responsibilities of the Director within each such Division, including evaluating and assessing of certain programs, making appropriate grants, coordinating research programs, and providing certain technical assistance. Provides that the Directorate for Production Research and Development shall be composed of: (1) the Division of Manufacturing Technology; (2) the Division of Process Technology; and (3) the Division of Sociotechnical Design. Requires the Director to: (1) study and evaluate the state of the American manufacturing and process technologies; (2) provide guidance and financial assistance to appropriate learning institutions for curriculum development and equipment acquisition in order to improve such technologies; and (3) make appropriate grants toward the development of such technologies. Outlines certain responsibilities of the Director within each such Division, including the support of studies and research in manufacturing and process technologies and technological innovation impacts. Provides that the Directorate for Information and Technology Transfer shall be composed of: (1) the Division of Mission-Oriented Transfer; and (2) the Division of Information Systems. Requires the Director to disseminate information concerning, and to promote the successful use of, new products and technology. Outlines certain responsibilities of the Director within each such Division, including the identification and promotion of products, processes, inventions, and patents representing new technology, and the establishment, operation, and promotion of centers for technical information relating to technological innovation. Title III: Transfers - Transfers to the Director all functions of the National Science Foundation with respect to or administered through: (1) the Division of Policy Research and Analysis of the Foundation; and (2) the Division of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation of the Foundation. Transfers also to the Director all functions of the National Science Foundation relating to: (1) the enhancement of scientific and technological resources of State and local governments; and (2) the study and evaluation of programs providing technical training to entry level employees and the impact of such programs on promoting the adjustment of such employees to technological innovation. Transfers to the Director all functions of the Secretary of Commerce with respect to or administered through: (1) the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Productivity, Technology, and Innovation; (2) the Director of the National Technical Information Service; and (3) the Director of the Center for the Utilization of Federal Technology. Transfers to the Director all functions of the following: (1) the Secretary of Commerce relating to identification, promotion, and licensing of inventions developed by Federal agencies; (2) the Secretary of Energy relating to the identification and promotion of exemplary inventions relating to the development, production, and conservation of energy; and (3) the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to the small business innovation research program under the Small Business Act. Title IV: Administrative Provisions - Outlines administrative authorities of the Director in carrying out functions under such Act. Requires the Director to submit an annual report on Agency activities to the President for transmission to Congress. Title V: - Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Provides for the transfer and allocations of appropriations and personnel. Terminates the office of an agency when all such office's functions have been transferred by this Act. Provides savings provisions for all proceedings and actions already in effect when this Act takes effect. Makes conforming amendments. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Sets forth the effective date of the Act, provides for the interim appointment of officers, and authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1984 - Title I: Eliminations - Repeals specified provisions of Federal law requiring certain Federal agencies, States, or the President to submit reports to Congress. Title II: Modifications - Amends specified provisions of Federal law to: (1) discontinue requirements for reports to Congress; (2) combine such reports; (3) reduce the frequency or the contents of such reports; (4) change the dates for submission of such reports; and (5) make technical changes.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Provides that a defense contractor who contracts to supply a manufactured product and is later barred or suspended from performing the contract by reason of a conviction of any criminal offense committed in connection with a contract with the United States and involving an intent to defraud shall forfeit to the United States all proprietary rights in any technical data relating to the manufacture of such product.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Designates July 23, 1985, as Ulysses S. Grant Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 August 2025
Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act to require agencies to promulgate regulations with regard to the procedures for: (1) designating certain information confidential; and (2) handling requests for such confidential information. Provides for de novo judicial review by a U.S. district court of an agency decision to withhold or disclose records. Directs a court to assess attorneys fees against a submitter where the submitter's reasons for withholding information were not substantially justified. Provides for a sliding fee schedule based upon use (commercial or non-commercial) and the nature of the requester (e.g., individual, educational or scientific institution, news organization, or governmental agency). Permits expedited access to records upon a showing of compelling need. Allows the Special Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board to take action against agency personnel for arbitrary and capricious behavior with regard to the withholding, removal, or alteration of a record or with regard to the fee estimate. Requires the annual report of an agency to include: (1) the number of requests made; (2) the number of fee waivers requested and granted; and (3) the average length of time to comply with requests and appeals. Revises the current exemption given to law enforcement records to permit the withholding of law enforcement records if such disclosure would endanger the life or physical safety of any individual. Exempts from disclosure requirements any informant records maintained under an informant's name or personal identifier unless the status as informant has been officially acknowledged.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to prohibit the importation of tobacco unless the importer certifies that none of the pesticides the registration of which has been cancelled or suspended for use on tobacco in the United States has been used in the production of such tobacco. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce such prohibition.